Chapter 14

5 months later…

Renesmee's due date was approaching fast, and if Carlisle's calculations were correct, then the baby should be born on the 10th March, just over a week from now.

Her baby bump was more than the size it should have been for even a 9 month pregnancy, but the scan showed a baby that was not the total size of the bump, which confused us all. It's size had restricted the amount of movement she was capable of doing everyday, which fortunately for her, everyone served on hand and foot for her.

Jacob was totally glued to her side. Every time myself or even Edward asked to sit with her, he seemed reluctant to leave her alone. First time parent nerves I would always say to myself.

We were surprised at how much the vampire side seemed to dominate, even though it was more human. Two months in and she looked so weak. She lost weight and we were worried that if she didn't get some supplements then the baby wouldn't make it. It oddly accepted the natural human food, but she still looked weak. It was then we realised what it wanted in addition to the food. Blood.

We argued over what type of blood would be best. Animal or human. Carlisle and Edward both insisted on donated human blood that Carlisle could obtain, but Nessie and I seemed to stick together and try and persuade them to let her try animal blood. Jacob refused to be part of the conversation.

Eventually Carlisle gave in, and gave her a cup of animal blood as a tester to see whether it would meet the baby's needs. To our relief it did, and within a few hours the colour returned to her cheeks, and she looked like a perfectly healthy pregnant woman.

The name was still undecided between Jacob and Nessie, but they had asked what the sex of the baby was as soon as the scan was available, and able to show.

Flashback

Carlisle rubbed the jelly onto her stomach and started to roll the remote over. He had recently acquired a new machine because of the void that had appeared in her previous scan.

We waited in anticipation for him to find the right spot, and then he stopped and pointed to the screen once again. The baby was bigger than it should have been, and we could easily make out the definable features of it.

Ness and Jake both lit up in delight, and were holding each others hands again.

"Would you like to know the sex of the baby?"

Ness and Jake shared a quick glance with each other, and in unison, Renesmee responded "No." while Jacob equally responded "Yes."

"Why not?" Jacob asked.

"Because…I want it to be a surprise." I laughed as they continued there argument, as Jacob disagreed with Nessie's excuses.

In the end, Nessie threw her hands in the air and said, "Fine, I give in. Tell us what the sex is please." A triumphant smile spread across Jacob's face, and they both turned to Carlisle.

"Ok, Renesmee, Jacob. I'm proud to say, you're having a little baby…boy."

End Flashback.

Since the scan, all we've heard were arguments on names, and squeals from Alice when she came up with a new idea for the baby's clothes or how the room would be decorated.

We were all shocked to find that the void had reappeared on the screen during the scan. Nothing would appear, and it was clear that it wasn't due to a technical fault. I put forward that it could just be because of Nessie's body. She was half vampire, so surely there would be something that would mean for the machinery to be ineffective when working with her. Some of that part could be half her womb. The theory was agreed on, and we just thought that all there was in the void was the amniotic fluid.

"How about…Liam?" Renesmee said to Jacob.

"Erm…no, what about Craig?"

"No. What about James?"

"No!" Edward and I both shouted. She looked at us and laughed, "Oh yeh, forgot, sorry."

"I think Emmett junior is perfect." Emmett boomed from within the kitchen.

"No thanks mate," Jacob started, "If we copy your name, he might just replicate your brain, and we don't want our child to be thick." He joked. We all laughed except for Emmett who was still standing in the kitchen, his face a mixture between anger and sadness.

"Awww, we just offended the big teddy bear." I said over to him. His emotions changed, and he stood up straight.

"I'm not offended." He told us, but we all knew secretly he was.

The name arguments would continue throughout the morning, and would only stop when exhaustion overcame them both and they fell asleep on the couch.

"Well, we need to go hunting." Carlisle stated and moved towards the back door, nearly everyone following except Edward and I.

"Whoa, hold up Carlisle. You can't leave." I said to him. He stopped at the door and faced me.

"Why Bella?" he asked confused.

"Because I know something will happen, that will involve an accident, or a baby being born, and you won't be there to help. It does seem to happen a lot whilst you're not here; you can't admit that it hasn't happened before." A smile played up at his lips at what I was getting at.

"Bella, I'm sure everything will be fine. Besides, Edward will be here to sort anything that may happen ok."

I nodded, "But if something bad happens whilst you're gone you'll be in trouble." He chuckled then ran out the house, with the rest of them in tow.

Thankfully they returned while Jacob and Nessie were still asleep. No accident occurring, but I still made sure he stayed just incase Nessie needed some immediate help.

6th March

It was now four days until the baby was due. None of us would leave the house incase of missing something important. Alice and I were adding the final touches to the baby's nursery. The walls were painted in a cute shade of baby blue, with the carpet just a shade darker than the walls. Alice had got all hyper when we mentioned to start the decorating. Within a few hours it was completely finished.

I was adjusting a photo with us all on which we had taken during a hunting trip. I took it off the wall just to wipe the frame down, when a scream pierced my ears, and in reaction, the picture dropped from my hands and smashed on the floor.

Within seconds I was downstairs, and next to Renesmee. Her hand was clutched to her stomach, and her eyes were closed and her teeth were clenched, and I knew she was in pain.

"Nessie honey, what happened?" I asked. She couldn't answer because she was in pain, she opened her eyes and they were glassy, and I knew she was holding back tears. She screamed again and hunched over, keeping hold of her stomach.

"Carlisle!!" I screamed, and he was beside me straight away. "What happened?" he asked, but Nessie still couldn't answer.

