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Chapter 26
"Mr Uley you will need to move or I won't be able to bring her back," Poppy snapped. He quickly stepped back a few paces as Carlisle took the baby off Luna. Luna quickly cleaned the baby as Carlisle cut the umbilical cord.
"Sam you need to hold him, I need to help her," Carlisle instructed as he passed the baby to Sam. Sam was wide eyes as tears dripped down his face, he was holding his son for the very first time and he was beautiful. Carlisle was doing CPR while Poppy and Luna were trying to stop the bleeding, inside and out.
"Come on Miss Granger!" Poppy exclaimed. Carlisle still wasn't stopping with the CPR but even he was beginning to give up hope. Poppy managed to stop and heal all internal bleeding an injuries while Luna quickly cleaned up the blood soaked bed and sheets.
Two more agonising minutes past and everyone had basically given up, all except Sam who was still holding his sleeping son and watching his wife intently, begging anyone who was up there to save her.
Suddenly Carlisle pulled back and Hermione's eyes snapped open and a loud gasp left her mouth. Sam was elated he rushed over to the bed and watched as Hermione started choking.
"Hermione," he whispered as she looked at him groggily. Poppy forced another potion down her throat and Hermione lay back on the bed, she was alright, very tired and sore but alright.
"My baby," she moaned. Sam quickly sat on the chair and placed their sleeping son on her chest. She looked at her little miracle and smiled, he was beautiful, and he was her life.
"Mione!" Harry gasped, she was alright, and she was alive!
(Okay I didn't make her recovery dramatic because 1. I never said her heart stopped only that she wasn't breathing hehe and 2. Mothers are brought back from things like this if they have been in a car accident or something that brought on early labour so I didn't think it was that impossible to do)
"Everybody out! Come on! She needs her rest, you may see her tomorrow," Poppy commanded as she shooed everyone out of the room bar Sam. Carlisle and Poppy stayed in the room and hooked Hermione up to some machines and fluid and gave her one last check over but all around she seemed alright, they would check back later.
"You are to stay in bed Miss Granger, no heavy lifting or doing anything strenuous for a week and that includes magic," Poppy said. Hermione nodded distantly as she looked at her son and held his tiny hand. Carlisle stepped outside with Poppy to give the couple some privacy, and he needed to go and check on Elliot and Bella to see if there was any change in her...condition.
"Hermione, love, I am so sorry, I never meant for you to get hurt," Sam apologised.
"I know," she replied softly.
"Leah imprinted on Bella's baby. I was so angry that I lost control," he murmured.
"She imprinted?" Hermione asked shocked, "Is that why she wouldn't let you kill him? Wait how did you know?"
"Yes and I knew because of the look in her eyes. Protecting our imprints is our one most sacred law, imprints are untouchable no matter what and I was angry about everything. That everything we had just been through was void because she looked at the baby. I lost you because of that baby and my stubbornness to protect the tribe and you were right, that baby is like Teddy and I should have never tried to kill it," he explained.
"I understand where you are coming from Sam I really do. I never told you this but Remus, Teddy's father, wanted to kill him because Tonks was in so much pain during the pregnancy, the baby was growing slightly too fast and would transform on every full moon. He used to tear up Tonks' insides when it happened and Remus almost killed the baby when it was born but Harry stopped him. Madam Pomfrey did everything she could and managed to keep Tonks alive," she replied tiredly.
"I…I'm so sorry Hermione. I am a monster and…I don't blame you if you want to go back to England with our son," he whispered with a broken heart. How could she want to stay with him when he had been willing to kill a baby, no matter what it was it was still a baby? He was a monster, he was worse than the bloodsuckers now.
"Don't you dare," Hermione growled as she glared at him with tired eyes, "Don't you even dare of thinking that I would leave you that I would take your son away from you. I love you Sam and I know that even though we had our differences, I know you were doing it for the right reasons. You wanted to protect your people, that does not make you a monster. Yes you wanted to kill a child but you had been brought up to think that any type of vampire is bad, especially one that was part vampire, you didn't know what it could do or even what it would really be. I forgive you Sam and I love you and we are not leaving you."
Sam couldn't take it anymore; tears ran down his face as he embraced his wife and child. Hermione leaned into him and let her eyes droop a little, she was tired, oh so tired.
"Sam I need sleep," she whispered after a few minutes. Sam nodded and quickly took their son off her so she could rest.
"W-what's his name?" Sam asked quietly. Hermione opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"I wanted you to decide his first name but I want his second name to be Seth, after his Uncle that protected us both so well while we were away," she whispered. Sam was shocked, she wanted him to pick a name? He was shocked but he was also proud and slightly ashamed. Seth must have done a wonderful job being there for Hermione when he couldn't but that also hurt him. If he hadn't have been so pigheaded then he would have been there for her like he should have.
"Do you have a name?" she asked. Sam looked at her with a concentrated frown, he was trying to think.
"I…can only think of one right now," he replied softly.
"Tell me," she requested.
"Lucas, it is my middle name," he murmured.
"Lucas Seth Uley," she smiled, "I like it. I think everyone wants to meet him though."
Sam grinned, he was so happy right now…everything seemed to be going perfectly now even though the circumstanced it was brought to him weren't that good. He saw Hermione eyes close and quickly looked to the heart machine she was hooked to, it was steady, she was fine.
