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Two days into hunting it really felt like nothing could go wrong. Of course I know from experience when something feels like its perfect and nothing bad will happen, that's usually when Fate decides to be the cruelest she can be and screw it all up.

I hate to say it or even think it, but while we were hunting that was what we were focused on, everything that was occurring back home was pushed to the back of our minds. That is, until I felt a wave of emotions wash over me, it was nothing like I had ever felt before, it was fear, sorrow, pain, all bunched together.

I'm not psychic, I've never claimed to be nor do I want to be. But there are times when a profile, a hunch really is so powerful it behaves like one of Alice's visions and this was certainly one of those times.

Something was wrong, something very wrong was about to occur, I could feel it taking hold of me, forcing me to pay attention. It was so powerful, it literally brought me to my knees.

Emmett and I had been goofing off, really just letting off steam, he made a move to tackle me, but before he could I was brought down.

Esme at first made a move to reprimand Emmett for being too rough with me, but she quickly realized my brother had nothing to do with.

"Christian!?" she exclaimed rushing to my side, "sweetie what is it?"

I looked at her briefly, before looking at Alice. She can't see the wolves and for some reason the baby has blocked her visions as well, but my reaction set off her visions, she knew something was about to happen as well.

"Kid what's the matter?" Emmett asked, trying to pull me to my feet, but I pushed him away, my gaze moved from Alice to Carlisle, staring at my father.

"Chris?" he asked carefully, "son are you all right?"

My eyes moved from his face to his jacket, staring at the pocket that held his phone. I can't explain it, I've never been able to explain how my ability works, how some things just pass me by while others don't. I can't explain how I knew, but I knew his phone was about to ring and it would be Edward on the other end.

"We have to go home, now, something's wrong, something is very wrong." I tried to explain, when my family looked at me confused, I raised my hand and pointed at Carlisle's pocket, just as it began vibrating.

Esme wrapped her arms around my shoulders and hugged me close. Carlisle's exchange on the phone lasted less than thirty seconds and when he hung up his eyes told us all we needed to know.

We did need to get home. Bella had gone into labor early, Edward was doing what he could but there was something wrong. Without another word we took off for home, running faster than I think any of us have ever gone. I know I was running harder and faster than I had ever done.

I knew we wouldn't make it home in time to help with the delivery, but hopefully we would make it home to celebrate Bella's entrance into this life and the birth of the baby…and not be making it home to plan a funeral.

Xxx

The minute we crossed onto our property I knew we were in trouble. I could smell wolf, which of course had become a normal thing; Seth, Jacob, and Leah's scents had pretty much for lack of a better word, permanently permeated all around our property. This scent however was added onto theirs. It was the pack.

I was running as fast as I could, in the distance I could see flashes of fur and a flash of…Edward, Edward was fighting off the wolves by himself. My worst fear had come, the wolves attacking while we were gone.

I picked up speed as one of the bigger wolves tackled Edward to the ground pinning him.

It was Carlisle however who bypassed me and tackled the wolf off of Edward. Emmett, Alice, Jasper, and I surrounded Edward as Esme helped him up.

The wolves hesitated a little now that the fight was less uneven, but that hesitation didn't last long as they attacked in full force.

The biggest problem is we didn't want to hurt them, yes they were attacking us, yes they were coming to kill Bella, kill the baby, kill us. But this was still Jacob, Seth, and Leah's family, they were our friends and allies once and were just doing what they felt was the right thing to do, it may be the wrong thing and we had to protect our family from them, but it felt wrong fighting the pack.

We did what we could to dodge their attacks, at one point Emmett had to tackle a wolf who was heading straight for Alice, the wolf I think it might have been Paul shook the dirt off his fur, turned and apparently assumed it was me because he turned and jumped at me teeth bared.

I jumped and hit the closest tree, climbing as high as I could, seconds later on a separate branch Emmett joined me. The problem was the branch he had chosen wasn't strong enough to support his weight so it began to buckle, a little at first then the entire tree began to lower itself within biting distance. Two wolves jumped into the air, teeth snapping waiting for the moment we were within reach.

Emmett reached up and grabbed ahold of me literally throwing me over the pack towards the first step of the house, where the driveway meets the house. I slid on the gravel driveway and made a move to launch myself back into the fight.

Seth and Leah had joined the fight by this time. Leah actually jumped up as I was going over head and scruffed one of the pack with her teeth, yanking him back to give me plenty of space. Emmett jumped after me, landing next to me. Esme, Carlisle, Alice, Edward, Jasper, we were all there as the pack moved closer, heading towards the house.

