Chapter 21: My Hero

Blake's POV

When that 'Alex' guy called Alice a slut, I really tried with everything that I am not to tear him apart right in front of everyone as an example to what happens when someone messes with my family. But of course seeing the worried faces of the humans in our table and most importantly, how much Alice didn't want to kill him (unlike the werewolves and the vampires) I managed to control myself and just punch him in the gut. Next time, if there is a next time, I don't know if all I cause is a stomachache.

After I punched him, the guys managed to get me outside, where I could finally release all my anger towards the fucker. I quickly phased and ran up the mountain where I brought down some trees relieving the tension. Once I was sure I was okay, I ran back and waited. After my talk with the family and the agreement to spend the day at mine and Alice's house, the 11 couples got in their cars while Chris got on his bike. The rest drove back to their homes to inform their families where they were going to be and leave their schools bags, while Alice and I didn't have any reason for that since the meeting was in our place. Ever since my proposal two weeks ago, we have have stayed in our home most of the time. Thank Jenny for persuading Richard and Andrea that there is no reason not to let us be together.

"You shoud call Sam and Emily to see if they will come too." Alice more like ordered me when we were close to our home.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked momentarily ignoring her order.

"What makes you think I'm mad?" She asked texting.

"Because from the moment I returned and on you have been a little distant. You haven't even tried to kiss me." I explained. She stopped texting and turned to look at me smiling.

"I just thought I would give you some space." She answered and brought her head closer to kiss me.

"I don't need space. You are the one I need." I said and kissed her.

"Now you got what you need, call Sam." She said and went back to texting.

"I will, but before I do, who are you texting?" I asked reaching in my pocket for my phone.

"Reggie and Scott." She answered.

"Are my grandsons trying to steal my girl?" I asked playfully.

"No one can succeed in that. They have decided to propose to Vanessa and Natalie, so they are asking for my advice on the matter." She answered smiling.

"So the boys are getting married huh?" I asked also smiling at the thought. Ashley would be really proud of them.

"If the girls say yes, they will."

"Come on Ali. You know they'll say yes." She just shook her head with that never-ending smile, while I dialed Sam's number. I waited for a couple of rings before he picked it up.

"Hello?" He answered panting.

"Hey man, it's Blake. Why are you breathing so heavily?" I asked.

"Blake! You really don't wanna know what I was doing. I heard what happened man. How is your temper?" He asked worried.

"It's fine, but let's forget about it. You know we had agreed to spend the day together right?" I asked him.

"Yeah. I heard Colin and Brady discuss it. What about it?"

"Well, I know that you want to spend as much time with your wife as possible, but Alice was thinking we should invite you anyway. So are you up for it?" I questioned.

"Sure man. Where are we meeting up?"

"Our place."

"Cool. We'll meet you there in half an hour or so."

"See you then. Bye." Right when I hung up, we pulled up in our driveway.

I carried our backpacks, while she continued with the texting. Once we were inside, I placed them on the counter and joined my beautiful fiance on the couch. She was still with her phone in her hands, so I attached my mouth to her neck trying to distract her and make her put that annoying cell away. In the beginning it didn't seem to affect her that much, she just enjoyed my touch. But after a few minutes of my ministrations, she put it away and lowered herself on the couch pulling me and my mouth with her. I smiled against her skin and detached my mouth from her neck, only to kiss her deeply. Suddenly she pushed me back, but I was still hovering over her.

"We should stop." She stated.

"Why? What happened?" I asked a little hurt.

"Because the others will be here in a few and we need to talk." She said and I tensed. Was she afraid of me for what went through my mind when that fucker called her 'slut'?

"About what?" I asked. My worry was evident in the tone of my voice.

"About what happened today. And before you start worrying, you could never make me be afraid of you or hate you. Even if you did kill him." I must have heard wrong.

"Did you just say that you wouldn't hate me if I killed him?" I asked in disbelief.

I'd be very disappointed yes. I would probably not talk to you for some time yes. But I could never hate you. Maybe it's because of the imprint or the fact that I love you with every fiber of my being, but I can't possibly hate you." She said smiling. "Now, why did you think of all those things?"

