Well, my characters are back now... for those of you who don't know, I mentioned last chapter that they were going to do a guest appearance in ShanteRenee's new funny skit, 'The Cullens on Jerry Springer'. You can find the story on my profile under favorites. It's just something fun she's writing, nothing to be taken seriously at all. So anyway, we're all back in order now and ready for the next chapter!

Enjoy!

*Bella's POV*

I slammed the door shut behind me. I was hoping Jacob would get the hint and not come after me, but Jacob never understood when I wanted to be left alone.

"Bella, wait." Jacob ran after me. I kept walking, regretting that it was morning and the streets were busy. I just wanted to run. "Bella!" Jacob's voice was right behind me, his hand wrapped around my upper arm and he yanked me back.

"Don't touch me!" I growled, narrowing my eyes at him. I could feel my shield rippling across my skin. I fought to keep it under control.

"I'm sorry," he said softly.

"You're sorry…" This was going to be interesting. "For what?" I shrugged.

"I love her, Bella. I'm not sorry for that. I am sorry for hurting you, though." I turned to look at him and saw the pain in his eyes. I hated when he looked at me like that.

"Aw, Jake," I sighed and leaned against the fence. "It's just weird, I mean you're my best friend--she's my daughter… you have to understand."

"I do understand, but, Bella, she bel--"

I shoved him hard and he fell to the ground. "She does not belong to you, yet!" My growls vibrated my chest.

Jacob scrambled to his feet and towered over me. "Oh, I think she does." He grumbled.

I stepped closer, letting him know I wasn't afraid of him, our chests touching. I could feel his body vibrating from his growls.

"You're going to keep your paws off her. She's a child, Jacob."

"No," Jacob hissed.

"It's not up for negotiation. You stay away from my kid."

"She's a big girl."

"Not that big."

"After she graduates," Jacob paused and looked into my eyes. "She will be mine, forever. She's going to marry me."

I stood frozen, flames burning behind my eyes. Edward was behind me, his arm wrapped around my chest.

"I didn't tell her that yet." He told Jacob.

I spun around to face my husband. I prayed that I didn't hear him correctly. "What did you say?" I spoke each word slowly.

"Jacob," Edward said over my shoulder. I watched him out of the corner of my eye as he walked back towards the house. I shoved away from Edward and immediately regretted it. I hated being upset with him. "Love," he placed his hands on my hips and pulled me against him. "You remember you're eighteenth birthday, we were watching Romeo and Juliet in your living room?"

I thought for a moment, but I shook my head, looking at his chest. "I don't want to remember anything about that day. I never held on to those memories."

"Well, that's when I first told you that I envied Romeo for the suicide…" He trailed off waiting for me to remember. I couldn't.

I shook my head and shrugged. "I told you, I don't remember."

His lips touched my forehead before he continued. "You were upset with me for even thinking of wanting to die. I told you I had to considerate it once, when James had you. I didn't know if I was going to find you alive or not," Edward paused as his hand touched my cheek, tilting my head up to make me look at him. "Do you remember the day you went to Italy to stop me from going to the volturi?"

I stared into his eyes. I remembered that day. "Yes," I whispered.

"Why did I go there?"

I took a deep breath. "Because Rosalie told you about Alice's vision of me jumping off the cliff. She told you I…" I trailed off not wanting to finish.

"Yes," Edward smiled. "I thought you were gone, I couldn't live in a world where you don't exist. And last night I saw clearly inside Jacob's head. Before he even knew if Renesmee was ok or not. He ran around the hospital, scared to find out their fate. See, if he found out she didn't make it, he was thinking of ways to end his own life. He asked me last night for her hand. I only told him yes because I know what he went through in thinking his true love was ripped from him."

I hate when he was right. And the smile on his face told me he knew he was right. "Ok," I sighed. "I'll give them my blessing, but I do not like the fact that they slept together."

"I know, but they're meant to be together, and they're going to wait until after she graduates to get married."

I took a deep breath and slid my hands up his chest to wrap around his neck. "You're going to give our girl away?"

Edward's laughter vibrated in his chest. "Not quite yet."

"You know, why couldn't they just wait? I mean we did."

"We didn't have a choice."

I rolled my eyes. "No, you didn't give us a choice."

"True," he chuckled. "But if we didn't wait then you're fears of what everyone thought about us getting married so young would have been true. We would have to rush the wedding because you were pregnant."

