Maybe Baby

AN: I'm moving this Friday and I hope to have an update for each story next week but we shall see since I still have one more HUGE research paper to do and I'll be unpacking. Anyways on a good note my internet at my new place should be up and running Saturday night so after I turn in my next paper I plan to Update both stories and get back on schedule.

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SUMMARY: This story is ultimately about Alice/Jasper and getting knocked-up in a young relationship (by time not age) and how non-fairytale families would deal with that. How do I know about this? I've known my fair share of people in similar situations where it wasn't all a fairytale. I'm not saying the families are going to be evil and not like either Alice or Jasper but it's not going to be all happiness and everyone just knowing the two belong together, they are going to be worried.

Chapter 9

POV: Jasper

I was anxious to say the least, Ashley said that Alice was still a little under the weather but she would be fine for the trip just not to overdo it. I had thanked her and been happy to learn the two had gotten along so well but for some reason Ashley seemed more nervous than me about Alice meeting the family this weekend though she swore they'd love her as much as she and I do.

Standing by Alice's baggage carousel I frowned as the luggage began to deposit itself on the carousel and Alice had yet to make an appearance, I knew she was here because she had texted me before take-off. I spotted her bags easily; they were hard to miss, since they were covered in black and white polka dots. She said she'd brought two bags because she'd be staying an extra day and wasn't sure how to dress for the dinner my grandparents were having the night before she left. It was a pretty big deal since it was essentially a party they had a few times a year after the horse's and their riders had completed the shows for the season, a semi-formal event.

I picked my phone up to dial her number as I stood with her bags beside me, I was getting a few interesting looks from passersby and a few creepy looks from some obviously homosexual men, there was no reason for another man to look at me like that unless I was his sexual preference and I'm sure the bags at my side looked odd without a girl by my side.

"Hey" I heard and I turned to smile as Alice sprinted towards me, jumping into my arms. I held her close and even closer when the one guy who had been making eyes at me chuckled and shook his head before walking away.

"I missed you" I said bringing my lips to hers and in a chaste but lingering kiss before setting her down.

"I missed you more" she said and then hugged me again. I laughed and held her tightly once more, as much as I missed her I really just wanted to get her home so we could have a nice peaceful evening together before spending the weekend with my family.

As we drove towards my house I noted that Alice was very quiet and that was rare for her, she seemed to be feeling fine but after talking to my sister I knew she couldn't have gotten over the bug so fast but Ashley swore it just weakened her stomach and usually came out after food.

I lifted our intertwined hands and kissed hers softly as we turned onto my small driveway. I pulled my Ram into the garage before pushing the button to close it and releasing her hand to get out of the truck.

I chuckled as she leapt from the cab and looked around the other half of the garage, the washer and dryer were at one end while a drafting table and work bench took up the remainder of the space. I pulled her bags out of the back seat of the cab and with the smaller one on my shoulder I took her carryon bag and took her hand to lead her inside. I'd busted my ass cleaning for her arrival, thankfully Ashley had come to help and she had been insistent on fluffing the pillows, flipping the mattress and washing the clean sheets before putting them on the bed. She'd even put the quilt in the washer the day before insisting it should smell fresh and clean.

"Retro carpet?" Alice asked with an amused smile as she looked down at the carpet, it was definitely dated, from the 60's when my grandmother on my mom's side had moved in.

"My grandmother took superb care of it and I just haven't seen the point in updating" I chuckled leading her straight ahead through the small kitchen and into the master bedroom. Setting Alice's bags by the dresser I chuckled as she leapt onto the bed and snuggled a pillow before frowning and grabbing another, before another and finally she smiled and placed it at the end of the bed.

"What?" I asked as she got up and grabbed my belt loops. She looked giddy a polar opposite of what she had been in the car, she looked almost scared during our drive.

"I'm taking that pillow camping since it smells like your pillow" I chuckled and leant down to give her a soft peck only to give a surprised noise when her hands tangled in my hair and she deepened our kiss.

I slowly let my hands slide down her body until I reached her thighs; I bent down a little and bounced her up so her legs were around my waist. My bed was pretty high off the ground so I backed us up to it and softly tossed her onto the mattress before kicking off my shoes, removing her flip flops and crawling onto the bed on top of her.

"Alice" I said as she started to undo my jeans.

She looked me in the eyes but continued until the belt was undone, button open and zipper down.

"I love you" I said touching her cheek. I had said it last time in the bliss of my orgasm but she had missed it and I had been thankful, it was never a smart idea to reveal that sort of thing while having sex. I saw her take a deep breath and finished, "I just… look you don't have to say anything, I don't expect anything" ok that may have been a crock of bull but I had just put her on the spot.

