I don't own Twilight, just Erin and Baby Wolf. Ahh! It's the next to last chapter! So crazy!

Thank you to everyone for reading… Just a warning, I have been trying to put out a chapter every other day and that will probably not be possible soon as I will be starting up school again. However, I will continue to update and put out the sequel in a timely fashion, maybe just not as frequently as before.

Random Fun Fact: Erin's rain and lavender scent comes from my own personal favorite smells. I use lavender under my pillow to help me go to sleep and my mom's favorite days are rainy ones; I love them too. So, when thinking of what scents Seth should be describing, I picked those two.

After several more hours of discussion and planning, Seth and I had decided it would be best to just come out and tell our families about the baby. While both of us were dreading their reactions, we knew it would only be worse if they found out because Seth had to phase and the Pack saw it in his head.

And that would include the whole of both Packs, seeing as they had all been able to read each other minds again since agreeing to coexist; however, Jacob could not command Sam's wolves or vis versa. The Packs were almost even now as well, Quil and Embry official joining up with Jacob, Seth and Leah right after Bella's transformation. Paul, Jared, Brady, Collin, and several other brand new wolves stayed with Sam.

Besides, Uncle Billy, Rachel, and Sue deserved to know and to hear it from Seth and I, not secondhand. With Seth's responsibilities to patrol and guard the Cullen household and the reservation, our window to be open and honest was quickly closing.

And that was how I ended up sitting at the Clearwater's dining room table with Seth beside me and his mother and sister across from us. Leah had her arms crossed, her eyes scanning me in a way that made me think she already knew exactly why we 'had to talk to them'. On the other hand, Sue was distracted, checking her wrist watch quickly before saying, "Seth, baby, my shift starts in twenty minutes. What is it?"

"Uh, well- The thing is- Um…" Seth looked over at me, desperation obvious in his gaze. I gave him a look and jerked my head towards his family. We had an agreement, he had to tell his family and I had to tell mine. He sighed and closed his eyes, bending his head. "Erin's pregnant."

I kept my eyes on my lap, nervously wringing my hands. It was dead silent and Seth had said it so quietly that I wandered for a moment whether or not Sue and Leah had heard. Then Sue's voice broke through the quiet, an edge to her voice, "I'm sorry, what did you just say, Seth? Because it better not have been what I thought you said."

Looking over at my boyfriend, I watched as he opened his eyes and reluctantly faced his mother and sister. "Erin is pregnant." He clarified after clearing his throat, speaking louder than before.

I chanced a glance up only to see Sue's eyes on me, her eyebrows raised like she was asking for confirmation. I felt Leah's glare on me as well as I nodded the tiniest bit, my face flushing in shame and guilt.

There was a loud scraping sound as Leah shot up out of her chair, stomping from the dining room. A second later, a loud crash from the front door slamming shut indicated she had left. I flinched and jumped slightly in my chair at the sound.

"How did this happen? How did you let this happen?!" Sue snapped rapidly, apparently deciding to just ignore her daughter's exit, her voice getting angrier and angrier with each word.

Seth shook his head, mournfully keeping his gaze to the right of his mother's face like he couldn't meet her eyes, "It just happened, Ma."

"Oh no, Seth Harry Clearwater! It did not 'just happen', that is not how it works," She sarcastically used her fingers as air quotes; Seth flinched back. "Then again you'd know that, wouldn't you? Seeing that you are apparently so experienced." She threw her hands up, "I didn't even think you two were having sex!? Or at least that's what you told me, Seth! I said be careful! And you told me I had nothing to worry about! You were lying to me?"

Seth anxiously drummed his hand on his thigh and shook his head again, more frantically this time, "No, Ma! That was the truth! Things just…changed since then." He mumbled the last bit, looking like the kid caught getting into the cookie jar.

Sue stared at him, her eyes hard and unforgiven. "How could you be so irresponsible? So stupid?!"

Seth flinched again, his hand slipping into mine under the table and squeezing hard. "I know! Okay? I know it was stupid and irresponsible! And you can trust me, I've been killing myself for the last week for screwing up so bad!"

"Trust you, Seth? I did! Look how it turned out." She shook her head, "And good, at least you understand somewhat how badly you messed up."

"It's my fault." I blurted out, feeling even more guilty as I watched Seth shoulder all the blame. I mean, I was the one to shrug off the idea of using protection and it takes two cells to make a baby. And besides, I was feeling more and more uncomfortable with all the talk of 'screwing up' and 'how badly you messed up' centering around Baby Wolf.

