DECEMBER
A week has past, and Cassandra was perched upon an examination table, a cup of blood in a hand and a bulging baby bump - that looked like it was going to pop any time soon.
"So what exactly is this blood doing for me - besides the fact that it's fucking delicious."
Camila laughs, as she types in her computer Cassandra's vital signs, "it's supposed to keep you and the baby strong. And well.... we're going to see if it helps the baby come faster. I only got deliver a hybrid baby once."
Cassandra takes a sip of her drink and wipes her mouth off with her hand, "only once."
Camila nods, standing up and looking at the x-rays that they just did to make sure all her bones were still intact, "I delivered one baby, the mother did not make it."
Still watching Camila, she makes her way back over to check her pulse again, "how long ago was it?"
Camila grabbing Cassandra's wrist softly in her stone cold hand, she begins to count her pulse, "almost 150 years ago. It was tragic. I was down in Brazil, in the jungle. When a man from a tribe approaches me. He told me he got a human woman pregnant, and he was a vampire. He told me he was experimenting, and he could tell I was a doctor. She was pregnant and when I waited around for 3 days, she gave birth. I tried to save her, but I couldn't bite her fast enough to spread the venom. She gave birth to a little baby boy. Making sure everything was okay, I stayed for the first month."
"And was he okay?"
She puts Cassandra's wrist back in her lap, pushing her roll stool to her computer, "yes. He aged very quickly, by the end of the month, he was a at least a 3 year old. He could walk, talk, read - everything."
"So, how many did you deliver after him?"
Typing away on her computer, she sighs, "I delivered two more. Both babies died. I wasn't able to save the first mom, and the second mom I was able to get syringes of her mate and my venom to put in her. The baby didn't survive, but I was able to save the mom. Both are grateful for me being able to save."
Cassandra frowns at Camila, "am I going to die?"
Camila looks up at the small human girl, and smiling softly. She gets up and walks over to Cassandra, wrapping her in a hug, "I'm 100% sure you'll make it through this pregnancy. You'll be able to give birth and keep your humanity intact. I promise."
Cassandra nods her head that was laid upon Camila's chest, "okay. I'm just worried. I'm so huge, I can give birth here at any time. I'm just nervous."
Rubbing Cassandra's back, "I know."
"Happy New Years Eve, little sister!" Michael yells, waking up his sister from a dead sleep. The human girl rubs here eyes, glaring up at her immortal brother, "if you don't get the fuck away from me..."
He chuckles, raising a plate of pancakes in front of her face, "well, I guess you don't want this, hmm?"
Snatching the plate out of Michael's hand, she starts scarfing down her food, "this is so good."
Michael laughs, "this is so interesting to watch."
"What is?"
"Chew and swallow, Cassandra, and watching you eat. I haven't had human food in over 2 years. It's interesting to see how humans eat."
She giggles, wiping her mouth, "well you're fucking missing out."
He laughs, watching Cassandra lift her empty plate up to his face, "well thank you. But start getting ready, it's two o'clock, and we are trying to leave around 8 tonight to make it to Downtown Seattle, okay?"
She nods, watching Michael make his way to her bedroom door, "hey?"
Michael turns around before closing the door, "I love you."
He smiles at his little sister, "and I love you too."
Closing the door, she flops back down on to her bed, her hand reaching up to rub her stomach, feeling a few kicks where her hand laid, "oh! I love you too baby. I can't wait for you to be here soon."
~
Finishing up her shower, hair and make up. She makes her way into her walk-in closet. Looking at the clock, it read 5 o'clock. Jesus Christ, she thought. Being this pregnant really made her tired while she was getting ready. Hearing her phone ding, she grabs it off her little desk, before entering the closet.
Sam:
Happy New Years Eve! Let me know when you pop, lol
Cassandra:
Oh shut up, haha. But happy new years eve too! Tell Emily as well that i said that.
Sending that text off, she sees more from Paul, Jacob and Charlie. Texting Paul back an I love you and I'll text you at midnight. She reads Jacob.
Jacob Black:
Happy New Years - I'm saying it now, because I'll be pass out before midnight, haha. But I'm excited to hear you're pregnant. I'll talk to you later!
Cassandra:
Lol, only you Jacob. But of course, I'll text you tomorrow, we should def hang out. Love ya!
Sending the texts, she decided to respond to Charlie later. Getting into the closet, she quickly gets dressed, but being careful to not ruin her makeup and hair. Plopping down on the bed, she yells for Michael.
"Yes?"
She smiles awkwardly, "can you help me put my shoes on?"
He chuckles, making his way to his sister, bending down to put her shoes on. Sliding the last she on, he helps her stand up, "you look beautiful."
She smiles, slapping him on the chest, "don't make me barf now, ever since you and Camila are officially together, you've been so sappy."
Raising his hands up in the air, "hey, nothing wrong with that."
She rolls her eyes, "whatever. Thank you, now get out of my room."
Watching Michael smile and leave the room, she shakes her head and makes her way to her full size body mirror to look at her out fit.
