Second Chances

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AN: Yes, this story is slowly drawing to an end. I apologize for the lateness of updating, but here is a double chapter to compensate for my horrible tardiness.

It's YOU?

It was great to feel Embry's large and warm body over me, loving me and satiating my carnal needs. But I was still confused with all the things that were happening to me. I was going to become a mother. I know that I was not going to be the first underage mother, but it was my first time. I couldn't believe that I had not protected myself and now I was paying for the damn price; I was pregnant and I felt utterly alone.

I wished for a second that I had a mother that would advice me on what to do. I was alone and I knew that my family was not going to help me. I was doomed! I had to think fast and quickly.

"So the baby's heart beats begin on the fourth week of pregnancy?" I asked him incredulously.

He nodded and guided me to the bathroom. We walked naked around the house, down the staircase and into the bathroom. He ran the warm water and in less than five minutes, I was under the shower stream, his warm hands running fervently and feverously over my body .

When we were done showering, we quickly got dried and walk up to the bedroom to change. He wasn't answering my questions, so I tried to give him some space.

"I'm going to prepare something to eat. Do you want something to eat?" he asked.

"No." I said, smiling at him. I watched as he exited the room and left me alone to stew on my misery.

He went to the kitchen to prepare himself something to eat. When he was done eating, he came into the room and I unleashed all the questions that had been plaguing me for the last half hour.

"Did you brush your teeth?" I asked nonchalantly. He nodded and sat beside me on the bed. "So, Embry Call… You've known for how long?" I asked confused.

"How long… what?" he asked casually.

"That I am pregnant." I answered annoyed. "How long have you known?"

"For a while, baby." he answered.

"Man, I have to go to an OB/GYN and see how far along we are." I said, running my small hand over Embry's arm.

"Yes, let me know, so I can go with you!" he said happily, smiling brightly at me. "I want to start preparing the spare room for the baby!"

"Don't get too ahead of yourself. We still don't know if…" I trailed off, biting the inside of my cheeks.

"We still don't know what?" he asked, raising a perfect eyebrow and staring at me inquisitively.

"I still don't know what will happen!" I lied, smiling at him. "We don't know what will happen." I added quickly, caressing his face.

He mulled over the words and nodded his head. "I guess you are right. Sam and Emily lost their child and they suffered. She was happy that you were pregnant." he said, smiling weakly at me.

"Um, I didn't know about that. I have to apologize to Emily and Kim about earlier, right?" I asked halfheartedly.

He nodded and pressed his head against my stomach and sighed. "Yes, I think you should." he muttered, inhaling deeply. He became quiet for a few seconds and sighed loudly.

"Madison," he paused, kissing my lips fervently. "We think that a vampire is stalking you." he said coolly, raising his eyes to face me. "We have the guys watching over you at school and at night. I don't want to run any risk. I don't want you or the baby to get hurt." he said solemnly.

"Me? Why?" I asked him worriedly. "I haven't offended anyone! Is Elaine a vampire?"

"Yes, it's stalking you. The vampire keeps lurking close to your house and the places that you go." he explained. "But Elaine is not a vampire. She is just a jealous ex-girlfriend."

"Why… um, why do you think that a vampire is following me?" I asked nervously.

I didn't want anything to happen to me or to Zeus… I mean the baby. I thought how happy Embry looked when he said the baby's name. How could I erase such a pleasant and peaceful smile?

"We don't know. We have caught the scent around the house and around the places that you go visit. That's why…" I interrupted him.

"Is that why you go to the bathroom with me at night?" I asked miserably.

He nodded, lifting my shirt and placing his head on my abdomen. "Yes, I don't want to risk it! You are my life. I don't want anything bad to happen to you, Madison."

"But," I said, my voice dying. I didn't know what to think. It felt like a dream. Two bad news in one freaking day! I didn't think that I could handle it. I needed to feel Embry's arms around me.

"The guys will protect you at school." he reassured me, sitting up and patting my thigh.

"You will be with one of them, just in case." he said seriously.

"But... I don't want to die, Em." I cried, letting the tears that had been threatening my eye, fall down my face.

"I won't let that happen. I don't think it wants to harm you. In my opinion, I think it knows you. But... Sam, Quil, Jared and Jake want you to be safe and so do I. I don't want you to get hurt." he said, standing up from the bed and looking down at me.

"Oh, man, I am scared." I sobbed, staring up at him. Why wasn't he hugging me? I needed his protective arms!

"Don't be, I won't let anything bad happen to you." he said, smiling down at me. He took off his tee shirt and unbuckled his pants. He never slept with clothes at night. I wanted to press my body next to his and steal his warmth.

