The Human Strikes Back
By BetterInTexas
Chapter 35:
BPOV
Laying across Jason’s lap we were enjoying a moment of peace watching mindless television. I loved these moments. I wish we had more. When we first started going out and then living together it was just the two of us. We didn’t really have friends. We weren’t apart very often. Now it seems there are people all around us. I wish we could get back to just the two of us. I guess I am selfish like that.
The morning sickness had gone away but my belly continued to grow. I had not gained much weight anywhere else. The inactivity has been driving me crazy. I still meditate and do pre natal yoga in the mornings but the sparring and ten mile runs are out. I am now relegated to 3 mile slow jogs or walks. Jason of course continues to train every day. Lucky bastard.
I wish this moment of peace could last but Jason and I had a serious issue that would have to be addressed soon. As in right now.
“Baby we need to talk.”
“Okay…”
“Soon I’m not going to be able to fit behind the wheel of the Camaro and shift at the same time. And I am not going to ride my bike for obvious reasons. I think it’s time we talked about buying a new car.”
“I’m game darlin and I have been thinking about this exact same thing.” He said.
“You have?” I asked.
“Yes and I have the perfect solution for you and the baby. A Hummer.”
“A Hummer?”
“Yes a Hummer. Safest vehicle on the road. Plenty of room. I can mount a .50 cal on top if the need should arise.”
“Baby I’m 5’4″ The lift on those things is nearly three feet. How am I going to crawl up into the cab with a babyseat in my hands?”
Silence.
“So what are you saying Bells?”
“I think you know what I’m saying Jason.”
“Bella you need to be reasonable about this. We are hard core vampire and werewolf killers. You write about vampires and werewolves. How the hell is it going to look if we go off and buy… that?”
“You can say it Jason. It has a name.”
“Fine a minivan. How are we supposed to keep our edge while driving around a minivan?”
” We have had this talk Jason. It’s about our family now. All three of us. And a minivan makes sense.”
“Let’s think on this a little more. Give me a week to find something as suitable. One week then Saturday if I can’t find something you like then we can go buy a minivan.”
“Fine, one week” I agreed.
“So you feel like going to bed?” He asked quietly.
“It’s 6 PM. Does someone feel the need to reaffirm his masculinity?”
” I feel the need to be inside you instead of just next to you.”
“Your lucky I can never say no to you.”
“Can we but a Hummer?”
“No.”
Jasper POV
“It’s time a decision was made” Esme decreed.
Esme had been distraught the last couple days over Edward’s death. This sadness had quickly turned into anger. Alice was angry as well.
“The choice has been made as far as I’m concerned “Alice decreed.
“I gave him my word as well as the U.S Government Esme, I can’t just go back on that and I won’t join the Romanians. I didn’t fight the Volturi to see another evil take its place.” Carlisle reminded her.
“So you would rather ally yourself with those who would kill our son and our oldest companion? What the hell is wrong with you Carlisle?”
“Esme I thought you understood that Edward betrayed us. You knew this was a possibility of this happening.” I reminded her.
“Edward did not betray us, Bella did. She made him love her and turned his back on him. She wanted a human life, fine, but she knew that when vampires love it is forever and she turned him away. What did she think would happen? He was just trying to get her back. It was his right!”
“Right? What the hell are you talking about Esme? She was married and pregnant. What right did he have to order me attacked and kidnapping her against her will and turning her? Have you lost your mind? ” Rosalie shouted.
“He ordered you to not be harmed. Bella said as much! And yes, he had as much right as you did asking Emmett to be turned rather than die.”
“Bella wasn’t dying Esme! She was living.”Rosalie reminded her.
This was quickly getting out of hand and I sent a wave of calm over the room.
“Since Jasper has decided the emotional climate is too difficult for him I demand that we vote. Do we continue to support the killer of our brother and son or do we stand aside and let what happens, happen? I won’t attack Bella but I won’t help her any longer.” Esme stated firmly.
“Esme I don’t remember you being much help in the first place.”
“Jasper!” Alice shouted at me.
Carlisle spoke up. “There will be no vote yet. Everyone needs to make their own decision first. We remain as a family and all abide by the results of the vote or we split and no vote is needed.”
Rose spoke up first without hesitation. “I will not leave Bella’s side and neither will Emmett no matter the outcome of any vote. I suppose that answers your question right now.”
Carlisle looked shocked. He turned to me. “And you and Alice Jasper?”
“We will not protect Bella or help humans in any cause against vampires.” Alice spoke before I could.
“Now wait a damn minute. I promised Jason I would fight on his side. Peter and Char consider Jason and Bella as family and they will not leave them no matter what. I have never seen them feel this way about two humans or vampires for that matter.”
“Exactly Peter and Charlotte aren’t family. They are closer to humans than they are to us and you are their sire Jasper!”
” I gave my word Alice and I will stay.”
“Then I guess I will be with Esme.” Alice stated coldly.
