(Bella's POV)
The baby grew rapidly over the next few weeks. By the third week I already looked at least seven months pregnant, according to Carlisle.
Alice, Rose, and I had gone shopping for maternity clothes earlier, so at least that wasn't a problem.
I was hunting at least twice daily, just to satisfy the baby's ever growing thirst, not to mention my own. Even though Jasper didn't need to hunt as often, he went with me just to keep me company.
I let out a growl as I jumped and took down a deer before sinking my teeth into it.
I drank greedily while Jasper chuckled from a little way's away.
I turned to look at him as I finished up the deer. "What's so funny."
He strode over to me and helped me to my feet. "Nothing. You just got blood smeared all over your face."
I brought my hand up to wipe it away, but he caught it. "Let me get it." He pulled me into his arms and lowered his lips to mine to kiss away the remaining blood on my face. "There. It's all gone." He said as he pulled back and smiled at me.
I smiled back and then winced. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing." I brought my hand to my stomach. "Baby just kicked."
"Can I feel?"
"Of course." I took his hand in my own and brought it to my enormous belly.
After a few moments his eyes widened in shock as he felt the baby's kick. "Whoa. I can feel her emotions too..."
"Her?"
"Yeah. I can just tell that our baby is a girl..."
"What's she feeling?"
"Safe, and she's sorry for hurting you when she kicks."
I smiled and patted my belly. "It's okay baby. I forgive you."
"She can hear you..." He closed his eyes and focused solely on the baby's emotions. "She's a little difficult to read. But I think she's still hungry." He chuckled. "Yep. That's it."
I laughed and rubbed my stomach. "Let's hunt down a bear for you then, Renesmee."
"She hates that name, you know."
I looked at him, trying to figure out if he was lying or not. From the way he was trying not to laugh, I knew he was lying.
I smacked him. "Shut up. I like that name."
He smiled and bent down to kiss me. "I'm sorry. I was just kidding."
I pulled away from him and pretended to be pissed off. "It wasn't funny."
He crept up behind and me and wrapped his arms around me. "I'm sorry, Bella. Can you forgive me?" He kissed my shoulder and I melted.
I gave in. "Okay. I forgive you." I turned around so I was facing him. "I love you, Jasper."
He kissed me on the lips this time. "And I love you, Bella." He laughed. "Renesmee's getting impatient, why don't you finish hunting. I'll wait here."
"Okay." I caught a whiff of a whole herd of deer and felt the venom pool in my mouth.
I kissed Jasper one last time before taking off in search of my prey.
I took down four more deer and a bear before my thirst was completely satisfied.
After the bear, I wiped the blood off my face and patted my belly with a smile. "Still hungry, baby?"
She didn't kick, so I took that as a good sign and headed back to where my husband was waiting.
He smiled as a approached. "Good hunt?"
"Yep. Good hunt."
He held his hand out to me. "Ready to head back?"
I smiled and took his hand in my own, squeezing his fingers briefly. "Yeah, I'm ready. Pretty tired actually." I'd actually started sleeping, albeit briefly, a few times a day since last week.
"Then let's get you home."
Before I had time to react, he picked me up bridal style and raced back to the house.
I laughed and rested my head on his shoulder.
We made it home just in time to catch Max and Emmett's very heated Guitar Hero battle.
It was close, but Max ended up winning.
"Fuck yeah!" He did a victory dance while Emmett sulked. "I pwn!"
I laughed at my spazzy brother and then Jasper carried me up to our bedroom.
He set me down on the bed and handed me the new pajamas Alice bought me.
"Thanks," I said with a smile before getting up to go to the bathroom to change... and throw up.
Jasper held my hair back like he always did. Despite it being the norm now, he still worried about me whenever it happened, he just hid it really well.
"You okay?" He asked me.
"Stop worrying about me. I'm fine."
He chuckled nervously and ran a hand through his blond hair. "Sorry, Bells, I can't help it."
I laughed softly and kissed his cheek. "It's okay. I still love you."
