Alcohol Wars, Ocean Paradises, and Bad Dreams

Jacob POV

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I sat in my office and tried to keep my mind off of my family at home but couldn't.

I was going to be the father of two babies.

After my initial terrifying reaction, I got over that. Now I was excited beyond belief.

Fuck being scared. I didn't have time to be scared. I had things to do. It had been three days since we found out about the twins and this was all I could think about. We were going to have two babies and this was going to be amazing. I knew I had built a big house for a reason. I must have known that I was going to have a large family; just like I wanted.

After Doc showed me the blood test, there was no denying that Nessie was in fact pregnant with twins. How could I have even doubted it? The more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Nessie had been eating double the amount Rachel was and even Doc was surprised at the amount of food she was consuming. Secondly, twins ran in my family. Rachel and Rebecca were just one of several sets and I shouldn't have been surprised that the trait passed on through me.

Monkey and Peanut.

Two new babies.

I was brought out of my happy thoughts when my phone rang.

"Jacob Black." I answered and hit the speakerphone button.

"Mr. Black, Mrs. Black is here with your lunch." Brittany replied through the phone with a nasty tone. I was going to have to talk to her about that.

Goddamn it Nessie. I told her to stay at home.

"Send her up please." I groaned.

"Will do sir."

The line went dead and two minutes later, Nessie came through the door with a pizza, bottled water and a warm smile. I got out of my seat to give her a short kiss before taking the pizza and from her hands. I had to maneuver around her growing belly that was getting bigger by the hour.

"Not that I don't appreciate it, but didn't I tell you to stay at home." I said.

"I know you're mad but I had to get out of the house. Emmett was about to drive me crazy." She sat on the couch and spread her legs out.

"It's snowing outside and you could have been in an accident." I sighed as I sat next to her.

"I went two miles an hour and didn't even take the highway." She pleaded.

"But you still could have gotten hurt." I pressed.

"I wanted to see you." She smiled and broke my sternness.

Damn her.

I lightly laughed and pulled her into a hug, "Thank you for lunch." I kissed her hair.

"I thought I could bribe you with pizza."

"It worked."

We sat in my office for over an hour not talking about anything in particular but just enjoying each other's company. I knew that these times were going to be rare in the coming months because of the arrival of the twins so I tried to enjoy this while I still had time.

I talked to my dad about raising twins and he said it's the most stressful thing imaginable. Luckily, I had more resources than he had while raising Rebecca and Rachel so I knew our situations were different but I was still kind of worried about the whole thing. I knew that the entire pack and then Cullens would be there to help me so I tried not to think about the negatives.

"What's this?" Nessie asked as she picked up a letter from the coffee table.

"Nothing much." I replied and took another bite of pizza, "Just an invitation to some business conference in San Antonio."

"Are you going?"

"Absolutely not. It's in March and I've blocked that whole month out."

"I bet you already have my bags packed for the hospital." She laughed.

"I have one here and three at the house just in case I get the call." I said proudly, "I'm not taking any chances."

"That's why we love you." She gave me a short kiss.

We.

I was still getting used to that since I knew there were two babies in her but I liked it.

"Do you think I'll have a normal delivery?" She asked when she pulled back from under my arm and I saw some trepidation in her eyes.

"I'm sure everything is going to go perfectly." I rubbed my hand up and down her spine.

"Are you sure?"

No.

"Yes. Doc knows what he's doing and he's prepared."

Over the past couple of months, we had talked about how the delivery was going to go. Originally, we were going to do everything at the house to keep the suspicion down. People would find it kind of strange if a needle couldn't pierce Nessie's skin or if her temperature was too high or if our child popped out being a wolf or something. Now that we knew Nessie was having twins, Doc had to move everything to the hospital in Forks. There was no other option. He couldn't deliver and care for two babies by himself in a way that was healthy so it was necessary to move it where the babies could be taken care of once they were born.

That was the only thing that mattered to me. Fuck the secret. Fortunately, Doc had a plan in place do make sure everything was going to be kept on the down low and still keep Nessie and the babies healthy. I wasn't too sure what the plan was but it had something to do with Charlie and a secure wing of the hospital. Colin, while working at the garage, was also attending med school so he was a part of this masterful plot. Maybe I should know what was going on but at the time, I was too focused on the fact that I was having twins to realize anything else.