"Promise?" I asked him, turning to my side to face him. I placed my elbow on the mattress and rested my head on my hand.

"I promise, princess." he said, taking off his pants. "I wouldn't let anything happen to you or the baby. You two are my life! I won't go down without a fight." he said, getting in bed, beside me. He wrapped his strong arms around me and kissed my forehead.

"Baby." I paused, mulling over my own words. "It sounds so strange to hear the word."

"I know. We are going to be parents!" he said cheerfully.

"Embry THAT SOUNDS so scary!" I said loudly, burying my face in his chest.

"Why? We can do this together. We have it all worked out." he said, placing his finger under my chin and forced me to look at his honeyed orbs.

"Em, my father will kill me!" I cried. "We have to get married in Georgia; that way he can't do a thing about it." I said scared.

"You think." he said carefully, staring off to the distance. I wish I was inside his mind to know what was happening.

"I know so. He will want to take me back to Chicago and make me abort. Maybe is for the best. We are still young. We can have another baby some other time, Em." I said carefully.

"Abort? Do you want to have an abortion?" he asked, pushing me away from him to face me.

"I don't know!" I said frustrated. "I don't know what I want! And YES, Em, my father might make me abort the baby! Knowing him; he would force me to kill the baby."

He furrowed his eyebrows and shook his head. "No… But you would never let that happen, right? You love me and Zeus, right?

"I don't know." I shrugged, moving away from him.

"What do you mean that you don't know? You have to know! I thought that we agreed… to keep our baby." he said upset.

"I don't know, Em, I am so confused and scared. It's too complicated." I whispered, my shoulders shaking softly as I cried. I didn't know what I wanted. Did I really want to become a mother at the age of seventeen?

"I know that you must be scared. I am scared too, but I won't abandon you or our unborn child." he said miserably.

His words hurt me. I didn't want to be hurt and forced to love a baby that I couldn't feel. I had to make a choice soon. It was my body, my life and my choice.

"What makes you say that? You don't know what will happen in the future." I shouted, hiding my face in my hands. "What if you leave me and I have to fend off with a child…"

"You really think that poorly of me? I thought that you knew me better." he said dejectedly, shaking his head softly.

"I am just saying… that I am not sure what will happen or if I want the baby. I don't want to be a fucked up mother!" I yelled aggravated.

"Yes, you do think fucking poorly of me!" he shouted back. "Just the way that you are talking… you are implying that I won't be responsible for my actions! You think that I am going to leave you! I want this baby! Damn it! I want it so bad that I already love him! I love him so much, because he is ours. He is part of you and part of me… he is our love fused in a small miracle." he said, tears falling down his face. "Why can't you fucking see it?!"

"I don't know why I can't fucking see it! I cannot feel anything for him yet! I can't hear its beating heart! I don't want it! I want my life to be normal! I don't want this… this child to be a nuisance!" I bellowed.

"Damn, Madison Love. You have hurt me! You think our child is nuisance? Maybe you are just like your mother?" he said angrily as he got up from the bed.

Oh, his words cut me like a sharp knife. I have never wanted to be compared to my mother. I was nothing like her. I was me! Madison Love Ferreira! I was never going to become her! "I'm not her, Embry Call." I whispered, wiping my tears. "I am nothing like HER!" I shouted, covering my face with the blanket.

"You are worst! At least she gave you life and let you live. You are taking that choice away from our child!" he screamed, putting on his tee shirt and pants.

"I am not my mother!" I screeched, throwing the pillow at him. "I am not her! I have a choice too! I didn't want to get pregnant! I never asked you to support me! I never asked you to fall in love with a faceless child. I hate you!" I bawled, throwing everything that I could find at him.

"I…" he trailed off, when a loud howling pierced through the night. He was frozen, his nostrils flared as he took a whiff of the air. "Fuck! Fuck!" he said angrily.

Another loud howl followed and Embry began to strip off his clothes. "Madison, stay behind me, please. I am sorry that we argued, but this is more important now. Stay behind me and don't be afraid. I will take care of you and our child!" he said urgently, taking my hand and forcing me up from bed.

He wiped away my tears and sighed. Why was I doing this to him? He only loved me. Why couldn't I love the child, too?

He kissed my lips and I could taste his salty tears. "Madison, promise me that you are going to stay behind me!" he said anxiously, begging me with his honey colored eyes. I nodded and buried my face in his chest. "We are going to Sam's house. Baby, don't be afraid, I will take good care of you."

I hurriedly got dressed. My hands trembled as I buttoned my coat and placed my hat. Embry was pacing naked across the living room/kitchen area when I walked down the steps.

