AN: Hey to all my readers! So now that we know that Edward, Bella and the children are safe, how about we check on Jacob and Leah?

JACOB'S POV:

I grudgingly woke up as the sun beamed in my eyes. I rolled over to snuggle my girlfriend but realized the bed was noticeably girlfriend-less. I sat up wondering where she was when I heard the shower running. Needless to say, in my grogginess, I had forgotten she takes a shower every morning.

But hey, we've only been in the apartment for a couple of weeks, so we're still getting used to each other's schedules and habits.

I crawled out of bed and pulled on my shirt from yesterday before heading into the kitchen to make breakfast.

I poured my cereal and milk as I heard the shower turn off.

I was just finishing the milk in the bowl when Leah walked in.

She reached into the cupboard and grabbed herself a bowl and spoon while I poured myself a cup of coffee. She hated not being able to drink coffee, but knew it was best for the baby. Still that didn't stop her from growling as I poured the sugar into mine.

I just smiled and chuckled to myself as I sat down next to her.

As soon as I sat down I leaned over and kissed my beautiful girlfriend.

"Mornin' beautiful." I said as I settled back in my chair.

"Mornin' back." she said after she emptied her mouth of cereal.

"So how's your job hunt going?" she asked bringing another spoonful to her mouth.

I sighed, put my head down and just shook my head. I had been searching since graduation for a job, but with no job experience and being fresh out of high school, not many people want to hire guys like me.

"Not good, babe. I've put in almost 20 applications in the past 3 weeks and I haven't heard from one of them." I said sadly.

I hated not being able to provide for her and the baby. She had a part-time job at the grocery store on the reservation, but I knew we were not going to have enough to cover everything this month.

I looked up and smiled as she took my hand in hers and kissed the back of it before saying "Don't worry babe, you'll find a job."

Suddenly my phone began to ring. I picked it up and saw my second favorite girl's name on the caller id.

"Hey Bells." I said with a smile into the phone.

"Hey Jake, I heard you guys moved into your place a couple of weeks ago. I just wanted to call and see how things are going for you and how you're settling into you're new place." she asked.

I didn't want to confess I was worried about rent in front of Leah so...

"Yeah everything is going great. We're all settled in and everything is good." I said.

"Uh-huh...sure Jake, what's really going on?" Bella asked.

Damn, I HATE that she can tell when I'm lying.

Thankfully Leah had finished her breakfast and came over to kiss my head before telling me she was going to get dressed.

I waited until I heard the bedroom door close before I spoke again.

"Ok, to be honest Bella, I'm worried. Rent is due in 3 weeks and I can't find a job. I must have applied at every place in town and on the reservation, but no one has called me back. I don't wanna worry Leah too much because of the baby but I'm really stressin' out here." I finished in a flurry.

"Well, what kinda work are you looking for?" she asked.

"Ideally...something in a garage. I love working with cars and bikes, especially restoring them." I replied.

"Hang on a sec," she said.

I then heard her call Emmett into the room.

"What's up sis?" I heard him ask in the distance.

"Are there any openings at the garage you work at?" I heard her ask him.

"Well, a guy just quit 2 days ago so...yeah. Why?" he asked.

"Jake's looking for a job." was all she said for explanation.

"Have him meet me there in an hour. That's when my shift starts." I heard him say.

"Hey Jake you there?" Bella said talking to me again.

"Yep, still here." I replied.

"Emmett says there's an opening at the garage he works at, so meet him there in an hour." she said with a smile I could hear.

"Awesome, what's the address?" I asked grabbing a pen and writing it on my hand.

"Thanks Bells, you're awesome." I said with a smile.

"I know," she said laughing.

"I'll talk to you later." I said.

"K, bye." she said before we hung up.

I walked into the living room as Leah walked out of the bedroom.

"Hey Leah, Emmett said there's an opening at the garage he works at so I'm gonna go down and see about a job. I'll be home in time for the appointment this afternoon." I explained.

"OK, you better be, or I'm not gonna tell you." she said with a grin.

"I'll be there, I promise. I wanna find out as bad as you do." I said kissing her before heading out the door.

The whole way to the garage I couldn't help thinking about how badly we needed for me to get this job.

Leah's job was only part time due to her pregnancy and I knew they weren't going to increase her hours til well after our baby is born. And there's no way her paychecks were going to pay for everything the 3 of us would need.

I pulled up just as I saw Emmett get out of his car. I honked at him before parking to get his attention.

