Jacob's POV:
When I woke up, something immediately felt wrong. I lifted my head off of Bella's chest gently looking around, hearing feat shuffling around quickly and a few whispers and a few yells. I knew exactly what was going on and what was here. I looked back at Bella sleeping and put a hand on her cheek and kissed her forehead and around her face waking her up. "Bells... you gotta wake up... something's wrong." I felt her stir a little and then she opened her eyes looking up at me and then started sitting herself up and I helped her up with my hand on her lower back. I leaned her against the wall on the bed and got up. I had kept the shorts on from last night, and then looked in the mirror and saw that the hickeys were a lot less noticeable and blended in with my skin so I decided not to put on a hoodie in case I needed to phase. I turned around and Bella had put on her bra and a lacy pair of shorts. And even in a moment like this, it still turned me on... a lot. I didn't want anyone seeing her in those shorts but she had nothing else. I smiled grabbing my dark maroon hoodie and I gently put it over her and helped her put her arms through it and then I looked down at her and kissed her deeply and squeezed her ass. I felt her smile and her hands gripped in my hair. I pulled back looking down at her with my forehead on hers. "We'll continue this later..." I said, winking. She giggled. "Now listen... You need to stay close to me... at all times." Her face changed immediately from happy to worried.
"What's wrong?" She said continuing to look at our door, hearing someone run past it yelling, and then looking back at me grabbing my arm with her fingernails digging in my skin gently and nervously. I took a deep breath.
"Someone trespassed the treaty line... it's going to be ok though... I promise." I said, rubbing my thumb against her cheek gently. She took a deep breath and nodded. I smiled down at her. "That's my girl," I said, kissing her forehead. I took a deep breath and then laced my fingers through hers keeping her more behind and approached the door quietly. I opened slowly and looked both ways. It was quiet up here because all the commotion had moved downstairs. I moved Bella more to my side and put our laced hands on her hip and slowly walked out and towards the stairs, listening. I was so preoccupied with keeping Bella safe that the smell of the leeches didn't even bother me. I continued keeping my sense at high alert and then we got to the stairs and I pressed her as close to me as I possibly could. We descended them slowly and I peeked under and saw the normal form of our pack... the kids and elders and imprints in the middle and then charlie and Billy were on the outside of the middle but they were behind the guys in the pack and then all the guys ready to phase on the outside. There was only one thing different... technically Emily should have been in the center as an Imprint, but she stood next to stand at the very front, it wasn't that surprising actually considering the fact that this was a dangerous situation and Emily was pregnant and he hadn't left her hip since he started suspecting. And then on the other side was the Cullens all standing in a line. And all in a split second... I felt Bella leaning down to see, still griping my hoodie tightly. And as soon as she moved, I saw all of their heads snap in our direction. I felt Bella freeze and I felt a cold breeze behind me and I moved Bella against the wall standing in front of her in a defensive position so quickly and then refocused and saw Esme standing in front of me. I was so used to seeing her, as she was the kindest out of the Cullens. She put her hands out in front of herself trying to say she didn't mean any harm. But I still kept my position and watched her. They were smart... but we were smarter... they knew me and Bella would come down last and they, of course, sent the most trustworthy and kind out of all of them... Esme, to talk to us.
"Hi Jacob and Bella..." Esme said, quietly. My breathing picked up a little, as I felt Bella peaking over my broad shoulders.
"Hey Esme..." Bella and I both said, hers more quiet than mine. And the room went dead quiet as soon as we said that. Esme smiled, relaxing a little more.
"Do you mind if we talk to you? We promise we are not going to hurt you. We just need to talk. And I am so sorry for causing all the alarm for passing the treaty line." She said, calmly. I felt Bella looking up at me and I looked down at her. She gave me a nervous smile nodding, and I smiled at her, looking back to Esme.
"Alright... but if you guys try anything... wouldn't look too good for you guys," I said, plain and simple. Esme smiled, standing up completely, and the tension in the air lessened.
