Chapter 20: Love

Nessie's POV

I was not sure at what point the ground stopped shaking. It seemed like forever and ever that I could feel everything falling all around me and people screaming. My dad held me so tightly and still that I barely felt anything at all. Though by the sound of it he got hit by falling debris a few times. Being a vampire though it did not affect him much or at all.

I didn't realize that I had been crying until he said "Shh it's okay baby. It's over," he rubbed my back in soothing circles.

I opened my eyes slowly and I realized right away that he was right. It was over. The devastation the earthquake had left in it's path was now the only proof that the earthquake had ever occurred in the first place. Everywhere I looked I saw buildings that had either collapsed or were heavily damaged. Street lights had collapsed as well. More importantly though were the people. People that had sustained serious injuries and some I was certain were dead. It was a sight to witness and I could feel myself fighting back tears and choking back sobs.

"Close your eyes," dad warned. "We're going home,"

I did as I was told and closed my eyes. I could feel the air rushing around as dad carried me home as fast as he could. For a second I was worried that other people would notice us. Then I realized that everyone was probably to occupied with themselves, their loved ones, and the major quake that just happened to even notice anything out of the ordinary about my dad and I.

I didn't open my eyes until I was sure that my dad had stopped running. When I looked I was surprised to find that the house had not sustained any major damage. Perhaps though, that was because the house was brand new and was built to withstand earthquakes. Or at least that was my guess anyway. My own house on the other hand, I was not so sure about.

"Nessie!? Oh thank god!" I heard Jacob scream frantically as he yanked me out of my father's arms and hugged me fiercely. My father growled in the background but was immediately held back by my mom. I swear I'd laugh at his reaction as he looked for his invisible captor if the situation wasn't so serious right now.

"Nessie I was so worried-wait what's this?" Jacob asked as he pointed out a small wound on my leg. That was the first time I realized that I had sustained some wounds when I was violently thrown from the wheelchair when the quake started. There were also some scrapes on the palms of my hands from where I had tried to break my fall.

"It's nothing it's-"

"Certainly not nothing," Jacob said in obvious disagreement. Despite the fact that I had not even noticed my injuries until he pointed them out. I didn't get a chance to respond as he started to run inside the house. "Carlisle she's hurt," I heard him say.

"Take her to my office and I'll have a look," I heard him respond.

"Seriously its nothing. I'm fine,"

"You are bleeding Nessie which is most certainly not 'fine'," Jacob's tone of voice was dead serious. There was no way that he was going to take no for an answer.

I sighed in defeat. "I'm not going to win this argument am I?"

"Nope,"

Jacob set me down ever so gently on the exam table. I took a deep breath. This guy could be so overprotective sometimes. Treating me like an porcelain doll that could easily break into a million pieces if not treated correctly. It was sweet but it could be a bit much sometimes. Something I would have to address with him in the future.

The sound of the door closing behind me jerked me out of my thoughts as my grandfather walked in and began examining me. I suddenly remembered why I had been on my way over here in the first place. I had wanted to talk to my grandfather and see if it was indeed possible that I could be pregnant. Could I really be this pregnant after only three weeks? It didn't make any sense. Then again Jacob wasn't exactly normal. I wasn't exactly normal. Nothing about my life was normal anymore.

"The cuts are not very deep and they don't look infected," grandpa said. "However one of them does need to be stitched up but that's it,"

I didn't say anything for several minutes while my grandfather worked on me.

"Grandpa, um, there is something that I wanted to talk to you about, if you don't mind,"

"Of course I don't mind Nessie you can ask me anything," the way that my grandfather smiled at me after he said that made me think it was possible that he suspected what was going on.

"What's wrong?" Jacob sounded even more worried all of a sudden. I wondered how he would react if what I suspected was true.

"Nothing its just-"

"She's pregnant," grandpa confirmed.

"You're what?" Jacob asked disbelievingly.

"How did you know?" I asked my grandfather.

"Nessie I've been a doctor for nearly three hundred years. I've been around more pregnant women than I could possibly remember. I sensed the hormonal change in you the moment I saw you and I can hear the baby's heartbeat. It's very faint but it's there," he explained.

"But how is it even possible to be this pregnant when its been three weeks since Jake and I-you know,"

"Because you're half vampire and Jacob is a wolf. That's my educated guess anyway. I'm going to setup the machine to see how the baby is doing and to see how far along you are exactly,

All of a sudden Jacob crushed me in his arms. I could almost feel the excitement rolling off of him in waves. "You're pregnant?! We're going to have a baby?!"

"Yes we are," I felt my own excitement and happiness grow as I said the words aloud.

"Oh my goodness this is the best news ever. Nessie you just made me the happiest man on Earth. I can't believe this we are going to have a baby! I'm going to be a father,"

Grandpa rubbed some jelly on my stomach and within a minute I was staring at a screen showing my baby.

"Everything looks good," grandpa said. "You appear to be about three months along and he looks perfectly healthy,"

"He?"

"You're going to have a boy,"

"A boy," Jacob repeated.

"EJ," I said as the perfect name popped into my head.

Both grandpa and Jacob looked at me for further explanation.

"Edward Jacob Black has a nice ring to it don't you think?"

"I-out of all the names she picks that," Jacob mumbled.

Mom giggled as she appeared though I had no idea what was so funny.

"I wonder how dad is going to react when he finds out,"

"Oh your father wants to kill Jacob right now. Your uncles have barely been able to contain him this whole time,"

Mom shook her head. "He doesn't learn. Nessie tell your father that if he even tries to harm the father of my future grandson I will defend Jacob again and he does not want that to happen,"

"Okay mom,"

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that," grandpa said referencing what would appear to be one sided conversations with my ghostly mother.

"Me either," Jacob added.

"Meanwhile Alice on the other hand is already planning an elaborate baby shower and all the people she wants to invite,"

Oh boy.

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