This came a little later than expected. This chapter is different than expected. I just got caught up in that moment and everything changed. I hope you enjoy.
~So I've decided to change the story name to Better Together. Listen to the song Better Together by Jack Johnson, Its amazing. I'm sorry if you liked the name Goin' Crazy.
Chapter 4: Come Around
Chapter word count: 5,343!
Pairing: Emmett and Bella
Song: Come Around, Rosi Golan
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of characters and I wouldn't really want to.
POV: Bella, Emmett, and Rosalie.
So high,
tonight,
And I don't feel like coming down,
I could lie to you all my days,
You're the one,
you're the one,
And I'm a fool
,For waiting so long to let you know.
-Come Around, Rosi Golan
Better Together…
I don't know why I walked away from them, but I did. They wanted me back in their family and I walked away from the offer. How could I forgive the people who had left me? That girl… Who was that girl that was clinging onto Edward with those sluttish looking clothes? I wanted to know, but at the same time I didn't. No matter how true it was; I couldn't believe that they flew all the way to sunny LA from wherever they where currently living. They took a risk of being exposed just to find me and I walked away.
Suddenly it hit me like a bunch of falling bricks… cliché? Yes I know. What if Emmett found out about Kellan and Jersey really being his children? What if he took them away from me? Would he do that? Would he take my babies from me? I couldn't handle all the stress… Would he hate me for not letting him know that he was a father? I felt myself start to have a panic attack. I wouldn't be able to live without my babies!
I couldn't breathe and my eyes seemed to start to try to take in everything at once. I started to shake and gasp for breath. I felt the familiar warm salty, tears track down my probably pale face.
"Bells? Bella? Are you okay?" I heard Channing call to me. I turned to see him running towards me.
"Don't let him take my babies away." I cried. I saw a flash of confusion on Channing's face before understanding settled. I felt darkness start to slowly sink into my vision. My body was heaving trying to get as much air as possible into my lungs.
"Somebody call 911!" Channing's voice was distant to my ears even though he was holding me to his chest and calling out.
"Bella?" I turned my head weakly to the side. The last thing I saw was Emmett's huge form rushing towards me and Rosalie running behind him, than I blacked out.
Emmett's POV:
I watched as my beautiful Bella disappeared from my sight. She was walking away. I felt everything crumble underneath me. I knew somewhere deep down, that I somehow lost her. Even though she wasn't wearing a ring, they where probably together. I sighed looking at my messed up family. Alice was dry sobbing into Jasper's chest, he had a look of complete pain on his pale face. Rosalie let her eyes roam everywhere but didn't meet anyone's eyes. I knew she was trying to stay strong. Esme looked hurt and devastated as she also dry sobbed into Carlisle's chest. Carlisle looked lost. It was a look I have never seen before on my fathers face. I glared at the face that tore this family apart. Edward. Why would he leave somebody as wonderful as Bella?
I heard Edward growl at my open thoughts. What Edward?, I growled, Does little Eddie pooh, pooh not like big, mean, Emmett's thoughts? I gave him a smug look when he tried to growl at my thoughts. I looked over at the house wreaker herself. Stupid slut, I thought with distaste. Everyone in this family hates this dumb ass bitch. The stupid slut had this annoying smug look on her ugly ass face.
"Are we just going to stand here all day? Eddie and I have way better and fun things to do… so can we go?" Tonya whined in that annoying voice. I glanced at her, she was running her pale fingers over Eddie's un-muscular chest. I coughed than gagged.
"Than leave Tonya. Nobody wants you here anyways." I rounded on her annoyed. She glared at me.
"What is up with you people? That stupid little whore ad her bastard children are meaningless." she sneered at me. Red started to cloud my vision. My anger shot up to a point where I couldn't control it anymore. I let out a rather loud growl and jumped towards a terrified Tonya, scaring her shitless. Rosalie grabbed my arm and pulled me back. Venom dripped down my chin. I don't know why I got so mad but when Tonya called Bella a stupid little whore it made me mad than… when she called Kellan and Jersey bastard children it made me furious.
