Jake's POV
Bella is 8 months pregnant and I am on my way to meet with Renee and her husband with her and Josh.
They are trying to convince her to stay with them until the baby is born so that she'll already be in the right hospital.
Bella told Josh she would die before spending a single night in their home.
Why am I here? To make sure Renee doesn't even so much as look at Jason according to Bella. According to Josh it's because he's not sure he can handle Jason and Bella. And I'm the only one who can leave my job whenever I feel like it since my dad helps when I ask and I can do a lot of it online. Josh left the studio to Sam for the business side of things and hired an instructor.
We get to the house and just the husband and the nanny are there.
He introduces himself as Phil and the nanny as Kylie. Renee is at the hospital since Jillian is now there full time.
"Thank you so much for coming, you have no idea how much I appreciate this, especially after how Renee treated you." He tells Bella.
"I'm doing to for Jillian, trust me if Renee needed it I would have let her die." She tells him and Kylie tries not to laugh.
"I didn't know about you." He tells her.
"Yeah none of that really matters. How is Jillian doing?" She asks.
"She's very sick but she's holding on. She really wants to know you Bella; she's always wanted a brother or a sister. She's such a sweet kid despite…" Kylie answers her but stops.
"Despite Renee being her mother? I know you can't stand her Kylie, it's not a secret." Phil laughs.
He explains that Kylie has been her nanny since she was born, and there are times when Kylie is more the parent than the nanny.
"So anyways Josh, Bella we would be more than happy for you to stay here for the rest of this month so that you can deliver here. We have two extra rooms so the baby could stay in one or with you, anything to make you happy and comfortable." Phil tells them.
"I'm not staying in the same house as her." Bella tells Phil but she's looking at Josh.
"I know sweetheart, we'll get a hotel room. One for us and one for Jake." He tells her. Apparently I'm staying here for the next month? Not that I mind, I owe Bella a lot. She convinced Leah to try and stay here and work things out with me and the baby, she broke up with me but I'm OK with that. "If that's OK with you Jake?" I tell him it's fine and Bella smiles at me.
Phil and Josh discuss nearby hotels and extended stays while Bella and I talk to Kylie about Jillian and Renee. She really can't stand Renee and for that Bella loves her.
"She really does love Jillian she just loves her career a bit more. But it works out well for this, she has all the best doctors on Jillian's case and I know she has the best lined up for you and the baby. Plus because of her you'll be able to spend more time with your babies and husband than normal. She has a lot of pull there. Thank you for doing this. I've been Jillian's nanny since I was 18, she was 6 weeks old. My mom is one of the doctors that work with Renee; I love her like she's mine. She's excited about knowing you, and hopefully your kids. Phil is thinking about leaving Renee once Jillian is better, this whole I abandoned my infant daughter things kind of has him seeing a lot of the wrong in her." Kylie tells Bella.
"So you think she'll make it long enough?" Bella asks her and she says as of right now yes, but things can change quickly at this point.
"Um can I ask you a totally none of my business question?" She asks her and Bella says sure.
"How old is your husband?" She asks and when I laugh Bella smacks me.
"He's 47. 21 years older than me." She tells her and Kylie just says oh wow, he's hot though. Bella says yep, I know.
Kylie tells us she is about to go to the hospital to see Jillian and asks if we want to come, Bella tells her not right now but probably soon. Before she leaves she tells Bella that if she needs any help with Jason to let her know, she will gladly help.
Soon after she leaves we leave to go to the extended stay Josh decided on, he gets me a room across the hall from them, we check in and then he leaves to find food Bella will actually eat, the more pregnant she gets the more picky she gets. She's down to pizza and waffles and anything chocolate.
"You know you don't have to stay Jake." She tells me.
"I know but you need all the support you can get in this. It's not a big deal, actually it's kind of a nice break from knowing Leah is 5 minutes away and pregnant with my kid but wants nothing to do with me." She hugs me and says Leah's a dumbass.
By the time Josh gets back she's asleep in my room so he takes Jason back to theirs after telling me he's going to drive home in a little while to pack, he wasn't sure how this was going to go, and asking me if I want to come with or stay with her. I need stuff but I don't really want her alone so I tell him I'll just go in the morning.
He leaves Jason with me and heads home, 4 hours later Bella's water breaks. I call him and he turns around but she needs to be in the hospital now so she tells me to call Kylie.
Kylie meets us at the hospital and takes Jason back to our room.
"I can't do this Jake; I can't do this without him." She tells me crying and looking at me like I'm supposed to be able to fix this.
"Maybe it will take a while like with Jason honey, maybe he'll be in time."
Then a nurse comes in and tells her it's moving quickly she needs to start pushing. She refuses.
The nurse pulls me out and tells me if she doesn't start pushing I'm going to have to sign a consent form for a C-section.
"I'm not her husband." I tell her and she says oh. Well where is he? "On his way but like 3 hours away."
"Well then you need to talk her into listening." She demands.
Renee comes running down the hall.
"You're not going in there; she is stressed and scared as hell." I tell her.
"Yeah I know but if she has a C-section her recovery time before she can have the surgery is longer. Jake please, you know her well right? Just use what you know about her to calm her, make her understand that the baby is going to be distressed if she doesn't do this. Plus if she doesn't agree to the C-section her baby could die since Josh is the only other person who can consent, I mean it can be forced but that takes time and just go in there and help her please?" She begs me.
I go back to Bella and she's curled up in a ball crying hysterically.
"Bella honey, I know you're scared and you want Josh but the baby needs you to do this. Is there anything I can do?" I ask her.
"No, I'm not having this baby without him." She cries.
"OK honey if you have a C-section you have to wait longer to donate the kidney and that is just more time in here away from Jason and Brooke and away from home. You know Jason is going to miss Sue and Brooke is going to think she lives at the hotel and Sam is working his ass off trying to run Josh's studio plus his shop which means Emily is alone and pregnant." I feel like crap telling her this stuff.
"Are you really trying to guilt me into this Jake?" She cries.
"Is it working?" She shakes her head yes and I run off to find the nurse.
For the next 30 minutes she is screaming in pain and holding my hand so freaking tight I think she might actually break it. Apparently there was no time for pain meds.
The nurse tells her one more push and then Brooke is crying and they hand her to Bella.
"Thank you Jake." She whispers. "Don't feel bad for saying all those things. Can you please call Josh and tell him we're OK?"
I call Josh and tell him they are both fine and find out how far away he is. Just as I get off the phone Renee walks up to me.
"Are they OK?" she asks.
"Stop pretending you care about either one of them." I tell her.
"I don't hate her Jake; I don't want anything bad to happen to her." She tells me.
"2 months ago you couldn't have cared less if she lived or died. She got married and had a baby and you knew nothing. You told her you didn't love her and then you have the nerve to ask her to give a kidney to the daughter that was good enough in Bella's eyes. So stop pretending you care about anyone but Jillian. Bella is such a good person that you have missed out on knowing. I have to go back to her, she needs me. And yes they are both fine." I walk back to Bella and tell her Josh is about 2 hours away still.
"You need to go get Jason then, he doesn't know her, and he'll be scared. I'm fine, Josh will be here soon." She tells me but I really don't want to leave her here with Renee walking around out there.
"I don't want Renee bothering you." I tell her.
"If she comes in I'll deal with it Jake, Jason is more important. Please go."
"Fine but call me if she bothers or if you need anything and have Josh call me when he gets here so I'll know." I kiss her head and leave.