Too say I was shocked would have been an understatement. “I thought you loved Bella, Alice?”
“She was more concerned about Jason than Edward. Did she ever think about the impact on this family if Edward died? Did she care? It wasn’t supposed to happen like that. Edward was supposed to rip Jason’s throat out and eventually Bella and Edward would have found their way back to each other. But that goddamn bastard made a split second decision to use a grenade. I couldn’t see it coming until it was too late. And while Bella has been taking care of her husband has she asked about us once?”
“Wait a minute. You saw that Edward would kill Jason and you did nothing?”
“He is or was my brother, Jasper. What would you have had me do?”
A quiet descended over the house. I spoke up to break the silence.
“It appears a decision has been made Carlisle. I will stay and fight and Alice will not. What is your decision?”
” Unlike you Jasper I cannot go against my mate’s wishes. Esme is everything to me. Esme, Alice and I will head to Denali. I think we all need time to cope with Edward’s death.”
” I understand.”
“I can’t believe you are choosing humans against your own kind Jasper. This isn’t about Jason and Bella. This is about you looking for a fight.” Alice said “When you come to your senses your mate will be waiting for you.” And with that Rosalie, Emmett and I were left alone. Peter and Charlotte arrived shortly after. Of course Peter had a feeling this would happen.
“You with us Major?”
“Looks that way Captain. I hope we are fighting on the right side.”
“Major this is going to get a lot uglier before it is over. Nobody will be able to stay neutral for long.”
” The thought has occurred to me.”
“What about us, Peter? Don’t you want to know where our loyalties lie?” Rose asked.
” I know where your loyalty is Rose. Emmett’s too. There is no doubt you would kill anyone, family or not to protect Bella. Emmett too.”
Rose nodded her head.
Emmett spoke up for the first time in this entire discussion. “I guess were all Whitlock’s now.”
JPOV
“So you are heading to Washington D.C?”
“The team is getting new toys. We need new toys. Me and Jack have to go try them out. Supposedly there is upgraded armor as well.”
“How long will you be gone?” Charlie asked.
“Two days at most. Serenity, Rose and Emmett will be with Bella and Peter and Sam and the boys are going to be patrolling.”
“She will spend more time worried about you.”
“The you will have to reassure her what a badass I am then, won’t you daddy in law?”
” Jason, be careful. It’s no telling who or what is gonna come after you next. I know Bella is a strong woman but she would not be the same strong woman if you were dead. I realize why you had to pull that stunt with Cullen but don’t take any chances you don’t have to. My grandkids are going to need you.”
“Charlie I will always do what it takes to first protect my wife and child and then to come back to them. In that order.”
“I understand,” he said giving me a Charlie nod and the hand on the shoulder.
” Now I need to talk to you about something else.” Charlie stated.
“Why do I get the feeling this won’t be a good something?”
“First I want you to tell me what is really so great about Texas?”
“Deer hunting, Friday night football, Largemouth Bass fishing, warm beaches, beautiful desserts, East Texas pines, Austin Hill Country, Texas country music and dance halls, barbecue, Tex Mex food, Swimming in lakes in the summer time, The San Antonio Riverwalk, Shinerbauch beer, rodeos…”
“Okay I get it.” Charlie stopped me.
“What about Forks?” Charlie asked.
“What about it?”
” Do you like anything about it?”
“I like the Olympic Peninsula in general, Charlie. It’s a beautiful region.”
“What would it take to get you to move here?”
“Huh. Don’t know if you noticed Charlie but I have been here more than I have been in Texas in the last year.”
“Yes but I mean full time. Jason I know you don’t have family in Texas but you have family here. And to be quite honest I missed Bella’s childhood and I don’t want to miss my grandchild’s.”
Hmmm. This is an unexpected turn of events. I knew Charlie wanted us here but I didn’t expect him to come right out with it. Actually the topic had been on my mind for a while as well.
“Charlie let me think about it and mention it to Bella. We will definitely consider this.”
“That’s all I can ask Jason and I understand if you don’t. I just want you to consider it. I am going to ask Sue to marry me. We are going to move into her house. I could give you and Bella this house. Vampire burn marks in the floor and everything else that comes with it.”
BPOV
“So that’s the conversation with your dad, babe. What do you think?”
What did I think? It’s what I wanted. I love it here but I also love being alone with Jason in Texas. But since I got pregnant the idea of moving close to Charlie and having Emily nearby and Leah and Sue took hold in my mind. I knew Jason missed our home but this rented house was getting old. I wanted a home and the extended family I never had growing up. I have been wanting more alone time with Jason. But if we could have our own house we could add on and redecorate and make it our own and have the privacy we needed while still being close to our family. It was time to be honest with him and take the consequences. This wouldn’t be a fight. I wouldn’t let it get that far. But the great thing about our marriage was that unlike most of our living together period we didn’t have secrets. We always told each other the truth about everything.
“I want to do it. I want to live here.”
Now for the fallout.
“Okay.”
