A/N: I want to start off by apologizing. I know I said after the review count reached, I would post the update, but unfortunately things came up. I fell ill almost a week after the last update and lost motivation to do anything. I went to the hospital to find out that my throat was bruised and torn, making me lose my voice as well. But now I'm finally able to get back into my routines and hopefully my updates will be sooner than the last one.

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Chapter Twenty-Five

The house has been a total chaos the moment we woke up.

It was Jacob who heard the baby cry. At first we both thought we were hearing things, but after getting up and taking a look, I cam to a surprise to see the infant partially wrapped in a towel, crying for someone to pick him up. As I held the child, I couldn't help but wonder how the poor baby got there. Our door was unlocked, but it still didn't give full evidence that someone came in and left the child on our couch.

No note.

Nothing.

Then there was that strange feeling again. I didn't know how to explain it to Jake, but it was like the baby was here for a reason. I didn't want to alarm Jake with any of my predictions, but something told me that this was the child we were waiting for. Most of it had to deal with the fact that I would have to step in as a parent already, and for the first time in my life, I felt I was too young to.

It didn't take long for my parents to find out once aunt Alice phoned before we could call anyone. She mentioned the child, but something that was missing. There was know say or knowledge of how the child came upon us on her side either, just that the baby began to appear more as she looked forward.

Jacob thought it was best to inform the council and find any evidence of any suspicions of anyone birthing a child lately on or near the reservation that may have been kept a secret, until then, grandpa Charlie was already investigating on his behalf. He offered to take the child off our hands into care until they figured it out, and as much as everyone felt I should, I couldn't.

I wanted to tell Jake this too, but I just didn't know how. I saw a part of Jacob in the infant, and I wasn't sure to why. It was almost the same connection I had with my fiancé, and I didn't know how he'd handle the whole predicament. Would he be willing to step up the plate if I had, if we were needed to.

As everyone stepped in and done there part, I had asked Jake to look for the wolf-pup since I had finally realized the little guy was nowhere in sight. That and the reason my parents and grandparents came to see me, and I knew their scents still bothered him. So while him, Tyler and Seth were out there searching for the pup, Sam, Paul and Jared began searching the communities here and nearby on anyone who could have been pregnant without telling anyone.

Rachel and the others decided to stay put where they were because Paul and Jared felt safer knowing that they were nowhere near my family. I wasn't offended, but I still wondered if the day would ever come when the comfort would be there. But as it was, it gave me time to spend with the Uncle Emmett and Jasper and Aunt Alice and Rose. To make things a bit stranger than I could think, the child's blood had no effect on them whatsoever. It was as if they baby kind of repelled them. When I asked grandpa Carlisle how different it was for them, he replied with that the infant was more on the repulsive side than the appetizing, similar to the wolf's scent. It was then I knew the baby would be safe.

Thanks to my mother and aunt's, I was able to tend to the child, as it seemed to crave my attention. I didn't put much thought into it, but it did make me wonder how and why the baby was growing attached to me as if it already knew me.

"Are you seriously thinking of keeping the child?" My father interrupted the conversation. The thought was on my mind, and I happened to forget that my father could still read it.

"You were thinking of keeping it?" My mother asked.

"I don't know." I shrugged as I laid the child across the couch and on the soft blanket that Aunt Alice had brought with the tons of other things she felt I needed. "It was just a

thought."

"You're barely a child yourself Sebastian, you can't be serious about this." My father chimed in once again. "You need to think this through before you continue to play house with Jacob."

"I wasn't intending on playing house with Jacob dad," I replied annoyed, "but everything happens for a reason, and this child being brought into our house has to mean something."

"But none of us know where the child came from, how can you be so sure that you're not raising an enemy." He argued, "You need to think of your safety as well."

"I am dad." I sighed in annoyance, "but I'm also thinking of this child's safety more than anything, as far as I can tell, he's innocent and in need of comfort."

"Edward!" My mother intervened, "don't you think your being a little unfair to our son. He's grown to be a very responsible young man, you can't continue to doubt him."

"Loosen up bro." Uncle Emmett added.

"I will not 'loosen up' Emmett." My father exclaimed. "I've stood by for the imprint, the marriage as it goes, and now you want me to be okay with him adopting a child at such a young age. You are all being irrational, Sebastian still has a lot of growing up to do."

I stared at my father in silence, as everyone seemed to stay at mute. I really didn't know what to think of him at the moment. I love him with all of my heart, but when he continues to doubt me, it really makes me feel insecure. It wasn't until about a week ago that I heard that him and my mom weren't getting along as much as they used to. None of us could understand knowing that my mom and him were made for each other. But now, it seemed my decisions were pushing them further apart from each other. The last thing I wanted to do was jeopardize my relationship with Jacob just because he was no longer happy. But I didn't want them to separate, even if they could.