Suddenly, I let out a huge yawn, I was more exhausted than I realized. So, I brushed my teeth quickly and then made my way to the bedroom and crawled under the covers.
Jasper crawled under the covers with me and wrapped his arms around me securely.
I smiled and snuggled into his chest with a big goofy grin on my face. "Jazz?" I whispered.
"Hm?"
"Can you sing to me?"
He chuckled softly and kissed my forehead. "Of course, Bella."
He sighed as he tried to think of the perfect song.
He was silent for quite a few minutes and Renesmee kicked me, as if she were impatient."
I laughed. "I think Renesmee wants to hear her daddy sing sometime before she's born."
He laughed with me and said, "Well, she's in luck, because I just thought of one."
He pulled me closer to him and rested his hand on my stomach. "Ready?"
I just nodded and snuggled closer to him, burying my face in his shirt.
He took a deep breath before he sang:
We should get jerseys
Cause we make a good team
But yours would look better than mine
Cause you're out of my league
I felt as if my heart would suddenly start beating again right out of my chest as I listened to his amazing voice. And the song he picked was so sweet!
And I know that it's so cliché
To tell you that everyday
I spend with you is the new best day of my life
And everyone watching us
Just turns away with disgust
This jealously
They can see that we've got it going on
And I'm racking my brain for a new improved way
To let you know you're more to me than what I know how to say
You're ok with the way this is going to be
Cause this is going to be the best thing we've ever seen
If anyone could make me a better person, you could
All I gotta say is I must have done something good
You came along one day and you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I must have done something right
I must have done something right
Maybe I'm just lucky
Cause it's hard to believe
Believe that somebody like you'd end up with someone like me
And I know that it's so cliché
To talk about you this way
But I'll push all my inhibitions aside
It's so very obvious
To everyone watching us
That we have got something real good going on
I let myself relax in his embrace and I closed my eyes. By the time he was done with that verse, I was asleep.
I felt his breath on my face as he kissed my cheek, and then blackness.
(Jasper's POV)
She looked so peaceful as she slept, and it brought back memories I had of her when she was human. She didn't sleep-talk anymore, which was a bit of a disappointment, but oh well. I was content to just watch her sleep.
There was a soft knock on the door before whoever it was opened it and poked their head in.
It was Esme. "How is she?" She whispered.
Bella was a pretty deep sleeper, for a vampire, but we had to be careful not to talk to loud or we'd wake her up.
I shifted a little so I could look at my adoptive mother. "She's okay, just really tired. I have a feeling she'll probably sleep all night, so tell everyone to keep it down."
Esme smiled, but I knew she was still worried. I touched her arm and sent out a wave of calm and repeated, "She's okay. She already yelled at me for worrying too much, don't be like me."
That was what it took for her to calm down finally. "Okay then. I just came to check in on her." She stepped closer to the bed and reached out to push Bella's hair off her face before leaning down and kissing her forehead. "Sweet dreams, sweetheart." And then she left.
I knew why Esme was worried. She didn't want something to happen to the baby... she didn't want Bella to have the same experience she did.
I watched as Esme closed the door behind her before turning back to Bella. She shifted a bit and rested her cheek on my chest. Her hand rested over mine, which was still on her stomach.
I felt the baby- Renesmee, kick several times throughout the night, but she'd learned not to kick too hard, she felt bad about hurting Bella, even if it'd only happened a few times.
"I love you Renesmee," I whispered, hoping maybe my baby could hear me.
A/N: Mmkay, so just a bit of pointless fluff. lol. And I also wanted to show how Esme's feeling about all of this, because I noticed that Stephanie Meyer didn't delve too much into that in BD, which didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. You'd think that Esme would be even more affected by Bella's pregnancy that Rose would, 'cause she lost a baby... So yeah, I guess I just wanted to write about that. Lemme know what you think! And the song was "Must Have Done Something Right" by Relient K, and it's the sweetest song ever! Seriously, whoever Matty T. wrote that about is one lucky bitch. lol.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the adorableness that is Max! XD
