CHAPTER 18
BPOV
I pushed again with the next contraction. I have never been so tired. I pushed again and suddenly out came my baby! I looked at him stunned for a minute before picking him up from the blanket. I had a son.
"Hello Jace." I said in wonder.
He blinked in response and I heard him breathing in rapid little pants. He did not cry. I stared at my newborn son, marveling at the fact that he looked so much like his dad but with my brown hair and brown eyes. Then I nearly dropped him as I screamed. Another pain hit. Soon I was pushing again and within minutes a second baby!!
"My Arriel." I sighed. She was stunning. Brilliant green eyes and copper hair. I held them both to me and smiled down at them. Neither of them cried they just looked around panting rapidly and looking slightly shocked. Arriel and Jace so perfect.
"Mommy just needs to rest a minute guys." I said to them dropping back against the pillows.
I took off my shirt and held them to my bare skin to keep them warm. The fire still burned low in the fireplace as I closed my eyes contentedly.
"There better not be anymore of you guys in there." I told my stunned children. "I'm out of names." Geez being around Emmett is contagious.
The exhaustion of this day catching up with me. They nestled into my skin and I closed my eyes. I thought about the date. October 31.
"My little monsters, born on halloween." I said to them as I covered us up with a blanket.
Arriel closed her little eyes and drifted off to sleep against my right breast and Jace looked around a bit more. He blinked his little eyes and turned his head towards the exposed skin of my left breast. I screamed as he bit me. The burn I knew the burn.
I writhed on the floor, not really conscious. I knew my babies were here and I needed to keep them safe. I refused to scream again, not wanting to scare them. I locked my body into place not wanting to thrash and hurt them. Twins!! I was a mommy and Edward was a daddy and soon I would be a vampire. Then nobody would keep me away from Edward. We would find him together.
I drifted in and out of consciousness for what seemed like ages. Suddenly I was more aware of my surroundings. Light was coming through the window. I felt two warm bodies at my side and could hear their little heartbeats fluttering. The pain seemed to be receding and i found myself able to move my hands. I reached up to feel my babies still curled against my chest. Their warm skin and heartbeats fluttered at my touch. They were so warm.
I opened my eyes and looked around. Everything was so clear. The first thing I wanted to look at was my children. The were nestled against my naked chest both suckling on my breasts. I stared at my hands and noticed that they were white. The hands of a vampire. I felt my throat, checking for a burn but felt nothing. How could my children be breast feeding if I was a vampire? I sat up slowly, expecting my body to be sore, it wasn't.
I looked at my watch it was 11 am on November 1. This was wrong, vampire conversions took 3 days! What was going on?
I pulled Jace away from my breast and he burped loudly. Milk dribbled from his lips. I reached for diapers and clothes and dressed him quickly. I did the same for Arriel. When they were dressed I laid my sleeping children together on my make shift delivery area and stood to go clean myself up. I stared at them for a little while, noting how beautiful they were. They seemed to be a perfect mix of Edward and me and surprisingly that made them even more perfect.
I went into the bathroom looking at my reflection in the mirror. I was stunned. A newborn vampire should have red eyes yet my eyes were golden. My features were more defined and after I brushed my hair I was every bit as beautiful as Alice or Esme. I smiled as I stared at my naked body. No signs of the pregnancy remained other than my milk filled breasts. I dressed in the first clothes I had worn as I left Forks. They were big on me but they would do for now. I would find a store soon and get something better to wear.
"Geez maybe being a vampire is making me like shopping now." I said to myself quietly. I cleaned the house around me. Placing all dirty and bloody laundry in a bag in the back of the Jeep. I would call Dave from the nearest pay phone and have him take care of the goats and chickens. I didn't have car seats for the babies yet but I assumed that I could put them together in the bassinet for now until we got somewhere we could get a seat. I decided I would go back to Forks to start there. If I found any of the Cullens they would surely help me, what with the babies and all.
I would find Edward and if he didn't want me I would deal with that but Jace and Arriel needed a father.