"Will I always be your burden?" I blurted out accidentally.

"What?" He stared at me shocked.

"I feel as if I'm constantly disappointing you, and I can't seem to make you happy anymore dad." I shifted my body so the baby could continue to sleep on my chest as I sat back on the couch, rubbing the infants back in comfort. "I just wish… I wish for once you could say that you're proud of me."

"I am." He replied quickly, "but lately you've been thinking irrationally and need to give things time."

"All I've been asking for was time." I said, "but I can't stop things from moving forward as they have. I get that we haven't had much time being the family that you wanted us to be, but now I have two families that I care deeply about. I never want to lose you and mom, but everyday that I step up to the plate and closer to my role as being a part of Jacob's life, it feels like you're resenting me. I'm constantly thinking about things and what life has giving us. I'm still trying to accept that I'm fully human now, and I'm still coping with the fact that I can never have both sides of my family in the same room. I hate that differences can't be set-aside for a moment for me to just enjoy the moment. It's always with someone being uncomfortable with another. When is it okay for me to ask for me? Am I destined to please all of you and quit putting me first?"

"Honey, calm down sweetheart." I hadn't realized my breakdown or the fact that my mother and grandmother were now holding me and comforting me.

"I admit that I still don't know what I'm doing, but I know one things for sure." I paused for a moment, "that man who's out there looking for the other piece of our little family, would do anything for me just as I will for him. Not once has he went against any of my requests, and one day he hopes for me that we can break the walls that separate me from everyone. He understands that I still feel as if I'm encased in a small box, waiting for everyone's approval."

"We didn't know you felt this way." Grandma Esme spoke.

"It's because everyone keeps treating me as if I'm fragile." I added, "I know that I can make some decisions that may make others think I'm insane, but when I feel it deep inside that I'm needed, I will be there. This child needs me, in some way this child needs me, and if the opportunity comes for Jacob, and me I will ask him if he's willing to stand by me to make sure that this baby is protected. Just as I felt that the wolf-pup needed me, in some weird way, I will be there for them because I know that I just may be that only person that will."

"You're willing to put your life aside to raise another human?" My father asked blankly, I nodded. "Even if that means putting everything on hold and becoming a father at such a young age?"

"I know, I'm scared too." I shushed the baby as he stirred in my arms, "but if everyone can be there for us just as I promise to be, I know I can get through this."

"You mean like a grandson?" My mother asked almost too gleefully. I nodded. She looked at my father and held onto his hand, "he's not so different than us love."

"I'm afraid you're right Bella." He ran his hand through his hair before sitting back, "we were able to bring life into this world and complete our family as we hoped, and…" he gave me a half-smile, "… now our son has that opportunity to keep our family line going, in some way… I shouldn't be allowed to stop him."

"So…" I leaned forward. "Are you okay with this?" He paused for a moment before nodding, "good, because if we do have to keep this little guy, than I definitely want him to have his grandparents and great-grandparents to be a part of his life."

With the emotional roller coaster going on, we decided that we'd cross the bridges once we come to them. It surprised me to see that my dad wanted to hold the little guy, and he was the one who pointed out that the child even looked like me when I was born, and maybe that he had some sort of resemblance to me. But it was uncle Emmett that mentioned that maybe he was the pup that magically changed into the baby we desperately wanted. We all took it as a joke, but the more I thought of it, I was beginning to think that maybe he was onto something.

By the time Jake returned without luck of finding the pup, I still put the thought forward in my mind. With just a few of us at the house and my parents and them back at their place, we waited to hear from the others that there was no sign or trail that led to where the baby came from.

Through the whole time, I would often catch Jacob staring at me awkwardly with his smile. I didn't know what he was thinking, but he was sure happy to see me every time I rocked the baby from crying. I was beginning to get used to the routines with the baby, and thankfully aunt Alice had bought everything needed, otherwise I wouldn't be sure how to handle a lot of it. Of course I found myself calling grandma Sue and Rachel often for a little help here and there.

When grandpa Charlie came by that night and offered to bring the child to another home, I spoke to Jacob about how I felt we could handle it until they figured something permanent out for the child. He of course agreed after holding the little guy for a while. It was his way of wanting to prepare himself when the time came. But I had this deep feeling that it was going to be sooner than we had both planned. It was really up to me to speak to him about it.

With the time passing and being three days with no luck on finding anything in regards to the child or the whereabouts of our lost pup, I was seriously thinking that uncle Emmett might have been onto something. I couldn't push that thought aside seeing how life has been full of surprises, maybe this was just one of the many.