"I hope so. What if something happens? What if I'm not strong enough?" She asked.

"You are."

"What if it doesn't all go smoothly."

"Please stop saying things like that. Please stop." I closed my eyes to try and get the horrible images out of my head.

"We have to think about the realistic possibility…"

"Stop." I growled.

I couldn't sit down anymore. I had to get up and do something, anything to try and take my mind off of what she was saying. I went back to my computer and tried to flood my mind with numbers and business plans to keep myself busy while Nessie continued to sit on the couch with a sad look on her face. I furiously typed on he keyboard but nothing was helping to stop my mind from going back to Bella's delivery. I was afraid to close my eyes because there was blood and too much of it. Nessie couldn't be like that. I wouldn't allow it.

I felt Nessie's warms hands as they came from behind me and massaged my chest, "Calm down Jacob. Please don't torture yourself."

"You…you can't say things like that to me." I actually felt my face twitch as the blood continued to appear in my mind.

Suddenly, it was all gone and was replaced with a beautiful picture of Nessie and I holding two babies between us. There was one boy and a girl and they were wrapped in blankets of baby blue and light pink. They were….incredible. Nessie was fine and my babies were fine. Everything was fine.

"That's what I dream about." Nessie whispered into my ear.

"Me too but…"

"I'm sorry for even saying anything. Please just keep happy thoughts in that wolf brain of yours." She lightly laughed.

I took one of her hands from my chest and kissed her palm, "Thank you."

Nessie left fifteen minutes later and I tried to get some work done but I didn't have much luck. Seth and Embry didn't have much luck keeping the wait line down on the floor so I helped out when things got too busy and it felt good to work with my hands again. It had been so long since I worked on a car, I forgot how it made me feel. For one minute I forgot about everything else and just worked. My mind was swiped clean and I was able to go home in a happier mode than I had been in for the past couple of hours.

I walked in the house and could already tell that some of the wolves were here. I went into the kitchen where Nessie was making a cake and some of the wolves were eating God knows what. I walked up behind her and placed light kisses beneath her ear.

"What's with the cake mama?"

"I just got bored. I felt like making something sweet and cookies are too small."

I looked in the batter hesitatingly, "Is there mustard in that?"

"Just a pinch. You can barely taste it."

Mustard is disgusting but Nessie loved it like it was blood. Doc said it was just her cravings but I didn't know how much longer I could continue going on with this. She put mustard in everything she made and everything she ate. I didn't want to complain since she was making my dinners but some things I couldn't eat like the spaghetti that was wearing a yellow mustard jacket instead of a normal marinara one. I swallowed it out of husbandly duty but as soon as she went to bed, I snuck off to the kitchen to make something more eatable. She cried when she found out that I didn't like her mustard creations so I just grinned and ate whatever she made. Esme had spared me by coming over to make dinner most nights so that I didn't have to digest anything too bad.

"Mustard is God's creation Jacob. Learn to love it." Nessie said as she poured the cake batter into a pan.

"What are the wolves doing here?" I asked as I watched about eight of them trying to defeat Guitar Hero.

"Waiting for you to take them on patrol. They didn't want to go without you."

"Is that what they told you?" I chuckled.

"Yeah. Is that wrong?"

"They're not allowed to go without me."

"Why do you have them on such a tight leash. Can't they play around a little?" She asked pushed herself between my arms so that I could wrap her in a hug.

"We weren't given this gift to play around."

"But there aren't anymore nomads."

"They go through Seattle all the time and it just takes one turn for them to get here."

"That's true but doesn't it get boring running around all day for nothing?"

"Not really. Running is the best part of my day." She cleared her throat, "…aside from hanging out with you and the babies."

"Nice save." She kissed my chest and I rested my chin on her head.

There was a crash in the family room and sweet Nessie went to devil Nessie.

"What the hell's going on now?" She snarled and stalked off to see what damage they had done.

I followed behind her closely to make sure she didn't kill anyone.

"What happened?" She asked in a no nonsense tone.

"Nothing Nessie, Sergio just got a little too rowdy." Colin shrugged.

Sergio was one of the wolves who had phased that year when there was an onslaught of new wolves and he didn't get along with anyone well but never intentionally started anything. He always seemed to be on Nessie's bad side nowadays.

