"Oh my god, oh my god, Paul come here now the baby's coming!" I shouted while Kim kept muttering shit "Kim stop swearing will you now you will have to add money" I said before panicking and forgetting how to breath, everyone then was in the tiny bathroom Paul had picked me up was running to the car.
"Paul we will all meet you at the hospital, take Amelia and embry with you. Seth, daisy come with Emily and I and Kim, Jared you take Collin and Brady, where's Leah? Right, Seth can you call her and tell her to phone your mom. Quil, Jake go collect Paul's parents and Nayelli and old Quil is that everyone good let's go!" Sam ordered still thinking he was still in charge and not Jake.
"Amelia sit in the back with Ariella and help her with her breathing" Emily instructed before whining about how her baby hadn't come and she was due before me.
"It's ok Ar you'll be fine trust me, deep breaths in, out, in out. Good girl you're doing great" Amelia said all the while stroking my hair and back. Once we got to the hospital Paul pulled over and carried me into reception leaving embry to park the car.
"Oh my god Paul the baby seat isn't in the car, they won't let us take the baby without the seat!" I panicked but Paul was already on the phone telling embry to install the seat which was in the boot. Pretty quickly we were giving a room and the contractions started. I was grabbing Paul's hand with the life of me
"Babe you're starting to hurt my hand" he whined
"Oh I'm sorry why don't we shove a fucking watermelon out of your vagina and then we will compare huh?" I shouted through gritted teeth
"I don't have a vagina" he commented stupidly
"By the end of today you fucking will" I threatened before being told to push harder by the doctor finally after half an hour a tiny cry could be heard
"Congratulations it is a healthy baby boy" the doctor congratulated before cutting the umbilical cord and handing MY baby to some nurse
"Paul where is she taking MY baby?" I asked raising my voice
"Babe she is cleaning OUR baby for us" he soothed before kissing my head and congratulating me
"Here you go, have you decided any names?" the nurse asked giving me my son "he is very healthy for a baby born 2 months early" she smiled
"Yes we have" we said together little Arlo Paul Lahote was born on June the 1st at 5 pm weighing 8lb and 5oz. "Arlo" I said before kissing my son's head savouring the baby smell Paul just wrapped his arms around us both before kissing our heads
"Babe I was thinking could we name Kim and Jared their godparents?" I asked
"I was thinking the same thing" he smiled before walking outside to tell everyone it was a boy and the name was Arlo. Everyone whooped and hollered before asking to come in, first came Jared and Kim
"Congratulations" they said before handing us some blue presents and kissing us both
"How did you know?" I asked I was certain it was a girl
"Sue Clearwater" Kim said before stroking Arlo's head.
"Do you want to hold him?" I asked and she nodded before sitting down and cradling her hands Paul lightly placed the baby in her hold and Arlo whimpered but fell back asleep.
"He is absolutely gorgeous" she cooed "Jar come look" she called over before kissing Arlo's head
"He sure is" Jared said before taking the baby from Kim and holding Arlo himself he rocked Arlo back and forth "So who does he look more like?" he asked
"Well he is defiantly his daddy's son. If I hadn't given birth to him I wouldn't be sure he was mine" I said honestly Arlo had Paul's slightly curly hair and his nose, ears, lips and face shape, I was certain he would be Paul's build considering he was 8lb at only 7 months in the pregnancy.
"Yes but wait till he opens his eyes then you can see its ours" Paul reminded me and then on cure Arlo opened his bug eyes which were like mine and you saw these navy orbs stare back at Jared, defiantly my kid.
"Jared I want to hold him again" Kim whined
"Kimmy let Ari hold Arlo considering it's her son" Jared said before handing me back Arlo but before he did he kissed Arlo's head and stroked his cheek.
"Guys we wanted to ask you something" Paul began but I cut in
"Will you be Arlo's godparents?" I said excitedly
"Of course we will" Jared answered for the two of them considering Kim had started to cry "Well we're going to send in the next two, thank you again" Jared spoke before dragging Kim out of the room. Next came Sam and Emily who were both in awe of Arlo, then Amelia and embry, then Seth and daisy, then Quil, Jacob and leah, then Collin and Brady. Finally nan and old Quil and Paul's parents came in and just like everyone else were in awe of baby Arlo. They didn't stay long and then once they left the pack all came in again. Arlo was settled in Leah's arms who was cooing at Arlo
"Hey guys I'm glad you two have a baby son now but if you cast your minds back to a while ago, where we betted £5 about the gender of your child and I betted right well you know I'll take my cash in any form." Embry said grinning but stopped once Amelia hit him over the head and glared
"You can take it in dirty nappies em" I said before leaning back into my pillows
"Do you want us to leave?" daisy asked from the seat she sat in with Seth
"No course not I want Arlo to spend as much time with his aunties and uncles as possible I was just leaning back." I said before curling into Paul's side, leah was made to pass Arlo around the room then. I could see my baby boy would be spoilt.
"Right guys come on lets go we will meet you at the house later?" Sam said before ushering everyone out Jared had to carry Kim out she didn't want to leave
"How are we doing then?" the nurse said walking into the now empty room "I see you've had a busy afternoon, if you could try and breastfeed the baby and then afterwards you can go home, you both are healthy. I'll come round one day to check up on how you are both" she said before positioning Arlo in the correct place Paul turned away once Arlo started feeding. Once we were given the all clear Paul went and started the car while I was wheeled by the nurse to the car park to wait for him. Arlo was sound asleep in my arms. I wish I could freeze this moment and never let him grow up.
