AN: SM owns all. I own my shame. Not fair.

Chapter 8

Renesmee's POV

I woke up on the smooth chest of Jacob the next morning. I smiled lazily up at his blank face and giggled. He's drooling, a tiny voice in my head tells me. I nod in agreement and try to wriggle out of his arms.

"Renesmee? Can you hear me?" The voice trills again. I sit up in bed and put my hand to my forehead. "Can you hear me, Nessie?" the voice persists.

"Hello?" I ask aloud, feeling foolish. Jacob stirs but doesn't move. He sleeps like a log.

"So you can hear me!" the voice giggles and smiles. How do I know about the smile? I wonder. "Don't speak aloud, Nessie, they will think you're crazy, I can hear your thoughts, like you can hear mine."

Who are you? I ask smiling, I already know the answer.

"Sarah, I think, maybe Brendan, but I was thinking about it and I wouldn't mind Brandon. I wanted to tell you we are ready. We want to see you now." What does that mean?

"It's time for us to come out and see you. Don't you want to see us too?"

My heart stops briefly. A sudden pang in my stomach throbs worse than ever before. I lift my shirt and see a deep bruise that is spreading over my skin. Not normal, definitely, not normal.

"JACOB!" I hiss and push Jacob off the bed with too much force. He looks up from the ground and grimaces. "I think I need to see Carlisle…." Then I black out.

Jacob's POV

I hold Renesmee's clammy hand and dry sob. She shouldn't feel this way. She shouldn't look this way. She should be breathing normally. But she isn't. And it is my entire fault. She's in pain. Enough pain to cause her to pass out.

"Jacob, she's fine, you can go wait outside if you're going to feel this way…" Jasper says attempting to calm me before using his powers against me. I just grunt and let his power wash over me. "Renesmee isn't in pain anymore. I haven't needed to help her. She was in pain but now she only feels release and serenity. Don't worry."

I ignore Jasper and look at Carlisle. Carlisle scans me and nods. "You need to leave Jacob; I don't want you to phase in here. If you can't handle it. We will call you in here when the first is born."

Bella's POV

I lean in to Edward's chest and don't plan on ever moving. Renesmee is hurting. I'm not allowed near her… "Too dangerous for her, Bella, Renesmee's blood will be everywhere. I'm taking precautions." Carlisle explained and shooed me away from my daughter.

"Have you realized we are going to be grandparents?" I ask Edward who just stiffens and nods. "Funny thing being immortal isn't it? We are so young and yet a late generation…"

"You aren't that late. Angela has just had her first. If you were human you would be in the same position. I, on the other hand, would be dead. We live outside time…" Edward rambles quietly. I just nod and let him pull me closer. He's worried too.

Renesmee shouldn't have looked so weak. Everyone knew it by the time Jacob brought her to Carlisle. Her heart was stuttering, her breath was shortening, and her complexion was weakening. She was no longer the glowing mother-to-be. She was acting like a mere human, on the verge of death.

Jacob comes into the living room scowling. I smile at him weakly and he nods. "I got kicked out too…and I'm the father! This is so messed up, Bells! I have the right to be the second person to see those kids! Not Jasper! Just because they are trying to calm everything….it isn't right…" Jacob slumps into the nearest chair and closes his eyes. I wriggle out of Edward's pleading arms and walk over to Jacob. He opens one eye and groans. "I don't want a motherly pep talk Bella; I want my girlfriend and my kids." I hear his voice falter on the word 'girlfriend' and sigh.

"When were you going to marry her?" I ask him.

"I've been planning the wedding for a while actually, with Gwen and everything. I was planning to tell her after the kids were born that all she has to do is say "I do" but…now…everything is…"

"Up in the air…I know…" we don't speak again.

Jacob's POV

Bella is my best friend. Even through all we've been through and all we've missed in the past, we are still best friends. And we are both hurting, and neither of us can fix that.

Bella sat on the edge of my chair and stared blankly out in front of her. I tried to close my eyes to block out the world. To focus on Nessie and the kids. To believe they can make it. Because they can't not make it…life can't be so unfair.

"Life isn't fair, Jacob." Edward murmurs from across the room.

Stupid leech, not cool at all. Invasion of thoughts. You will regret that remark.

Nessie. Her warm skin against mine as we made love for the first time. Her paranoid face as she kept looking back at her bedroom door, waiting for Edward to burst in after listening to her…not so nine year old thoughts… I held her as close as I could. We had never made it past second base before this day. It was thanks to Edward that she decided she was ready. She didn't want to miss out in motherhood.

I held her and gave in to her needs first. The imprinting thing was really annoying. Always give her what she wants first, my instincts screamed. So I did. When she was almost at peak she decided to be gracious. We came out together. I think that's the first time I didn't hear Nessie make a quick remark. She just lay there breathing hard and smiling like a moron. It wasn't the last time we did this but…it was the most exciting. Fear of Edward bursting in almost killed my mood but just Renesmee in a nurse's outfit blocked any scruples of stopping.

An hour's worth of pleasure is not worth losing her over. I open my eyes and growl. Edward.

Three inches from my face stands the mind invader. Damn he…can't even remember Nessie without him wanting to strangle me….

"That's right, Jake and don't forget it…because when you do I'll be here…"

"Jake? Come in there are some people who want to meet you…" Jasper calls gently from the office.

Nessie.

Renesmee's POV

When I woke up the first thing I wanted was Jacob. My Jacob. I noticed the children in Jasper and Alice's arms but I still wanted Jacob. He needs to be here for this.

