Storming Sky

LIFE'S NOT FAIR

"What are they talking about?" I whispered to Edward, who was sitting next to me in the dining room. Dad had gone back up to his office with Rosalie, Jasper went to his room to check on Alice, and Emmett was standing watch with Mom, Edward, and I.

"I asked Jacob to talk to Bella about removing the fetus," Edward confessed. I squeezed his shoulder.

"I'm sorry," I told him. He shook his head.

"It's my fault," He sighed. "I should never have been so careless."

"You always say that," I pointed out. "You always say how careless you are. You're not careless, you're in love. You want to do anything and everything to make her happy. She's sick, but she is so happy, Edward. This baby makes her happy."

"It's not a baby!" Edward shouted, breaking the table with the impact of his hand. I instantly moved back. Jake came rushing in, immediately coming to me.

"It's fine, Jake, it's my fault," I told him, working my way around his defensive pose towards my brother.

"I'm sorry," I carefully approached him. He backed away. I can talk to her, too. I confided. He looked up. I can get her to abort the baby.

"I wish you would stop calling it that," Edward groaned. "It's a monster."

"Not to her, or we wouldn't be in this situation," I insisted. "If I talk to her, and I make this happen, that's what she's going to think of it as, and that's what you're going to have to live with," That's what you're going to have to call it, I continued in my head.

"What did she say, Jacob?" Edward asked him, ignoring me.

"She won't do it," Jake confessed. "Dani's right. It's a baby to her. Part her, part you. She's not willing to give that up."

"Was she upset?" Edward asked. It was so hard to see him this way.

"Yeah, a little bit," Jake said. Edward grimaced and I knew Jake was replaying everything for him. Edward shook his head.

"You're right Dani," Edward acknowledged. "I don't think there's any use for you to talk to her right now, it will just upset her. I'm going to go back," he said. Rosalie and Dad were already back in the living room. I looked over at Jake, he pulled me outside to the back porch.

"This is terrible," I almost cried. He pulled me into a hug.

"I have to go talk to Sam, but I'll come right back," he promised. I nodded.

"Do they want to kill my family?" I asked. Jake hesitated.

"I won't let them," Jake promised. "You're my imprint and they're your family. They won't do anything to endanger you. It's one of the most sacred pack laws."

"Even if my family is vampires?" I asked him. "You said that was the only exception."

"I won't let them hurt you," Jake repeated, kissing me on the forehead.

"Be careful," I begged. He nodded and ran off. I could hear the howling. They were close.

I stayed outside for a few minutes before my phone buzzed: Come upstairs. It was from Alice. I was surprised to get a text from her considering I thought she was pissed at me. I hadn't talked to her since Bella came home.

Before I could even knock, Alice was telling me to come in. She looked about as awful as everyone else.

"I thought you were mad at me," I said from the doorway. She was laying with her laptop in the dark on her and Jasper's futon. They had expanded it to become a bed.

"I was never mad at you, sweetie," she promised, gesturing for me to come join them. "These headaches just have me in a bad mood. I have gotten used to you coming in and out of existence, mostly because I know that you're safe when I can't see you. This thing that is inside Bella however, is much more frustrating. It's the only time I wished I could turn my visions off," she admitted.