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I was on the mend and I was back at work, thanks to my assistant who kept the business up and running while I was out. Jake and I were in the process of planning our wedding, we didn't have much time. Alice asked if she could take over the planning and arranging as I was busy with the business, I was as grateful as I had my hands full most of the times. All I had to do was make sure I was available for dress fittings. Leah was going to be maid of honour and Emily my bridesmaid. Quil and Embry were going to be Jake's best men.
I immersed myself in my work, everybody would still check up on me to find out I was okay, which I was. Physically I was better but mentally I strained myself everyday to try and remember what had happened after Jake's and my evening out. I didn't let Jake know that I was trying to remember, my reason why I was trying for force myself to remember because I could see how it affected Jake, when someone spoke about it or asked about it.
One night I woke up hearing Jake having a night mare, one of many he had been having. "Jake, Jake wake up" I whispered shaking his slightly not to alarm him. "Kayla" he said sitting up. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Nothing is wrong with me, you're having a night mare, what was it about?" I asked. "I am scared….I am scared you won't love me the same when you get your memory back" he said his voice sounding like someone who hasn't had water in days. "Oh Jake, I love you so much, nothing would make me not love you" I said. "I think we should call off the wedding until you get your memory back, until you know exactly what happened to you" he said crying softly. "No Jake, I am not calling off the wedding, what happens if my memory does not come back, no I won't do it!" I raised my voice. Jake tried to tell me again what happened. "Jake STOP IT!, I don't want to hear about it, how can I feel angry for something I can't remember, and believe me I have tried remembering, but nothing is happening so just get over it already!" I was now shouting and Jake was just sitting there looking at me.
I needed Jake now more than ever and I launched myself at him which took him completely off guard. My lips found his and I kissed him deeply, I pulled my top off as I straddled him, he started responding to my kisses and my gesture. I cupped his cheeks, they were wet with tears, and we held each other like it would be the last time. Jake turned me around and laid me on the bed as he took my shorts off and then his and he gently laid himself on top of me. That night we made slow and passionate love. Every now and then Jake would whisper his love for me in my ear.
Weeks flew by so quickly, Alice called us up for our last fitting, I could not believe when she told me that it was our last fitting before the wedding, I had to double check the calendar to make sure and she was right the wedding was two weeks away. I was getting nervous; I was still struggling with my leg that was badly broken and still using crutches here and there.
The imprints spent as much time with me to help me get things sorted before the wedding arrived.
When I looked again our wedding day was upon us. The girls and I got dressed at Nana's place, while Jake and the guys got dressed at our place. Nana looked gorgeous and was going to give me away to Jake. "My baby, you look simply beautiful, I am so proud of you" she said hugging me. She knew about Jake's request to call off the wedding, but agreed with me. She and Alice helped me get dressed. It was a bit hard as this was the first time I was officially out of my casts, I was going to walk down the aisle to Jacob and surprise him with no cast and no crutches. "Kayla keep still, you are going to have lip stick all over your mouth" demanded Alice. "Done, aah!" she said turning me to face the mirror. I didn't recognise the person looking back at me.
"Thank you so much Alice" I said, the girls entered as did Peter to take photos. We got ready to go to the chapel; Peter drove ahead of us to catch some shots of Jacob and the others in the chapel. We pulled up outside, I started feeling nervous as I stepped out of the car. I took Nana's arm and we walked slowly, still slightly unsteady, but I walked.
Jake had no idea.
Everyone we knew was at the wedding, the music started and the doors opened, we entered. I didn't see anyone else except for this tall dark and handsome man waiting for me at the end of the aisle. I was so excited I feel I wanted to run to Jake. He saw I was walking with no crutches and smiled the biggest smile as I saw a tear escape his eye. I finally reached the altar and Nana took my hand and put it in Jacob's waiting hands as we faced each other. Jacob taking my hand was such a feeling of love, content and warmth not to mention.
We requested a short and simple wedding, that after about fifteen minutes or so we were exchanging our vows, and were then pronounced husband and wife. "You may kiss the bride" announced the priest. Jake pulled me into his arms and we kissed, we forgot there were people there, that was until Embry nudged Jake and everyone laughed. All present applauded as we were introduced as Mr and Mrs Black. We left to have photo's taken at our favourite spots, like the rock pools, all our nearest and dearest friends were there as well to join in on the photo's.
