While You Loved Me
Author's Note: I am going to do one more chapter after this one before calling it quits and it will be set quite a few years after this chapter. It details exactly how the notebook that Junior/Emmett is reading from came about.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Twilight, I just like playing with the characters for my own pleasure and to entertain others.
Chapter 16
Emmett's POV
After Bella and Emmett found out about the new addition to the family, things around the house became exciting. Emmett broke out the baby furniture he built for the twins and set them up in the last room of the house and Bella found herself busy making blankets for the new baby. Thanks to the new technology that Dr. Rice had, they were able to find out that they were having a little girl come May and they couldn't be happier.
Bella was put on bed rest the last few weeks of her pregnancy because she was having issues with high blood pressure. Quite frankly she was just ready to have her little girl there with them. Unlike with the twins, she felt little twinges of pain throughout the day before she had her. What scared her though was that Emmett was at work when her water broke.
She had just walked to the bathroom for the thousandth time that day when she felt the gush of liquid stream down her leg and onto the bathroom floor. She cried out in pain as a strong contraction ripped through her. Jacob and Leah ran into the bathroom to check on her and found her sitting on the side of the tub panting.
"Mommy? What's wrong?" Leah asked.
"C-Call your Daddy at work. I need to go to the hospital." Bella panted and Jacob ran downstairs to call Emmett.
Emmett got home about 5 minutes later and they rushed out the door, the twins in tow, to the hospital where Dr. Rice was waiting. After 3 hours of excruciating labor and pushing, little Claire Renee McCarty was born. Bella and Emmett both cried as they held her and smiled proudly as Jacob and Leah cooed at their little sister.
For the next years things went smoothly for the McCarty family. That was until Jacob and Leah hit high school and started dating. Bella and Emmett had hoped that they would never start dating but that was just wishful thinking on their part. Jacob was the first to start dating. He came home one day during his sophomore year in high school grinning from ear to ear.
"What's got you so happy, son?" Emmett asked.
"I met someone. She's 16, like I am, she's tall with pretty bronze curls and a golden color eyes. She's funny and sweet and ahh." Jacob rambled dreamily.
"Well, what's her name?" Bella asked, laughing softly at her son's excitement.
"Vanessa….Vanessa Black." He said "She gave me her phone number, I was thinking about asking her out on a date."
"I say go for it." Emmett said patting his son on the back.
"Leah, do you like anyone?" Bella asked.
"Um…kind of but he's a senior." Leah said shyly.
"Oh a senior, huh?" Emmett asked raising an eyebrow "I…well…I can't say I like it but if you like him and he treats you good then I guess I can put up with him."
"Oh Em, don't be so hard on the boy if he comes around." Bella said with a laugh before walking into the kitchen to start dinner.
Jacob ended up asking Vanessa out on a dinner and movie date later that night, to which she excitedly accepted. They became an OFFICIAL couple a couple of weeks, and dates, later. Leah got asked out by her crush, Sam Uley, and she was smitten with him immediately.
Sam asked Leah to the senior prom later that year and Leah was excited. She didn't tell Bella and Emmett what happened that night but the smile on her face told them that she had a night to remember…in more than one way. Bella and Emmett got the shock of their lives a couple of months after prom.
"Lee Lee, sweetie, are you ok?" Bella asked, after walking into the bathroom one morning to find Leah hugging the toilet.
"Ugh!" Leah groaned "I think I have the flu."
"Come on, sweetie, let's get back in bed. I'll call the school and let them know you won't be coming in today." Bella said helping Leah to her feet and back to bed. She told Jacob what was going on and he agreed to pick up her school work and let Sam know that she was sick.
Later that afternoon, after school Sam gave Jacob a ride back home so that he could see Leah and check on her. He walked into her room and immediately took her hand in his, kissing her forehead.
"Lee, I was so worried about you today, baby." Sam whispered.
"I'm ok, Sam. I actually started feeling a little better after the morning passed." Leah said with a small smile.
"I love you, Lee, I don't like it when you are sick." Sam said kissing her again.
"I love you too, Sam. I'm ok, I promise." Leah said with a smile.
Sam and Leah sat in comfortable silence for a while before he had to leave for the evening. After Sam left, Leah made her way to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for bed. Realization hit her and she screamed loudly before dropping to the floor of the shower crying hysterically. Bella heard Leah's scream and ran into the bathroom, panicking.