We knew what they wanted, all of us could hear the faint heartbeat of a tiny being. It explained why Rose hadn't come out, she was protecting the baby, but it didn't explain where Jacob was. Maybe he had given up, assumed Bella was dead and had given up the fight.

Seth and Leah moved in front of us, trying to protect us, but it was no use. The pack was surrounding us, moving in from all sides. They had only sent out a few to attack Edward, more had joined as we had emerged, the less than even odds were now stacked against us.

I closed my eyes and concentrated, trying desperately to calm the pack, or at least a few of them hoping that maybe the calm feeling would influence the rest of them. It wasn't working, there were too many of them for my ability to handle, that and they were too focused.

They bared their teeth as they moved closer, this was it…we were going to be eaten by a pack of wolves who only months earlier we had fought alongside. Bloody hell.

I closed my eyes tighter, waiting for the attack, I hated to give up, but we were outnumbered and seriously outfought here. I wouldn't move and just let them into the house, but I was not seeing a good outcome here. We would all have to go down fighting

Suddenly I felt my profile telling me to turn around. Jacob came rushing out of the house. He looked awful, but in his eyes I could see a determination that hadn't been there when we left. He got in between us and the pack and Sam growled at him, no translation needed for that one, he was telling Jacob to move or he would be killed.

Jacob didn't move,

"You can't kill her," he shouted at the pack…her? I thought, Bella? Was he talking about Bella or…the baby, the baby was a girl, all that time Bella thought she was having a boy it was actually a girl. "You kill her, you will have to kill me too," Jacob growled, Sam didn't seem to care as he moved closer, ready to pounce.

Suddenly Jacob's clothes were shredded into pieces as he transformed, standing over Sam.

In all the times I've seen them together, Jacob always acts as the beta in the pack, Sam always has this air of authority and power so it made sense he was the alpha, but now I saw a different side of Jacob, he was the alpha, he was putting Sam in his place.

"What the bloody hell is going on?" I hissed, Edward looked like he was going to either be sick or kill someone…it had nothing to do with Bella at the moment, it was about the baby…

"Jacob imprinted." Edward sighed, we all turned and looked towards the house. "he imprinted on the baby." All of the pack winced in unison, but slowly following Sam's lead they turned and headed off into the woods. "it's one of their most sacred laws, once a member imprints, no matter who she is, the pack can't harm her, they have to help shield her."

I looked over at Seth and he nodded, I ran my hand through my hair, Jacob imprinted on the baby, oh Bella definitely wasn't going to like that.

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A few hours later I peeked into the makeshift hospital room. I had been in my room for a little while, trying to sort everything out. The original goal was just to go up there and get a clean, none shredded tee-shirt. The wolves had certainly done a number on one of my favorite tee shirts. But I had to spend time with Chap, I had to feed him and reassure him that I wasn't going to leave him again for a while. I was avoiding, I'll admit it, I was avoiding both the room where Bella was and avoiding the downstairs where Rose was with the baby.

It was a lot to take in, especially in such a short amount of time and my profiling ability needed time to sort things out. Besides, I wasn't exactly in high demand at the moment.

But it reached the point where curiosity got the best of me, curiosity and a desire to check on my brother and make sure he was doing okay.

Carlisle and Edward were cleaning Bella's body up, removing all the signs of the violent delivery she had just been through. She was so still that if it wasn't for her heartbeat I would've sworn she was dead…really dead.

I remember my own transformation and the pain of it, I couldn't have imagined being that still. The burn is still very vivid in my memory, as it is for most of us, you wither around and cringe trying to escape the pain that is inescapable because it's inside you, literally burning you from the inside out.

"Are you sure she will be all right?" Edward asked, stroking her head. "She's so still," apparently Edward and I were on the same page.

"It's the morphine Edward."

"But are you sure she'll be all right?"

"Listen to her heart, Edward. It's stronger than even Emmett's was. I've never heard anything so vital. She'll be perfect." Carlisle reassured my brother, Edward sighed

"And her…her spine?"

"Her spine?" I whispered, my father and brother looked up, neither of them had realized I was standing there, they were so focused on their work.

Carlisle gave me a quick smile, gesturing for me to come closer, I only took a few steps in, I wasn't ready for more. Bella looked awful, aside from her deathly still posture, her face was sunken in worse than it had been before we left, she was so drained skinny wasn't even an appropriate term to use.

