***Lots going on in this chapter, but it was necessary for it to all eventually come together!

JPOV

Out of all the things that I could give my beautiful wife, it had to be this. I could feel how happy and excited she was over the fact that Cullen was ours, but I couldn't ignore her sorrow over the loss that Edward was feeling. I had always given her everything she wanted. I couldn't resist her and I vowed that I would do everything in my power to keep her happy and secure in this new life. So, if that meant keeping him here with us for the duration of this pregnancy than that was what I was going to do. Who knows, maybe it would turn out to serve some higher purpose. I doubted it; it would probably only cause me more aggravation in the long run. As I heard Edward tell Carlisle he was considering going away, I knew I had to step in and stop him.

"You can't leave now." I said as I walked in and stood next to Carlisle.

They both looked at me and I felt their collective shock over my statement. I was kind of shocked myself.

"Jasper?" Carlisle asked. I could feel his uncertainty building.

"It's okay Carlisle, but I'd like to speak with Edward, if you don't mind."

"Are you sure you don't want to do that in my study with me present?" He was worried we were going to fight. And I wanted to reassure him, but even I couldn't guarantee that we wouldn't end up screaming and throwing punches at one another.

"No, I only intend to talk." That was true.

"Carlisle, it's fine." Edward said. "I'd like to hear what he has to say."

"Actually, Bella could use you now." I said.

"Why? Is she ill?" His concern began to rise.

"No, I am taking her to see Charlie tomorrow and she is sad about saying goodbye to him. I think that she could use a father figure and she does consider you that."

"Oh, of course. I'll go speak to her." He turned to walk away, but gave us both a warning glance.

"Carlisle, she really wants Charlie to know Cullen, so please don't give in to any of her requests concerning her visit tomorrow."

"Really Jasper, I think that I can handle this."

"Hmm…" Edward said and I was sure he was reading something in Carlisle's head that had to do with him trying to resist Bella.

"And don't let Cullen manipulate you either." I reminded him. He shook his head as he walked out of the room. He didn't stand a chance.

I walked over to the window and stared out at the forest. My mind wandered back to the first time Edward brought Bella here to this house; to this room. They were laughing when Alice and I came in, and she was in his lap. I remembered feeling her awkwardness about being in his lap with Alice and I there, and then her uncertainty of me. As it turned out she was right to feel unsure of me because just a few months later I would try to attack her. I could feel how much Edward loved her and I remembered thinking how bizarre that was. How could he fall in love with one of them? We weren't supposed to be attracted to them and why was she not afraid of him? Little did I know I would be in the same situation just a few short years later. I would fall completely and utterly in love with that same human, but I would know how to keep her.

"Are you done recollecting on my time with her?" He asked.

"I tell you all the time to stay out of my head if you don't want to know what I am thinking." I said as I turned to look at him.

"I can't help it. She's in your thoughts constantly and I seem to be drawn to that."

"Yes, well there seems to be a lot of that going on in this house." I reminded him.

"Jasper, what is it you want? I know you don't really want me to stay because you have been screaming that in your thoughts for weeks, and now I am inclined to give you what you want. Why stop me?"

"Because Bella wants you here." Wasn't that obvious?

He stood up and walked to me. I could feel his frustration. "How is it that you give her everything she wants?" I knew he was mad because he couldn't do the same. He was too busy trying to protect her that he let her slip right through his fingers and she ended up in my arms.

"She gave her life for me; her human one anyway. She let me make her one of us. Who chooses that?"

"Bella." He rolled his eyes.

"Exactly and I will be eternally grateful, so if I have to tolerate you, for her, then I will certainly do that. I'm not happy about this pull that my son and wife seem to have toward you, but I know there is a reason."

"Jasper, I'm glad he is yours."

"I know you are and I appreciate that, but it still doesn't excuse what you did to her."

"And to you." He looked down.

"That betrayal cut deep, Edward. You came to me the next day and I didn't even feel your remorse."

"It was there, but I masked it so that I didn't ruin your wedding day. I was fully prepared to move on and let the two of you live out your existence free of me, but when I found out she was pregnant, well, I had to come forward."

"I know you did and that took a lot on your part, but still."

"I was wrong and I will spend the rest of my eternity paying for it."

