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ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
𝓳𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓪
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FIVE WEEKS LATER
THE CULLENS ONCE AGAIN OPENED their house to more of their vampire friends as well as the werewolves as Jackie and Alice's wedding day had finally come. The Denali coven came back from Alaska to witness another of their family members unite and vow forever to each other.
Benjamin was still in town with Valerie, at last after the wedding anyway. They plan to move away either tonight or tomorrow which sent Luna bawling her eyes out because of all the hormones and mood swings.
Luna did accomplish what she wanted to do. It took her a week, day and night, to master her ability. She never stopped until she got it and she couldn't be any happier when she felt her heart beat against her chest as well as the blood flowing through her veins. With the soulmate bond perfectly intact, Jasper once again felt his heart thump in his chest.
They were also able to sleep and it was something they had missed so much. Luna also squealed out loud when she took a bite of shawarma and it didn't taste like dirt. It tasted heavenly and she almost cried. Jasper then realized why Luna loved shawarma so much, it was now his favorite food as well.
They were the happiest, at least for a moment. Pregnancy is still accompanied by hormones and mood swings.
"Welcome." Jasper greeted in his dashing tuxedo as more guests came to witness Jackie and Alice's wedding.
He stood next to Emmett and Edward in the same venue Bella and Edward, and Jasper and Luna got married. They politely greeted the wedding guests and accompanied them to their seats.
Jackie decided that she won't invite anyone from her past. This was her new life and she's starting it with the people that she wants to share it with.
"It's good to see you again." Emmett said when the Denali's joined them.
Eleazar, Carmen, Tanya, Kate, and Garrett had arrived and they were already informed by Carlisle about Luna Hale being pregnant.
"Likewise." Carmen responded.
Garrett then turned to the honey-blonde vampire as he took it upon himself to start the conversation.
"Where's your wife, Jasper? I heard she's got a bun in her oven." Garrett stated.
Jasper smiled genuinely as he thought of his pregnant wife.
"Buns, actually. We're having twins." Jasper stated.
The Denali's eyes widened as their smiles did as well when they heard the amazing news.
"Luna had my ability and she got to read the baby's mind, that's when she found out that she's reading two minds." Edward explained.
"That's so amazing! I'm so happy for you guys." Tanya said.
Jasper couldn't stop smiling knowing that he was given a chance to be a father. He doesn't know how he'll do as a dad but Luna assured him that he would be terrific.
"It is amazing. I can't-" Jasper was about to explain how grateful he is for having the opportunity to have his own kids when two loud gunshots were heard coming from the house, more specifically, Jasper and Luna's bedroom.
Everyone in the area flinched at the sound of the gunshots firing as they suspiciously looked at the house.
"Was that a gunshot?" Kate asked.
"Where's Moonie?" Emmett asked.
Jasper felt like his heart dropped to his stomach as he thought of the love of his life and his kids in danger.
"She's still in the house." Jasper muttered before he, as well as the rest of the Cullens, sped towards the house and to where Luna was.
As soon as they entered Jasper and Luna's bedroom, they were met with a pregnant Luna with a tear-stained face as she held a gun in her hands pointed at the balcony. Unfortunately, her body was once again able to produce tears, which had been frequent due to her mood swings.
Jackie and Alice soon joined them in their wedding dresses, not caring about the 'no seeing the bride before the wedding' thing when two gunshots were fired coming from the house.
"Selene, what's wrong? Did someone try to hurt you?" Jasper said after he sped towards his wife. "Tell me, I'm gonna rip their heads off."
Luna sniffled and lowered down the gun as she turned towards her soulmate.
"It was a bird." Luna said with her crying voice.
Jasper, as well as the others, couldn't help but furrow their eyebrows as they looked at the crying Luna.
"What do you mean 'it's a bird'?" Jasper asked.
Luna sniffled loudly before she cleared her throat in order for her to talk properly.
"There was a bird, i-in the balcony. And then it looked at me and said that I was-" Luna sniffled before she once again started crying. "That I was fat!"
Rosalie narrowed her eyes at the weeping dirty-blonde vampire as she tilted her head, trying to register the weird information in her head.
"You shot a bird...because it called you fat?" Rosalie asked.
Luna nodded. "I believe its exact words were 'Wow, what a weird looking cow'."
