After Dark

46.

As in slow motion, the landscape passes by. Smiling, I walk on, the wolf is hot on my tail. It has already passed a few weeks.
Although it rains, I'm barefoot. It can not happen to me.

After a while I get bored, so I climb onto a tree and look down laughing at the wolf looking up sadly.
"Nice try, maybe next time", I say and jump to the next tree.
As I'm beginning to feel sorry for him, I jump down, and shortly thereafter he returns to his human form.
"I won't let you win next time," Embry says with a grin.
I raise my eyebrows,
"You let me win?
You're just offended because I'm faster", I say, laughing.
"Never ever", he says, laughing loudly. I only shook my head.
"Well, I'll defeat you aga-",
I can't finish the sentence because I hear Edward shouting.
I run away immediately and see him on the stairs.
He yells at the dog, who's standing at the end of the stairs. I can hear Ren crying from the inside.
Bella is with her and tries to reassure her.
"How dare you!", Edward shouts.
The dog doesn't say anything and just lets it end with his head down.
After a while I finally understand why he's screaming like that.
Renesmee is pregnant!

Although I have no idea how it could happen, but well, it's now happened.
Just when Edward starts to attack him, I jump in between.
"Edward stop, that doesn't help", I say, trying to calm him down with Jasper's gift. And this time successful.
"And you!", My gaze falls on the dog,
"That's the only time I've saved your ass!", I say seriously.
Embry, who has followed me to the house, grabs his arm and takes him back to the pack.

I look again at Edward, whose lineaments seem calmer.
"Never do that again!", he says angrily.
"What do you think would have happened if you had killed him?
Ren would hate you and never forgive you!
Think about it!", I say and walk past him, into the house.
Bella's siting on the couch with Ren and holds her in her arms, she's sobbing softly.

I sit down and look at her.
"How are you?" I ask.
"How am I supposed to go?", she asks back.
I don't say anything at first.
After she starts sobbing again, I ask,
"How long have you known?".
"For a few days", she says.
"What did you expect, as your father would react?", I continue to look at her, but she hides her face.
"Well ...", she just says.
Judging by her thoughts, she had imagined it quite simple. She thought he would be happy and welcome the dog into the family.

Which father would be happy if he hears that his 17 year old daughter is pregnant?
Nobody, I think.
Ren is probably a bit too naive.

We stay in the living room for a long time, until I go back to my room.
That was a pretty weird, nerve-wracking day.