We made our way back to our house where a huge marquee was erected outside for the reception.
"Have I told you how breathtakingly beautiful you look Mrs Black?" remarked Jacob as he led me onto the dance floor. "Why thank you Mr Black and you looking oh so handsome yourself there" I replied as we laughed. Jake hugged me, "I love you Jake" I said kissing him. We opened the dance floor with a dance, evening was just as we planned or at least Alice had planned. We decided we were not going to go on honeymoon until I was one hundred percent recuperated and when we both were ready. The wedding went better than expected, thanks to Alice.
The wedding was over and we were back in reality, going to work and back into the normal daily routine.
Then one evening after a couple of weeks Jake came home looking all excited about something. "Kayla, how do you feel about us going to Hawaii for our honeymoon?" he asked over dinner. "We can't go now, we are both very busy" I responded dishing Jake a second plate. "Oh yes we can, I just bought our tickets" he said sounding very excited. "You did?" I questioned.
"Yes and I paid for them from my own monies, this is the first time the companies had sufficient profit for me to pay myself a salary and I thought I would spoil you with it" he said sounding even more excited. "Oh Jake, that is fantastic news, with the company and all and the honeymoon is a brilliant idea" I said hugging and kissing him.
After making sure it was fine that our businesses would be taken care of, we left for Hawaii more than a week later, on our arrival the manager had arranged a luxurious honeymoon suite for us, and we were spoilt during our week there and it was fantastic. Once again we avoided the boat trips just in case. Jake and I enjoyed every moment and took loads of photos and this time Jake got to pay for everything.
We got back into the swing of things when we got home. Things were going well when we were back at home, that was until one morning Jake woke up feeling quite ill and was throwing up and decided to stay home. I thought it was strange as they don't get ill, flu bugs or anything like that, but soon after was feeling fine, we decided to spend the day out together.
We walked past a coffee shop and I felt sick to my stomach that I actually had to stand bent by the wall and throw up. "Are you okay?" asked Jake. "I'm fine" I replied standing up when I suddenly got a flash back of having felt this way before.
I remember telling Trish I was late, I did a mental calculation quickly. "Jake, I'm late…" I said wiping my mouth. "Late, late for what?" he said as he looked at me. "My period Jake, I am late" I said. "But, that can't be Carlisle said it would take a while due to your injuries…." He said as he pulled me towards the pharmacy, he quickly bought a pregnancy test and led me back to my photography studio.
"Hey guys just ignore us" Jake said greeted Trish and Peter as he led me to the bathroom; we went in and closed the door behind us. "Jake, I can't do this when you are standing watching me" I said feeling a bit embarrassed. "Oh, okay, I'll wait outside, call me when you're ready" he said leaving the bathroom.
After doing what I needed to do, I put the test on the basin. "Jake" I called and in he entered, he walked over to where I was and put his arm around my waist and we stared at the test.
Peter and Trish were busy stacking the shelves with our new arrivals when they heard Jake shout from the bathroom. They actually ran to the bathroom to see what was wrong, and saw Jake coming out of the bathroom smiling and I followed after. "What's wrong?" asked Peter looking at us confused, I lifted the pregnancy test so they could see it and there it was two lines confirming I was pregnant. "Kayla's pregnant!" said Jake excitedly, picking me up and kissing me. We were going to start our family.
Jake was so excited about becoming a father, I had to persuade him not to say anything until it was confirmed. He immediately called Carlisle and asked what we should do, he offered us an appointment to make sure all is in order, and also to do a scan to confirm pregnancy and that all is fine with the baby.
For the first two weeks I was terribly ill with morning sickness, Jake on the other hand suffered from nauseas and went off certain foods he loved. I had to be careful with what foods I made. Soon things were getting back to normal, our appointment day with Carlisle arrived and Jake drove us to the hospital to see him.
We were told to go ahead into his office, where we had to wait for him. "Hi there, sorry you had to wait, I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long" he said. "No, we just got here" replied Jake. "Great, right, Kayla how have you been feeling?" he asked and we started talking about how I was feeling, when was my last period, any pain or discomfort and there were none. I was then asked to get undressed in the little dressing room off the office and step through the door when I was done and they would meet me there.
