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Chapter Ten – Holy…wow…!
NPOV
It had been three months since my little 'discussion' with my father. Jake had been acting weird lately. He would get really nervous around me and stuff like that. I was starting to get worried.
"Jacob?" I asked, carefully. He looked at me with intensity...love and…fear? I couldn't tell, but I never call him Jacob, unless something's up, so yeah, probably fear.
"What's wrong?" He asked, scooting closer so that there was absolutely no space between us.
"I was just going to ask you the same thing…"
"I'm fine, Ness…" I cut him off.
"You have been a wreck for the past three weeks. You get all jumpy and you look at my father all the time and have 'silent conversations' with him. I know it, you know it." I looked in his eyes. "What is wrong?"
He hesitated for a moment. "I have just been thinking about something and I haven't had a chance to slow down and get my emotions in order. I'm sorry I made you anxious, babe." He kissed me and then smirked.
"What da ya say we go out tonight to make up for it?"
"That would be absolutely wonderful." I stood up and grinned. "Casual…"
"Fancy," He smirked. "I'm taking my girl somewhere nice tonight."
"Everywhere is nice when I'm with you, babe." I said. "I'll have Alice get me ready. ALICE!" She was next to me in a millisecond.
"I have the PERFECT dress!" She squealed. My 'makeover' took hours. Alice put me in a gorgeous green gown. It was gorgeous! There was beads all across the stomach...it was sooo pretty! I was about two inches taller because of the shoes, and the earrings were pure diamonds. My hair was lightly curled and I had just enough makeup on to tell that it wasn't natural.
As I descended the stair case, I got giddy with excitement. When I got to the last step, a round of gasps emerged from my family. Jacob looked as if he was going to faint. He was in a tux. I walked up to him and pecked him on the lips.
"Ready to go?" I smiled.
"Absolutely," He intertwined his arm in mine and we headed out to the Aston Martin Vanquish. I gasped as we approached it. I had never been in this car. Dad only used it for special occasions…never.
"Wow." I breathed.
"I did a little bribing." He got in the driver's seat and we headed off. We pulled in a gorgeous restaurant that's name was unpronounceable. Jake checked in and we headed outside to a private table that was surrounded be white fence. The fence was covered with carnations and twinkling lights. There was light music playing in the background. I stopped breathing.
"Do you…"
"I love it." I whispered, afraid to speak. It seemed too good to be true. We took our seats and ordered some red-wine (since I wasn't growing anymore and it couldn't affect my growth at all) and a light appetizer. After the waiter left it was quiet. I was turned around, admiring the amazingly beautiful scenery. When I turned back around, I gasped. Jake was on his knee, holding a small box.
"Jake…" I was shaking now.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, from the moment I looked into your gorgeous brown eyes, I knew I was meant for you. You were perfect. I have loved you every day since, no matter what happened. The past three months have been the most amazing, happy moments of my life. Will you do me the extraordinary, fabulous honor of marrying me?" He asked. I had tears streaming down my face and I was shaking.
"You're serious?" I whispered. He nodded.
"One hundred percent,"
"Yes." I said. "I would be honored to be your bride." Jake stood up and took the ring out. It was perfect beyond possibly imaginable, and he slipped it on my finger.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." I kissed him and then squealed. "Oh my gosh!"
"What?" He asked, startled.
"We are going to get married! Oh my gosh!" I was squealing like a teenager. Jake started laughing.
"That's usually what saying 'yes' means." He said. I glared at him and then realization him me like a tow truck.
"This is it isn't it?" I asked. "This is what you have been so nervous about!"
"Yes, I planned it all out…even asked your father. That was an interesting discussion." We talked about wedding stuff all night. When I looked up, the stars were out and the crickets were chirping.
"May 13," I whispered.
"What?"
"May 13, it's today's date." I whispered. "They say thirteen is supposed to be unlucky…but I guess that is just one more way that our odd life is different. Today was the best day of my life, Jake. Thank you."
"You deserved every bit of it, and more." Jake drove me home. When we got to the house, I ran up to the door and knocked. I never knocked.
Esme opened the door and I ran in, squealing.
"We're engaged!" I screamed. Jake chuckled from the doorway. Everyone flocked around me, screaming, squealing and aww-ing at the ring.
