Thanks to all of you who are reading this, I will try to update quickly. I got a bit stuck and side tracked by all the awesome FFs on this website. This chapter is focussing on the Boys' lives. I hope you enjoy it :D


Chapter Three

The Cullen's Home

Finally, the long day was over and the Cullens and Rosalie could head home. They were heading out to Edward's car when Mike Newton had to speak up.

"Inbred freaks." He spat quietly.

Emmett whirled around and grabbed Mike by his collar, hoisting him off of the floor effortlessly. "What did you say?" He snarled.

"I said you were all inbred. You're all committing incest!" Mike returned, smirking slightly.

Emmett growled in anger. "Prick. We're not family, you moron. Jasper and I were adopted as was Rosalie. Rosalie is a HALE, not a CULLEN. Dumbass."

"She's Mrs Cullen's niece." Mike replied.

"But Jasper and I are not her sons. So it's legal." Emmett applied a bit more pressure to the boy's neck. "If I ever hear you say shit about my family again, I will beat you up so bad you won't be able to walk for a week!" He added.

He dropped Mike onto the floor, wrapped his arm around Rosalie's waist and led the others to Edward's car.

They all clambered into the Volvo and Rosalie was trying to cheer an angry Emmett up.

"Rose, leave it." Emmett snapped.

"No, I won't leave it." Rosalie retorted.

"I said Leave. It!"

"And I said…"

Before Rosalie could finish, Jasper, who was also sat in the back with them, stopped her. "Rose, really don't push it. It would be Bella's seventeenth birthday."
Rosalie gasped and lowered her eyes. "I…I didn't realise." She whispered. Emmett always got the most stressed out and emotional on Bella's birthday. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"It's been the same for ten years, don't you think you would have realised by now?" Emmett sneered.

Rosalie shrunk back, visibly hurt by her boyfriend's cruel words. "I…I'm sorry."

Emmett ran a hand through his hair. "No, I'm sorry. It just hurts not knowing where Bells is, if she's even alive."

Rosalie wrapped her arms around him and kissed his cheek. "I know. I'm really sorry, Em. I just lost track of the dates."

Emmett just smiled at her and buried his face in her hair. "I know, Rosie. Jazz and I are going to visit Mom and Dad's graves. Can you drop us off, Edward?"

"Already there, mate." Edward grinned, pulling over at the gates of the local cemetery.

"Thanks. Let's go Bro."

The two boys got out off the car, promising to call when they needed a lift home, and began the trek of the graves of Renee and Charlie Swan that resided there.

"Em, I found them." Jasper called, waving his brother over to the spot where their parents' graves were.

"Thanks, Jazz. This place has really gotten overgrown and loads more graves are here since last year." Emmett sighed.

"I know. A lot of Forks is occupied by elderly people."

"Yeah, I never really thought of that."
"Hey, Mom, Dad. It's Bella's birthday today. She would be seventeen. Nearly a grown woman." Jasper began.

"Yeah, I bet we'd be fighting the boys off of her." Emmett added.

Jasper chuckled. "Of course, she had Mom's good looks. That kind of thing runs in the family."

"I hope you don't mean you."

"Well I don't mean you."

"Smart arse."

"Em, let's just do what we came here to do." Jasper reminded his twin. "I doubt Mom would be pleased with our squabbling."

"Okay. So, not a lot of things have changed since we saw you last. School's fine and our relationships are going well." Emmett told the two silent graves.

"I'm thinking about proposing to Alice when she graduates." Jasper said, a goofy smile on his face. "But we will wait a year or two to marry. Alice wants to major in fashion."

"Why wait? I'm proposing to Rose on Valentines Day and then we'll get married next year. I've got it all planned out."

Jasper clapped his brother on the back. "Good for you, Em."
"I can't imagine my life without Rose in it. It just seems like the right thing to do." Emmett replied with a small shrug.

"Same with Alice. But I doubt Esme and Carlisle would be pleased if I proposed while she was still a Junior. You know how Alice gets. She would have planned it all and ignored school."
The two boys chuckled at the hyper active girl that was Jasper's long term girlfriend.

They turned their attention back to the graves and spent more time talking to them, telling their parents every aspect of their lives since the last time they had visited them at Christmas.

"I hope you are keeping a good eye on Bells if she's still alive and that she's happy with you if not." Emmett concluded.

Jasper punched his brother's arm. "You really think Bella is dead?" He asked his blue eyes sad.

"I don't know. I don't want her to be, but it's highly likely she moved away from the scene and died alone somewhere. She was probably never identified." Emmett confided his worst fears.

"Don't talk like that! Bella is not dead." Jasper spat, shaking with anger and sorrow.

"I know, I'm sorry. Let's just go home." Emmett sighed, pulling out his phone to call Rosalie.

Within ten minutes, the hulking figure of Emmett's Jeep pulled into the car park outside of the gates of the cemetery. Emmett smiled as he climbed into it, kissing his girlfriend.

Alice, who was sat in the back, saw the stricken expression on Jasper's face and pulled his head onto her lap. Jasper wrapped his arms around her waist, seeking comfort, and relaxed as Alice ran her hands through his hair rhythmically.

When they got home, Jasper was completely relaxed and quickly challenged his twin to a battle on the x-box. Emmett grinned and accepted.

So the two boys sat there for most of the evening, only pausing to eat and maybe use the loo, playing Halo and other various games that Esme and Carlisle had accumulated over the years.

Around midnight, Esme finally shooed the four children still in front of the TV and Edward, who was sat at his piano, up to bed, claiming it was a school night.

As Jasper slipped into the bed with Alice he let his mind stray to where Bella could be.

"Be safe, Bells." He whispered as he did nightly.

"You saying that thing for Bella?" Alice asked, her voice sounding groggy.

"Yeah. It helps me sleep, knowing that at least she still is in my thoughts. It helps me keep the mind set she's fine."

"Oh, Jazz. I'm sure Bella is fine. She's a Swan isn't she? If she is anything like her brothers, I'm sure she's taking good care of herself." Alice grinned, tracing Jasper's face.

"I love you Alice." Jasper sighed.
"I love you too, Jasper." The couple curled up and slowly drifted off to sleep.


Please Read and Review. I hope you enjoyed this story and I am almost done with the next one but it might not be up for a few days. Next Chapter: The events bringing Bella to Forks begin.