Sorry this one is short I hope you like it anyway.
Confirmation
When we reached Sam and Emily's she was out front with the kids playing. Sammy ran up to us quickly, shouting for Jake and threw his arms around him.
"Hi Jake can you play with me?" he asked excitedly as Rebecca trotted over to me with her arms in the air above her head indicating she wanted to be picked up. I bent over and lifted her into my arms and kissed her cheek.
"Hello Becca are you having fun?" I smiled at her.
"Hey Emily how are you this morning?" I called as Jake sat down to play with Sammy.
"Hey, what brings you two this way?" she asked happily. I smiled and carried Rebecca over to where Emily was sitting with Elizabeth and sat on the ground. Before I could answer Sam came from the back of the house.
"Hey guys just in for a visit?" he asked curiously eyeing Jake and I. My face lit up as I looked to Jake waiting for him to answer. He was looking up from the cars him and Sammy were playing with, a huge grin on his face.
"We were hoping to talk with you and Em if you have time." Jake answered. I saw Sam and Emily share a quick smile as she began to stand and he spoke.
"Sure, let's go inside and talk so the kids can play." Sam replied. Jake snatched Sammy off the ground and followed the rest of us inside. I followed Emily to the back of the house with Becca in my arms. We took the kids to their playroom.
"Sammy keep an eye on the girls while mommy and daddy talk to Jake and Nessie okay?" she smiled at him.
"Yes momma." he replied maturely. I couldn't help but smile at him and think about what my children would look like. My heart felt like it would burst with joy at that thought.
Emily and I walked back to the living room where Jake and Sam were talking about the upcoming wedding. I went to sit next to Jake on the couch while Emily sat across from us next to Sam on the loveseat. Jacob took my hand and squeezed it gently, we smiled at each other then turned to Sam and Emily.
"We've decided to take you up on your offer of taking over the pack." Jake smiled at Sam and Emily and continued.
"We do want to ask a favor though. We don't want to make anything official until after the wedding and honeymoon. We're not sure what will happen if or when Nessie gets pregnant so we need you to be flexible with us for awhile if you can." Jake finished nervously.
"Anything you guys want. Thank you. We are so glad you've made this decision. You really were meant to lead this pack Jacob and I know with Nessie at your side our pack will be great." Sam gushed and extended a hand to Jake. They shook hands and Sam continued talking.
"I think maybe we should head out back Jake. There are some pack things I'd like to discuss further if you don't mind and I'm sure Emily would like time to visit with Nessie." Sam leaned over and kissed Emily sweetly on the cheek before heading out of the room.
"Are you okay with this Nessie?" Jake whispered into my ear. I grinned at him.
"Of course, I'd like to visit with Emily. Thanks." I replied and he kissed me passionately before leaving the room behind Sam. When I looked up I saw Emily watching me with a knowing smile on her face.
"Most of the pack is coming for supper tonight, would you like to help me get things ready?" she asked warmly.
"Of course. Oh, I forgot I promised Seth I'd have his cookies ready by later tonight." I paused debating what to do when Emily interrupted me.
"Did you promise double fudge?" Emily asked.
I looked at her questioningly, "How'd you know Em?"
She laughed, "They're Seth's favorites and I use them all the time as a bribe too." we laughed together for a few minutes.
"I have all of the ingredients already and I'm sure Becca would love to help you, especially since they're for her Sethy if you'd like to make them here." Emily offered.
"Thank you so much Emily. I really didn't want to leave. How about I help you get supper going and then I can have Becca help me?" I said.
"That would be great." she answered.
We worked and talked for an hour before everything was prepped for the coming meal. I loved talking with Emily because she always seemed to know exactly what to say. We talked a lot about pack life and she told me what to expect. I almost dropped the garlic bread I was holding when she told me what her grocery bill was every month. Wow! This was going to be interesting I thought. When we finally finished we went to the playroom to check on the kids. Again my heart felt like it would burst when I saw them playing together so well.
"Hey Becca would you like to help me make some cookies?" I asked.
Her little eyebrows pulled together in thought before she answered me.
"Are they for my Seffy?" she asked sweetly. I couldn't help but grin at her.
"Yes they are." I replied. Her face lit up as she dropped her toys and ran into my arms.
"Yes, yes, yes! I wove making cookies for my Seffy!" she shouted.