"Whore?" Rosalie scoffed fake blinking. I looked at her amused face, her nose was scrunched up in disgust. She looked at the real whore that stood in front of us. "Have you looked in the mirror lately? The reflection you see is a real whore!"
"You're so funny Rosie!" Rose growled as Tonya said this. "Well let me explain to your blonde self." Rose looked ready to kill. She lunged forward and this time I grabbed her arms trying to fight the urge to attack her myself. "When my Eddie left her for me, she probably got so desperate and like the little slut she is, she probably started to sleep around. Than she got pregnant with those little bastard and now she doesn't even know who the fuck the father is!" Tonya sneered in a snotty tone. The red clouded my vision yet again. My feelings are all over the place. I don't understand why I feel so furious over the fact that Tonya is insulting Bella's children. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jazz staring at me with a confused look.
I couldn't take it anymore. All the feelings bottled inside me. Everything that I've been thinking since we left Bella seems to haunt me for no damn reason! I need to vent. I need to vent about the fact that some human little boy got Bella knocked up and couldn't be a man about it and stay with her. Who could the father possibly be? I know for a fact that she didn't have a ring on her ring finger. Bella wouldn't have sex with somebody unless they where for sure in love. Do you not remember what happened? A little voice reminded me in the back of my head. Oh shit. How could I possibly forget? I glanced around at my family, I met Edwards confused gaze. Shit, he can read minds. I started to sing The good times are killing me in my head.
How could I possibly forget one of the best nights of my whole eternity? The night I had fucking sex with my little ex-brothers, ex-girlfriend.
I turned to Rose knowing she would know how to fix this big mess. Than It hit m I was the dickhead, who wasn't man enough to stay with Bella. Wait. Vampires can't get humans pregnant! I almost laughed in relief. Than I thought about it, I don want children. I want to be able to have little Emmett's.
"Emmett? What's wrong?" I heard Rose ask me. She put her hand on my shoulder in a comforting way. I turned around to look her in the eyes.
"Uh, umm," my hand went to the back of head and I started rubbing nervously. "Rose, I uh, I need to talk to um, you. Just come with me." I mumbled grabbing her hand in mine and pulling her out of the dinning room, running at human pace.
"Well be back later. Don't try and fallow us." I whispered to my family knowing they'd hear me.
When we reached the foyer I stopped at the sight in front of me. My whole world crumbled underneath me. Bella, my beautiful Isabella crying. It seemed like she was having trouble breathing right. I knew what was happening. She was having a panic attack. The guy, who's name I had learned was Channing rushed forward to help her. I wanted so badly to do that myself.
"Don't let him take my babies away." she cried into his chest. I was so beyond confused. What did she mean? Who was the him she was talking about? Why would this him want to take her precious babies away? Bella gasped for breath as she said this.
"Somebody call 911!" Channing called out to the about empty room. Besides Rosalie and I, him and Bella where about alone. I just couldn't keep it in anymore and I launched myself forward and at Bella's gasping form.
"Bella!" I cried. I just got her back, I couldn't loose her know. No matter what. I'd fight for her. She looked up at me. Her deep blue eyes rimmed with tears before she went limp. I fell to the floor, my knees hitting hard and I am sure there is probably dents in the floor.
"Rosalie call 911!" I cried out.
"Emmett, I'll just go get Carlisle."
"Do that and call 911. Carlisle has no medical equipment her in L.A." I instructed her, she nodded and ran off. I crawled over to Bella.
"Bella! Please I just found you, don't leave me now. I don't care if you are single or not, I just want to be with you. Forever!" I cried. I probably looked like the biggest pansy ever. I mean a huge, muscular dude shaking with dry sobs and begging the girl he loves to just wake up.
"Emmett… I don't know what went on between you and Bella, but I'd like to clarify that Bella and I are not together like that. We are best friends and I love Bella like a friend, like a sister. She's going to be okay, I know that. Bella is strong."