"What's going on?" I asked him, when our eyes met. "Why do you have to, um, phase?" I asked him curiously.

"I have to protect you." he said softly, smiling sweetly at me. "I don't want anything bad to happen to my princess. You are my world, Madie. Before you leave to Sam's house… I want you to know that I will not abandon you. My father did exactly that to my mother. I know how it feels to grow up without a father to love you, protect you and teach you about life. I saw how my dear mother cried herself to sleep, because she was still in love with the ghost he left behind. I had to be a man at an early age to help my struggling single mother in the house. I pulled my own weight at an early age. I won't let you or my child go through that. I love you so much that thinking about that makes me sad. I hate it when you are sad. I hate it when we fight. I don't want to put you in this position, but you have to decide if you want the baby or not. I won't abandon you if you do decide to keep it… But baby, I don't think I can live with you if you abort our child. I won't be able to forgive you! I can't… I won't be able to look the other way and pretend that Zeus never existed. I am sorry. I really want to be there for you, but I don't think that I will be able to… it just wouldn't be fair!" he cried, wiping his tears with the back of his hand.

"Does the baby mean so much to you? Are you for real?" I whispered, holding the ends of my scar in my mitten-covered hands.

He nodded. "He does! And I do… I love him so much." he whispered. "I love you, Madie and I do want to make you so happy. I would die for you… but I can't think of a future without you and our child." he said miserably.

I walked up to him and hugged his naked body. I didn't want to lose him. I would not be able to survive without him. He was my life!

"I am just so scared! I don't want this baby to ruin your future. I don't want you to give up on your hopes and dream, because I didn't take enough care of myself and got pregnant!" I hissed.

"Shh, princess." he said softly, bathing me with soft kisses. "He won't ruin anything. He will be our future, Madie. Together, we can get through this. Just believe in me, precious. Don't ever doubt my love for you."

I sniffled and looked up at him. "I don't doubt you..." I said, smiling weakly at him. "I don't want to abort our future."

He sighed and kissed my forehead. "So, we are keeping him. We are keeping Zeus?" he asked happily, offering me his most radiant smile.

"We are. We are going to do this, Embry! We are going to be parents." I said, feigning happiness. He smiled so widely that I felt myself die inside. How could I become a perfect mother, when mine left me?

"You are going to be the best and most beautiful mommy in the world." he said happily, kissing my lips.

"I know! And you will become an amazing Papacito!" I said, pulling away from him and staring down at the floor.

"A what?" he asked confused.

"A daddy, sweetie." I said sadly. I couldn't believe that I was going to be a mother. I was so scared. I thanked god that there was another shrilling howl and it ended our agonizing talk.

There was a loud knock on the backdoor and I got cemented on the same spot that I stood. I linked my arm to his and hid behind him.

"Don't worry it's Paul and Seth." he said, as he took my hand and guided me to the kitchen. He opened the door and just like he said, Paul and Seth entered.

Seth smiled at me and nodded. "Hi, Love." he said kindly. "How are you?" He said to me and then turned to Embry and gave him a scrutinizing look. "Ready to fuck or phase?" he asked teasingly.

I narrowed my eyes at him and then turned to Paul's distraught face. They looked tired and exhausted. "We'll corral her, Em. We'll get that leech to spill everything. We'll make it speak, I swear." he whispered lowly.

I was able to hear their conversation. "How? Why me? Why does it want to do with me?" I asked confused, as I interrupted their conversation. "Can I be there when you corral it?"

"No, you are going to Sam's house, Madison. Let us take care of this." Embry said haughtily. "I don't want you to jeopardize…"

"Embry Alexis, you will take me to this leech, right?" I asked, turning to Paul. He nodded and sighed, shaking his head. "You will take me to this leech, after it has been subdued and corralled… I want to ask it what it wants!" I demanded, placing my hand on his arm.

"No," he said arrogantly. "I will not allow that. I said that you are going to Sam's house and you'll stay there until the damn vampire is dead!"

"But you guys can still protect me! I know that nothing will happen to Zeus or me!" I said, trying to reason with him.

"Zeus," Seth asked intrigued, as his eyes darted from Embry to me.

"The baby." Paul said nonchalantly.

"Sweet!" he said, giving Embry a high five. "That's a sweet name!"

"Shut up, Seth." Paul said annoyed. "Look, Embry, we can protect her… What if the vamp won't talk to any of us? We should let her go." Paul said, staring down at me. "Only after we have dismembered it and only the head is left on the torso. What do you think, Em?"