"I didn't mean to…" He began pathetically.

"What did you do?" She snapped.

"Nothing."

I saw him holding a beer bottle, "Are you drinking?" I asked.

"Uh…no." He tried to move it behind his back.

Even though we didn't really have to follow normal human rules, I made the pack stick to them because rules kept order. First of all, there was no underage drinking and Sergio was only eighteen. Second, there was no drinking before patrol and he knew that.

I took the bottle out of his hands and pulled him to the door by his shirt, "Go home."

"Why?"

"You know the rules. Go home and sober up."

"But I'm not even drunk." He argued.

"I don't care. You're not running patrol with alcohol running through you system."

"Jake…"

The beer bottle came whizzing past my head and hit him dead in the forehead where it shattered. He looked stunned for a minute but then shook it off.

"Get out of my sight." Nessie screamed from behind me.

Oh shit.

Sergio grumbled the entire time he walked to the forest and then back to his house. I knew this wasn't the first time he had been drinking but this was the first time I had caught him. I was going to have to tell Seth about this so he could keep his eye open as well.

I went back inside and forced everyone to high tail their asses into gear. I was mad now and we were going to run patrol until I said stop, which could be well into the morning if I wanted. I gave Nessie a kiss and then followed the pack out who were already ready to go. They knew not to test me.

We ran for a while and I didn't even know where we were going but it felt nice to run through the snow and not have to worry about fighting someone. Running to run was a great feeling, kind of like working on cars but instead of the peace and solitude of being alone in my own mind, I had ten wolves to listen to. They never shut up and were always talking. I guess I could command them to stay quiet but I didn't want to be that guy so I let them talk amongst themselves whenever we were out.

To be honest, I had a very good pack and I knew that was because Seth and I kept them in line. It wasn't like I was a cold hearted bastard all the time but when things had to get done, I was going to make sure that they did. I leaned a lot from Sam on how to run a pack and now that he was out of commission, it was my turn. I didn't know how long I was going to be the pack leader. I guess I could do it forever it I wanted. Maybe in two hundred years or so, I'll give up my title. Right now, I loved being in control and took pride in the way I ran my pack so I wasn't giving this up for anything.

Can we go home now? Colin begged as the first of the sun was started to peek through the rain clouds.

Come on Jake. My feet hurt. Zack complained.

You guys should have thought about that before you let him drink. Keep going. I ordered.

We made it all the way to California until I turned everyone back.

Can we go home now? Colin asked again when we hit the Washington border.

Sure. I replied simply and they all shot off in different directions to head home.

I raced through the forest, eager to get some sleep and ran to the separate house that was behind the main one. I showered and got fresh clothes before starting to walk towards the backyard. There was a bonfire going and I could see Nessie's silhouettes as she stood close to the fire.

What the hell?

I jumped the tall fence to the house and ran to see what was going on. As I got closer, I started to smell the scent of alcohol in the air.

"Nessie, what's going on?" I asked as I approached her.

"I couldn't sleep." She shrugged.

"So… is this Pyro Nessie I'm meeting?"

"No, I wanted all the alcohol out of the house so I'm burning it."

"You can't be serious."

"Yes I am. I was thinking that it's not good to have so much of it when we're about to have children."

"Can't we just put a lock on the cabinet."

"Please, if these kids are anything like me, they'll be able to chew through a lock in eight seconds flat." She gave me a wicked smile that terrified me.

"But…but…my Jack Daniels." I stuttered.

"And my Grey Goose." She sighed, "Oh well, it times to give it all up."

"Just because we're parents doesn't mean we have to give it all up." I smashed the heel of my hands into my eyes.

It wasn't like we were drunks but I enjoyed some tequila or vodka or wine or…anything on occasion.

"I know but you see how it's causing more problems than good so we might as well get rid of it now." She replied.

"But…"

"No buts Jacob." She kissed my cheek, "Breakfast?" She asked before walking back to the house.

I don't like Pyro Nessie.

The next week went quickly and before I knew it, it was Christmas Eve. Nobody ever really did anything today since we had our big dinner and stuff tomorrow so I invited Embry, Emmett, Jasper, Seth and Esme over again so that we could start working on the second nursery. I read in a baby book that twins like to stay together while they were babies but Nessie demanded that we give them separate rooms for when they got older.

