Leah's baby shower! ...And...Stuff...!...?

And...This is the 25 freaking chapter, guys! It's like...The best milestone that a girl could ever have!

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~SashaFierce12.0

Chapter 25

Jacob's P.o.V.

I folded my arms across my chest and looked around the baby's room. The girls did an awesome job. Leah would love it! I couldn't wait to show it to her.

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Leah's P.o.V.

I grinned and hugged Mrs. Thail as she and her two girls entered Esme's house.

"Hi, guys! Thanks for coming!" I said, pulling away.

"Thanks for inviting us!" Mrs. Thail answered. "I love your dress!" she looked me up and down. I giggled and blushed.

"Thanks. Alice made it," I answered and led her into the living room. Alice had took the liberty of making all of my maternity clothes for the coming months. This dress was a dark purple, and came down just above my knees. It had little embellishments along the top, and Alice had let me borrow her black flats.

"Everyone's here except-" Rosalie started. She ran to the door as its doorbell rang. "Jazmyn! Marie! Come in!" Jazmyn walked in holding a large gift bag in her hands.

"Mom brought cookies," Jazmyn explained, setting her gift on the 'gift couch.' Alice almost had a fit when she couldn't find a table to put gifts on. So we decided to make one of the many white couches a place where everyone could set their gifts.

"Thanks, Marie!" I exclaimed, taking the cookies from her. I opened the top of the container and took a whiff. "They smell so good!" Marie laughed.

"This was the recipe I made, like, every day when I was pregnant with Jazmyn. I couldn't get enough of them!" I led her to the couch and set the container of cookies in the kitchen. Marie was wearing a hot pink beanie to go with her sweater. I looked at Jazmyn just in time to see her brush her hand through her Halle Berry-short hair. Then she rolled her eyes in realization. I thought it was so sweet how she had cut her hair with her mother. You could practically see their mother-daughter love radiating off their bodies.

"Leah, come on! Everyone's in the living room," Rosalie took my hand and dragged me through the kitchen door. Even after only a couple of weeks, Rosalie, who I never thought in a million years would be able to put up with me-let alone the other wolves!-, had become one of my many best friends. She and Alice were like sisters to me now, and Esme like another mother. "You and your mom can sit next to each other. It looks nice that way." I sat next to Mom, who grinned. We just all talked for a while, laughing and giggling. I shared the names that I had picked again, which were big winners with everyone. Then I opened my gifts...Well...The baby's gifts...Out of the bag that Jazz had brought, I pulled out several pairs of baby booties and some rubber duck pajamas.

"I shopped around for hours trying to figure out what to buy! It sucks that you and Jake are keeping the baby's gender a surprise! I could have bought so many cute things!" Jazmyn complained. I laughed and hugged her.

"Thanks, anyway," I giggled. "They're cute." I set them aside then started on more gifts. I got more baby clothes and cute pairs of socks and shoes. Then the Cullen girls stood up.

"We all pitched in together and bought you something," Esme started, then looked at Rosalie and Alice.

"Be right back!" Alice said, and she bounced out the back door, Rosalie following her. I looked at my mom and she winked at me. Alice and Rosalie came back in and I gasped in excitement. Rosalie pushed in a stroller, the one that I had pointed out a couple of weeks ago at the store in Port Angeles. Alice carried the matching baby carrier.

"You guys didn't have to-"

"We wanted too!" Alice said, and set the stroller down in front of me. She reached inside the stroller and pulled out a cute black and green diaper bag. "Now you can carry diapers and milk bottles in style!" I giggled as she handed it to me.

"Thank you so much, you guys! I don't even know how I'm going to carry all of this home!" I didn't miss the look that was shared between the Cullen girls. I raised an eyebrow, but brushed it off.

"This party is not over!" Alice exclaimed with her index finger pointed high in the air. "Esme and I made cake!" she hurried to the kitchen and came back seconds later with...I think that it was supposed to be the cake. It was lying on its side, and was in the shape of giant a baby bottle. Big block were around it, and there was even a teddy bear on it. I smiled.

"Whoa. That cake is-" Ashley started.

