8
Ok this chapter was getting too long so i have decided to split it into several parts. but i want to finish this section of the story without going away from Bella so, the next I'm not sure how many chapters chapters after this one will stay with Bella, Edward and the Cullen's will be back tho.

Bella's POV
I looked out of the window watching the countryside flash past at incredible speed, the car Edward had bought me was amazingly fast and Jacob was using his werewolf senses to push it to the limit, I looked at the clock on the dashboard It was shortly after midnight, a quick glance at the satnav stuck to the windscreen told me that we were already half way to the alaskan boarder. We had crossed the boarder into Canada in the early evening, exhausted from my emotional morning I had slept the first few hours of the trip and so now I wasn't tired. Jacob had insisted on doing all the driving, well all exept for the first few minutes, I had driven us away from the Cullen house, at the time I wondered why Jacob hadent insisted on driving from the start but on thinking about it I presumed that he had wanted to avoid the cullens hearing us disagree, as soon as we were on the highway he insisted i pull over and demanded i relinquish the driving seat, he had put his case bluntly yet convincingly,
"I'm driving to Denali bella! " I tried to argue back but he spoke over me,
"there's no point waiting time sitting here arguing as you will lose,
"Give me three good reasons why you should drive and I won't argue" I demanded
" one my reflexes are better, two i can drive more than twice as fast as you can three I don't get tired as quickly as you, and four you are exhausted already and need to sleep, there that's one reason more than you asked for so suck it up and hand over the keys"
I had grudgingly given in. To give him his due we wouldn't be half as far as we were if I had been driving. Jacobs wolf senses allowed him to drive as fast as any of the Cullens,
As I looked out of the window I noticed a sign advertising the food available at the local rest stop. I suddenly felt extremely hungry. I turned to Jacob.
"Hey Jacob"
"What's up bells"
" can we stop for food at this rest stop I'm starving."
"Sure Bella no problem"
He pulled off the highway and parked at the rest stop.
"What do you want to eat"
"They have an omelette stop here according to the signs, that sounds good to me"
"Come on then let's get omelettes"
I smiled at Jacob as i got out of the car, and linked arms with him as we crossed the almost deserted car park. while we had always been close something I couldn't put my finger on was drawing me to him more than ever before, i had felt it first shortly after leaving the Cullen house when i was deciding what to do. I just suddenly knew that I NEEDED jacob, I had been feeling it all day since and it had got stronger as the day progressed.

An hour later we were back on the road full of cheese and bacon omelette and cola, we drove in silence for several hours and I nodded off again just as dawn was breaking over the horizon.
Sometime later I felt Jacob shake my arm.
"Bella honey we are here"
I opened my eyes groggily and looked out of the windscreen. We were driving up a long driveway there were snow banks either side of the car. Ahead of us the snow opened up to a white clearing in the Centre of which was a large two storey cabin. It was beautiful with rustic charm that fitted perfectly Into the setting. Jacob parked and handed me a thick parka
"It's thermal I picked it up at the rest stop while you were in the loo, we will need to get you some more warm clothes for while we are here your stuff from forks won't be enough"
I took the parka and put it on
"Thanks jake"
"Your welcome"
We got out of the car and walked towards the front door, Tanya had of course heard the car and was waiting on the other side, the door opened When We got close to reveal a tall blonde vampire.
"Bella Jacob welcome you made good time" she said smiling.
I recognised the voice from our phone conversation so I knew it was Tanya
"Hello Tanya thank you for having us"
"Hello Tanya" Jacob greeted, then he noticed I was shivering even in the parka " we will need to get Bella warm clothes she doesn't have anything much suitable for this wether"
"It's alright Jacob Bella and Carmen are the same size and we all wear appropriate clothing so as not to stand out. Carman has already said that Bella is welcome to share her entire wardrobe while she is here"
"That's very kind of her" I said
"Come on in you two let me introduce you to everyone."
We followed Tanya inside. She led us down a wood panelled hall into a large bright living room. The back wall had a large window looking out into the tundra, the walls were the colour of oak and the furniture was all shades of white. Sat in the various seats were four vampires
"I'm sorry to say that Irina decided to go away for a while some months ago and has not returned yet but let me introduce you to the others. " she gestured to a tall man with black hair and slightly olive skin a woman sat next to him with the same olive skin and black hair.
"This is Elazar and his mate carmen
"It's lovely to meet you I just wish it were better circumstances. Welcome to our home" carmen said warmly. Elazar gave me an intrigued and surprised look but said nothing. Tanya turned to a blonde woman and a sandy haired man. I refocused my attention into them as well
"This is my sister Kate and her mate garret. "
"You are both very welcome here" greeted Kate.
"Thank you" I replied
"Indeed most welcome" said garret I looked at him to reply and froze in shock. Like the cullens the Denali clan all had the golden eyes of vegetarians. all that was except for garret. His eyes were a dull orangey red, the sight of them scared me because they could mean only one thing I could t look away. He noticed me looking
"Tanya warned me that you might be frightened by my eyes Bella, don't worry I won't hurt you I am As much a vegetarian as the others
"But jf you are a vegetarian why are your eyes so red"
"I am a new vegetarian. Kate and I met just a few weeks ago, I was a nomad passing through when I stumbled upon this clan, I was invited to visit with them i met Kate and I haven't left," He grinned at me. "When i met Kate i I knew she was my true mate she felt the same and wanted me to stay with her family. but she insisted on one condition. if I was to join this family I had to change my diet."
he smiled at Kate and put his arm round her shoulders. "It wasn't a hard choice". He smiled at me and I smiled back tentatively

