I felt like I just woken up from a hangover; my head was in a twirl and I couldn't remember what had happened.
"Carlisle, she's stirring." Jacob said.
"We'll give her some morphine, this will be a painful experience." He replied. I felt a jab into my arm.
"How long now?" My mom's voice rang out.
There was a pregnant pause and Carlisle said, "In about six minutes the medicine should have dissolved the amniotic sac enough to cut through, and we'll begin then."
There was another silence until dad broke it with caution in his voice. "Will it be as hard as Bella's?"
"It'll be different. We're prepared this time and we've taken precautions, but it is twins and we've never dealt with a child like this, never mind two. We don't know what could happen."
Everyone was silent. I listened to the clock tick and tried to keep track of the minutes. The numbness had spread through me and it felt so delightful; so free.
And then it changed. "It's time." I felt a hot hand clasp mine and I heard four sharp intakes of breath. Then the pain came; it was nothing the morphine could stop as it came from inside me. The twins were aware of what was happening and they were eager. There was a rip from inside my stomach and I felt my body thrust upwards.
"Nessie? Nessie are you okay? Can you hear me? Nessie!" Jacob's voice was full of pain; my pain. I couldn't speak so using all the force I could muster, I squeezed his hand to comfort him. I kept my eyes shut tight because I was too scared to see the faces of my family.
"Keep talking to her Jacob. Keep her distracted." Dad said from my left side. Jacob was whispering in my ear, but I strained to hear the voices of Carlisle and my dad to know what was happening with my babies. "Carlisle..."
"I know, Edward. We have to do it now. She won't feel a thing, the morphine stops the pain. It worked for Bella, remember? Now, on three. One..."
"WAIT!" Mom shouted. "Wait Carlisle, stop! Give her more painkillers, do something! It didn't work on me at all. I felt everything. I just wanted to stop Edward from suffering. I could feel it..." She whispered, and I knew if she was human she'd be crying. "Please, she can't go through it." There was a silence, and I knew dad would be giving mom a piercing stare. Typical mom, being a martyr... but then I stopped judging because I knew if it were me, I would have done the exact same thing. I will try to do the same thing.
"Bella, I'm sorry. I can't do anything now, it's too late. We need to act now or everyone's in danger. The morphine will help, she is half human remember. There's just no time." Carlisle said.
I felt mom's cool hand press against my head and push my hair back. "It's okay, Renesmee. Mommy's here."
"Go, Edward." It wasn't as excruciating as I imagined it would be, but it was bad. I let out a whimper and fought to keep my body still as I heard the voices of my family working on me. It took a good five minutes before my dad spoke again.
"I can see a head. We're nearly there."
A head? Of my baby? All the pain in the world was forgotten, because Jacob and I were going to have a baby! Two babies, right now. There was more poking and tearing and I tried not to let my body move too much.
"Is it possible for vampires to faint?" My mom said weakly.
"No, Bella." Dad chuckled lightly. "But go downstairs anyway. Get Rosalie and tell her we're ready and to bring up the stuff."
Jacob's grip on my hand was tighter and I still didn't have the strength or courage to open my eyes, and speaking was definately not going to happen, so I didn't know what was going on. And then I heard it. It wasn't exactly a scream, but more of a wail.
"It's a boy." My dad choked. "A baby boy."
I heard Rosalie in the room for the first time. "He's beautiful. Good job, mutt." I heard Jacob gave a small laugh but there was still a note of stress in it.
"Rosalie, will you clean him?"
"I'll help." My mom said.
"Are you sure, Bella? It's very messy."
"But he's my grandson." My mom spoke with pride. "Urgh, I sound so old. But I'll come with you, Rose." They left the room with my son and I wanted to shout at them to bring him back. I wanted to see him. I opened my eyes for the first time, but I could only see Jacob's face above mine, and it brought me more comfort than I thought possible.
"Hey, Nessie. Well done. Not long now... You can do it." I nodded at Jacob and tensed myself again as I felt the now familiar pressure on my stomach. The morphine was working well enough to numb the worst of it, which I was very glad of.
"And baby number two is here." Carlisle smiled. "A girl."
I breathed out in relief. They were okay. I'd done it.
"Look at her face... it's all scratched."
"The other baby probably done that... they were fighting all the time. I'll go check them over. Renesmee needs to rest after I stitch her up."
I tried to shake my head, wanting to see my babies first, but I couldn't muster up the strength. Instead, I gave into the force I'd been fighting to stay concious and let myself fall asleep, my hand still wrapped inside my husband's.
I rolled onto my stomach before I woke with a jolt. I hadn't been able to do that in a few months. I pushed my hands against my stomach, and it was flat. I remembered feeling like this before...
"Good morning."
I opened my eyes. "Jake?" I said groggily, looking at him. "Wow, are you okay?" There was a deep scratch that went from the left side of his hairline to his chin and seemed to be oozing of something. Across the bicep of his right arm, it looked like someone had bit into it hard and teared a chunk out. There were also countless scratches covering the rest of his body. I bit my lip as the memories began to flood back. "Oh no."
