Thanks for all of the wonderful reviews. I apologize for going crazy about The Office. As it turns out, it was only half an hour long. But it was still just as good. Now you know WHY I don't update on Thursdays, I tend to get a little hyper.
Anyways, I forgot to say. The last chapter made it over 200 reviews! Woohoo! It also made it over 100 pages on Word! How awesome is that!
I am sad to say that there are only approximately 5 more chapters and an epilogue. I don't want this story to end, but I feel like it's getting ready to close this story off soon. The next few chapters will be fluffy, then the drama will happen, and back to fluff. Enjoy!
CHAPTER 21
ABIGAIL'S POINT OF VIEW
I kissed him gently on the lips and went over to Rosalie and Emmett. I knew that he would want to talk to Jacob for a little while, I didn't want to get in the way of that. I felt like I was stopping him from a lot lately. He hadn't really talked to his family since I came around, and I knew that he was close with them. I didn't want him to have to change any part of his lifestyle because of me.
"Hey, sorry for what I said earlier, it was kind of stepping out of line, it wasn't really our business." Emmett smiled at me and I saw Rosalie kind of roll her eyes at me.
"It's fine, all is forgiven."
He pulled me into a small hug. He pulled away quickly after Rosalie cleared her throat. I haven't really talked to Rosalie. She sometimes gives me small glares, but other times she's really nice to me. I can tell that she doesn't want me to see the small glares, but I know that they are there. There are other times when she's so nice to me, it's almost as if she wants something from me, I just don't know what.
"Abigail? Can I talk to you alone for a second?"
I looked at Rosalie and nodded my head. We walked over to a small corner around from everyone else, I was a little nervous, I'm not going to lie. What could she possibly want to talk to me about?
"Do you really want to turn into one of us? Because there is no turning back from a decision like that."
I nodded my head and shrugged my shoulders, "What's the point of me staying human?"
"So you can keep your soul. You don't know what I would give to be human again. To be able to have children."
I froze, "Children?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Why don't you and Anthony have a child? We'll find a way to deal with the Volturi. It will only be a few months, Bella went through it. You can to. I know that you might not be thinking about it now, but if you don't do it now, you might regret it later. Anthony might regret it later."
I looked down and nodded my head. I understood what she was saying. If Anthony wanted a child I could give it to him…right? I mean I don't really want a child, I don't know if I ever will, but Anthony right? Sure it'll be painful and all, but I can handle it all, as long as he's happy.
We left a little later. Rosalie gave me a weird, sort of fake smile as I got into the car with Anthony and his parents. I couldn't help but shiver a little at how fake that smile really was. Anthony just thought that I was cold and zipped my jacket up.
The ride home was quiet, nobody said anything. I saw Edward and Bella having a silent conversation with each other in the front. I thought about putting Anthony's hand on my cheek, but I kind of wanted to be left alone to my own thoughts. Of course if Anthony wanted children, I would give him just that. I didn't want him to regret anything.
We got out of the car and said goodnight to everyone. I knew from Anthony's eyes that he still wanted to talk tonight. We made our way to his bedroom and got changed into some more comfortable sleepwear. It wasn't exactly awkward in the room, we just weren't talking, which wasn't really like us. We always talked about something.
Anthony was sitting on the bed by the time I got out of the bathroom. I got under the covers and crawled so that I was sitting on his lap, facing him, with his arms wrapped securely around me. I didn't like the silence anymore so I decided to start the conversation, "Did you enjoy seeing Jacob again?"
He nodded his head, "Yeah, he wants us to go on a double date sometime. I told him that we would after this whole mess is over. Sorry for all of that imprinting stuff today."
I started playing with the hem of my- well technically his t-shirt. "It's okay. I know that you were just a little scared about it all. Everyone overreacts about things sometimes."
This conversation was way too awkward for us, we never had trouble saying what we really wanted to. "Abigail. I love you, you know that right?"
I smiled and kissed him lightly on the lips, "I love you too."
"You're part of this family too. You're not burdensome, please don't think that you are."
I laughed a bit with dry humor, "This whole mess wouldn't be happening with the Volturi if it wasn't for me."
"Who cares? The Volturi will understand that it's stupid to take me, my power is lame. This all would have happened eventually. They're just intimidated by us because they're afraid that our clan, our family will grow too much. But it wont."
I looked into his eyes, it didn't seem like he was joking around. It didn't seem like he was sad about the family not growing. But he also didn't seem thrilled about it. I didn't know what he truly thought about the situation. I could normally tell from the look on his face, the tone of his voice, but I would have to just ask him this time I guess.
