One More Night

Chapter Three

Edward was beside himself as he watched his wife sleep in their bed on Isle Esme. Today was the day scheduled for her change and he felt the distance that had been growing between them. She didn't want to do anything with him after the way he had betrayed her, how he sent that invitation to Jacob.

He never thought she would be so angry over such a small thing, but it did make things harder for her. Now, as far as he knew, she would never see Jacob Black again and he had cost her valuable time with her best friend. Time she would never get back. He felt terrible for what he had done. He thought he was helping, but it only backfired on him and made her want space from him.

She spent her days on the beach, relaxing in the hot sun, which reminded her so much of the man she was missing over those excruciating fourteen days. When her skin heated up from the sun, it felt like Jacob was holding her close and it was the only thing to keep her sane.

The sun kept her going every day. Odd enough since she always referred to Jacob as her sun.

Edward decided he wanted to do something special for her to brighten her spirit. He wanted to fix the distance between them and he hoped, on her last morning as a human, it would be through food. She hadn't been feeling well lately and he hoped it wasn't his cooking that was making her sick every day. It was a daily cycle. He would cook her breakfast, she would get sick promptly afterwards, then she would spend the day at the beach, then she would cook for herself and eat enough for an army in comparison to her usual. It wasn't nearly what Jacob would take in, but it was still a lot.

Edward left on the boat to buy the food he had planned for her final meal. Bella woke from a dream of her and Jacob spending time in the Taj before he phased, when he still had his long hair and a constant grin on his face.

She missed those days more than anything else. She could never return to the Taj, though. She would be a vampire soon and vampires weren't allowed on Quileute land, no matter how much Jacob loved her.

She stood up from the bed and went to the bathroom to take a nice, hot shower, another reminder of her lover back home, then brushed her teeth before going out to the kitchen. She decided she needed to be nice to Edward this morning. He wouldn't be her husband after she woke from her transition and he did love her, no matter what he did.

He didn't deserve to have the last day he had with her as his wife to be a bad day. She would make the best out of it. Her transition time was set for sunset so he would have one good day left with her. One full, fun, good day.

She found a note sitting on the kitchen counter in Edward's scripted handwriting.

Love,

I have gone to Rio De Janeiro to fetch a surprise for you. I will be back shortly. Take care of my heart. I've left it with you.

She sighed as she sat it off to the side and groaned. She hated hurting him, but she knew her one mistake wasn't something that was bad enough that she should spend forever in misery. She had hoped that Edward would find love again. She hoped he would open his heart to Tanya. She was obviously in love with him and Bella knew the sweet, blonde vampire could make him happy, if he let her.

She went to the fridge and grabbed the materials to make herself a grilled cheese sandwich, again something else that reminded her of Jacob. It was his favorite.

Only a week until I see you again, my sweet Jacob…

She sighed as she made her food before sitting down to eat it. She wondered if her sickness had to do with a vampire being the one who cooked. She expected food that a vampire made to be bland, but it was really delicious, better than her own cooking.

Edward had mad skills in the kitchen. She had mentioned to him that he should be a chef professionally, but he turned that idea down, claiming it was a downside to being a vampire. He needed to do what blended in with everyone else. Chefs stood out like a sore thumb and he couldn't risk it.

As she was about to take her last bite of the sandwich, her stomach turned and she sprinted for the bathroom, throwing her head in the toilet, holding her hair out of the way. She found herself even throwing up the food she sat as a midnight snack and she knew something must be wrong if that was the case.

"Love?" She heard Edward's voice as he stood outside the bathroom, looking at her perplexed.

"I'll be okay." She gave him a kind smile before she threw up in the toilet one last time, only acid coming up this time. "You don't have to be in here, Edward. I'll be out in a minute." He chuckled softly.

"In sickness and in health, remember?" He walked in and knelt down next to her, placing his hand on her back.

"Thank you. Can you get me my bag from under the sick? I think I still have a little Pepto in there." He nodded and grabbed what she asked as she closed the lid of the toilet, sitting on it.

"Guess it's not just my cooking?" He teased and she giggled as she opened the bag, instantly seeing the one thing that sent her into shock.

Her tampons.

The silence was deafening as she remembered that this day was the fourteenth day since the wedding and her period still hadn't come. It was a week and a half late and she was never late.