Finally, I escaped to my room on the third floor while everyone was still chattering away. I took off my dress and put on silky pajamas and fluffy slippers. I washed my face off and brushed my teeth and hair. After all that, I sat on my bed with 'Romeo and Juliet' my all time favorite book.
There was a soft knock on the door.
"Come in." I called. Jake opened the door and shut it behind him.
"I thought you left me without a good night kiss." He smirked. I shook my head.
"Never," I smirked and patted the bed. He crawled up next to me and I laid my head on his chest. I turned on the television and flipped it to the Hallmark Channel. They had just started 'The Lost Valentine.'
"Oh gosh." I sighed.
"What?"
"I hate this one." I tossed the remote on to the bed.
"Then why are we watching it?"
"Because it's my favorite!" I whined.
"I'm confused." He said, still chuckling a little.
"I love this movie, but it is so sad. I will end up in tears." I explained. Jake patted my back gently, not knowing what to say.
When it got to the end, I lost my hold on my tears and I started sobbing. Jake just held me and whispered in my ear.
"See?" I said, once in was over and on to the next movie, which I didn't recognize.
"I do," He kissed my forehead. "I love you. I always will."
"I love you too."
I woke up on Jake's chest and light beaming through the windows. I sat up, confused. Then last night came back to me and I kind of freaked out.
You see, Jake and I got a little…closer list night than was expected. Jake sat up too.
"'Morning Nessie." Jake mumbled and then his eyes shot open.
"We didn't…"
"I think we did." I whispered ghostly.
"Yep! You sure did!" Someone called from down the hall, sounded like Emmett.
"Emmett, shut up!" Rosalie hissed. I fell back onto the pillow and covered my face.
"I. Am. Dead." I moaned. "Dead. I've never been more dead in my life."
"Ness, calm down." Jake whispered.
"CALM DOWN?" I screeched. I didn't mean to be cruel, but I just lost it. "HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS!" I ran into the bathroom that was connected to my room and locked the door to cry. Jake didn't do his usual 'pound on the door for hours' spiel.
Finally, went back out and got dressed and went out to face my family. Jake was sitting in the hallway.
"Hey Jake." I whispered.
"I'm so sorry, baby." He whispered. "I didn't mean to…"
"Don't Jacob." I silenced him. "It can't be fixed now. We did what we did, we can't dwell on what we can't change. We have to be grown ups and move on." It was quiet.
"Okay." He said. "Moving on." We went down stairs to get food. Everyone was looking at us weird. Emmett opened his mouth and I was immediately standing in front of him.
"Shut it. Don't you even try to go there. I know Mr. 'I have excellent hearing' that you heard what I said. I am moving on, so are you. Got it?" I hissed. He nodded and everyone laughed.
"You tell him, Nessie." Rose high-fived me.
We spent the rest of that week planning wedding stuff and Alice taking me a hundred places each day to look at dresses and stuff.
At the end of the week, I started to feel weird.
"Are you ready?" Alice asked me. I shook my head and sighed.
"I'm going to sit this one out, Ali. Sorry, I'm just not up to it."
"Are you okay?" She felt my forehead. "You don't have a temperature."
"I'm fine, just take lots of pictures. I'll go tomorrow after church." I said. I liked going to church. I felt…safe and at home there.
"Okay." She smiled and left. I got out of bed and was hit with a wave of nausea. I ran to the bathroom and puked. After I brushed my teeth, I felt better, but I was really dizzy and I had a head ach.
I walked down to the kitchen to get some aspirin, but before I could get to the medicine cabinet, I needed fruit loops. Like more than anything. Once I got them and stuffed my mouth, I was better. I kept shoving handfuls of them into my mouth and then the puzzle pieces clicked together. I dropped the cereal box and the pieces in my hand, making a mess that I didn't even notice.
"No." I whispered. I realize that someone was watching me until now. Jake was staring at me wide eyed and jaw hanging open.
"What is going on in here?" He asked, coming over to me.
"I…I'm…" Before I could say it, I blacked out.
"I think she's coming around." Carlisle said.
"Renesmee, please wake up." Jake moaned. I opened my eyes and slowly sat up.
"What happened?" Carlisle asked. My eyes flashed up to him and then to Jake. I probably looked like a deer in headlights. I sure felt like it.
