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Sorry It's taking me forever to get chapters up.. Summer has sucked me into it's fun. I have 4 more ch written on paper ready to be typed I will keep typing to get them to you...hope your all having A good summer. ENJOY CH 24! =0)

Jaspers POV

After two very long days it was finally time to have my Skype date with Bella. I logged onto my account and flipped the camera so it was facing me, she was already on and waiting for me.

"Hey Darlin."...I said excitedly.

"Jazzy, I've missed you, these past two days have been long."

"I know they were, you look beautiful."

"You look very tan."...we both laughed. I really missed her laugh.

"Lots of sun here, to much. I'm missing Forks and all the cloud cover."

"I wish we had more sun."

"So tell me how you are?"

"I'm okay I guess."

"Not sick anymore? You were sick two days ago when we talked."

"Actually I've been sick everyday."...she looked down, then back up at the camera at me.

"Why?...did you go see a doctor yet?."...she looked nervous, I could see her playing with her hands.

"I did see a doctor. I went the same day we talked last."

"Is there something wrong?"

"Not wrong. Jasper I don't know how to say this."

"Say what Bella, tell me whats going on please."...now I was worried, what was wrong or not wrong.

"Um,how bout I show you."

"Show me? What?"."...I watched as she got up, walked away then came back quickly.

"Okay are you ready?"

"Yeah, I guess so, just tell me, or show me."...I seen she had something in her hand. She held it up to the camera, it was blurry then the camera focused on it. I looked closely then realized what it was. It was an ultrasound picture. There was a little arrow with the word baby on it. She sat it down and I looked at her. She was crying.

"Bella, are you pregnant?"...she didn't speak, she just nodded her head yes.

"Are you upset Jazz?"...she sobbed.

"Upset, why would I be upset. I'm happy, a baby wow."...I couldn't contain my happiness, I got up and walked in a circle, I shouted I was so happy.

"Wohoo yeah I'm gonna be a daddy."...I sat back down and saw that she had a huge smile on her face.

"I love you so much. I wish I could fly home right now and hold you in my arms. I cant believe I'm gonna be a daddy."

"Yea you are."

"Stand up let me see your belly."

"I'm not showing yet silly."

"I don't care, just show me."

"Fine but I feel really stupid."...I watched as she got up, took a step back and pulled up her shirt.

"See nothing yet, babys still really tiny."

"I'm gonna try to get home in time, I want to be there when you have our baby."

"I hope you can. I want nothing more in the world than to have you here with me."...My timer was going off and smith was waiting.

"I have to go."

"No, not yet."...Smith came over. He looked into the camera.

"Hey Cullen's wife, congrats on the baby. I think everyone here heard him shout it out."...she was smiling and blushing.

"Thanks"

"I have to go now, I love you so much."

"I love you too Jazzy,I'll send you the picture so you can have it."

"Bye Darlin."

"Bye"...she blew me a kiss and I caught it. I then signed off.

"Jazzy huh, that's really cute."

"Shut the fuck up Smith.'...we both laughed.

"Get out of my seat your time is up. I need to talk to my wife now. She better not be pregnant cause we have four already."...I laughed.

"Four, holy shit Smith."

"We live in Minnesota, when it snows for weeks and were stuck, theres only one thing to do."

"Have fun talking to your wife."

"C-ya Cullen, and congrats on the kid."

"Thanks."...I walked back to the sleeping barracks, I lied down and thought about what I was just told. She was having my baby, I was going to be a daddy, Bella is gonna be a mama. I don't think there was one person as happy as me at this moment. I really wish I could be there with her to help her though it all. I hope we ship home before the baby is born. What if we have a son. Suddenly I was snapped out of my deep thinking.

"Hey Cullen I heard your wife is pregnant."

"Yep, just found out."

"Yeah we all heard ya."

"I'm excited."

"Here have a drink, congrats."...I took the bottle and took a few sips, it was very strong. I handed it back and watched as they all passed it around. I saw our sergeant come in and the bottle flew under a bed quickly ,we all lined up to hear what our orders were.

"Listen up, were leaving at 17:00 hours be ready and congratulations Cullen."

"Thank You Sir"...After we were given our orders we just hung around and finished the potent bottle of mystery liquor.

"So Cullen you got any pics of your wife?"...Litman asked as he handed me a smoke.

"Yeah I do."...I took my phone out and flipped it to a pic of her on our wedding night. She had her hair covering part of her face, she was smiling and her flowers were in her hair. I loved this picture. I handed my phone over to him and lit my cigarette.

