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Mistakes and Tragedy

(Tess POV)

It was September 10th. Jacob and I were pretty much back together already. There had been... problems with the pack. Jake had tried to tell them that it – Bella's pregnancy – wasn't going to be a problem, but Sam wasn't having it. I explained it to Emily – who seemed understanding – and she tried to calm Sam down... but even the imprint powers wouldn't work.

Jacob stood up to Sam... and told me something I never knew.

He was supposed to be Alpha.

He didn't want to do it because it would've taken a lot more time away from me, because of how far away we live. He'd have more patrols, less time, and almost no time off.

He split off from Sam's pack. Seth was quick to join ours. After a few hours, even Leah joined, mainly to make sure Seth was safe.

Esme had made sandwiches a few times over the past three days, but after Leah refused hers the first time, Esme had me deliver the food.

We had also finally figured out how to get Bella her nutrients: She had to drink blood.

It was pretty repulsive at first, but before long, I had started helping Edward prepare the drinks.

So, there I was. Sitting in the lounge with Bella, Alice, and Rosalie. We were all chuckling over Bella's choice in baby names. They were both mixtures between Edward's parent's and our parent's names.

Jacob and Edward walked into the room, handing Alice the styrofoam cup of blood.

"You should hear her baby names!" Rosalie laughed.

"Oh god, are they really that bad?" Jake asked.

"I kinda like the girl's name..." I said, helping Bella up.

She smiled. "I was playing around with our parents' names... For a boy: Carles... for a girl: Renesme."

"... Uh... yeah, I'm with Te–"

"I like it," Edward cut in, "It's unique... Which certainly fits the situation."

We all chuckled and Alice handed Bella the cup.

It all seem to happen in slow motion.

The cup fell to the floor, breaking, the blood spilling everywhere. Bella bent backwards unnaturally. He knees cracked as she fell to the ground.

Edward caught her head before it too crashed to the floor. He scooped her up and blurred into the delivery room they had prepared. Alice and Rosalie blurred behind him.

Jacob pulled me into the room.

"Get me the morphine!" Edward yelled.

I handed him the syringe.

Rosalie came into the room, "Carlisle said that they're coming as fast as they can, but we have to do the now!" She grabbed the scalpel and almost cut Bella's stomach, but Edward grabbed her arm.

"Let. The morphine. Spread." He said, stating every word clearly and firmly. Bella was screaming.

Rosalie ripped her arm out of his grip, "We. Don't. Have. Time! We have to do this now! Alone." She slid the blade across Bella's stomach, Edward nodding in defeat.

I cringed as Bella screamed even louder. "Bella, look at me; you're going to be okay!" I yelled over her screaming/

I noticed that Rosalie was staring at the bloody scalpel. "Rosalie, no!" I tackled her, the knife clattering to the ground. "Alice, help me take her to the other room!"

Alice blurred over to us, helping me get Rosalie to the room next door.

I came back into the delivery room, to see Edward, holding a little baby.

"It's Renesme..." He smiled, looking over at Bella. He had blood surrounding his mouth. I started walking up to them. She smiled... and took a deep breath.

And then, her smile faded. Her eyes went dark, and her skin went cold.

"Edward – " I started, realizing what was happening.

"Jacob, take the baby!"

"No! Tess, are your okay?!"

"C'mon!" I gasped, choking on my words, "Bella, come on!" I started giving her CPR.

"Jacob, take the baby!"

"Keep that thing away from me!"

"Dammit, Jacob!" I yelled, backing away from Bella's body, "I'll take the damn baby!" I wrapped a blanket around my arms and Edward placed the baby in it.

I wrapped her up and took her into the livingroom, where a fire had been started.

Why? Why did she have to die?

Fuckin' Edward! He could've saved her!

No... He couldn't have... And now... now... now this little girl... Renesme... She's all we have left of her.

I... I... She's... I can't believe it... She's... She's really gone..

Yeah... but now... now we have to help take care of her... Be a good aunt for her.

Renesme started crying. I leaned against the doorway and started rocking her. She slowly stopped and Jake came into the room, placing a hand on my shoulder.

Tears started rolling down my cheeks as I slid down the wall.

"Hey... hey..." He said, sitting down next to me, "It's gonna be okay..."

The tears wouldn't stop.

I cried for several minutes before Jacob got up. He took Renesme out of my arms and passed her to Rosalie, who had just come in. She looked over at me, slumped against the wall, cheeks stained with tears, and left the room.

Jake picked me up and took me outside.

He was about to descend the porch steps when a bunch of wolves came out of the woods.

They saw me, cradled in his arms, and growled.

He set me down on the deck, leaning against the railing, and stomped down the steps, phasing once he reached the bottom.

Nothing much happened in the next few minutes... I heard several growls and grunts before they left.

Jake phased back and picked me up again, with no shirt on, taking me to my truck and placing me down, gently, in the passenger side.

He got in on the other side and started the truck.

After a minute, I scooted over to him and curled up, absorbing his warmth... it calmed me down the tiniest bit.

I was still crying when Jake pulled up to his house. He picked me up again, carrying me inside.

"Is she okay?" Billy asked, rolling out of the livingroom.

"I... I don't know... Be... Bella..." Jake replied.