"I don't know. When I hear him call you that, I kind of snapped. After I lost my parents I have never been very good in handling others insult my family." I answered honestly.

"What about when you were alone?" She questioned.

"When I was alone, the only way to infuriate me like that was somehow stain my parents' memory. After that it was Carlisle and the others followed. But even then I wouldn't react the way I did today. I would of course beat the one who did, but I would kill that person. But when it comes to you.........? That's a whole different story." I answered.

"Why me?" She foolishly asked.

"Because you are my world Ali. My every decision revolves around you."

"Have I told you that I love you?" She asked and pulled my head down to kiss me.

"Only a million times." I answered smiling.

"Do you promise to never again fight with a human over me?" Her question took me by surprise.

"No, I don't. If somebody hurts you, I will hurt him or her. The greater the damage he or she causes, the worst it will be for him or her." I said in determination.

"Okay, caveman. Let me rephrase. Can you promise that you will never again fight a human over what he or she says?"

"That I can promise." I said smiling. She then rubbed her stomach and I scrunched my face.

"What's wrong?" She asked never stopping the rubbing movements.

"Do you know how frustrating the fact that I can't hear our baby's heartbeat is?" I said and my hand joined hers. She broke into hysterics.

"I really do." She answered still laughing. "So what, baby? We are just like any other couple expecting their baby."

"We could never be like any other couple, Alice. Besides, not even the ultrasound reveals it. The only way to make sure you two are fine is by the movements." I said pouting.

"At least we can know something. Relax honey. Your babies are just fine." She reassured me caressing my cheek. We then got up because we heard the cars of our guests arrive in our driveway.

Alice's POV

The murder of your parents could very well cause certain insecurities to appear in your phycological state, but I never expected a vampire-werewolf hybrid to react like that. Although Blake didn't actually say it, I knew. Now to prevent him from having any other such outbursts we had to avoid all the assholes in the world, which of course is extremely difficult. But we'll try. All in our family will.

When we heard the cars of our family pull in, we both got up and went to open the door. One by one the guys followed Blake inside to watch all the winning games of the Hawks for this season, while I took the girls up to mine and Blake's room. We all sat around on the floor and the questions began.

"Did you talk to him?" Bella and Rosalie asked worried for their brother.

"He seems fine now." Rachel pointed out before I could answer.

"Yeah, but what cause all this?" Emily asked.

"He was better by the time he came back and I did talk to him. The scene today was a result of his parent's death and an example of how much it affected him." I finally answered.

"Ohhh..." They all trailed off.

"We should have realised how hurt he is. We are his sisters for fuck's sake." Rosalie exclaimed frustrated.

"Rose, not even I, who know him better than anyone, couldn't. After all these years he has mastered hiding that part of himself." I comforted her. Suddenly Rosalie, Bella and Leah stood up terrified.

"What happened?" The rest of us asked. Our worry levels started to increase rapidly.

"We have to go." They simply answered and dragged us downstairs where all the guys except Blake were.

"Where is Blake?" I asked being on the verge of losing my mind.

"He is now running to the hospital and that's where we are going. Alice come with me and Bella." Edward practically ordered me. I nodded and we ran to the cars.

"What happened Edward? Why is he running to the hospital?" I asked as he drove as fast as he could.

"Jenny. She went into labor." He said and my eyes went wide.

"WHAT? She is only at 7 months." I yelled.

"We know Ali. That's why Carlisle asked for Blake's assistance in this. He can't trust the other doctors for help, because they are really inexperienced in this field. Blake on the other hand is not." Bella said.

"Alice you have to calm down. Stress is really not good for you or the baby. If something happened to you two, there is a great chance Blake snaps again, so try to calm down a little." Edward cautioned me. Bella managed to sit in the backseat with me and wrapped her arms around me to soothe me in vain.

"How can I calm down, Edward? My mother went in labor prematurely, which means that my brother might not make it. So how the hell do you expect me to be calm?" I yelled again and felt some pain in the pit of my stomach. Thankfully it wasn't anything mayor, but Edward of course saw my discomfort.

