Jacob's POV:
When I finally got up for the day I was still sitting at the end of the bed from last night. I didn't sleep at all last night. I was listening to Bella making sure nothing happened. I couldn't sleep without her and this was killing me. I felt disgusted with myself for expressing myself the way I had. She cried most of the night and I never heard her get to sleep. Which was even worse... after what she went through last night... she needed sleep. I looked over at the time which read 7 am. I sighed rubbing my eyes and got up. I went out of the room not bothering with a shirt. I leaned against the wall listening again. I heard Alice talking with Bella quietly. I wanted someone to punch me. "Are you ok? What's wrong?" Alice asked, quietly. And I heard Bella sniffle before answering.
"It's fine... it's just the..." I heard her pause, assuming she was thinking of a lie. "Hormones..." I smiled inwardly. She was horrible at lying. Alice was silent for a minute.
"Then why are you sleeping out here... where's Jacob." I stiffened, hearing my name and Bella went silent.
"I just needed space..." She said, finally after a few minutes.
"Well... I'm sorry to say this but... you look like hell... I'm going to get Carlisle to check on you." I looked back up from the floor. I waited until Alice left, and then I walked out looking at Bella leaning against the couch. I just had to take one look... she was pale. Paler then I'd ever seen her look. She sat there with the blanket covering the lower part of her body. Even sitting next to the fire with a blanket she was shaking. I finally walked more into view turning around the corner of the couch and sat the end of the couch quietly. I looked over at her and she looked at me, and then bit her lip and looked down at the carpet. I sighed.
"What's wrong... Bells you look sick again..." She shook her head, still not looking at me.
"I'm fine..." She said, barely above a whisper. I sighed.
"Please don't lie to me Bells..." I said, looking at her again. "Alice sees it too, that's why she went to go get Carlisle." Her head snapped up looking at me.
"So you were listening... for how long?" She asked, mad.
"The whole thing..." I admitted, not wanting to lie to her. She scoffed. And we were quiet for a minute. I opened my mouth to say something else, but Alice and Carlisle and Esme walked in, and we both looked over. Carlisle was looking down at his notebook, and then he looked up seeing Bella and froze. He stood there looking all around her. He got out of it and started walking towards her again and sat down next to her. She looked over at him smiling weakly and he smiled back.
"So what's going on... what are your symptoms?" Carlisle asked, with his notebook and pen ready.
"Well... it feels just like before the IV... weak, really nauseous, all that." She said, not looking at me. I put my face down in my hands, hearing Carlisle writing it down, and I looked up again, seeing him nodding.
"When did you start getting the symptoms?" He asked. She thought for a minute.
"Around... 3 am maybe..." She said, her voice sounding tired and raspy. He looked at both of us... seeing the distance... and it was quiet for a few moments and then he looked back at Alice and she nodded and left. He looked down at the floor... he was listening. I started listening too... I heard Alice go to the living room with everyone there and everyone started talking, and when he heard that he looked up again. Bella was looking at both of us. "What's wrong?" Carlisle smiled.
"No nothing's wrong Bella... I just need to talk to you both alone." He said, leaning back against the couch. He waited another minute. "So what happened last night? Between you two? Because something's up."
"What do you mean something's up?" Bella demanded.
"Well I mean look... for some reason you were sleeping on the couch... and I mean look..." He said, pointing to both of us.
"What?" She asked.
"You guys aren't tied to the hip... and you guy's haven't at each other since I came in, not once... they are very small details... but in your guy's case... they're huge. Now... what's wrong." I looked over at me, and she looked at me blushing and then looked down shrugging.
"It's stupid... just... don't worry about it." She said, quietly. I saw Carlisle roll his eyes.
"Bella... I'm taking everything for account right now... anything that you're going through the babies are going through... everything counts right now... what's wrong? No one can hear us... their all in the living distracted because I have a feeling I know what's going on." He said. Her head snapped up when he said that, and I squeezed my hands together getting uncomfortable.
"What do you mean you think you know? What... were you listening?" She demanded. He shrugged.
"Not listening... but I've dealt with situations like this before." She scoffed.
"So you've dealt with a woman pregnant with twin werewolves?"
"Oh c'mon Bella he's just trying to help," I said. She looked at me.
