[Edward/Bella/Rose/Emmett/Open] Counting Down

[Alice Cullen]

Rosabella's first

Jasper nodded and Alexandra smiled faintly. "Okay," she said. "Let's go."

Don't know what else to post so we'll leave it at that.

[Edward Cullen]

Edward stood back at watched Bella interact with Jasper. Edward was just listening and trying to keep the peace these days. Edward knew that things in the family were changing. He was happy that Jasper had decided to stay close, even though Edward was upset he still did not want his family torn apart and that was what was happening.

As Jasper went back in the house, Edward heard Bella and turned to here. "I will be there and I think that between Emmett and I we can keep him calm." Edward said to her and wrapped his arms around her.

[Bella Cullen]

Reassured that Edward was going to keep Jasper calm, Bella walked back into the house with the resolve that things were going to be okay. She saw Jasper with Alexandra and walked over to her, helping to steady her. "Lexie, we're going to help you upstairs where we're going to deliver the twins," she explained to her cousin. "Carlisle has a lot of medical equipment up there that we can use to help you, including pain medication. We're going to give you an upidural to numb you from the waist down so you won't feel anything when the babies are delivered. If you get scared, it's okay."

Bella knew that this delivery was going to be a little more complicated than hers had been because there was two babies to worry about, but at the same time easier because they knew what to expect. "Jasper, you might want to carry her upstairs so its easier on her."

[Rosalie Hale]

Rose watched as Jasper walked outside with Edward and then came back in. She was unsure what was going on, but she watched him move toward Lexie and then watched Edward and Bella enter the house. When Bella said that it was time to deliver the babies, Rose knew what that meant and she sprang into action for her brother. She was at Jasper side instantly. She knew that he was going to need her. She remember all to well how she had reacted at Nessie's birth. "I am here with you, Jazz." She reminded him as she laid her hand on his shoulder.

[Alice Cullen]

Jasper smiled at Rose and nodded at Bella. "Are you ready your highness?" he joked with Alexandra trying to make the last few moments joyful.

Alexandra rolled her eyes. "Yes, sir knight."

Jasper put his hands under her and picked her up, carrying her upstairs into the room where Bella had given birth to Renesmee. He laid her on the table where Bella had been laid and stroked her hair twice.

[Bella Cullen]

Bella followed Jasper and Alexandra upstairs to the room where the twins would be delivered; the exact same room where she had given birth to Renesmee all those years ago. It was hauntingly strange to be standing in the room where she had died as a human and was reborn as a vampire.

Once Alexandra was settled on the table, she walked up next to her. "Alright, we're going to give you the upidural now so you'll be nice and numb," she explained softly. "I need you to sit up slowly and lean over since it will be in your spine. You'll feel a little pinch and some burning, but that will pass in a few seconds." She went over to the tray set up with supplies and got the needle ready to insert into Alexandra's spine. "Jasper, you might want to hold her hands."

[Emmett Cullen]

Once again Emmett was out in the forest thinking on what Jasper was thinking while getting Bella's cousin pregnant. Plus having twins, was just unbelievable to him, the family is growing and was little tried of it. But he loves his family so much that he won't leave again. Just needs some time alone to think about. And since he doesn't want Maden around the house, while Lexie was pregnant, he let him have his freedom and do whatever he wants to do, as long as he tells either Emmett or Rosalie where he's going. Of course, he was worried about his son, since he won't be under his watch or with him. He knows that he has to let Maden go and fight his battles on his own, but he'll still be there when he needs him.

After being in the forest, Emmett decided to go back to mansion when the twins arrive. He ran through the trees, feeling the wind on his face. Once he was at the mansion, he smelled mostly everyone upstairs where once Bella delivered Renesmee. That day was just amazing, seeing his little niece born, and his only niece that loves her forever and protects her from people. Emmett when upstairs, to the same room, seeing Bella with needle in her hand and talking to Jasper. He wanted to be little joyful and forgive Jasper what he did but he was little mad at him on the action he took. He should have known better, the situation between Jasper and Lexie and Rosalie and Emmett was little different but is understandable.

"Do you think Jasper will able to hold her hand and her grip?" He joked lightly as he went to Bella's side and looked at Lexie. "You'll do great, Lexie." Emmett smiled at Lexie giving her little confidence, not that she needed but he was there for his family.

[Alice Cullen]

Jasper helped Alexandra up and she followed by asking if he could hold her shirt up. He did so, waiting for Bella to inject the drug. He held her hands and her shirt up at the same time. Alexandra breathed slowly in deep breaths. Jasper looked at Emmett shook his head with a stern look.

[Bella Cullen]

Once Alexandra was sitting up, Bella brought over the needle to insert the upidural. "Alright Lexie, I'm going to put it in now. Just take deep breaths and it will be over in a few seconds and you won't feel anything," she said soothingly. She found the vein she was looking for that ran just along the spine and injected the needle that was connected to a drip that would continuously keep Alexandra numb through the entire process. Using the medical tape nearby, Bella taped the needle in place.

"All done," she said, putting Alexandra's shirt down and helping her to lay back on the table again. "That should be fully in affect within a few minutes and we can deliver the twins."