"I need to go." I said, standing up and heading toward the door.
Jake caught my arm. "No you don't. Alice told me you were not feeling well and then your little act with the fruit loops kind of proved it. What is going on?"
"Please just give me an hour. One hour and I will be back with answers, okay. Trust me on this." I freed my arm and ran to my little car that I had bought. It was a bright orange Ford fusion hybrid.
I drove out to Port Angeles where not many people knew me and stopped at a gas station. I grabbed what I needed and then ran to the bathroom. My phone was ringing and buzzing and I was crying and holding the pregnancy test and I felt like I was on some sort of soap opera.
Finally I got up the courage to take them. I had bought ten. The cashier thought I was insane when I checked out.
After I took them all, I put them in my purse and drove off, not even looking at them. After a few minutes, a bunch of little beeps came from my purse. I pulled over in a deserted lot and stared at my purse that was sitting in the passenger's seat. Tears were soaking my shirt and I was scared. I looked at my phone and I had twenty missed calls, thirty new messages, and four un-read emails.
Good chance they were all from Jake. I called him, still staring at my purse.
"Nessie, what were you thinking? Thank the lord that you are alright, where are you? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Jake. I need you to come and pick me up, I'm in that old Wal-mart lot in Port Angeles. Please get here quick."
"I'm almost there, I was on my way anyway." He said. "Are you sure you are okay?"
"No." I whispered. "I'm really scared Jake."
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, what is wrong?"
"Just get here now." I sobbed and hung up. A few minutes later, a car pulled up. Jake got out and ran up to me, opening the door.
"What is going on?" He asked, hugging me.
"Get in." I scooted over so that he could fit in my car.
"What is wrong with you?" He asked impatiently as he closed the door. I took a deep breath.
"This morning, I didn't feel very good, then I puked. I was fine after that, but I had a really bad head ach, and I couldn't keep my balance. When I went to get some aspirin, I got an intense craving for fruit loops. I couldn't explain it, I just NEEDED them."
"And…"
"Jacob…I might be pregnant." I whispered. He froze. "I'm really sorry…"
"Did you take a test?" He asked. I grabbed my purse.
"Ten. I'm scared to look at them though. I wanted you here." He kissed my head.
"Open it, Baby." He wrapped his arms around me, I've got you." I slowly unzipped my purse. Ten plus signs stared me in the face. I stared back.
"So…"
"They're all positive." I breathed.
"Every one of them?" He asked. I nodded.
"What are we going to do?" I whispered.
"We're going to have a baby." He said. "You are going to get even more beautiful and then you are going to give birth and then we are going to raise a child together." I thought about what he said and nodded, folding my hands over my stomach.
"We're going to have a baby." I said and then I got excited. "We're going to have a baby!"
"Shhh, I do still need my ears."
"Oh, sorry." I toned it down a little. I jumped out of the car and screamed at the top of my lungs.
"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!" Jake laughed.
"Congratulations," A voice called. I jumped and saw where it came from. "But I'm going to need you to come with me." He said. I frowned.
"Why?" Jake jumped out of the car and stood by me.
"Loitering, we got a call a few minutes ago." He said. I stared at him.
"Don't we get a warning or something?" Jake asked.
"I'm afraid not. Sorry, folks."
"Um," I stepped forward. "Sir, I can explain…"
"I'm afraid that'll have to wait."
"I am Renesmee Cullen. Chief Charlie Swan, do you know him?"
"Charlie? Yeah, we're fishin' buds."
"Yeah, he's my grandfather. I know for a fact that we get a warning and if you would like me to call him to confirm that…I won't mind a bit."
"I'm very sorry, miss." He said. "I'm new in this district and where I came from before there weren't warnings. Carry on." He walked back to his car. We watched him pull away.
"We were here for like five minutes." I sighed.
"Let's go home." Jake said, going back to his car. Once we were home, I went in to see everyone. Alice was back and everyone looked nervous.
"Nessie!" Everyone screamed.
"What happened?" Jasper asked.
"I'm pregnant." I said, smiling.
Thanks for reading! That was a super busy chapter. I didn't really expect it to be that way…you know how it is. Tell me your wonderful thoughts please! –jennyhr 3