His mother sighed, lips pursed as she stared hard at her son for a moment longer. Then, her eyes turned to me, her anger and disappointment clear as day. "Oh, I am aware that you are to blame as well, Erin Avery. What are the two even planning on doing?! You're sophomores in high school, you're 15! Do you have any plans, any at all? Do you even realize how hard this is going to be if you decide to really do this now?"

Subconsciously, I placed a hand protectively over my stomach under the table, squeezing Seth's hand harder, "I'm keeping it."

"We're keeping it. And we'll both be 16 pretty soon anyway." My boyfriend corrected, holding his mother's gaze like a dare.

"Yes, because being a father at 16 is completely different from being one at 15." Sue shot back. Her eyes found mine, looking exhausted and about a decade older, "As disappointed as I am, I would never force a decision on you, Erin." She sighed, heavily, resting her head in her hands, "Have you told Billy?"

I shook my head, tears burning in my eyes despite my best efforts, while Seth answered, "She's gonna tell him next..."

Sue looked up at me, her expression still so hard and cold, completely foreign to me coming from her, "How far along are you?"

It took me a second to even figure out what she was asking. Then I recalled Kim always updating me on how far along her pregnancy was in weeks. She was 20 along the last time we'd spoken about it. I tried to do some quick calculations with Sue and Seth both looking at me, distractingly. "I'm not sure. Six weeks? Maybe seven?"

Sue's face softened slightly as her gaze flickered down to where my middle was, out of view due to the table. "You haven't seen a doctor? Erin, you should get all the testing done to make sure the baby's healthy and start prenatal vitamins as soon as possible to keep it that way."

I felt ashamed all over again, scolded. Baby Wolf wasn't even close to being here yet and I was already proving what a crappy mother I would make. I hadn't even thought of going to see a doctor yet, it was all still so new. What kind of doctor did you even see when you were pregnant? A normal one or an OB/GYN?

Oh god, I thought, ice running into my veins, What if there actually is something wrong with the baby?

"I'll help you make an appointment for sometime soon." Sue announced, standing up looking completely worn out. "We'll discuss this later. I just can't have any more of this conversation right now. I need to go to work and you two need to go and tell Billy. And Seth, once that's done you come back home and don't you dare leave your room until I get off the clock."

Sue left the dining room, shaking her head and blinking rapidly as if trying not to cry. I could count on one hand how many times I'd witnessed Sue Clearwater cry. I swallowed and remained seated as Seth hastily stood and tried to leave the dining room as well. However, I stopped him by tightening my grip on his hand; he turned back to me, biting his lip and looking ready to cry as well.

"I'm sorry." I pleaded before I could stop myself.

He pulled me to my feet and tightly wrapped his arms around me, allowing me to rest my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat. "I'm fine, Erin. It's fine, don't worry. I figured it was coming, I just hate being such a disappointment to her."

"She's just worried us. And maybe feeling a little betrayed. But you're not a disappointment, Seth." I muttered, looking up at him.

He sighed and dropped his arms, no longer looking teary-eyed but still much too depressed for my Seth Clearwater, who was always provided shining optimism to counter my dark realism. "We should go tell Billy and them."

The whole ride back to my house, I wanted to cheer Seth up but struggled to find the words. Almost every time something happened to us, it was Seth who could brush it off and keep smiling. He was a werewolf? Awesome new powers! He had to go fight a swarm of newborn vampires? Being out of the action would be the worst part! Being apart for weeks? Hey, everything will be okay eventually!

But receive his mother's disapproval? That had shaken my boyfriend more than almost anything I had seen in our whole lives. Seth valued his mother's opinion, possibly even more than he did mine. I felt heartbroken for him, knowing that losing his father less than a year ago made everything just that much worse.

We pulled into my driveway and I climbed out of the car, glancing across the roof at him, nervously. That was when I saw my cousin break through the trees behind, shaking, Leah yelling behind him, "Jacob, stop! If you attack him-"

Seth had turned around and without preamble, Jacob punched him straight in the face.

"Jacob! What the hell?!" Racing around the car, I went to grab Jake's arm to stop him from hitting Seth again.

"'Rin, stay back!" Seth yelled with a raised hand, the other holding his nose as blood poured from it. At the same time, Jacob growled, "Shut up, Erin!"

Leah reached us and shoved herself between me and the boys; if it hadn't been Leah, who seemed to hate me most of the time, I would have thought she was being protective of me. Jacob hit Seth again, sending him falling backward. I tried again to rush to them but Leah stood firm, turning her head back to the house as Paul, Embry, and Quil all ran out.

