Disc.: I am only borrowing them (the characters)... I promise not to hurt them too much.

Chapter 2

Everyone was already waiting when Jacob and Nessie arrived at the house. The two walked in shyly, hesitant as their family sat before them. Nessie looked at her mother, avoiding her father's eyes because she already knew that he could tell exactly what she was thinking. It was annoying, never being able to sneak around with Jacob without her father knowing. She knew he was beating himself up for not catching on sooner how far along the two were in their relationship.

"It's true, isn't it?" Rose said almost hungrily. Her eyes were focused on Nessie. The girl looked to her aunt and nodded once.

"How long since?" Carlisle asked as he looked at his granddaughter.

"About a month and a half, only it doesn't seem to be adding up quite right," Nessie said slowly. Edward's head snapped up and looked at her in horror.

"No," Edward whispered in a growl.

"What?" the others said. Edward shook his head in denial.

"Edward," Bella said as she placed her hand on his arm. Edward's eyes snapped to hers.

"She's physically further along," Edward said barely louder than a whisper. Everyone looked at her, there was shielded horror on their faces.

"How much so?" Carlisle jumped up and dashed to her side.

"We're not sure," Nessie said.

"It's slower than Bella," Edward confirmed someone's questioning mind. Bella sighed an audible sigh of relief. "Still faster than normal."

"Nessie, would you be ok if I checked you out?" Carlisle asked.

"To a certain degree, that would be fine," Nessie said. A few people looked at her, confused as her face flushed slightly. Jacob's had also.

"I'll be fine," Edward said through gritted teeth. "You forget Jacob isn't always in control of his thoughts."

"Jake," Nessie hissed at him. Jacob shrugged.

"Sorry, Nessie. I'll do better," he said. Nessie shook her head and climbed free of the couch, not allowing anyone to help her. They looked at her critically. She did look different.

"Your home made lab then?" Nessie asked him. Carlisle nodded.

"Should I come with you?" Jacob asked carefully.

"No, I think you and I need to have a talk," Edward growled. Nessie hesitated, looking at her father.

"Daddy," Nessie pleaded quietly. She paused until Edward look at her. She smiled half heartedly. "Daddy, I really love him. As much as you love Momma. Please be gentle with him. For me?"

"I will try," Edward promised. Nessie skipped to his side and kissed her father's cheek. "For you."

"Thank you, Daddy," Nessie said as she headed up the stairs behind Carlisle. She looked back down at the rest of them. "Everything is going to be alright."

Edward growled at Jacob once Nessie was gone upstairs with Carlisle.

"She's just a child," he growled. "We don't know what this is going to do to her. It could kill her."

"I swear, I never meant for this to happen," Jacob said.

"You couldn't wait until you two were married until you took her innocence?" Edward snarled, poising ready to pounce on him.

"I tried to tell her," Jacob said. He looked at Bella pleadingly.

"No, Jacob, you're on your own for this," Bella said crossing her arms and shaking her head. "Edward made me wait, you should have made her wait."

"I couldn't not give her everything she wanted," Jacob said pleadingly.

"And this… thing? If it kills her?" Edward snarled. Bella put her hand on Edward's shoulder.

"Edward," Bella murmured. "Nessie is stronger than I was when I carried her."

"Yeah, but you did nearly die, and this creature…" Edwards said as Carlisle cleared his throat. Edward looked up.

"From the looks of things, she's doing this in half the time," Carlisle said as he held some long piece of paper in his hand.

"Half the time?" Esme asked. Edward could see the pictures in Carlisle head.

"Instead of nine months, it will be just four in a half," Edward clarified coolly.

"On the plus side," Carlisle said brightly. "Nessie is utterly in love with it and is excited to share the pictures."

"You can see it?" Jacob asked as he jumped up. Carlisle smiled and held the long piece of paper.

"Apparently, it has a human placenta," Carlisle said as everyone but Edward gathered around the ultrasound picture. Edward could already see them in his mind, and then in the minds of the family.

"Do we know what kind it is?" Jacob whispered. "Should we concerned that it's a monster?"

"Jacob Black," Nessie snapped as she came down the stairs. "I swear if you tell anyone to 'just throw it out the window' like you did me, I'll hunt you down myself."

"Ten bucks on Nessie," Emmett said to Jasper. Jasper laughed and nodded.