This is the second chapter. I know I said one-shot, but hey, I say a lot of things that aren't necessarily true :P Tame Vampire x
'That was really weird, yesterday,' Bella muttered to Edward as they dressed in their cottage next morning.
'Yes, I knew she'd been worrying about it but -' He was cut off by a pained roar from the direction of the house. They looked at each other, and began to run. Half-way they caught up with Renesmee thundering through the trees.
'Dad, what's going on?' she asked.
'It was Emmett, but I can't tell what's going on, their all thinking to hard and Alice is trying to see something,' he called back. Then he turned to his wife.
'Bella, Jacob's coming! Explain to him!' he yelled. Bella instantly slowed, allowing the heavy paw-pads to catch up with her. Without looking, she fell into step with them and began yelling.
'Something's happened to Emmett.' She looked at the wolf, who looked slightly pained. 'Renesmee's fine,' she added, and the creases on the wolf's muzzle smoothed out instantly. They ran faster, bursting through the back door, Bella instantly darting to stand between Edward and Renesmee, who were stood near Emmett, Jacob falling to Renesmee's other side, hackles raised. Emmett's face was completely crumpled in on itself, his body curled on the floor as if he were in the worst pain imaginable. Jasper looked unsure, tasting each different emotion. Alice's face was blank, her eyes in the future. Everyone else was crowded around Emmett, trying to comfort him. But someone was missing.
'Where's Rose?' Bella asked quietly. Without a word, Renesmee took her hand and replayed what she had missed. Emmett's face, burning. Bella noticed it as the same look that had been on Edward's face during her pregnancy. Then there was a note, written in Rose's handwriting:
I feel it's best to leave. I am causing you all pain and deprivation. This is something I have to work through by myself. I may return. I may not. Please try to move on. I will love you all for ever. Rosalie xxx
Then there was an image of Emmett's knees giving out, him falling to the floor. And finally of Bella and Jacob bursting through the door, and a sense of relief from Renesmee that they were both there.
'Alice?' Edward asked. 'What was that?' Alice's face had gone completely rigid, a different expression to her future-gazing one. Jasper was by her side, his hand just resting on her shoulder, concern all over his face.
'She's gone to England,' Alice whispered. 'She's hoping that Alistair will help her find an English vampire, to send her here for Emmett.' Bella remembered, as Renesmee did, the solitary English tracker vampire who had fled from their company during the previous Volturi visit. Alice continued, 'She's going to tell him that if he does this, Carlisle will forgive him for his abandonment. And then ... she's going to join his coven.'
'But he doesn't have a coven,' Carlisle interjected.
'I know,' Alice replied. 'It gets blurry there, as he still hasn't made a decision.'
'Where is she now?' Emmett's voice shocked them all. It sounded as though it had been broken into a million pieces.
'The airport. But she took the Volvo. And the flight she was planning to take has been delayed. If we run now, we can catch her.'
'Let's go, then,' he growled. They began to move towards the door. Bella felt a warm hand slip into hers. She looked at Renesmee, about to complain, stop her coming, when a vision of herself hugging Rosalie flashed through her mind, determination colouring it.
'Fine, but you have to run fast,' she said. Both Jacob and Renesmee nodded. Bella rolled her eyes, but set off at a fast pace, catching up to the others in seconds. Renesmee was slightly behind her, with Jacob struggling to keep up. Renesmee touched his shoulder, and Bella saw him nod and fall back to his normal running pace. As he got further away, Renesmee caught Bella's look.
'I told him to just track us. I don't want him to get too tired.' She smiled at her mother, who smiled back, realising that she would have done the same for Edward. He must have been thinking the same thing as he squeezed her hand briefly, then dropped it so they could both run faster. They all darted through the trees, following Emmett's lead. He was tracking his mate, and that was fueling him, making him run faster than Bella had everseen him run before. They ran and ran until they came to the motorway. The airport was just on the opposite side, but the traffic was busy on each side, moving fast.
'Renesmee's not fast enough!' Bella cried. Before she could stop him, Emmett had darted to her side, grabbed Renesmee and pelted across the road.
'Emmett!' Bella and Edward yelled togather, charging after him, weaving in and out of oblivious drivers. When they reached the other side, Bella quickly embraced her daughter and turned to give Emmett an ear-full, only to find he was gone. She say him running towards the airport, was reminded of their mission, and set off after him. They all burst through the doors in time to see Rosalie walking to a gate.
'Rosalie!' Emmett bellowed. The entire airport came to a standstill, staring at him. She stopped, and turned slowly to face him. He marched at human pace to stand in front of her.
'What are you doing?' he asked. The pain in his voice caused Rose to flinch.
'I'm going. You deserve -' His hand covered her mouth.
'Don't you dare. Don't you DARE say that I deserve better. Don't you get it, Rose? There's no-one better for me than you.' There was a quiet, collective 'aw' from the audience in the airport. He continued. 'Rose, you are the one I chose. You are the one I see each day and think, how lucky am I? To have someone like you by my side for the rest of eternity. To have the one that I love more than life. The one I would both kill and die for. That's you, Rose.' He carefully took his hand from her mouth, rested it on her cheek, and kissed her gently. Every human inside the airport began clapping in the cheesey fashion of old movies. The Cullen family moved forwards and hugged Rose once Emmett had let go of her.
'Let's go home,' he muttered. The whole, weird, beautiful family left, arm in arm. 'You are such a drama queen,' he added to Rose once they were outside. She punched his arm gently, then took his hand. They ran back to the house. When they arrived, Jacob was waiting on the steps.
'Honestly, Rose, don't do that again. It was so annoying,' he grumbled. Rose just ruffled his hair and disappeared inside with Emmett. They all stared at Jake.
'I so hope she doesn't run away again,' he mutterred, freaked out. Renesmee laughed and sat on his knee.
'Don't worry,' Alice told him as she entered the house. 'Emmett wouldn't give her the chance.'