"What happened?" I heard Carlisle's voice from behind me. I turned my head, the whole entire family was standing there staring.
"She had a panic attack." Channing answered him, I was to choked up to speak. I didn't even know vampires could get choked up.
"Oh please. Stop being such a drama queen." I heard Tonya scoff.
"Tonya, SHUT UP!" Esme and Alice both yelled.
"The ambulance is on its way." Rose informed.
"We need to get Bella to the gates. The crowds are to big here and there is no way an ambulance is going to get into the playboy mansion without a riot." Alice told us.
"Emmett, will you get the twins?" Channing asked me. I didn't want to leave Bella but I was lucky he was even being nice to me over Bella. I nodded and looked around for them. I hadn't even noticed that they where in the room. They where laying near the stairs.
I walked over to them, they where both bawling. I picked them up easily, sitting them on each side of me.
"It's okay. Your momma will be okay." I cooed to them. They both looked up at me with tears in there beautiful eyes.
"Daddy?" Jersey cried snuggling into my neck. I looked down at her with tears in my eyes. I wish I was her daddy but vampires can't have babies.
"Emmett will you get the twins in the black Escalade over there and drive it up to the gates. I am going to take the golf cart to the entrance than have one of the guards drive it back." he told me, I nodded and he handed me the keys with great difficulties.
I got the twins in there car seats easily while Alice put there stroller and there diaper bag in the Escalade.
"Just fallow me to the hospital." I instructed them.
Once finally out of the gate I notice an ambulance already driving away. Channing was talking to a guard. He glanced over at me, I sat there anxiously waiting for him to hop in so we could drive to the hospital. He ran over to the Escalade and hopped in.
"What about your car?" he asked me as we drove away from the mansion.
"My dad knows Hef." I told him.
"Is your family fallowing us to the hospital." he asked me glancing in the rearview mirror. I nodded.
"Emmett right?" I nodded. "Look, I'm not going to pretend this isn't you and your families fault."
"What do you mean? Are you blaming this on my family and I?" I glared at him. How could this be my families fault?
"You guys showed up and you're-… It's Bella's choice if she wants to tell you or not." his words confused me. I didn't want to believe that it was partly my fault that Bella is going to the hospital, but it is. What could Bella possibly need to tell me?
Once at the hospital, Channing grabbed the stroller and put the twins in it calmly. I looked at him confused. His friend was in the hospital and he is calm about it.
"How can you be so calm about this?" I asked him angrily. He looked up at me startled.
"Emmett, if there is one thing I have learned about Bella while knowing her is that she visit's the hospital a lot. She is a very strong woman." he informed me. I didn't answer him and we silently walked to the hospital doors.
"Luckily, the paparazzi hasn't found out Bella's in the hospital. Once they do though, the hospital will be swamped." he told me randomly. I shook my head. Why would Bella want to live like this?
We quietly walked into the hospital. My family walking behind us. Once in the hospital we walked over to the counter. The lady looked to be in her mid forties. She had brunette hair and blue eyes. She was a thick lady, but overall she looked really sweet.
"My friend, Isabella Swan was just brought in here." Channing told her. She looked down at her computer typing.
"Ah yes, Isabella Swan brought here for having a mild panic attack. I'm sorry sir but I am not aloud to let any friend in. Only immediate family or a husband." she told us with an apologetic look.
"Jasper give me your ring?" I whispered, to low for human ears to hear. I put my left hand behind my back, I felt Jaspers equally cold hand slip his wedding band in my hand. I slipped it on my ring finger with a sly smile on my face.
"Um, excuse me ma'am, but Isabella Swan-McCarty is my wife." I smiled and showed her my ring.
"Oh, I'm so sorry sir. Yes her room is located on floor 5, room number 123." she informed us. I nodded and thanked her before turning to go towards Bella's room.