"Wow, shes really hot."...I smiled and took a drag of my smoke.

"Yep I know."

"Can I look through your pics?"

"Only if I can go through yours."

"Yeah no problem."...he took out his phone and tossed it to me. I flipped through his girl was cute.

"Hey Cullen who's this?"...he held up the phone for me to see.

"Oh that's my sister Alice."

"Shes really cute. How old?"

"uh..shes 16 now, I have another sister in there somewhere. Bree shes 14."

"I have a sister too, shes 21,do you have any brothers?"

"Yeah two. There should be a picture of all of us together in there."

"Yep right here."

"Yeah, my mom insisted on taking it, she thought I needed to have it. Who's this?"

"Oh that's my sister Jane."

"Any brothers?"

"Her twin Alec, they always cause trouble."

"Whats your girls name?"

"Tanya, were getting married when I get back."

"That's awesome man."...I handed his phone back and he gave me mine.

"Whats your wife's name?"

"Bella, well its Isabella but she hates being called that."

"And shes pregnant"...he laughed.

"Yep and I couldn't be happier."

"Well Congratulations, I hope Tanya and I can have a bunch someday."

"I hope to have more someday too."

"Well I'm going to go get some sleep, early morning orders."

"Yep I hear that, I'll talk to ya later."...I got ready for bed, I plugged my phone in the charger and closed my eyes, falling asleep to thoughts of Bella on our wedding night.

5am came way to fast, I woke up and got all my gear on. We were told we had to head up east today, it was way to hot already. I knew this day was going to be long. I gulped down about a half gallon of water. I headed out to work on a Humvee that was having problems, It keeps stalling out so I thought I would just replace the battery. I went out and worked on it for an hour before I figured out what was wrong with it.

"Cullen, Lets go now. Its taking you way to long to figure that out. We have to leave now to catch up to the others."

"Alright, I got it lets go."...I slammed the hood down, got in and started it. It sounded better than before. Smith was our driver so he took over and I got in back with Litman and four others. None of us said a word to the other, we were all staring out into the desert with our hands on our rifles. My mind wandered to Bella, what I should be doing is focusing on my surroundings. I looked to my right then looked forward. I could see that we were coming up on a village, there were lots of civilians. We didn't want to come upon enemy and have to shoot, it would cause innocent lives lost if we had a shootout.

We had our expert sniper Varga. I looked over to him and he was alert and always made me feel a little better. With all my training I don't know what I would do if I had to shoot another person,I guess I would just have to do it, it would be hard but it would have to be done.

"Stay alert, here we go."...I heard Smith say. We finally caught up with the other Humvee,it was ahead of us waiting. I watched as they entered the village slowly, we followed right behind. There were people walking and they would quickly move out of the way. I was watching all around me staying alert in case of any enemy. It was just a typical village, really nothing to worry about here. I looked over to Varga, he had his eye up to his scope. If anyone is gonna spot any suspicious behavior or an enemy its him. Before I could look away he shouted.

"To the right"...I looked quickly, then heard shots.

"Shots fired, shots fired."...Smith stopped the Humvee quickly. I almost fell backwards out. I could hear Greene, our translator yelling something. Hopefully it was for them to cease fire. I jumped out and went around the truck and looked around it to see Greene talking to one of them. I seen only one. But in training we were told one will talk while others hide and plan attacks. Greene couldn't seem to get the man to calm down, he was becoming very angry. I went to the other side of the truck where Varga was set up and ready to shoot.

"Hey Varga you got him."

"Damn strait Cullen."...The man was now pointing the gun at Greenes head. Greene was shouting something. Then I heard smith.

"what's he want Greene? Whats he sayin?"...Now he was down on his knees, his hands on his head. Then he answered smith.

"He said we need to leave the village now or he'll have us all killed. Varga you better have this fucker in your sites."...Varga stayed silent, the next thing I heard was a shot. I closed my eyes for a second and when I looked back up the enemy was down and there were more shots being fired. I saw more of them coming from everywhere. I watched as humvee one took off. Smith was shouting.

"Load up quick, now,now, now."...I struggled to jump up on the back, Litman grabbed me and pulled me in.

"Shoot em."...someone yelled and I looked behind me to see them chasing us on foot and shooting at us. We all had our rifles pointed down on them and shooting. Finally we were out of the village and away from any enemy fire. I sat down and took a deep breath, that was a rush. I looked over to see Greene shaking.

"You alright Bro?,that was fucking close."...he smiled at me, I seen his hand on his chest, his face went pale, he closed his eyes and slumped over. That's when I seen the blood.