"Lee Lee, what's wrong?" Bella called outside the shower curtain.
"I messed up, Mom. I messed up." She said sobbing, holding her arms tightly around her. Bella turned the shower off and wrapped a towel around her, drying her off.
"Come on, Lee Lee. Let's get dressed and you can tell me, ok?" Bella said and Leah nodded still sobbing and trembling. Once Leah was dressed, Bella sat on the edge of her bed and waited for Leah to talk. "So, what's going on Lee Lee, how did you mess up?" Bella asked.
"Oh god, Daddy's going to be so mad at me. He's going to kill Sam." Leah sobbed.
"What are you talking about, sweetie? Please just talk to me, I can't help you if you don't talk to me." Bella said.
"Mom, I love Sam and he loves me. After prom, we gave ourselves to each other for the first time." She said sobbing and Bella straightened a bit at the news that her daughter had lost her virginity and didn't tell her.
"Well, that happens, sweetie. I mean, when two people love each other they sometimes do that." Bella said and Leah started to sob even harder.
"Mommy…please don't be mad." She cried into Bella's chest.
"Why would I be mad?" Bella asked, confused as to what her daughter was getting at.
"Mom, Sam and I…when it happened…um…we weren't prepared." Leah said between sobs "I didn't think anything would happen and neither did he because it was our first time. I…I haven't seen my friend this month…now that I think about it, she didn't come visit last month either."
"Your friend?" Bella asked confused and then she sat back with a shocked and worried expression when the realization hit her. "It's ok, sweetie, we'll figure this out. I'll make an appointment with Dr. Rice first thing in the morning and then we'll go from there as to how to tell your father and your brother and sister. Lee Lee, you need to tell Sam if you are."
"I know I do, I'm just scared he's going to leave me." Leah sobbed.
"Leah Beth McCarty, if I don't know anything else I know for a fact that Samuel Uley is crazy about you. You two will figure this out and I will support you the whole time. Your Daddy may be upset but he'll get over it because you are his princess." Bella said, rubbing soothing circles on Leah's back as she continued to cry.
"I didn't mean to disappoint you and Daddy." She sobbed.
"This is a bit of a shock but you are my daughter and I will always be proud of you. I love you, Lee Lee." Bella said kissing her head. "Now get some sleep, sweetie, I'll go call Drew now and see if he can see you first thing in the morning so you can go to school if you want to."
"I'll see if I feel like it after the appointment." Leah said groggily and laid back to go to sleep.
The next morning Bella went with Leah to see Dr. Rice, the same doctor who delivered all three of her children. Dr. Rice had Leah do her business in a cup to test to see if she was pregnant or not. Leah did her business in the cup and changed into the gown before Dr. Rice drew some blood and went to the lab to check the results.
"Leah, I never thought I'd live to see the day that I got to treat you. I remember the night you were born." Dr. Rice said.
"Me too." Bella groaned.
"Am I pregnant, Dr. Rice?" Leah asked.
"I know it's a shock and you are young but yes, you are." Dr. Rice said and Leah immediately started to cry hysterically. Bella grabbed her hand for support. "Leah, honey, being a young mother isn't always a bad thing. You get more time with your little one than the older mothers do."
"I know, this is just a lot to take in." Leah said, trying to calm down.
"Leah, I need to check and see how far along you are and then we'll take a look at your baby. Your mom can stay in here for it all if you want to." Dr. Rice said and Leah nodded. "Now, before I check everything with your body, can you tell me when your last menstrual cycle was?"
"Um…it was right before prom. Um…like April 3rd?" Leah said.
"Ok so that would put you around 10 weeks, if everything measures accordingly then we should be able to hear the baby's heartbeat today and get a pretty good picture." Dr. Rice said before checking to see how her cervix was growing. "You, Leah, are measuring right at 10 weeks. Let's see how the little one is measuring, shall we?" he asked and Leah nodded.
Dr. Rice rolled over the ultrasound machine and lifted Leah's gown, pushing the sheet down low on her hips. Bella held Leah's hand as Dr. Rice pressed the sensor to Leah's belly. The room immediately filled with the sounds of a quick sounding whoosh and Leah jumped.
"W-What's that?" she asked.
"That, my little Leah, would be your baby's heartbeat." Dr. Rice said and Bella smiled. For a less than ideal situation, she was excited to hear her first grandchild's heartbeat. "Let's see if we can't see him or her shall we?" he said before moving the sensor around a bit. "Ah, there we go." He said pointing to a spot on the screen no bigger than an inch or two long with tiny little arms and legs.