"That's what you said when you came" she replied cradling my face. I closed my eyes and nodded, maybe she had heard it. "Jasper" she said and I opened my eyes to meet her beautiful blue ones. "I love you to you dork" I couldn't help but chuckle and feel so much relief wash over me.

"Say that again" I requested pushing her back flat on the bed and resting my forehead on hers, our lips barely parted from one another.

"I love you" she smiled tilting her head to peck my lips, "You dork"

"I love you pixie" I said softly staring intensely into her happy eyes before claiming her lips in a deep and passionate kiss.

I pulled let my hands grasp the waist of her jeans before dragging them around to rid her of the belt and jeans all together. I felt her tiny hands begin the same task and as I completed the first task I pulled her up and quickly removed her shirt and let her use the moment to do the same with me before we were both kicking off our jeans.

I still marvel at how tiny she is as she lay on the bed before me in her cute pink and white checked bra and panty set. It was adorable and aside from her sports bra and yoga pants it was the most innocent and sexy underwear she'd ever worn around me.

I ran my hand from her cheek, down her neck slowly before sliding my fingertips across her collar bone. "I miss you so much when we aren't together" I admitted and watched as her eyes glistened with tears. I know she was still sick but I don't care I just want to make the best of what time we have this weekend.

She pulled my face down and kissed me sweetly, before pecking my lips a few times, I knew she missed me too it was how we both had taken to greeting one another on the phone and how we ended our text messages while at work.

"Make love to me" she said against my lips and I melted into her, taking her lips with mine again for a more passionate and less eager kiss. Tonight was just for us.

POV: Alice

It was amazing how un-rushed we both were as Jasper and I removed our underwear, we barely took our lips off of one another's it was a totally different experience that made me feel so much love from him. Right now it was just us, I could tell him after, we needed this and though it might ruin the beauty of making love I couldn't keep this from him all weekend.

As I gripped his erection in one hand to position it at my entrance I kept my eyes locked with his and they remained there as he slowly slid all the way inside of me.

With a groan Jasper dropped his forehead to mine and as we rocked our hips together we stared into one another's eyes, sharing pecks here and there. I moved my hands to frame his face and his moving to slip under my legs so he could lift them more towards his shoulders I felt my eyes roll into the back of my head at the new angle.

Jasper hadn't thrusted once inside of me but merely rocked his hips in time with mine. I let out a sigh of pleasure and a small gasp as he began to softly and slowly thrust his hips in and out of me.

"I love you" he said between soft kisses, by now our bodies were both dampened with sweat, it was taking all our control not to do what we always do and just thrust into one another so fast and hard that by the end we are spent and satisfied. We needed this, I needed this moment.

"I love you" I whimpered as I felt my orgasm building, the angle causing his pelvis to rub against my clit as he started a pattern of pulling all the way out then slowly sliding back in before rocking his hips as I would roll my own.

"I'll never tire of hearing that" he gasped as I clenched my walls around him and let myself fall. I let out a low moan before my body surrendered and as I arched up into him I felt him let go.

After we'd made love I had just wanted to lie in bed with him and cuddle, feel his heartbeat and the comfort of his embrace. Ashley swore he'd take the news ok but I still felt uneasy. I didn't want to fall this hard, this fast but now that it's happened and I know my news could hurt that I can't help but feel nervous. He may love me, he may miss me, but he may not want to be a father, he hadn't even mentioned the idea though I know he loves his nephews.

"What's wrong?" Jasper asked as I absently stroked his abdomen. After we'd finished making love we'd crawled under the quilt Jasper had at the foot of the bed even though it wasn't cold but the cool air conditioning had made me shiver since I was still damp with sweat.

"I just don't want this moment to end" I sighed kissing his shoulder where my head lie before going back to staring at my finger tracing over his skin.

"It is pretty perfect isn't it" he smiled and I could hear it in his voice. Sadly my face fell and I burrowed my face into his neck. It was now or never, I needed to do this before this moment became too perfect and I did something stupid like running away or blowing a raspberry though that could seriously turn this into a giggling moment but no I need to focus. "What is it baby?" he asked and I felt my heart seize on the word. He called me baby before, usually on the phone or while whispering into my ear but now the name was just a reminder.

Lifting my head so I could look him in the eyes his hand immediately darted up to wipe away the tears that had fallen. He looked so worried and I inhaled sharply. I needed to breathe.

"Baby" he repeated and I closed my eyes tightly, that word, though a fairly recent development was like he knew and wanted me to say something. I know he is clueless and he should be, I swore we were protected by the magical pill but apparently that tiny percent decided to nip us both in the butt.