Grabbing her bag that matched her shoes, she makes her way out to the living room. Taking a seat on the sofa that faced the TV and the kitchen, she watches her brother serve her a plate of pasta. She licks her lips as she gets more comfortable by sitting criss-cross apple sauce.
"That smells so good."
Michael chuckles, "you make me laugh. Do you want cheese on it?"
"Uh, no I'm fine."
Nodding his head, he makes his way towards her, she gasps and clutches her stomach, "ow, what the fuck."
Michael, using his vampire speed, rushes to Cassandra, "are you okay?"
Rubbing her stomach, "yeah. That hurt. I wonder if baby peanut if just kicking hard."
Nodding his head, he hands her the plate. She hums as she eats her food, her brother taking a seat to see what was on TV. Both siblings realized it was only 7 now, and Camila still hasn't came back from the small clinic that she recently got a job at. It was weird to the two that she was working, but one of her patients ended up in the ER and she had to rush to go check on them.
Standing up, Cassandra makes her way to the kitchen, to put the plate in the sink, "hey, Michael?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you drive me to the Cullen's house?"
Speeding into the kitchen, he leans against the arch way, "what for?"
"I want to grab something of Emmett's, so when the baby arrives, they'll know who their dad is."
He nods his head, "well let's go."
~
Pulling up to the house, Cassandra takes her keys to find the key that Esme gave her to unlock the door, "are you coming?"
Michael smiles, "yes. I'm just admiring their house?"
Cassandra scoffs, "what the hell for? Our house is just as nice."
He hums, "you right."
Shaking her head, she makes her way to the front door. Cassandra never questioned what her brother did for a living. She just knew he made a shit tone of money, and was able to afford a nice house - like the Cullen's - and buy everything Cassandra needed. And with Camila in the photo, they were making bank in Cassandra's eyes.
Pushing the front door open, she makes her way to the stairs to Emmett's room, "you're going to walk to the 4 stories to get to Emmett's room?"
She looks back at her brother, holding onto the hand rail, "what the fuck? I'll be fine. I'm not broken, just pregnant."
He laughs, "okay, whatever."
Walking behind his sister, to insure she wouldn't fall back and hurt her self. The siblings were quiet till they got to Emmett's room. She pushes the door open and smiles when she smells that lingers scent of Emmett's.
She sniffles, "I miss him."
"I know you do."
She makes his way to the closet, and looking around to see if she could find something of his. She found a little stuff animal that she won for Emmett during the summer when they went to the state fair.
She smiles, and walks to the bed that Emmett got them so she could sleep soundly with Emmett on her side, "should I take the blanket that we shared for the baby?"
Michael smiles, "well she is going to be a vampire. Maybe the smell of her dad will get her accustomed to him."
She nods, folding up the blanket, "you right."
"You ready to go?"
"Yes."
~
"Did Camila say when she'll be back?"
Looking down at his phone for the time, "she said around 11, so she's in time for the count down."
Cassandra nods her head, it was only 9 and the siblings decided to go to Bremerton to get some dinner at a restaurant that sat next to the Puget Sound. She cut into the steak that she ordered, while still chewing on her potatoes with extra cheese.
"Do you think we'll be back in Forks before 11?"
He nods his head, "oh yeah, with me driving will be there before 11."
Cassandra giggles, "well I'm finished. We can go."
He nods his head, "okay, go wait out in the car, I'll pay."
Taking the keys from Michael to the BMW, she slips out. Letting the host that took her jacket slide her jacket back on.
She starts walking to the door, before being stopped, "you're absolutely gorgeous, can I have your number?"
She looks to her left to see a man in a suit - like he worked in a business office. Putting her left hand in the air, she shows the guy the ring, "I'm married."
"Oh I'm so sorry, have a nice night."
Making her way to the car, she hears Michael laughing, "I can't leave you anywhere."
She shakes her head, pressing the button to unlock the car, "I'm fucking pregnant too, and he still hits on me. I can't sometimes."
Throwing the keys to Michael as he makes his way to the drivers side, he catches them and slides into the BMW.
"Thank you for dinner."
"Anytime," the older sibling responds as he backs out of the parking spot to head home to Forks.
~
"I need some help."
"With what exactly?"
Michael leans in front of Cassandra, who was seated on the couch with a blanket thrown over her, "I'm going to ask Camila to marry me, but I'm waiting for the ring. It's being made in Spain."
Cassandra smiles, reaching over to hug her brother, "how exciting!"
"I know, so I want to something special."
"Oh! You should take her to the mountains over here, there's this cute little meadow by the river, it's on the tribes land, if you ask Billy and Old Quil, they'll let you do it."
He hums in agreement with his sister plan, "I love it, she's so easy to please."
"Exactly," getting up off the sofa, she heads to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Filling up the cup, she watches Michael turn the TV on to flip to a movie channel.
Grabbing her back, she drops her cup on the ground, hearing it break, "oh my god, Michael?"
"Are you okay?"
Reaching to grab her before she collapses, she squeezes onto his shoulder tightly. She breathes quickly, "I think I'm in labor. I thought I wasn't due till the end of January!"
Michael quickly picks her up, "I'm going to take you to the room set up."
"Hurry up!"
Michael speeds into the room, setting her down and picking up the phone to call Camila, "hello?"
