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Author/Note 1: Sequel from Our Dawn 2

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part III

Book 3 – Joy & Sorrow

Leah Clearwater

Chapter 27 – Surprises

I woke up in a very good mood. The kids were in school and for the first time in weeks the weather was fine. It was actually sunny although it was the second week of November. My round belly was now huge since I was almost eight months pregnant. This time everything was different.

Jacob had really kept his word and after rejoining the packs he had rescheduled patrols and asked Sam to stay as the leader for a while because he had to be with me. He used to take the kids to school early in the morning then go to work and came home every day after picking up the twins.

He was the one who helped William and Harry with their homework, sometimes I could see how tired he was but he wasn't complaining about anything. The fact that he had everything under control gave me more free time to relax, watch TV and basically do nothing all day. My mother used to come to our house to help me cooking, cleaning and taking care of the clothes.

Because everything was working out fine for us, I had decided to celebrate Jacob's birthday with a party. Rebecca and Rachel were helping me organising everything for the next day so in a few hours I was going shopping with them. Jacob didn't know about the party because I wanted to be a surprise.

I dressed up and went downstairs to have some breakfast. I was surprised to see Jacob in the kitchen. The kids were already at school and he wasn't supposed to be at home.

"What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be at work?" I asked.

"I asked the day off."

"Why?"

"I have to go to Forks."

I looked at him carefully and realised he was wearing his best suit.

"Where are you going dressed like that?"

"I have to take care of some businesses."

"In Forks?"

"Yeah…in Forks."

"Jacob…"

"Do you remember when we came home after our vacations in Australia?"

"Yeah…so?"

"After the baby is born I think we should go on vacations again. We should just go to Australia with the kids for a whole month and forget about everything that happened…all the bad memories gone."

"It sounds good Jacob but we can't afford that."

"Leave that to me, okay? I'll see you later."

He put his cup of coffee in the sink and left with a grin.

A few hours later Becca and Rachel came to pick me up but I couldn't stop thinking about Jacob's grin and his words while I was shopping with them. I should've had insisted him to tell me what he was planning. Now I couldn't even focus on his party and what I had to buy. Rebecca and Rachel were making all the decisions that were supposed to be mine.

"What can a man do to win a huge sum of money in less than twenty-four hours?" I asked out loud.

"Gambling." Rachel suggested.

There weren't any casinos in Forks.

"Kidnap or murder." Rebecca tried.

There weren't too many rich people living in Forks to ask for a ransom and Jacob would never kill anyone.

"Rob a bank." Rachel pointed out.

Jacob wasn't a thief.

"Or sell his body…" Rebecca laughed.

"What?" I half yelled looking at her.

"It was a joke, Leah. Anyways who are we talking about really?"

"Jacob. I'm talking about Jacob." I raised my voice.

"Oh…Well I'm sure he would never cheat on you with a rich woman." Rachel said quickly.

"Thank you very much for the mental picture, Becca." I spat.

"We thought you were just kidding." Rachel said defending her sister.

"I wasn't kidding. Your brother is driving me fucking nuts. He didn't go to work today and didn't want to tell me where he was going."

"Isn't that Jake, over there?" Rebecca asked and moved closer to the store's large window.

I almost had a seizure when I saw Jacob getting out of a silver Land Rover and walking over to the store. Rachel and Rebecca pulled me outside to meet him and there it was the same grin plastered on his face.

"What the fuck is going on Jacob?" I snarled at him.

"I love you too Leah." He said and kissed my forehead.

"What did you do?" I insisted.

"I didn't do anything wrong."

"What is that?" I pointed to the brand new car.

"That's our new car. I'm going to get rid of your old Honda."

"My old car is still working perfectly."

"We need a bigger car, Leah. We're having another baby, remember?"

I glared at him hard and he smiled sweetly. The son of a bitch even had the audacity to pull me over to the new car as if I had nothing better to do today.

"Isn't it beautiful?" He asked.

I would never understand the fascination men could feel about cars but I had to admit that to have a new car was kind of exciting.

"We can't afford it, Jacob." I said coming back to reality. "Please tell me you didn't spend our savings in this car…"

"I haven't."

"What have done then?" I asked.

"Did you kill someone?" Becca asked.

"No." He answered.

"You gambled." Rachel accused.