"I um…" I bit my lower lip unable to meet his eyes for a moment, "I need to tell you something" I let out in a shaky voice.

"Baby what's wrong?" he asked immediately moving so we were sitting up against his headboard and I was forced to look at him again as his hands cupped my face to look me in the eyes since I couldn't. That word again.

"I'm pregnant" I said. Yep just like ripping off a band aid, and I told myself I wasn't going to just let it pop out. Well on the bright side at least I didn't make a joke of it like hey I'm pregnant you're the father, sup? Nope but I did just whisper it out and he got it.

I know he heard me because his chest rose and fell quickly as he let out the breath he'd been holding since I told him I needed to tell him something. I felt the tears wanting to fall faster and harder but took a few shallow breaths to keep them at bay. I needed him to speak, yell, scream, I don't care something, anything just say something.

"Calm down baby" he said and I instantly realized I was breathing fast and heavy, tears were clouding my vision as I tried to hold the sobs at bay.

"I'm gonna be sick" I said in a cracked voice as he kept trying to calm me down but it was too late, I was upset and nauseas.

Not caring that I was naked I rushed towards the bathroom and released the contents of my stomach which weren't much, the airplane food or snacks had been lost upon my arrival at the airport and I had yet to replenish myself.

I felt his warm body press against me from behind as I sat on my knees gripping the toilet seat. I know what a beautiful picture. He was twisting my hair out of the way though I had been able to do that myself. I kept choking on my sobs which only made the sickness more painful as he buried his face in the back of my neck trying to calm me.

How much more disgusting could I get? Naked gripping his toilet while on my knees, sobbing, with probably my eyeliner down my cheeks and red faced as I tried to keep the heaving at bay but failing.

"Please Alice you're making yourself sick" he said and I could hear pain in his voice. "Deep breaths, just try and calm down" he instructed and as I listened I tried to suck up the tears but was overtaken by the urge to vomit again and I blanched forward removing his lips from my neck as I emptied whatever my stomach would throw at me.

I felt Jasper reach into a cabinet before he leaned towards the tub shower and wet a yellow washcloth. I watched him wring it out and felt the cool material ghost across my forehead before set it on the back of my neck.

"All better?" he asked after a minute of me still gasping for breath but not as much. I nodded and he moved to flush the toilet before picking me up in his arms and setting me on the counter. I heard him turn on the tap and re-wet the cloth with cool water before I leaned forward to rest my forehead against his chest. Taking breaths to calm myself I brought my hands up from the counter top to wrap around his neck.

"I'm sorry, that fucking .1 percent" I cried but tried to control my breathing as a fresh batch of warm tears started falling again.

"Shhhh" he said softly kissing my hair as his arms wrapped back around me. After about 5 minutes of just holding one another I had to pull away. My mouth felt and tasted gross and my face felt almost chapped from the dried tears and makeup.

"Grossness in my mouth" I muttered breaking away to turn my torso towards the sink. As I cupped some water in my hand Jasper had bent over and pulled something out of a cabinet. Turning back to him he held a small paper cup of mouth wash and I gladly accepted it. After a few swishes I spit it out and filled the cup with water to swallow and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. My eyes were puffy, my eyeliner didn't look too bad but my cheeks were red and I could see the tear streaks through my blush and powder. Using the washcloth to wipe around and beneath my eyes I met his in the mirror. He didn't seem angry, upset, scared or sad, he just seemed calm. Leave it to Jasper to be calm at a time like this but I suppose I should give him a proper moment to freak out in a little while.

"Is this why you've been sick?" he asked and I nodded. "How far along?" he asked next and all I could think was how much I wanted him to be something other than calm because right now I can't tell how he feels about this.

"Almost 4 months" I said turning to look into his face instead of his reflection. His eyes moved to mine and I waited.

"I'm still processing this" he said and I nodded. Ok so it hadn't quite hit him yet, really hit him. I had a feeling that when it did I would be crying and he would be freaking out or angry.

"I haven't known long I just didn't want to tell you on the phone" I said and he nodded.

"I appreciate that" he said simply and leaned down to kiss my lips. "I'm not mad at you"

I sighed and wrapped myself around him before feeling my body lifted up once more before I was set on the bed and he was pulling on his t-shirt and the khaki shorts I'd seen slung over the arm of a recliner in the corner of his room. I realized I was still naked and looking over the side of the bed I grabbed my bra and walked over to my luggage to pull out a pair of black cheer leading shorts, panties and tossing my jeans across the case I began getting dressed before putting my tank top back on. Jasper was sitting on the edge of the bed staring at the carpet.