"Understood... thank you so much Jacob." She said, gently, and opened her arms for a hug like a mother. I smiled keeping Bella close and I hugged her gently and my nose scrunched as her smell burned my house and I felt her cold concrete form. "It's about you and Bella... I would recommend talking in private." She whispered so quietly that even I could barely hear her. "It's good to see you two again." She said. louder while pulling back, and then moved to Bella hugging her and I tensed watching and staying close, and Bella hugged back. I could see Esme whispering the same thing to Bella, and she looked at me and I nodded.
"It's good to see you too Esme..." Bella said, a little bit breathless and shaky. Esme pulled back, and I immediately pulled Bella into my arms tightly with my hands resting on her hip and I felt her arms around my torso and her head resting on my chest. Esme smiled and began walking down the stairs and Bella and I turned and followed her down. In half, a second Esme was already beside Carlisle again. Bella and I reached the pack, and Sam gave me a look. I nodded at him. He nodded back once and then everyone except for me and Sam and Bella and Emily relaxed. Charlie barged through everyone and gave Bella a tight hug. And I let go but stayed close, respecting Charlie's time with his daughter.
"Oh thank god Bells... you ok honey?" He asked. She smiled, hugging him back.
"Yea I'm fine dad." She whispered. When Charlie finally let go... I pulled Bella back into arms again, nodding at Charlie. Charlie smiled and nodded, and then went back to Billy and I nodded at Billy and he nodded back. I turned with Bella and walked to Sam at the front.
"Bella and I need to talk to a few of them in private," I said, looking at Sam. He looked back at me in disbelief, and looked at them, and then sighed looking down nodding. "Can I take Paul with us," I said, looking at Paul, and Paul smiled a little nodding and walking towards us.
"The private room is right there," Sam said, pointing to the room near the entrance. I nodded, and gripped Bella tighter and followed Carlisle, Esme, and Alice, with Paul behind us. I could the rest of the Cullens staying right by the door and the pack stayed in their stance. They opened the door and we walked in, and they walked in shutting the door behind them. I saw outside, and the window was so blurry from the rain and you could almost see the wind blowing. Bella, Paul, and I stood on one side of the room, and then the Cullens stood on the other side. Alice smiled brightly and walked over and gave Bella a tight hug and I tensed. Bella hugged her back.
"I missed you Bella." I heard her say. She let go and then walked back over.
"So what is it?" I asked, bringing Bella back beside me.
"Well... before... Alice used to be able to see Bella's future. However, Alice has never been able to see the pack's future. And we care about Bella... even if she has chosen another path."
"We'll we're imprints, so it was kind of a different situation," I said. Esme and Alice's eyes widened, and they looked at each other. Carlisle just nodded.
"And so... Alice likes to keep check on Bella to make sure she's safe... and recently Bella's future has disappeared. And at the same time... the Volturi are planning something. They don't trust Bella and they don't know she's your imprint and that she has the right to know about us. So we have a bit of a problem. I am so incredibly sorry... we should have never let her near the Volturi." Carlisle said all at once. "Has something happened to Bella... to the fact that Alice can't see her future anymore?" He continued, asking. I stood there going blank. I repeated what he had just said in my mind.
"First of all... what the hell is the Volturi planning?" I asked, demandingly. I heard Carlisle sigh and look over at Alice. Alice looked at me nervously.
"That's why we're nervous... something's blocking me at the moment from them and we have no idea about anything other than the fact that they are planning something." She said, and then got more confident, and continued. "So why can't I see Bella's future anymore? Is it something to do with the fact that she's your imprint... or that she's part of this pack?" She asked. I began thinking about what Bella had told me last night, and I closed my eyes. I knew that the guys in the pack and the other Cullens would be able to hear us if we told them. And if they said anything, Charlie would barge in and kill me. On queue Bella nudged me, asking me silently with her eyes. I thought for another minute and then nodded. I felt Bella stand out more from behind me. She looked up at them confidently.