Back at the house Paul had Arlo in a baby carrier and was helping me walk into the house when the light switched on and everyone shouted surprise, I jumped back in shock and the noise woke Arlo up. He started crying and ridiculously quickly Paul had him out of his carrier and was bouncing him back and forth, Arlo of course like the warmth Paul let off. Everyone winced in an apologetic way
"Don't worry it is ok. At least this way he will go down better later on" I smiled before pulling everyone into hugs, they had decorated the house in blue streamers and a banner saying it's a boy! "Guys you didn't have to do all this" I said
"We wanted to, look what else we did" Kim said before pulling mine and Paul's hands upstairs to the spare bedroom were the walls had been painted blue and lots of toys and furniture for a baby boy had been placed. Including a huge stack of nappies
"It's our present off all of us" Kim said before hugging me "The cot is in your room we thought it would be easier for the first few months. The highchair is set up downstairs as well as a little pen for you to put Arlo in" she said before skipping off downstairs with Arlo. I was starting to tear up
"Babe what's wrong?" Paul asked gathering me up in a hug
"Nothing this is so nice" I said into his chest before going back downstairs to where they were fighting over Arlo. "I can't thank you enough for this it seriously means a lot" I said once they were all on their way out
"Alone at last. With my two favourite people my imprint and my son, I'm the luckiest guy in the world" Paul said kissing me after we had put Arlo down and were lounging on the sofa "Well for a moment we were" I looked at him confused when Kim and Jared walked in well Jared had the decency to look ashamed
"I'm sorry she used the pout and the eyes on me" he explained hands in the air
"I had to see my godson once more" Kim said
"Kim you can see him tomorrow but right now I want to sleep I just gave birth" I said before kissing both of them and shutting the door and locking it. "Come on babe lets go to sleep" I said dragging Paul upstairs. I didn't sleep for long considering that Arlo woke up and for having tiny lungs he could really cry. Paul was out on patrol meaning I was stood downstairs feeding Arlo a bottle while rocking him back and forth. I was singing an old Quileute song when I felt Paul behind me
"Babe do you want me to carry on?" he asked kissing both of our heads
"No don't worry you go on up you've been out most of the night." I said while shoving him with my foot in the direction of the stairs. It didn't take too long for Arlo to fall back asleep so at 5 am I went back to bed, beautiful, however at 10 am I could hear noises of annoyance coming from across the hall. Both Paul and Arlo weren't in the room so I guess Paul had dutifully got up with Arlo. I threw my dressing gown on before walking over to what would be Arlo's room one day. The sight I saw was hilarious Paul, Jared and Kim where all stood over the changing table trying to figure out how to do the nappy up. Kim was bossing them around even though she was just as clueless as them two.
"Move aside let me teach daddy and the godparents how to so a nappy up" I giggled before quickly doing it up and dressing Arlo in a cute blue baby grow "There we go baby, did daddy, uncle Jared and auntie Kim make you all cold with their useless go at changing a nappy?" I cooed at Arlo before walking downstairs to feed him. Once we were all sat around and Kim had taken Arlo off of me Jared told us how everyone was going to the beach for the day and that we should go show off our son, so I went up to shower and dress as did Paul while Kim and Jared looked after Arlo. Then once Arlo was strapped in his pram we all walked to the beach because I wanted Arlo to get some fresh air. Paul had the joy of carrying the bag full of the things we would need for Arlo. Everyone was at the beach as was Claire who was excited to see Arlo for the first time. We were sat at one of the benches when she came and Paul lifted her up and placed her in between us
"Hello sweetie how are you today?" I asked her while kissing her head
"I'm ok, quilly told me you have a baby boy now, Arnold" she said smiling at me
"No Arlo do you want to see him?" I asked and she nodded getting excited, I picked up Arlo from his pram and held her for her to see, she of course loved him and kissed his forehead before smiling ast the smell he had
"I lobe him already" she said smiling up at us two
"Do you want to hold your new cousin Claire?" I asked she of course said yes so Paul positioned her arms in the right way and had his arms out ready to help her if needed I gently placed Arlo in her arms
"Is he my cousin then?" she asked while holding him her face was a mask of concentration her tongue was even hanging out.
"Of course he is, when he is older you have to promise to look after him in school" I said to her and she nodded before Quil came over and held Arlo for a while before passing him on to Jake and going off with Claire.
"You two must be proud then" Jake said while bouncing Arlo up and down
"Yeah who wouldn't a healthy gorgeous baby boy which is all mine" I said smiling at my son, Jake then gave me back Arlo before wandering off down the beach towards leah, it was weird leah seemed to like Arlo but you wouldn't expect her to, everyone adored him. People from school who saw us would come over and congratulate us before telling us how beautiful Arlo was.
Arlo was two weeks old when Emily went into labour, I laughed at how instead of Arlo being two months younger he was two weeks older. Anyway she had a beautiful but tiny little girl called Felicity Eva Uley weighing only 6lb 3oz, 2 pounds lighter than Arlo. Paul and I took Arlo to visit felicity in the hospital and while I was holding felicity Paul had Arlo and once we switched I said to Arlo "this is felicity when you are older you are going to protect her from any mean boys for your uncle Sam" making him laugh before just like Arlo, felicity was passed around from person to person. It was nice to know Arlo would always have one friend. That night Kim and Jared were babysitting Arlo for us while Paul and I had some alone time. About damn time. If we weren't looking after Arlo I was busy trying to lose weight or he was busy with his new job.
"Babe you look gorgeous now come on were going to miss the film" Paul whined
"It's ok for you, you haven't just had a baby I look like an elephant" I moaned
"You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen so come on lets go" he was still whining
"I need to lose much more weight till I'm even decent looking" I said looking at my chubby reflection
"You know there is something you can do which burns the most calories and helps you lose weight quickest" Paul said into my neck
"What's that then babe?" I said already knowing the answer he used this game plan many times before
"Sex." He said before throwing me over his shoulder and carrying me up the stairs.