Chapter 2: Scans and Sisters

*5 WEEKS LATER*

"Who's up for a race?" Emmett asked, grinning at us. We were all going out hunting. Bella and Edward wanted to take Renesmee somewhere quieter to hunt, and so they disappeared before Emmett could drag them into the race. Esme and Carlisle also made their excuses, but Rose, Jasper, and I were game.

"Alright." Rose said, "Ready...set..."

Before she could say 'go' both Emmett and Jasper took off. What is it with guys and cheating? Rose and I rolled our eyes at each other before taking off after our husbands. Emmett branched out in one direction and Rose followed him, whilst I took the path that Jasper had chosen. It didn't take long for me to get him in sight again.

I leapt from tree to tree, chasing Jasper as he zipped between branches. I'd almost caught up with him when I completely missed the trunk I was aiming for and began falling down towards the ground. Seconds before I made contact with the hard earth beneath me, Jasper caught me and smiled down at me.

"It's not like you to be clumsy." He teased, but I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying. Everything was growing fuzzy as my eyelids fluttered closed. "Alice? Alice!"

~o.O.o~

The next thing I remember was opening my eyes and being up in Carlisle's study. I blinked and Jasper came into focus, leaning over me - his expression both worried and confused. Carlisle was there too, examining me.

"What happened?" I asked sleepily.

"You...I think you fainted." Jasper said.

"Vampires can't faint." I reminded him.

"I know." Jasper said through gritted teeth. I looked up at him, wondering why he was so angry. "You were unconscious Alice! Vampire's can't be unconscious - I thought you must be dead!"

"I'm not dead." I said.

"Obviously." Jasper rolled his eyes.

I turned to Carlisle, "How is this even possible?"

"I don't know..." Carlisle admitted, "We don't sleep, so-"

"Wait." I said. In my perfect vampire memory I could see Dana, standing in front of me and telling me that if I became pregnant then I would need to sleep. It was the only explanation I could think of; how else could I have fainted?

"What is it?" Jasper asked.

"This is going to sound crazy." I said cautiously, "But hear me out okay?"

"Okay." Jasper said, obviously confused.

"I think...I'm pregnant." I said. Two pairs of topaz eyes looked at me like I'd gone mad. "Look I know it sounds stupid, but...Okay, so you know when Dana came to stay a little while ago? Well it turns out her vampire gift is that she can make it possible for vampires to become pregnant, and we got talking when you guys all went out hunting and...well, she made it possible for me to become pregnant and then she said that we wouldn't be sure until it could show up on a scan at 5 weeks...but I guess that's now. Anyway, she said that if I got pregnant I'd need to sleep and that would explain why I was unconscious...and I'm really sorry I didn't say anything but I didn't want to get your hopes up if I wasn't really pregnant and-"

"Alice, calm down." Carlisle interrupted. "Let me do a scan - I've still got all the equipment from when Bella was pregnant."

Carlisle got the machine out and spread gel on my stomach. I watched the screen intently and sure enough a little foetus-like blob showed up.

"Oh Jazz, look!" I breathed, not taking my eyes off of the screen. Jasper didn't say anything, just stared at the screen too. I looked down at my stomach and a thought hit me. "Jazz, I'm gunna get so fat! None of my clothes will fit!" I moaned. Then I brightened, "I'll have to go shopping for maternity clothes!"

Jasper grabbed me then and kissed me. When we finally pulled apart I stared at him. "Shopping doesn't usually get you this excited."

"It's not the shopping. It's you." Jasper said, "You are the most amazing woman in the world." He rested his hands on my stomach, "And you've given me more than I ever could have asked for. I love you, Alice."

"I love you too, Jazz." I whispered

"I think I ought to give Dana a call." Carlisle said, still shaking is head in amazement and confusion.

"She probably already knows." I said, "It's part of her gift."

My phone started ringing in my pocket and I fished it out. Dana and I had swapped numbers before she left, and it was her Caller ID that was flashing on my screen. I grinned and opened the phone. "Hi Dana."

"Congratulations Alice!" She cooed.

"Dana I can't thank you enough! I-" Before I could continue, Jasper had pulled the phone from my hand.

"Dana? You have no idea how happy you've made us." He said, "How can we ever repay you?"

I could hear Dana's soft laughter through the phone before she responded. "Love and care for your child - that is all the thanks I need."

"Don't worry about that." Jasper said, unable to control the smile that was breaking over his face, "This baby will have more love and care than twenty children would need."

"I know it will." Dana said, and I could imagine her smiling a smile that rivalled Jasper's. "Good luck you two."

"Thanks again Dana." Jasper said, and I heard the click that told me the call had ended.

"Where is everyone?" I asked, wondering why my family hadn't come running in the second they'd heard about the pregnancy with their vampire hearing.

"Still out hunting." Jasper replied, "Should we call and tell them?"

"No, wait for them to come back." I said, "I want to tell them when they're all together. Oh Jazz, this is so exciting!"

"Congratulations, you two." Carlisle said, putting a hand on Jasper's shoulder and smiling at me. I smiled back at the man who had been my father figure for almost a century. Carlisle and Esme were the only parents I could remember, but they were enough. They were the best parents any of us could have wished for, and if me and Jasper were half as good parents for our baby, then it would be a very lucky child.