"Hey man." Emmett said as I walked up to him.

"Hey." I replied as we walked into the garage.

We walked back to the door that read "Office".

Emmett knocked on the door and I heard someone inside say "Yeah?"

Emmett opened to door and said "Hey boss."

His boss must have been in his late 30s, early 40s. He had a small bald spot in the back of his head, but was in good shape. I could tell by the grease on his shirt he probably helped out in garage quite a bit.

"Hey Emmett, what can I do for you?" he asked sitting back in his chair.

"This is a friend of mine, Jacob, he's looking for a job and I thought we could use him on the team." Emmett said pointing to me.

"OK, well Emmett you go ahead and get to work. Jacob have a seat." he said as he finished something on his computer.

After all the normal questions you would expect in an interview the boss sat back and looked at me.

"Ok Jacob, I have one more question for you. Why should I hire you?" he asked raising his eyebrows.

I thought a moment before responding.

"Cars and bikes are my life, I've been working on cars and bikes since before I was in school. I am great with my hands. I'm a very reliable and dependable person, and if hired, I promise I will not let you down." I finished.

"Well, just so you know Jacob, I give all my employees a "baseball" policy. 3 strikes and you're out. Think you can handle that?" he asked.

"Yes sir, I can" I replied.

"Good, then welcome to the team. Come back tomorrow at 10 and I'll have Emmett show you how we do things around here." he said standing up and putting his hand out.

I shook it and smiled.

"Thank you sir, you won't be disappointed." I assured him.

"I better not be." he said with a smile as I headed out the door.

As I headed out I heard Emmett shout at me "Hey!"

I turned to see him pull his head out of a pickup trucks undercarriage.

"How did it go?" he asked.

I just smiled and said "I'll see ya tomorrow."

Emmett smiled and said "Alright, see ya then." before returning to work.

The whole way home I couldn't stop grinning. This day couldn't get any better. I just got my dream job and now, Leah and I are going to find out if we are having a boy or girl.

Leah had asked me many times if I wanted a boy or girl. My answer is always the same: doesn't matter, I'll love them no matter what.

When I got home Leah was sitting on the couch reading a pregnancy book.

She looked up as I put my keys on the table by the door.

"So how'd it go?" she asked sitting up a little.

I sat down, sighed and shook my head.

She sighed and rubbed her fingers through my hair.

"Oh baby," she said, "It's ok, you'll find a job."

"But I already did." I replied slowly grinning.

I looked at her with my ear to ear grin.

She took her book and smacked my arm.

"Ow." I said faking rubbing my arm. Having huge biceps REALLY paid off at times like this.

"You jerk. I thought you didn't get the job." she said reopening her book.

"Oh, come on babe, I gotta mess with you sometimes." I said slowly pulling her to lay on my chest.

She just smiled and kissed me before returning to her book.

A couple of hours later we were headed to our appointment.

Leah kept nervously shaking her and tapping her leg at the same time. It was one of her bad habits that I thought was pretty cute.

I reached over and rubbed my hand on her leg to get her to calm down. It worked every time.

"Leah Clearwater?" we heard the nurse call.

We stood up and followed her into the examination room.

Her normal doctor wasn't there, but at the last appointment she said she wouldn't be here, it would be another doctor.

"Hello Leah," said the doctor, "go ahead and lay down and we'll get started." he said as he started up the ultrasound machine.

Leah laid on the bed and I stood next to her, taking her hand in mine. We were both so excited.

After the doctor rubbed the gel on Leah's stomach we got started.

He explained each part as he got it on the screen. Our baby's arms, legs, and face.

Finally he turned to us and asked, "So do you want to know the sex?"

We both said "Yes!" so fast the doctor looked taken aback.

After a couple of minutes he finally found the baby's hips, and what was between them.

That little bit of skin in between the legs was all we needed to see.

Our little Harry Jacob Black.

"Congratulations you two, it's-"

"A boy." I whispered, but both Leah and the doctor heard me.

I looked down at Leah and her face matched mine. The pride and excitement couldn't be wiped off our faces for all the money in the world.

After the doctor finished up all the routine checks he handed me the pictures and asked if we wanted a video recorded.

Leah nodded as I walked over to her bag and grabbed the DVD out of it.

After he made the DVD he helped Leah clean off and she sat up.

"Well, congratulations again guys, and hope you two have a happy, healthy baby boy soon." the doctor said smiling.

We both thanked him before exiting the room.

As soon as we got in the car we called our parents and let them know. After I got off the phone with my dad I decided to call Bella and let them know too.