"She has forgiven you and that's all that matters. Please consider staying here because I don't think that she could handle being the reason you left your family. She would leave first, but we need Carlisle. There aren't many doctors out there that can deliver a crossbreed."

"I would never expect the two of you to go. I really don't want to go either, but if it is going to cause her anymore pain then I will leave."

"Let's try it out for awhile. If it doesn't work out then you can go, but after tomorrow when she see's Charlie for the last time, well, I think she is going to need all of us."

"I'll stay if you think that is what she wants, but I will keep a respective distance."

"Thank you." I said as I turned to leave.

"Jasper," he called after me. "Do you want to know why she loves me so much?"

Not really, but tell me anyway.

"Because I brought her to you."

"Well then I guess I need to be eternally grateful to you, too." I sighed.

BPOV

I spent the majority of the car ride to Charlie's house thinking about how I was going to stand there and watch him fall in love with the idea that I was going to give him a grandson knowing that there was no way he was ever going to see him.

I noticed Jasper wasn't even doing the speed limit and I knew it was driving him crazy, but he was going slow because I wasn't in any particular rush to get there. He reached for my hand and kissed my knuckles. He kept my hand in his and sent me a calming vibe.

"It's all going to work out darlin', I promise." He hated seeing me sad.

"I know," I whispered. "But maybe this was selfish of me."

"You needed to see your father. You wanted to share this news with him. If there had been a chance for me to see my parents after I was turned I would have taken it."

"But now it's going to hurt him even more if he loses both me and Cullen."

We pulled up to the house and Jasper leaned in taking my chin in his hand. "Don't you worry your pretty little face." He slowly kissed me and I could feel my desire building. I felt the heat begin to settle between my legs and now I wanted more than a kiss. He pulled away and stared into my eyes. He chuckled and shook his head. "My naughty girl."

He opened the door for me and helped me out. I swear that my stomach nearly doubled in size in the past few weeks, but according to Carlisle I still had about seven weeks to go.

Jasper no sooner knocked on the door and Charlie had it open. He must have been waiting for us.

"Bella!" He pulled me into a hug. I could feel how much he missed and loved me and it was like I was experiencing it for the first time. Of course I always knew my father loved me, but he wasn't the most expressive person, but now being able to really feel it made it so much more real to me. That was another thing I owed Cullen.

"Hey, dad." I said as he let go of me and took a step back so that he could look at me. His eyes began to fill with tears and than he glared at Jasper, but we could feel that he wasn't angry.

"Bella, my baby girl, how did this happen?"

"Umm, dad?"

"I mean I know how it happened." He glared at Jasper again.

"Dad, it's not his fault. I am happy and I want this. I love Jasper and he will take care of me."

We walked into the house and sat in the living room.

Charlie stared at me. "You look so beautiful, Bella. I mean not that you weren't always pretty, but something has changed. You look different."

I wanted to blurt out that I had changed in more ways than one. My heart no longer beat, my lungs didn't need air and in a few weeks I'd be living off animal blood just like my vampire husband, but I didn't think he would get it. I felt Jasper's eyes burning a hole through my skin. He probably felt my honesty creeping in.

"Charlie," Jasper said. "Sometimes pregnancy can change a person's appearance, but I agree that Bella does look stunning. I'd say her current condition agrees with her." He smiled at me and I knew everything would be okay.

"Bella, how come you didn't tell me about this when we spoke?" Charlie asked.

"I didn't want to do it in an e-mail or on the phone. I wanted to tell you in person so that you could see for yourself how happy I am."

"You are so young Bells, are you sure?"

"I've never been more sure about anything, well, except Jasper." I stared into his eyes as he pushed the hair out of my face. Charlie cleared his throat and I giggled because I had gotten caught up in my gorgeous husband again.

"I hear that you're no longer a Swan." He said.

"I'll always be a Swan, but yes, I am a Whitlock now. I hope you're not too disappointed, but it seemed like the right thing to do."

"I can see how happy Jasper makes you." He looked at Jasper and I could feel the respect he had for him. "I saw that the first time you brought him here last November."

"She makes me very happy, too. I will always take care of her, Charlie."

"I'm counting on it." I could feel Charlie's gratitude toward Jasper. "So, am I getting a grandson or granddaughter?" He asked.

