A/N I know Jasper is really rich to be so young but his business was handed down so a lot of the money came with that. Please review, even if you hate it.
"Bella, do not open that door!" I yell when I hear the doorbell. And then I hear Bella opening the door and screaming "Emmett!" and probably jumping into his arms. The girl is drunk again.
"Dammit Bella, I told you not to open the door! Go put some clothes on!" I yell at her from the top of the stairs.
"Um dude what is Bella doing drunk and half naked in your house? Does Edward know?" Emmett asks. I've kept her a secret for two years and he's going to blow it.
"She stays here sometimes when she's drunk. Or high. And Edward does not know and he will not find out." Edward is my brother. We don't really get along. Emmett is my best friend but he's Edward's too.
"Where does she stay when's she's not here?"
"My guest house…" I wasn't ready for all this to come out! I never let anyone come to the house but Bella was supposed to be out with Alice today.
"I have to tell Edward! You know how much he regrets the way he ended things! He's looked for her everywhere."
Edward is full of crap. She never went anywhere. I would know, she's been with me the whole time. She was already broken and he played with her until he was over it and dumped her. She had nowhere to go since her parents are dead and the closest thing to family she has is her dad's best friend Billy and his son Jacob. But Billy beat her almost every day and Jacob did worse than that. She technically lived with them while she was dating Edward but she spent so much time at our house it wasn't so bad for her. So she says. But when he dumped her I wasn't going to let her go back to not having an escape.
"He only regrets it because he can't find another toy." I tell him bitterly.
"I don't think it's like that…" he starts to defend him.
"If you tell him, I will fire you." I threaten. I took over the family hotel business right after high school.
"You wouldn't." Just then Bella comes down.
"He will Emmett! I'm his dirty little secret and he doesn't want to lose me..." She's all singsongy and sometimes it's really hard to remember she's only a few years younger than me.
"Bella, I made you breakfast. It's in the microwave. Go eat."
"I'm not a child Jasper! I want to play with Emmett."
"I'll come with you Bella." Emmett offers.
"Don't you have somewhere to be Emmett?"
She does not need someone to play her games, especially someone who's probably going to run back to Edward.
"Yes, here. We are supposed to be working on the website."
Damn, I forgot. I didn't get much sleep last night since I had to go pick Bella up from Sam's club at 1 in the morning. Sam likes to let the girls drink and smoke all they want for free so he and his top customers are guaranteed someone to take home. Luckily I have a couple of regulars at all the clubs that let me know if they see Bella in any trouble.
"Jasper! I hate eggs!" She's freaking exhausting but I love her. She doesn't know it. Actually she probably thinks the opposite since I won't touch her more than to carry her when she can't or won't walk. The only person who knows is Alice, my ex-girlfriend. We were dating when I first took over as Bella's caregiver; I guess that's what I am… I didn't love Bella at first, I just hated the way Edward treated her and I couldn't let her go back to Billy, and Alice watched me fall in love with her. She broke up with me and told me you can't control your heart. Alice still comes around. She's actually a huge help with Bella.
"Jasper, I'm going to take her to breakfast." Emmett says as he comes out of the kitchen.
Not happening since I'm pretty sure breakfast means Edward's.
"No we need to get started on the website. That's why you're here." I'm being a jerk but I do what I have to do when she's involved.
"Please, Jazzy? We will just go to Denny's and then Emmett will bring me home. Please, please, please?" I hate when she begs. It's so hard to tell her no.
"Bella, we have work to do. I'll get Alice to come pick you up if you really want to go."
"I hate you Jasper." And she storms off to her room. She has her own room in the main house plus the whole guest house plus a whole room of all her fleeting hobbies. I'm a 20 year old raising a 17 year old. And doing a crappy job at it.
"Dude she needs help. I won't tell Edward but you need to get her some freaking rehab." He actually sounds concerned.
Of course, why didn't I think of that? I did! But she's not 18 for six more months and so I have to guardian permission. Billy is her guardian. I pay him monthly so he lets her stay here and him and his pathetic son stay away. But if he signs her in for rehab he will be required to be involved. So I will just have to wait six more months. I explain all this to Emmett.
"Why do you let her go out then? And keep her stocked with alcohol?" He's really starting to get on my nerves. I need to sleep and I keep her stocked with alcohol because that's the only way she'll stay. I figure it's better if she's drunk here than somewhere else. At least I can watch her most of the time here.
"She sneaks out! I have to sleep. And she can't sleep in my room with me!"
"Why not? Aren't you having sex with her anyways?"
"No! He never touches me!" She screams from upstairs. "But he won't let anyone else touch me either! He thinks I'm disgusting and not good enough for him or anyone else!"
I tell Emmett to go home; we will just have to do the website work tomorrow. Maybe he's right. Maybe rehab with Billy involved is better than her being here drunk all the time.
He leaves and I go upstairs to try to settle her down.
Emmett's POV
I've been in love with Bella since before Edward met her. But no one knew so when Edward started dating her I couldn't really say anything. He dumped her for no real reason but what Jasper was saying, I don't think that's true. Bella always clung to him like he was her life support. But then Edward could probably hide his true feelings from me more than Jasper. Jasper doesn't like Edward but I don't think he would say something like that without something to go on. I don't know what to think. All I know is Bella is here and I'm not going to let my chance with her slip away again.