"No, I didn't."

"You robbed a bank, didn't you?" Becca charged again.

"No. What the fuck…"

There was only one option left.

"Who did you sleep with?" Rachel crossed her arms over her chest and glared at her brother. "I never thought you'd do something like this to Leah."

"What? I haven't slept with anyone. What the hell are you talking about?"

"How did you get the money to buy the fucking car Jacob?" I almost yelled.

By that time we were giving a pretty nice show to the people who were passing by. Everyone was looking at us and whispering.

"I sold the damn garage. Are you happy now?" He replied.

"You sold that shit hole?" I was stunned.

"Yeah."

"Who the hell bought it? I mean who would want that old freaking garage?" I questioned.

He shrugged.

"Who cares? This guy called me and asked if I wanted to sell it and I said yes."

I narrowed my eyes. I wasn't totally convinced about that story but it was better to think he had sold the garage than to imagine him with another woman.

"Come on…I'm going to give you a test drive." He said with excitement. "You're going to love it."

I tried to fight back but to drive a new car was too much appealing.

"What about you?" I asked Rachel and Rebecca.

"We'll manage. Just go." Rebecca said with a smile. "Have fun."

I sat down on the driver's seat and Jacob gave me the car's keys. I felt I was driving an airplane. It was awesome and I couldn't deny it but at the same time I needed explanations.

Jacob kept on explaining what all the buttons did and I drove almost all the way to Forks. Then I finally stopped on the side of the road and looked intensively at him.

"What?" He asked.

"I need to know the truth now. Did you really sell the garage?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because we need the money."

"Where are the papers?"

"What papers?"

"I knew it…you're lying. You borrowed money from the Cullens, didn't you?"

"No! You can call them and ask. Look…I told you I got a phone call yesterday from a buyer. He offered me more money than I was expecting so I took it. I met his lawyer today. He gave me some money in advanced and the rest will be in our bank account on Monday."

"What? You accepted money in advanced?"

"Yeah. How do you think I bought the car?"

"Jacob…You should've asked for all of the money to be transferred immediately. We'll never see the rest of the money now."

"He promised the money would be there."

"You're an idiot! Please just tell me you didn't give him our bank account number…"

"I had to."

"Oh dear lord, what the hell have you done!" I exclaimed. I was now pretty much furious.

How could he be so damn naïve? He had been schemed so easily. My first thought was to go to Forks and check our account and the second one was to murder him right there. But in the end I couldn't do neither because a sharp pain hit my lower stomach.

"I can't believe this." I muttered.

"I know you think I messed up but I promise everything will be alright. Our money is safe."

"Shut up, Jacob."

"Look, if you don't want the damn car fine. I'll take it back and…"

"I don't care about the fucking car!" I yelled unable to contain the pain. I knew what was going on and I was scared.

"What the hell Leah. Why are you yelling like that? I said I'm sorry. I actually thought you would enjoy the surprise."

"You want to know a surprise too, asshole? My water just broke!"

The silence filled the car and for a while none of us spoke. I was having troubles breathing and Jacob was just there looking at me like a damn idiot.

"Jacob Black put yourself together right now!" I yelled.

Jacob was hyperventilating for like two minutes now which was not helping me at all because I needed him to call Carlisle Cullen.

"Jacob…are you listening to me?" I asked.

"This can't be happening…You're not even eight months." He mumbled.

"The baby is in a hurry and I need you to call Carlisle."

"This wasn't supposed to happen." He kept mumbling.

"JACOB!"

"What?" He finally reacted.

"Call the leech doctor. NOW!"

"Right…where's the damn phone?"

Carlisle was only supposed to come to Forks with the Cullens in a few weeks so it was possible that he was at work.

"Call the Hospital first." I said.

Jacob took a few seconds to remember how to use the damn phone but the he managed to make the call. Carlisle was in fact at the Hospital getting ready to do a surgery.

"Leah's having the baby, you need to come here now." Jacob said almost begging.

This surgery will take only a half an hour, alright?

"But she...her water broke."

That doesn't mean the baby will be born right now. It might take a few hours. Count the time between contractions and wait for me. Don't take her to the Hospital because they'll realise she's not an ordinary human.

"Shit…you got to be joking. I can't do that." Jacob whined.