"Cassandra's in labor, what do I do?"
"Oh my god, I'm a few minutes away, give her some morphine, she knows how to put an IV in. Hurry, I'll be there soon."
Throwing his phone down, he quickly looks for the needle to help give an IV to Cassandra, "tell me what to do - I don't know what I'm doing! Tell me what to do Cassandra!"
Grinding her teeth together, she takes a deep breath, "shut the fuck up, Michael. In the draw on the top is the supplies for the IV, the morphine is in the mini fridge behind Camila's desk."
Rushing to Cassandra, she quickly grabs the stuff out of his hands, "will my blood bother you?"
"No."
Quickly getting her IV set up, she hands the bag of Morphine to her brother, "put it up right there."
"MICHAEL? CASSANDRA?"
"In here, baby."
Camila comes rushing in and heads to Cassandra, who was laid on the table, "let's take of these pants. Michael, go grab those syringes in the fridge just in case."
Sliding down her pants, Michael rushes back over to Cassandra's side, grabbing her hand, "okay, you are crowning! We need to push!"
"Get the baby out! Holy shit, this hurts."
"One, two, three, PUSH."
Cassandra pushes till Camila tells her to stop, "her heads out, one more push Cassandra. One, two, three, PUSH."
Cassandra pushes, her heavy breathing replaced by the sound of a crying baby. Cassandra starts to cry, "It's a girl! Congrats, momma! Michael, come help me clean her up."
Watching her sibling and his mate clean up their niece, she smiles as she wipes away her tears, "here we go, momma."
She watches Camila step over to her with her baby, "she's beautiful."
Cassandra smiles as Camila lays the baby on her, "she has so much hair, she definitely doesn't look like a newborn baby."
Cassandra softly rubs her babies head, "well, she should be growing rapidly, but we are going to see if she's more human or more vampire in the growing process. I'm going to say by the end of the month, she's at least going to be 9 months to a year."
Cassandra nods her head at Camila, and looks down to see her baby girl looking up at her smiling a little, "oh you're smiling? I love you too."
Michael leans down to plant a kiss on Cassandra's head, "so what are you going to name her?"
Cassandra rubs the baby's back softly, "Ariana Jade McCarty - Cullen."
"That's perfect."
Camila nudges Michael, "no, she's perfect."
FEBRUARY
School has been back in session for a month now and Cassandra was glad she got to graduate early. With all the drama with Bella, in that time frame she finished her math class and was able to graduate early. She can walk with her class, but for now she is done with school. She's been texting Bella to hang out, but she would see her read the message, but yet no response.
Cassandra was holding Ariana, as she cooks her some mac and cheese to feed her for lunch, "oh my baby, my sweet sweet baby."
Ariana giggles up at her mom. Cassandra was in awh of how quickly her daughter grown, she was the size of a one year old. She had her dad's dimples and wavy black hair, but she had her mom's nose and hazel eyes. Ariana was a little girl with little words, she was a happy baby and Cassandra couldn't be any more happier. Ariana claps her hands as her mom kept singing to her.
"Oh you think that's funny?"
Ariana giggles again, "I'm going to call your uncle over here."
Ariana claps her hands, and right on cue Michael walks into the kitchen, "come see me!"
The baby squeals as she reaches out for Michael, "oh, yum yum. Mac and cheese for the special girl?"
Cassandra laughs, "can you go put her on the ground in the living room on Emmett's blanket?"
Michael nods his head, as he leaves Cassandra to put a little food into the baby bowl and walk in the living room to see Michael sitting next to Ariana. Handing the bowl to Michael, Cassandra hears her phone go off, "hm."
Michael looks up, as Ariana feeds herself, "who is it?"
"It's Bella."
"Bella! She's finally responding to you? What she say?"
Cassandra rolls her eyes, "'hey, do you want to go see a movie with Mike, Jake, and me?' What should I say?"
"Say yes! You've been by her side since Edward has left, besides it's been a month since you last seen her."
"You're right."
Michael scoffs, "of course I am."
Cassandra rolls her eyes, "oh shut the fuck up."
Ariana looks up at her mom and then to her uncle, lifting her tiny little finger to point at her uncle. She starts laughing, "oh you little butt."
Cassandra smirks as she watches Michael try to bite Ariana's finger, "I've taught her well."
"I'm going to bite that little finger off, you little bug!"
Ariana's squeals echo throughout the living room, leaving Cassandra a laughing mess, as Michael tries to get his niece to stop taking her mom's side. Cassandra finally texts back Bella, and hit send.
Cassandra:
Sure, sounds good! Give a time and place, I'll be there.
Bella:
Great, tomorrow at 7 at the theater downtown.
"Well, at least I'll get to see Jacob as well."
Michael nods as he keeps playing with Ariana, "I know, it's been a whole month since you've seen him. He only came over once to see you and Ariana."
"Yeah, I think he was shocked to see me with a baby, but he'll know sooner or later on what's going on. Besides, this will give me a chance to tell Sam if he's going to shift soon or not."
"Well Sam thinks he's next to shift."
"Well, we shall see how tomorrow goes."