"Ok well, how about you tell him the issue then." She said, leaning her head against her hand with her elbow resting against the couch. I sighed, looking at Carlisle and he nodded at me and got up and pointed to the medical room. I sighed and walked over kissing the top of Bella's head and she squeezed her eyes shut breathing in sharply like she was gonna started crying and I walked away into the room and sat on the chair looking outside at the trees swirling around in the wind. Soon enough Carlisle walked in and for some reason he had Sam with him, which was surprising since he was always with Emily. Carlisle closed the door behind them both of them, and they both looked at me.
"So... Jake what is the problem? And I apologize in advance, I'm truly not trying to make you uncomfortable but something happened and it's affecting Bella and I need to know how to help you guys fix it." Carlisle said, again. I sighed.
"Well, what exactly do you think it is?" I asked, curiously.
"Well... in most young couples... a lot get pregnant for obvious reasons... none of them have the bond of an imprint obviously but still... and usually if the couple stays together the father of the child get more and more anxious about making love due to maybe hurting the baby. This can cause the mother to get in a bad state of mind, thinking that because she is pregnant that the father is no longer interested or attracted to her... or they get a rejecting feeling that can cause them to get mad or have mood swings. And this makes it harder because the hormones of a pregnant woman are usually the same as eating and cravings... for Bella it's obvious that those aren't the same but they can get extremely hormonal for things like making love to their spouse. Am I on the right track... or completely on the wrong one."
"Nope... you got it..." I said, my voice cracking, still uncomfortable.
"Jake... trust me... Bella and the babies are going to be fine... you guys doing it isn't going to hurt them or anything..." Sam said, finally, and I looked over at him.
"Exactly... it actually helps the mother with relaxing with the orgasm if she reaches it... and improves the relationship and of the mother and father together."
"Well, how am I supposed to just do that... like it's a feeling in my gut... I can't just turn it off like a switch..." I said, uncomfortable and frustrated. "Like... I would never ever in my life try and make her feel not attractive or reject her ever... like I'm upset that this is what is going through her mind... I never meant it like that... She won't even look at me now..." I said, standing up with my hands on my head.
"Well when most fathers first tell the mother no... they will get upset and act mean and mad upfront but deep down their just sad and hurt by the situation and you need to talk to her. A face to face conversation... this is the most popular reason why teen pregnancy couples don't make it. I'm not saying you guys are a normal teen pregnancy... I don't even think I can call you guy's teens with your maturity. But still..." Carlisle said and Sam joined in.
"You guys obviously know how it is to be imprints... just... go and talk with her... and then next time she wants to just... don't say no... I promise it will make it better... it's harder when their moody, mean, and mad." Sam said chuckling. I smirked and nodded.
"Thank you guys... even as uncomfortable that was... I appreciate it." I said, my voice cracking again. I walked out the door and Sam patted me on the back and walked out with me and went back to Emily. I heard Carlisle still in the medic room getting the IV ready for Bella. I took a deep breath and rounded the corner to Bella. It was darker in the room because the clouds had all turned into a very dark grey. She was still sitting on the couch with the blanket around her lower body shivering and still really pale. I sighed and walked over. I knew she knew I was there. I sat down in front of her looking at her and turned and finally looked at me. Her face was red and tear struck, and it hurt to see her like that.
"So... what did they say... that your right." She said, and scoffed. I smiled and shook my head.
"Nope... the exact opposite actually..." And as soon as I said that the mad smile left her face and she looked surprised. "And Bella... I'm sorry... I just... I never meant it like that... I never ever meant to make you feel rejected or less attractive I promise... I was just scared of hurting the baby... I am so sorry for all this... for making you feel like this... and for you getting sick again. I don't know how to say this properly, and I'm sorry for that too... I just... I love you so much..." I said, taking her hand gently and placing it on my cheek with my hand over hers. "And I love these babies... I just didn't know how to express myself properly. But Carlisle and Sam explained to me that it's actually good for the mother and father, for a bunch of different reasons. I just... I'm sorry, please forgive me." I said, looking at her in the eyes. She smiled and nodded rubbing her thumb against my cheek with tears going down her cheeks.
