Chapter Five:
JPOV
Someone shoved at the door knocking it down. I was in my wolf form and Bella was upstairs with the bloodsucker’s kid.
“What the hell, Jacob?!” it was Sam. He looked horrified. I bet he was thinking off what he had done to Emily only months ago. “Phase back, now!” he demanded in his Alpha command. I had no choice but to obey. I phased back to my human form as Sam pushed me back onto the couch. “JACOB, A HUMAN GIRL AND HER SON?! HOW CAN YOU PUT THEM IN DANGER LIKE THAT?!” Sam’s eyes strayed away from my face and fell upon Emily whom was waiting in the doorway.
“That baby is as human as we are,” I snarled, looking fiercely up the stairs.
“What do you mean?” Sam questioned.
“That baby, is the son of a bloodsucker—half human, half immortal. She had a kid with Edward Cullen.”
“Well that was her choice, Jake! You cannot tell her how to live her life. You can’t tell her that she wasn’t allowed to be in a relationship. Jacob, things happened and that baby happened.”
“Baby,” I scoffed. “Mutant blood-drinking baby: that bloodsucker has no right! No right to be around her!”
“Is that what this is about, Jake?! You can’t blame her for feeling this way. YOU!” he accused. “YOU imprinted weeks ago and you have yet to tell her. She’s that Cullen kid’s mate. She’s as bounded to him as you are to Emily’s cousin. Does it surprise you that this all happened?!”
“Yes, it did!” I lashed out. “Why do you have to be a stupid werewolf and why do bloodsuckers have to exist?!”
“Jacob, I can’t believe you. That’s what makes us who we are as a tribe!”
“Whatever. But Cullen’s kid doesn’t deserve to exist! He’s not meant to be!” Man, where is all this fury coming from? I must still be irritable.
“Jake, a human baby. I don’t care that he’s not all human, but a baby?! And you do know what is going to happen once you hurt him?! IT’S GOING TO IGNITE A WAR!”
“Maybe I want a war!”
“Jake the Cullen’s never broke the treaty, never even came close. We could even form an alliance—“
“They have broken the treaty! They created that…that monster!”
“Jacob, Ethan was created through Bella and Cullen’s love. They never intended for this to happen. You have to understand that,” he was talking in a whisper now.
“He’s still not meant to be,” I muttered. “He should be wiped off the face of this planet!”
“Jake, what’s wrong with you?!” Bella came down the stairs then with the Cullen baby perched on her hip with his face hidden in Bella’s hair. I could see the hatred and pain in Bella’s expression. I turned back to Sam once she was out the door. “How could a baby that innocent and vulnerable be as menacing as you say?” He finally knocked some sense into my head.
“I don’t know. Maybe I should…”
“No, Jake. Let her go. If she’s happy with the Cullen kid, let her be.”
BPOV
The rest of my dinner was silent. As I ate my dinner, Edward fed Ethan and the only sounds were Ethan’s gurgling as he swallowed the Mott’s Applesauce. As I took small glances at Edward from the corner of my eye, I could see the pain and hurt in his golden brown eyes. I haven’t seen a more tortured expression on his face, ever. He occasionally smiled, but at Ethan, possibly too hurt to speak. I turned back to my mushroom ravioli, defeated. I could never say anything without hurting someone.
There was still a burning, throbbing pain in my upper back but I ignored it. I finished eating now and washed my plate in the sink. I came back to see Ethan playing with Edward’s hair. Man that boy is not only obsessed with his hair, but his father’s too? I smiled watching Edward grin happily was he bonded with his son.
I scooped Ethan up from his high chair. “I’m going to go give him a bath,” I explained.
I carried Ethan up to the humongous bathroom in Edward’s room, grabbing his bubble bath and toiletries bag on the way in. I filled the Jacuzzi tub a quarter ways with water and poured some bubble bath in, before plopping Ethan in on his bottom. As Ethan played with the bubbles I poured water onto his bronze curls along with his favorite Johnson’s Green Apple Shampoo.
