"Are you ready, Jake?" Carlisle asked him.
Jacob was lying on their bed in the cottage, Edward holding his hand with his gently.
"Yes," he answered, nodding, smiling when his vampire squeezed his fingers reassuringly.
"I'm ready. We want to know."
"Alright."
The pups were growing quickly, making Jacob's stomach slightly-rounded now.
Thankfully the wedding was the next day, because Jake was getting more tired and grumpy with each day that passed.
And needy, though not the crazy, need-it-now fervor of before.
It was more like he was seeking reassurance that he was still desirable.
Still loveable.
And Edward gave him what he needed eagerly and with much enthusiasm.
They stared at each other, smiling while Carlisle spread a cool, gel-like substance onto Jacob's stomach, then took the plastic-paddle that was connected by a cord to the ultra-sound machine, placing it on Jacob's stomach and moving it around to look for the pups so that they would come up onto the tiny screen.
"Ah, yes, there they are," Carlisle said, smiling when the couple looked to the screen with eager faces.
"It's hard to tell this early, but I can see at least three. We'll know better when you're further along."
"Yeah," Jacob joked, his brown eyes teasing.
"When I look like an overfilled-balloon."
"You'll look beautiful, Jake love. You always look beautiful," Edward said, leaning forward to press his lips to his tenderly before pulling back reluctantly.
Jake flushed with pleasure, smiling at him happily.
"So are you. I love you, Edward."
"I love you to, Jacob."
* Edward? * Jake thought, still grinning.
"Yeah, baby?"
* Thank you for knocking me up *
Edward burst out laughing.