PART 4

"Explain. Now!" Carlisle roared at the two terrified vampires.

They had brought Emmett after spending the first day of his, um, transition in the forest before bringing him back to the Cullen Manor. He screamed bloody murder the whole time and unfortunately, they were very sensitive to sounds so their ears were practically bleeding (figuratively, of course).

"Um, well…" They hesitated.

Bella had tried to get Rose to let the man stay in the forest until his change was finished, and then they could bring him to Carlisle. But Rose eventually won the discussion saying he might be a very powerful newborn and end up massacring the whole town before they had a chance to get him within 100 feet of the house.

Thankfully they didn't have to continue because at that moment, Bella's mate decided to make an entrance.

"Bella! Love, are you alright?" He rushed to her side, initiating the 'concerned husband' role.

"I'm fine, honey. Just so worried …." Bella whimpered, letting Edward pull her into his arms.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. Like, seriously, Bella was going to let her take all the blame? That bitc-

"Rosalie, explain. Now," Carlisle repeated, his eyes clearly expressing his emotions and he was so not happy.

"It's easy to explain actually!" Bella piped in before Rose could say anything.

"Oh, I'd like to hear this," Rose mumbled under breath clear enough for Bella to hear who just winked with a questionable smirk.

Bella smiled at Carlisle, folding her hands in front of her. "See, the thing is - Rose is in love."

"WHAT?" Rose, Carlisle, and Edward all exclaimed at once, though Carlisle and Edward were more shocked, whereas Rose was furious.

"Rosalie, is this true?" Edward turned to the seething blonde, smiling mischievously.

"Uhhh….."

"Of course it's true!" Bella said, looking at Rose with a pleading look moving her head in the direction of Carlisle. "Our dear Rose's found love!" She clasped her hands in mock excitement. "Isn't it great?"

Well, Rose had to hand it to her, she was a good actress.

"Well, this changes things, I guess," Carlisle said, his previous angry air replaced with mildly confused happiness. "I'll tell Esme, she'll be thrilled you've finally found someone!"

"Oh wait – no!" Rose exclaimed, but Carlisle was already gone with a kiss on her cheek to find his wife.

Rose instantly turned on Bella; her fury was not something you'd wanted to be the target of. "What the fuck was, Isabella Marie?"

Bella raised up her hands in defense. "Sheesh! Don't scream, I had to say something to get him off our back." A little smile appeared on her face. "Besides, he's kind of cute isn't he? Hmm, think of all those muscles – "

Before the mental picture could form in Rose's mind, a very cheery squeal resonated in the air and a lithe body tackled her. "Yeah, think about all those muscles that are exclusively all yours now!"

"Uff, Aleesh geroff meh," Rose managed to mumble from underneath the flexible little pixie.

Alice quickly got off the irritated blonde, but just tackled her into a bear hug when she got to her feet. "We heard everything and we're so happy for you!"

As if on cue, Jasper appeared at her side, giving her a side hug. "We really are happy for you, Rose. You've been alone for so long. You deserve someone after that douche-bag, Royce."

Rose glared at Bella through the arms of Jasper and Alice, cursing her over and over. God, she was going to pay for this.

"His name's Emmett. Ain't that cute, 'Emmett and Rosalie?'" Bella added with a big grin.

All of this would be nice, Rose thought, if I was actually in love!

"It won't be long now," Alice supplied, walking into the packed room.

Carlisle had put Emmett in one of the spare rooms after checking that he was doing okay. That had been a sight; Emmett was clawing at the renowned doctor the whole time, cursing to the darkest pits of hell. Religious guy, Rosalie had thought, cute.

He was laying squirming on the bed. His loud thrashing had stopped, so they guessed he was in less pain, and the added bonus of him not screaming was good, too.

Alice came to sit next to Rose, who was furthest from the hospital bed on which her supposed 'lover' was whining. The little pixie rubbed Rose's knee in comfort. "I'm sorry, Rosie. It must be hard for you to see him like this."

Rose grimaced at the tiny girl at her side. "Yeah, I'm practically dry sobbing from all this emotional pain."

Bella sent Rose a scathing glare forma cross the room that clearly said 'you could be a little more convincing, y'know.' Rose just rolled her eyes and waved her hand in a dismissive gesture.

The whining on the bed got louder and the squirming speeded up. Rose and Alice shot up and to the bedside in unison. It wouldn't belong now. Emmett's breaths were getting more frantic and they could hear how fast his heart was beating.

He's gonna die any second, Rosalie shuddered. God, I am so sorry Emmett. She sent up a silent prayer to make sure he'd be okay. She'd been very religious in her human life, but she barely turned to God anymore since her change. She felt she didn't deserve it, she was a monster now and she belonged in hell.

If she could cry she would, for the poor soul on the drab hospital. He probably had a family. What if he had was married and had kids? Rosalie's heart clenched in pain. This wasn't fair to him. It wasn't fair to his family and his maybe-wife and kids.

She had been torn when she had had to leave her family after she'd been changed. She understood the precaution, she could've hurt them in her newborn stage, but that didn't make the hurt go away. God, it just wasn't fair.

'It's a bad world out there,' her mother used to tell her. 'Unfair and unforgiving, you've just got to give it your best shot with your head held high.'

While she was drowned in her depressive thoughts, a heartbeat fluttered rapidly. Bodies shifted in anticipation. A slight groan turned into an agony-filled groan. An excited squeal filled the air and Rose was side-hugged. Then, a perfectly healthy heart flat-lined.

Welcome to eternal hell, Emmett.

A/N: The reason Edward couldn't hear what Rosalie was thinking about the lie Bella made up is because Bella was thinking really hard about it, she was drowning out the other thoughts in the house.

I decided to end it here, 'cause I couldn't come up with a good, acceptable way to show you Emmett's first day as a vampire. It basically just goes on from here, like the original way Emmett was changed. Rosalie and Emmett get together and it just goes on from there.