Channing, the twins, my family, and I made in front of Bella's room in about three minutes to be exact. I stopped in front of the door unsure what to do. I heard some heavy footsteps coming down the hallway. I looked up, the doctor I assume, was walking towards us. He wore blue scrubs and looked to be in his late-thirties.
"What a big family we have?" he smiled at us all.
"How's Bella? Is she okay? Will she be alright?" my questions shot out before I could stop them.
"Son, calm down. You do know that you really just asked the same questions?" he chuckled, I wasn't amused and clearly he could see that. "I suppose you're the husband?" he glanced at my ring. I felt my eyebrows scrunch together in confusion, I glanced down at my ring finger. Oh shit…
"Um, no actually. The lady wouldn't let us threw?" I told him honestly with a sheepish shrug. He smiled and nodded in understanding.
"Alright than." his expression looked amused. "Miss. Swan had a mild panic attack. I am guessing stress just caught up with her. Maybe something triggered a memory and she questioned it? That happens a lot with patients. People, places, reminders. You know? She needs to stay stress free and needs a lot of rest before going back to work and doing whatever." he smiled at us again. Man, this guy smiles a little to much for working in a damn L.A hospital.
"Thank you doctor. May we go in?" Channing asked. I didn't need Jasper's power to know that he was anxious and worried about his friend… best friend?
"I would advise that only three to four family… friends? Whoever the hell you people are go in at a time, maybe even only two. We wouldn't want her to feel Closter phobic." he told us before walking away.
"So… who is going to go in?" Channing asked slowly. He didn't need to though. He should know that out of all of us, he is the one most welcome by Bella. Him and the twins most likely.
"How bout' you and Emmett go in with the twins?" Rose suggested. At this moment I couldn't thank her more for giving the suggestion.
"Sure." Channing shrugged, I opened the door so he could push the stroller in. I fallowed after him.
"Channing?" Bella's beautiful voice whispered. I looked at her sadly. Her eyes where barely open and she looked tired.
"Yes?"
"Where is Kellan and Jersey?" her voice was raspy and low but I could still hear the concern and worry in her beautiful voice.
"Right here Bells… Emmett's here to see you." I stuck my hands in my pockets nervously, inwardly chuckling at how a scary vampire was nervous.
"Emmett?" her eyes met mine and even though how cliché it was, it felt like my world shifted. All that mattered was the angel sitting on the hospital. I wanted. No needed… to protect her from any harm. I needed to make her happy.
"Emmett… I am really happy you're here. It feels good that you care enough to actually come back this time." I heard the double meaning in her voice and bowed my head shamed. She knew… she knows it was me.
"I'm so sorry Bella. I was so scared. I was scared that you'd reject me Bells!" I told her, she looked down at her hands.
"I'm sorry Emmett, but I just… I can't handle this right now." I felt hurt and anger course threw me as she said this. She didn't want me in her life. I turned to leave. Maybe I could go to the Volturi and ask them to kill me. Maybe the wolves in La Push. A life without Bella isn't a life at all.
"No Emmett." I heard Alice snap from outside. She must of saw my future.
"Emmett, I'm not saying we can't talk. I am just saying another time would be good. Fuck, I am in a hospital Em! What do you want me to do? Huh? Do you want me to sit here and tell you everything is going to be alright? Do you want me to tell you everything is okay? That nothing has changed?" her voice was getting more panicked as she questioned me. I walked over to her and pulled her into a hug.
"No Bella… Do you want me to tell you what I think?" I felt her small head nod against my chest. "Bella… no matter what has changed in our lives, I want you to know that I am here for you. You don't owe me anything. Just… please, when you're better, contact me." I detached myself from her warm, beautiful body sadly. I gave her a sad, small smile before walking out of the hospital room. My family was staring at me with confused looks.
"What?" I asked, they shook there heads and found something else to stare at. "Come on Rose."
"What are we doing? Emmett, I know how you feel about Bella. You look at her in a way you've never looked at me, ever… You're just going to walk away?" Rose argued once we came to the waiting room.