"Look Lee Lee." Bella said pointing to the little spot on the screen.
"Is that? Is that my baby?" Leah asked, staring in awe at the screen and Dr. Rice nodded with a smile.
"Yes, Leah, that's your little one. He or she is measuring at right at 10 weeks, which puts you being due around January 8th, give or take a few days." Dr. Rice said and Leah nodded, tears streaming down her face. She looked to Bella and Bella also had tears streaming down her face.
Dr. Rice made three copies of all the pictures taken and then they headed back home so that Leah could get her school supplies before heading to the school. Leah told Bella that she was going to get a ride home with Sam that afternoon and was going to tell him there, with her mom's moral support. She would then, after deciding what to do with Sam, tell Jacob, Emmett and Claire.
Later that afternoon, Leah, Jacob, and Sam all came barreling into the house laughing at something that Jacob said with Vanessa, or Nessie as Jacob had taken to calling her, in tow. Leah told Sam that she needed to talk to him and shot Bella a look, letting her know that it was time.
"Lee, what's wrong baby?" Sam asked once they were behind the closed door of her bedroom. "It must be something serious if you needed your mom here."
"Actually it is, Sam." Leah said taking his hand in hers and looking down at the comforter on the bed.
"Whatever it is, Lee, you know I will always be there for you." He said kissing their joined hands.
"I'm so sorry, Sam. I feel like I am about to ruin your life with what I am about to say, and that's the last thing I want to do." Leah said nervously.
"Lee, I love you and nothing you could do or say would change that. I told you once and I'll tell you again, I'm going to marry you one day. If I could get your parents to sign for it, I'd marry you now." He said leaning forward to kiss her cheek softly.
"Do you really mean that, Sam?" Bella asked from the corner of the room.
"Yes, ma'am. I love Leah with every ounce of me, I want to spend the rest of my life with her as my wife and the mother of my children." Sam said looking Bella in the eye, she could tell he was being sincere and she hadn't seen a love that strong since the day she laid eyes on Emmett.
"I hope you are right, because if you don't change your mind after Leah tells you the news then you will have to convince Emmett to go along with it. You have my blessing and I will sign where ever you need me to." Bella said.
"Thank you, Mrs. McCarty, but like I said before, nothing Lee could say now would change what I've just told you." Sam said honestly and turned back to Leah who looked into his eyes nervously.
"Sam…I love you." Leah said.
"I love you too. Baby, what's going on? This shouldn't be so hard to say." He said.
"Sam, I'm pregnant." Leah choked out before looking down at the bed. Sam surprised both Leah and Bella by putting his hand under her chin and lifting it to look at him. He pulled her into a kiss.
"Lee, that wasn't so hard to say now was it?" Sam asked.
"I just thought that…I'm 16….you're only 17…I thought you wouldn't want…that you wouldn't want the baby….or me…anymore." Leah sobbed.
"Lee, I told you I was going to marry you and that you were going to be the mother of my children one day. Well, that day's just going to come a little sooner than we'd planned." He said before reaching in his pocket. "I was going to wait to do this until after I talked to your Daddy but I don't know another way of convincing you that I was serious even BEFORE you told me about the baby. Leah Beth McCarty, will you PLEASE marry me?" he asked.
"You know I will." Leah said kissing Sam softly "We just have to get through my Daddy and my overprotective brother and sister first."
"Anything for you, my love." Sam said kissing her once again. Leah pulled out the pictures of the baby and handed them to Sam and he beamed proudly. "Our little miracle, made from love and to be raised with love." He said softly.
Bella sobbed quietly in the corner as she watched her daughter and Sam interacting. She knew that Emmett, Jacob and Claire were going to be a hard bunch to contend with but as she told Leah before, she was with her every step of the way. Bella was just happy that Sam was as well.
A/N: Ok so this idea just kind of popped into my head and jumped up and down until I wrote it. It'll lengthen the story a bit, but that's a good thing right? Plus we have to see how Jacob and Claire grow up and all that BEFORE Bella's diagnosis that leads her to writing this story, right? I hope you enjoy. Next up, Emmett, Jacob and Claire find out the news and possibly a shotgun wedding? Also, a couple of years in the future with Jacob and Claire in either the next chapter or the following chapter.