I smiled. "Tell him, Jasper."

"It's a boy." Jasper said with pride.

"Perfect." Charlie high fived him.

"Dad? Was I so bad?"

"No comment." He laughed. "At least I'll be able to take him fishing."

A sudden burst of sadness came over me at the thought of Charlie never even seeing Cullen much less taking him fishing. My sorrow was quickly replaced with a double dose of happiness. Apparently both of my boys were working together to get me through this.

"His name is Cullen." I said.

"Hmm… like Edward?" Charlie asked.

"Like Carlisle and the rest of Jasper's family." I reminded him.

"Oh, right." He thought about it for a second. "Cullen? I like it." He smiled. "I can't wait to meet him."

"Um, right about that." I said but Jasper interrupted me.

"Charlie, I am going to finish my degree abroad so Bella and I are going to Paris for a while."

"Really? Now? Do you think that is really fair to Bella? You get to finish your education at some fancy school in France and she stays home and raises your son?" I knew he was speaking out of disappointment.

"Dad, it's not like that. This is a wonderful opportunity for Jasper and I support him fully. There will be plenty of time for me to go back to school." He really had no idea just how may opportunities I would be getting to go back to school; over and over again. Yuck, the thought made me sick.

"But Bella, I don't want you to go, not now." I could feel his sadness over us leaving and that made me feel awful. I hated lying to him.

"I'm sorry, but we only came back to tell you about the baby. We never intended to stay."

"I know this isn't the way you would want it Charlie, but it won't be forever." Jasper told him and I knew he meant that it wouldn't be forever at least not for us. I didn't anticipate that I would ever see Charlie in this lifetime again.

"This is what you want?" Charlie asked me. I had to lie again. I wanted nothing more than to stay in Forks and have him be a part of Cullen's life. I wanted him to take him fishing, to ball games and all the other things Jasper and I couldn't do with him because we physically couldn't. Cullen needed Charlie and I needed to find away to make that happen. He was half human and the more I thought about it the more I realized he would need a human influence in his life.

"For now, but we'll be back real soon. Jasper is on an accelerated track and it won't take him long to finish his course load."

I could feel Jasper's displeasure over the truth in my statement. He knew I was serious and that I wasn't lying.

"Promise?" Charlie asked.

I shook my head. I was certain that Carlisle, Jasper and Edward could figure this out for me. "Are you hungry?" I asked.

"Starving." Charlie said. "How about you Jasper?"

"Oh, yes, I'm famished." He answered.

"Come on then, I'll take you two to the diner. We can celebrate your wedding, pregnancy and Jasper going to that fancy school."

Charlie hopped up and grabbed the keys to the cruiser. "I'll drive." He yelled as he went outside.

I followed, but Jasper took me by the hand and pulled me toward him. "Bella, don't promise him anything else. You will only feel worse afterward when you have to break your word."

"I'm not going to break my word because you will figure this out; I know you will." I kissed his cheek. "Now come on, I'm starved. I want a cheeseburger, how about you?" I laughed.

"Oh, you are going to owe me for this tonight and I will make you pay." He growled playfully.

I leaned in and bit his earlobe as I whispered, "I'll pay up all night if I have to."

EPOV

I sat at the piano wondering when they would be home from there visit with Charlie. Bella was so excited to go and share her news with him, but I knew she was extremely sad that this would be the last time she would ever see her father. I wished there was something I could do to make that right for her. I wished there were so many things that I could do to make what I had done right. I only hoped that I would get my chance, but for now I would stay here until she no longer wanted me to.

I could here Rosalie upstairs banging around in her closet. I hadn't spoken to her since that night in my room when Emmett had to pull her off of me. I didn't want to cause her anymore pain, but I knew Claudia was right. I had to fix things with her. I retrieved the shoes from my closet and knocked on her door.

"Go away," she growled.

"Rose, please let me come in. I want to talk."

"No!"

"I have something for you." She quickly opened the door.

"What?"

I held out the box. She hesitantly took it from me.

"Did you think you could bribe me into forgiving you," She said as she tore the box open. Oh, my god! Jimmy Choo fall collection!

She really was shallow, but Claudia was right, I had an in.

"How the hell did you manage this? They aren't even on the market yet."

