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26. BIRTH

FLASHBACK

Jacob's strong arms held him over me as he planted soft kissed on my jaw line to my lips. My hands freely roamed his chest, relishing in the feel of his tight, toned muscles.

His tongue slipped past my lips, filling my mouth while he massaged my tongue with his own.

He broke the kiss and held his face inches from mine. "I want you…"

I stared deeply into his eyes. "Than take me…"

A smile played at the corners of his lips as he leaned towards me, pressing his lips to mine again.

The sound of Jacob's cell phone ringing filled the room. Normally if the phone rings while we are fooling around, we ignore it. Especially in the middle of the night.

But this time he had to answer it. "It's Sam." Jacob climbed off me answering his phone. "Hello?"

I remained laying there, completely ready for sex, so pent up and ready to go, the words that Jacob said next nearly made me cry.

"Terry, we need to go."

I looked at him, pleading to stay and have sex with me with my eyes.

"You know I want to… But, Emily's having the baby." And with that, we were dressed and out the door in minutes.

It didn't take us long to reach the hospital. When we got there, Jacob was nearly running to get inside. We finally found the rest of the pack, minus Leah for obvious reasons, sitting in a waiting room.

"Well look who finally decided to show up!" Paul laughed. "This isn't interrupting your guys' 'fun time' is it?"

I was glad no one was looking at me because my face turned really red.

"So, any word on how long she'll be in labor?" Jacob wasn't joking around. He was in a serious mood.

Seth spoke up from the couch. "No. She's been in there almost an hour… You should've seen Sam, he was so nervous."

"Seth, you know you would be too. I'm surprised Sam is as calm as he is." Jared was standing in the corner, looking out the window. "Kim and I had a pregnancy scare a while ago. It was the most stressful thing I've experienced, and here Emily is actually giving birth."

"Is there a Mr. Black here?" A nurse had come out of the room.

Jacob walked over to her. "Yeah, I'm him."

"Mr. Uley would like to have you be there with him."

He turned to look at me, I couldn't place the emotion. I nodded to him, smiling. Jacob turned back and followed the woman into the room.

"Terry, come here." Paul waved me over, patting a seat between him and Seth. "Come sit with your ol' pal Paul."

I sighed, smiling. I could only imagine what Paul was going to talk about or ask me about my relationship with Jacob. I sat down.

"So when is the wedding?" Paul looked at me genuinely curious.

"Oh, umm… We don't really have a date yet. Just kinda playing it by ear." I shrugged.

He nodded, looking satisfied with my answer. There was a bizarre silence in the room before a giant smile crossed his face. "Jacob gonna fuck you good on the honeymoon?"

That caused everyone to laugh. I couldn't help but laugh with them. Paul's random questions were just too spontaneous and hysterical not to laugh at.

I don't even know how many hours passed before sleep overtook me. Jacob's soothing whisper voice stirred me from my sleep. "So I leave for a few hours and you decide to sleep with Paul?"

I opened my eyes to see Jacob kneeling in front of the couch. I went to sit up, but couldn't. Two strong arms were wrapped around me. I looked at who they belonged to. Paul and I must've fallen asleep at roughly the same time. That's the only explanation I could come up with as to why we were basically spooning on the couch.

Jacob laughed quietly at my face when I realized I was sleeping on Paul's chest as he helped me get free from Paul's arms. I stood up from the couch and looked around. The pack was all asleep. "Do you wanna see the baby?"

I nodded and we walked quietly into the room where Sam sat in a chair holding the baby, while Emily was asleep in the bed.

"Terry, come here." Sam's voice was barely audible. "Come say hi to little Raven."

"Raven? That's a cool name." Jacob and I walked over to them and in Sam's arms was a tiny little baby, fast asleep.

I looked at Sam who was staring down at his son. His face was so happy and at peace. He looked up at Jacob. "Hey, do you think you could hold him for just a second? I need to use the bathroom…"

"Of course." Jacob held his arms out as Sam gently handed the baby over.

"Don't forget to hold his head up. Yeah, just like that. Look at you, you're a natural." Sam patted Jacob on the shoulder and walked over to the bathroom.

I watched as Jacob's eyes softened staring down at the little baby in his arms. A warm smile crossed his lips as he quietly began talking to him.

A few minutes later, Sam came back and Jacob gave Raven back to him, a touch of sadness in his eyes. Sam thanked us for being there and we said our goodbyes.

Back in the car, Jacob stared at the steering wheel for a few minutes. I couldn't really see his face, given how dark it was, but from what I could see he looked terribly sad.

It didn't last for long, he looked up at me and smiled. "I believe we have some unfinished business to attend to back in our bed…"

I leaned over and kissed him. "I believe we do."

END FLASHBACK