"We're not sure." Jacob said. I looked over to him and his face was probably the same as mine, filled with complete worry and fear. "One minute she says the baby is kicking, the next she is screaming in pain. What's happening?" he roared at Carlisle. He started trembling violently. We all knew what was happening so I tried pulling him away from Renesmee, towards the garden.

"No! I can't leave her." He shouted directly to me, and his tremors increasing.

"Jacob you have to go outside, you're about to transform." I said as calmly as I could, just in hope that he would respond in the same matter. I carried on pushing him, and we eventually made it outside, his tremors were decreasing slightly, and he closed his eyes in concentration, his hands balled up into fists as he tried to calm himself.

But I knew that he wouldn't be calm, because his wife was in the other room in pain. Even though he concentrated, the tremors were still big. Renesmee screamed once again, and Jacob lost it.

I was too close to him to react. Jacob transformed and I was nearby.

His giant wolf form filled the short space that was between us, his arms lashed out, and they changed into huge paws. I felt the full force of his paws crash into me, and I was thrown back against the glass wall that faced the garden.

The glass shattered on my impact and I was stopped as I collided with the dining room table, that was opposite from the window. The table collapsed and broke in half, but the force still carried me and a few pieces of the table further on into the room.

I lay on the floor in a daze, in shock after what occurred.

I looked down to see if I had any injuries, and saw my shirt with scratches tearing down the centre. I lifted my shirt to check if I was ok, but all there was were three long red lines where the scratches took place. I checked my arms and legs to see if anything else was wrong, but I was ok.

The rest of the Cullens except Carlisle ran in to assess what had happened. They could see a broken window, a broken table, me on the floor, and a huge wolf outside.

Their minds hadn't realised it was Jacob, and thought that we were being attacked. Emmett and Jasper crouched, pushing Rosalie and Alice behind them, and Edward ran infront of me, teeth bearing and growls erupting from their chests.

I pushed myself up and stood infront of Jacob. "It's ok guys, it was just Jake." Edward looked at me and recomposed himself, as did Jasper and Emmett. "Explain." Edward growled to Jacob.

"Yeh, explain why we aren't hurting you right now dog?" Rosalie snarled.

"Guys, I'm ok." I reassured them, but Edward kept glaring at Jacob. The fury left his face and he turned to the others. "It was just an accident." Edward muttered.

Renesmee screamed from the other room and Jacob whined and went to enter the house. "No Jacob. Not now." Edward said to him. He whined a bit, and then fell to the floor, his head resting on his front paws. Edward gave me a hug and a kiss, and looked at my scratches, "You don't get on very well with wolves do you." He joked and we smiled, but his smile didn't touch his eyes, and I knew he was a bit angry with Jacob. He left and it was just me and Jacob.

His eyes looked up to me, then to the broken window and desk and whined again. I knew he was apologising. He would never hurt me intentionally and he was hoping that I realised that.

"It's ok Jake," I said, sitting alongside him, "I'm not hurt, you were worrying about Renesmee, I understand." I stood back up and patted his head, then turned back into the room.

Everyone was in a circle around the couch Nessie was lying on. Edward and Carlisle were the closest. Her hand was held in Edward's. He saw me walk in and moved aside to let me replace him.

"Carlisle what's the matter?" I asked, placing her hand in mine. She suddenly squeezed it tight, her nails digging into my skin. She was suffering terribly.

"The baby has been kicking, and he's strong. Couple of broken ribs and serious bruising." When he mentioned bruising, I immediately looked down to her stomach and gasped.

Carlisle had lifted her shirt over her stomach to check over and left it uncovered. Her whole left side was black and blue, and it faded into her natural pale skin colour as it went over to the right hand side. As I was looking, a small bump rose quickly from within. Renesmee screamed again as it rose, and her hand tightened around mine.

I brushed the hair off of her face, and she smiled at the cold touch. As I pulled away she grabbed it with her other hand and placed it back on her head.

"Why has it only started now?" I asked.

"I really don't know. It didn't happen early on so I didn't expect it. His sudden kicking might be a weird sign of labour, that he's ready."

"What!" Nessie screamed, "It can't, it's just kicking, ow, and a bit strong."

"Stay still Nessie, I'm just going to set up the machine upstairs so we can check and help with your injuries ok." She nodded and Carlisle went upstairs.

"Mum it hurts so much." She whispered to me, "Ugh, why is it so painful?" she laughed slightly then winced.

"It's ok baby, just think, the pain will be worth it, in a few days you'll have something that is, well, you'll understand yourself. It's fantastic. I went through the pain and look at the beautiful creature I got to have."

"You went through the same pain?" she choked, clearly upset.

"Just a bit. Remember I was totally human, and the end result was fantastic, remember that ok. The pain won't matter when you have your son in your arms."

"Thanks Mum." She whispered. "Where's Jake?"

"He's outside. As a wolf." I added.

"A wolf? How come?"

"He'll explain later." I didn't want her to worry about Jacob if he was in pain emotionally when he saw Renesmee in pain physically.

We sat in silence for a while until Carlisle returned back downstairs. I lifted up and offered to carry her which she accepted. "One sec, let me just stand up, I feel so lazy." I laughed and then helped her up, and didn't let go, even though she steadied her balance. She stretched her arms up, then retreated them back and clutched her side, "No stretching then." I looked at her face as she tried to lighten the mood, but then her expression changed, and her eyes widened and fell to the floor.

I followed her gaze to the floor, and then I heard it too.

"Oh shit!" she looked back to me and then to Carlisle, "I think my water just broke."