Suddenly I didn't feel too good I felt sick and oddly hungry. Jacob noticed
"Bella are you ok you look kind of green"
"No I don't feel too good"
"What's wrong " asked Kate
"I feel sick but also hungry"
"I can make you some food dear" said Tanya "I went and bought human food after you called yesterday what do you fancy"
"An omelette would be wonderful if possible Tanya"
"Of course dear. You should sit down you look positively grey now "
Tanya left the room, Jacob and Kate led me to the sofa and I sat down
"Tanya is right Your really pale Bella"
I didn't reply. I just focused on breathing steadily. Soon Tanya was back with the omelette. I ate it at a speed that surprised me. When I finished I leant against Jacob and closed my eyes, Jacob wrapped an arm around my shoulder. The heat was nice.
"How are you feeling now Hun" he asked
"A little better. But I feel drained, tired"
"Why don't I show you to your rooms" Tanya suggested "Follow me."
She led the way up the stairs that were In the far left of the living room up to a long hallway. We followed Tanya down to the end. "This is your room Jacob" she gestured to a room on the left of the hall "and this is yours Bella" she gestured to the one opposite
"I have put bedding on both beds and Bella your room is next to carmen's her walk in closet is between the two rooms and your room also has a door leading to it. That's why I gave you this room. Carmen says to help yourself to all the clothes"
"Thankyou Tanya and please thank carmen for me"
I swayed and Jacob caught me
"Come one Bella honey let's get you laying down for a nap."
He led me into the bedroom and helped me lay down. In seconds I was asleep.