"What do you want me to do Rose? Bella told me she needs to rest. She does!" I started. "I am not going to be at fault for sending her into yet another panic attack. We need to give her rest. Hell, I'll go visit her tonight if I have to. I need answers though, and that's what we are going to find." I replied. I had no clue what to do. For the last 80 years every choice I have made has been easy. I haven't had to think of how I will die if I go one way, because I am almost indestructible. I don't have to worry about cops or anything that any normal 21 year old would. Here I am, indestructible and one of the most sexiest men on earth (if I must say) and I am caught up in a human girl. I just hope she comes around.
"How are you just going to find answers on Bella?" she asked, I smiled wickedly.
"Emmett no…" she snapped at me… I stared at her. She doesn't even know what I was going to do.
"What?" I asked.
"No torturing humans… or killing them until they tell you things about Bella." she told me.
"I was thinking we could just get some old magazines from a store, but I like your idea better Rose… so wicked. I always knew you had a evil side to you." I teased, she glared at me and smacked the back of my head. I rubbed it.
"Damn Rose! Why do you always do that?" I whined, she glared at me again.
"You're stupid, that's why." she simply answered. I rolled my eyes. Not like I haven't heard that one before.
She huffed when I didn't reply and I simply just smiled. She was always the arguementive one, well actually… I am too.
"We need to find the nearest store." I stated.
"Um, here is a great idea! Ask somebody!" Rose's voice was sarcastic and bitchy.
"Um no. I don't need to ask somebody." I replied walking out of the hospital and into the crowded parking lot.
I looked around noticing that Rose wasn't anywhere to be seen. Damn it! Where did she go now? I finally spotted her walking out of the hospital smirking.
"There is a Save Mart right across the street." she informed walking past me and into the parking lot, I fallowed her.
Once in the Save Mart store I looked around for somebody that could easily be able to dazzle. I spotted a young, sluttish, teenage looking cashier standing behind a register. She looked bored in till her eyes met mine and lust glazed over her face. She started to poof her hair and put on pink lip gloss. Like I would want to kiss her. I started to swag towards her with a sly smile on my face. She stood taller and perked up her fake ass boobs. I gave her a dazzling smile, her heart rate speed up. She bit her lip trying to be seductive, I wanted to gag. I glanced back at Rose, she was still standing at the entrance of the store with her arms crossed over her chest, glaring at me. I looked back at the girl and at her name tag that was pinned right on one of her nipples, it read; Whitney. I leaned against the register, my face close to hers. Damn, her breath is stinky.
"What's like your name? Mine's like Whitney." she purred, well tried to. Her voice was annoying and it sounded exactly like Tonya's. She smiled at me, showing some not so pearly whites. I tried not to gag as I smiled back.
"Christopher." I told her, my voice husky and low. I used my middle name. I don't want no slut knowing my first name and stalking me. "So Whitney, I was wondering if you had any old magazines going back as far as a year that my sister and I can go look at?"
She looked surprised at my question. "Uh, yeah. We always keep at least one of each edition in the back that we get." she told me slipping the key off of her key chain. "Use this key to get into the back room and here is you know, my number." she slipped a little piece of paper into my hand with a demented looking wink.
"Thanks Whitney. I better get to that, I guess I'll be seeing you around… a lot." I told her with my dazzling smile and a wink of my own. I quickly walked away motioning for Rose to fallow me.
I walked into one of the isles trying going towards the back. I heard Rose sigh and start to run towards me.
"Well that was easier then I thought…" I mumbled to myself.
"Did you have to raise the girls hopes?" she asked me, I could practically hear her eyes roll.
"Yes." I simply stated.
"What exactly are we doing here? You know what… I think I know. We are trying to find something on Bella? I'm right… aren't I?" she asked me. I shrugged.
I walked up to an old, beat up, black door. I stuck the key that slut gave me in it and it swung open. The walls where covered in metal shelves with cardboard boxes on them. The boxes read; Magazines. They all dated back to about a year. I thought about it. Bella has only been around for like seven months.