"Awesome!" Amanda finished, her eyes wide. Just as we were about to cut it, the door opened.

"I heard 'cake'!" Embry exclaimed, rushing for a seat at the couch. I rolled my eyes. Jacob came in and sat next to me on the arm of the couch.

"Party's almost over already?" Jacob asked. "Shoot, I haven't even given her my gift yet!" he looked down at me and winked. I heard someone clear her throat. "Okay. All of us helped with it...But it's mostly mine..." Everyone laughed. "C'mon, Leah...And, uh...Keep your eyes closed." I looked at him, then at everyone else. They all nodded. I closed my eyes and felt myself being pulled out the door.

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Jacob's P.o.V.

"Where are you taking me, Jake? I thought that kidnapping was illegal?" Leah joked from her place in the passenger's seat. I checked to make sure she still had her eyes closed. She opened one eye to look at me.

"Hey, no peeking, Missy!" I told her. She groaned and sat back with her eyes squeezed shut. "Humph. I knew I should have blindfolded you!" I took her hand and kissed it, then massaged her knuckles with my thumb. "Almost...There..." I made the turn into the forest road towards the new house. I parked the car in front, then opened the door. I opened Leah's and pulled her out.

"Can I open them now?" Leah asked impatiently.

"No..." I stood in front of her, making her wait a few seconds for a more...Dramatic effect.

"Jacob Black, I swear-"

"Okay, open." Leah squealed and opened her eyes. She looked up at the house with confusion, but then her eyes widened.

"Is this...? And...O-ours?" she stuttered. I nodded and took her hand, leading her up the stairs.

"Yeah. The guys and I have been working on it for months!"

"So that's what you've been so secretive about!" Leah exclaimed in realization. She gasped when she saw the inside. "Whoa! Look how open it is!" she hurried around, opening cabinets and doors. She stopped in the living room and stared at the new flat screen the guys had all bought. She turned to me and pointed at it, rolling her eyes. I grinned. "Only you..." Leah shook her head. I took her hand and led her up the stairs.

"Here's the best part!" I showed her two of the four rooms, which we had left bare except for a single bed with blue and white comforters and pillows.

"They're so big!" Leah laughed. I showed her the big linen closet, and then the spacey bathroom. Then I took her to the master bedroom. She gasped again when she saw it.

"Wow...It's...Wow," she simply said. She looked in the bathroom, and then walked around the main room some more. "I can't believe you did this for me...You and the guys..."

"Anything for you," I winked at her. She blushed, and I took that moment to prepare her for my favorite room in the house. "Okay, Leah. Esme and the rest of the girls all worked so hard on this room...And I think that you'll like it. Ready?" I took her hand again. She nodded. I led her to the doors of the baby's room. Engraved at the top of the door was the words 'Live, love, laugh...Life is a blessing.' Leah's eyes filled with tears as she saw them. I opened the door and she put her hand to her mouth. She walked in slowly, and I leaned in the doorway and watched. She traced her hand along the crib and baby swing. She picked up the small Winnie the Pooh blanket, then set it down again. Then she looked out the window at the forest. She turned around and stared at the rocking chair positioned right where she could see out the window when she was rocking our baby to sleep.

"It was Mom's..." I explained. "She...She wanted me to have it." Leah grinned and sat down in it, rocking slowly. She was crying...But they were happy tears. She looked out the window again, then around the room. She giggled a little at the little changing table, and smiled at the small table lamp with the teddy bear stickers all over it.

"That was Seth's. Never went to sleep without it," she recalled, pointing at it. "Jake...I don't know how you and the others did this...But I couldn't ask for a better gift." She stood up and hugged me. I took her chin in my hands and kissed her: forehead, nose, both cheeks, and then finally her lips. "Words can't even come to describe this," she breathed. I wrapped my arm tightly around her shoulder and led her downstairs. I smiled when I saw everyone down there.

"So?" Jazmyn asked. Leah grinned, looked at me, then back at Jazmyn.

"I love it! Thank you so much, guys!"

"The baby's room was all us!" Rebecca exclaimed. She gestured around to all the ladies in the room. I smiled again.

