Chapter 3.
Bella has been miserable since she came back, and no one knows how to help. The baby is growing faster then anyone thought possible and it's already super strong. She was in so much pain, and I was trying to be there for her, but it was become hard. I couldn't tell anyone Bella was in town, so I had to stay at home, and spend time with Embry to keep everyone fro asking questions.
"I thought your sister would have been back by now," Charlie said one morning as we were eating breakfast, "or at least called."
"She's probably just busy dad, I'm sure you'll hear from her soon." I told him. He just nodded and took a drink of his coffee.
"Well I'm heading to work, I'll see ya later Cass." he kissed the top of my head and left for work. I knew dad would start asking about Bella sooner or later, I wasn't sure how they were going to handle this.
After I finished eating I drove out to the Cullen house to see what Bella was going to tell Charlie. The house had a stressful feel lately, everyone was worried about Bella and how this would effect her. The door closing behind me echoed through the silent house.
"Cassie is that you?" Bella's weak voice called from the living room.
"Yeah Bells it's me." I walked into the room, where Bella sat Edward, faced filled with gloom, stood behind her. Rose sat beside her brushing her hair. "Charlie was talking about you today." I told her as I sat on the loveseat next to a nervous looking Alice. "He's wondering when you'll be back."
"We knew this was coming, looks like it's time to call him." Bella said.
"What are you going to tell him.?" I asked her.
"That I'm in a medical center in Switzerland for a tropical disease." She told me. "I'll call him in a couple hours, Carlisle's giving me a check up in a few minutes. I wouldn't stick around if I were you."
"I need to go spend some time with Embry and Jacob anyway." I hugged Bella and then told the Cullen's goodbye. I walked out to my truck but was stopped when I reached the door by a hand on my shoulder.
"Cassie," I turned to see that Edward had fallowed me out to the truck, "that thing is killing your sister." he told me, "and I don't know what to do. I can't talk any sence into her, and neither can Alice, who is being greatly effected by all of this. I know you believe that this should be Bella's choice, but this thing could be a monster. In which case she's risking her life on something that will be killed regardless."
"Edward, I know you think that I can't talk Bella out of this, even if I thought it was right. She's stubborn, once she sits her mind on something she sticks to it regardless of how dangerous it may be." I told him. "Now I gotta go, I'll be back later."
Embry was busy with something for Sam when I got to La Push so I went to find Jacob. He was down on the beach with Quil and Clair when I found him.
"Hey Cassie, Em's busy today." Jake said as I neared them.
"I know, I came to see you." I told him.
"Always the consolation prize." he smiled, as he came up and hugged me. Quil was down the beach trying to wrangle a very hyper Clair.
"Poor guy." I said looking at them. "He's gotta wait so long, just to be with his soul mate."
"He'll be okay, the way he see's it she's worth the wait." Jacob sat down in the sand, and I took a seat beside him. "When she's old enough she'll be everything he could ever ask for in a girl, and until then she has her Qwuil to pack her around everywhere." Jake smiled at them. We sat there for awhile watching them play, but a howl ran through the woods. Jacob and Quil looked at each other and them Jake turned to me.
"Can you take Clair to Sue's house." I nodded and then pulled Clair away from Quil and headed to the Clearwaters. Billy and Sue were in the living room, there face sadden when I walked in. I put Clair down then went to join Billy and Sue.
"Oh Cassie," Sue wrapped me in a huge hug. "Charlie just called and told us about Bella. He said she's in some medical Center for tropical diseases."
"You haven't heard any differently from the Cullen's have you?" Billy asked giving me a stern look.
"I'm not a spy Billy," I said, "and no the last I heard was that she was on her way to the medical center." he nodded. "Now if you'll excuss me I need to go, tell Embry and Jake I'll be back later."
I knew Jacob was going to be mad at me, after all he would know that the story was a lie. I rushed back to Cullen house hoping that the wolves wouldn't attack them thinking Bella had already made the change. Edward met me outside.
"So the pack knows?" he asked but I knew he already had his answer.
"They're meeting now, I don't know what Sam's choice will be, he's been going back and forth for the past few weeks." I told him. "Jake want's it done, but they all know he'll be angry with however does it."
"It doesn't matter, she's still human." Edward said.
"But they don't know that, and if they find out about the baby, or whatever the hell it is, things won't go smoothly. They'll be just as worried as you are." told him.
"I know, and it sound's like they've already sent someone out. Let's get in the house, I don't want them thinking you knew she was here." Edward ran with me into the house and sat me in the kitchen. There was a knock at the door fallowed by Jake's voice. Carlisle tried to send him away but Jacob wasn't having it.
"It's alright let Jake in, Cass you can come in here now too." Bella said. I walked around to the living room arriving there before Jacob.
"What the hell Cass, you knew she was here?" he asked.
"Yeah, I was here the night she came home." I told him.
"Don't be angry at Cassie she wasn't allowed to tell you." Bella said. "Now I need to show you something. Help me up Rose?" We all eagerly watched as Rosalie carefully helped Bella from her seat, all of us waiting for something to go wrong. I watched Jacob as he took in Bella's white form, her sunken face, boney arms, and swollen stomach.
"How?" was all he could manage. Carlisle filled him in on everything we had learnt so far about Bella's condition, and Jacob shook more with each word. "You did this." he turned to Edward ready to kill.
"Jacob not here." I said putting my hand on his arm. He relaxed some but not much.
"Why haven't you taken it out of her." he yelled. Rose hissed and jumped in front of Bella.
"She won't let us." Edward said. "Could I speak to outside Jacob." Edward and Jacob walked outside, leaving me in the room with the Cullen's.
"Well that went better then expected." I said sinking down on the loveseat.
"What did you expect to happen?" Emmett asked.
"Well I was almost positive that at any minute the pack would jump through the window and kill everyone." I said.
"Oh well then I guess it did go better." he laughed and Rosalie gave us a harsh look.
"You shouldn't say things like that around Bella." she said. "She's under enough stress as it is."
"Okay how about this then, I thought the pack would show up and throw a flipping baby shower." I said. "I think Bella knows what to expect Rose."
"Bella thinks everyone should stop talking to her like she's not here." Bella said.
"Cassie Phone." Alice said, seconds before my phone went off. It was Charlie, I walked out on the front deck to answer it.
"Hello." I said into the receiver.
"Cassie, have you heard from Bella yet?" Charlie asked.
"Yes she called me a few minutes ago, I'm going to talk to Alice about it right now." I told him.
"If you find anything else out call."
"Okay dad bye." I hung up and then walked back in the living room. "Dad want's me to try and find out more about what's going on. I've never lied to dad as much as I have in the last year."
"Well you could always tell him the truth," Jasper said, "Just say 'Dad, I'm dating a werewolf with, Jacob's a werewolf too, and Bella married a vampire and she's having his child."
"Oh yes Jazzy she should totally do that." Alice smacked his arm.
"I think I'll just keep lying."
Okay guys, I'm still trying to decide if I should tell some of this in Embry's POV, let me know what you think, cause if I do it'll be in the next few chapters