"Hello, baby…" Alice coos and tickles a baby's face gently. There is no response from any of them.

"Nessie?" Jacob asks worriedly when he steps into the room. I hold out my arms and gesture him in. He takes the embrace smoothly but breaks down in my ear. "I was so scared…I thought I would lose you, love. What would I have done without you?" I smile and pull him back so I can see his forlorn face.

"We have visitors, Jake, I haven't met them yet. I wanted to meet them together…" I hold my arms out for the nearest baby. Jasper hands over the smallest baby and leaves the room.

The baby has jet black hair and a pale complexion, much like my own. Her eyes are dark red, as expected. She is cherubic at best. My baby…my baby. I kiss her gently on the forehead and laugh. "Who are you?" The baby's face crinkles up softly and smiles…actually smiles!

"I'm Sarah, are you Renesmee?" the voice asks me. I smile back and nod. I didn't think she would still be able to do that outside the womb.

"Neither did I, I'm still in shock…where's Jacob? The one you tried to make us love in strange ways?" I laugh and direct her face to Jacob.

"What's so funny, Nessie?" Jake asks worriedly. I forgot he couldn't hear our side conversation.

"This is Sarah. Before I passed out I could hear her thoughts in my head. I didn't know if she could still do that…but I guess she can… she wanted to see you, baby. She wanted to meet her Dad," I break into a watery smile and pass Sarah to him.

"WOAH!" Jacob yelps and holds the baby closer to him. "I just heard her! How the hell? I'm sorry, Sarah, but how did you do that?" I hold out my arms for the next baby and giggle, silly Jacob.

In my arms is another beautiful baby. I think we would win all the beauty contests hands down.

I hold another girl. Except she looks more like Jacob than me. She has the russet skin and dark eyes. I don't see much of me in her. I feel disappointed. I feel shaking and look down. In my arms is a puppy. I smile and pet her softly on the head and wait for her to shake again, to reform back to her human side. Her fur is the color of my hair. The dark copper color in straight layers. I found our similarity. I hold her closer and feel her warm fluffy hair sift through my cool fingertips. I've never had a puppy. I wonder how Jacob would have looked as a puppy…

"Who's that?" Jacob asks Sarah. "That is Elizabeth," he tells me and smiles. "I guess Leah won't be the only wolf girl in the pack. If Elizabeth wants to join me…" I shot him a scornful look and he backtracks. "She has a choice, Nessie! Gosh… can I hold her?" I shake my head and continue to pet my daughter. I don't want to give her to him as a puppy. I made her upset by my disappointment. He can wait. "C'mon Nessie! Don't hog her!" Jacob laughs and nods toward the bundle in my arms that is returning to a beautiful little girl. I pass him Elizabeth and wait for Alice to give me the last baby.

A boy. He looks up at me with kind eyes and holds out his hand I take it and show him how happy I am to meet him. When he comes out of his daze he smiles and shows a small row of teeth. He's growing quickly.

"I'm Jesse, I guess. You're my Mom right?" a new voice invades my thoughts. I smile at Jacob. "That's Dad? Cool. I have been waiting forever to meet him!" the voice is anxious with excitement. " Not that I haven't been waiting to see you too! Did you know I can hear Sarah too? And Elizabeth at the same time? I think we may be connected somehow. How long is it until I can talk using my mouth like you?" I don't know so I just shrug. Jesse smiles and holds out his hand to my face. I think about the sunset and show him my favorite place to watch it. He enjoys it and yawns widely.

"You wore him out! No fair, Nessie! Sarah says she's tired and so are the others…where are we putting them to sleep?" Jacob asks me and I look toward Alice. She has been so quiet this whole time I almost forgot she was here.

"We can put them in the living room, that way you can go home and sleep. Can I hold him again?" Alice says and holds out her arms expectantly. I oblige her and look at Carlisle, who has too been quiet.

"That will be fine. You are free to go now, as long as you promise not to do anything too difficult tonight, okay, Renesmee?" Carlisle warns me and helps me off the hospital bed. I nod and let Jacob take me off the ground and into his arms.

Alice's POV

I take a deep breath of Jesse and smile. Renesmee and Jacob are so lucky to have this. A family. Jasper and I have always been content with each other but all the baby excitement makes me wish I was part human.

"Aren't they just beautiful?" I ask Jasper, who has Sarah in his arms; he nods and smiles down at the tiny girl. "We are so lucky that we can have so many children in this family. Our coven just keeps growing. I hope the Volturi doesn't mind the little ones new powers so much."

"Powers?" Jasper looks up at me.

"Sarah hasn't said anything to you?" Usually Sarah loves to talk. Jasper shakes his head and then nods. I guess she spoke up. "They can all communicate through minds like the shape shifters, Elizabeth is a shape shifter, Jesse and Sarah can read thoughts and put thoughts into your head by touch. They are like tiny consciences if you think about it. Aro would be very interested in them…" I hug Jesse closer to my chest. They won't get you, I assure the child who assures his family.

"Is it such a good idea to have Becca so close to them? She does have ties to the Volturi, Edward and Bella say."

"What happened anyways? I never heard the story."

"I don't think anyone here has heard the whole story, I've heard bits and pieces but nothing of importance."

"…..okay, let's put the kids to bed and go upstairs, maybe Carlisle knows more because he let her move in…" I suggest and place Jesse in the crib; Jasper follows my lead and takes my hand.

As we walk up the stairs I look out the window and see Becca and Charlie….what are they doing?

Author's Note-Thanks for reading. Please review if you feel inclined to flame me for this piece of crap.