Chapter Fifty
Jasper
As I came back to the house I saw the R.V was still here and Peter and Emmett disappearing into the trees opposite. A car approached and I waited hoping it would be Carlisle but it was Alice. She smiled and came over to kiss me on the cheek.
"How is Bella? I'll bet she's feeling better since Carlisle got here"
I shook my head, "He's not here yet"
Her brow creased to a frown, "Esme told me they were almost here when I spoke to her last night."
"What? They haven't got here and we've heard nothing from them"
She took her phone out putting a finger to her lips,
"Hi Esme. How is Bella? I'm stuck so I wont be there for at least another day"
I heard her reply although I couldn't believe it,
"She's fine honey. Sorry you wont get here in time, You might as well stay put. I'll ring you as soon as she has the baby. I must go now Carlisle's calling me"
Alice snapped her phone closed angrily.
"Esme! She hasn't told him has she?" I asked her.
She shook her head, "I'm so sorry Jazz. I'll ring Carlisle direct."
She rang his cell phone but it went straight to voice mail.
"I bet she's turned it off without telling him. Now what?"
As I shook my head I heard a cry from the bedroom,
"Keep trying Alice. We need Carlisle here now."
I ran upstairs to see Bella sitting on the bed holding her belly, Rose standing with her and rubbing her back. "What's the matter Bella?"
She looked up with a faint smile, "Baby just stretching" she said.
It was then I saw the mug in her hand and smelled the blood.
"What are you drinking?" I took the almost empty mug from her and looked at Rose.
"It's all she can keep down and its giving her some colour back".
I couldn't argue the point, Bella had a faint colour in her cheeks again.
I took her hands, "I'm sorry its come to this Bella"
She smiled and leaned forward painfully to kiss me, "Hey I'm fine Jazz."
"Where did you get the blood?"
"Our two intrepid hunters are on permanent fast food runs."
That explained their disappearance. I got up to follow them but Bella gripped my hands tightly,
"Don't leave me Jazz. I'm scared. Where's Carlisle? I thought he'd be here by now"
"He's on his way" I said but Rose picked up the lie and looked at me over Bella's head. I shook my head and her eyes narrowed.
"I think I'll just go see if the boys are back yet and fill your mug up" she said.
I sat with Bella and she laid her head on my shoulder,
"I hope Carlisle gets here soon Jazz. I think this baby is getting ready to make an appearance".
I nodded and sent her calming thoughts to send her to sleep so she wouldn't see the time go by with no Carlisle.
Rose
I went outside when I saw Alice talking on the phone.
"Esme, we need Carlisle... I don't care about what they said to you... Bella's having this baby any time now and we need Carlisle so put him on the phone... I don't believe you... How could you do this to Bella? To Jasper?... You get him back and on the phone as soon as he gets back."
She snapped the phone shut and swore.
"What's going on Alice?"
"Esme wont tell Carlisle. Apparently Bella and Peter were both very rude to her at their last meeting and she's turned Carlisle's phone off so I can't reach him direct. Now she says he's gone hunting and she doesn't know where."
"Alice. I don't think we've got much longer. Bella's getting pains and I have no idea what to do. Have you?" Alice shook her head, "No Rose but we mustn't let Bella see we're scared. I think we have to get the guys out. They can keep trying Carlisle's cell phone, eventually he'll check it."
"It's the eventually part that worries me. I'm going to take some more blood to Bella you get the guys sorted out when they get back. Where's Charlotte?"
"She's trying to get hold of a Doctor she knows. He might be able to give us some advice over the phone" Alice saw my look, "It's better than nothing Rose"
I nodded and headed back inside.
Jasper
Bella's pains were getting more frequent and we both knew what that meant,
"Where's Carlisle?" she asked me as she straightened up.
"I don't know Bella but he'll be here"
She looked at me,"He's not coming is he?"
I couldn't lie to her "No Bella. Esme hasn't told him and we cant get through on his cell phone."
"So we're on our own as usual. It'll be OK Jazz. We'll manage, don't worry" She was telling me not to worry! "I think baby Whitlock is getting ready to meet us" she said as she doubled up again.
I rubbed her back and tried to take some of her pain but I was so worried I wasn't much help,
"Rose" I shouted, panic in my voice.
She came running up the stairs with a cell phone at her ear,
"Who is it?" I asked fingers crossed,
"Its Esme. She wants to talk to Bella"
I looked at her in disbelief, "What?" but Bella held out her hand so Rose passed the phone over.
"Esme you wanted to talk to me?"
We could all hear the conversation.
I hear you have a problem Bella"
"Not a problem Esme, I'm having Jaspers baby."
"Well that would seem like a problem to me anyway. Now you're crawling back to Carlisle are you? Do you really think he'll want to help you after all you and your friends said to him?"
"Well why don't you ask him Esme? Too afraid he might say yes?"
"Listen to me you little bitch, my husband is a good man but even he wouldn't forgive what Jasper did to Edward"
"Really? And he'd forgive what Edward did to me? Slightly hypocritical don't you think?"
"Well we'll never know will we because he won't be turning up to save your pretty little neck this time will he? You have no way of contacting him and I'm not going to. I just hope when you lay there in agony you remember what you did to my family, and I hope you all rot in hell".
Bella
Jasper snatched the phone from me but he was too late, she'd already cut me off.
"Looks like its down to us girls" I said looking at Rose and Charlotte who'd just come back in, shaking her head.
"I'm sorry Bella I couldn't get hold of John, so you're right it's just us."
I nodded and then the pain came again and I doubled over gasping. Jasper took my hand and I felt his warming calm spread through me,
"Thank you darling but I think the pain is my body's way of telling me its time so I guess I ought to listen to it. You go down with Emmett and Peter and keep trying Carlisle. We'll cope up here"
He nodded but I knew he didn't want to leave me.
"See if you can find anything on the internet about human vampire babies" I smiled at him as he cursed going down the stairs.
"Well girls I have no idea what's going to happen but I'm just glad I have such good friends with me"
Rose sat one side of the bed and Charlotte the other as the pains grew steadily worse. Rose had a cloth and kept wiping the sweat from my face and I tried very hard not to cry out as the pains came more and more quickly. Suddenly I felt a ripping inside and screamed loudly,
"Rose help me"
She dashed in from the bathroom and stopped in horror. My stomach was bulging horribly as the baby tried to fight its way out of my body.
"I don't know what to do Bella" she said in a shaky voice.
"Well it's not coming out the normal way so we need to cut her open" Charlotte shouted.
Rose looked horrified, "What?"
"Get a sharp knife Rose and get Jasper up here quick."
Rose flew out of the room reappearing with Jasper a second later. His face was a set mask as he came to my side,
"Jasper, take care of our baby" I whispered as the pain started again.
He took my hand in his, "I'll look after both of you Bella".
As the pain came again I sank into blackness.