"Hello?" I heard a frantic Bella say into the phone.

"Hey Bells, how's it goin'?" I asked.

"Oh hey Jake, we just got Nessie down for a nap so good at the moment," she chuckled, "So what's up?"

"Just thought I'd let you know I'm having a baby boy." I said nonchalantly.

"Oh wow Jake I'm so happy for you guys!" Bella almost shouted into the phone, "Hey you guys wanna come over for a visit? I really miss you both and hanging out with you." she asked.

"I would Bells, but you kinda live out of town so..." I said getting ready to say no.

Suddenly Bella started laughing.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you this morning: we're back in our apartment until after New Years." she said.

Needless to say I was surprised. Last I heard Carlisle had her on house arrest basically at the Cullen estate.

"Did Carlisle say it was ok?" I asked, knowing he was her gynecologist for this pregnancy.

I heard her do her embarrassed chuckle before replying, "I really didn't give him a choice. I told him this is my first Christmas with my husband and children and we are spending it in our home. But he insisted I'm back on Cullen house arrest after New Year's." she concluded sadly.

I turned to Leah and asked her silently "You wanna go visit with Edward and Bella for a bit?"

She just smiled and nodded.

So I got the address and we headed over.

The outside looked like a huge mansion, but I reminded myself this was an apartment complex so it had to be big.

Since it was a security building I had to ring the number of their apartment and have them buzz us in.

When we got into the apartment I couldn't get over how big it was. Two stories with a big living room and three bedrooms. And the kitchen and dining room separate, unlike at our place where the table was in the kitchen.

After giving Bella a hello hug and shaking hands with Edward we all sat down and just talked about basic things, from our apartments to babies to our families.

Suddenly Bella looked at the clock and noticed it was about 5:30.

"It's getting near dinner time, you guys wanna stay for dinner?" Edward invited.

I looked at Leah with my "it's up to you" look, and she nodded.

"But only if I get to help you cook." Leah insisted.

Bella just chuckled and nodded as they headed into the kitchen.

"Two pregnant women cooking, that can't be good." I said chuckling to Edward.

He smiled, chuckled, and nodded in agreement.

Suddenly we heard Nessie through the baby monitor.

"Edward?" I heard Bella call from the kitchen.

"Yeah, I'll go get her." he said getting up.

"OK." I heard her reply.

"I'll be right back." he said to me walking to the stairs.

A few minutes later Edward walked back down with Nessie in his arms and a bottle in his hand.

He sat down next to me and started feeding Nessie.

"So when's the big day?" he suddenly asked.

"Leah's due on the 12th of April." I replied quickly.

Edward laughed and said "No, I mean the wedding day."

I looked down and chuckled before confessing "I haven't actually asked her to marry me yet. I mean, I have every intention of marrying her, just haven't asked her yet."

"Well why not?" Edward asked.

"I just never really thought about it, but I've been thinking about it a lot more since we got the place together." I replied.

Edward smiled and said, "You need to ask her, and marry her, Jacob."

"I know Edward, in fact, with my first good paycheck I'm planning to buy her a ring and ask her." I assured him.

Edward smiled and nodded before saying, "I'm not trying to preach to you, just giving you some advice."

"I know man, and it's ok." I said.

I looked around the place as Edward set Nessie on his shoulder to burp her.

"You know, I gotta confess Edward, I wish I could provide a place like this for Leah and Harry." I said still looking around.

"Jacob, I'm sorry if it seemed like we were rubbing it in your face earlier when we were talking about the place." Edward suddenly said.

"Oh, you didn't, but one day, I want to be able to give my family a place like this." I replied.

Suddenly we heard the ladies call that dinner was ready.

After a delicious dinner of fish, potatoes, and mixed veggies, Edward and I washed the dishes for the ladies while they doted on Nessie.

After we were done I noticed Leah looked sleepy so we called it a night, said good night and headed home.

I went and took my shower while Leah cleaned up some stuff in the living room.

When I got out I noticed the house was dark except for the bedroom light. I checked to make sure the front door was locked before heading into the bedroom.

Leah was in there, already asleep.

I turned off the side light she had on for me and crawled in next to her. Her body, out of reflex, turned and cuddled into me as soon as I was comfortable.

I just smiled and starting rubbing little Harry through Leah's shirt. I could feel my eyes getting heavy and the last thought I had before falling asleep was 'Someday, I WILL get a place like Edward and Bella's for my family.'

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