Jasper couldn't help but sigh as he let himself relax. He really thought someone was trying to hurt his wife and he was completely ready to let heads roll.
Emmett turned to Bella as she as well sighed in relief knowing that her sister was safe.
"Is hallucination part of the pregnancy?" Emmett asked Bella.
Luna shot a glare towards Emmett before she wiped the tears off her face.
"Okay, that's not exactly what it said...But I know that's what the bird was chirping about when it looked at me with its...creepy, judgmental eyes!" Luna exclaimed.
Jasper couldn't hide the smile and the soft laugh falling off his lips as he caressed her arms.
"Darlin', you're not fat." Jasper said but it only made her back away as she proceeded to get upset.
"Easy for you to say. You're not the one carrying two bloodsuckers in your tummy!" She shouted at the top of her lungs that made them wince.
Jasper looked at the rest of their family and they immediately took a step back simultaneously, delivering the message that none of them would go near Luna when she's currently on 'Luna-tic Mode'.
The honey-blonde vampire simply rolled his eyes at the absence of cooperation their family has before looking back at Luna and trying his best to calm her down.
"Baby, I think Jesse and Serena would appreciate it if you stop calling them 'bloodsuckers'." Jasper stated.
Luna looked at her husband as she placed a hand on her stomach.
"Maybe they would appreciate it if I call them my bloodsuckers?" Luna asked.
Jasper gave Luna a warning look before Luna sighed in frustration.
"Fine." Luna groaned. "Let's just get on with the wedding."
Alice shoots her eyebrows upward as she responded.
"Such enthusiasm." Alice sarcastically said.
Luna looked at the two brides as she sighed.
"I'm sorry. I'm just a little more cranky than before. I guess this is my last week." Luna said. "I'm really happy for you guys. You both look so beautiful!"
Luna gave a genuine smile as another set of tears pooled in her eyes as two of her family members are getting married.
Jackie and Alice smiled in return before they looked at each other and intertwined their hands together.
Luna watched as the two gave loving gazes to each other before she sensed the flapping of another bird coming down on the balcony, chirping once it landed.
The dirty-blonde vampire looked at how its eyes looked at her as its head tilted and with that, she once again lost it.
"What the fuck are you chirping about?!" Luna shrieked as she held up the gun again, pointing towards the bird.
"Woah-" Jasper immediately took the gun from his wife's hands. "Come on, let's just go to the wedding."
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The wedding was as magical as Jackie and Alice had imagined. They are currently on the dance floor, their eyes gazing into each other as they cherish their moment. They were now married to the love of their lives, nothing could spoil that bliss from them now.
While they lit up the dance floor with the unconditional love that the two have for each other, Jasper stayed with Luna on the table as he talked to their babies. It was this moment that Luna was waiting for every day because it's her favorite part of the day. Jasper whispering adorable things to her stomach as the twins adored his voice.
"I'm gonna get to see you both soon. And I love you so much, I can't wait." Jasper whispered into her stomach, feeling the level of joy his babies are experiencing as they listened to his voice.
Jasper looked up to see the love of his life looking at him with glistening eyes and a genuine smile.
"What are they thinking?" He asked.
"They said that you should go up here and kiss the mommy." Luna said.
Jasper softly laughed before kissing his wife softly and passionately on the lips.
"Now, tell me what they really said." Jasper said.
Luna smiled as she rolled her eyes at her husband. "They said they can't wait to see you, too. I told them their daddy is a cowboy so you should be wearing a cowboy costume when I'm in labor."
Jasper shook his head as he laughed before placing another kiss on Luna's lips, earning an adorable smile to tug on her lips before it was completely wiped off.
"Oh my God." Luna muttered.
Jasper furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at her both confused and concerned.
"Oh my God, what?" He asked.
"I'm so embarrassed." Luna said. "I think I just peed."
Jasper looked down only to see that she didn't pee, and instead it was a whole other situation.
"Selene, you didn't pee." Jasper said before he looked up at her. "Your water just broke."
Luna looked at Jasper with her lips parting, unable to register what he just said.
"Oh..." Luna mumbled. "Well, I'll be damned."
Jasper quickly stood up as he shouted for Carlisle to help him.
"Carlisle! Selene's going into labor!" Jasper shouted, making all the vampires and the werewolves look at her, which added to the pressure Luna was feeling at the moment.
The Cullen family immediately sped their way towards the couple as Jasper helped Luna stand up from her seat.