As I was getting undressed I heard Jake and Carlisle talking. "How has she been doing, has she remembered anything as yet?" he asked. "Nothing, if she does remember she is doing a good job of keeping it to herself" replied Jake. "It's like it never happened, she has been waking up a lot with nightmares, but when I question her about it, and she doesn't remember anything" he added. "Jake you need to be strong because when those memories do come back it's going to hit her like a ton of bricks" said Carlisle.
"I'm done" I called out. "Okay coming" replied Carlisle showing Jacob where to go, they entered a room on the opposite side and Carlisle showed Jake and me into the room. He asked that I lay on the bed and covered my waist with a sheet and lifts the top bearing my belly. He put some gel on it and proceeded with the scan.
A few minutes of him moving the scan around, "here you go, Jake, Kayla, meet your little baby" he smiled. "Kayla you are just a few days short of three months, this is going to be a lovely Christmas present for the two of you, (Christmas was two weeks away). Jake was so ecstatic, I myself was feeling excited when I saw our little baby making small movements in my belly, the baby was very active.
"Do you want to know what the sex is?" asked Carlisle. Jake and I looked at each other; we knew the answer to that. "No thank you, we want it to be a surprise" I responded. "Not a problem, all looks well and your due date is about mid June" he advised as he wiped the gel off my belly and pulled the top down. "You will need to see me in two months time for another check up, but call me if you need anything or have any concerns, both of you" Carlisle said.
We left soon there after and went straight to Nana's place to break the news to her. We pulled up outside, when Nana's front door opened and she stepped out to greet us. "Hello my babies how are you both?" She greeted pulling me into a hug and kiss and the same with Jake. "Fantastic Nana, just fantastic" Jake responded with a huge smile on his face. "We've got some news for you Nana" said Jake closing the door behind him.
"Really?" questioned Nana as we followed her into a living room. "Jake" I said stopping him from telling Nana anymore information. "Yes Kayla?" he answered. "Maybe you should go and fetch your dad, and then we can tell them both?" I suggested. "Brilliant, I'll call him quickly" replied Jake as he pulled out his phone and dialling his dad. "Hey dad, you busy, can I come and fetch you to visit here at Nana's place?" he asked. "Hold on, I'll ask" he said turning to Nana. "Nana, dad wants to know if he's staying for dinner?" Jake laughed. "Of course, he's more than welcome" replied Nana as she and I went into the kitchen. Jake and his dad continued talking while Nana packed food out from the fridge.
"Okay, will see you shortly, going to fetch dad quickly" he said entering the kitchen. He kissed and hugged me and then was off to pick up his dad. "Can I make you something to drink?" asked Nana. "I'll make it Nana" I offered as I went over to the kettle to fill it up. "So what's the good news then?" asked Nana. "Oh, you going to have to wait for Billy to get here to get the news Nana" I responded smiling at her. "Oh" smiled Nana. I made us some tea while Nana started getting the food ready.
"So Kayla, how have you been doing since…" she asked. "I am doing fine Nana" I responded. "I mean how are you doing, you can hide your feelings from everyone else, but you can't hide them from me Kayla, you have never spoken about your ordeal" she commented. "Nana….its not that I don't speak about it, I still don't remember much, but I have been getting little snippets here and there and I am not sure if its from my memory, but it's scary" I answered looking a bit shaken.
"All I can remember is seeing this man that looked like Alex and feeling this loss when I woke up in hospital" I added. Nana came to stand next to me and comforted me. "Nana, why would Jake think this was his fault, I sometimes hear him waking up at night crying and saying it's his entire fault, and then he wakes up and holds me closely to him?" I asked. "I don't know my baby, but the memory will come back if you are meant to remember anything of that day" she said.
We heard a car pulling up outside and then shortly Billy's voice and Jake laughing as the front door opened. "Hello" called Billy. "In the kitchen" responded Nana as Billy came wheeling around the corner with Jake in toe. Jake immediately came beside me and put his arm around my waist and kissed my forehead. "So kids, what the good news you have for us?" asked Billy not wasting any time.
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