Thankfully not Jake has been a big help, but so has Seth. With the baby craving for our attention, it was only helpful to have another set of hands around. In fact, a lot of my family was making an appearance because of the child, including Leah. She surprisingly was awed by the child and asked me if I was thinking of adopting. She was the first to really ask, and I told her that I wasn't exactly sure. I hadn't discussed it with Jacob yet, and everyone was beginning to question.

It wasn't until the next night before Jacob sat me down to talk. I was preparing dinner and getting quite used to making sure the baby was fed first. The more I watched the child, the more his behavior reminded me of the pup. In some strange way, he was just as needy as the pup was, and at times it was strange how he whined kind of like how the pup had. But rather than let it bother me really, I kept him on schedule and fed him usually before I began cooking for Jake and me.

He came home at the usual time from patrols and work when I dinner was almost ready. It surprised me that I was able to fit the baby in my routines and still be able to have dinner ready for Jake by the time he got home. He of course asked me how the day was before grabbing the baby and holding him. I noticed that this was a habit building too. Every time Jake came home, he'd race for the baby before anything and talking to the baby as if he understood.

"Grandpa said that they'd give it a couple days before they decide what to do with the baby." I explained. "Since the council has reached a dead end, they want to speak to my grandpa about what's next for the little guy."

"Does it bother you?" He asked me concerned. I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly. "Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel. I find myself getting attached to the little guy I don't know how I'll feel once they figure something out."

"I know what you mean love," he agreed smiling at the child, "this little guy just seems too good to be true. I'm almost losing my mind thinking of who could just leave him here, but at the same time I'm thankful."

"Thankful?"

"Yeah, aren't you?" He asked me hesitantly.

"Of course." I answered bluntly as I placed the food on the table. "It almost feels right taking care of the little guy. Ever since he's gotten here, he's been keeping me occupied and aware of a lot of things. He's actually given me a lot to think about."

"Like what love?"

"Like if this is how it was all supposed to happen." I replied unsure.

"Like it was meant to happen?" He moved forward and adjusted his seat. "Like he's the one last thing that we need that completes us in a way?"

"Yeah." I agreed. "Call me crazy, but I believe the little guys is really a gift to us from the spirits." I paused as he slightly nodded, "I've been thinking a lot lately and I can't seem to shake the feeling that maybe there was a reason for my grandpa and the council for not finding anything out about him."

"Me too." He continued to rock the child.

"Something came up to that my uncle Emmett had said, and as crazy as it sounds, it's beginning to make sense to me more."

"What do you mean?"

"Well… " I moved forward again. "He made the joke about the child being the pup that came to us from the wolves that were here. It made me think that maybe the spirits had sent this child the only way they knew how, and the pup was a gift from the wolves that would soon change into the child we had been wanting."

"Really?"

"Think about it really," I paused for a moment, "the night we officially bonded in the spirits eyes, and the wolves birthed a child. Then the night you marked me and proposed was the night the wolf disappeared and the child came in its place; at least that's what I've come to believe. In a way, this could be the gift given to you for being mated with me. Our opportunity to finally be the family we both wanted."

"I think you actually may be right love," he chuckled whilst playing with the baby, "he kind of looks like us and does that pinky holding you used to do."

"Okay, changing the subject a little." I still found a little uncomfortable knowing my fiancé held me as baby, "but do you think the council can find out if that it's possible. I know it's a long shot, but maybe one of them could tell us something."

"I could try." He stood up and moved closer to me and handed me the infant, "so does this mean that if everything steers in the direction, we're going to raise the boy as our own?"

"I'm willing to if you are." I stared up at him just as he placed a kiss on my lips.

"Of course." He gave me a big grin; "I'd love to start a family with you."

Well the news spread fast about our decision, which made everyone step into full throttle to get everything organized, which meant that since no evidence of where the child came from, we were already going through the adoption agency with the support of the council and other leadership of the reservation. Of course it would take awhile before anything was set in stone, but Jake and I were getting closer day by day at becoming parents.

Now that we had everyone's support, it was like aunt Alice to throw a proper baby shower for the baby –still unnamed- where she'd invite all of the family we knew. I wasn't looking forward to such a party since I would be surrounded by all the women, but if that meant it would supply a lot of help that I needed for the baby, then I'd kindly accept and participate in the shenanigans aunt Alice had planned.

That hit off with a success and most of the things needed for the baby were provided through the gifts from everyone. My grandma Renee surprised me and came for a visit with her generous gift from her and Phil, a crib with everything required. It was the one thing she begged my other grandparents seeing how she hardly gets to see me. Since she knew little of the supernatural life we lived, she was in awe as she discovered I was now human, and she was more than delighted to meet my fiancé, even though she was a bit skeptic on the age difference. After she passed that, she seemed to be okay with it and gained excitement just as my mom and the others.