I sighed, and whispered, "Do you want children?"
ANTHONY'S POINT OF VIEW
I literally froze. Oh god, dad warned me about this, what if she wanted children? I didn't mind the Volturi and everything, we would be able to deal with that. Sure we would have to do a lot of hiding and everything, but we would figure it all out. I was more worried about the pain. And the chance that she wouldn't survive the pregnancy. Sure my mother survived it, but that chance was so slim she almost didn't make it.
Wait, oh my god, she's pregnant. Oh god, wait, how could this happen? We used protection every time, we were careful. How could she be pregnant? I looked down to her stomach, my mother's pregnancy went by really fast, her stomach wasn't growing though, well I couldn't really tell through the big t-shirt. I moved my hand down to rub her stomach a little bit. It didn't feel any bigger then it normally was.
"Are-are you…"
She shook her head, "Oh! No, I'm not pregnant."
I let out a big breath of relief, she wasn't pregnant. But she wanted to be. I looked down into her eyes, "Abigail, please listen to me…"
"If you want children, we can have children."
"Do you want children?"
She looked down and shrugged her shoulders, "Whatever would make you happy."
She didn't want children, I could tell. It was coated in the tone of her voice, thank god. "Abigail honey, please don't say that. I only care about you, your happiness. And having a child would be too risky. I don't think that I even want children. I mean, part of me thinks it would be great and all, but I kind of like it just the two of us."
She finally looked up, "You're sure? I don't want you to regret it after I'm changed and we won't have the choice. I just don't want you to regret anything."
I kissed her lips, just a chaste one, "I would never regret any of that. I could only regret it if something happened to you." I felt tears start to brim around my eyes, I remembered the thoughts I had when I thought she was gone, "I can't live without you Abigail. I just can't, I physically can't. If something happened to you…I would never be able to live with myself if something happened to you." I was practically bawling by now, clutching on to Abigail as if my life depended on it, and in some weird way, my life did depend on it, on her.
"I'm not going anywhere Anthony, I promise you, I'm not going anywhere. I just want you to be happy."
Her small, warm hands wiped the tears away from my eyes. Gosh I love her. "You make me happy. We don't need a baby for happiness. I just need you. My mother almost died giving birth to me, she went through too much pain, and you are not going to go through with that. I already feel bad enough what you have to go through with the change and all."
She sighed, "I don't mind really, I don't. It will hurt, but it will be worth it."
She looked up so her eyes met mine, "You really think it's worth it? You don't have to change if you don't want to. We'll work it out with the Volturi. You really don't have to."
She smiled, "No, I want to turn into a vampire. I'm concerned about the whole blood lust thing and all. But that's about it. Forever is a really nice thought, especially if it's with you. It's totally worth it."
I smiled back and kissed her, she always tasted sweet, "I love you."
"I love you too."
She nuzzled her face into my neck, kissed it, than said, "Where exactly are we going?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "My parents are figuring it out. They want us to stay close to Jacob, so near here."
"How long do you think we'll have to stay away?"
"A few days, maybe a few weeks. It's not like we won't be able to go anywhere, we just won't be able to talk to the rest of the family."
She nodded her head and wrinkled her nose, she's so adorable. She's thinking. What could she be thinking about? Does she not want to spend all of that time alone with me?
"What? No of course I want to spend the time alone with you! I was just thinking if you would miss your family." I looked down, she moved my hand so it was resting on her cheek. She always does that, sneaky little girl.
"Well, I guess that I'll miss them. But as long as you're there I will be fine."
She crawled up and gave me a sweet kiss on the lips, "I love you."
I smiled at her, than slid down so that we were both lying in bed. "I love you too, now let's get some sleep."
She nodded her head and wrapped her body around mine. I was completely enclosed in her warmth. She was the most important person to me, I would do anything for her, I would give her anything she wanted, anything.
As I said before, there are only around five more chapters left and an epilogue. I know, it's sad. But I will make it a happy ending, don't worry!
I won't be gone though, currently I am working on another Twilight story, My Heart Has Found It's Home. I felt that this story was reaching it's end and I want to spend more time focussing on that. If you guys have any suggestions for one-shots or stories you would like to see written, feel free to PM me!
So this story will be over soon, but not too soon. I hope that you all are still enjoying this story! Thanks for all of the wonderful reviews, I love them all!
