Chapter 25.

Believe it or not twelve hours is a long time when you're impatiently waiting for your mate to come home. It had been just over six hours since the phone call, I'm not sure what time it was, I'm not sure when Rosalie phoned my dad to tell him I would be staying here tonight, I'm also not sure when Emmett came to sit next to me or how long he'd been talking about football. All I knew was that it had been six hours twenty-three minutes and 47 seconds (and counting) since Jasper's phone call and I was getting even more impatient by the minute.

The Baby had been still for a few hours and I was taking this time to think over how this would work. I wouldn't want to burden my dad with a Baby in the house, but would Jasper want me to live with him? Would he want to marry me? Would he even want the Baby? And how would my pregnancy work? Would the Baby be normal? Or some strange born vampire (not that I've ever heard of one)?

I shook my head. I needed to leave these thoughts until Jasper got home and I wasn't alone.

I stretched out from where I sat on the couch, pushing my legs out in front of me and slouching. I huffed and my stomach growled.

"I'll get you something to eat." Rose said. She smiled down at my stomach as she left the room. My stomach growled again and this time it was followed by a nudge, I guess the Baby is hungry as well. I smiled and rubbed my belly as I felt, and saw, another nudge.

"Don't worry, Auntie Rosie is getting us something now." I spoke out loud and knew the Baby understood when I felt another nudge. Emmett gasped from beside me and when I looked at him he was staring at me stomach, right where the Baby had nudged me.

"You can feel it already?" He whispered, a look of wonder on his face.

"Yeah, do you want to?" He grinned and nodded, so I took his hand and placed it over where the Baby nudges me. It took a few seconds, but I felt the newly familiar nudge of my Baby and when Emmett gasped again I knew he did too.

"That's amazing." He whispered just as Rosalie came in with my food.

"What is?" She asked as she handed me a plate full of syrupy pancakes and a drink of summer fruits juice. It smelt delicious.

"Emmett just felt the Baby nudge." I said as I took my first bite and groaned. I really needed these pancakes. She gasped, just like Emmett had and I smiled through my food.

"Can I?" She asked as she sat down beside me held out her hand.

"Be my guest." I spoke around the food I was shoving in my mouth. Emmett moved his hand and Rosalie placed hers where his had been. We waited but felt nothing. After a few more seconds the smile on her face faded.

"I guess the Baby doesn't like me." I finished my sandwich and went to say something comforting, but the Baby started moving frantically, nudging Rosalie's hand over and over. Rosalie grinned and I saw her eyes start to water with tears she'd never shed.

"I think that's the Baby proving you wrong." I said and smiled when Rosalie hugged me.

The next few hours felt excruciatingly long, even with Rosalie and Emmett doing everything they could to make me feel better. But every time I started to get a little distracted I would feel a nudge from the Baby reminding me that Jasper was on his way home. All of my senses were stretched out as far as they could go, I even had my shield thrown out as far as it would willingly go and I waited, like that, until just after the ten hour mark, when I felt it.

It wasn't my shield, it wasn't any of my senses, it was the mating bond telling me that Jasper was almost home and before I knew it I was running out the front door in the direction I knew Jasper was coming from.

I ran, I could feel and hear Rosalie and Emmett behind me, but they couldn't catch up. And the further I ran the more I could feel Jasper, and I knew that he knew I was coming for him.

It could have been hours, minutes or even just seconds, I don't know but soon I could smell him and see him and then I was on the forest floor in his arms with his voice whispering in my ear.

"Bella, oh Darlin' I've missed you so much, I'm so sorry, so sorry for going away I knew it was a bad idea, I'll never leave you again I promise. I love you Darlin', I love you so much." Then he was kissing me and I was kissing him back and everything was right. He was here, with me, I was in his arms and I knew that everything would be fine as long as we were together. So I pulled away and took a deep breath.

"Jasper, I'm pregnant." I felt him stiffen and when I looked up to meet his eyes I found him staring at my stomach.

"That's impossible." He whispered, and just to prove him wrong the Baby nudged me harder than it had before. He gasped and put his hand slowly over my stomach. Another nudge had him looking up into my eyes and I saw that they were filled with tears.

"Are you okay with this?" I couldn't help myself, I had to ask.

"Of course, how could I not be, Bella I thought I'd never be a father, you are giving me the greatest gift in the entire world, thank you. Thank you Darlin', thank you so much." His voice was filled with happiness and he hugged me and kissed me and rubbed my belly.

And that's when the peace and calm was broken.

A growl came from just a few feet away and when I looked I could see a stunned Carlisle and Esme and a ferocious Edward. He took a step towards us, a growl still coming from his throat as he glared from Jasper to my stomach.

