Chapter 28

The happiest tears I had ever shed glided down my cheeks as Jasper knelt before me in my dads living room holding the most beautiful ring I had ever seen.

"Isabella Marie Swan, will you do me the greatest of honours by becoming my wife?"

The words rang through my head and I could only say one thing.

"Yes!" I watched as Jasper's eyes lit up and he let out an unneeded breath I didn't know he'd been holding. I grinned as he slid the beautiful white gold and black diamond ring onto my finger. Once the ring was sat snugly on my ring finger Jasper grabbed me and hugged me to him. The Baby went crazy as our bodies collided and my stomach pressed against his, it's like he or she knew that something big had just happened and I was glad that even though the Baby was still inside me, he or she was here for this.

Once we were done holding each other I grabbed my dad and hugged him, thankfully Baby calmed down and I didn't have to worry about dad feeling the movement.

"Congratulations you two, although I would like to know what this means for your school Bella and where you'll be living and such, so we can start making arrangements and getting everything sorted." I smiled up at my dad and wiped away my tears.

"Well, as you know Jasper has his own place so we were going to start moving my stuff today, just so then I can help out before I look like a whale and can't do anything productive." Dad nodded.

"And school?" He asked, this time Jasper answered.

"Well Charlie, Esme and Carlisle have returned with Rosalie and Emmett and Esme has said she would be willing to home school Bella."

"Yeah, we're going to see if I can graduate soon so then I can focus on the Baby and us and getting everything ready, plus Carlisle's agreed to be my doctor throughout so it would be much easier for me to just be home schooled anyway." Charlie nodded and stood.

"Well we better start getting you packed then hadn't we, any chance your family could come and help, or we could get some of the boys from the rez." He suggested and I grinned.

"Actually could we get some of the boys from the rez, I could tell them the good news and I know Emily would want to know how everything worked out, she was who I was with when I found out. I could call now." Both Jasper and my dad nodded and headed up the stairs. As I walked towards the house phone my dad called down.

"Oh, and Bells, don't forget to call your mother." I heard him laugh and then tell Jasper that I was gonna get a whalloping from my mum, which is so true. I groaned and went to call Emily first.

She picked up on the third ring with a friendly hello.

"Hey Em, it's Bella, I was wondering if you and some of the guys are free."

"Oh, hey Bells, yeah actually I've got Sam, Jared, Paul, Kim, Leah and Jake just sat here, why is everything okay?" She asked and I could hear the little slice of worry in her tone.

"Yeah everything's fine it's just I need some help moving out of my dads house and my dad suggested getting some of the guys, if your free, I'd like to talk to you all anyway and I promise to make a hell of a lot of food to thank them." I heard the guys shout and Emily laugh and then Paul's voice was right by the receiver.

"We'll be there in ten okay B." I grinned.

"Yeah that's great, thanks you guys."

"Anytime, Bella, we'll be over soon, bye." It was Emily this time so I said goodbye and we hung up. Now for the call to my mother.

The phone rang, and rang, and rang and I thought she wasn't going to answer, but right before it should have gone to voicemail her voice floated through the receiver.

"Hello, Charlie, is everything alright?" I smiled hearing the slight concern in my mother's voice and knowing it was probably going to be gone soon.

"Hi Mum it's Bella."

"Oh, Bella honey, are you alright? It's so great to hear from you." Her voice sounded relieved and it made me really not want to tell her.

"Yeah everything's alight, how's Phil?" I asked trying to delay the inevitable with something I know I needed to ask anyway. I hadn't been in touch with my mum since Victoria hurt Phil because she had been so busy and worried, it felt like it had been too long and I only realised how much time had passed when she started talking about how much better he was doing.

"Oh, Bella, he's doing so fantastic, he can talk a little now and he's been out of the hospital for almost a week he's trying to get up and about and he's desperate to get back to work but that doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon. Anyway honey, is everything alright? You haven't called in a while and you sound a little nervous." Oh, God it had to be now that my mother became perceptive.

"Yeah, Mum I'm okay I just have somethings to tell you."

"Bella, what's going on?"

"Mum, please don't get angry."

"I won't honey I promise just tell me what's wrong."