"It's alright, Jacob," Billy said, a hint of anxiety in his voice, "Just... take care of her... She's... she's going through a lot..."

Jake nodded and carried me into his room, laying me down, curled up, on his bed.

My eyes started to sting from crying. Jake left the room for a minute before he came back in and laid down next to me, wrapping his arms around me.

It was warm. A different warmth, though. He was radiating anxiety.

. . .

3 days later...

"Mm," Jake murmured as we woke up.

"Hey, guys!" Someone called from the doorway, "I think they're finally waking up!"

Jacob jerked up to a sitting position, pulling the blanket with him.

"Embry?" He asked, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Well, since you wouldn't let us get the... kid, because it's 'the only thing Tess has left,' Sam said you could rejoin the pack after a little bit! So, we were here to bring you to Emily's for breakfast, and we..." He smirked, "Saw you... in bed, with your girlfriend, here."

Jake blinked slowly at him.

"You." He started, "Are a. Fucking. Pervert."

"Hey! You were like this, too!"

"Yeah, and then I phased, imprinted, and grew the fuck up!"

"Pfft. Whatever. C'mon, we're starving. Get dressed and let's go!"

Embry turned and left the room, not minding to shut the door on the way out, so Jake hopped out of bed and closed it.

Jumping back onto the bed, he kissed my forehead. I blushed as his lips traveled down to mine, capturing them in a sweet embrace.

"Good morning, babe..." He said, sweetly.

"Mm, good morning..." I giggled.

"C'mon!" He said, pulling me up off the bed, "Get dressed; you can wear something of mine. We're going to Emily's."

I smiled at him, the amazing guy he turned out to be.

He kissed me again and grabbed a tshirt and a pair of jeans from his drawer and left the room.

I smiled again and grabbed a clean tshirt from his drawer. My pants would have to do; I mean, yogapants are good for both sleeping and going out, right?

I was pulling my shirt down over my stomach as Jacob walked in the door.

"Damn..." He said, leaning against the doorframe, "I should really get you to the beach some time..."

"W-what? C'mon, Jake, you know I burn up way to easily!"

"Yeah, but... cloudy day?"

"Ugh, maybe."

"Why the 'ugh'? You've got a great bod', why not... show it off?" He asked, placing his hands on my waist.

"I don't... know!" I stuttered, my eyes searching the ceiling.

He sighed, "C'mon, then. Let's go."

We walked out to the livingroom, where the entire pack – save Sam – was chatting.

"You comin' with us?" Quil asked, getting up from his perch on the couch.

Jake looked at me, then back at Quil and shook his head. "I just put this shirt on, plus," He lowered his voice, "I've never had someone ride on my back before..."

"No shit." Quil said, "That's something you only do with your girlfriend – " Leah glared at him, "Or boyfriend! Anyway, Tess is the only person you've been with since you phased, so of course no one else has ridden your back."

Jake rolled his eyes. "Whatever," He started to pull me outside, "We'll meet you there."

. . .

Emily's breakfast was amazing! It was practically a buffet. Eggs, pancakes, bacon, you name it, she made it. Even hashbrowns!

And all. Home. Made.

We were all sitting at the table, talking about random things. Jake had just finished his second serving of... everything when he pulled me away from the others; into the bathroom, under the stairs.

"Uh, what's going on, Jake?" I asked. We barely fit in that tiny room, what with his big build; so cramped that we were pressed against eachother.

"Uh – nothing, really. I was just wondering: your birthstone is an emerald, right?"

"Yeeeah? Why do you ask?"

"No reason, really..."

I furrowed my brow at him.

"I was just wondering! I swear!"

"Then, why did you drag me in here?"

"I..." His eyes searched the ceiling for a plausible story, "I wanted to talk... away from them."

"Last I checked, most of 'them' have superhuman hearing."

He paused.

"They are discussed... other matters. Anyway, you're sticking with me for the rest of the day."

"What d'you mean? Don't you have to patrol?"

"No, I finally have a day off! Sam just restarted giving them out again!"

I took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. "Well, I'm glad you have days off, now." I kissed him softly, "Now, can we get out of here? I think we're running out of oxygen."

I opened the door and squeezed past him.

"So, she's really dead?"

I went from a half-smile to a teary-eyed frown in under a second.

I had completely forgotten about it.

A tear leaked from my eye a second before Jake scooped me up in his arms and speedwalked out of the house.

But I didn't need superhuman hearing to hear the words 'Shit,' 'Oops,' and 'Damn' muttered and exclaimed at about the same moment.

I started to all-out weep again as Jake placed me – delicately – in the passenger seat.

Again. Now I felt really bad.

A/N: I took two weeks to write this. Well, almost two weeks. I finished writing it originally last Thursday night, technically Friday morning. (1:26 am)

Anyway, I told you I'd be back with a large chapter and here. It. Is. Hope you liked it! I worked really hard, besides my unnecessary procrastinating I really appreciated that you guys weren't mad at me for taking two weeks off. I'm really glad, actually.

So, yeah. Oh, and that emerald part, yeah that's very important, for later.

ALSO! I am going to start uploading every Saturday, so, yeah. The next upload will not be this Saturday (the 7th) but next Saturday, the 14th. From then on it will be every Saturday, (the 21st, the 28th, the 5th, etc.)

Anyway, hope you enjoyed! Leave a review, please!