Take her to our house, I'm sending the others ahead.

"I'm going to kick your sparkling ass when you get here leech!" I yelled.

Just hang in there alright? Carlisle said.

"Fuck you!" I said before he could hang up the phone.

Jacob managed to put me on the back seat where I was more comfortable and drove us to the Cullen's mansion. He carried me up to a bedroom and I winced with the stench. They didn't live there for months but the house still smelled horribly.

"Call my mother." I begged almost crying. "I want my mum."

"Wouldn't it be better to call Seth?"

"No. My brother needs to finish this internship this month. Call my mum."

He finally obliged. I started to count the time between my contractions while Jacob was pacing in the room after calling my mother.

"You're starting to piss me off Jacob."

"I'm nervous. I can't help it."

"You're not the one having this baby."

"You should be giving birth only next month."

"Just stop pacing around! If you want to go for a walk just go outside!" I screamed.

"I'm not leaving you alone."

"Then just sit the fuck down!"

"Stop yelling at me. The baby isn't going to be born faster just because you're angry with me." He retorted.

He wanted war? I was going to give him a piece of my mind.

"This is your fault." I accused.

"How come?"

"You stressed me out. You gave our account number to a stranger."

"You need to start trusting people."

"Fuck Jacob…How can you be so stupid?"

"Can you please stop calling me stupid?"

"No!"

"Fine! Call me whatever you want."

"I will."

"You're acting like a child."

"I'm in pain, you bastard!" I snapped. "And it's all your fault."

"It takes two baby."

"If you don't shut up I swear I'm going to get up and kick you where it hurts the most."

"If you'd done that before, you wouldn't be in this situation." My mum said playfully entering the room. "I see you didn't loose your good humour."

"Humour? I would call it bitchiness." Jacob complained.

"My mother is right. I should've kicked you in the balls a long time ago."

He laughed.

"Can I watch you kicking the mutt's balls?" Rosalie asked coming inside as well.

The Cullens arrived almost at the same time as my mother but who I really needed was Carlisle and some damn drugs for the pain and unfortunately he wasn't there yet.

"How much time between contractions?" The Ice Queen asked.

Because they know I could be really bitchy when I was in pain, all the leeches had preferred to stay downstairs. All but the Ice Queen and her mind rapist brother. I could also tell that Jasper was outside the room by the door. Probably trying to control my emotions.

"Ten minutes." I winced in pain again. "This kid really is in a hurry."

"She's going to be a fighter like her mother." Jacob stated kneeling next to the bed.

"After this baby is born…You will never touch me again, do you hear me?" I almost yelled at him.

"Come on…It's not so bad, you did this once before."

I hit his chest hard because right now I meant every word I had said. He defiantly put his hands over my round belly and kissed my forehead. I glared hard but deep inside I was smiling.

"I love you." He whispered.

I tried not to scream in pain again but I couldn't. I could feel the time was coming. Everything in my body was aching and I could hardly breathe.

"I think we should see if she's dilated enough for the baby to come." Edward announced and Jacob flinched.

"What does that mean?" He asked.

"It means we have to check under her clothing." The mind rapist came over to the bed and started to move my dress up my legs.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Jacob snarled at him immediately.

"Do you know another way to see if she's dilated?" The leech replied.

"Don't fucking touch her."

"Move over you two." My mother ordered. She looked under my dress and sighed. "She's ready alright. Now where's Carlisle?"

"Right here." The leech doctor said.

"Fucking finally." I spat. "As soon as this baby is born I am so going to kick your ass."

"Sure, Leah…now let me check the situation."

"The situation? Are you fucking blind? I'm giving birth here, leech!"

"I know that. I'm still the doctor and I believe there are too many people in here."

Edward left immediately and Rosalie frowned for a while. She had these sad eyes because she probably wanted to be there watching my baby being born. In the end she left too because my blood's scent was too horrible for her to bear. Only Carlisle remained in the room.

"Jasper, stay where you are." The doctor asked. "I'm afraid there are people here who need to calm down." He was glancing over at Jacob who was now shaking.

The emotion's controller stood in his place.

"Put yourself together." My mother told him.

"Now…Leah breathe slowly." Carlisle advised.

"It's hurting so bad."

"No one said it was easy." Carlisle smiled. "You're fully dilated and you're going to have to push."

