Elle's jaw dropped. She had to have heard him wrong. There was no way in hell! "I'm what?" she managed to choke out.
"Well, you're pregnant m'dear." The old man repeated, for about the fourth time. PREGNANT! I wanted to scream, to laugh in his face like a crazy woman. HYBRIDS AND SHAPESHIFTERS CAN'T PRODUCE OFFSPRING! Or can they?What's gonna happen? What if my baby dies? I love it already!
Elle smiled, thanking him, grabbing her purse and walking outside. She walked right into Edward. "What the-"
"You have to tell him." Edward said, addressing her thoughts. "He's gonna figure it out, sooner or later. Probably sooner, if it grows anything like Nessie did."
"I know, I know." Elle said. Edward grabbed her purse, opening her phone and dialing Jacob, then handing it back to her when he said hello. "Hey, love."
"Are you okay?" he asked, sounding anxious.
"Yeah, but we have to talk. I'll be at the house in a couple hours, gotta run some errands." Elle quickly lied, needing time to think it out. Edward shook his head, boring into her blue orbs with his topaz ones. "You know what, I think I'll just stop home first." Elle corrected quickly.
"Okay, I love you." Jake said. But will you love me when you know?
"Love you too honey!" She quickly hung up, after making a MUAH! sound into the phone. Edward chuckled. "Shut up." she growled, walking out of the hospital. Elle took off at a full run for the Cullen's house, but she quickly ran out of breath, and everything went black.
ELLES POV:
I woke up in Jake's arms on the couch. I didn't know when I got here, or what Jake knew, or how long I'd been unconscious. The last thing I could remember was running through the familiar pine trees towards our special meadow, a different one that Bella and Edwards by the way (slightly smaller, but much more reclusive), then suddenly I'd had a head-on collision with a dogwood. I hadn't seen it coming, everything had gone back. I could smell the tree, the moss of the forest floor, feel the drips of rain falling from the leaves of the rattled tree. Last thing I knew, a two-hundred-year-old dogwood was cracking and about to land on me. Then I passed out.
I found out Edward saved me from the tree. Good, or my baby would be dead. Jake has tears in his eyes, apparently he knows. Wait, why the hell am I hooked up to machines?! What's going on, what the hell happened to my baby? I started to hyperventilate, looking around confusedly to the faces of all my loved ones.
"I didn't tell him yet." Edward said.
"Okay, so why's everyone looking at me like I'm dying?" I joked, however, I was honestly wondering why they were.
(A/N: okay I know Carlisle was born in the 1600's but for the purpose of this story he's a thousand years old get used to it. =))
"Elle, you have cancer. I ran your blood work, and I don't know how the humans missed it, but you have cancer." Carlisle choked out. Alistair shook his head. When did he get here? And what kind of joke is this! CANCER?! I'm a hybrid for Goodness sakes I can't have cancer! Right, Edward?
"You do." Edward confirmed, and I stared at him, willing my tears not to fall. I looked in the mirror, and my skin was pallid, nearly transparent. It looked like leather… Tough, hideous leather, dull and worn down. My hair…
"OH MY GOD!" I screeched, my hand flying to my now bald scalp. I felt little drill holes in my head, and I screamed again. "WHAT AM I FRANKENSTEIN?!"
"You have brain cancer, Elle." Jake whispered, crying. I held him, trying not to show him how hurt I truly was. I'm not gonna be vain enough to let this bother me.
"I'll be fine, love!" I assured him, kissing his warm cheeks, the taste of his salty tears on my lips. Carlisle shook his head. "Well, you don't know that! I'm half vampire, I'm stronger than a human! I can make it!" I was near-shouting at Carlisle. God, he doesn't help when a pregnant half-vampire finds out she has cancer!
"It's in your Temporal and Occipital lobes, Elle." Carlisle said. Oh, God. I know what that means.
"So, if you remove it…" I stopped short, not wanting to say it out loud. I looked to Edward. I'll be deaf, blind or colorblind, mute, and have no memories?
"Basically, you'll be a walking vegetable, yes." Edward nodded.
"Wait for the treatments until I have my baby." I ordered.
"If we have any chance of saving you, it has to be now!" Carlisle argued. "We're lucky we found it this soon, you're lucky to be alive!"
"And even if you give me treatments, the chances of it coming back are high. I want a wedding, and I want a baby. Before..." I couldn't finish the sentence, I couldn't hurt Jake. I die. "Please?" I hadn't realized I'd whispered that out loud.
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I pulled on the beautiful dress with the pick-up skirt (A/N: People of mocospace who know me as x..bella..cullen..x, its in the my wedding album!). It was perfect! I felt beautiful as I pulled on my matching white gloves. I'd chosen to be barefoot, something Alistair hated. As Alice pulled my short, curly hair into pearl combs (hybrids hair does grow quickly!), and Rosalie applied my make-up, I looked to our flower girl. Nessie, my competition. She was nearly full-grown, and beautiful.
"Take care of Jake for me when I'm gone." I told her, thereby giving him up to her, even on my own wedding day. Nessie simply nodded, touching my cheek. She knew how much we loved each other, but she would be with him if he wanted her. I smiled. Then, I saw my adorable little ring bearer, ET. "Take care of him too!" I said, grinning. Nessie nodded at me again, and I smiled.
Things started to go black, but I wouldn't let them now. Everything was PERFECT! I heard the bridal march start and cursed, picking up my skirt and running for the stairs. I tripped, but Alistair caught me. "Ready?" he asked, grinning. Beaming at me, his daughter… No, he's just my caregiver. Maybe I should let Carlisle give me away? No, he's the minister…
I looked down the aisle, watching Nessie throw the blue rose petals to the ground, smelling the scent of flowers adorning every free centimeter of space, the chairs full of friends and loved ones… And Jordan. ET walking with Nessie's left hand in his, how cute I hadn't noticed that before! I grinned, watching Alice walk ahead, holding a bouquet of white lilies. It was our turn now, Emmett was playing the song… I let my feet carry me gracefully, my veil pulled in front of my face.
I could see him through my tears of joy, God he looks so good! His tux is incredible! I wonder what he's thinking about me?
Then I heard it, I don't know how, it's as if our two souls joined together. I'm thinking you are the most incredible woman I've ever seen in my entire life. His voice was in my head! I laughed, and got a couple "woah-she's-insane" stares. Edward winked at me. Bella taught me, I wanted it to be a surprise. For some reason, you're the only one I can do it with.
We must be meant for each other! I beamed at him, reaching the aisle. I know we are, forever Louiselle. His thoughts stung at my core, I felt his hand take mine, never before had my hand felt so small. As Edward read the vows, I stared into the doe-brown eyes I'd be spending the rest of my life with, even if it was a short time. He'd always have our baby.
"I do." He whispered, smiling at me.
"And do you, Louiselle Cullen, take Jacob Black to be your lawfully wedded husband, To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish 'till death do us part?" He asked me.
"For all eternity, even when we're dead and gone, I do." I shouted, for the first time finding my voice, squeezing his hand.
As he removed my left glove, and slid the ring on, I couldn't help but tear up. This was the most magical moment of my entire life, and I would never want it to be with anyone else. "I love you." I whispered to him.
"I love you too." he whispered, while I was sliding the ring on his finger.
"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride!" Edward was grinning. Jake's lips met mine, and it was like the first kiss, sparks flew, and time stopped, my world was upside down. He was everything I needed and more to live the remainder of my life in pure bliss. But could I hurt him by leaving him here alone?