"See? That's why you have to. Just try to think of Blake and how your lives will be when your baby is born." He advised. Being afraid of hurting our child, I followed his advice and it worked.

"That's it, Ali. Just a few more minutes and we'll be at the hospital." Bella comforted me. I nodded and kept counting the seconds till we got there. When I reached two minutes Edward announced that we were there. That moment the hospital's parking filled with the twelve vehicles of our group. We rushed in, asked where to go and ran at the pointed direction. Outside the OR we found my parents, Brian, Esme and my little sisters waiting. My father had his face hidden in his hands. A sign which meant he was hopeless.

"How are they doing?" Edward asked.

"Blake went in there just a few minutes ago. It doesn't look good." Brian answered.

"What do you mean?" We all asked.

"The baby is coming upside down. That means that there are many risks both for the baby and Jenny." Esme answered this time.

"Do you think they can fix everything and get my brother out safely?" I asked sitting down.

"Honey, if there is anyone that can, that is Carlisle and Blake. Now everyone follow Alice's example and sit down. All we can now do is wait." Esme wisely advised the rest.

And that's what we did for the next few hours. Wait. Tick tock, tick tock. That's all we heard during that time. At some point the vampires went to bring the rest something to eat, but other than that we didn't move. Blake had also shielded the minds of the doctors in the OR, so Edward couldn't tell us how it was going. Near the end of the seventh hour, which was around eleven, the door to the operating rooms opened and when Blake came into view everyone shot up from their seats.

"How are they?" My father asked with tears of desperation in his eyes. There were many questions shot at once so Blake raised his hands to stop the stream of them.

"Stop asking questions and let me speak." He waited for everyone to shut up and then continued. "As you already know the baby was coming upside down. That and the fact she was moved in a hurry probably made everything worse for us. She was furiously bleeding when I came here, but Carlisle and I managed to stop the hemorrhage." My mom caught him off then.

"Can you get to the point?"

"She will be fine in a few days time. All she needs is some rest." He answered.

"And the baby?" My dad asked seeming relieved.

"He is now being transferred to the hospital's Special Care Baby Unit, where he will cared for and placed in an incubator for the next couple of weeks. Provided there are no further complications he will be fine in a few weeks." With the end of his speech we all sighed in relief.

"When can I see her Blake?" My father asked as I wrapped my arms around my hero.

"You could go right now, but Richard, it's best to give her some time to rest. Perhaps tomorrow is the best time for visits." My baby said. "Oh and even though he is really tiny, your son looks like you." He added making my father smile. I yawned then and of course Blake noticed. "Baby, wanna go home?"

"Yeah, it's been a long day. Dad, why don't you go home too? Get some sleep and come back tomorrow. We will too." I suggested.

"What about school?" He asked.

"You honestly think that anyone here cares about school now?" My mom stepped in.

"I guess not." He said.

The next hour was spent trying to get my father to go home and we were successful only when Blake threatened to carry him back. When that was finally done, Edward and Bella drove us back to our house since Blake was in no mood to phase. Soon I snuggled to my love's side ready to fall asleep when Blake spoke.

"How are you feeling?" He asked worried.

"Now I'm really good. And sleepy." I answered with my eyes closed.

"Are you sure? Edward told me of what happened in the car." He said and I knew what he was talking about.

"It was nothing, baby. Just a discomfort. No worries."

"If something was wrong you would tell me, right?"

"Of course I would. I would never endanger our baby's life." I exclaimed sitting up.

"Well, you kind of did. All the stress wasn't helpful. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming you for worrying. It was natural. All I'm saying is try to lessen the stress a little. Now come back here." He said pulling me against him.

"I couldn't help it today. First, you ran off and then Jenny goes into premature labor. It was too much to take." I said having my head in the crook of his neck.

"I know baby. I'm sorry." He said rubbing my back.

"You shouldn't be sorry. You saved Jenny and my brother. You are a hero. MY HERO!" I said and kissed him. After that I snuggled even closer to him and slept in the arms of my hero.