“You’re a great mother,” Edward remarked coming into his bathroom from behind me.
“Took a lot of practicing to get him to stay still so that the shampoo wouldn’t get into his eyes,” I told him. He knelt down next to me and massaged the shampoo through Ethan’s hair. I slumped back onto the floor and watched Edward give his son a bath.
Ethan started splashing around like he always did when he’s about done and to my surprise, Edward was done giving him his bath. He wrapped Ethan snugly in his hooded Lion bath towel and brought his back into his room. I followed him in.
“Why don’t you take a long, warm shower and I’ll have Ethan ready for bed,” he suggested. I obeyed and walked into the shower and took a steaming hot wash. When I got out of the shower I had a stack with a pair of boxer shorts, a pair of cropped sleep sweatpants and one of Edward’s t-shirts. I ran a towel through my hair hastily, in an attempt to dry it.
When I walked out the bathroom Ethan was on Edward’s chest watching Baby Einsteins on his plasma screen. “Do you want to put Ethan to bed?” he asked.
“Sure.” Edward cradled Ethan to his chest and waited for me. I grabbed Ethan’s baby bag off the side table and followed Edward into another room. I didn’t expect what I saw. Edward really did care about Ethan. Within one day of knowing about his son, he set up his whole nursery. He didn’t even know for sure that he was ever going to see him again. It was nature themed, with mostly different animals along the quilts and walls.
“It’s beautiful,” I spoke in awe.
“I spent all afternoon getting everything together, making sure that you and Ethan had the best of everything, even if you didn’t come over.”
“Thank you.” Edward then led me to the black wooden crib in the opposite corner of the glass wall. The moonlight coming from outside the glass wall lit the nursery perfectly.
“Goodnight, Sunshine,” Edward whispered, kissing Ethan’s cute button nose. “I love you.”
“Uvv ooh, da,” Ethan whispered in his sweet baby voice.
“Nighty Night, baby.” I reached over Edward’s arms and kissed Ethan’s temple. “Love you, honey.”
“Uvv ooh, mama,” he answered rubbing his eyes. Edward set him down into his crib and as we watched, my baby fell asleep. A tear slid down my cheek as I watched my baby snooze.
“Bella, love, what’s wrong?” Edward asked pulling me into his arms.
“Nothing, it’s just that this moment was so beautiful, so perfect. You’re here and our son is sleeping peacefully, without a need to worry because his father will keep him safe. It’s just that I haven’t been so happy in so long.” I whispered this into his chest. “I don’t ever want you to leave again.”
I watched the rise and fall of our miracle, his breath coming and going as time, seconds, minutes, hours pass. Time, almost two years, I thought as my love held me in his arms again. I was safe and secure at last.
“Bella, thank you for letting me into Ethan’s life,” Edward murmured into my hair. “…Even if you don’t want me in yours.”
I stared at him in disbelief. “What are you talking about?” I demanded.
“Come on, let’s get you to bed,” Edward suggested, avoiding the subject. We walked back into Edward’s room and for the first time, I realized there was a king sized canopy bed in there. Edward stood by the side of the bed and patted the mattress. “In you go.” I obeyed slipping under the golden brown comforter as Edward stood there. “Goodnight, love.”
“Night,” I mumbled with a sigh. And once my head hit the extra soft pillow, I was out.
*****
I awoke a few hours later to Ethan’s crying. Looking around, I found Ethan’s nursery, cradling Ethan to his chest.
“Mamaa,” Ethan wailed. I came up to Edward and got Ethan out of his arms into mine.
“Baby,” I whispered into his ear, bouncing him in my arms. “Mama’s here, Mama’s here, Sunshine.” I ran my hands through his wavy hair, resting my chin on his soft head. I placed a kiss on the crown of his head and continued to rock him. Soon his wails turned into whimpers and in no time, his eyes fluttered closed, his breathing deep with sleep. I placed him back in his crib and walked back into Edward’s room.