"Yes, of course, I forgive you... I'm also sorry... for being mean and rude... I've just been having a hard time controlling my emotio-"
"It's ok Bells... you don't need to apologize... they explained it to me..." I said, and she nodded. I got down on my knees in front of her wrapping my arms around her body gripping the thin shirt she had on my head resting in between her belly and her chest. And I felt her wrap her arms around my shoulders resting her chin on the top of my head. I sighed content. We stayed like that until Carlisle walked in with all the IV equipment. I stood up still in front of Bella holding her hand. He smiled at us.
"I'm sorry for intruding but we need to get her on the IV again... and I'm sorry Bella for having to use the IV again." He said. She smiled.
"It's alright Carlisle... and sorry for being moody earlier I just..." She looked at him and he nodded.
"I know... it's fine Bella... no need to apologize. And for the IV... do you want to hook it up in bed or here on the couch." She yawned.
"Probably in the bed... I don't think Jake or I slept at all last night." She said, and I nodded. It hadn't really hit me because I was used to going nights on end for patrols, but I knew that her staying up all night sick cold on the couch wasn't good for the babies, and getting her to sleep in the bed with the IV would be the best plan.
"Alright... Jake can help you to the room and I'll get there to set up everything." We both nodded, and I looked down at her and I let go her hand for a second turning around to move the chair a little more, and I hadn't expected her to try and get up without me but she did and that's when I heard the scream and I whipped around seeing her falling back on the couch and I grabbed her just in time and set her down gently and kneeled in front of her my hands on her hips and I felt her grab my shoulders gripping it tightly. She was biting her lip really hard and scrunching her face.
"Woah Woah Woah... Bells what's wrong?!" I said, panicking. I felt Carlisle right next to me, and a whole group of people burst it at the sound of Bella's scream. Her breathing was short and quick, and she let go of one of my shoulders and grabbed in between her hip and her belly.
"One... of the... babies... kicked... really hard!" She said, out of breath. I looked at Carlisle and he nodded.
"That's normal... but it shouldn't hurt this much get her to the bed now!" He ordered, and I nodded and scooped her up in my arms and got her to the room with Carlisle on my heels. She had one of her hands resting on my back and another on my chest and I felt them both curled into fists. Once I got to our room, I stopped in front of the bed waiting for Carlisle's instructions. I kissed her forehead and felt her drop her head against my shoulder weakly still trying to breathe, and I leaned my cheek against her head trying to comfort her. Carlisle immediately started setting the IV up beside our bed.
"Get her in the bed and I'll hook her up." He said, opening the needle. I nodded and turned back around gently placing her down in the bed, and she went on her side, with her body automatically curling around her stomach. I pulled the covers around her, and kept a hand on her cheek, as Carlisle took her hand quickly and inserted the needle and she tensed uncomfortably and then relaxed after a couple of moments when he secured the IV in her hand with tape. "She's going to be ok... once the IV kicks in and she relaxes and gets warm she'll be fine. You two get some sleep... and we'll wake you up to feed her tonight and then you guys can sleep until morning and we can see about the IV." He said, patting me on the shoulder. I nodded.
"Thank you Carlisle... you have no idea how much I appreciate it." He nodded and walked out closing the door behind him. I sighed and saw Bella still shivering under the sheets. I left my sweats on and went over and helped Bella take off her shirt and pants leaving her in her bra and underwear through the IV. And then climbed in with her, pressing my body against her back wrapped my arm around her belly and I felt her lean into me her head resting against my other arm, and she breathed in relief. After a few minutes she warmed up and the IV seemed to kick in a bit after that and she relaxed. I leaned over kissing her gently and she kissed me back and I laid back down. "I love you Bella." I murmured.
"I love you too Jake..." She murmured quietly back. I made sure she fell asleep fine before I went to bed. I guess we slept the whole day because Emily came in and brought Bella food, and she was sitting against the bed frame eating and I leaned against my elbow listening to them talk and making sure she was ok. I was ok with Emily seeing Bella just in her bra when she sat up because she had the lower part of her body covered with the blanket. I don't know. It was hard to explain... Emily was another woman so it was normal I guess, and she was like a mother. Bella seemed comfortable too since Emily had been helping her with a lot of things. She gave me a plate too and I had a quick bite and then she took everything and we went back to sleep for the night.