He noticed her steady breath and decided that she would be fine; he wanted to show off his son while she slept, and she wanted everyone to meet their son after all. He smiled and held his son's hand in his own, he was so small. He walked out of the room and into the living room where the whole pack was waiting. The vampires must have gone to check on their own baby, even Leah was here.
"Is that him?" Embry asked. Everyone looked to Sam who was looking at his son with such love.
"Yeah this is him," he replied.
"Is Hermione alright?" Leah asked. Everyone was thinking it but no one wanted to ask.
"She's fine, she is absolutely perfect," Sam smiled at them. Seth sighed in relief and rested his head on his sister's shoulders. He had been so worried that she wouldn't make it.
"Where are Hermione's friends?" Sam asked noticing the lack of the three magical people.
"They went to inform everyone in England that Hermione had given birth and that she was fine, I think they were leaving out the part where she almost…" Jared trailed off. The silence became awkward and tense but Quil son broke it.
"What's his name?" he asked.
"His name," Sam said as he looked at Seth who had his eyes averted to the ground, "Is Lucas Seth Uley."
Seth's head snapped up to look at Sam and their eyes connected, one full of gratitude while the other was shocked.
"What?" Seth asked.
"His name is Lucas Seth Uley. His first name is my middle and his middle name, well he was named after the uncle that protected him and his mother when I couldn't," Sam replied. Seth was tearing up but he kept them in, lest he look like a sissy in front of his brothers.
"I want to thank you Seth, for sticking beside her when I wasn't. I want to thank you for protecting her and helping her through this when I was being so horrible. I missed out on the experience of having a pregnant wife but knowing that she was safe and looked after almost makes it alright and I will forever be in your debt, she wanted to have you in his life so she gave him your name, I hope that's alright?"
"Are you kidding," Seth said with a grin, "I think it's awesome and you don't owe me anything Sam, I did what any of the others would do but I am honoured to have my name in his own."
"Would you all like to see him?" Sam asked as he walked forward. Everyone nodded and Luna go up first. She didn't really get a good look at him while the drama inside was going on she was too frazzled and worried to really notice much. Sam smiled and passed his son over so Luna could hold him.
She looked down at the boy with dark brown hair and slightly tanned skin. He wasn't as tanned as Sam but he wasn't as light as Hermione, he was a perfect mix between the both of them.
Jacob watched as his girlfriend held the small baby in her arms and couldn't help but imagine when that would hopefully be his child nestled in her arms in a few years time. She would be a great mother, a little...perky but that was one of the things he loved about her.
"He's beautiful Sam," Luna smiled as she handed the baby back to Sam. He went to sit on one of the couches so the others could come and meet him. The last one to walk up to him was Seth and Sam passed the small baby to him. Seth looked scared for a moment but relaxed when he looked at the sleeping baby.
"Lucas Seth Uley," Seth said with a grin as Leah looked over his shoulder to the small boy, "Welcome to the pack."
Everyone laughed and nodded, he was definitely part of the pack.
"I think it's time we all go to bed, it has been a long and stressful day and we should be expecting Harry, Ron and Ginny back tomorrow," Luna said softly. Everyone nodded and went their separate ways. Most of the pack left for their homes while Jacob and Sam stayed at the house.
Seth was going home to tell his parents everything that happened and that he was sorry for leaving them like that. Leah was going to do the same but she was going to tell them about her imprint. Jacob and Luna took up the spare room and Luna was trying to comfort Jake who seemed to be out of it from losing his best friend, he was emotionally drained.
Luna hopped that Bella would pull through with Edwards's venom but the chanced were slim to none, she knew that and she knew that Jacob knew. He was already grieving and she didn't want to give him any false hope so she just held him that night and let him cry to her, it was all she could do.
Sam walked back into the medical room and placed his son in a small crib that Luna had conjured during the panic of saving Hermione. He covered him in a warm blanket and slipped in beside Hermione on her bed. She was resting peacefully and Sam pulled her close to him being careful of the medical wires. He could hear her heart beating and to him it was the best thing in the world.
He slowly closed his eyes and made a vow to himself. Never again would he go against her judgement, he would trust her with anything and everything including his tribes safety and lives. He would protect his son and be there for every moment of his life, nothing would change that.
He also vowed to protect Hermione from everything; nothing would hurt her ever again, including himself if he could help it. He would give Hermione everything he could get her, he would prove how sorry he was, how ashamed he was. She was his perfect angel and he had almost killed her and his son. That was the wake up call he needed though it shouldn't have come to that, and it never would again, that was his vow. He was going to be their protector, lover and father and he was going to make sure he was damn good at it because that's what they deserved.
"I love you, both of you," he whispered as he drifted off to sleep next to his wife.
Okay this wasn't my best chapter but its hard to write at 2am when you have been awake for 23 hours and worked 11 of those hours so sorry guys but I hope it's still alright! Oh and I need to read Breaking Dawn again (from this part on) or I am probably going to miss some things and stuff some things up and I don't want to do that! So I might take about…a week to put up more chapters?
Take care guys and have a great new year, I wish you all the best and will see (or write for) you soon!
