Song: Forever by Papa Roach

After several explanations and happy exchanges I returned home to get some much needed sleep. I was so much more tired these days. Aro and I had met a few years ago. He had came through our lands to hunt a rogue vampire by the name of Jezebel.

We helped him locate her, and destroy her. He took a shine to me, because I was so relaxed in the presence of vampires and actually stayed a week after he killed the rogue just to study me.

We still write letters to each other. He sends me birthday and Christmas presents every year. When, I told him my pack had been destroyed, he sent down a couple of his own personal guards to help ensure my safety.

Sadie had thrown a hissy fit over Seth flanking me, when I went to meet Aro. Seth had then snapped, that at least I was taking care of my baby. She had shown no regard for their baby's safety, when she had shifted into wolf.

Expecting mothers aren't supposed to do that. My pack has always known this, but Sam's pack had to learn it the hard way. Leah had became unexpectedly pregnant last year and lost her baby.

Sadie was still to young and irresponsible to be a mother. That sounds silly coming from me since she twenty-one and I'm sixteen, but it was the truth.

After my nap I got up and haunted the living room, watching old movies. I had watched Top Gun, Urban Cowboy, and Crybaby before anybody else returned home. Emily joined me on the couch for Legends of the Fall, while Sam made a few phone calls.

"Cadence, someone wants to see you." Ilooked at Sam. "He's on the porch." I had a guess of who it was when I went out side. Sure enough Seth was sitting on the front steps. I lowered my heavy frame down next to his and waited for him to speak.

"I want to tell them." I had a faint idea what he was talking about, but I went ahead and asked. "Tell who about what?" He looked me in the eyes. "I want everyone to know that the baby you are carrying belongs to me." I sighed a little.

"Why Seth? Are you going to be apart of our child's life? Can you take responsibility for Sadie's baby and mine? What do you want to gain from this? You've known from the start this is your baby. Why wait until now to tell everyone?" He looked at me solemnly.

"I want to be a part of our baby's life. I can be a father to more than one child, if you will let me. I was scared before, but today seeing you as angry and upset as you were because you couldn't help, but not shifting because you were protecting your child. I saw the mother I wanted my baby to have. Not a mother who shifted knowing she could hurt the baby, but not caring enough not to." I debated a moment in my head.

"If you want to claim her Seth I won't stop you or deny she's yours. It's your decision." He nodded. "She's mine." He told Sam first, who took it better then I thought he would, but then he really didn't have much interest in me. Emily was upset and not really speaking to me. I watched Seth leave after giving him a sonogram of Jade and promising he could go to my next doctor appointment with me.

I guess when Seth said he wanted everyone to know the baby was his, he wanted them to know right then. Zakree, Jayson, and Jamye were a little upset, but had suspected the baby belonged to someone else all along.

Sue Clearwater was on the porch begging to touch my stomach, and was absolutely flattered to hear she was being named after her. I waited awhile and finally the person I had been waiting for stormed up.

"Whore!" she screamed and launched herself at me. I carefully dodged, ducked, and stepped out of the way of all the attacks she made on me.

I didn't want to hurt our babies. She finally sat down on the ground panting. "This is not fair to me cadence. Why are you doing this?" well first off it's Seth not me. "Life's tough, get a helmet!" I yelled at her complaints and whining. Leah Clearwater showed up around that time and took a foul-mouthed Sadie home.

The next four months were going to be long one's.