My mother stood near the door with her hands together whispering incentive words to me. Carlisle was on the end of the bed and Jacob was right next to me. I grabbed Jacob's arm and pushed as hard as I could. My breathing was now erratic but I knew I had to keep pushing.

"I know you're exhausted Leah, but you need to push harder. The baby is coming…come on." Carlisle said.

"I'm here with you baby…come on…push." Jacob cooed.

"You're not helping." I complained.

"I'm trying my best here, Leah."

"Try harder."

"One more push Leah. Just one and the shoulders are clear."

I pushed and the next second we all heard a cry. The pain slowly faded away and I could now breathe properly. Carlisle put a yellow blanket around the baby and my mother joined him to have a better view at our child.

"Looks like Jacob." She whispered with a hint of disappointment in her voice.

"She'll look like Leah when she's older." Jacob stated firmly still holding my hand.

"I don't think so." Carlisle said. "I think you need to pick a new name because you had a baby boy."

Over the last months I had convinced myself I was having a girl just like Jacob wanted. We had prepared Seth's old bedroom and painted the walls in shades of pink and purple. We had told practically everyone I was having a girl and we would name her Sarah.

"Are you sure?" Jacob asked.

"I can tell the difference, Jacob. It's a boy."

Carlisle gave the baby to Jacob and I turned my head down so I wouldn't see Jacob's disappointed look.

"He's perfect." Jacob said suddenly and I glanced at him. He looked genuinely happy with the baby in his arms. "Look Leah…He is really cute. He has my hair and my nose."

He handed the baby over to me and my heart melted. Jacob was right, he was perfect. His eyes were still closed and he was still a bit flushed but he was the most beautiful baby in the world just like his big brothers.

"You need to go to the Hospital. Your baby needs to be observed."

Thanks to my wolf's metabolism, fifteen minutes after giving birth I was already healed, but I wanted my child to be seen by a doctor at the Hospital. Carlisle wouldn't be able to go with us because people could recognise him and start making questions.

I took a very quick shower and dressed the clothes my mother had brought for me. When I returned to the bedroom again all the leeches were surrounding the bed were my baby was lying quietly. Rosalie was hugging Emmett and smiling widely.

"He is so damn cute." She said.

"I always knew you had a thing for Jacob." Alice mocked.

"I'm talking about the baby." Rosalie retorted.

"You want me baby…I know you do." Jacob said playfully.

"Go to hell, mutt."

"Are you ready to go?" I asked Jacob.

"Sure." He picked up our son and smiled at me. I loved that smile.

When we got to the Hospital we were ordered to wait in a room until our baby was checked properly. He was taken by a nurse and an hour later we were told we could go pick him up at the nursery. But there was still one thing we needed to do. We needed to choose his name. I didn't want to leave the Hospital before registering him.

"There must be a name you both like." My mother said with a tired look. She had been listening to us suggesting names non-stop.

"Maybe we should ask the guys or even the Cullens." Jacob said.

"No way."

"Brendon? Cole? Andrew?" He suggested.

"No."

"Okay, that's it…I'm calling your brother. Maybe he can save us." My mother announced and she dialled Seth's number.

Seth was truly excited with the news about his new nephew.

Weren't you supposed to deliver the baby next month? He asked.

"Carlisle said sometimes they are born before the due time…and since I'm not exactly normal…you know…it was not that strange."

I'm sorry I wasn't there. I wish I could be with you and the baby right now.

"I wish you were here too Seth. When are you coming home?"

In two weeks.

"That's great."

So mum said you're driving her insane choosing the baby's name.

"Well we don't seem to settle an agreement."

Okay…There are two names I really like…What do you think about Isaac?

It was perfect. As soon as I heard it I knew that was the name I wanted to give my son.

"Yes. That's it. Thanks Seth…I love you baby brother."

Really? Just like that? Wow…I'm good.

"You're a star. I'm sure Isaac will love his uncle."

I can't wait to see him.

"Isaac Clearwater-Black." Jacob repeated after I turned off the phone.

"You said you liked it." I said.

"And I do. It was actually a good idea to call Seth."

While my mother and I went to take care of the paper work, Jacob stood near the large window of the nursery watching our son while the nurse was preparing everything for him to leave.

