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Nine.

Chapter 9:
Dead Men Tell No Tales

   "Bella's a mom." Hunter chuckled. Bella wiggled underneath her stare but she laughed with her. It was still surreal to see her best friend pregnant, full grown tummy and all. "Please don't make that a thing." Bella said, running her hands over her unborn child.

Hunter shrugged her shoulders, "You already did." Bella tilted her head with a sigh. She couldn't control how angry Hunter got, she only hoped that this wouldn't drift them apart. "You're upset still?" Bella asked, disdain on her face. Hunter nodded with her chin in her hands. A sigh fell from them both, "I thought you'd be the most supportive."

Hunter sat up, "Supporting your inevitable death?" Bella rolled her eyes. She was tired of arguing. "How could you do this to me?" Hunter cried silently, anger in her eyes.

   "How could you do this to me?" Bella asked louder, "You're scowling at me and making me feel like an idiot, that's not what friends do to each other."

  "It's what I do when I've lost so many people." Hunter spit back. "If there is a chance that you will survive, I will take it. Even if it means killing that baby myself." The lie slipped out effortlessly and surprisingly. She would never harm a child but her anger got the best of her.

Bella gasped in shock, her heart tearing in two, "How could you say that to me? That's so selfish." Hunter held back more rude comments and secrets, her mind traveling back to Edward who was even more selfish than she was. "How do you think I'd feel? Watching your casket go down like the others? How do you think I'd live with myself knowing that you could've survived?"

Bella opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to say. This was her baby and she wouldn't kill it. She couldn't. Hunter leaned forward and grabbed her hands, the warmth engulfing Bella's cold ones. "What happened to forever?"

The look on Hunter's face made her sick. Sick with guilt. She believed that she'd survive this birth. No promises were being broken. "Why can't you just have faith that I'll make it? I'm strong enough."

Hunter exhaled deeply and her eyes shut. She was not strong enough, anyone can see that. "Look at yourself Bella, you look like a zombie." Bella stiffled a laugh. "This baby is killing you which means that when it's born-"

   "He. When he's born." Bella cut her off sheepishly. Hunter nodded slowly, confusion gracing her face. "How do you know it's a boy?"

Bella shrugged, "It's just a guess. When I picture him I see a boy." Hunter blinked. "We'll see."

The hybrid shook her head angrily, "You won't see." Bella rolled her eyes again. The lack of faith Hunter had in her was difficult to accept. "You're wrong." Bella mumbled, touching her stomach lovingly again.

Hunter got onto her feet, "And what if you do die? What was the point of it all? Me coming back here, you getting married. How is any of this right? I can't- just don't do this Bella. Live, okay? I need you."