Seraph

Extra 3

Jasper and Alice arrived when they said and sped over to the home. It looked no different than usual. But there was a strange energy in the air. Alice was immediately drawn into it to see what was happening, but Jasper hesitated. There was excitement and worry wrapped up inside; he didn't know what it meant. But he had heard his sisters over the phone with Alice; they said everything was fine. He figured it was safe enough and soon entered to join the others.

He found the women in the living room. When he looked over to Rosalie, she was staring in wonder at herself in the mirror in the living room. This wasn't new or all that strange. It happened quite often with the female couple, but this time was different. He felt the wonder and excitement radiating from her as she moved her hand to her belly. That immediately caught his and Alice's attention. He was only confused, but his wife suddenly exclaimed, startling everyone.

"How? It's not possible!" she shrieked before joining Rosalie's side.

He didn't understand. Not until he saw Rosalie's soft smile. He cocked his head to the side and realized the first and foremost emotion was excitement, but the hint of worry he felt before was from Serafina. He could see the concern and excitement within his brunette sister. Jasper made his way to the single lounger, and he and Alice were told what had happened just before their arrival. That two goddesses had blessed the female couple with the ability to have their own offspring. He would never have believed it, but he just had to remember how his niece came to be and look over at the witch in their presence, and he knew anything was possible in their unnatural life.

Serafina began questioning the witch a bit further. Everything happened very recently. Alice and Jasper learned that they had just missed seeing the goddesses finish up whatever they had done. While the two were arguing, Jasper looked toward Rosalie. She seemed so happy. Practically glowing already. It was vastly different from how Bella had looked. She rubbed her own belly as she looked toward Serafina and Morgana.

"So, it's done? How do we know it worked?" Serafina questioned.

"Do you doubt the gods? They said it worked, so it worked," Morgana shrugged.

But Rosalie turned away from Alice as she looked lovingly toward Serafina. "It worked," Rosalie confirmed. Jasper believed her.

Everyone stared at her in awe.

Serafina sped to Rosalie, "You can tell already?" she asked as she placed her hand on her wife's belly.

"Yeah, it feels strange. But considering I don't usually feel anything in there unless we're feeding, then yeah. I can feel this slight whirling," Rosalie explained as she placed her hand over her wife's.

"There you go," Morgana smiled, "It worked just like we said it would."

"How does it work, though?" Serafina questioned. Jasper was also curious. As far as he knew, Bella had only managed to get pregnant because she was alive. But they were frozen in time. Basically dead. How was it possible?

"Your wife has a fire in her belly for this kid," Morgana said.

Serafina sighed, "I know, she was very determined to have the baby. And I love her for it!" she said with a small smile to her wife, "but how does it work?"

What Morgana had said wasn't past tense.

"No, baby, that's it. She means literally. That's how they got it to work. There's an actual fire in my belly that is almost keeping that section of me alive? It's strange, and I couldn't follow the specifics of how this works, but that's my takeaway," Rosalie sighed contentedly.