I grabbed one of the higher boxes and put it on the floor. Rose opened it. All of the magazines inside were about Bella mostly.
"Well someone is obsessed with Bella Swan." She said with a large frown picking up a magazine. I grunted and grabbed one too.
"Well lets get started." Rose instructed as she started flipping threw the magazines. I started to do the same thing.
Thirty minutes later found Rose and I slowly going threw magazines. I was now laying on my back on the dirty, hard floor. Rose was sitting on a empty shelve flipping threw a magazine bored. We where stalling and I knew that. As vampires we could easily had finished all of these in a minute and found what we needed to know, but we honestly didn't want to go home to Edward and the slut.
I sighed and threw down yet another magazine onto the floor. The pile was growing bigger and a quarter of them where magazines from when Bella wasn't even famous yet. I grabbed yet another out of one of the many magazines.
The cover of this magazine caught my attention. It was a big picture of Bella and in bold handwriting it read; Is the rumor true that Isabella Swan does in fact have kids actually true? Find out in this exclusive article.
I flipped threw the magazine until I finally flipped to the page that it was on.
People magazines TRUE or False…
We already know that the new singer Isabella Swan is going to be the next, new Britney Spears. Already a hit list singer and a role model to many… but does this singer really have children, twins to be right? We have the answers all right here.
It is in fact TRUE! Believe it or not, the young singer does have children and she is proud of it. They are in fact twin babies! How cute. We have no information on their names, the fathers name, the date of birth, or anything about them.
I groaned and threw the magazine against the wall frustrated. It bounced off after hitting and fell to the floor with a loud smack. Rose looked up at me with raised eyebrows before looking at the new page she had just flipped. I heard her let out a tiny gasp.
"Um, Emmett… Do you happen to have your wallet? The one I found at the sight where you were attacked by the bear when you were a human?" Rose asked me. I tried to look at the magazine she was holding trying to see what had triggered that question. She hid it out of my line of sight. I sighed and took out my old, leather, wallet anyways and threw it at her.
Rose's POV:
I flipped threw yet another one of these retarded, annoying, gossip, teenage girl magazines. We still haven't found anything use full. I was flipping threw People magazine at vampire speed not really paying attention when something caught my eye. I turned back to that page. Bella was sitting on a beach, it looked like Redondo. She was sitting in dark sand, that was probably wet. Her legs where slightly bent. She had on an cream colored, small bikini with a red flower on it. Jersey was sitting in between Bella's legs and Kellan was leaning up against Bella's side. Her arm wrapped around his tiny waist supporting him. Kellan had small, white board shorts on with an red design on the side. Jersey had on a small, white bikini. They all supported huge smiles, the twins had dimpled smiles, reminding me of Emmett. The photo reminded me of something. I couldn't place it though. It feels like I've seen this photo somewhere. I stared at little Kellan a little longer than necessary. He just looked so much like Emmett. Wait, Emmett? I gasped and turned to Emmett.
"Um, Emmett… Do you happen to have your wallet? The one I found at the sight where you were attacked by the bear when you were a human?" I asked him. He looked up at me confused than tried to sneak a peek at the magazine I was holding. I quickly hid it. I didn't want him to see what I was up to just yet and the picture may remind him. He sighed and threw me the old leather wallet. I gave him a small smile before getting up and walking out of the storage room. I skipped threw the wallet quickly looking at all the old black and white pictures. I finally stopped on the one I was looking for. Emmett was leaning up against his mother, same age as Kellan it looks like. He was wearing just a diaper and was smiling a large Emmett smile.
I lifted the magazine so it was next to the small, pocket size photo. I compared the two. Looking back and forth between them. My mouth dropped open at the resemblance between Emmett and Kellan. Kellan looked just like Emmett when Emmett was that little. How could Emmett and Kellan look so much alike? That would mean they'd have to be related? Oh shit, Emmett is there father…
"What the fuck?" I whispered shocked.
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