"So then you like them?" I said as I walked in and sat on the bed.

"I'm not stupid, of course I like them, but it doesn't mean I will forgive you."

"I don't expect you too, but I just wanted to say that I was sorry for hurting you. I know what I did to Bella brought up so many horrible memories for you and I apologize. I never wanted to cause you pain."

"You did hurt me and your actions caused all of those memories to resurface, but not just the rape. That night was also the reason Carlisle had to turn me, and I've never been happy about that. I have accepted it, but it took me along time."

"I should have been there for you more when Carlisle turned you. I could have been a better brother to you."

"I know I'm not the best sister, either."

"No," I shook my head. "You're not."

"Aren't you supposed to be apologizing to me?"

"I know you can't forgive me and I accept that, but know that I am truly sorry for causing you all of this unneeded pain. I take full responsibility for my actions and I will do whatever I can to make things right between us."

"Things were never right between us." She smiled.

"No, but at least before you considered me your brother." She had said that I was no longer even that to her.

"I still do, you idiot, but it's going to take time for me to get over not wanting to rip your manhood off your body."

"Ouch."

"I'm not Bella and I can't forgive you as easily as she has. I know that is crazy because if she can do it then why can't I?"

"Rose we are all different and I don't expect you to feel the same way as Bella."

"It was different for her than it was with me. I mean we both trusted our attackers, even loved them, but she didn't have to look you in the eyes when you took her. She doesn't have to remember what it was like to scream and cry out and be ignored. She doesn't have that pain and anguish ripping through her."

"Rose I never would have done that to her. If she woke up and told me to stop I would have."

"You can't know that. You said it yourself, the animal took over and you lost control. There is no way that you could know if you would have stopped and that's what upsets me the most." I'll get past it, but it will take some time.

I stood up and realized that she was right. I could keep telling myself that I would have stopped, but how could I know for sure. I shuddered at the thought of Bella begging me to stop and me ignoring her. That was a memory I was glad that neither one of us had.

"Thanks for hearing me out." I said.

"Even though I still don't like you I'm keeping these fucking fantastic shoes."

"They're yours, Rose. Claudia pulled some strings and had them shipped here for you."

"I knew I liked that girl. Now there's a girl that can handle you. Stop pining over Jasper's wife and go nail somebody who wants it."

"Nice, really nice." I walked out of her room. "Enjoy the shoes."

Thanks! I love these shoes!

I walked out of her room and past the study. I heard Carlisle's thoughts and I didn't like them.

She becomes violently ill, can she handle that? Can Cullen survive that?

I went in without knocking and saw that he was studying that notebook that Jasper had brought back from Italy.

"What is it?" I asked breaking his concentration. "What is going to happen to Bella?"

"Edward, I…" He closed the book.

"Carlisle?' I asked. "What is it?"

"It's probably nothing, but according to these notes Maria became very ill just before giving birth. It was touch and go for awhile, but we all know it worked out."

"She was a vampire. Childbirth couldn't kill her, and it can't kill Bella."

"No, but Claudia wasn't a full vampire and an unborn fetus is quite fragile."

"Cullen?"

"It's probably nothing. We don't know if Bella will even get sick, so I don't want to worry her. Besides, if she did we have modern medicine and technology on our side. That's something the Volturi didn't have. So when these notes were recorded they didn't know what they were dealing with."

"How sick are we talking about?"

"Painfully sick, but it won't last more than a few weeks. I just have to be prepared for it and monitor Cullen as best as I can. We can get them through it."

"You are certain? She can't lose this baby, not now."

"She won't."

"How soon will this happen?"

"Probably in about a month, but try not to worry especially around Bella and Jasper because they will pick that up."

"Maybe you should tell Jasper."

"No because he will want to tell Bella and the girl has been through enough stress with this pregnancy. I don't know how much more she can take. If she is going to get sick she needs her body strong. Let her have these next few weeks with Jasper enjoying this pregnancy because according to these notes it's going to be a long and rough delivery process."

"May I take the book? Perhaps there's something I can do to help us prepare for this birth."

"Sure." He said as I took the book and headed to my room. "Edward, I don't believe that Bella has come this far to not get everything she wants."

"I'll do everything in my power to make sure she gets everything she wants."

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