Walking over to him I cradled his face and raised it to rest my forehead on his. "You need a few minutes alone?" I asked and he shook his head pulling me into another embrace.

"Can you handle food? I was going to grill us some steaks" he said into my neck and I smiled. Food sounded good and a steak sounded wonderful.

"Mmm real food" I moaned and he chuckled before kissing below my ear, we pulled apart and stood so I followed him into the kitchen where the steaks were thawing. He glanced at them and poked one before heading for a sliding glass door I had missed that lead to his back yard.

"Shouldn't be too long" he said coming in after a few moments. I was surveying his fridge for something to cook alongside the steaks so I could busy myself and he could have a few moments alone.

"I got corn and potatoes ready if you pop them in there for 15 minutes I'll put the steaks and corn on" he said setting the two steaks on a plate with 4 big hucks of corn wrapped in aluminum foil.

"You got it" I smiled; I could use a microwave like a pro.

"Medium well?" he asked before stepping out the door. I looked at him and after a pause nodded, I still wanted it juicy.

"No more medium" I called and he smiled before stepping out onto his concrete patio. As I removed the microwave sticker on the potatoes I glanced around again. His home didn't look too much like a bachelor pad but it was serious lacking character in some places but he had only lived here less than a year since he'd lived in an apartment till then, I was willing to bet he hadn't bought much furniture other than the poker table in his formal dining room.

Once I punched in the numbers I poured myself some lemonade and Jasper a sweet tea before heading towards the patio. As I stepped out I saw him sitting in a cage looking chair that was shaped like an egg with a yellow and green cushion. He looked up and smiled as I approached.

"Thank you darlin" he said taking the tea before pulling me onto his lap and sending the chair in to swing. The chair was quite bouncy even with the soothing squeaks as it moved. After a few moments Jasper got up and I watched him flip the steaks before pressing on them, he was so sweet as I noticed he'd removed the fat for me knowing even without being pregnant the mere taste of it or sensation of it in my mouth caused me to lose my appetite.

As he manned the grill I took a moment to look around the back yard. It was a perfect rectangle off the patio of grass with the borders in red and black rocks like his front yard. I noticed a bird bath off to one side with a few cactus and palm trees and smiled. It was so Jasper.

"Beware of dog" I read the sign on the gate to the side of the garage before looking back at Jasper with a raised eyebrow.

"My grandmother used to have a lazy ball of fluff, never took it down" he explained and I smiled. Jasper needed a dog, Millie would run amuck if she saw this much grass and stone walls for her to run around in. To such a small dog this was a heaven.

"I should have brought Millie, this is dog heaven to her" I giggled and he chuckled. New York wasn't ideal and since I usually got home to late she always walked on sidewalks and would run and pounce on the grass, mulch or pine straw around the few trees lining the 'dog walk' outside my building.

"Rose watching her?" he asked and I shook my head.

"Emmett, I'm willing to bet he's dancing around in his boxers or something so he doesn't have to go home when Rose gets sick of him" I smiled.

"I'm surprised he hasn't just moved in with Rose, he's there whenever I am and I'm betting a lot more than that" he said and I nodded. I had asked Rose the same thing but after a rough break up with her former fiancé who wasn't the nicest of fellows she was taking this a step at a time, but for Rose falling into bed constantly was more appropriate then living together. I guess I couldn't really talk, I was knocked-up and the man I loved lived states upon states away from me.

"I think Rose enjoys having her own space, my place is like casa de familia, AN: yeah that probably was spelt wrong but forgive me I'm rusty with friends, family, and what not often times staying at my apartment with me" I smiled watching him pull off the steaks. It is true, since I love to be around people and could never turn anyone down which is why my list of people allowed in my apartment is the longest in the building while Rose's family isn't even allowed in if she isn't there.

"I noticed, it took James 10 minutes to find my name on a pretty long list" he chuckled and I rolled my eyes, that was just James, not the length of my list. "Food's ready" he said and I grabbed his tea and followed him inside the house to where he had two plates and silverware waiting.

"Butter, sour cream, chives and lots of pepper" I said moving to fix Jasper's and my potatoes while he placed corn and steak on each of our plates. He simply smiled up at me as he moved to cut my steak for me. Normally this would irritate me but I know he was just a gentleman and would not dare to take a bite until I was seated and eating.

POV: Jasper

I don't know the words to describe my feelings. Ever since Alice dropped the bomb on me I've been trying to wrap my head around the idea, no fact that I would be a father in like 5 months time.