I had seen this same figure on people before…the first time shocked the hell out of me, and even to this day when I see the image, the film played again, the shock factor is still present. It was right after the European theater had ended, the war in the Pacific was winding down as well, but Germany had surrendered, Hitler was dead along with a number of his closest allies.

I had gone into town to catch a new film and of course the newsreels were playing before the film itself. With the war over, most of the footage to be expected was war torn Europe, bombed out buildings so similar to what I had witnessed on a daily basis in London, innocent civilians trying to find loved ones and recover what was left of their lives. This newsreel was different however, it was something that I hadn't seen and even all these years later haunts my memory.

American GIs and British soldiers had liberated some of the concentration camps scattered throughout the Reich. They filmed what they found there and I saw many leave the theater, unable to take the images of literal living skeletons that had survived the camps.

Rumors had been abound regarding Germany's camps, but it was so horrifying, so out there that most did not believe it was possible. Even I shamefully admit I had some doubts, I had seen part of Germany's cruelty, the Reich's disregard for life, but even this was beyond anything I could fathom.

I didn't leave the theater like some of my fellow patrons, but it did leave me shaken up, I don't even remember what film I went there intending to see, I just remember it ending and heading home. Trying to make sense what I had seen. To this day I still cannot make sense of it, I don't think anyone ever could.

Carlisle's voice brought me back to the present, as he was continuing to reassure Edward, I'm not entirely sure it was working.

"Her injuries weren't so much worse than Esme's and certainly no worse than Chris. Remember how badly crushed Christian was? The venom will heal her as it did Esme and Chris."

I walked closer to Edward and patted his shoulder, he looked over at me with a grateful look on his face.

"She'll get through this Edward, she's strong, she's got a fight in her that's not going to let her quit. She's got too much to live for in her new life for her to give up." I said carefully I gave him a gentle grin "trust the profiler."

He nodded and for the first time in my life my brother reached over and hugged me, I mean really hugged me, not a quick shoulder hug a genuine hug.

"Thank you Chris," he whispered

"You're welcome," I replied hugging him back as I backed out of the room, leaving them to their work. Carlisle gave me another smile, this one told me everything in just that one facial expression, he was reminding me how proud of me he was.

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When I walked into the family room, Rose was holding the baby protectively. She looked up when I walked in and smiled gently.

"Chris, do you want to hold your niece?" she asked and I blinked in confusion. My niece. It was such a strange and new concept. Even when Bella was pregnant, the fact that I would be an uncle never really crossed my mind. I had trouble visualizing the aftermath of the pregnancy, especially as Bella's condition deteriorated and even more so after the legends that Jasper, Emmett, and I had found.

But for a split second that was the last thing on my mind as my thought process caught up to my profile and I realized what Rose had just asked me.

"Hold her?" I sputtered "like hold her hold her?"

"Yes, hold her," Rose repeated "there is no other definition of it." she smiled and started to walk towards me and I took a step back.

"Uh, yeah no I'm good. I'll admire from afar." Rose raised an eyebrow "babies don't like me."

"What are you talking about?" Rose asked taking another step closer, holding the baby out to me.

"They never have. When my cousins were babies I couldn't go anywhere near them. Even if I was in the same room as them, they'd cry, scream, the whole blo-…" I paused for one of the first times minding my language. Baby or not I didn't want to teach her to swear before she was even two days old. "The whole lot. When my best mate's sister was born, same thing, it's like dogs. Some people dogs absolutely love and others they can't stand and want to eat every chance they get."

Rose rolled her eyes

"Are you seriously comparing a baby to a dog?"

"No, just that they can smell fear."

"Get over it Christian." She said shortly, pointing at one of the arm chairs "sit, now."

I've learned to pick my battles carefully when it comes to my sisters. Some things just aren't worth fighting over, saves my sanity and saves my breath. She would see what I was talking about the second she put that baby in my arms.

The screaming, the crying would all commence, everyone would come running and that be it. I'd be off the hook and on it at the same time.

I braced myself for the screams as Rose gently put the baby in my arms. It wasn't as if I don't have any experience with babies, I do know how to hold them, they just don't like me. My arms accepted the fairly large newborn and I winced as she studied my face.

Here it comes, I thought bracing for the screaming.

"Chris, meet your niece, Renesmee."

The lack of screaming distracted me, but only for a moment as I heard the baby's name for the first time.

"Ren…what?!" I repeated and Rose gave me a look. Yeah that name was too ridiculous to use all the time, I would not be calling her that.