Grandpa Carlisle and grandma Esme promised to not flaunt their wealth and agreed to even it out by letting grandpa Charlie and grandma Sue buy us the stroller and car seat while they bought the little guy a generous amount of clothes. From there, it was everything from bottles to diapers and toys, and of course everything in between from the pack and my aunt's and uncles.

Jake was of course surprised to see the living room piled with all the baby supplies. It was from then we decided that we needed to renovate the spare room into a nursery for the baby, which meant that I'd be spending a couple weeks with grandpa Charlie and grandma Sue while the paint settled. Thankfully the nursery wasn't just a project I felt bad for leaving just for Jacob, but the whole pack stepped in and fixed the place up sooner than we had planned.

With that time spent with my grandparents, I decided to spend at least a day with my parents too. It upset my father knowing that Jacob was still skeptical about the baby being near them, but he somewhat understood that is just who Jake was. He was becoming the protective father day by day, and if that meant keeping our son from danger and who was supposed to be his enemy, then that's what he wanted to do. It took a lot of convincing on my behalf to get Jake to loosen up a bit, he needed to understand that they were my parents and they deserved to spend time with us just as much as he had. It was one of our first big arguments, but after talking things through, we apologized to each other and promised that we'd always discuss things through.

So spending the day with my parents had been different from most. I met them at the cottage that was built for them for their wedding gift. I couldn't help but smile as I realized that they were already buying the small things for when the baby visited. My mother had toys already for him while my father had set up a small sleeping area for when he'd come to visit. It was something I thanked them for and I promised that I would talk to Jake about letting them baby-sit if and when we needed it. It was the connection that we needed to make, and I was sure that Jake would understand soon enough.

By that evening, my uncles and aunts came by to visit along with my grandparents as we had dinner. Names were thrown at me that none seem to fit him, and I didn't want o offend them, but it was something that Jake and I were still discussing. Jake wanted to memorialize his father by giving him William as the middle name, but he still need a first name. And as much as my father tried convincing me to keep the Cullen name going, or Masen for a thought, I explained that we already decided that the baby would be a Black.

Thankfully, this time dinner went great, even though the baby and me were the only one's to eat. I was grateful to find that may be the baby was the missing link to finally join my families as I had hoped.

The day I was to finally return home, I could tell that Jake was excited to see us again. With him being so busy with the nursery, he and the others really didn't have time to come see us as we had hoped. I had to admit that I was excited to see everyone, especially Jake too. After talking to him on the phone and telling him how great the past couple days had been, he continued to tell me how much he needed me. I explained that before we head back to the house, I was going with my grandpa and mother to bring my grandma Renee to the airport, and then we'd be on our way.

Now spending time with grandma Renee was something else. She stayed a week with us at grandpa Charlie's and grandma Sue's. I figured it would be as awkward as mom said it might be, but it was entirely different. They put their differences aside and I discovered that she was just as mother had said. Outspoken and woman with such a big heart. Any moment she had to spend with the baby, she would be there. I was surprised to find he speak about how happy that she was that grandpa found someone as special as grandma Sue, and strangely the two women had become friends as grandma Sue promised to keep her updated until her next visit. So imagine how uncomfortable grandpa Charlie was at time, I would often tease him that they were plotting against him. Thankfully the old man could take a joke.

After saying our goodbyes to grandma Renee, we went straight past Forks and back to the reservation. I had noticed the baby was getting a bit fussy, and I realized that maybe he was missing Jake just as much as I was. To my surprise at our arrival, the house looked a lot different from when we left. It was repainted and looked renovated from the first floor up. Jake came racing out with a big smile as the rest of the guys came out following him. I stood at the front shocked with the baby in my hold, right away Jake took him and asked me what I thought.

"You guys fixed the whole house?" I asked still surprised.

"It took a lot to keep it a secret, but I decided that since the baby came, not only did we need to make it safe for him," Jake kissed my cheek, "but you deserved something a little better. So the money saved for the last ten years went into making sure that everything turned out perfectly."

"It looks amazing Jake." I smiled, "thank you. All of you guys."

"Don't thank us just yet," Paul came over with a huge grin.

"We need to hear the verdict once you check the place out." Jared added.

"You better take a look." Sam said with a nod.

"Don't mind if I do." I replied as I anxiously made my way to the front entrance.

The moment I entered the threshold, I knew this was just the beginning of our new lives, and this would be the house we'd make our home. Not only did it have a piece of history from when Billy built the place, but also now it had Jacob's touches.

I couldn't wait to see the results.

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