Bella whipped around the room, pulling on her "comfy" pants as she had named them and her newest shirt that accentuated her small belly, grinning at herself in the mirror she was glad she had gone with Heather to the mall. While shopping wasn't her thing heather had persuaded her with the "just in case talk". Brushing her hair quickly and pulling it back into a ponytail Bella thought back to the recent mall trip...

"Oh come on Bella! You look adorable and it'll fit until the end of your pregnancy! And probably beyond..." heather whined as she looked at her friend who was turning around in front of the mirror.

"Besides...you never know who'll you'll bump into these days. " Heather grinned, glancing at the mirror again and seeing some deep brown eyes look back at her.

"I dont know...I just...shouldnt I buy something for the baby? Peanut will need more stuff than I do..." bella rubbed gently at her small bump, smiling a little, remembering at the last appointment the doctor might be to tell what itll be the next time she came in.

"Peanut?" heather questioned.

"Well yeah...I couldn't call it IT all the time, besides, peanut likes the name, I swear I can feel it moving" rubbing again, bella sighed and thought about jacob. How he should be here, his hand should be where hers was, how she had wronged everyone. Wincing at the painful thoughts she shook her head to clear her thoughts, instead she turned back to the mirror and struck a pose.

" Think Jacob would like it?" she smiled softly and look over to heather. Heather grinned back.

"You have no idea..."

Walking out of the room, bella couldn't help but grin to herself. She felt a surge of urgency and began to run, down the stairs, out the door and straight to where she had been working for the past few weeks.

JPOV

Pulling on his boots jacob pulled open the door and looked at his best friend. He'd been there the whole time, whether it was out of guilt or a sense of duty, Embry had stuck around.

"Thank you." he said. Embry looked up from the bed, shocked. "I'll figure out a way to pay you back, but I'm glad you stuck around."

"yeah well..." mumbled embry. "You coulda been stuck with quil." snickering embry rolled over, emotions weren't something he liked to share much but he was glad he had been around.

Running out of the room Jacob flew down the stairs, jumping away from the last two steps, like it would cut mere seconds from his run, the one that would bring him to his bella.

Bella paced the storefront, her nervous were all around her, thoughts ebbed and flowed, like a tide. How she missed being in La Push with her friends, her family, her jacob. How stupid can you be? No matter how much damage she had done they had held their arms open and accepted her.

-Thudd, thudd, thudd-

Time seemed to slow for her, she turned away from the glass and looked forward, all she could see was him. His short, cropped hair sticking up all over, his bronze skin seemed to glow in the moonlight. He was so focused on her she could just smile. His eyes seemed like they were in a trance and she couldnt help herself as she thrust her way forward, arms out wide, nothing could keep them apart in this whole world, no more pain, no more distance, it was just them. The world dropped out of view.

"Jacob!" She screamed, running forward and launching herself into his arms.

He grabbed her mid air and held her close, kissing all over her face, pulling her as close as he could without being able to crawl into her skin (if that had even been possible). Hugging her closely he tipped her chin up, trying to look into her eyes, but he would have to wait. Bella clung to him, leaving sloppy kisses everywhere.

"Your here..."she said breathlessly. "Your here, your not a dream.."-kiss, kiss- "I'm so sorry.."-smack, smack- "I'm a coward."

Jacob grinned and accepted the kisses. He could barely move anyways, she had herself wrapped around his body as if a snake wrapped around its prey. "Bella" he laughed "baby...please..." -smack, kiss, smack, smack, kiss- "Let me look at you."

Slowly bella uncurled herself from jacob's body. Suddenly she was nervous and wished she had brought a jacket even though it was rather warm out. Sure began to wrap her arms around her middle then stopped. He didn't deserve to miss another minute.

Jacob smiled as she dropped her arms slowly, never had she held herself so cooly. It wasn't that she had gained confidence so much but that she knew she wouldn't have to hide from him anymore. A small bit of anger flashed in his mind, he hadn't been able to watch her grow, their baby, he had missed so much. He shook it away as he looked into Bella's eyes. Slowly he reached forward and placed his large hand on her small belly. Looking down to where his hand laid he looked back up at her, tears flooding his eyes. He dropped to his knees and pressed his face closer to her stomach.

"Hello baby..." he felt his breath catch, a few tears dropped. "I'm sorry I wasn't here..." Bella shushed him.

"It's my fault, peanut knows that, I've told it everything." bella choked back her own emotions. She hugged him closer to her body.

"Peanut?" came the muffled response.

"Yeah...I just...I couldn't know what it was without you. But I couldn't name our baby IT and since I couldn't know without you..." she rushed the words out.

"Bella...your babbling" he grinned and snuggled closer to her belly. He looked up and laughed, knowing full well she was blushing in the moonlight. He stood up, at least one hand was always on her, he tilted her chin up and kissed her softly. She had waiting for him. She had taken all choices away from him but in the end couldn't do the important things without him.

"Let's get you back your room. We'll need to talk and too much excitement can't be good for our little peanut." Sweeping her into his strong arms he began to ask directions to her place.