"Renesmee," Rose said, making sure I heard each syllable

"Right," I held back my chuckles as I looked back at the baby in my arms "um, hi," I said carefully.

I was fully prepared for the backlash, the screaming, but it never came. Her face broke into a smile, she cooed and reached for my face, her tiny hand brushing against my cheek.

Before I could question it, a flood of images filled my mind. Everything I had said Bella throughout her pregnancy, my protectiveness of her, everything. But what really stood out to me was my accent, among all the other voices, it stood out, not just because it's my own, but because it gave me a warm comforting feeling that I hadn't felt in a long time. But I realized it wasn't my feeling about it, it was coming from the baby.

Bella had been right, the baby liked my accent, she liked the sound of my voice, not just liked it, she was calmed by it.

"So what was that about scaring babies?" Rose asked knowingly. "I think you were just being chicken."

"There's still time," I whispered, I was trying like hell not to move Renesmee, afraid that any movement would trigger the crying. "Um Rose, dumb question but just out of curiosity-

"She showed you something didn't she?"

I nodded

"Showed me?" I asked

"She has a gift, she's using it to communicate with us."

"It's kind of freaky," I admitted, giving the newborn the half grin that always seemed to coax a smile out of her mother, clearly the same worked on Renesmee because she gave me a giggle.

"No more so than your gift, or Edward's or Alice, or Jas." Rose reminded me and I nodded. I glanced down at the baby and she smiled at me again and I smiled back, I couldn't help it.

"Good point," I admitted.

"Have you been up to Bella?"

"A little while ago, Carlisle was checking on her. It's almost done. I could hear her heart, it was slowing."

My nose crinkled a little as Jacob walked in. Speaking of freaky, Jacob imprinting on the baby was pretty much beyond the freak factor. Jacob got off really easy with regards to Edward, he was just stunned and really who could blame him, Bella would be the scary one.

"So, the flea finally decided to introduce himself?" Jacob asked with a grin

"I could respond to that Jacob, but it would be pretty irresponsible of me to use such language in front of Ren-" I paused and looked down at the cooing infant in my arms.

Nope.

Wasn't calling her that, if I was an uncle than I had some say in nicknames, my uncle had one for me and my father had ones for my cousins. Renesmee would have one from me, but what could be played on the name Bella had given her…Slowly my grin got wider as I thought of the perfect name.

"What are you grinning at Flea boy,"

"First off I am not a blo…b-l-o-o-d-y flea so stop calling me that. Second of all, I'm trying to get to know my niece Nessie so if you'll excuse us."

Jacob stared at me, unsure how to respond to that for a few seconds while Rose shook her head annoyed by the nickname.

Nessie however cooed and profiling her I could tell she approved of her nickname. Suddenly Jacob burst out laughing and I stared at him, confused. Nessie also looked at him and actually giggled as Jacob began grinning at me.

"Nessie," he repeated "I like it kid,"

Kid…not leech, flea, or Count Dracula Jr. A normal non-vampire related title, I was in shock.

"I try," I paused as I heard movement upstairs, I could hear Alice, Carlisle, and Edward talking. I glanced at Rose as Alice said

"Soon. I'll go get the others. Should I have Rosalie and Chris…?" her voice faded for a second. I heard the floorboards creak a little as Carlisle moved.

"Yes…" he said "keep the baby away. But have Christian come up, I feel we may need his abilities up here more than Rosalie and the baby need him down stairs."

I glanced down at Nessie, she was…she was actually falling asleep in my arms. I looked over at Rose who was smiling as if she was not surprised by this at all. Carefully I stood up and moved to hand Nessie to Rose, but Jacob stepped in front of her

"My turn, you've been hogging her enough blondie."

I rolled my eyes and gently passed the now zonked out baby to Jacob's waiting arms. Just as Alice came down the stairs, she scanned the family room and then spotted me.

"Chris, Chris we need you upstairs." She called, I gave my sister and even Jacob a half grin as I followed Alice upstairs.

Emmett and Jasper were already there, standing in the doorway and I knew why I was needed. Emmett and Jasper were the muscle in case Bella needed to be restrained, I was there to profile this before it happened to warn my brothers. Using her body language I would see danger before anyone else. I surveyed the room to get a first impression.

Bella was no longer laying down on the hospital bed, she was moving uneasily around the room, helped by Edward as she got used to her new senses. She was no longer a living skeleton, she looked like the old Bella, the one who said 'I do' to my brother.

The only difference was her movements and of course her eyes, that familiar blood red tint to her eyes was startling even though I expected it. It's not something you really ever get used to seeing.