I took a deep breath before I told her. My voice was a little shaky but I'm proud to say I didn't chicken out. "Mum first you need to know that I've been seeing this lad Jasper for a few months now and I love him more than anything, I didn't know it was possible to love someone this much but I do and I really want you to like him and approve of him because we're engaged and I'm pregnant." The line went silent. Not dead, she was still there I could hear the shallow breaths she was taking but she didn't say anything. It felt like forever before she spoke again.

"Oh, God, Bella! What have you done, this will ruin your life do you know that, I can't believe you let some random boy knock you up after you saw everything I went through having you so young you go ahead and make the same mistake I did, how can you be so foolish..." She was still ranting but I couldn't hear her much anymore. She had just called me a mistake.

"How dare you!" I started back into the phone, a little bit of my vampire side coming out in my voice and I think that's what made her stop her rant. "How dare you call me a mistake and say that my child and my love for Jasper are mistakes. Clearly you know nothing about me because my child will never be a mistake, yes I didn't expect to become pregnant, actually we didn't even think Jasper could have kids so to us the child I am carrying is a blessing and one we will love and cherish for as long as we live. And as for the engagement well, I love Jasper more than I love anyone and I KNOW that our marriage and our child will bring the most happiness into out lives, how dare you try to tell me I'm ruining my life when these are the best things that have ever happened to me, just because you believe having me was a mistake and just because you don't have a maternal bone in you God forsaken body does not mean the same for me. I told you because you are my mother and I love and respect you. I can't believe you would react this way, even Dad took it better than this, he held me as I cried and he's going to do everything he can to help me and Jasper and I am so proud to call him my Father, but you, I am so disappointed in you. Don't expect an invitation to the wedding and don't expect to see your grandchild anytime soon. I hope Phil feels better, and I hope you're ashamed of yourself. Goodbye." I hung up.

I was breathing heavily and I could feel the vampire power in my muscles and I know if I had turned around then I would have had red eyes. I could feel the presence of the wolves, of Jasper and my dad behind me and I knew they had heard everything that had just transpired in that one phone call so before I turned around I took a calming breath and forced myself to relax. Once I could feel the vampire side lying a little less close to the surface I turned to face everyone.

Instantly my dad pulled me in for a massive hug and didn't let me go for a little too long. I could practically feel Jasper itching to get to me but he waited patiently as I hugged my dad.

When he pulled back he finally spoke.

"I am so sorry Bells, your mother had no right to be cruel, and did she call you a mistake?" At the end of his sentence I could tell he was angry so I sighed and nodded. He shook his head and his face started to get a little red, I could see a vein start to pop out of his forehead. "I should call her back and give her a piece of my mind calling my daughter a mistake, stupid woman." He was muttering this time and it made me smile, at least he didn't think all those things, and I know he never would.

"It's alright dad, really, I kind of expected it anyway, at least I have you and Jasper and Jasper's family and I could never forget," I looked over and smiled at all the Quileutes that were stood in the entrance hall. "I'm just glad I have all of you, and I just want to forget about my idiot mother for now and get all this packing and moving done. Can we please do that?" Dad smiled and patted me on the back.

"That's my girl, strong as a bull. We can do that honey, don't wory about your mother, she was always dumb." I grinned and dad moved over to let Jasper hug me, I knew he wanted to talk about it all but I shook my head and told him later, then I went over to the pack.

"Hey guys," I spoke as I hugged Emily. "I'm guessing you know my news then." They laughed and one by one I got hugged and congratulated by Paul, Sam, Jared, Kim, Leah and Jake. I was happy to see them shaking hands with Jasper and congratulating him too, I was so happy to see everyone able to get along that it almost made me forget about Renee.

As Kim and Emily were admiring my ring the boys went to help Charlie and Jasper with my room, I thought Leah had gone with them, and although I know she'd be a lot of help I was kind of disappointed that I couldn't spend time with her and Emily and Kim, until I heard and exclamation of, "nice rock!" from behind me and Leah's hand grabbed mine inspecting the beautiful ring on my finger.

"That must have cost a bomb." She said as she released my hand and smiled at me.

"I don't know, I didn't even know he was thinking about it." I said as I headed into the kitchen to start cooking all the food I had promised the guys.

"I don't get it though, I thought," Kim stopped and looked around to make sure Charlie wasn't there. "I thought vampires can't have children, how did this happen?" I shrugged.

