Chapter 3.

Rosalie's POV

The week flew by, and I dreaded the thought that after Carter's birthday party Avery would be leaving me. The boys were having a hard time understanding that Avery was going to be leaving with daddy and they would be coming home with me, but they were dealing with it. We loaded Carter's things into the car and headed over to my brother's house, Emmett wasn't there yet, but his brother and sister-in-law were. Alice met us at the front door Maggie in her arms.

"Come on in guys everyone's around back." she said. The boys pushed past her running off to find Carter, Avery following behind them. "Is she really going?"

"Yeah she's leaving with him tonight." I told her. "Is Jackson here?"

"He's moved in." Alice smiled. "He's been watching Maggie for me today." I followed her to the backyard. Carted and the boys were running around, and Avery was sitting on the steps talking to Jackson.

"Aunt Rosie." I almost fell back as something ran into my leg and wrapped around it. I looked down and saw Emmett's nieces Nessie clinging to my leg.

"Vanessa Cullen, let go of Rosalie." Bella scolded. "Sorry Rose, Ness go play with Jacob." I watched Nessie run off to play with a little boy I hadn't seen before. "He goes to school with Nessie and Carter." Bella told me.

"I don't like him." Edward said.

"Nessie has a crush on him." Bella laughed.

"She's six, she's not suppose to like boys yet." Edward mumbled.

"Oh Eddy, wait till she's Avery's age and they start sneaking into the window." I told him.

"There are boys sneaking into my daughters window?" Emmett's voice came from behind me.

"That was on time mom, and I told him to leave." Avery said.

"My daughter is never leaving the house again." Edward moaned.

"You are being ridiculous." Bella said. "By the time she's old enough to date, you can have bars on her windows and an electric fence around the house." Bella kissed his cheek and walked off. Edward went over to stand closer to the kids, leaving me alone with my ex husband.

"Are you sure your okay with Avery staying with me?" he asked.

"I'm fine with it Emmett, she's your daughter if she wants to live with you I'm not going to stop her. The twins on the other hand may have a problem with it." I told him.

"I'll talk to them about it." he said. "How have you been?"

"Good, busy but good. You?"

"I've been alright, working all the time and sleeping when I'm home." he looked down. "Mom want's you too stop by and see her, her and dad both miss you."

"I'll take the boys by there tomorrow or Sunday, they've been wanting to go over there anyway." I told him. "I'm gonna go find Jasper." I excused my self from the awkward conversation and went in the house, almost running into Alice.

"So….?" she asked.

"It was awkward as hell." I said,

"To much sexual tension after you sleep together things will lighten up." Alice smiled.

"You are insane." I said walking off to find my brother, he was coming downstairs. "Your wife's crazy."

"What'd she do now?" he asked.

"Apparently Emmett and I have sexual tension which is why we can't have a normal conversation." I told him.

"Well think about it Rose, you two were all over each other for almost twenty years, and now…."

"You are not helping Jazz." I said. "Sometimes I feel like everyone in this damn family is trying to push me and Emmett back together. Well what if that's not the right thing for me, or the kids, or even Emmett, what if were meant to be apart?"

"Rosalie Lillian Hale, the only reason the two of you split in the first place was because Emmett made a drunken mistake." Jasper almost yelled, "The man hasn't touched a beer since you two split, he miserable without you and the kids but your ass is to stubborn to see that."

"I need to leave." I said walking toward the door. "The boys can stay here tonight or go with Emmett, or Bella, but I need to go." Japer followed me out to the car.

"Don't leave Rose." Jasper said.

"Here's Avery's bags give them to Emmett." I got in my car and drove away.

Emmett's POV

I hadn't seen Rose in awhile and when Alice and Jasper came out of the house without her I started to worry.

"Hey Em, come here." Jasper called. I walked over to join him and he led me to the front of the house. "Rosalie left, can you unlock your jeep so I can put Avery's stuff in there?"

"Why'd she leave?" I asked unlocking my truck and picking up some of the bags.

"We got into a fight." he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Over me right." he didn't answer. "Damn it Jazz I told you not to worry about it."

"Look she's being a little brat about all this, she's to damn stubborn for her own good." he said. "And you, well your to damn prideful to just go and tell her how you feel, and that you've been sober for a year, and that your sorry. Hell Alice has enlisted Avery to help get ya'll back together."

"So that's why she's coming to stay with me." It all made since now.

"It's all part of Alice's master plan." he told me. "Everyone can see how much the two of you need each other but you. My dear wife is determined to have back together by Christmas, she's already planning a spring wedding."

"I don't know about all this Jasper." I said.

"It's Alice Emmett, no one had a choice about this, we all give in at one point or another." he sighed.

The rest of Carter's party was nice. There was cake and ice cream, and the boys were so excited about staying the night with Carter they forgot all about Avery leaving with me.

"Why did mom leave?" Avery asked once we were in the car.

"She got in a fight with your uncle Jasper." I told her. "I'm sure they'll work it out, though they always do."

"Yeah, I hope so." Avery curled up in her seat. "Jackson's living with uncle Jasper now."

"Yeah that what Jazz was telling me. I think it's nice he's living with his dad now, Jasper didn't get to see him much when he was younger."

"Yeah I know." Avery stared out her window.

Jasper's POV

My sister could really get under someone's skin, especially mine. I guess it's cause were so much alike, but some things she does just drive me insane. Yes, Emmett cheated on her, but the man is trying his hardest to get his life back on track she just doesn't want to see that. All Rosalie see's is that she's been hurt by a man again, I blame my mother for all of Rosie's trust issues, bringing man after man into our lives. Rose would let one in just in time for them to leave, and she would be left there hurt and abandoned.

Then Emmett came along and picked her, put here back together and stayed by her side. He stuck with her through her pregnancy with Avery, which wasn't an easy one, and raising my difficult niece. Then when the twins were born you couldn't find a more proud father. He made a mistake and he was suffering for it, but he loved Rose and those kids more then anything. They needed to get there lives put back together, because whether they know it or not they need each other.