"Stop him!" I pleaded, sound hysterical even in my own ears, as tears sprung to my eyes and Jacob kicked Seth hard while he was down. The three other wolves looked dumbfounded for a moment, only snapping into action when Jake backed up and phased right there in our front yard.

Seth, who hadn't been doing anything to defend himself, finally moved, jumping up to phase as well. At least they would stay somewhat evenly matched. Wolf Jacob would tear Human Seth apart in his current state of blind rage. Paul, Embry, and Quil all ran forward and changed too, still looking shell shocked.

Out of nowhere, Rachel and Billy were by my side. Jacob snarled and pounced on Seth, send his claws into that precious sandy colored fur. My heart ached as Seth painfully howled and forced Jacob off, the other three racing between them. Even from the distance between us, I could see blood quickly soaking Seth's fur.

"What the hell is going on?" Rachel asked, panicked.

Leah looked at the ground before turning to face me, "Jacob saw it in my head. I didn't think-" She broke off, looking almost guilty as she turned to Rachel and Billy, "Just make sure she stays here!"

She raced off, shifting and growling at Jacob, hackles up, as he tried to break through the four of them to get to Seth, who was shakily getting to his feet. Jacob backed up, jumped high, arcing over Quil's head, and once again landed on Seth. There was a loud cracking sound and a whimper of pain that made me reach over and grip Rachel's arm, hard.

"Come on, Seth." I whispered; it was like I could feel all of his pain in my chest, making it hard to breath. We'd always been tied to each other; the baby had only further cemented our connection.

There was a loud howl and a large black wolf came bounding out of the trees. Sam. But what was he doing here? He ran forward and knocked into Jacob, sending him flying off of Seth, who remained still on the ground. For probably the first time in my life, I felt thankful for the appearance of my oldest half-brother. All the members present from both Packs circled my cousin, snapping and snarling between them.

Rachel looked over at me, "What did Jacob see in Leah's head? Why on earth is he trying to kill Seth?"

Watching as Jacob finally seemed to be calming down, he broke through the Pack ranks and raced back into the woods, followed closely by Embry and Quil, and Sam a second later.

"I'm pregnant." I muttered, not caring or waiting for their reactions as I raced across our yard, towards Seth's fallen form.

Leah and Paul took off for the woods as I fell to my knees by Seth's muzzle. There was blood matted in his fur and his chocolate brown eyes looked pleading and blurry though my tears. "Oh god, Seth." I cried, trying to gently rest my hand on his side. He whimpered, closing his eyes and trying to move away from my touch. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

A hand grabbed my upper arm and pulled me up to my feet, shakily. Leah gave me a look, a bundle of clothing in her hands. "Turn around." I begrudgingly did as she said and a moment later when I turned back around, Seth was human once again, laying in basketball shorts on his back, breathing ragged and shallow.

"Ribs broken for sure," He gasped through clenched teeth, eyes on Leah. Blood staining his side from brutally torn skin and his muscles were tensed rigidly in pain. "Probably shoulder too. He clawed me pretty good. Hurts to breathe."

I returned to the ground, carefully resting Seth's head in my lap. "This is all my fault." I sobbed, helplessly, as I brushed the hair back from his forehead.

He shook his head but didn't speak, assumedly because it was too painful. Above us, Paul, Leah, Rachel, and Billy were bickering.

"We don't have a choice! He needs help! He heals fast, but he can still bleed out and there is no way those bones are going to heal right without help!"

"Leah! How can you even think about sending your own brother to leeches?!"

"She's right, Paul! Look at him, he can barely talk and there's blood everywhere! Dad, do you think even the Elder's could handle this?"

A heavy sigh. "I don't know, Rachel. Part of me wants to leave the boy here in the dirt, but his best chance is with the Doc."

"It's decided then. We're taking him to the Cullen's." Leah concluded, turning back to look at Seth and I in the grass.

I know, I know Jacob was... vicious this chapter but I swear it was just his temper and the fact that he didn't have Renesmee around to reign him in. And he will be very apologetic very soon. I mean, we all know that Jake only pretends to be annoyed with Seth when they totally have a bromance.

Okay the next chapter will be the last of Without You… Don't panic! Do you really think I would leave you guys hanging, no Baby Wolf birth or Final Breaking Dawn battle? Of course not! There will be a fourth installment of the Erin Black series where all of that will be happening.

I will probably add an author's note at the end of this story when the next one it posted with its title and description and all that. Should be up about a week after the last chapter is posted here? Possibly a little after that?

Also, comment your questions about the characters or storylines and I might do a Q&A extra chapter in this book, because out of the three Erin Books so far, this one was definitely the hardest to write and finish, so I think my faithful reader deserve a reward.