“I’m sorry that you had to wake up,” I heard Edward apologize from behind me.
“It’s okay. It’s all part of being a mother. It is better than when he was just born. Waking up multiple times needing to feed him, change him and sing him back to sleep all in one night,” I explained.
Edward looked at the floor. “There’s nothing I regret more than…leaving you to face having Ethan alone. I should’ve been there for everything.” Seeing Edward struggle for words made him seem so…human. “For the glory finding out we were having a baby together, explaining to your father, the cravings, the hormones…” he shook his head shamefully. “I should’ve been there.”
“You didn’t know,” I told him, reaching out to cup his cheek. I stroked the apple of his eye and too quickly I was deliberately moving in to press my lips to his. Our lips moved in synchronization, out of love, out of desperation. It was nothing like I have felt in a long time. I love him.
Edward was the one who had to pull away. “You should really get some sleep,” Edward told me. I could hear the smile in his voice.
“Can I have just one more kiss?” I whined, pouting.
“Anything for you, my love,” Edward agreed, cupping my cheek, pulling me closer to him. Impatiently, I crushed my lips to his, winding my arms around his neck, holding him to me. I felt him snake his arms around his waist in attempt to hold me to him. For once, I broke the kiss, just wanting to hold him to me once again. He was completely content to hold me securely to his chest there in his moonlit room.
After what seemed to be forever, Edward let go of me. “You really need to get some sleep.”
“Okay.” I slipped under the sheets.
“Goodnight, again,” he said smiling his crooked grin.
“Night.” I was about to close my eyes, but something felt wrong. “Edward,” I called.
“Yes,” he hesitated about to sit on his leather couch.
“Come here.” He came over to the side of the bed oblivious to my plan. He looked at me confused, until I pulled him onto the bed. I pushed him down onto the bed and lay me head on his chest where it belonged, my arm draped across his stomach, running my hand up and down his chest.
“I love you, Edward.”
EPOV
Bella said she loves me.
“I love you much more than anyone else can comprehend.” I kissed her temple. “So where do we stand?” I asked conversationally.
She giggled adorably. “Married and in love.” She tilted her face up so I could kiss her again and so I took advantage, kissing her gently.
“Actually, I am officially getting papers worked on to get divorced, but I am madly in love with a beautiful girl named, Isabella Marie Swan. I also love our son, Ethan Scott.” I slid my hands under my oversized t-shirt that she wearing. I caressed her bare back as she breathed in evenly. I ran my fingertips up and down her spine, tracing random patterns on her skin. That was when I felt new scars. As I gently pressed my fingertips onto them, Bella groaned in pain.
“What happened here?” I asked clamping my jaw shut. Bella looked away from me and by the way her heartbeat sped up, I could tell she didn’t want me to know.
“It’s nothing,” she whispered. I could see the tears that threatened to spill over and wiped them tentatively.
“Please tell me, Bella. I want to know. I want to know what is hurting you.”
“The whole truth?” she asked, sniffling. I nodded. “When I got back from the meadow, Jake went ballistic. He said that he could smell you on both Ethan and I. He started shaking and phased.”
“He hurt you?! I’m going to murder him!” I yelled. I sat up abruptly, bringing Bella up as well.
“Where…Where are you going?” she asked, hysteria building in her voice.
“I need to check on Ethan,” I told her, bringing her into Ethan’s nursery with me. I sat her on the couch near the door and walked to Ethan’s crib. He lay there restlessly with a peaceful expression on his face. I gently picked him up from his crib, cradling him to my chest. He whimpered, wrinkling his nose, adorably.
I lay him on the changing table, and examined him, checking if there was anything I missed as I dressed him.
I carefully lifted his chubby legs, then his arms, nothing. But what I saw next was unbelievable.
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