With the room so quiet, there was only two sounds that Edward heard. Bella's increased heart rate from her nerves of what she just realized. Then, there was one thing he didn't expect. He heard another heartbeat in the room, twice as fast as Bella's, and said heartbeat was coming straight from her abdomen.

He looked down at her stomach with a gasp escaping his lips silently. Him and Bella hadn't had sex. She had kept her silent oath over the fourteen days she had been alone with Edward, pledging that she was too sick for sex.

"Bella?" She looked to him as he stared at her abdomen. "Don't think I'm questioning your loyalty, but I need to ask you something." She hoped to hide her fears from Edward, but there was no way from what he asked her next. "Did you have sex before the wedding, with someone else?" Her heart skipped a beat at his question that came out more as an accusation.

"Why are you asking me that?" She knew the answer already even though he had not spoken.

"Because there is a heartbeat coming straight from your womb. Unless there is an animal right outside that wall, you're pregnant." A sharp breath left her lips as she stood up and slowly strolled out of the bathroom, towards the bedroom. She saw the full length mirror next to the bed and approached it before turning to her side, lifting up her soft, cotton shirt, seeing the very slightest bump on her lower abdomen.

"I-I can't believe it." A smirk covered her lips as she placed her hand on her abdomen. "I'm pregnant?" She questioned herself, but she knew it was true. There was a life growing inside of her, her own little nudger, a tiny godsend, that Jacob and her created when they made love the night before the wedding.

"You had sex with someone else?" He questioned, needing an answer, and she looked to him, sadness filling her. She hoped Edward would never find out so his heart would never be broken from her betrayal, but this was where the cards laid out.

Edward would now know about her night with Jacob.

"Edward, I-" She went to step towards him, but the moment she did, she could have sworn she felt a kick, deep within her abdomen, a large gust of air leaving her lungs as she cupped her bump in her hands. "Wooh!" She let out a deep breath before she looked to him. "It's not supposed to kick me that soon, is it?" Edward gulped before his hands wadded into fists, his lip curling in anger at her betrayal.

"You fucked Jacob, didn't you?" He snapped at her and she turned her eyes to him, sadness etched in her gaze.

"Edward, I'm sorry. You weren't supposed to find out about that. I wasn't trying to hurt you and neither was Jacob. I wasn't thinking that I would be human long enough to find out I was pregnant, if Jake got me pregnant. It just happened and I'm not making excuses for my actions. You deserve better, but I can't help how I feel about him like he can't help how he loves me." He looked away as he growled.

"I can't believe you!" He snarled out loud which shocked her. She knew he would be upset, but she wasn't prepared for how upset he would be. "I can't believe you made a whore out of yourself with that dog! The night before our nuptials!" She flinched from his tone.

"I didn't become a slut, Edward. I love Jacob. I will always love Jacob and I'm not saying this to hurt you. Honestly, I'm not. You do deserve the truth. I was going to tell you how I feel after you changed me." His growl became louder as he took a step towards her, making sure to keep a safe distance.

"You fucked him, Isabella, then married me and still wanted me to change you! For what?! You could have been with him as a human if you wanted to be with him so badly!" He snarled at her and she covered her baby bump protectively.

"Edward, I needed to be changed. The Volturi would have come to Forks if I hadn't been changed and they would have found out about the pack. They would kill Jake and the others! I had to protect them, even if that meant sacrificing the possibility of having a family with Jacob and a life on the reservation with him. I don't want you to be mad or hate me for this, but you deserve the truth." He took a deep breath to calm his anger as he looked away.

"So, all this time, you have been doing this for him? Agreeing to marry me? Wanting to be changed? You did all this to protect Jacob?" He asked and she sighed.

"At first, no. It was because I wanted my forever with you, but when he made me realize how much I loved him, it changed. Forever didn't seem worth it without Jacob unless it was to protect him from the Volturi." Edward nodded before he rushed around the room as fast as he could, packing everything, both of their stuff.

While Edward was busying himself, Bella pulled out her phone. She needed to make a phone call.

She called the number of the Black household and Billy answered on the second ring.

"Hello?" His soft voice was inviting to her and a relief.

"Billy? Is Jake there? I need to speak to him. It's urgent." She pushed it all out and Billy groaned.

"Bella, give the boy time to heal. He needs distance and you calling isn't giving him that." She couldn't believe the nerve of Billy. Here she was, trying to give Jacob a heads up about the change, and Billy was shutting her down.