I opened my eyes slowly. It was dark outside my window. Jacob was asleep in the chair at the end of the bed, I looked at the clock it was midnight, I had slept all day, my stomach growled noisily. It seemed I was hungry again. I got out of bed and went to the door careful not to wake Jacob. I left the room padded slowly down the hall and headed downstairs to find Tanya. I found her in the living room playing cards with garret Kate and carmen.
"Hey Tanya I don't suppose I could have another omelette could I I'm starving again?"
"Of course Bella I will get it straight away" she headed for the kitchen.
I went over to the table where they had been playing cards and sat down in a free chair
"What are you playing?"
"Hearts" carmen replied. "Do you know it?"
"Yeah I played it with my dad a lot"
"Tanya" Kate called "do you mind if Bella plays your cards for a few hands while you are cooking"
"Not at all" Tanya called back
"Come on Bella join in" Kate encouraged
I picked up Tanya's cards willingly and played hearts with the others while Tanya was busy in the kitchen. I was a good player but carmen was thrashing us all, I was having so much fun that before I knew it Tanya was back with my omelette , I handed Tanya her cards and took the omelette, I ate while watching the others play. It was delicious but As I ate the last mouthful I suddenly felt really sick
"Tanya" I said desperately "do you have a downstairs bathroom?"
Tanya took one look at my face and picked me up flying at vampire speed to a toilet she put me down in front of it I badly had time to steady myself before I threw up noisily into the toilet My stomach heaving violently. When I was done I sat up and took the glass Tanya offered and rinsed my mouth. Then I put my hand on my stomach intending to rub my aching muscles. But as I touched my lower abdomen my hand froze. I pulled up my top and touched my Lower stomach again.
Tanya saw my worried expression
"What is wrong Bella"
"My Lower stomach its really hard like rock hard. And it's cold too
"May I?" She asked gesturing to my stomach with her hand
"Of course"
Tanya touched my stomach. Then she looked concerned
"Bella in gong to make a phone call you go sit on the sofa"
"Not Carlisle don't call Carlisle"
"Don't worry I'm not going to make you face him or Edward until you are ready"
"How did you know That its Carlisle? I didn't tell you"
"Edward called after you left and brought us up to speed"
"Oh how much did he tell you"
"According to him everything."
"Oh. Ok. Who are you gong to call"
"A friend who lives in the amazon jungle I think I know what might be wrong with you. But my friend will know for sure if I am right" she saw my puzzled expression
"Aren't you going to tell me your theory"
"Not till I've spoken to my friend"
"Ok, hang on did you say in the amazon?! I didn't think I they had phone signal out there yet"
"she has a satellite phone"
"Oh ok"
"Why don't you go back and sit in the living room"
"Ok"
I went to the living room Jacob was there now.
"Bella I woke up and you weren't there. "
"Sorry, I didn't want to wake you, I came down to find some food I was hungry again. "
"That's alright so have you had something to eat?"
"Yes, but then I threw up. And there's Something wrong with my stomach"
"What's wrong with your stomach"
"It's really hard and cold, here feel"
I put Jacobs hand on my stomach
His expression turned worried as he felt the cold hardness beneath my skin
"I see what you mean, what do you thing is wrong?"
"i have no idea, Tanya thinks she might know what it is but she hasn't told me yet. She has gone to make a phone call"
"Oh ok"
We sat in companionable silence waiting for Tanya to return. When she did her expression was very worried yet also determined.
"Bella are you ok to speak freely in front of Jacob?"
"Yes Jacob knows everything about me"
"We'll I have spoken to a friend called Hulien who lives in the amazon about what is happening to you. The tiredness the hunger the throwing up and the strange stomach all happened to her sister a long time ago"
"So your friend knows what is wrong?"
"Yes"
"Is it some kind of rare disease?"
"Rare yes but not a disease
"What is it?"
"Your pregnant."
"what " i stuttered "are you sure?" "How can I be pregnant?! I've only had sex once and that was with a vampire"
"I'm positive, what most vampires don't know is that male vampires can impregnate human females, is very rare because usually the sex is a prelude to the meal" I grimaced "your pregnant With a vampire human hybrid"
"But how can I be pregnant enough to be so hungry and be sick already we had sex, i did the math quickly in my head coynting back from today (Monday) 13 days ago?" . "The baby will grow exceptionally fast that is why you are getting such strong symptoms already."
I was shocked. pregnant?! I couldn't be surely. but it made sense. I folded my hands over my stomach, and tried to comprehend the idea that there was a baby in there. As I accepted the news I was filled with a huge love for this tiny creature. My baby, Edwards baby. It seemed right somehow. He wasn't meant for me i knew that now, but now I would have a part of him. I smiled.
Tanya saw my reaction. And guessed my feelings.
"I had a feeling you would want the baby."
"Yes of course i do, You said your friend Hulien had a sister who had a baby who was like this"
"Yes" she said carefully frowning as she said it. her frown worried me
"Whats the matter did something happened to her"
"Erm, well. I don't want to scare you Bella but She didn't survive the birth,"
"I gasped"
" these babies grow stronger than their mother very quickly they can break bones with their kicks and it seems that these babies aren't born like human babies are through the vagina. Huliens nephew he..." She stuttered to a stop obviously worried about scaring me
"It's alright Tanya I can handle it tell me"
"Ok well he bit his way out of his moms stomach. Quite violently killing her in the process"
I was frozen in shock as was Jacob but he recovered fast he gasped and opened his mouth to start ranting but Tanya interrupted
"Jacob bella dosent need you going off on one right now let me speak please"
Jacob huffed but remained silent. But he took my hand and squeezed it in a show of support,
"Bella I have to warn you, this baby will be strong stronger than you in just a few days and it will grow fast. Huliens sister pyre was pregnant for only 40 days and then the child killed her Getting out. But if your sure about having this child Hulien and I have a plan that we think will keep you alive. and get you a healthy baby. "
"How" Jacob demanded.
"Well we start with proactive prenatal care, we know from pyres experience the baby won't adsorb nutrients form Bella eating normal food. And all the time it isn't getting the nutrients it needs it will stop bella being able to tolerate human food as well hence the sickness. She turned to me
" You will need normal food to keep your strength up but if we don't feed the baby first it will continue to make you throw up whatever you eat and prevent you adsorbing key nutrients." she paused obviously worried about my reaction to the next part of her plan, but considering the nature of this baby it wasn't hard to guess what it would need
"The baby needs blood doesn't it?"
"Yes and you will have to drink the blood I'm afraid"
I didn't like the idea of that much but I put on a brave face.
"Ok so who is going hunting for me?"
"Well Bella to give you both the best chance you need to be as strong as possible so it will be best if you have human blood I've got some donated blood stored near here Edward sugested I get some due to how clumsy you apparently are and our distance from the nearest hospital"
That was so like Edward still concerned for my safely.
she looked at me waiting for my reaction. I frowned then thought of my baby. If that's what it needed...
"Ok I can do that" I said
"Good. Hulien and her nephew are coming to stay here for a while to help. They will pick up the blood I have stored and are procuring some more blood for you on the way". She had a guilty expression as she said it That had me worried about the source of this "more blood" I gave her a look
"Procuring how exactly?"
"Don't worry bella of course I wouldn't dream of letting her kill someone for your blood I know you wouldn't tolerate that"
"Let her" i asked
"Erm well Hulien and Nahuel aren't vegetarians Hun"
I gasped.
"But their your friends"
"Bella you need to understand that vampires in general don't see humans as people but simply as a food source, we and the Cullens are unusual. Not being a vegetarian doesn't make them bad or unpleasant people they simply live the way vampires normally do. They are lovely people trust me."
I still wasn't sure I just couldn't picture a good vampire that hunted humans but I didn't want to cast aspersions on Tanya's friends
"Ok. I can cope with that"
Jacob growled quietly clearly unhappy I elbowed him and shot him a look
"as they are coming to help Bella I will put put up with their diet" he said unhappily