When I was going to meet Jacob I watched a young couple approaching him. It was obvious that Jacob knew them.

"You're the guy from the Reservation that followed Bella around, right?" The guy asked.

"Yeah, I guess I was…and you're the guy who threw up on the movies." Jacob said.

"You still remember that, huh?"

"You threw up?" The girl laughed.

"I was sick Jessica."

"Sure Mike…"

"Honestly. I was." He insisted.

"So you're Jacob Black, right?" Jessica asked. "You haven't changed much."

She was checking out my husband right under her boyfriend's nose.

"Yeah, you haven't changed at all. What the hell do you eat in the Reservation?" Mike questioned playfully.

"We always eat our vegetables." Jacob grinned.

"So…what have you been doing? I haven't seen you in ages…Have you seen Bella?" Mike asked.

"Yeah, she still visits us from time to time."

"Really? So you still have your hopes up, huh?"

"Not really. Bella's just a friend. I've moved on…and it looks like so did you, Mick."

"Mike." He corrected.

"Right, Mike."

"We're not together by the way." Jessica said with a seductive smile. "What are you doing here anyway?"

Jacob pointed over to the window.

"Seriously?" Mike asked surprised.

"Yeah. That one is mine." Jacob said proudly.

"Wow…Aren't you a bit too young to have a kid?" Jessica inquired. "I mean you're not even married, are you?"

We didn't wear our wedding rings frequently because we had to phase often. That's why Jessica had thought Jacob was still single.

"Actually this is my third boy."

"Really? And who's the lucky girl?" Mike asked.

"I am." I announced joining them. "I'm Leah…Black, and you are?"

Jacob chuckled when he heard me presenting myself as Leah Black. He knew I was getting territorial because of Jessica.

"We're Bella's old friends." Mike said with a smile. I didn't have to be Edward Cullen to see he was impressed with me, well at least with my body, even though I wasn't in my best shape right now.

"Well it was nice to meet you both. See you around." Jessica said pulling Mike with her.

"I sure hope not." I whispered and Jacob smiled again.

"Give our love to Bella next time you see her." Mike said waving.

The nurse brought us Isaac and we finally left the Hospital. I was more than ready to go home and relax but the next thing we knew all of your friends and family were at our house wanting to see Isaac and when William and Harry arrived from school they could hardly contain their excitement about their new baby brother.

Everyone laughed at the fact that we had everything ready for a baby girl. I guess that since things in my life never worked as planned it wasn't really strange that I had given birth to a boy instead of a girl like we all thought initially. Jacob joked with that saying that we were still young and we would try again later. He received a few glares from Sam but thankfully no one noticed it except from me.

That night we went to bed early. I was exhausted and so was he. We hadn't touched the car subject because right now everything felt perfect. We were both home and our family was together with a new member. We would talk about our problems later.

I had everything I needed and I was happy. I took a deep breath and I felt his hands embracing me under the sheets. He kissed my hair and the peace and quiet was so relaxing that I wondered if I was somehow dreaming. But it didn't last long and a few hours later we both woke up suddenly. Isaac was crying.

"The baby is crying." I mumbled.

"I know…"

I was going to leave the bed when he stopped me.

"I'll go get him."

He returned shortly after with Isaac in his arms. I watched him as he lay on the bed holding our child and I checked the clock. It was ten passed midnight.

"Happy Birthday Jacob." I said and kissed him passionately.

"Thanks for the present, Leah." He replied.

"But I didn't give you my present yet."

"Yes, you did and it was the best present ever."

We both looked at Isaac who was sleeping again in his father's arms and I knew we would be alright as long as we'd stay together. Life was much more interesting if we had such good surprises. Three times I had been surprised and three times I had met absolute happiness and for that I was thankful. Maybe fate didn't hate so much.

End of Book 3

Next chapter: Epilogue - Cold Vegeance (final chapter)

A/Note 3: This chapter is dedicated to everyone who read and reviewed this story. Thank you for being there for me and for the characters. The name of the chapter was inspired by Jeakat's words because she always wants to be surprised. Hope I didn't fail my mission.

I know some of you are disappointed about baby Isaac, in my defence I have to say that I always planned to make Leah and Jake have four children, three boys and a girl. So before hating me to pieces, please just wait for the next chapter. :)

Take care.

Karisan