Can't we wait until they get older?

Apparently no. Nessie wanted it done before the babies got here so I begrudgingly helped Jasper and Emmett knock out the wall that was connected to the first nursery. The whole wall was taken out so that it could open up to the second guestroom that was next to it. I went to work one day and there was debris everywhere. I came back that night and Esme had not only made an archway that connected the two rooms but moved all the furniture out plus cleaned the place so that it was spotless. That woman was amazing.

"So what are we going to do with this place?" Seth asked and ran his hand through his short hair.

Was everyone doing that now? Damn Edward Cullen.

"I don't know. Of course we don't know what Monkey will be but we should go neutral just like we did with Peanut's room." Nessie said.

"I can't believe we're doing this again. Another baby." Esme jumped up and down.

"Two babies." Nessie patter her stomach and I couldn't keep the grin off of my face as I pulled her into a hug.

"Ok, we get it, two babies. Let's get this room started." Emmett said annoyed.

"Don't start complaining." Esme pointed at him.

"The first issue is to pick a theme. I want to keep it with the animals but not a forest again." Nessie ran her hand along the wall.

"So what then?" Seth shrugged.

"Oh, I know." Emmett raised his hand like we were in class, "We can paint it like Dante's Inferno and have the levels of hell."

"Are you serious?" Nessie and I growled at the same time.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jasper hit his head.

"I thought it was a good idea." He said sheepishly.

"And you wonder why no on loves you." I sighed.

"Mom, dad and Rosie love me. That's all I need." He sat on the floor and crossed his arms.

"You are shameful." Esme said and shook her head.

"You raised me so it's your fault."

"Ok, can we get back to work now?" Embry asked, "I still have Christmas presents to buy."

"Ok, ok."

Nessie sat on the floor and started sketching her masterpiece. Esme helped her while the rest of us played poker. I was on the verge of loosing two hundred dollars when Nessie pushed the poster board across the floor towards us.

"I'm done." She sang.

We all looked at the amazing creation that she drew. It was an underwater scene that looked like it came out of The Littler Mermaid. Each fish was painted with exact detail and the colors practically jumped off the page. There was an abundance of coral and sea vegetation that was going to look amazing on the walls in front of the ocean blue color that Nessie wanted to room painted.

Luckily, we had all the paint that we needed from our last trip and didn't have to go out to get more. Nessie went downstairs so that we could paint the room and it went a lot smoother than it did last time. We were a well-oiled machine and mixed the paint to the exact specifications that Nessie wanted before applying it to the walls. After an hour of putting the base coat on, Embry left to go do his shopping while Esme cooked us dinner. Jasper and Emmett stayed upstairs to work their magic.

"I hope they're not messing it up." Nessie said as she drank the last of her second thermos of blood.

"It's going to be just like last time. They'll surprise us with their amazing artistic talent and we'll all be in awe." Seth replied.

"I'm glad they can do it because I don't think anyone else could make it as beautiful as they do." Esme said from the stove.

"Don't you paint?" I asked.

"Not as well as they do. I only do it as a hobby. Those two could go professional if they wanted."

"I can't believe I never knew that." I shook my head.

"They don't tell…oh." She clutched her stomach.

"What? What happened?" I asked.

"Nothing, the babies are just kicking." She smiled.

"Wow. Can I feel?" Seth got on the floor.

The next half hour was spent with everyone feeling Nessie's stomach and she was beaming with pride the entire time. From the strength of the kicks, Nessie and I could tell that Peanut was situated on the right and Monkey was on the left. I didn't know why Monkey was so much smaller than Peanut but Doc said that it was perfectly normal because twins grow from each other so it was to be expected.

My cheeks hurt from all the smiling I was doing and it only grew bigger each time I felt a nudge or any form of movement. It was all so incredible that I could feel them in there, growing and moving. I didn't really understand how the human body worked but it was amazing that a woman could produce a child and it happened everyday.

"What the hell's going on?" Emmett said as he came into the kitchen and wiped paint off of his hands.

"The babies are active today." Nessie exclaimed.

"That's disgusting." He snorted.

"It's beautiful." Esme hit his head.

"Whatever. The room's done. Come take a look."

