Quil's POV
If timing is everything than we suck. Seriously. Jake's like let's go to Vegas the weekend before I get married. Leah and Bella are fine with it so we go. Embry doesn't come since it turns out Lauren was pregnant when they broke up and after she had the baby she handed her over to Embry and left town.
Bella takes care of her when he works even though she hasn't completely forgiven Embry. She wants to she just can't get over how much he hurt her. But she didn't feel comfortable with her and Lacy alone for the whole weekend.
Bella is pregnant with a boy, due in a month. She's about as excited as she was when she first found out about Lacy.
So not at all.
I didn't want to leave but she insisted and Embry promised to watch out for her as much as she will let him.
So not at all.
Except she does let him take Lacy whenever he wants so she can rest. He had to beg her for that much. I'm pretty torn on the issue. She's my wife and I love her and she gives so much for other people. But he's like a brother to me and he dumped the bitch and has done everything he can to get Bella to forgive him. He even let Lacy name his daughter. Her name is Ariel Belle… We call her Ari.
Back to Vegas, we've been here for 6 hours when Embry calls saying Bella is in labor and it's moving quickly and she's refusing to let anyone in the room because she hates him, my mom is too touchy and her dad, in her words… just no. Emily and Leah are out of town visiting Emily's mom.
Yeah that sounds like her, I tell Embry to let me talk to her and she screams that she hates me for going and then bursts into tears and tells me she loves me. She's sobbing and rambling that she loves my mom but she's so touchy and she doesn't like to be touched and her dad can't see her like that and no one but me knows what to do and she can't do this alone.
"Babe, Embry knows you almost as well as I do. I know you're still mad at him but he'd be good with you. He knows when you like to be held and when to back off. I don't want you alone." I try to convince her and she agrees though very reluctantly.
She gives Embry the phone back and he promises to take care of her. When I hang up Jake is looking at me like I'm insane.
"What?" I ask him already trying to figure out what we need to do to get home.
"You just convinced your wife to let a man that is in love with her to be there with her while she has your baby." He tells me like I'm dumb.
"Yeah he loves her; I think maybe it's more to do with seeing her with Ari than anything. He loves her so much that he would never do anything to hurt her. Like try to steal her away from me while she's in labor. He knows he has no chance just like I know he has no chance. He can't help being in love with her and all he wants is what they used to be." I tell him and he looks unconvinced but I know it's true.
Bella loves Embry too but in a different way. More like if I didn't have a superhot husband I would probably agree to raise our children together way. He makes her feel safe when she gets all crazy about things.
"You're not normal. I could never let her be around him alone knowing that if you didn't exist he would be doing everything he can to get with her." He tells me.
"And that's why it's a good thing you're not with her. She hasn't changed; I'm not going to make her be not her."
Jake was once in love with her too, maybe not quite as much as he loves Leah though. I wasn't going to go for her because of Jake but when she kissed me I wasn't going to not kiss her back. Jake was pissed at us both but he finally told me it had more to do with him not wanting her to be stuck here.
She never was. I told her I would follow her anywhere but she told me after constantly moving with her mom this felt like home, she probably would have stayed here anyways and I know she's happy. With me and Lacy and our whole life. Women have been telling from the beginning she's cheating on me with Jake or Embry, I think at one point even her dad thought she was with Jake behind my back. But I have never doubted her and I'm not going to start now.
Bella likes attention, Embry thinks it's because she was pretty much neglected as a child and then ditched by her mom for a man. Charlie is a good dad but she only spent the summer with him and from a really early age she learned how to hide her mom's being a crappy mom.
We pack our stuff up really quickly and then head to the airport to get on the next plane.
I call Embry right before I get on the plane and he says they are making her push now.
On the plane Jake tells me he's sorry for trying to make me doubt them but I tell him not to worry about it. I know I'm not like other people and I really don't care.
As soon as we land I call Embry and he tells me they are both fine but she is very upset I'm not here. I finally think to ask where Lacy and Ari are and he tells me Lacy is with Charlie and Ari is with his mom. Emily and Leah are on their way back and my mom and Kim are in the waiting room but she won't let anyone in until I get there unless it's Emily or Leah.
I tell him I want to talk to her but she's too hard for me to understand anything so I tell her I will be there in about an hour hopefully and hang up.
After what seems like forever I finally get to her room and I walk in to her sleeping with Embry holding my son.
He gets up and hands him to me telling me he's sorry for holding him before me but Bella cried hard until she was so exhausted she couldn't wait anymore. She's only been asleep a few minutes.
"It's OK; you know I trust you more than just about anyone with her and Lacy and now him. Did she mention any names?"
"She was mumbling Derek in her sleep but she was also mumbling don't die so I think she might have been thinking about Grey's Anatomy." He tells me laughing but seriously. She probably wants to name him Derek after that Derek.
"She let you help her?" I ask him.
"Yep. She told me to do what I knew she needed me to do like I used too. I'm not really sure what she meant but I knew what she needed."
"She meant like when she cried for a month because she thought her mom hated her and you held her and made her eat and constantly reminded her that we all cared about her and when you convinced her she wasn't crazy for getting married when she's 19 and how you helped convince her she wouldn't be a crappy mom like her mom. That's what she meant." I tell him and Jake is just shaking his head but the thing about that is Jake was her best friend back then when we barely knew her but somehow Embry knew exactly what she needed when Jake had no idea. I was instantly in love her but I like I said, I stayed away for Jake but back then I wondered if Embry would do the same. Turns out he had no interest in her like that then but he loves her more than probably anyone except for Ari.
"Thanks Embry for taking care of her. I assume she'll forgive you now but it is Bella so…"
"She already did but I don't think we'll ever be back to where we were before. I think she'll always be a little bit afraid I'm going to hurt her again." He tells me.
"Well she's not stupid. I'm sure she knows how you really feel about her. Of course she's going to keep her distance." Jake snaps at him and I tell him to shut up. Now is not the time for this, I'm not sure there is a time for this.
Embry leaves to check on Ari and Jake leaves to check on Lacy. Charlie is good with her but she's a wild child and only Bella can handle her alone for long periods of time.
I hope this one is calmer. Derek? I don't hate the name, I even kind of like it. But do I really want my kid named after a Grey's Anatomy character? He's not even her favorite character, if anything I would think she would want to name him Alex.
He starts crying and she wakes up confused but when she sees me she smiles and says I love you.
"I love you too babe, I'm sorry I wasn't here for this." I tell her leaning down to kiss her and then sitting next to her.
"It's OK; I practically forced you into this trip. Poor Jake, his tripped was ruined. Where is Jake? Where is Embry? He was so good to me, I feel bad for holding on to being mad for so long. I forgive him but I think he's in love with me." She rambles and I'm glad she's not mad at me.
"He is but you know he would never do anything about it right? Unless maybe I die and then you should totally go for it."
"Not funny. Give me my baby." She demands.
"Derek?" I ask handing him over.
"I never said that to anyone…" She tells me completely confused and I laugh telling her Embry heard her mumbling in her sleep but he wasn't sure if she was talking about baby names or Grey's Anatomy.
"Um maybe a little bit of both…" she admits.
"He's not even your favorite." I point out and she laughs and says yeah but he just doesn't look like an Alex.
"I like Derek." I tell her and she smiles.
"I'm having my tubes tied." She tells me and I laugh and tell her that's probably a good idea.