Baby Fever [Jacob & Edward]

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a/n: this might need a lil editing.

Jacob's not sure what to ask first as he stares across the island at Leah. His mind's completely gone blank, his focus gone as he once again glances down at the little plastic bag that holds an ultrasound and home pregnancy test. He opens his mouth before thinking better of it and snapping it shut. He's known Leah since they were kids. He'd been there when she realized that she was infertile. He'd seen first hand how that'd been devastating for her, tore her up inside, made her feel less than. So, the confused look on her face as she looked from him to the pregnancy test made sense on the surface, but he knew good and well that if she'd miraculously ended up pregnant, she wouldn't question it. She'd be too busy being excited about it. She wouldn't be sitting here having a staring contest with him. 

That and he'd think he'd have noticed if she were with someone. Right? He would've smelled them on her. He would've at least taken note in passing. He wouldn't be this oblivious. Would he? Surely, the father would be here...surely...

He looks at the ultrasound one more time before glancing back up at Leah. She's looking at him as if she's expecting something, like she's the one who's supposed to be waiting for answers. 

"Where'd you get this?" He finally sighs out. 

"Mike was going through the mail to make sure there wasn't anything harmful in the packages or envelopes and this was in this package," she says, clearly relieved that he was finally speaking as she places a yellow envelope onto the counter. 

It doesn't have an actual name on the return address, but it's for Edward. Edward, who's technically still living in a glass box on the fancy side of town somehow got a package delivered to Jacob's address. He knows he should just slip the everything back into the envelope and take it upstairs for the man to eventually open on his own, but the little bag has already gotten him intrigued to find out what else was inside. 

He pulls the envelope over and opens it further to see a stack of papers. There's a folded piece of notebook paper on top and he opens the piece of paper to see that it's a note that has no name attached to it.

The other pieces of paper are clearly from a doctor's office. The name of the patient has been redacted.

Jacob can feel himself getting worked up the more he looked. Maybe he was overreacting, maybe it wasn't as bad as he thinks it is from a quick glance. Maybe Edward could explain all of this. He gathers up the contents of the envelope and slides it all back inside before heading for the stairs, ignoring Leah's calls as she tries to reason with him.

When he opens the door, he's met with a cagey looking Edward. He's got a frown on his face before Jacob can even open his mouth, eyes running over the man as if he knew this was coming.

"What is this?" Jacob asks, mind not really taking the time to register the fact that they'd been snooping through the man's mail. 

Edward stares down at the envelope in confusion before slowly opening it up and pulling out the first thing he gets his hands on. He stares at the little plastic bag in confusion as he flips it over to get a better view of its contents. He eventually tosses that onto the bed in order to pull out the papers. 

One glance at the handwritten note and Jacob can feel the realization dawn on him. He reads it over and then rereads it before yanking at the stack of papers underneath it. Jacob's not sure when the mood in the room seesaws, but suddenly he's the one confused and Edward's the one who's seething. He flips through the papers, eyes moving faster than Jacob's seen him move since he'd got here. 

Once he's done, he pulls out his phone and makes a call. Jacob can hear Emmett making some kind of joke on the other end, but he immediately sobers up at Edward's tone.