"Is it going to be a boy or a girl?" Jasper asked and I turned to face Carlisle for the answer. He was looking at me and I realised that the question hadn't been aimed at Carlisle at all. I looked between Jasper and Carlisle, both of them waiting to hear the sex of my future baby.

"I-I don't know." I said

"Can't you see it?" Jasper asked. I shook my head.

"Dana said that my gift would probably be weak during the pregnancy." I explained, "I can't see whether it'll be a boy or a girl - I can't see the baby at all."

"Never mind." Jasper said, sensing the slight annoyance and sadness when I remembered that my gift would be weakened. "I'll love it whichever it is."

I smiled and leaned towards Jasper. He put his arm around me as I leaned my head against his chest and whispered to him, "We're going to have a baby, Jasper!"

I couldn't see Jasper's face, but I knew he was grinning. Carlisle smiled, "I think I can hear the others coming back."

Sure enough, ten seconds later we could hear the sound of the doors opening downstairs and Edward and Bella coming back with Renesmee. They were usually the first back because they didn't like taking Renesmee out too far or for too long. Geez, was I going to be as overprotective of my baby as Edward and Bella were of Renesmee?

Edward was upstairs in seconds, "Baby?"

Of course, he'd heard my thought. I grinned at him, "Hey Edward, guess what?"

"You're pregnant?" Bella asked, staring at the screen where my scan could still be seen. My grin got even bigger as I nodded. "How is that even possible?"

"Remember Dana?" I asked, "She has a rather special gift and she decided to use it on me."

"Alice that's amazing!" Esme - who'd arrived home seconds after the others - said, and Edward and Bella nodded in agreement.

"Does this mean I'll have a sister or brother?" Renesmee asked looking at Alice's stomach as if she could see the baby there.

"Cousin." Edward corrected her.

"I've always wanted a cousin!" Renesmee declared, even though she'd never breathed a word about cousins in all her life. I grinned at her.

"Do you want a girl cousin or a boy cousin?" I asked.

"A girl." Renesmee said straight away. "Boys are smelly and rude."

"You've got that right." I said as everyone laughed at the seriousness of Renesmee's tone as she spoke.

"Hey." Jasper said, mock hurt as he tapped the end of my nose. "Are you saying I smell?"

I took a over-dramatic sniff, "Yeah. You stink, Jazz. Worse than a werewolf."

"Right! That's it!" Jasper said, and I shrieked as he grabbed me and started torturing me through tickling.

"Jaaasppeerrrrrrr!" I shrieked as I tried to wriggle away from him and ended up falling off of Carlisle's examination table.

I picked myself up and shot Jasper a mock-angry look. "You're mean, Jasper. You should be looking after me; I'm carrying your baby!"

"I'm sorry." Jasper said, pulling me into his arms and kissing my forehead, "It won't happen again."

"I should think not." I said. I could hear Rosalie and Emmett arriving home now, and they came upstairs to the study where they could hear us talking.

"You lost the race." Emmett told me with a smug grin. I'd forgotten all about the race. "Rosie came in a close second."

"What's everyone doing up here?" Rosalie asked.

I grinned at Jasper. "Actually, we've got some news."

Rosalie raised a perfectly shaped eye brow at me. Emmett was the one who spoke, "News? What news?"

"Well...I'm pregnant." I said, my smile growing bigger and bigger and Jasper's mirroring mine. They didn't say anything for a second, and then Rosalie narrowed her eyes. Without saying a word, she turned on her heels and disappeared from the house - running into the forest from the sounds of it. Emmett gave me an apologetic look.

"Sorry; I'd better go after her." He said, "But congratulations Alice. You too, Jasper. I dunno what you did to get yourself pregnant, but good for you!"

Then he disappeared after Rosalie and left me staring at the spot where Rosalie had been standing. "Why is she mad?"

"She's not." Jasper said, squeezing my hand, "She's jealous and upset."

I trusted Jasper's judgement of her emotions perfectly. Plus, I knew that they made sense. "She's always wanted a baby of her own. That was stupid of me; she must feel awful."

"It's not your fault." Esme said, smiling warmly at me, "This is a great thing; Rosalie will come round. She'll love the baby like she did with Renesmee."

That may be true, but it wasn't the same as having a baby of your own. I debated whether to go after her and talk to her, but Edward shook his head. "Let her cool off."

I nodded. Emmett would calm her down; he always did. I loved my sister, but the truth was she was always upset about something or other. I just wish that I hadn't been the one to upset her. Jasper, feeling my inner turmoil, squeezed my hand and gave me a smile and that was enough to banish all the negative emotions from my mind. Jasper; my mate, my husband, the love of my life, and now...the father of my baby. My baby! I couldn't stop a grin spreading across my face every time I thought about it. I was going to be a Mom and Jasper was going to be a Dad!

I squeezed Jasper's hand back and returned his smile. Not my baby. Our baby. A little part of us, a little mini version; both us of rolled into one perfect being. Our baby.

Jasper instinctively moved closer to me as happiness radiated from my body.

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