After checking into our hotel in Dresden, I take Esme to the Dresden Castle, followed by Dresden Elbe Valley.
"Thank you for today, it was amazing." Esme said once we sat down with blood wine in the hotel room.
"Everything is amazing in Germany."
"Very true." She smiled.
I received a text from Edward then. "Who is it?" Esme asked.
"Edward. He just wants to know how everything is going. His first question was 'have you argued at all?'" I chuckled
"He knows us too well…" she laughed.
Esme's phone rang then. "Hey Ness, what's up?"
"When do you guys get back?"
"Sunday, but we can earlier if needed. Is everything okay?" Esme's laid back attitude turned to concerned.
"Uh… yeah, yeah. I've got to go, have fun."
"Okay, bye…" she hung up. "That was weird, she sounded worried or stressed."
"Maybe she's going to have a party but someone told her we would be back early." I suggested, trying to ease her mind.
"Yeah, maybe…" she skulled her glass.
I laughed at her before refilling it.
The next day was as good as the one before. We went to Zwinger, Brühl's Terrace and Striezelmarkt when it got dark.
Esme's phone rang but she didn't answer, too wrapped up in her surroundings. Mine rang immediately after.
"Ness, if everything okay?"
"Pop, I'm really sorry but when do you think you could come back? I messed up big time." She sounded very panicked.
"We can catch a flight tonight. What happened?"
She didn't reply.
"Renesmee! What happened?"
"Jake and I sort of…well…and I know dad will kill either one of us and I'm really scared, Pop. I've been feeling really sick, unusually tired and dizzy. I haven't gone home since I started feeling like this because I'm too scared to face dad…I don't know what to do."
"When did you possibly conceive?"
"I don't know, maybe the week you left?"
I didn't say anything. These were definitely signs that she could be pregnant, but they could also have nothing to do with it. We weren't sure if she could get pregnant or not.
"Pop?"
"Yeah, sorry sweetheart. We'll catch the next flight home. If you don't want to tell anyone there yet, then stay at the reservation and we can discuss it with them once we know for sure if you are or not."
"If I am, would it grow at a human rate or vampire like me?"
"Well if it was up to 3 weeks ago, then I would say more towards the human side, but it could develop at an unnatural pace, just not as fast as you did."
"Okay, thank you. And I am so sorry."
"Don't worry about us, honey. I'll see you as soon as possible." I hung up and walked over to Esme.
"We have to go home. Ness thinks she might be pregnant…"
"What? Is that even possible? What did Edward say?"
"I don't know if it is possible or not. She hasn't been home since she started getting symptoms. She's too scared to face Edward."
"That's understandable. Let's go." She grabbed my hand and walked towards the car.
We went and packed all our stuff before going to the airport. We got there before the next flight and got our tickets.
"What species will it be if she is pregnant? Wolf, Vampire or human?" Esme asked suddenly, after several quiet hours on the plane.
"Maybe a hybrid of all 3. I don't know."
"What do you think the Volturi will do if it is a hybrid?"
"I have no idea, but I have a feeling it won't be good…" I was becoming impatient.
"Is it ever good when they're involved?" Esme asked rhetorically.
We sat in silence again for a while.
"If she is too scared to tell Edward about the possibility, then what will she be like if it's true?" I spoke quiet enough that if anyone else heard it, they would have thought I was talking to myself, but Esme knew it was her I was asking.
"Well, I'm guessing she would be terrified, and if it happens, we have to support her."
"I intend to." I nodded.
When we landed, I received a delayed text from Renesmee.
"Ness and Jacob are here to pick us up." I told Esme as I grabbed our bags.
When we walked outside, Renesmee ran over and hugged Esme. "I'm so sorry to ruin your trip."
"You didn't ruin it, sweetheart. We're glad to be home." Esme smiled.
I put our bags in the car and shook Jacob's hand. He looked scared of me.
"Jake, they're not going to get mad with you. It's my fault, not yours." Renesmee assured him.
"We're not angry, Jacob." Esme said.
Renesmee threw her arms around me. "I'm so scared…" she whispered.
"Don't be. I'm sure Edward and Bella will support you."
"I'm not." Jacob said quietly. We all looked at him. "What? Bella is going to kill me."
"No, I think mum will be okay. I'm just not so sure about dad…" Renesmee said, letting go of me.
"Shall we go?" Esme asked.
"We have to go home where dad will read our thoughts. That's where all your equipment is…" Renesmee realised.
"Shit." Jacob said to himself.
"Does Melody know?" Esme asked. Renesmee nodded. "Then ask her to get everyone to go hunt for now, or go out to Seattle or something." She suggested.
"Great idea." Renesmee got her phone out and called Melody.
Within 10 minutes Melody texted and said they were going to Seattle. Jacob was relieved.
The house didn't look too different. A few things caught Esme's eye by either being new or out of place, but other than that it looked normal.
Renesmee was lying down on the chair that I set up. It was the same one we used for Bella when she was still human.
"I'll have to take a blood test." I said.
Jacob was standing at her side to distract her from the needle. She hated them.
"Ness, you're sort of crushing my hand." Jacob choked out.
"Sorry." She loosened her grip.
"Esme, you wanna do this part?" Jacob asked.
"Weakling…" Esme joked as she took his place.
"Whoa. Is your hand okay?" she asked him.
"I didn't squeeze this hard with him." Renesmee answered before he did.
"All done. Normally it would take a few days for results but I can pull some strings and get it back quicker." I said, wiping the small bit of blood from her arm and placing a band aid across the point where the needle pierced her skin.
"Thank you, Pop." Renesmee said, sitting up.
"No problem. There isn't much else we can do until the results come back, so you can go now if you want."
"Can we hang around until the others come back?" she asked.
"You can, but they might be a while, and it's getting late."
"Well we can sleep here, and try to keep it out of our minds. If we fail, then we tell them." She said.
"You really want to stay here, don't you?" Jacob asked.
"What?"
"Well you're risking your dad finding out, so you can sleep here."
"I miss my bed…" she admitted. "Yours isn't as comfy."
"Sorry." He laughed.
"So we can?" she asked me.
"Of course." I answered.
"Thanks." She got up and walked out with Jacob behind her.
Esme stood and waited for me to finish cleaning up before we made our way downstairs to watch TV.