"I'm fine. I'll heal, and that's more than others can say." He had a bitter edge to his voice, and I knew he was thinking of his lost pack members... except I wasn't supposed to know this yet.
I nodded my head and agreed with him, before pushing myself up in bed. "Ouch." I rubbed my stomach, feeling a lot of pain. Then I remembered. "Jake! I had the twins. Where are they? Can I see them? Are they alright? What are they like?"
"Calm down, Nessie. They're fine. They both have a few scratches and cuts from fighting, but they're fine. They're the most beautiful babies in the world. A girl and a boy. You can't move too much. I'll go get Bella and Rose to bring them in now."
Jacob kissed my nose and walked out of the room. I tapped my fingers impatiently against the metal casing of my bed. After what seemed like forever, Jacob came back into the room holding a little baby in a pink blanket. My mom and dad followed him with huge smiles on their faces.
"Hello sweatheart." Dad said. "How are you feeling?"
"A little sore, but great." I grinned. "Give her to me!"
Jacob passed our daughter to me and I took her in my arms. I was shocked by the amount of heat that came off her. "Is- is she like you, Jake?"
Jacob shrugged. "We assume so. She's looks more like me and has the same heat as me, but we can't be sure yet. We'll just have to wait and see."
I looked down at my baby girl for the first time, and seen Jacob was right. Her skin was darker than mine yet lighter than Jacob's, but her features reflected Jacob's more. Even in her newborn state, her cheekbones were more pronounced than mine would ever be, matching Jacob's exactly. Her little pink lips curved in the same way her father's did and she had the same dimples he had. However there were parts of myself in her. Her hair, not quite as black as Jake's, was mixed with a lighter shade of bronze, resulting in a colour that reflected the light so perfectly. Her eyes were the perfect match to mine, and my mom's, though they were coated with thick black lashes that could only be credited to Jake. She was perfect. Even the little scatches covering her face didn't deter from her undeniable beauty.
"She's so beautiful." I murmered.
Everyone around me nodded in agreement.
"Where's the other one?" I asked.
"Eh-" My dad began. "We're trying to ease them in to being together, they were glad of their separation. Rosalie will come up with him."
It only took a few moments for Rose to come up the stairs holding a little bundle of blue. I gave Jacob back our daughter, and took the boy. "Hello mister." I giggled. There was a definate difference in temperature between them. This twin was a lot colder, much closer to my vampire side. I touched his little button nose and then my mouth opened in shock. "His eyes..."
To my surprise, my mom let out a giggle. "He has Edward's human eye's. I used to dream about a baby exactly like him when I was pregnant with you. I guess they skipped a generation." She was holding my dad's hand and I noticed him brushing her hand with his thumb.
I grinned and looked back at my boy. His green eyes stood out so brightly against his paler skin, which was closer to my skin tone than Jacob's. I could see comparisons between the twins though. The same slope of the nose, the same curved lips, the same dimples and the same high cheekbones. They had both gained Jacob's best features. I began to cry, not understanding how anyone could be as lucky as I was. I touched the little wisps of his hair which were a beautiful bronze, although it was a little darker than mine. He was beautiful.
"Have you thought of any names yet?" Rosalie asked, leaning against Emmett who'd just came into the room. Alice and Jasper followed close behind, their hands entwined and Alice bouncing with a huge smile on her face.
"Mmmmmm." I mumbled. I'd had a few ideas, but nothing perfect yet.
"Oh, I know. Why don't we call the boy Billward? Like Edward and Billy? Sure, that's Bella's method of naming unusal babies." Jacob said sacastically, trying to fight a grin.
Everyone in the room began laughing, Emmett loudest of them all and I felt my son stiffen. "Shhh!" I tried to say, trying to catch a breath from laughing.
Mom was throwing Jacob a nasty look, and so my dad, although it there was the hint of a smile in his expression. "Renesmee is a perfectly nice name." Mom said.
"So's Billward." Jacob shot back, and the laughter began again.
"Shut up, Jake. I like my name!" I insisted. And I did, I was unsual so my name fit. Jacob was being his stupid sarcastic self, but I couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, okay. I'm joking." He laughed. "Seriously though," his tone changed completely, "what about Brady?"
"Brady..." I said slowing looking down at my baby. "Yeah... I like it. Brady would have loved it." I smiled sadly.
"You know?" Dad asked.
"Yeah, I know. I kind of... saw it happen."
"What do you mean?" He replied.
"I don't know... It was an out of body experience I guess. Though I think Seth saw me... It was weird." Everyone opened their mouths to begin to ask questions but I shook my head; I wasn't ready to relive that yet. "Brady then." I confirmed.
"And the girl?" Rosalie asked.
"Elena." I smiled. I'd always loved the name, though I hadn't mentioned to anyone, but it felt right. I looked at Jake.
"I love it. Elena Sarah Black."
I nodded in agreement. "So, this is going to be an interesting experience." I grinned, looking at my twins.
So, finally the twins are here! I want to think everyone for the name suggestions, especially Jacqueline and CullenLina, who both suggested Elena which is the name I picked! Reviews are amazing, thank you :) keep them coming because I still have one or two chapters left! :)