I realised we had got of topic.
"Tanya how exactly are they Getting me human blood"
"Erm. Well." She looked guilty again. "they are gong to rob a blood bank"
I was startled for a second and then I burst out laughing. Jacob chuckled then looked back at Tanya sternly.
"What's the rest of the plan to Keep Bella alive "
He demanded
"Well Pyre's pregnancy was 40 days so Hulien and I think its about 1 day to 1 week of a human pregnancy. we are thinking that to avoid this baby chewing its own way out, at about day 37 we will deliver the baby by Caesarian. If we avoid the baby ripping its way out we should avoid fatal damage to Bella. But she will still be very weak by then so as soon As the baby is out I will change her"
"So I won't be surviving this human" I interrupted
"No definitely not, it could be possible but attempting it would not be wise"
"Ok. That's fine"
"Will the plan work though" Jacob demanded. Tanya tuned to him
"Hulien and I think that if we keep Bella well fed we should keep her strong enough pull through as long as we are proactive about getting the baby out before it is far enough along to want out" she turned to me "Don't worry at 37 days it will be as strong as a full term baby."
"Sounds like a plan to me" I grinned.
"That's good" she smiled she could tell that Jacob wanted some time alone with me
"I'm gong to go clean up the kitchen"

She left and I looked at Jacob.

"Pregnant wow." I said.
"Wow indeed."
He looked at me then at my hands over my stomach.
"I feel like I should be calling you an idiot for keeping this baby, especially when it puts you at such risk but somehow I feel like the baby is important." he paused then looked me straight in the eye "I'm here for you. I will make sure you both get through this safely"
"Thank you Jacob." i smiled at my belly and then at him
"Your right this baby is important"
"May I" he asked his hand hovering over my stomach
"Sure " I said.
He placed his hand on my stomach and smiled.
" It's a girl, I'm sure its a girl I can sense it. "
"We will have to wait and see if you are right" I smiled again
Jacob leaned towards my belly. He looked fascinated
"What is it Jacob" I asked.
"Well you know i have always felt a pull towards you"
"yes"
"well That pull I've always felt towards you has grown these last 2 days but its strange, now I know that your pregnant i realise the pull isn't coming from you at all it's coming from here "
he rested his hand on my belly again. " from her"
I smiled.
"Maybe she will be your imprintee your true mate".
"Maybe" he said softly still staring at my belly
"It Would certainly give you a place in my family like u always wanted" I laughed.
"Year it would." He laughed back."but hardly in the way I had envisioned"