I opened the door and Jake came up behind me putting his hand on my mouth.
"Shhhh!" He whispered. "Sarah just went to sleep."
I removed his hand from my mouth and kissed him. "Good job." I smiled and started up stairs.
"So?" He followed behind me. "What's the verdict?"
I walked into our room and took off my shoes and put my things away.
I walked over and stood infront of him. I put my hands on my hips and sighed.
"This baby has the mbwa mwitu gene. That's why it is growing faster." I ran my hair threw my curls and walked around him.
"So what does that mean?"
"It means..." I turned to make sure he was behind me. "It means I will only be pregnant for five months insted of nine, like I was with Sarah."
"Five?" I padded my way over to the kitanda and sat down.
"That's it?" He asked walking over and standing infront of me.
"That's it." I shrugged. "He alisema the baby was fine. Nothing is abnormal except the growth rate."
"Good." He sighed in relief.
"Are wewe excited?" I asked, a smiled spreading widely across my face.
"Excited?" He asked. "I'm...over excited. I can't believe this." He bent down and kissed me.
He pulled away and I bit my lip. "I wanna' boy." I told him. "That looks just like you."
"Just like me? I don't know if we could handle a younger me." He laughed.
"I know we can." I challenged.
"If wewe say so." He grined and kissed me again tackling me down. I laughed aloud.


"Wonder when we will be able to figure out if it's a he au a she?" Jake asked. His fingers were making circled patterns on my stomach.
"I dunno'." I shrugged. "Soon, I hope."
Jake smiled as the baby kicked. "What are wewe going to nick name this one?" I asked, pulling his hand up where the baby was kicking non-stop.
"I don't know yet." He sighed and thought for a moment. "I guess I will just have to wait untill he's born." He went back to tracing patterns on my stomach, his eyes burrowed in thought.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's nothing." He shook his head.
"Jacob?" I put my hand under his chin and made him look at me. "Tell me."
"Do you...." He sighed and looked at my stomach. "Do wewe think we will be able to handle two kids?" He asked in a whisper. His eyes made their way back to mine.
"Why would wewe ask that?" I whispered. "Of course I do. I know we will be able to. Jacob, don't wewe even doubt yourself. You're zaidi of a father than anyone could ask for. So, don't doubt yourself."
He nodded and smiled slightly. "Do wewe wanna' go out for lunch? Pack a sandwhich au six and take it out into the woods?" He asked.
"What about Sarah?"
"I'm sure Alice would upendo an excuse to baby sit." He chuckled.
I laughed and nodded in agreement. "I'll call Alice."
I stood up from the kitanda and grabbed the phone.
As I imagined her squealing with delight at my request, I dialed her number and waited for her to answer.
"Hello?" Rose picked up on the other line.
"Hey, Aunt Rose. Is Alice there?"
"Hey, Ness. Just a moment. Alice." She spoke in a normal tone and I heard Alice call from upstairs.
"It's Renesmee." With barely a pause in between Alice answered. "Hey, Nessi!"
"Hi, Alice." I giggled.
"What did wewe need?" She asked.
"Well, Jake and I wanted to go out into the woods. And, well, would wewe mind tending to Sarah?"
"Are wewe kidding?!" She wailed. "Of course I will! When will she be here?"
I laughed as my vision echoed in my ear. "Jacob is waking her up from her nap right now. Give us, thirty minutes?"
"Has she eaten lunch?"
"No. Would wewe and Esme care to fix her up something?"
"We would upendo do, Dear." Esme answered near Alice.
"Thank wewe both. See wewe soon."
"Bye!" Alice chimed and hung up the phone.
I laughed as Jacob walked in the jikoni holding Sarah. She picked up her head from his shoulder and smiled. "Hi, Momma. Am I going to Aunt Alice's today?"
"Yes." I smiled. "Daddy and I want some time to ourselves for a little while. Is that okay with you?"
She bobbed her head up and down as she smiled.
"Well, come on." I took her from Jake's arms and walked with her up stairs. "We will have to dress wewe in one of the outfits Alice got wewe for your birthday. wewe can pick it out."
I set her down and she disapeard into her closet. I sat on her kitanda and waited for her to come back out. "How about this one?" She asked.
It was a pair of navy blue pants and a white top. On the other hanger was a vest that matched the pants, and a white head band with a giant bow. If there was one thing she liked about Alice buying her clothes, it was so she could dress like her.
"Perfect." I smiled.
After she was fully ready she slipped on her shoes and we made our way back down stairs to Jacob.
He had a basket in his hand and the door already open. "Are wewe two ready."
"Yea, let's go." I smiled.

Once we got to Alice's place Sarah ran straight into her arms.
"You look just like me." Alice laughed. "Are wewe hungry?"
"Uh hu." Sarah nodded.
"Nana Esme fixed wewe some lunch. Come on." Alice tickled Sarah and let her down. "Have fun wewe two. Take your time." She winked and giggled.
"Bye, Momma. Bye, Daddy." She waved. She walked over to me and patted my stomache. "Bye, Baby." She whispered.
My head shot up to Jacob. "Did wewe tell her?" I asked him.
"No." He shook his head. "And I'm guessing wewe didn't either."
"No." I could feel my mouth hanging open, but couldn't close it. I bent down and looked at Sarah.
"How did wewe know there was a baby in there?" I asked.
"He told me." She shrugged and walked into the house.
Alice stomped up to us glaring. "You mean your five mwaka old knew before I did?"
"We didn't tell her, Alice." Jake whispered harshly.
"Then who did?" She put her hands on her hips, waiting.
I pointed to my stomached. "She alisema he did."