It was just as Nessie had drawn it and it was more like a picture than anything else. Every detail was exact and it was like stepping into a different world. Between the jungle in the other room and the ocean in this one, my head was spinning. My kids were going to love this.

It was a very happy Christmas Eve.

I went to bed that night and held tightly to Nessie from behind as my mind went to my dreams.

The beeping of a lifeline monitor was the only thing that connected me to the world.

I watched as my angel laid in a hospital bed and looked like the life had been drained out of her, which it was.

The delivery had been hell and even though the babies were ok, Nessie was not. She had been in labor for twenty-four hours before we made some headway. Baby number one was born just as the sun was coming up and baby number two was just after. We thought that everything was going to be ok because there hadn't been any problems up until then besides the pain but Nessie said she was ok.

I went to the bathroom for five minutes and came back to see Nessie being hovered over by three doctors one of which being Carlisle who was frantically trying to stop the bleeding that seemed to be coming from everywhere. I felt so helpless and there was nothing that I could do. She was loosing so much so quickly and I didn't know if I could watch but I couldn't look away.

There was red everywhere and Nessie wouldn't respond to anything that the doctors tried. She was out cold and her face was as pale as a sheet. After an hour, they were finally able to quell the blood but she had lost so much, they didn't know if she would recover. They tried transfusions but nothing seemed to be taking. She never woke up throughout it all. There was nothing but the annoying beep of a heart monitor.

So here I sat, at the bedside of my dying wife. I held her hand for two days and she never woke up but I wasn't giving up hope. I wasn't going to stop praying that she would come back to me. She had to. For me, for our children. She had to come back.

I haven't eaten or moved except to go to the bathroom but that was only once since she gave birth. I couldn't bring myself to be away from her for more than a second. My heart was actually hurting because of the thought of losing her.

"Jacob." I heard my name in a soft whisper and I didn't even know if it was real until I heard it again, "Jacob."

"Oh my God. Nessie, you're awake." I held her head and tried to touch every inch of her without hurting her delicate body.

"How are the babies?" She asked in a broken voice.

"They're fine. How are you?"

"Not so good."

"Don't say that Nessie. You're going to get back to normal and then we'll go home. Nothing's going to change." I cried as I kissed her face.

"Everything is about to change Jacob. Just tell them that I love them. Please don't let them forget me." Her voice was fading.

"Stop saying that Nessie. You're going to be better."

"I love you Jacob."

"Come back to me Nessie, please. I can't do this without you." I let the tears fall from my face.

"I love you."

I shot out of bed so that I could make it to the bathroom before I threw up. I made it just in time and emptied my stomach into the toilet and thanked God that it was only a dream…a very bad dream.

HOLY DEAD NESSIE BATMAN.

HMMMMMMM...WHAT DO WE THINK IT MEANS?

I DONT KNOW, WELL I DO BUT YOU DONT. MY, MY, MY...I SENSE SOMETHING BREWING ON THE HORIZON. DONT ASK ME CAUSE I CANT TELL YOU. I WILL SAY THAT THESE WON'T BE THE LAST OF MR. BLACK'S DREAMS. PAY ATTENTION.

I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT BABIES AND I PROMISE THEY'LL GET HERE. JUST HOLD OFF A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. I NEED TO WORK OUT SOMETHING EXPLOSIVE SO YOU GUYS JUST KEEP READING.

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karine
2010-03-17 . chapter 25

I LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH!

I want to share something that happened yesterday with you:

I was reading Eclipse, and at the part where Bella and Jacob kiss for the first time Jacob says something about how that was his first kiss. I remember being so confused because in my head I was thinking "...But his first kiss was with Leah! In a game of truth or dare! What the hell!" and I was so confused, it was really bothering me. Well, later on when I was reading the chapter you just posted, I realized that it was in YOUR story that Leah and Jacob had kissed as children. So BRAVO to you for writing this story so well because in my head it is already irreparably meshed with the original Twilight series.

I have one question for you, though: When you started writing the first segment of this story, did you already know that it was going to end up here (Jacob and Nessie pregnant with twins) or has this been a work in progress through and through? either way, it's a great story and I'm really looking forward to the next update!

I LIVE FOR AWSOME REVIEWS LIKE THAT. PLEASE SHOW ME THE LOVE.