Emmett POV

I stood in Charlie Swan's living room which was filled with the boxes his daughter shipped up from Phoenix. She was supposed to arrive for the next day, so Charlie asked for my help to get everything ready. I had been cutting his grass for years now and he asked me to help me whenever he needs something done around the house. "What did she send the whole city of Phoenix here?" I asked as I looked around.

"She wants this to seem as close to home as it can." He said as he took a box up the stairs I followed him into the room that was going to be the nursery for his little grandbaby when it got here. "I think I should warn you Bella has been through a lot this past year. She doesn't really trust people, so you have to slowly let her get used to her." He said as he looked at me as we started putting the baby's clothes in the dresser and the closet.

"So are we setting the crib set she sent in the basement?" I asked him as I looked around the room that he and I spent two months getting ready.

"Yeah, Bella will probably want Hayden closer to her for the first few nights." He answered.

"That boy really did a number on her didn't he?" I asked him.

"More than you could ever imagine." Charlie mumbled as he unpacked the boxes. "I just hope being here will help her become Bells again." He said as he looked at me.

"Well I will go set up the basement if you got this." I said as I looked at him.

"That would sure be a help." He said as he smiled up at me. Charlie went out of his way to make everything perfect for Bella and Hayden. He put carpet in the basement and painted the walls. Bought furniture, hung photos that he thought she would like. I never met Bella before. Her mother and her were long gone before my mother moved us here. But, I love Charlie like a father. He really took me under his wing. I had never had a real man influence before him. So, if Bella is anything like her father I am sure I will love her. I set up her bed and the crib before I unpacked all her boxes. When I finished I couldn't believe that this was where Charlie used to store the deer meat and beer.

"I think I am going to head home." I said as I walked into the living room.

"You are coming for dinner tomorrow, right?" He asked me as he walked into the kitchen.

"Yeah, Alice is thrilled to meet Bella." I said as I looked at him. "But, I will probably be here earlier. Cut the grass you know."

"Sounds great." He said as I walked out the door. I walked across the street to the house I have called home for five years now. This house saw happiness and pain. This is where my family learned to breathe again, but also where we lost our mother. My older sister Alice is all I have right now. Although you wouldn't guess she is older than me. She is so tiny.

"Em, where were you?" Alice asked as I walked in the kitchen.

"Helping Charlie. He is a nervous wreck about his daughter moving in with him." I said as I sat down at the counter.

"Oh, Charlie is such a sweet man." She said. "I brought you home a treat from the bakery. You need to thank Anna for it when you go in there." She said as she pointed at the bag on the kitchen table.

"I always do." I said as I smiled at her.

"Your coach called me." She said as she looked at me. "Why did you tell him you weren't going back to the team?"

"We can't afford the three hundred dollar activity fee." I said as I looked at her.

"I will make it work. You are to dam good to give up now." She said as she pointed her spatula in my face.

"Alice you don't scare me." I said as I got up.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

"I have homework!" I called to her as I made my way up the stairs.

Let me know what you think. I know this is a short beginning, but I will have the next chapter up in no time at all. I don't own Twilight.

~Dragonfly