A/N: I am so so so sorry this has taken so long! Life has been so hectic. Work, moving out, etc. I promise to update again by the end of this week!
Edward's POV
It had started out as a normal day. Well, at least, as normal as normal was at this point. But this was the day that changed my entire existence. The day I heard the baby. It was life altering, really. To hear such love in one being's voice. Love for me. Love for Bella.
But that feeling of amazement did not last for long. I could hear Jacob driving down the driveway in the Vanquish. I knew I had to talk to him.
As soon as the baby was born, the treaty would be broken. Bella would have to be changed. The wolves would call full out war on the entire coven. I could not let that happen. Not after everything we had made it through. And the only person I knew who could stop it was Jacob, even if he didn't realize that yet.
Not to mention the fact that I needed to tell him to keep Leah in line. I thought things had calmed down between her and us after the prank war. But apparently not. She had upset Bella, and in her current state, that could not happen again.
I set my jaw, and walked out to the garage where Jacob was about to pull in. Oh, how I hated to ask him favors. But this was life or death. Again.
Alice's POV
I had had a headache for so long at that point, that I didn't notice it intensifying. All I knew was that I had an intense feeling of dread, worse than before. I was currently holed up in mine and Jasper's bedroom, trying to ignore the blackness that clouded my mind. With the baby, and the wolves close by, it was nearly impossible. But I was making it through. I knew it wouldn't be much longer before Carlisle insisted on delivering the baby. I had just heard Edward telling Jacob that they were thinking around noon tomorrow.
That made me sigh in relief. Even Jasper's calming presence was losing it's affect, as well as Jacob's numbing. I wondered idly if codeine would help. Or human blood.
I was losing it. All I knew was that the baby needed to be born soon, or I was going to go crazy.
And then the rest of the family would really know what a pixie from hell looked like. I heard Edward and Jacob walking back inside, and decided to head downstairs. And prayed that my sanity held.
Edward's POV
The talk with Jacob went well. He had agreed to void the treaty, and to talk to Leah. But he had made it clear that we all needed to be back in the house. Carlisle and Esme were still gone.
But I would worry about that fact later. At that moment, I wanted nothing more than to be back with Bella. When I walked in the living room, I saw that she was awake. As was the baby. Bella turned first to me, and then Jacob, a huge smile breaking across her face. It killed me to see her look at him like that, if at that point, but I knew he meant a lot to her.
After attempting to apologize to Jacob multiple times, Bella hinted to Rose that she needed to go to the bathroom. That seemed innocent enough. Even if it was, literally, a pregnancy from hell, it was still a pregnancy. Looking back, I realize I should have insisted one of us carry her. At the time, though, she looked so healthy.
It all happened quickly, even by my standards. She stood, knocked over her cup, reached for it, and then crumpled to the ground in pain. I could hear the baby, worried it had hurt her. I gave no other thought to that. My mind was focused on one thing. Saving my Bella.
She was vomiting blood, and screaming. Rosalie and I broke into action, getting her quickly upstairs. But I could tell from Rosalie's thoughts that the blood was too much for her to handle. She was holding it together though, and I focused my full attention on Bella. I tried to argue with her, to get her to let us give her morphine. All she could think about was the baby.
Rosalie complied before I could, and began to tear into Bella's stomach. That was when she lost it. I guess I will always have something to thank Jacob for. He was the one who got Rosalie into the hall.
I went back to work on Bella, telling Jacob to give her CPR. Anything to keep her heart moving. We both heard her spine crack. We were both frantic.
I'm not sure how long it took, but I had gotten the baby out, and Bella was demanding to hold her. It was like the eye of the storm. A quiet reprieve, amidst the chaos. For just a moment, I got to see my wife holding my daughter. My Bella holding my Renesmee.
But, like the eye of a hurricane, it ended all to soon. Renesmee had bitten Bella. I was holding her when Jacob and I both heard Bella's heart stop. The true race had begun. A recomposed Rosalie had appeared to take Renesmee, and Jacob and I began our mission again, with fervor. Saving Bella.
I had him stop his compression briefly, injecting my venom straight to her heart. I told him to keep her heart moving, while I got more venom into her system. I had to keep her alive.
It didn't take long for him to give up. But that didn't matter. He had save her once. I would save her this time.
I continued to work over her, every second dragging by, keeping her heart moving. I was on the verge of giving up, when her heart began to beat on it's on. The venom was kicking in.
She would live.