Jasper's body was tense beside me and even Emmett wasn't his calm self. Alice peeked around Jasper's elbow to look in on Bella and we exchanged a look.

Bella wasn't a danger to anyone, least of all us, she was unsteady which was understandable, but she was handling herself. She hadn't even realized she was thirsty, she was too fascinated by the sights, the sounds, all seen in new light. Her gaze across the room stopped at me for a second, she understood why we were all standing there. She also looked a little frightened, which was understandable, it's overwhelming.

Suddenly you can hear sounds miles away, you can see details on things you ordinarily couldn't see, you can smell a deer deep in the woods. It's amazing and overpowering at the same time.

She looked at Edward for a moment,

"Bella, love? I'm sorry, I know it's disorienting. But you're all right. Everything is fine." Edward reassured, it took only a second, but Bella threw her arms around Edward hugging him close.

The sudden movement made Jasper tense up even more, but the look on Edward's face had Emmett reaching over to nudge me. Bella's newborn strength was apparent because Edward was hurting just a little as she squeezed him just a little too tight.

"Um... carefully, Bella. Ow." Edward said, wincing a little as he tried to gently back away from Bella's embrace without hurting her feelings.

She jumped back immediately and adopted the look of a child who had just gotten reprimanded for doing something wrong. She even had her arms behind her back and her shoulders were dropped.

"Oops," she said softly and Emmett and I exchanged a look, both of us trying not to laugh. This was Bella all right, stronger and more like us, but she was still the Bella we had grown to know and care for. And she was definitely more amusing now. Though Emmett I both silently agreed, we missed her tendency to blush at the drop of a hat, that was in the past now.

"Don't panic, love," Edward replied, both of them clearly forgetting that they weren't alone in the room "You're just a bit stronger than I am for the moment."

"She's gonna kick your butt, twenty bucks says you're down in thirty seconds or less" I whispered to Emmett and he looked at me quickly, then looked at her sizing her up.

"Naw, I think I can take her," he replied flexing his muscles a little, Jasper who was super tense this entire time, looked over at Emmett and shook his head.

"I will have to side with Chris on this one," he said "I think for the moment you may have met your match this time around."

"The kid didn't kick my ass," Emmett shot back nodding at me

"I took you out a couple of times, I think you're memory is going,"

Before Emmett could come back on that one, Carlisle stepped around him and moved towards Bella and Edward. I started to move with my father, but Jasper put his hand on my chest stopping me in my tracks as he followed Carlisle; expertise in newborns definitely took precedence over the ability to profile.

"How do you feel, Bella?" Carlisle asked.

"Overwhelmed." Bella admitted, that was pretty obvious "There's so much. . . ." she paused, uncertain

"Yes, it can be quite confusing." Carlisle explained

"But I feel like me. Sort of. I didn't expect that."

"I told you so," Edward whispered to her,

Carlisle looked back at me for a moment as I studied Bella, I looked at my father and anticipated what he was about to say to Bella, he was about to comment on her control and I had to admit that was a little amazing in itself. I could see she was thirsty, but it was as if she had separated herself from it. The moment it was mentioned or the opportunity presented itself she was in for a powerful blow.

"You are quite controlled," Carlisle said more to himself than to Bella. "More so than I expected, even with the time you had to prepare yourself mentally for this."

Bella didn't seem so certain about that as she shifted uncomfortably

"I'm not sure about that." She admitted and Carlisle nodded, I could practically see his curiosity. Esme may be right that I have enough curiosity to kill a cat ten times over, but she needs to take a look at where I may have picked it up from.

"It seems like we did something right with the morphine this time. Tell me, what do you remember of the transformation process?"

"Everything was... very dim before. I remember the baby couldn't breathe. . . ." it was the mention of the baby Bella's body went stiff, a look of fear washing over her face as she looked right at Edward, I could see the panic in her body language.

"Renesmee is healthy and well," Edward reassured her and I tried not to chuckle and tried to keep Nessie's nickname to myself for a little while longer, I wasn't sure how Edward would feel about the nickname, but I had a feeling Bella would not like it. "What do you remember after that?"

"It's hard to remember. It was so dark before. And then... I opened my eyes and I could see everything."

I looked at Bella hard, she was lying on that aspect, she remembered everything, her mind was clear and the memory as frightening as it was strong in her mind. She was just obviously a little frightened by it and wasn't ready to relive it, hence her lie.