"Medic, medic."...Litman was our medic, he rushed over.

"What the fuck."

"Guess he was shot back there when we opened fire."...I watched as he tore open greenes vest, there was a bullet hole gushing blood.

"Cullen take this gauze and apply pressure...Hard."...I did as he said and it was slowing.

"Alright Cullen, hold it tight.I need to turn him over to see if there's an exit wound,"...I listened and he turned him over, there was an exit wound, it was gushing too. There was blood everywhere.

"Someone tell Smith we need to rush to the next checkpoint."...I was still applying pressure as we took off faster, we suddenly went right and it jolted us to the side. We went faster and faster through the desert. I heard someone say the checkpoint was right ahead. I looked up and seen it in the distance.

"Faster I cant hold this much longer, were losing him."...Litman looked worried. Greene was pale and didn't look good. Litman checked his pulse I looked at Litman, he looked at me.

"It's barely there Cullen."...he shook his head, we stopped quickly. We all helped move Greene into the medic center. I wasn't needed anymore so I went to sit with the others.

"Hey Cullen you alright?"...Smith asked with concern.

"I'm okay, why?"

"Look at yourself, is that all Greens blood on you?"...I looked down I was completely covered in blood.

"It's his...I'm okay."...I walked away to the showers. I stripped down and tossed my uniform and gear aside. I turned on the water, I hoped for hot water but would settle for warm. I grabbed my shampoo and soap from my pack and got in. it was warm. My thoughts were coming fast through my mind. I wondered if Greene was okay, I thought about how that could have been me if I was standing where he was. What would Bella do without me and how would our child grow up with out a father. I tried to push those thoughts from my mind.

I washed up really quick and got out then dressed in clean clothes, I cleaned up my gear and took my uniform to laundry. On my way out I seen smith.

"You alright?"

"Yeah I'm Greene?"

"Not sure yet, he's still being worked on."

"Alright"

"You know you can come talk to me anytime you need to."

"Hey thanks I'll keep that in mind, I'm gonna go see if I can get some info on green."...I walked over to the medical center, I hoped I could get some kind of info. I walked in to see a bit of chaos, there were beds here and there with wounded men and women. A doctor walked up to me.

"Can I help you?"

"Hi, yeah I'm wondering if you can tell me how Justin Greene is doing."

"Um, yeah. Let me go get your staff sergeant."...he looked at my name on my uniform then walked away. I went and stood by a wall and waited patiently, or as patiently as I could. I was worried about my friend, my brother.

I understood this type of stuff happened. I knew we would come across enemy fire and there was always the possibility of someone even myself getting shot, wounded or killed. I just didn't know I would feel so effected by it. I saw my staff sergeant walking towards me so I stood up strait.

"At ease Cullen."

"Sir."

"Lets walk out side for a minute."

"Alright."...I walked out as he followed behind me. We walked along the dirt path that led from the medical center to the sleeping barracks.

"You were very brave today, as was all the others. Litman did all he could before you all got Greene back here."...I knew at this point what he was telling me wasn't good. I knew he was gone, I know there wasn't much we could have done.

"Is he dead sir?"

"I'm very sorry, you were all very brave and did all you could. You have 24 hours before you need to head out. Go eat and get some rest."

"Thank you sir."...I watch as he walked away. I headed into the sleeping barracks and set up a bed, i put all my gear away and sat down on the bed. I placed my head into my hands I went over everything in my head. I could have shot more, I could have applied more pressure. Maybe I should have prayed. I don't know. I felt someone tapping my shoulder. I looked up and it was Litman. He had a bottle in his hand.

"Think you might need this just as much as me."

"You heard?"

"I was in there when he died."

"I'm real sorry man."

"No don't, we knew this could happen. He died doing what he loved. He said since his wife left him all he had was the army, he loved it all of it. Here drink with me so I don't have to drink alone."...he sat next to me, and we drank. We passed the bottle back and forth until there was no more left and we were both very drunk. We talked about everything women, past women, how we wished we were home. We talked about pie and argued about which was better, cherry or apple. I think we agreed on lemon meringue. I told him about Edward and how we fought over Bella. He told me stories about his sister and brother and how they would get him in trouble.

We became best friends that night. We vowed to stay in touch no matter what. We both ended up passed out near the bathrooms. I'm not even sure how we got there. Litman woke up and poured water on me to get me up. We went to eat and after that were very thankful for our 24 hours off, we slept for the remainder before having to head out and fight some more.