"I'm pregnant... that's the reason... you can't see my future anymore. Because we're assuming the baby us like Jacob as a werewolf... and you can't see werewolves future." She said. I looked up at them, and they were all staring at her stomach, and I heard a growl from a Cullen on the outside, and put my hand over her stomach pushing her more behind me again. And I heard Paul growling back at the Cullen. I could hear the erupted cheers of happiness of the guys in the pack... a congratulations. I smiled. There were more little things I heard... like Charlie and Billy and everyone else asking what was going on, but I couldn't focus on that right now.
Bella's POV:
As soon as I said that, I felt Jacob put his hand over my stomach protectively for the first time, and pushed me more behind him again. And Paul had started growling a little looking at the door, so I assumed he heard something from someone outside that I couldn't hear. I hated it. Being the only one in the room not completely aware of what was going on, and being so little and weak compared to everyone else. And another thing that had happened as soon as I had announced that... I could hear the guys on the outside cheering and stuff, and I smiled. And then noticed Carlisle was staring at Jacob, Esme was looking at the ground, and then as soon as I looked over at Alice, she had this look, I couldn't quite identify it... it was disappointment and a look of happiness for me. I sighed.
"Well... that is amazing news Bella and Jacob!" Esme said, first. And Carlisle nodded.
"Yes, it is..." He said, quietly. And then Alice I guess had gotten a hold of herself and walked over and gave me a nice yet gentler hug. And I hugged her back.
"Congratulations Bella... you don't realize how happy I am for you. If you need anything... just call me." She said.
"Thank you... so much Alice," I said, tearing up, as my emotions had been out of place recently. She let go of me, and then looked up at Jacob and put her hand out.
"Congratulations Jacob... I mean it." She said. I looked up at Jacob, and he smiled a little and shook her hand.
"Thanks Pixie." He said. And she smiled brightly and walked back over to her side. And unexpectedly Paul walked over and pulled me into a bear hug.
"Congrats Bella! It'll be nice having another little wolf running around other than Jacob," he joked. I smiled, letting go as Jacob grabbed Paul and started play wrestling.
"Yeah, nice try... you're the designated child wolf of the pack," Jacob said, laughing. The pack and the Cullens all laughed. I smiled brightly... I loved Jacob's laugh... it was so real and amazing, and I rarely heard it. Once they finished wrestling, they did a fist bump, and then Jacob walked back over to me and put his arm around my shoulders, and I put my arm around his waist.
"Alright... so we have been researching about this storm and we need to have a serious discussion with everyone," Carlisle said, in a serious tone. I looked up at Jake, and his bright smile had disappeared and it was replaced with his serious face, and he nodded at Carlisle. Everyone agreed. We exited the room, and all the guys in the pack rushed over hugging me, and Jacob got mad trying to pull me closer. They were all congratulating me, and then I saw Charlie and Jake and I completely froze... and then Billy wheeled himself beside Charlie. I gulped a little too loud. The guys all saw, and got quiet and backed away but stayed close enough in case Charlie got really mad, and Jacob took his place beside me with his hand resting on my hip. Charlie walked over with Billy smiling confused.
"Know what all the commotions about Bells?" He asked. I took a deep breath, looking down.
"Dad... you know I don't like sugarcoating stuff... so I'm just going to say it...I'm pregnant..." I said, out of breath by the end. I looked up and he already had his hands balled into fists, and his face was red, and he was pacing and taking deep breaths. Billy, on the other hand, was smiling so bright it filled the room.
"Oh c'mon Bella, you can't be serious!" Charlie yelled, facing towards me and Jake again.
"I have never been more serious with you in my life then I am right now," I said, looking at him dead in the face. You could see the fire in his eyes.
"Your 18 for christ sake! How could you do this to her Jacob!" Charlie said, loudly, and he looked like he was about to burst a vein. I saw Jacob about to open his mouth to speak, but Billy interrupted.