"I don't know, we all thought the same, you should have seen them all when they found out, and I thought I'd never see a vampire speechless." I laughed but then smiled. "But this baby is definitely part vampire." I felt the baby kicking so in turn I put each of their hands on my stomach. They all gasped and smiled and Emily put her hand back on for a little longer.

"You're so lucky." Emily exclaimed as she took her hand off my stomach and started helping me cook.

"Oh, come on Em, you'll have a whole batch of rugrats someday, don't sweat it." I was surprised to see that it was Leah talking and so proud of her, she was making so much progress. Emily grinned at Leah and Leah smiled back which made Kim squeal and pull us all together for a hug. We laughed and when she let us go me and Emily went back to cooking while Leah and Kim sat down at the table and we all talked. It was really nice, and I found myself enjoying hanging with them.

After a while the guys started coming downstairs and loading all my stuff into mine and Sam's trucks. I could hear their stomachs growl every time one of them went past and I could see them shooting Leah glares as she was allowed to each little bits of everything as we were cooking, but Emily and Kim made sure to inform them that they weren't allowed to eat until they had everything done, that definitely got them working harder. They took everything round to Jasper's and we'd finished the last of the cooking when they got back. I was surprised to hear laughter as they all got back and I was ecstatic to see Jasper, my dad and all the guys getting along great.

I wondered, with the exception of my mother, how did my life get to be so amazing.

Jasper came over to give me a kiss and I smiled.

"How much have you got left to do?" I asked as the guys and my dad started shoveling food on plates.

"Just another round in your truck and we should be good." I nodded and got something to eat. I was glad when it didn't make me feel nauseous. After an hours relax for the guys and almost all the food gone they started finishing up. It took another hour and by the time they were finished it was almost five in the afternoon.

"Thanks for all the help guys." I said as they hugged me before they were leaving.

"Anything to help you Bells." Spoke Sam as he hugged me kissed my cheek.

"Thanks." They left soon after and I started to make tea for my dad. He said I didn't have to, told me to go back to Jasper's and rest but I was doing this more for myself than for him. We sat down together to eat at quarter to six, the last time before I moved out for good.

After dinner Jasper insisted on washing the dishes so I went to take a look at my room.

I gasped when I got up there, it was... bare. I mean, my wardrobe, desk, bed and things like that were there, but all the personal stuff, everything that made this room mine was gone. And in that moment it hit me. I was really moving out of my dad's house, for the last time. I had been here barely a year and I was moving out for good. It made me feel bad. I hadn't spent enough time with my dad, I hadn't done enough for him, for the short time I'd lived here I'd barely acted like his daughter, so I made myself promise that even though I've moved out I would start spending time with him, just me and him sometimes, sometimes with Jasper, hell we could get all the Cullen's out. More barbecue's with Billy, I'd finally take him up on going fishing and then when the Baby comes, we'll be proper family, all of us, including my dad for the short amount of time that we could.

I smiled as the silent tears fell down my cheek. I felt my dad come into the room. He stood behind me and put his arm around my shoulders.

"I can't believe you're going, for the last time." I nodded and then hugged him as hard as I could without hurting him. I wasn't necessarily sad to be going, because I knew I would still have my dad for now, it was more that it was hard to be leaving this part of me behind. But I pushed through it, stopped my tears and smiled at him. "I can't believe I'm going to be a granddad soon. I can't believe you'll be getting married. And even though I do think everything happened way too fast, I'm proud that your getting yourself sorted Bells, and I'm really happy that you've ended up with Jasper and not his dumb ginger brother." I laughed and hugged Charlie again. He patted my back, pretty awkwardly I must say, and we turned and left the room.

We went back downstairs to Jasper who was calmly waiting watching TV like he had no idea what had just transpired. Stupid Vampires. I smiled at him and gestured to the door.

"Should we go?" I asked and he nodded.

"Sure. Goodnight Charlie. Thank you for being so understanding about all this."

"Any time son, she is my daughter after all and that is my grandkid, just, look after them."

"I will." They shook hands and Charlie pulled him in for a short little man hug before hugging me again and pushing me towards the door.

"Go on, be safe." I smiled and started to leave.

"I love you Daddy." He smiled and blushed.

"I love you too Bells." We left and got in my truck. Jasper drove and and he pulled me into his side hugging me to him as I cried all the way home.

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