I thought about that, he had a point. We didn't even think vampires and humans could produce a child. I remembered telling my dad we were engaged. He thought I was pregnant. I didn't want to think if his assumption would have been true. My mind quickly flipped to Jacob and Renesmee. "No!" I gasped.

Edward held me close and searched the backyard. "What it is?"

"Nessie!" I spun around and ran into the house.

"Bella, what's going on?" Edward chased after me. He caught my arm and spun me around to face him.

"Human's and vampires can produce a baby and we didn't know… who's to say werewolves and half human- half vampires can't!" I flung the door out of my way and crossed the room quickly.

"Mom," Renesmee started, but I grabbed her hand towing her to the front door. I glanced quickly at Edward and he was now glaring at Jacob.

"Oh, what now!" Jacob wined just as I shut the door behind me.

"Ok, not as fast on my feet as you!" Renesmee said breathless behind me. I slowed down and stopped, sitting on the curb. She hesitated but followed my motion.

"Ness, do you feel all right?" I looked her over quickly. She seemed fine, but so did I before I got sick.

"I'm fine," she groaned. "I know the accident looked bad, but I heal quick. Stop worrying about me." She misunderstood my question.

"I didn't mean about that." I watched a car drive by. The driver threw us a confused glace as we sat in the drizzle. The rain didn't bother me, and Renesmee didn't seem to be paying attention to it. She was studying my face, trying to figure out what was on my mind. I took a deep breath. "You and Jacob… are you all right?"

"He's not some super-strength vampire. He's human. He didn't hurt me." I shuddered.

This was a conversation I never thought I would be having with my daughter. She seemed to be handling it a lot better than I was.

"That's… good… I guess." I stood up and paced back and forth in front of her.

"Mom, just tell me." She insisted.

"Ok, look," I stopped walking and sat back down beside her. "I didn't think I could get pregnant with your father, so we didn't think to use any sort of--"

"Oh," Renesmee's gasp cut me off. It was her turn to pace uncomfortably in front of me. "We, we… er… we were careful."

I stood up and stepped in her path wrapping my arms around her. "Thank you!" I sighed heavily. "That's all I needed to know."

"O…k?" She waited for a moment to make sure I was really done.

"Well, I have to go check on Derek." She relaxed when I had nothing more to say. I would wait and talk to her about the whole marriage thing for another time. I was done with uncomfortable conversations for the day.

We walked back to the house in silence. I walked into the house first and Jacob was on his feet and in front of me before I could make it to the stairs.

"Listen, Bells, it's not like what you think! Edward told me and I--"

I waved my hand to make him stop talking. I didn't want to hear it from him. It was too gross, too wrong. "It's ok, I know." I turned quickly and darted up the stairs.

"Hey, Derek," I said softly. I slid my hand under his and he gave a slight squeeze. I hated to see his face look so paned, but I was even more nervous about how he would be like when he woke up. No one thought he was going to be as calm as I was. Would he want to stay with us? I knew it would break Renesmee's heart if he decided to leave. "You should be glad you're not in the middle of all this drama going on. I'm sure Renesmee will fill you in once you're feeling better."

We sat in silence for a while. Then Derek groaned in pain and his breathing hitched.

"It's ok," I laid my hand flat on his chest. "It will all be over soon." I knew he could hear me. I could hear everyone perfectly fine when I was burning. I pushed the thought out of my mind. I didn't want to remember that, not when he was feeling it all. "I know you don't want to hear this, but you've only been like this for a day. You have about two more ahead you of. I'm sorry, but I wish someone informed me how much longer I had." I whispered into his ear.

"Talking to your son?" Edward's voice floated in from the doorway.

"He's not," I shrugged. "It's his choice if he wants to stay or not."

"I think he'll stay. But I want you to take Renesmee and stay away from him when he wakes up…" He trailed off as he watched me fly across the room, shoving him out.

"Don't say stuff like that in front of him, he'll hear you! You know he's going to freak out if he knows he could hurt Renesmee."

"Ok, I'm sorry." He smiled my favorite crooked smile and pressed himself against me. His lips moved to my ear. "Let's go home tonight. Derek will be fine. Carlisle will watch over him and Renesmee can stay here for the night."

I reached up on my toes to kiss him. "I think that's a very good idea," I mumbled against his lips.