“Okay?”
“Yeah the idea is growing on me. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. When it was just me I never cared for any place other than Texas. When it was the two of us I never cared for anywhere but Texas. But now that we are starting a family, I want our baby around the family, same as I suspect you do. Charlie and Sam and Emily and all those idiots in the pack ain’t leavin this area to come to Texas so I guess I got to come to them. Plus I’m happy where you are happy. And I want you happy baby. Your everything to me. Besides we had two good years of being shut in hermit sex maniacs. It’s probably time to join the real world.”
Oh my God. It was going to happen just like that. I was going to cry. I hate to cry. But I couldn’t help it. I threw my arms around him and began kissing him and telling him how much I loved him. He picked me up heading to the bedroom but I stopped him.
“Baby can we please go tell everybody? Please?”
“Yes baby we can.”
CPOV
I hung up the phone after Bella called from her cell saying they were about 5 minutes away and needed to talk to me. I figured it would take more than a couple hours for the two of them to dismiss the idea. I knew I was being selfish and laying a guilt trip on them, especially Jason. But dammit I wanted my grandchild and any others that come close to me. If I had too I would invest in sun screen and move to Texas but I really didn’t want to. I didn’t want to have to convince Sue to leave the Reservation and the tribe she was an elder for.
Jason and Bella pulled up in the Camaro and I watched Jason help Bella work her way out of the car. She was really showing. Next week they would find out the sex of the baby. Jason and Bella walked up holding hands with serious looks on their faces.
“Hey kids.”
“Charlie I want to cut to the chase. Me and Bella have discussed your proposal. We have a question for you.”
“Go ahead.”
“How soon can you get your shit out of our house?”
JPOV
I got a visit from Peter and Jasper telling me of the new arrangement. I can’t believe Alice felt that way. I knew she was close to her brother but damn. Glad I stuck the grenade in his mouth. Carlisle kinda pissed me off. Didn’t have the balls to come talk to me himself. No big deal. As long as they stay out of it. Jasper mentioned a potential problem however. Apparently the Cullens went to Denali. A coven of 4 females and one male (poor bastard) lived there and were vegetarians as well. On hearing that Edwin was killed the leader Tanya, who apparently had a thing for the asshole, went into a rage. Irina had already lost her mate to the Wolves when he tried to kill Bella. Jasper and Peter told me to not be surprised to see that coven join the Romanians in the common purpose of kicking our asses.
Well that’s life. I knew they would be upset with me killing their boy and all. I didn’t expect this but I’m glad it happened now instead of trusting them at the wrong time. I flew out to Washington with Jack and came back with a bunch of new toys. Armor piercing rounds fired from a standard issue assault rifle with laser embedded cores that burned from the insides. The ammo worked on the torso we kept from the Volturi skirmish. I refused to call it a battle. That epic ass kicking was anything but a battle. I also had handguns which fired similar ammo of the .45 caliber kind. They would give us a backup weapon that could be used on wolves and vampires and was easily. And I got to meet the President in person. The Boss was on speakerphone. Dude doesn’t even show up for meetings with the President.
Prez told me that recruits would be moving to our Olympic base between La Push and Forks soon. 20 Seals handpicked for the job. Our base was to continue to hunt Vampires causing a scene in the US and be on alert for the Romanian factions. I updated the boss on the Cullens and the Denali’s. It was agreed to have a satellite keep track of that little house in the middle of nowhere. It wasn’t hard to find a mansion in the middle of a barren landscape with no electricity running to it. At the end of my visit I returned to Washington eager to see my baby girl and our baby in her belly. We had a doctor’s appointment to get to tomorrow.
BPOV
The gel was cold. I hate cold things touching my body. Okay Char isn’t bad on occasion but with the pregnancy I haven’t been drinking. Only a drunk Bella is a bi sexual Bella. I looked at the monitor and watched what I though was my baby’s heartbeat. Hard to make out the shape of a baby. It seemed bigger than most ultrasounds I had seen. I knew I had gained a lot of weight in my belly lately but I figured it was normal. After a few minutes of maneuvering Jason finally had enough and asked the Doctor what the sex was. Dr. Allen looked at us and smile.
“Your babies are girls.”
Jason caught on first as I was picturing a little girl running through the forest and making mud pies.
“Did you say babies? We only ordered one.” Jason asked.
“Well congratulations, the stork is doing a two for one deal today. You are having twins.”
Oh My God.
JPOV
YES YES YES. My super sperm has not only beat out birth control it got two babies in there! Should probably check on the wife. She was looking at me with shock on her face.
“Dr. Allen?”
“Yes Bella?”
“I know we talked about having a natural birth but perhaps it’s time to look into pain management options.”
“Darlin aren’t you excited?”
“Yes baby I am but that is a lot of baby coming out of me. I want you to be prepared for the worst.”
“What are you talkin about, Bells?”
” I may never have sex with you again. Oh and we are going to need that minivan.”
Ahh shit.
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