"Amazing," Carlisle said softly and I exchanged another look with Emmett, Carlisle was so fascinated by this whole thing, I didn't really remember him interviewing me after my transformation was complete, but the moments after he convinced me to open my eyes are kind of a blur so he might have. "I want you to think-to tell me everything you remember," he insisted and I sighed.

As much as I hated to interrupt this whole thing, Bella was getting more and more thirsty, I could see it, she hadn't realized it yet and though I hated to be the one to remind her, it had to happen

"Carlisle," I spoke up and suddenly all eyes were on me "she's thirsty, extremely so. She's holding her own well enough, and she doesn't even realize it, but she's uncomfortable. I can see it in her body language, in her eyes."

For a brief moment I saw Bella smile at something only she knew, it was weird, but it was the same look that Nessie had when I spoke downstairs. Clearly the apple didn't fall far from the tree on that one.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Bella," Carlisle apologized immediately. "Of course your thirst must be very uncomfortable. This conversation can wait."

"I'll take her," Edward said holding out his hand which Bella took, squeezing it a little too hard as Edward winced again. She smiled at him apologetically before letting go.

"Be careful," Carlisle instructed

"Do you want one of us to go with you?" I asked, even though I knew the answer to that question, it would be no, Edward had nearly lost Bella, he would want some time alone with her. He looked over at me and gently shook his head, silently thanking me for the offer as he took Bella's hand again and the two of the carefully jumped through the window and took off into the woods.

"I can't get over the control," Jasper breathed "it's unnatural,"

"I don't think it's control Jas," I spoke up and he looked at me "its focus," I grinned a little "you know how all those teachers and administrators told Carlisle and Esme I probably had ADD or something?"

Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and even Carlisle all exchanged a look before looking at me curiously.

"And your point Dr. Doolittle?" Emmett asked grinning

"my point Emmett is that maybe all of us vampires have ADD that's why we have trouble focusing" my grin got wider "Bella just has the gift of having a full dosage of Ritalin running through her system giving her perfect focus."

Emmett hooted a laugh at that one, then Jasper and Alice joined him, it took Carlisle a few seconds of rolling his eyes at us, but he joined the laughter too.

Suddenly Rose appeared in the doorway glaring at the group of us,

"The wolf just got Renesmee to go down, if the five of you wake her up you are all in so much trouble."

Carlisle smiled gently at Rose and nodded, gesturing for us to quiet down as he headed downstairs, followed by Alice.

Jasper and Emmett lingered for a moment

"So kid, Jas and I were discussing a bet being in the works."

I grinned at

"how Bella's going to react to Jacob imprinting on Nessie?" I asked, they looked at each other for a second in surprise

"Nessie?" Jasper repeated

"You really think we are going to call her Renesmee all the time, it'll take forever to say. I figured shorten it, Nessie fits her so much better don't you think."

"Oh someone is definitely going to die, I'm just not sure if it's going to be you or Jacob." Emmett said with a grin "but you're right kid, Nessie does have a nice ring to it."

"So about this bet, fifty says that Bella tries to kill him?" I asked

"Fifty huh? Let's make it a hundred that she hits him with a rolled up newspaper."

"Hundred fifty says she literally puts him outside." I replied.

"I'm with the kid," Jasper spoke up and held out his hand as the three of us shook on it.

Silently though, we knew that we wouldn't let it get to the point of Bella killing Jacob, as freaky as it was that he imprinted on a baby, that whole thing made him family I guess and we'd have to help protect him. For Nessie's sake anyways and for Bella's, 'cause she'd never be able to forgive herself if she killed wolf-boy.

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A/N: Oh my god, we are finally over that, to quote Chris, 'that bloody'hump'. The first half of Breaking Dawn was not fun, it really wasn't and I again apologize if any of these first 15 chapters were not up to my usual standards. Now that Bella is finally a vampire things actually run a lot smoother in this fic, I really don't know why the first half of the book was such a pain for me to write.

I took some parts from the movie here because there are certain parts that the movie did very well, such as the wolves attacking and other parts that are coming in later chapters that the book was understandably limited on what it could present.

I'm very excited for the next chapter because I've got a great scene that I actually wrote when Breaking Dawn was first published, it's a scene that I'm really proud of and I'll give you guys a hint, it's between Chris and Nessie. So hopefully that chapter will be finished and uploaded next week or at least by next weekend.

I hope to keep hearing from you all, thank you for your understanding and support through the first 14 chapters, those of you who stuck with me and sent me messages and reviews with words of encouragement (you know who you are) are such amazing and wonderful people. Please know how grateful I am to you guys.

Till next time!