Embry shook his head anxiously. "I don't know Paul. I don't want to risk her." Embry said worriedly. "It's still not safe. I don't want to put her in harm's way. She is my imprint and I fucking want to protect her not harm her."

"I know, Em… but, this leech wants something from Madie and I bet that you are curious to know." Paul said, shrugging. "We should talk to Sam and Jake about it first, before we make any decision."

It took five minutes to convince Embry, Seth and Paul to let me go. Oh, the power of persuasion. They weren't too thrilled- specially Embry- on letting me go to face a vampire, but I wanted to know what this fucker wanted from me. I was curious. I have seen a vampire and he was so kind and well-mannered; it was Dr. Cullen. He had been so gentle and sweet while I was in the hospital. I couldn't imagine anything different. Ten minutes later, we were walking through the dark woods. Seth and Paul held my hands, while Embry phased and walked behind us. He said that he wanted to be prepared in case something bad happened.

It was dark outside and I had a flashlight in my pocket. The night was cold and the chill wind blew savagely. I looked back and saw a dark figure following us… Embry looked so menacing and scary in his wolf form. He was tall and intimidating. I swallowed hard and squeezed Seth's and Paul's hand.

"Turn on your flashlight." Seth ordered. I did as he said. My heart was beating hard. I could feel the shivers run down my back as we got closer to the clearing.

"You'll be fine! We won't let anything happen to you or Zeus." Paul said, smiling at me, as I pointed the flashlight at his face. Embry nudge me in the back with his muzzle and growled. "He wants you to be careful." Paul said. Embry growled again and pushed him. "I guess he meant something else." he laughed.

"He wants you to know that he loves you and will be there to protect you, right, Em?" Seth asked, turning to face Embry's wolf form. Embry nodded and Seth gave me a smug smile. "I should be a wolf whisperer!"

"Idiot!" Paul mumbled. We continued to walk, when we came across a clearing. The visibility wasn't so great, so I pulled my other flashlight out of my pocket. I froze when I saw the large black and russet furred wolves.

"The black one is Sam and the russet one is Jake." he explained.

Embry walked to them and growled. They were somehow communicating. It was amazing to watch how they interacted. I wanted to know everything about them. It was fascinating and scary to observe how fluidly their movements were.

"Oh, fuck!" Paul muttered, quickly letting go of my hand and running towards the darkness. With the dim light of my flashlight, I saw him explode into a giant gray werewolf. He ran and Seth took a few steps away from me.

"Seth, what's… what's going on?" I asked nervously.

"The vampire is loose, Madison." he said briefly and swiftly phased. He growled and stood beside Embry.

I pointed my flashlight at them and heard Seth's sandy colored wolf form growled. He nodded his head and got closer to me. My heart was beating fast. Something terrible was going to happen.

Embry phased back to his human form and stood in all his naked glory in front of me. "Madison, get on Seth… he'll take you back home. Stay put. He will protect you. You have to leave now, princess." he said nervously, taking me by the hips and effortlessly lifting me on Seth's back. He kissed my lips and pressed his forehead against mine. "Do as he says, baby. I'll be there soon. I swear." he said, turning into the darkness and disappearing.

I was perplexed. I couldn't believe what was happening. Seth growled softly and I automatically wrapped my arms around his neck and he started to run back home.

We made it back home in no time. I walked inside the house, afraid to turn off the lights and have a leech attack me from behind. What if they didn't manage to corral the vampire? My heart began to pound at the thought of something happening to my new family. They were going to make it. I had to be hopeful!

Seth stayed outside in his wolf form, patrolling the surroundings. I jumped every time I heard a howl. I was more afraid for Embry's life than my own. I walked down the hall into the kitchen and shivered at the coldness of the room. I didn't remember it being so cold. I ambled towards the light switch and froze when I heard a soft voice speak.

"How do you get used to those boys smelling so bad?" a soft voice asked.

I quickly tried to reach for the light switch, but stopped dead on my tracks when I heard the soft laughter.

"I won't hurt you." it said gently.

I knew that voice. I have heard it so long ago, that now it was like a faint memory. I turned and pointed the flashlight at the direction the voice was coming from. In its pale hand was a tattoo with a butterfly and two names surrounding its wings. It was the mark that I used to love to examine and study.

"It's YOU?!" I asked, my throat feeling dry. I felt the flashlight fall off my hands and the world around me turned black.

AN: Special thanks to my friend Lucianita, Laurita and Jen! You girls inspire me! Love everyone, please review and let me know how I am doing. And please, don't be mean. I don't feel like getting review from people that want better grammar and their reviews are sloppier than sloppy joes. Just be nice and kind to me right now. Please!