"I'm fine. The babies can wait. You two should finish your dance-Holy mother of sparkling bloodsuckers!" Luna told Jackie and Alice before she felt her first extremely painful contraction that made her scream in pain.
"They're coming out! They're coming out! What are you waiting for, people?! Deliver my goddamn babies!" Luna kept shouting.
"We need to get her in the house now." Carlisle respond.
Luna didn't know how, but the next thing she knew, she was holding her husband's hand as she laid on a bed in Carlisle's home clinic, pushing one baby at a time.
"It's okay, darlin'. You're doing great." Jasper said as he held her hand, feeling the pain his wife was feeling at the moment but endured it to be there for her.
"If I'm doing great in shooting a baby out of my holy vaggie-boo, then maybe I should join the baby-shooting in the Olympics!" Luna exclaimed, not at all making sense. But then again, she is delivering a baby and her whole personality has been tampered with by hormones and mood swings, causing her to be a hundred times more hostile and sarcastic than before.
"He's out." Carlisle said as he held the first baby in his hands.
Luna looked at Carlisle as she breathed heavily, sweat covering every inch of her skin.
"He? That's Jesse?" Luna asked.
Carlisle looked at her with a warm smile. "It's Jesse."
Luna smiled widely as she leaned back down on the bed, catching her breath before Carlisle spoke again.
"Okay, get ready to push again." Carlisle said.
Valerie, who was in there with them because she was second-best in handling her bloodlust, took Jesse into her arms and began to clean him.
Luna shook her head as she went against doing all that again.
"Nah. I'm good." Luna said as she fluttered her eyes close, wanting to sleep for a whole month.
"Selene, you need to push. Serena's not gonna climb out of there herself." Jasper said, even though Luna was fully aware of that.
Luna cried for a moment before she responded.
"Okay, fine. Let's do the baby-shooting again." Luna said.
She leaned in again and squeezed Jasper's hand as she pushed another baby out of her, muttering countless curse words in the process, both in English and Spanish.
Everyone outside could only listen to Luna's ear-piercing screams, cursing, and sarcastic remarks as they waited for it to finish.
A few minutes later, a relieved sigh escaped Luna's lips once she had successfully pushed her second baby out of her.
"Here she is." Carlisle said with a genuine smile on his face as he gave Baby Serena to Valerie for her to clean the baby up.
Jasper seemed enchanted as he looked at the two babies while still holding Luna's hand. She was incapable of opening her eyes at the moment considering how incredibly exhausted she was.
"You take care of them." Luna muttered as she squeezed her husband's hand rather weakly. "I'm just gonna sleep...for a year...or two."
"Shh." Jasper shushed her as he caressed her head softly. "You go ahead and rest, darlin'. We'll wake you in the morning."
Luna simply smiled softly before her consciousness swiftly drifted away from her.
Jasper kissed Luna on the forehead before letting go of her hand and making his way towards Valerie, where she stood before the two babies wrapped each in their personalized blankets.
"They're so beautiful." Valerie whispered, captivated as well by the beauty the babies held.
"They are." Jasper muttered.
Jasper fixated his eyes on Baby Serena and he couldn't help but smile widely as he noticed how her eyes resembled Luna's previous blue ones.
"Serena has Selene's eyes." Jasper whispered, feeling like anytime he would just start crying about how beautiful they are.
Carlisle joined them and looked at the baby boy, smiling genuinely when he reminded him of his adopted son.
"And I believe, Jesse has yours." Carlisle said.
Jasper flickered his gaze to his baby boy and he couldn't avoid the smile that stretched on his lips when he recognized the beautiful brown eyes he once had when he was human.
"He does." Jasper said, a soft laugh escaping his lips as he couldn't believe that he was looking at his two wonderful children.
"I have never dreamed of this but I know I can't stop loving them." He muttered.
Valerie looked up at the honey-blonde vampire and saw his eyes twinkle at the sight of his kids. She brought a hand to his back as she caressed it, before the two of them watched the babies for a few more seconds, later on cleaning up Luna so she could sleep comfortably in her own bed tonight.
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Waking up to a whole other day had never been more exciting for Luna knowing that there were two most precious beings waiting to officially meet her. Rosalie held Serena in her arms and Jasper has Jesse in his as they waited for their mom to wake up from her much-needed slumber.
