I think this may be my most favorite chapter (:
So apparently spilling my guts to the Cullen's made me one of them, that and the fact that something in my future made it so that Alice can't see me anymore. Whether that happened or not I had decided to stick around anyway, if only to stay and look out for Renesmee. The next day when I saw her she looked like she had gained another month of pregnancy; I was kinda caught off guard and didn't have time to catch myself.
"Oh my gosh Renesmee why are you so fat?" She looked at me shocked at first then I saw the tears well up in her eyes, crap mood swings. I struggled to save myself. "I mean why are you so pregnant so soon? You were so thin yesterday." She nodded and the tears disappeared I saw Jacob and Carlisle appear behind her, one with a plate full of food and the other with measuring tape. "Um, ok I think I missed something," I said more to Carlisle than anyone else.
"Because she's gaining pregnancy so fast I'm trying to measure the rate at which she's going." Now, I heard the words but I didn't understand any of what he said, thankfully Jacob was there to dumb it down for me.
"He's trying to figure out how fast the bay is growing so that he can get a clue on when the baby will be due." Oh, well that definitely made more sense. And that's basically how things went around the Cullen house, every day I would come over at the same time and they'd be doing the same things. Emmet and Jasper would usually be glued to the TV, Rosalie and Alice would be either out shopping or planning to go shopping, Esme would be cleaning and Renesmee, Jacob and Carlisle would be monitoring the baby. Edward and Bella would be carefully hovering around their pregnant daughter but I could see that it was just out of worry. They weren't worried about Renesmee being able to give birth to the baby like they were about Bella when she was pregnant because Renesmee was half vampire, technically she could heal from anything that baby did to her. the thing that worried them the most was what it would be, since Jacob was a werewolf or "shapeshifter" as Edward had begun to call them, would that make the baby werewolf, vampire and human? That's a bit of a paradox don't you think? Vampires and werewolves are supposed to hate each other. But, who was I to judge? Those few weeks that I spent at the Cullen house before Renesmee had her baby were pretty, well hectic to say the least. Alice, Rosalie and Esme were out shopping everyday and since they didn't know whether the baby was a boy or a girl, Carlisle couldn't get a reading on it because it's surrounded by vampire skin, so they came home every day with bags and bags of clothes for boys and girls. Emmet and Jasper were surprisingly helpful, especially when the contractions started coming, they graciously allowed Renesmee to use their hands as leverage since she'd probably end up breaking Jacob's hand. And every day she got bigger and bigger until the big day finally came the Carlisle predicted would be the baby's due date. I stayed over that night since I really wanted to be there when the baby was born so Kat and I shared her room and I have to admit that when Renesmee screamed at the top of her lungs that her water just broke and that the baby was coming at two in the morning we hadn't gotten any sleep. We both rushed down the stairs like two kids at Christmas time to find that Emmet had already brought Renesmee down the stairs and placed her on the couch. I know that vampires weren't supposed to feel pain but Renesmee was in labor so her piercing screams didn't shock me like I thought they would. Carlisle went through the notions of delivering the baby just as he would with any human baby which kind of made me laugh. All the boys, except Carlisle of course, we kicked out and had to wait outside and I'm sure none of them wanted to see this gruesome sight anyway. You could hear the baby thrashing within her body trying to claw its way through but her skin was too thick and too hard. Carlisle had to stick both of his hands into her and pull the baby out, since vampire babies usually claw their way out of their mothers, I was told by Bella, the baby didn't know how to get out when that didn't work. Her screaming got louder once the baby was finally making a normal way out of her and just as soon as it started it was over and then all you could here was the beautiful wailing of the newborn baby. Renesmee looked exhausted she was sweating and her hair stuck to face. Esme pulled her hair back into a ponytail and then placed her cold hands along her face trying to cool her down.
"He's beautiful Renesmee," Esme said. So it was a boy, how cute. Carlisle quickly cleaned him off and wrapped him in a blanket just as Renesmee reached for him; she was already starting to heal.
"Give me my baby Carlisle," he smiled at her and placed the baby gently in her hands then ran outside to fetch the men. Naturally the worried father, Jacob not Edward, ran in first to check on Renesmee but when he saw the small bundle in her arms he stopped dead in his tracks. He walked slowly over to her and leaned over to get a better look at his soon. Renesmee looked up adoringly at him.
"He looks so much like you," she said and I swear I saw his russet cheeks turn pink when she said that. One by one all of the family members took turns admiring the baby, even Edward couldn't resist it, I don't think I've ever seen him smile that much. After a while I noticed that I was inching towards the back of the room and when someone called my name I realized how much I had detached myself from the group.
"Hey Azalea hasn't gotten to hold him yet," I looked up and saw Esme waving me forward so that I could take my turn with the baby. I walked forward smiling, I was nervous but I wasn't sure why, it was like I was about to get picked up for the prom but that's crazy right? I held out my arms and Renesmee placed her newborn son gently into my arms. He was sleeping until he felt the exchange and once he felt new arms under him his deep brown eyes snapped open and, with a gaze that eluded any newborn, he stared intently at me. I felt a deep connection with the tiny baby I was holding and for some reason felt the overwhelming urge to protect him. I'm not sure how long we stayed that way but even the small conversations that were going on around us couldn't break our stares, not until I heard Renesmee growl.
"No way, it's not possible is it?" I was confused, something happened and I missed it. Then Bella spoke.
"Think about it, the baby is half werewolf.." she trailed off and then realization flashed on everyone's faces, everyone's except mine.
"You think he imprinted on Azalea?" Bella only nodded and I knew that this was what made me disappear from Alice's sight. I knew there was no turning back now; I was officially a part of the Cullen family. But what the heck does imprint mean?
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