Chapter 37 – 7th Month
It's February now, and I'm 7 months pregnant; Grandpa Carlisle said that my due date is sometime in April. After Keira broke her arm at Christmas, I had been more protective of her; I never let her out of my sight for long and made sure that she was safe if I left her in a room alone.
"Momma? Where's grandpa?" Keira asked, looking up from her colouring book. Keira and I were currently in the kitchen; she was sitting at the table doing some colouring and I was cutting up some vegetables for a sausage casserole.
"Grandpa Edward or Grandpa Billy?" I replied, wondering which one she was asking about.
"Grandpa Billy." She said, continuing her colouring.
"Well, he's either out fishing or he's at home. Why were you asking, sweetheart?" I asked.
"Because I want to see him." She replied. "Can we go and see him?"
"We'll have to ask your father first; if he says yes then we'll go up there for dinner." I answered as I finished cutting up the veg.
Once that was done, I phoned Jacob; he answered on the sixth ring.
"Hey, beautiful. What's up?" Jacob greeted.
"Hey, nothing up. I was just phoning to see how work is." I replied.
"Well, it's quiet around here now; it was busier earlier but most of the cars that we had in have gone now. I've got one job left to do and then I'll be home." He said.
"I can't wait to see you; it's been a long day." I said.
"I know; what have you been up to?" Jake asked.
"Nothing much, he's been kicking and moving a lot today, so I've been laying around, watching movie's with Keira; and now I'm cooking dinner." I replied. "Keira wanted to know if we could go and see grandpa Billy, as well."
"Yeah, we can; why don't you pick me up from work and then I won't have to come home first?"
"Yeah, that's fine. I'll be about half an hour; I've just got to finish preparing the casserole." I answered.
"Okay, I'll see you soon. Love you."
"I love you, too." Then I hung up and continued making dinner.
40 minutes later, I was sitting in my car with Keira outside Jake's work waiting for him to come out. I had moved from the driver's side to the passenger side, as I knew that he wouldn't want me driving.
"Momma, are we going to see grandpa Billy?" Keira, who had silently been playing with her doll, asked. I had only told her that we were going to pick Jake up from work but had said nothing about going to La Push.
"Yes, we are sweetie." I replied, just as I saw Jake come out of the
garage.
"Hey, gorgeous; hey, sweetheart." Jake greeted us, as he started the car and headed to La Push.
"Daddy!" Keira exclaimed.
"Hey pumpkin, what have you been up to today?" Jake asked Keira.
"I watched movies with momma and then did some colouring." She replied.
"What films did you watch?" Jake wondered.
"The little mermaid; monster's inc.; finding nemo; kung fu panda." Keira said, listing the ones she could remember.
"Good choices." Jake said, resting one of his hands on my stomach.
The rest of the journey was silent, and I was nearly asleep by the time we got to La Push. When we pulled up outside Billy's house there were no signs off life inside the house; Jake took Keira inside first before coming back out to help me out of the car and take the food inside.
"Is your dad even home?" I asked Jake.
"No, he's probably out fishing with Charlie or doing something else." I nodded in recognition, as we walked into the house and I headed into the kitchen to get started on the roast potatoes that I hadn't had time to prepare before I left home and to put the casserole on to cook.
After about half an hour, Jake came into the kitchen.
"Ness, go and sit down; I'll finish cooking dinner." Jake suggested.
"I'm fine, Jake. I've only got to put the potatoes in the oven and then I'll go and sit down." I replied, as I drained the potatoes, which I'd been boiling, before getting the hot oil out of the oven.
"Okay." Jake said. "I've spoken to Billy, and he said that he's out fishing with Charlie and should be back in about half an hour."
"Okay, well, dinner should be ready by the time he gets here." I murmured, as I finished putting the potatoes in the oil and putting salt and pepper on them, before they went in the oven.
After that was done, and everything had been cleaned up, I went and sat in the living room with Jake and Keira. After about 20 minutes, I asked Jake to turn the potatoes over so that they were crispy all over. As he was doing that Billy arrived home.
"Thanks for the help, Charlie." I heard Billy say as he entered the house. "Have a good night."
"It's alright, Billy; I'll see you sometime this week." Charlie replied.
"You sure will, Chief." Billy said, and then I heard Charlie's cruiser pull out of the driveway.
"Hey, dad." Jake called from the kitchen, as I headed out of the living room behind Keira.
"Grandpa!" Keira exclaimed, as I put her in Billy's lap.
"Hey, cupcake, how're you?" Billy greeted. "Hey, Ness, Jake."
"I'm good, grandpa. How are you?" Keira replied, as I hugged Billy, before heading into the kitchen to finish preparing dinner. I heard Billy follow, as Keira told him about what she had been up to.
When it was time to serve up the food, Jake helped me to move the dishes from the counter to the table, while Billy made sure that Keira was able to see over the edge of the table. Throughout dinner, Billy, Jake and I talked about everyday things and a little about the new arrival. After dinner, Jake and Billy did the dishes whilst I sat at the kitchen table and watched them. When everything was washed and put away, we all headed into the living room to watch the football game that was on; Jake helped Billy sit in his recliner, Keira was on the floor doing some colouring and I was curled up to Jake on the small couch.
When the game had finished, it was around 10pm. I carried a sleeping Keira out to the car and buckled her in, while Jake helped Billy get into bed, before getting into the car as well. After Jake had gotten in the car, we headed home.
"Honey? How does your dad get to bed if there's nobody around?" I asked.
"Usually, Paul or one of the other guys comes and helps him." Jake replied. "Why'd you ask?"
"No particular reason." I answered.
"Ness, there's always a reason when you ask a question like that. What is it?" Jake wondered.
"I was just thinking that we should move someone so that we can be close to him, so that he doesn't need to keep asking the pack for help; I wasn't thinking of La Push or Forks, though." I explained.
"I think that's a good idea. I'll be able to be around there more often then, but I think we should wait until after the baby' s born." Jake agreed.
"Yeah, I want all the help I can get after this child's born; I don't know if I'll be able to handle to children while your at work." I said, just before a yawn overtook me.
"I'll be there for you, babe, whenever you need me." Jake whispered. "Get some sleep, we won't be home for probably another hour." I followed his instructions and felt my eyelids shutting.
A/N: Hey readers! Only 21 days until Christmas! Who's excited? I need your help to name Jake and Ness's baby! I would like both boy and girl names as I am not sure what the sex of the baby is going to be yet! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and enjoy the next couple of chapters as this story will be ending soon, but…I will be writing a squeal, which should be started at the beginning of next year. Please review! X