A Twilight fanfiction novel - SheeWolf85

“Today is the thirtieth, right?” Renesmee asked urgently.
Jacob looked up at her. She’d burst into the room after being in the bathroom. Her heart was racing.
He furrowed his brow and looked at the calendar on the wall by the door. July thirtieth. It had been
two and a half weeks since she woke up after the change. He nodded. “Yes. Why? Is everything
okay?”
She shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair as she started to pace the tiny hallway.
Jacob got up and went after her. She let him hold her lightly.
“I’m late,” she whispered. She knew he’d heard her.
“What do you mean, baby? What are you late for?” His arms tightened around her.
She pushed away and fisted her hands in her hair. She looked up at him with panic clear in her
orange eyes. Neither their brightness nor the dark ring around the edges had faded. “No, Jacob. I’m
late. My period.”
The words sunk in immediately, and Jacob stood shocked. He knew exactly what she was saying, but
he was clueless about what to do next. “So that means you’re pregnant?” he asked.
Tears stung her eyes as they overflowed. “I’ve been late before, but never a whole week. It can
fluctuate a few days every month, but generally it’s right on schedule. Not a whole week. I didn’t
realize it was missing until today. What am I going to do, Jake? What if . . . what if it happened
before I changed?” Another life flashed in front of her. She saw herself as she had been before
Caius changed her, baring Jacob’s children. They were healthy, happy, and normal, maybe even
destined to one day shift like their father. But now . . . She was afraid of what her new genetics
would do to a baby.
Jacob cleared his throat. He was afraid of the same thing, but he wasn’t going to let it get to him. He
went to her again and pulled her gently into his arms. “Whether it happened before or after, this is
our baby. Everything will be fine. I’ll call Sue and see if there’s anything she can do for you.” He
leaned down and kissed her head. “Just calm down, okay?”
Renesmee nodded. “Okay. What would Sue be able to do for me, though?”
He shrugged as he pulled away. “I don’t know. She learned how to be a medicine woman from her
grandmother; maybe there’s something she could do. Some kind of advanced test or something. I
don’t know.” He didn’t like that answer, but he took her hand and walked with her to the phone.
She was about to suggest going to a doctor before she realized why she couldn’t. It was the same
reason Jacob and his pack went to Sue when they needed medical help. Where Jacob’s temperature
was high enough to kill the strongest man in a matter of hours, hers was several degrees lower than
normal. He was a walking flame, and she was an ice cube. Aside from that, they’d learned her skin
was nearly impenetrable. She doubted they’d even be able to draw blood. She listened
absentmindedly as Jacob talked on the phone. She wondered if a regular pregnancy test would even
work with her. She guessed it would just be trial and error. As her thoughts wandered, something
else occurred to her. Jacob hung up before she could say anything.
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