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That's what happened in chapter 20:

"I'm not human." he answered, a cruel smile playing his lips. "I'm a prisma – and I'm stronger than humans. The only thing we fear are the wolves. If you join me, we can rule the world."

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. I was doomed. Where were the wolves when you needed them?

"In fact… I think I'd rather do it now." Marc pulled me closer to him and I felt nothing. Okay, so he probably had to kiss me or bite me. Oh no. I felt sick at the thought.

Marc leaned in closer and smiled darkly. "Together, we can rule the world, Bella." He leaned in –

and –

I blacked out.

On with the story:

Ugh.

I felt really really bad and my whole body ached, my throat was dry and I felt extreme pain in my abdomen. And that was the main thing that woke me up.

Trembling slightly, I opened my eyes

- and

saw that I was in a white room, lying on a bed with white sheets and noticed with satisfaction that Jacob was next to me, sitting on a chair.

"Jacob…" I said softly. "Where am I?"

"Oh Bella." Jacob jumped up in alarm. "You are awake. Thank goodness." He leaned in and gave me a big kiss. "I was so worried."

"What happened?" I looked around and noticed that I was in a hospital room. But why…? Slowly, I started to remember. Prisma. Forest. Blacked out.

Baby.

"Jacob, where is our baby?" I asked in alarm. My hands went to my stomach and it was… flat… or flatter than before. Oh no oh no oh no. What if something had happened to him? I was only in my 34th week.

Jacob grinned at me – it was NOT the reaction I had expected.

"You are in the La Push hospital, Bella and you had to have a cesarean, because you blacked out and the baby needed to get out. But don't worry, everything went fine." Jake reassured me.

"Oh really… Jake." I broke down in relieved tears. "Where is he now?"

"Don't cry, darling… He is in another room, being examined by a doctor. He is a bit premature, but the doctors told me that it was fine and he was still strong enough." Jacob winked at me. "Werewolf genes. They told me, he was bigger than any other baby born in the 34th week."

"I wonder why…" I grinned through my tears.

Jacob laughed loudly.

I noticed – to my horror and disgust – that I was on a drip. "Ugh." I ground out, and was about to pull the needle out of my arm.

"No. Stop!" Jacob called out. "You can't do that, Bella. There are painkillers in there."

I stopped, pulling out the needle. Well – painkillers – yeah, I desperately needed them. But I tried to pull my thoughts away from drips and needles and painkillers – successfully.

"But hey, what happened with the prisma? The last thing I remember is that he tried to change me." I shuddered, remembering the reason I had blacked out.

Jacob frowned, looking suddenly angry. "I hate Sam – he will pay." he cracked his knuckles menacingly. "To send you out to do such a dangerous task – and you being heavily pregnant. You could have lost our baby. You could have died or you could have been changed into a prisma. What did he think?"

"Okay okay…" I put my hand on his shoulders to calm him. "Nothing happened, right?"

"We were lucky." Jacob said lowly. "You survived and the baby survived too. We reached you in time – but JUST in time. The prisma had already put his dirty mouth onto your arm."

I shuddered and so did Jacob.

"What happened then? Did you get him?"

"Yes. Sam, Jared and Quil went at him and he put up quite an impressive fight, but finally he went down – that's what I heard at least. Meanwhile, Paul and me were taking you as fast as possible to the hospital. It took us three minutes total." Jacob boasted. "I wasn't sure if you could faint during your pregnancy and I was worried for you and the baby."

"Oh Jake." I said softly, fondly, lovingly. "Thank you for saving my and the baby's life. But I would really like to see him. Where is he?"

"I told you – he first has to be examined thoroughly, because he is premature, but hey, he was even able to breathe as soon as he got out. And he was only in his 34th week." Jacob grinned. "Wolf genes."

I laughed. "Oh Jake, I can't wait to see him."

"It won't take long anymore." Jacob assured me and kissed me tenderly.

Suddenly the door opened and in walked a nurse, holding a bundle wrapped in white sheets.

Ahhhh, my baby.

Smiling, excitedly, I literally jumped out of bed.

"Not so fast, Miss Swan." the nurse tutted. "You have just had an operation."

I smiled sheepishly and Jacob just chuckled. The nurse walked over to my bed and handed me the little bundle.

"Congratulations." she smiled. "You have a boy, but I'm sure, you already know that."

With trembling hands, I took the bundle and looked into my son's little round face. He was sleeping peacefully and my heart went out to him. Tears welled up in my eyes again and I started crying.

"Why are you crying?" Jacob asked, but he was staring at the baby, entranced as well.

"Just… I'm so happy, Jake, and so relieved…" I stammered through my tears, smiling at my son. His skin was a mixture of Jacob's and mine, so he wasn't totally pale; he wasn't tan either. He had long dark eyelashes and a tuft of black hair which was under a white cap. I was happy to see that he had Jacob's lips.