"You defiled her and impregnated her with a demon?" Jasper didn't have time to react to his words I was out of Jaspers arms and punching Edward before anyone could react. I grabbed him by the throat and threw him into a tree. Before he knew what was happening I was on top of him my hands around his throat, my knee at his crotch and a growl I didn't know I had in me ripping from my chest. I am pleased to say that Edward looked terrified.

"How dare you. My mate did not defile me, he made love to me at my request and my child is not a demon it is a Baby and you would do well to remember that, unless you want me to rip off some of your more favoured appendages." My words came out mixed with my growl and I could feel the terror rolling off him. I squeezed his throat tighter until his skin started to crack, his hands started prying at my fingers but I was having none of it. I dug my knee into his groin and he whimpered. "Do you understand?" I asked, my growl never faltering. He nodded and whimpered again, and with one last squeeze I let go.

I was back at Jaspers side in a millisecond and I could feel the pride radiating off my mate.

"You were so made for me." He whispered as he kissed behind my ear. I smiled up at him and snuggled into his side.

I noticed that it took a few seconds for Edward to heal and get up off the forest floor and when he did he didn't even look at us, he just turned around and ran away.

"Pussy." I mumbled but of course everyone heard. I swear Emmett's laugh shook the trees and Rosalie smiled at me. Jasper's laugh rivalled Emmett's and I smiled when I saw Esme trying to suppress a giggle. My eyes landed on Carlisle and I was surprised to see that he was smiling, fully, genuinely smiling.

But the laughter died down and a serious atmosphere fell over all of us. I hated the silence, so I had to break it.

"I guess we all have a lot to talk about." Jasper nodded and Carlisle looked down at the forest floor guiltily.

"Let's go home first." Jasper said, lacing his fingers through mine and leading me back to his house.

Esme complimented the house and the décor when we got inside. We sat down and I looked from Jasper to Carlisle, wanting an explanation first. Jasper caught on and looked at Carlisle.

"You're not the only one who wants an explanation to what the hell happened Darlin', care to explain Carlisle." Jaspers voice was like ice and I knew I was seeing a glimpse the side of him that had fought in the vampire wars. Carlisle sighed and looked up at me and Jasper with guilt in his eyes.

"First I would like to say I am sorry for what I did, for everything I have done, I should never have listened to Edward, there is no excuse for my actions and I can only hope to someday gain your trust back." It killed me seeing Carlisle like this, really it did, but I couldn't find it in me right at that moment to overlook it, he had played a hand in keeping my mate from me and that's just something a vampire never does. "Second I would like you to know that when I asked Jasper to visit I had every intention to let him come back here, I never thought beforehand that I would get him to stay, but two days ago Edward turned up and I didn't shield my thoughts on time, he heard me thinking about you two being mated and I guess he didn't take it well. I begged him not to interfere but he told me all he wanted to do was talk to his brother and see for himself that Bella was happy and safe with Jasper. I thought no harm of it, I never saw past Edward's nice façade and for that I am deeply sorry. I let him come to our home yesterday, I allowed him to talk with Jasper but I never thought he would become so disturbed." I looked at Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett. Rose and Em looked just as confused as me, Jasper looked livid.

"So it never occurred to you that all Edward wanted to do was keep me from Bella, after everything that asshole has done?" Jasper was getting angrier by the second and I knew that if I didn't do something this wouldn't end well. So I pushed Jasper back in his seat, sat on his lap and put his hands over my belly. The Baby nudged him and I felt him relax as I lay against his chest. I saw Esme smile at us and even Carlisle's lips twitched, but he was still feeling too guilty about whatever happened.

"How about someone tell us what happened when Edward confronted Jasper, and calmly please." I spoke. Carlisle looked up at Jasper and Jasper sat up a little straighter.

"At first Edward was fine, but after a while he started to get irritated, jumpy, and more and more impatient. He asked me if he could talk to me alone, so I obliged. I had been packing, ready to come home and he was only delaying me, I thought the faster I got this talk over with the faster I'd be back with you. So we walked outside and a little into the forest, the further we walked the worse Edward got until my phone started ringing, it was you Darlin'. He must have read my thoughts because he snapped, ripped my phone out of my hand and started trying to fight me, all he did was successfully piss me off and keep me from my phone." Jaspers voice got cold, his grip tightened on me slightly and I knew he was about to tell us something that really bothered him. "He was snarling about how you were his, your blood belonged to him and I wasn't going to keep him from his prize. That's when we heard Carlisle on the phone to Rosalie, she mentioned your name and we both ran back, you know the rest." I hugged him as tight as I could and kissed him. He sighed contently against me and breathed in my scent. I didn't care about anything else at that moment, just that I was in Jasper's arms.

After a few moments Jasper pulled away and rubbed my belly.

"Now that you know that, I would like to know how the hell it is possible for you to be pregnant."

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KV =D