"Charlie I think you should step away for a second... I don't think you realize that Jake is only 17."
"And that's my point Billy! They are way too young to be having kids! Jake doesn't even look 17! He looks 21 or something!"
"Dad calm down! This is no one's decision but mine and Jake's. We're having this baby and that's the end of it."
"Bella no! What is your mother going to think!"
"Charlie it's not their fault! Their imprints! I mean look at Sam and Emily!" Sue said, gently, stepping in. Charlie looked down at Sue.
"Yes, but Sam and Emily are at that age! They're allowed."
"Charlie I don't think you understand the meaning of an imprint... Paul and Rachel understand... Jared and Kim understand... the pull between imprints is impossible to separate... the love between imprints is incredible... I shouldn't even have to explain this to you... I'm sure vampires have the same thing with mates... even humans have soulmates..." She said, putting a hand on Charlie's cheek. Charlie was forced to look down at Sue. Sue was so wise and loving. Her words really made a difference, and I guess everyone decided to appreciate each other. I looked up at Jake who was already looking down at me, and he put a hand on my cheek and kissed me lightly and then I wrapped my arms around him putting my hand on his chest and he wrapped his around mine and leaned his head on mine. Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Jasper kissed while Esme and Carlisle hugged. All the imprints from our pack hugged and kissed.
"I'll meet you guys back at the house," Edward grumbled as he walked out of the house closing the door behind him. Carlisle and Esme sighed. I felt Jacob chuckle, and I rolled my eyes, a typical guy for him to do. I then looked over and saw Charlie leaning against the table, with Sue rubbing his back gently, as he took deep breaths. I looked up at Jacob, and then unwrapped my arms from him, and started walking over to Charlie slowly. Sue moved out of the way, smiling at me. I held my breath and then put a hand on his shoulder gently. He got up off the table and looked at me with tears in his eyes and then hugged me tightly and gently. I felt myself start to cry as I hugged him back. I don't know how long we stood there but it was much needed.
"I'm so sorry for yelling at you Bella... I just wasn't ready to hear that yet... I don't know what came over me... please forgive me Bells..." Charlie said, in between sniffles.
"I forgive you dad," I whispered. I felt him smiled.
"Congratulations..." He said, after another minute.
"Thank you..." I said. Once he let go, he looked over at Jake and walked over, putting his hand out."
"I'm sorry for overreacting kid... I didn't mean anything. Please understand." Charlie said, looking up at Jacob. Jacob smiled letting out a breath of relief and shook his hand.
"It's all good Charlie... just happy you didn't kill me... I owe Sue one." Jacob said, jokingly, and smiled at Sue. Sue smiled at both of them, and then Charlie walked over and gave Sue a hug. I walked over back into Jacob's arms.
"Alright... we really need to discuss the plan." Carlisle chuckled. Sam nodded, and then walked over to Leah and told her to take the children to the downstairs area and to keep an eye on them. She rolled her eyes but did what he told her to do. Once Leah left with the kids and Charlie, Billy, and Sue... everyone gathered around... me and Jake and Emily and Sam sat at the head of the couch... and all the Cullens stood around... and the rest of the imprints and elders were spread around. I felt Jacob wrap his arm around me, as they started talking, and I smiled content, he was always so warm, it was comfortable. "So we have been doing research on this storm, it has been the longest storm to last in a very very long time, and it has been going on all around the world. The weather channel has been saying predictions saying that the storm will last about 3 more months." Carlisle said, and a few people gasped. Me and Jake looked at each other shocked. Emily covered her mouth, and Sam sighed.
"I told you we should have gone somewhere other than this conversation... it's too much stress." Sam said, upset. Emily rolled her eyes.
"Oh, here we go again," Emily said, also getting upset. Carlisle coughed.
"Back on topic... We know that you have this amazing and beautiful house specifically meant for a situation like this... but then again, we have the Volturi to deal with..."