"He is beautiful." I said softly and Jacob smiled.

"He is… " he agreed. "But he can only be beautiful since you are his mum."

I went deepest red. "Thank you, Jake."

"Oh, I'm serious." Jake smiled and gave me another kiss. "So, how are we going to call him?"

"Ephraim Black." I said confidently.

Jacob looked at me respectfully. "It means a lot to me. Thank you so much, Bella."

"I know." I said quietly. "That's why I chose the name."

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The first few weeks were strenuous, I had to wake up twice in the middle of the night (at 2 o clock and then at 4:30), but finally Ephraim was sleeping through the night. I could finally sleep too and it did wonders to my mood and energy.

Although everyone helped – Jacob, Charlie, Billy, Alice, Carlisle and even my mother when she visited, I often felt tired and drained.

But it did help a lot that I could finally sleep through the night.

A subtle knock on my window tore me from my daydreams. "Alice." I laughed. "Haven't seen you in a while. For like two hours or so?"

"Just wanted to know how my little godson is?" Alice chirped her eyes wide and innocent.

"Oh, he is fine." I smiled. "Don't you care about me?"

Alice smirked. "Well – no." she laughed. "Of course. And how are you, Bella?"

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking." I rolled my eyes.

"Can I feed him again?" Alice asked eagerly.

"Yes, sure." I smiled at her. "It's time for his next bottle anyway."

"Great." Alice literally flew down the stairs to prepare his bottle. I shook my head, completely amused.

I turned to the mirror to comb my hair when I suddenly saw a beautiful face in the mirror. "Riley." I turned around startled. "How did you get into the house?"

"Alice let me in." Riley answered and embraced me, laughing slightly. "Where is Eph?"

"Alice is feeding him." I rolled my eyes good-naturedly. "Where else can she be when she is in my house?"

Riley laughed. "Alice absolutely adores him. Doesn't it bother Jacob that Alice is so fond of Eph?"

"No, not at all." It had surprised me as well, but as soon as Jacob had seen how well Alice handled his baby, he had backed off. And now – even more surprising – Alice and Jacob got along very well. "He even likes her. Better than the other vampires at least."

Riley laughed, showing his perfect white teeth. He was still eating normal food, not even trying to drink blood. It obviously suited him just fine and I was glad about that.

"The reason I'm here is that Jacob told me that he can't make it – he has to work overtime, so he asked me, if we would like to take you and Eph for a walk?" Riley asked. As soon as Riley had started dating Angela, Jacob had taken a liking to Riley as well.

"Yeah, ok, his car repair shop is going well, then?" I smirked.

Since Dowling's charged about three times the price Jacob charged, everyone went to Jacob's own repair shop – even the people from Forks and Port Angeles. It pleased me that Jacob was so successful, although it reduced the time we could spend together as he also went to school.

"Fine." I grabbed my jacket, prepared to pack my son's bag as well.

"I've already got everything." Alice beamed, burping Eph. There was also a light blue baby bag slung around her shoulders and she looked utterly blissful.

I laughed, relieved. "Thanks Alice."

"No problem. Let's go then, it's beautiful outside and that's unusual for Forks." she grinned. Riley and I joined in laughing.

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I was surprised at how well everything had turned out. Alice, Riley and Carlisle were now also allowed to visit La Push so we decided to stop by at the car repair shop.

Jacob was repairing a black Mercedes and he hat soot on his nose and his clothes were black with oil and dirt.

"Bella!" Jacob called out as soon as he saw us.

He almost ran to me and hugged me. "Ugh, Jake, you're dirty." I wrinkled my nose.

"Who cares?" Jacob laughed, obviously he didn't care at all. Billy had to wash his clothes after all.

"How is my little Eph?" Jake asked in a tender voice, stroking his son's cheek who was sleeping soundly in his pram. Jacob laughed – a booming laugh.

"I wish I could sleep like that." Jake said wistfully.

"Oh but you can." Riley said with a frown. "The vampires are gone and so are the prismas."

"But you never know." Jacob answered darkly.

"Still… you'll know when there is danger. You can patrol during the day and if there is any danger, you can also patrol at night." Alice suggested.

Jacob rolled his eyes good-naturedly. "Don't you think that's what we are doing anyway?

If Alice could have blushed, she would have been red by now. "Just a suggestion." she mumbled.

"See you tonight, darling." Jacob said pointedly to me. He gave a tender kiss and Alice a death glare.

"I'll make steak – the French way." I laughed. "The way you like it."

"Oh great. Can't wait." Jake said eagerly.

I gave him a last wave and went on my way with Alice, Eph and Riley.

But there was one thing bothering me… Eph… how could they call him Eph? It's Ephraim.

A/N: I hope you liked it. This is the second last chapter – I will write chapter 22 as an epilogue… stay tuned.