"Billy, listen. I need to talk to Jacob. Look, I think I'm pregnant. Now, do you see the urgency?" The phone started to break up on Bella's end and Billy couldn't understand what she was saying.

"Bella? Sorry, you're breaking up. Did you say you're energetic?" She groaned before going outside.

"Can you hear me now?" The phone line died out and she saw that she had no reception, period. This just irritated her more so as Edward stepped outside holding their bags.

"Get in the boat, Bella. Now." She followed his orders and he sped off in the boat towards Rio.

"Edward, what's going to happen now?" She hoped for answers and good ones, too.

"I'm gonna send Carlisle and Esme to the Volturi with a story that you died on the honeymoon. Problem solved. You can have your child and be with him without any Volturi interference." She nodded before she sighed.

"Edward, I'm sor-" She was going to apologize and he picked up speed.

"I don't want to hear your apologies. I'm gonna file for an annulment of our marriage. It will be like this mistake never happened and you can be happy for the rest of your natural life with that dog." She was going to tell him not to call Jacob a dog, but she knew better. He was angry and he needed her silence.

"Hey, dad." Jacob waltzed out of his room with his heartbreak radiating from him. He was missing Bella and hoped she was still alive, preparing herself to become like her husband. He knew today was the day that she set for her change and he was in anticipation to find out if she was alright. He had been bitter since the wedding, scared for her survival.

"Hey, Jacob." Billy hung up the phone from Bella calling with a groan.

"What's the matter?" He asked calmly as he crossed his arms, awaiting an answer.

"Nothing to worry yourself with." He knew better than to trust that statement when his father's eyebrows were furrowed.

"Spill, dad. Who was that on the phone?" He groaned in irritation.

"Bella." Jacob gasped and uncrossed his arms, a happy smile on his face for the first time in two weeks.

"Bella? She called? What did she say?" He was eager for answers and Billy was confused about this. He thought his son was bitter because the Swan girl was now a Cullen.

"I'm not sure. The phone line was breaking up. She asked to talk to you then I told her to leave you be, but she was being stubborn, saying something about it being urgent." Jacob growled at his father.

"Why didn't you tell me she was on the phone! I've been waiting to hear from her since the wedding!" He was very frustrated with Billy and it showed all over him as his father looked to him.

"I thought you didn't want anything to do with her after the wedding. You've been more snippy lately." Jacob rolled his eyes.

"Because I didn't know if she was coming back at all! Once she is changed, she's leaving him, Dad! She's only being changed to protect all of us from those Italian leeches or she would have dumped his ass right after the battle in June!" Jacob revealed the truth to his father and Billy gasped in surprise.

"What?" Jacob nodded.

"Yeah, she's supposed to be changed today and then coming back. She's not dragging me along. I don't care if she's a vampire, dad. I love her and she wants to be with me, not him. She's giving up a lot that she wants just to protect our tribe. You need to give her more credit than you are." Billy sighed and nodded.

"I'm sorry, son. I didn't know. The line was really breaking up and it cut off. I'm not sure if she just hung up or if she lost a signal, but the strangest thing was that I could have sworn she said the word 'pregnant' or 'energetic', whatever one it was, I don't know." Jacob nodded with a roll of his eyes.

"Yeah, it was probably energetic because I highly doubt she would be pregnant. If she was, she definitely wouldn't know it yet." Jacob joked and Billy's eyes widened before they narrowed.

"Jacob, tell me the truth. Did you have sex with Bella?" Jacob blushed from the question as he remember their passion filled night together and Billy groaned. "Are you kidding me, Jake! Please, tell me, you at least used protection!" Jacob scoffed.

"Come on, dad. I thought she was going to be changed the next day, not two weeks later. Even at that, if she was pregnant, she wouldn't know it, right?" Billy growled before rubbing his face.

"Goddamnit, Jacob. You better pray she isn't pregnant or the both of you will be in a heap of trouble. For sure, Cullen will want your head on a platter, that's for sure." Jacob rolled his eyes as Billy rolled himself to his room.

"Yeah, dad. Whatever." He shook his head before he picked up the phone, dialing Bella's number, but it went to voicemail.

"Hey. Leave me a message." He groaned before he spoke to her voicemail.

"Hey, honey. Dad just told me you called. Give me a call back when you get a chance." He hung up before he decided to go for a run.