We'd made it through our lunch/dinner without bringing it up and instead talking about work and what not. I couldn't help that part of my brain that wanted to curse out her boss for running her so ragged. I know she doesn't eat much during the week because she's constantly running around or so bogged with work she's not eating healthy.

At almost 4 months I had to marvel at the flatness of her tummy. I would have thought, from my mom and sister's-in-law that she would have a pooch but surprisingly there was none present. I know she's not lying but it's not even that. I'm worried about her; I always worry about her and the fact that she is so tiny naturally now being pregnant and just as tiny have me scared for more than just the obvious. I'm scared to be a father, not because I don't know what I'm doing but because I don't know how to go about it. If I ask her to move in with me, well that's exactly what I want and have imagined since I learned she really isn't happy at her job, it is too stressful and she hates the north but now it'll just be because she is pregnant and as much as I don't want her to think that I know it will be and that my family will be quick to think the same thing.

As we sat watching a movie in my bed after dinner, choosing to just relax after packing both our clothes and toiletries into my duffle I couldn't help but dwell.

I love Alice, I really love her. We're going to have a baby, in almost 5 months we will be parents. Then of course I have to think about the fact that I am here and she is in New York, call me old fashioned but I would never want to raise my child in New York City, I think a child should be raised in a home and not an apartment no matter how nice if it can be helped. Between the two of us it can be helped, I have a house and a steady job, trust funds I have barely touched and a whole support system an hour or two hours away in my family. Alice has Rose and Emmett in the city, that's it.

"What time do we leave in the morning?" Alice asked half asleep, curled into my side.

"About 7, it's a fairly long drive" I explained. The camp site wasn't purely desert since there was a beautiful river in the area allowing a more abundant source of nature to grow.

"I wanted to show this to you" she said and I took the slightly crinkled photo out of her hand to see the ultrasound. The film clearly indicated Mary Brandon, her first name and not the name she goes by while it also held a few numbers. "I don't know what any of it means, the doctor said everything was fine and wants me to go in for another ultrasound after I get back, he was really short on time" she said and I instantly felt angry. Some doctor. Not wanting to take sufficient time to check everything out before telling her to just come back, wasn't this his job.

"How can he be sure everything is fine?" I asked and Alice sighed.

"He's not a specialist, I don't see a doctor in the city I usually go home for my appointments so he literally squeezed me in and confirmed it before writing me the usual pre-natal vitamins" Alice explained and I calmed down slightly, it still made me mad that he didn't bother to thoroughly look at her.

"Monday we'll take you to my sister-in-law Darcy's doctor" I said and after a moment she just nodded. I needed to know all I could before I mentioned anything to my family.

Once Alice started to fade I set the sleep timer on my TV and within minutes Alice was asleep. I however was going over every weekend in my head to figure out when this had happened. I needed to know and it is not because I don't think the child is mine, I know she is not that kind of girl.

AN: BTW: Jasper's house is modeled after my grandmother's back in Texas, one of these days I'll draw up a rough floor plan for y'all. I've modified it slightly by adding on a bigger bathroom to the master and an attached storage closet. Also the egg-like swing is from my childhood, those things are loads of fun and one day I want a pair again.

Ok so I didn't make her pass out at work I couldn't make it flow so instead I chose the sickness route. As for Ashley this is very important because Jasper's family is on the fence about Alice, they are very protective of Jasper after the whole Maria thing and once Jasper explains to Alice what happened, all the parts Ashley left out it'll make sense why his family is worried.

As for Ashley she was meant to give Alice the strength to tell Jasper because Alice and Jasper have not said those 3 important words to one another but Ashley now knows they both love one another.

ORIGINAL AN:

Maybe Baby

This is an author's note:

I have an update almost ready to go for this story but due to family issues in my own life it may take me a little longer to update since this chapter deals with fictional family issues.

Once I can complete the second half of the chapter I will post it because I do not feel posting what I have would work. I'm trying to keep each weekend Jasper visits down to 1 or 2 chapters and posting this now would make this 3 chapters.

I'm going to go ahead and warn you a family member of Jasper or Alice is at the door and they did hear Alice and Jasper's animalistic romp so be prepared to see a side of one of our characters you haven't seen yet.

So I will give you guys a preview of what to expect:

Alice will pass out at work (you will find out she is pregnant and why she herself didn't figure it out) Check BUT Changed

Alice & Jasper go camping Check

Jasper gets drunk Check

Jasper's sister Ashley (the youngest girl Whitlock) bonds with Alice Check

Alice goes home (to Mississippi) and chaos ensues

Jasper tells Alice the story of his wounds mentioned after Lemon 1