"So," Jacob asked curiously.
"What's the news that you wanted to tell us?"
He and Edward were sitting in their living-room on the couch, Quill and Embry sitting across from them in the two puffy-chairs.
"Well," Embry said calmly, his eyes looking to Quill and then back to Jacob.
"Me and Quill Imprinted."
"Really? That's great. Who on?"
"Each other," Quill answered softly, reaching out to take Embry's hand in his, linking their fingers together gently.
"Really? Wow. Why didn't it happen sooner?"
"We don't know," Embry answered, shaking his head.
"Except that we've never looked at each other that way before. It was an accident, and, well, we kind of just… clicked."
"How was it an accident?" Edward asked curiously.
"I fell," Quill said, flushing in embarrassment.
"Em caught me, and, bam, fairy-tale connection and kiss."
"It was a bit more then that," Embry elaborated quietly.
"It was everything. The surroundings, the circumstances, the way that you looked when I caught you."
"Clumsy?" Quill teased him.
"No, wide-eyed and over-heated with embarrassment."
Quill blinked, flushing at his answer.
"Like that," Embry sighed, his eyes going soft with emotion as he squeezed Quill's fingers with his gently.
"Sam wasn't thrilled, but…" Quill shrugged, looking relaxed.
"There's not much that he can do about it."
"Nope," Jake said, smiling.
"Not a damn thing. You are being careful though, aren't you?"
"What do you mean?" Embry asked in confusion.
"Well, sexually, I mean. I wouldn't say anything about it, but… I just want you to know the risks."
"There aren't any," Embry said, looking perplexed.
"Yeah," Quill interjected, looking embarrassed.
"Neither of us has ever…"
"I'm not talking about stds. I figured that you two were innocent. So were we. I'm talking about one of you knocking the other up."
"Uh, Jake," Embry said, looking even more confused.
"Guys don't get knocked-up. They can't."
Jacob snorted at that, grinning.
"And vampires don't exist, and people can't shape-shift into animals. I think we've proved that both of those are true."
"Yeah," Quill said, blinking.
"But… Pregnant men?"
"Tell that to Edward," Jacob said teasingly, poking his vampire in the ribs with a gentle-finger.
Edward smiled, putting an arm around his shifter's shoulders and pulling him closer, pressing his cool-lips to his temple, his golden-eyes shining with joy and peace.
"Don't even pretend that you're not happy about it, love."
"Oh, I'm 'happy'. I'll show you how 'happy' later."
"What are you talking about?" Embry asked, looking at Quill then back at them in confusion.
"I'm pregnant," Jake answered, his brown eyes soft with happiness as he looked at his friends.
"I'm carrying Edward's children."
"What?" Quill asked in shock.
Both of them were looking stunned at his announcement.
"I'm expecting Edward's children," Jacob repeated, glancing at Edward in amusement.
"Children, being the pluralized-form of child, as in, more then one. How many more I don't know. I imagine Carlisle will give me an ultra-sound soon so we'll know."
"What does Bella think about this?" Embry asked curiously.
"She doesen't know," Edward answered softly.
"Though I imagine she will soon from Seth when he 'hears' it from you two. She knows that we're getting married as we invited her to our wedding. She's bringing Seth."
"You're getting married?" Quill asked in shock.
"Yes," Jacob answered, smiling as he snuggled closer to Edward and laid his head on his shoulder.
"Both of you are invited, of course."
"We'll be there," Embry promised, still looking floored, as was Quill.
"Good. We'll send you an invitation."
"We're going to get our own place," Quill said.
"Mostly because we want to be able to be ourselves without having to worry about our families walking in on anything. They don't know, and we don't really want to find out how they'll react at all. They won't even think anything of us living together. Two men being in love is completely outside their range of experience."