[Edward Cullen]

Edward followed them upstair to Carlisle's study and was reminded of Nessie's birth. He watched as Bella gave Lexie the drugs to numb her and hoped for the best. With them taking the twins then maybe she had a chance to survive this as a human. Edward stood close by so that he could do what ever needed to be done. Edward thought back to Nessie's birth and about how different this was from that.

Edward knew that the family really needed to find a way to heel and get back to the way that things used to be. He watched as his family gathered for the birth of yet another addition into the family.

[Alice Cullen]

Alexandra took deep breaths as directed by Bella. Jasper held her hand tightly, but not too tight as he didn't want to break her. He just looked at the faces in the room. One by one. It was incredible. They were all so worried, yet somehow not as bad as Jasper thought they would be.

[Bella Cullen]

Once Bella was certain that the medication had taken affect, she pulled back Alexandra's shirt to reveal her stomach. It was bruised and discolored, but not nearly as much as her own had been with Renesmee. Taking a deep breath, she looked around at the room to her family and then down at Alexandra. "Lexie, I'm about to make an incision with my teeth in your abdomen. Don't be afraid. I promise that I will do everything I can to keep all of you safe," she reassured her. "If you feel any pain at all, tell me right away and don't hesitate."

With that, Bella took another deep breath and moved to the bottom of Alexandra's bump. Gently, she leaned down and made an incision big enough to pull the babies through one after the other. Gliding her teeth across Alexandra's skin, blood spilled out, but Bella was there with an immediate gauze pad. Her teeth had also cut open the uterus and Bella could see one of the twins heads immediately. "The first baby is blonde," she said. Reaching inside, she gently delivered the first baby. "It's a little girl." The baby in her arms was beautiful, just as Renesmee had been. Bella gently cleaned the infant with a towel and looked to Edward to take the baby.

[Alice Cullen]

Alexandra nodded at Bella when she said she was going to make the incision. She was not very thrilled about that, especially if Bella was doing it with her teeth! She took deep breaths and felt the bite of Bella's teeth when she did. She cried out a little bit.

Jasper said, "Relax. Breathe. You're okay."

When Bella pulled out the first baby, she said it was a little girl. Jasper and Alexandra smiled at eachother and gasped in relief.

A little girl! Jasper thought. My little girl!

When Bella looked to Edward to take the baby, Jasper said, "No. Give her to me." He gently took his little blond girl out of Bella's arms and smiled at her. She had blue eyes. They were dazzling. She smiled brightly up at her father. "Hi there pretty girl," Jasper said.

Alexandra touched the head of her daughter. "Oh she's so beautiful." Then she looked back at Bella to make the next delivery.

[Bella Cullen]

Bella watched as Jasper took his daughter into his arms. This was the first real emotion she had seen him show toward the babies since the whole ordeal began several weeks prior. In her mind, she knew the moment he saw one of the babies, he would change his entire outlook on life. It had happened with Edward the moment he heard Renesmee's thoughts for the first time. And she was happy that Jasper was coming to that same conclusion with his own children. When Alexandra looked to her the second time, she knew it was time to deliver the second baby.

Reaching in, she found the baby's head and gently pulled until it was visible. Carefully, she glided the second baby into the world. The second baby was a tad bigger than the first, which Bella quickly found out why. "It's a baby boy," she announced before cutting the cord and cleaning him off. "He's every bit as healthy as his sister." The baby boy in her arms looked just like Jasper, so Bella knew without a doubt that this was Jasper's son. He also had the same soft countenance of his mother. Gently, she wrapped the newborn infant in a soft blanket after he was cleaned off and handed him to Jasper. After which, she tended to sewing up Alexandra's abdomen and cleaning her off.

[Alice Cullen]

When Jasper and Alexandra heard that a little baby boy was there, Alexandra laughed with joy and took her daughter as Jasper took their son. "Oh Jazz, they're so beautiful."

Jasper smiled down at his son who was every bit as blond as his sister and had green eyes just like Jasper's when he was human. His son reached up at his face. Jasper chuckled. "Hi there."

Alexandra said, "What should we name them?" She was excited. "I was thinking out middles names for their middles name. By the way, what is your middle name?"

It had been so long since Jasper had heard his birth name it almost took him a minute to remeber. He finally did. "Andrew. Jasper Andrew Whitlock. That was my birth name."

"Okay," Lexie said with a nod. "Something Andrew Swan-Hale."

"Swan-Hale?"

"Well, they're both of our children and I'm not taking your last name."

Jasper nodded. "Yeah. You have a point."

Alexandra looked around the room at the people inside. Well, Renesmee's name was a combination on Renee and Esme. Who is here. Well, Rosalie and Isabella..... She gasped. "Rosabella!"

Jasper looked at her raising an eyebrow. "Rosabella?"

"Yeah!" She looked around the room for inspiration for the baby boy. Edward.....Emmett..... "Edmmett!"

Jasper laughed, air blowing out his nose as he did for his mouth was shut. "Rosabella Leigh Swan-Hale and Edmmett Andrew Swan-Hale." He gave it some thought, looking up. "I like it," he said after looking back down at Alexandra. "Rosie and Eddie."

Alexandra giggled. She looked down at Rosabella. "Hi Rosie. Hi baby girl!"

Jasper gently bounced Eddie in his arms.