I couldn't help but laugh this time as I carried her into the kitchen. I sat her in a chair at the table and began gathering the ingredients for the cookies. Emily came back into the room with Elizabeth and began preparing her bottle for nap time.
"Where'd Sammy go?" I asked curiously.
"He went to be with the guys. He prefers to be with Sam especially when any of the pack is around." Emily replied. I could tell she was happy and maybe even a little relieved now that she knew she'd be growing old with Sam.
Becca and I worked on preparing the cookies and talking about whatever came into her head. It didn't take long to realize everything in her head revolved around Seth. I couldn't help but smile as I thought about when I was that size, well actually my whole life, because Jacob has always been the center of my world. I suddenly felt little hands tugging on my arm so I looked down.
"Nessie, you not listen to me?" Becca said sadly frowning.
"I'm sorry sweetheart I got lost in my own thoughts for a minute would you please forgive me?" I asked sincerely. She smiled big and wrapped her arms around my neck to give me a hug.
"Now what were you telling me?" I asked as I set her back down. She looked at me shyly and then to where her mom was across the room before whispering.
"Nessie I haf a seekwit." she paused and pulled me closer to her before continuing.
"I wove Seffy!" she said, her face glowing.
I giggled a little. I could see Emily grinning from across the room trying to pretend she hadn't heard her daughters attempt to whisper her secret to me.
"Well Becca that is an awfully big secret." I said with mock somberness.
"Have you told anyone else your secret?" I asked looking her in the eye.
"Oh, no-o-o-o." she said firmly.
"I can't tell Seffy." she looked down sadly before continuing.
"He finks I'm his wittle sister." she frowned.
I looked at Emily questioningly and she shrugged her shoulders. I could see the confusion on her face too so I continued my conversation with Becca.
"Well Becca don't you love Seth like a big brother?" I asked cautiously.
I wasn't sure where this was going, she was only three for crying out loud. Then it hit me. I remembered when I was little, I'd seen Jake as a big brother but there was always something more to my feelings that I never understood. As I looked back on them now, through her eyes, I saw those feelings were more like longing. I didn't want to ever be away from him because it hurt my heart. I smiled and sat down next to her as she answered me.
"Yes Seffy is my bestest fwiend." she said a little confused.
"Becca I have a secret too." I told her. Her eyes lit up as she looked at me.
"Ohhh, will you tewl me Nessie?" she pleaded.
"Emily would you mind if I 'showed' Becca something, in her head." I asked.
I wasn't sure what Emily would think because we'd never discussed my gift. She came and sat across from us while she rocked Elizabeth.
"I heard you were showing the guys some things this morning. They seemed to really enjoy it. I know it helped Quil. Remind me to ask you what you showed Paul to freak him out though, Seth and Quil were rolling on the ground when they told us about his reaction." she laughed a little. I couldn't help but smile at the thought of his face this morning.
"Yea I don't mind, I'm actually very curious about how that works." she said.
"Here" I reached out to take her hand. "How about I let you 'see' what I show her?" I said questioningly. Emily smiled and nodded so I turned my attention back to Rebecca.
"Okay Becca now this is a secret so it has to stay between us girls." she smiled at me and shook her head eagerly.
I 'showed' them the memory I'd just had about my feelings for Jacob when I was little like Becca. Emily smiled sweetly as she looked at us as if to say she understood what Rebecca was feeling. Becca was bouncing up and down eagerly.
"Nessie, Nessie that's what I fewl too 'cept for Seffy not Jakey." she frowned a little then continued grinning. She creased her eyebrows again deep in thought before she spoke.
"Nessie what if Seffy never finks of me wike Jakey finks of you?" she asked sadly. I smiled sweetly at her worry.
"Here." I took their hands again.
"Can I show you something else?" I asked and she quickly shook her head.
"You have to promise you won't tell Seth I showed this to you okay." she smiled and shook her head.
I 'showed' her my talk with Seth at the bonfire while she was asleep when he told me how much he loved her and worried about her. Rebecca's face lit up as she saw this memory and a little sigh came out as I let go of her hand.
"I wove my Seffy and he woves me too." she said quietly, contentedly. Emily and I smiled at each other.
"I think that's enough secret sharing little girl you need to go take a nap." Emily told her. She sighed again but got up anyway and gave me a hug before leaving for her nap.
"Fank you Nessie." she said before leaving the room. I couldn't help but smile. I might be okay at this pack leaders wife thing I thought.