desiderium- Jasper Hale

Pt 24: heartache

"There he is! My favourite little man," Billy yells as Jake pushes him down the ramp and towards us as I close the car door behind me.

"Pardon me?" Jake sasses as Billy just brushes him off making him scoff.

"Well it's clear who's the favourite, and he's only 2 months old!" I laugh as I lean down to hand Micah to a begging Billy.

"Bella?" Jake asks surprised as she pops out of the other side of the truck.

"Look who left her cave," I say winking at Billy.

"Good to have you with us, Bella," The old man says. "Got much planned for your day?"

"Um, yeah," Bella says as I look over at her. "I'm going out with Jessica this evening too."

"Ah, social butterfly over here," I joke.

"So, how's he doing?" Billy asks.

"Same as always," I tell him honestly. "Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong for him to be so perfect."

"Yeah, I never had that issue," Billy sighs. "Both Jacob and his sisters were absolute pains- they still are actually..."

"What's with all the digs?" Jake whines.

"What's with the steroids?" I sass back.

"I give up," Jake says. "I'm going to the shed. Wanna come?" He asks Bella, moving to walk out the door.

"Oh... Yeah, sure," She says following after Jake, not before awkwardly waving at Billy and me.

"I'm so glad I'm not an awkward person," I tell Billy honestly, making him laugh.

Billy and I were in the kitchen talking when there was suddenly a knock on the door.

"I'll get it," I tell him, walking over to open the door. "Emily!"

"Soph! Hello," She greets hugging me. "I hope baby boy is here," She says.

"Of course!" I tell her excitedly.

"Yay!" She exclaims almost running to the kitchen, before moving towards Billy. "Give him here old man," She says making me laugh.

Emily and I had met just over a month ago when I first brought Micah to the Black's house. She had come to bring food over to Billy and after a few coffee dates, I managed to manipulate her into accepting a casual job at the library.

"You working this evening?" Em asks as she sits across from Billy and me.

"Sure am," I tell her, watching as she cradles Micah in her hands. "Even Mel's gonna be there with Jackson."

"Oh, yay," Emily exclaims excitedly. "Do you wanna go together? I'm happy to drive and then drop you home afterwards."

"That would actually be brilliant," I tell her. "That means Bella can stay longer, which I think will do her good."

"Bella's here?" Emily asks shocked. 

"She sure is," I say with a smirk. "We had a conversation at 2am this morning... I may have had to apologise to the neighbours but apparently it woke her up a tad."

"I'm glad about it," Billy tells me genuinely. "It was becoming quite concerning. I've never seen Charlie so stressed in my life."

"I know right... Come to think about it though, it probably saved me from dealing with a stressed-out Charlie over me bringing home a kid," I joke.