"So what exactly are they going to do?" Jacob asked, tensing up. Carlisle sighed.
"Well they are going to gather up and get ready and come over here and they will try to fight. But if we can convince them otherwise it will be ok."
"And if we can't?" Sam asked,
"Then we fight back and we win," Jacob said, confidently. I smiled.
"Jacob's right, anyways I've been needing to fight," Emmett said, with a smirk.
"Alright... and I know you guys are going to be skeptical about this but just be open-minded..." Carlisle said. "We will need to separate... as in Jacob and Bella will have to come with us, with other people of their choice, and the rest that the Volturi don't know about will stay here safer. So... the children and elders will stay here because they cannot fight and they are not a concern of the Volturi."
"Yes... I agree..." I said, unexpectedly and everyone looked at me. "I think Jake and I should go with The Cullens with Sam, Emily, Seth, Quil, and Paul. And then the rest of the pack stays here with the children and the elders and Charlie." After I said that, a lot of people agreed with me. I could hear the 'Yes's' of the pack names that I named, and Jacob smiled at me. But Sam was the only one who disagreed.
"I don't want to put Emily in any stress Bella, or any danger."
"Sam, Emily would be safer with the Cullens and our pack and your protection than here with the ones with less protection and more stress by needing food and everything," Jacob said, looking up at Sam.
"Yes, I agree with Jacob," Carlisle said.
"I agree with them Sam," Emily said, standing up and nodding.
"Emily I-" Sam started.
"Sam I don't want to hear it! I've had enough... I love you and this baby and thank you so much for caring so much about me not being stressed, but there's a point of insanity. Bella is apart of family and pack now... and we need to help her and Jacob. Everything will be ok I promise... I can feel it." She said, looking down at him. He sighed and took a minute thinking. And it was complete silence. Finally, he looked up at her and nodded standing and hugged her. Everyone and smiled and then clapped.
"Alright so that is our plan and we'll tell everyone and then get ready and leave." Everyone nodded and got to work. Sam with Emily took the pack members who weren't coming downstairs with the rest of those who weren't coming, and then the rest who were leaving got up and started packing. Jake and I grabbed our stuff in our bags from our room and then came back downstairs, Jake was carrying the bags and refused to let me carry anything which made me inwardly groan. After Sam explained everything to everyone else he came up and packed with Emily. Paul and Quil were saying goodbye to their imprints. The Cullens were helping with bags and we waited. Charlie came up and Jake and I walked over. I gave him a hug and he hugged back tightly.
"Stay safe Bells, I love you."
"I will and you stay safe too and I love you too dad," I said, tearing up. I let go and he looked at Jake shaking his hand.
"Keep my babygirl safe please," Charlie said, his eyes all red and puffy.
"I will I promise you Charlie." Jacob said, looking him in the eyes. Charlie nodded and Billy and Jacob said goodbye. Once everyone was ready we got our stuff and headed out the door. It was cold and windy and a bit of a walk but we all made it through and made it to their mansion all safe. Once everyone got in the house they assigned rooms. Sam and Emily got their own room upstairs. Seth, Quil, and Paul wanted to share a room together, which made things easier. And Esme brought me to a really nice room with Jake.
"Thank you so much Emily," I said, hugging her. She smiled.
"No problem Bella." Jake smiled and thanked her. Everyone unpacked and then Emily and Esme made food and everyone ate and talked. After a while, Sam took Emily to go to bed, because it was getting late, and the rest of us followed. Everyone said goodnight and the Cullens went downstairs for the night together. And Jake and I went t our room and took a shower together and then got ready for bed and then got into the huge bed together. He wrapped his arms around me protectively and warmed me up and kissed me.
"I love you Bella, and I won't let anything happen to you or our baby." He said, looking me in the eye. I smiled putting my hand on his cheek.
"I love you Jacob," I said. He nodded, kissing me again and I curled into his chest and we fell asleep.