Chapter 26

"How is this possible? Vampires can't reproduce, this is physically impossible." Our baby jumped in my belly and everyone in the room very clearly saw it. Jasper visibly gulped, but the bright smile on his face told me he was delighted.

"I don't know Jazz, but it happened and I'm not even out of high school." I put my head in my hands. Having Jasper back made all this so much more real and it suddenly hit me how much we were going to have to deal with. Jasper soothingly rubbed his hand up and down my back. He kissed my temple and breathed in my scent.

"You know you smell different now." I looked up at him to see a small smile pulling at his lips.

"I do?"

He nodded. "Yeah, it's the mixture of the new hormones in your body and the baby's scent, it's actually wonderful." He brought his hand around to rub the slightly rounded part of my abdomen, where the baby nudges. There was a small jump in my belly and I knew it was our child recognising its fathers touch. Then another bad though came to me.

"Oh my God, I'm gonna have to tell my parents, they're going to be so disappointed." Jasper pulled me into his lap and started whispering soothing words into my ear. It calmed me a little but I was still worried about telling my father, he'd probably try to shoot Jasper and then we'd have a whole new set of problems.

"I know this must be a scary time for you Bella, but there are more important things to think about right now." I looked up at Carlisle, now suddenly very worried.

"Like what?" Asked Jasper, I swear he can read my mind sometimes.

"Like the fact that your child is already developed enough to make itself known, and yet Bella is only, how many weeks pregnant?"

"About two." I answered. Carlisle was right, the pregnancy seemed way too fast, I shouldn't be able to feel the Baby, and it definitely shouldn't be as big as it was, I shouldn't be showing yet.

"Exactly, we're going to have to monitor you closely, it would also probably be best if you came out of school, we could all teach you what you need to know to Graduate, but I don't think it would be good for you or for your child to have you go through the stresses of school and people talking about your pregnancy.

"Also it would be best if you either moved in here with Jasper, or into our home, so we can keep a close eye on you, plus depending on how your Father takes this news it may be needed anyway.

"We are all going to need to do some research, I know there are many legends about these kinds of pregnancies in Brazilian tribes and it just so happens that Alice is there right now so I will ask her to look into this more closely.

"Bella, Jasper it would be wise if you decide soon, well, everything, so we can make arrangements for the birth, clearly this child is extraordinary so I doubt a hospital birth is wise. I will need to call Aro to inform him of everything, he is sure to find out at some point and it is better it coming from me, I'll make that call now if it is alright with you." I nodded, I'd heard of Aro before, and his brother's Marcus and Caius, the Vampire royalty. I felt better now that Carlisle had taken control of the situation, I felt like this would be easier for us to get through.

Once Carlisle left the room to make the call I turned back to Jasper.

"Why do the Volturi need to know? Won't they be angry?" He frowned at me and kissed my forehead.

"They need to know in case someone else found out and they got the wrong idea. But where did you get the idea that they would be angry?"

"Edward. He told me they were unjust and power hungry." Esme gasped and Jasper shook his head, he looked pissed.

"Edward is an asshole." Jasper whispered to himself before he turned back to me. "Bella, the Volturi are the only reason Vampires exist peacefully, they keep our world in order, they make sure there are no disputes that could harm any coven, they are the most just and honourable leaders we have ever had, they have been our leaders for over three thousand years and we have prospered immensely since the beginning of their reign. I cannot believe that Edward could say such a thing about Carlisle's brothers." My eyes were wide and I was shocked when Jasper stopped speaking.

"Carlisle's brothers?" I asked, mainly shocked by this revelation.

"Yeah, Carlisle spent over a hundred years with them not long after he was changed, they see him as their brother and whenever he's around they bring out a fourth throne, he's kind of an honorary King of vampires, which makes them a part of our family and us a part of their, well guard I guess." Explained Emmett, I could see how proud of Carlisle they all were, which shocked me to hell that Edward could be so horrible about people everyone else in this family sees as a part of the family.

"How could Edward speak of them like that if that's how you all feel for them?" I asked just as Carlisle came back in to the room, a smile on his face.

"What has Edward done now?" He asked, the smile disappearing and worry gracing his lovely featured.

"He told Bella that the Volturi are unjust and power hungry." Explained Jasper. The look on Carlisle's face was one of pure fury, seeing him like that, it was the first time I had ever actually been scared of Carlisle, it made me physically shiver.

"If that boy ever comes anywhere near this family again, I will personally rip his head off." Carlisle's voice was low and fast and I'm not sure if he meant for me to hear that but of course I did.

"Wow, never seen you like this before Carlisle," I spoke to try and alleviate the tension. "Nice to know you have it in you." He looked at me and the scary furious look disappeared and he smiled, a little bit of shock in his features.

"You heard me?" He asked, I nodded but I didn't have chance to answer as Emmett beat me to it.

"Yeah, Bells can keep up now." Emmett laughed, hugging Rosalie to him and kissing her temple. Weird boy.

"That's fascinating, Aro will be mesmerised with you when he gets here."

"So they're coming to visit?" Jasper asked as he played with a stray strand of my hair.

"Yes, Aro, Marcus and Caius and half the guard. They should be here in a few days." I nodded at Jasper and smiled.

"Well at least we've got time to tell my parents and get me settled here." Jasper looked at me a little shocked with a smile on his face.

"You want to move in here?" He asked, he sounded excited like all of his dreams were coming true. I kissed his lips softly and ran my fingers through his gorgeous honey blonde hair.

"Of course I do, there isn't anywhere else I'd rather be, there isn't anyone else I'd rather be with and I want to be with you during this whole pregnancy, I want to be by your side for everything, there isn't any other way I could do this." He had tears in his eyes and I knew that if he could cry, he would be. I had never seen Jasper more emotional, I could feel that he was happy, excited, scared, worried, mesmerised and totally, completely in love all at once.

"I guess we're going to have to tell your parents soon then." Jasper spoke and I could hear the lump of emotion in his throat.

"The morning would be best." I nodded at Carlisle's words and rested my head against Jasper's chest. I was exhausted. All the emotions and the turmoil of the past 24 hours had exhausted me and now I just wanted to sleep.

With Jasper brushing through my hair with his fingers and the murmur of the other's voices in the background I quickly fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.

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KV =D