"Why don't we end this awesome day with an awesome dinner? Right here!" I suggested. Everyone cheered.

"We brought the cake...We can have some after we eat!" Rosalie explained, taking the massive cake and putting it on the counter.

"Cake! Cake!" Layla exclaimed. Collin held her back from reaching for it.

"Lay, that's the last thing you need right now," he laughed.

Leah wanted to make the dinner, as her thanks to everyone, but Esme, being as stubborn as she is, insisted on making it herself. But Leah, also being stubborn, at least wanted to help. So...It was the two of them in mine and Leah's new kitchen, cooking away. I couldn't help but sit at the breakfast nook and watch Leah. She looked so happy, smiling as she cut carrots...Or measured out cooking oil. The smile never left her face. I watched her clean up the messes that she made...Still with that smile on her face. I watched as she occasionally rubbed her stomach and looked down at it. Leah was officially six months now, but still looked only five months along. I was worried at first, but Carlisle had reassured us that she would grow.

When Leah stood in front of me, mixing up batter for corn bread, I sighed. "Have I told you how much I love you?" I asked her. I smiled wider as she blushed. She nodded. "Well...You're hearing it again. I love you more than life itself." Her face got redder, and she set down the bowl.

"I love you, too, Jakey," she grinned. She leaned in to kiss me, but only kissed the side of my mouth. So...She was going to tease me? I narrowed my eyes, and she just stuck her tongue out at me and crossed her eyes. "Sorry, but I have to cook." She picked up the bowl again and poured it into the pan, humming her favorite tune as she went along. I didn't know the words, but I knew the tune.

"What's that song that you always sing?" I asked her. She raised her eyebrows, still scooping out the extra batter at the bottom of the bowl.

"What song? I sing a lot of songs," she simply answered, setting the bowl in the sink. Then she filled it with hot water. She walked back over and moved the pan around on the counter a bit.

"That song you were just humming," I answered. Leah put the pan in the oven then closed it. She came and sat next to me.

"Oh. That. Mom used to sing it to me and Seth before bedtime. I never forgot it," she replied. "Christian likes it, he always kicks when I sing to him. I also sing it before I go to bed, too. It helps him sleep." I smiled lovingly at her. I knew how much she loved the idea of being a mom, and she took on the role nicely. "What?"

"I just think it's cute," I tweaked her nose. Then I changed the subject. "Sam offered me a job at his garage. I'm thinking about working there...And taking my college classes online." Leah nodded.

"I've always wondered what it would be like to be a kindergarten teacher...I had always dreamed of doing that when I grew up," Leah looked at the ceiling, clearly remembering when she was younger. "Or being a nurse. My grandma was a nurse, and she would always take me to work with her when I came to visit. She showed me how to use all the machines...She was my role model. Actually...I want to be a nurse more than a kindergarten teacher. But no hospitals would take anyone without experience..." Leah looked down. "So online classes would be the best-"

"Actually, Leah, if you don't mind me interrupting," Carlisle came in out of the living room. "We have a program for anyone aspiring to work on the medical field. Our staff works with our students hands on, and many of them end up working at our hospital...Or others elsewhere. If you want...I could put you on our list..." he smiled. Leah jumped out of her seat and hugged him.

"Thank you, so much, Carlisle! Oh, my gosh! This is like...I can't believe it!" she hugged him again. I smiled at Carlisle.

"Congratulations. You've succeeded in making Leah jump for joy!" I laughed. Leah turned around and stuck her tongue out at me.

"It's not my fault that I'm happy!" she retorted. Then she turned back around to Carlisle. "Can I start soon?" she asked hopefully.

"If you want to...But it might be best to wait until the baby's born," Carlisle replied. Leah nodded in understanding.

"Of course! Absolutely!" she nodded her head and giggled. "Now my kid will have the best nurse in the world," Leah said, walking into the living room with the others. I raised my eyebrows.

"Who?" I asked.

"Me."

The next chapter is Jacob's...And Jared's...And Kim's...And Embry's graduation! Class of 2012!

~SashaFierce12.0