The guest vampires and werewolves had gone home that night after they had met the Hale twins, and they couldn't help but adore the two babies.
Renesmee was one of the happiest as she volunteered to watch them, excited about having cousins and playing with them.
Seeing her golden-brown eyes revealing from her slowly unfolding eyelids, Jasper smiled as he and Rosalie made his way towards the dirty-blonde vampire.
"Good morning." Jasper told her. "They've been wanting to see you."
Luna pushed herself to sit upright as Rosalie handed Serena in her arms, immediately making Luna gasp as she saw Serena's adorable blue eyes while she sucked on her thumb.
"She has my eyes!" Luna whisper-yelled at Jasper who finally sat next to her.
"Look at Jesse's." Jasper said.
Luna averted her gaze to her baby boy and she was left with her mouth hanging ajar and her eyes glistening as he recognized those precious brown eyes from her memories of Jasper while he was still human.
"He got your eyes." Luna said as she looked up at Jasper with her watering eyes. "He's so cute."
The two smiled at each other before looking back at the two babies.
"We have a mini Jasper and a mini Luna." Luna muttered, starting to cry again. "That's so cute."
Jasper softly laughed at Luna's adorable crying as they continued to watch the two babies. They didn't know long they had been watching them but their precious cooing was enough to keep them occupied and entertained.
"God, I love you guys so, so much." Luna said, her voice cracking in the process and a tear slipping from her eye.
Soon, the rest of the family, including Benjamin, Embry, Valerie, and Aurora, of course, had made their way into their rooms, finding the couple invested in their newborn babies with their warm and bright smiles almost reaching their ears.
"Can we join?" Jackie asked.
The couple looked at the doorway seeing the family glance at them with blissful facial expressions.
"Come here!" Luna said.
The family made their way over to the bed, their eyes landing automatically on the two babies giggling profusely in their parents' arms.
"They look so precious." Alice said.
"They do." Luna mumbled.
She looked up from her babies and first saw the proud look her twin sister has on her face.
"Rosie, take Serena for a moment." Luna told Rosalie as she handed Serena over to her.
Luna looked at her sister as she reached for her hand. Bella accepted her hand while she sat next to her, immediately engulfed by an embrace from Luna rather tightly.
"I love you, Bells." Luna mumbled. "I don't say that often, but I love you so much. Thank you for giving me a chance."
Bella smiled as she hugged her sister as well.
"I love you, too, Luna. You deserve this chance more than anyone." Bella said.
It took them a moment before the two sisters pulled away from their hug. Luna's golden-brown eyes met Edward's before she spoke up.
"You, come here and hug me, too." Luna said.
Edward narrowed his eyes at the dirty-blonde vampire before he responded.
"Are you sure you're just gonna hug me and not 'accidentally' crush me?" Edward asked.
Luna squinted her eyes at the bronze-haired vampire while she thought for a moment and hummed.
"Don't worry, I'm saving that for another time. So, just come here and hug me, Captain Whinypants." Luna said.
Edward laughed and shook his head before moving over to Luna and giving her a hug, which was surprisingly relieving. He never knew he needed a hug from Luna until now.
"Just know that I'll be picking on you more because that's how I show my love for you." Luna informed him while they pulled away from their embrace.
"Why am I not surprised?" Edward simply responded.
Luna winked at his bronze-haired brother-in-law before taking Jesse from Jasper and Rosalie giving Serena to him.
The whole family watched Jesse and Serena do the smallest things that placed the brightest smiled on their faces, winning over their hearts with a simple giggle.
If someone told Luna before that in just a couple of months, she would be right here with two beautiful babies, she would've laughed at their faces. Because there was no way it was going to happen.
But it did. And Luna couldn't be any happier that it happened.
𝑬𝑵𝑫 𝑶𝑭 𝑨𝑪𝑻 𝑭𝑶𝑼𝑹
𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑳 𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑯 𝑵𝑶 𝑭𝑼𝑹𝒀
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GUYS, I'M ACTUALLY CRYING RN. THE EPILOGUE IS COMING NEXT AND I DON'T THINK I'M READY YET.
I'm scared of giving birth because that is goddamn painful, but writing this is making me change my mind. Jdkskssksksk. Babies are so precious omg.
I hope you guys liked this chapter! I love you guys so much, you have no idea.
xoxo Sammy