Epilogue

"Babe, its time!" I heard my wife say calmly from the doorway with her hospital bag in her hand.

"Are you sure? How far apart are the contractions? Did your water break? Are you-" I was cut off by the look of amusement on my love's face.

"Jarred Robert, Calm down! It's not like you didn't know this was going to happen today, thanks to Alice. I'm fine right now. Yes my water broke; contractions are still about ten minutes apart. Why don't you call both our families and tell them we're headed for the hospital, and to meet us there. Ok?" I nodded before picking up my phone and dialing all the numbers. I called Alisha's parents first, who were staying in a hotel in Port Angeles, the nearest to our home in La Push. Then I called my parents. My family was currently living in a small town in central Oregon, but thanks to Alice's visions they were at the mansion in Forks waiting for the birth. My mother answered her phone after one ring.

"JR we are already on our way to the hospital." I must have made some sound of surprise because she added, "Alice told us. We'll see you there soon. Don't be too surprised by the family's appearance. To keep up the façade with both Alisha's parents and those that know us from our last time in Forks we are all in stage make-up thanks again to the pixie. I actually could pass for a grandmother. I think you'll both get a good laugh at it. Now go attend to you wife and stay calm. Alisha needs you conscious, not passed out like your father was for you." She whispered the last sentence.

"Hey, I heard!" My father said in the background. My mother held the phone away from her and responded to him with, "What, I'm just telling him the truth. You were out cold for his entire birth. I had my parents and Rose in the room with me." I started laughing. My mom came back on the phone. "Get moving. Bye baby, we'll see you soon."

"Hi mom, Bye mom." I quickly hung up and rushed Alisha to the car. Carlisle had offered to be her physician for her pregnancy and then let her have the baby at home, but she wanted the normal experience. Plus, there really wasn't much need for the secrecy like there was for my sisters, myself, or my mother. Alisha had a normal nine month pregnancy, and was absolutely miserable this last week. Especially after Alice told us the date the baby would be born. We had opted not to find out the sex of the baby. Alice had been told she was not allowed to buy anything for the baby shower that would give away if it was a boy or girl. I had a feeling she had a secret stash of items in pink or blue somewhere to be pulled out for us after the baby was born. We had both names ready; Evan William for a boy, and Hannah Rebecca for a girl. Most in the families called our child Baby Black, but Alice insisted on torturing us by calling the baby Evan one minute and Hannah the next. I don't remember the drive to the hospital. I also don't remember getting my wife upstairs. But soon I was sitting next to her hospital bed in scrubs, holding her hand while she suffered through another contraction.

"I. WANT. DRUGS. NOW." This had been my wife's mantra for the past hour. The doctor was reluctant to give her anything because he was afraid the epidural would wear off before her labor was through. Carlisle agreed and was able to convince Alisha to hold off a bit longer. They said when she reached six centimeters on her dilation they would give it to her. Currently she was only three and three quarters though. "JR, you are never touching me again. Do you understand me?" She leaned towards my face and I nodded. Then she whispered to me, "Is your shield down?" I quickly pulled back my shield and nodded again. Suddenly my mind was filled by my wife's thoughts. I love you, but since this is partly your fault that I am in this much pain, you are going to pull Jasper's power to the front of your mind and feel everything I do, do you understand me? I nodded again before answering, "Yes dear."

My family looked hilarious to Alisha and I. They had done this same thing for our wedding. I wanted my parents to look like my parents and Alice had the great idea to use the aging photo computer program and age everyone to how they should look and got Sue, a friend that works for Summit Entertainment's special effects department, to develop items to make them look older. They sat with Sue for days before our wedding making sure everything looked right and stayed in place. Then they practiced putting it on themselves. Our wedding went off without a hitch. It was the largest wedding that my family had ever had, most of La Push was there along with all the covens that had stood with us against the Volturi. Even those Guard members we allowed to live came; Demetri, Felix and Heidi, who were now members of the Denali coven. The ceremony was beautiful, we weaved parts of both a traditional Quileute ceremony with the modern Christian vows. Carlisle officiated for us, and the wedding was held on First Beach. Alice helped us with everything, especially with choosing a date that would have both no sun and no rain, just clouds. My sisters, who were Alisha's best friends, were co-maids of honor. My father and grandfather were my best men. I remember everything like it was yesterday, even though it had actually been five years. Alisha had looked stunning, Bella had made sure her dress was hidden from me until she walked down the aisle.

A scream from that beautiful creature and her gripping my hand so hard it actually hurt brought me back to the present. As her contraction waned the doctor came in. He checked her again and told us it was finally time for Alisha to receive an epidural. My wife actually squealed with joy. I left the room while they administered the epidural, not wanting to see anyone stick a needle into my wife's spine. When I came back in she looked like she was in pure heaven.

"Feel better?"

"Yes, very much so." Her labor progressed over the next few hours. After being in the hospital room for almost seven hours the doctor came in and checked Lish one last time. He informed us it was just about time to start pushing. They got everything in the room prepared. The family was ushered out to the waiting room, only Alisha's mother and my own staying with us. My mother leaned down close to Alisha like she was whispering in her ear. I tried to read either of them and realized that Bella must have been shielding me. I knew my mother was using her talent instead of whispering so I wouldn't hear. Alisha smiled and looked me square in the eye before stating, "If you are going to pass out like your father did when you were born, I want you to make sure you get out of the room," she grabbed the collar of my shirt pulling me towards her, "Understand?"

"Yes M'am." I knew she meant business. My mother just started laughing. I hissed out, "Thanks Mom."

"Ok Alisha, on the next contraction we are going to have you start pushing. Let's get this baby into the world." My wife just nodded. The doctor soon told my wife to start pushing. She was beyond amazing. She only had to push for just over five minutes. I heard my child start screaming as soon as the doctor cleared out its airway. "Congratulations Mom and Dad, meet your daughter." Both Alisha and I broke into tears. I was asked if I wanted to cut the cord and I jumped up and was next to the doctor in less than a second. The nurses swaddled my baby girl in a pink blanket and took her to get cleaned up. The brought her back over and laid her on Alisha's chest. I stood next to my wife staring down at my life.

"Hi Hannah Rebecca Black. I'm your mommy, and this is your daddy." I reached down and stroked my daughter's cheek she opened her eyes and Alisha and I were both stunned. The eyes staring up at us were topaz in color. Everyone was soon crowded into the room congratulating us and passing Hannah around. After everything we had been through we deserved to be happy. I reached out with Jasper's power and read the emotions of every person in the room, all I felt was love and happiness. It was perfection.

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