Chapter 9 Family is a Pain

Emmett POV

I was woken up by the sound of yelling at the bottom of the stairs, I don't know why but it sounded like mom and dad were arguing about something. But if they is anything that I could say about my parents it's that they don't argue.

Even when they did pops made sure none of us were in the house. I crept down the stairs as exhaustion slowly slipped away from me. I walked into utter silence as my muscle tensed with nervous energy and my ears strained to listen to them. Both of them were talking so fast and quiet that it was hard for me to follow on. They must have had a lot of practice doing that since they turned Edward.

"That's not what I'm saying I know, what we agreed on but do you really think that it's in his best interest to go through with this." I didn't really understand the context of the situation but I know what mom said gave dad pause.

If they were arguing then it had to be about me causing trouble. As the minutes ticked by I waited for pops response, the short pause of silence felt like an entirety.

"Yes I do and I don't appreciate the fact that you are suddenly backing out. We had a deal now I expect you to follow through. It could have been a lot worse and you know that."

I heard my father harsh and unforgiving tone rip through the air the underlying rage was so strong that I could tell he isn't doing his best to hide his emotion about the whole situation. What were they making me do that mom wanted to back out on. Why did they see what happened yesterday was such a big deal?

I ran up the stairs only to see Rose sitting up in the bed. Her golden curls falling loosely pass her shoulder covering her explode skin. As she gave me this side-eye glance like she knew what I have been doing downstairs. I'm sure that she wanted to know why but I pushed her gaze to the side and walked over to my dresser trying desperately to avoid her gaze.

Though I knew that I am failing when my shoulder tense and she spoke in a curious whisper. "What did you hear." I had to refine from turning around to look at her, I wanted to tell her but I also didn't want to cause any more problem for the family.

So I slipped on my shirt and a new pair of black jeans. As I slowly wrapped the family crest around my wrist I couldn't help the guilt that had begun to fill my chest.

I could hear them talking but this time it was more a normal human pace but they were still talking about something serious. I could tell by the amount of venom and anger in their words.

It would be best not to interrupt them but I wanted to know what they were talking about. But would it really be smart of me to get caught spying on them, I took in a deep breath when I was about to walk into the living room. "Emmett we would like to talk to you in the kitchen."

When I opened my eye there was my mother standing in front of me, her stern voice matched her angry mom power stance. Her arms were folded over her chest as this anger radiated off of her but I could tell that it wasn't for me when I looked her in the eye. A gentle and worried glow shined through them as she searched my face for something. Her lips began to quiver before pulling into a worried smile. I can tell that she isn't any happier about this then me and whatever it is it couldn't be good for her to disagree with dad.

I snapped to attention when her brow furrows at me, I must not have moved at all or not even recognized that she was there. I took in a deep breath even though I didn't need to before walking into the kitchen.

What kind of madness could he have possibly cooked up this time? I moved into the kitchen as slow as humanly possible. As I caught my father gaze I had to resist running out of the room, I was a ball of nerves and the cold angry gaze he was giving me didn't help it.

I just don't understand how in one breath you can thank me for saying your daughter, my wife. Then in the other, you can say that I failed the family and now I was getting my ass kicked. I started that fight was because my wife his daughter was being assaulted and insulted.

"Your mother and I have agreed." I heard mom clear her throat at dad's statement like she was arguing with him without having to say anything. The grim look on my father face showed that he wasn't too pleased that mom was going back on her word but he continued to speak as if she didn't just challenge him in front of me.

"I have decided that the whipping isn't going to be enough so along with being grounded and your mother will also be driving you to school every day. Until I know that you aren't going cause any more problems at school. Oh, and until I think you can control your vampiric urges you will be in that backyard fight and training taking beating after beating till I think that you have learned your lesson.

Rose will drive alone with Edward and Alice, and Jasper. Got that now head of school early to apologize to the Newtown boy." I scoffed at him, as I fought the urge for my eyes to turn a midnight black and a snarl that had begun to fill my throat.

I sneer at him before looking at mom that who had this pleading face, like she just wanted me to agree to it peaceful. I don't know why what could he possibly do. Beat me even harder like he wasn't already going to "teach me how to control my vampiric tendencies" Yeah right he is such an ass for this.

"No, we did here." I looked at the aggravated sneer that formed on his face but the anger that burned in my veins forced any rational thoughts out of my head. I don't have a problem control my temper I chose to hit that prick for what he said and did to Rose.

But I don't think that I got that point across when I saw dads vampire nature threatened to take over. Hia eyes shifting from golden to black tar."I figured you would say that, so every time from this moment on that you disobey me is another day that you don't hunt. That's one do you want to go for two?"

I felt this weird spark in my chest as a surge of anger and igdantion formed deep in my heart who the hell was he to take hunting away from me. That is like my thing I'm a great fucking hunter it what I did when I was human and it's what a do now. That like telling Rose not to love cars or Alice not to be a dancing freak.

More importantly, that meant no blood. "You can't be serious this is bullshit." I snarled at him as a little voice in the back of my head egged me on. But within a second he was inches from my face.

A dangerous gleam forced in his obsidian eyes as he spoke in a morning voice."That's three days you want to go for 5 please say something else because once you do I'm going to throw a beating in there too and I'm not talking about the belt."

I scoffed at him, taking in the deep seeded anger in his black eyes that were slowly turning back to gold. The angry frown on his face and the way that his body tensed every time I shifted my weight.

Almost as if the thought that I was going to attack him. I scoffed that sentence was downright laughable sure I was calling him out but that was only because he was being a dick. I had no interest in being a coven leader. All of this is just him blowing thing out of portion.

No matter how much I wanted to set him straight I wasn't going to risk my hunting. So I simply stalked into the living room my entire body shaking with dangerous angry as I slang my bag over my shoulder. Shuffling slightly out of the house not saying a word to anyone.

This had to be the worst week of my life, no hunting, no fun, no car. Just school that I have been to a thousand times already, really it's like they wanted me to walk into a wolf den and say give me your worse. I sighed heavily as I collapsed into the plush leather of my mother sliver sedan. I wasn't even planning on speaking to anyone when dad knocked on the window.

I glared angrily at him but rolled down the window ignoring the stuffy heat of the car to look at him. This smug air came off of him as he enjoyed his victory over me like the one some stupid prize all I am doing is changing tactics.

"No bye, no I love you." I scoffed at him at him as something cold ran through me, the coldest and harshest thing that I have ever said ran loud and clear in a cold lifeless voice. "That would be a lie, and I wouldn't want it to get yelled at for that too. We are done here I have 8 hours of school to suffer through."

I rolled up my window as the shock on his face turned to pain as he registered with I has said. I nearly jumped out of my own skin as I half expected him to drag me out of the car and demand why I would say such a thing. But nothing happened as I stared blankly out of the front windshield.

As the car door slammed shut I didn't even hear my mother move into the car but as the wheel screeched against the gravel and dirt road I knew she had gotten into the driver's seat. I let out a huff of air out of irritation and laid my head gently back on the seat.

Simply taking in the smell of leather as I closed my eyes slowly. "Dear what you said to your father no matter how angry, wasn't right." I nearly shutter at the sound of her wounded and exhausted voice. The pain in it was evident in her voice and the fact that me being spiteful to him, hurt her made me feel like shit. I knew that if I looked in her eyes at this exact moment there would be venom tears flowing.

I took in a deep breath as she continued to tell me how shitty of a son I was to the both of them, "I don't agree with any of it, you were protecting Rose and I understand that which is why I didn't have a problem in a lecture and calling it a day. But your father is convinced that this would lead to a bigger rebellion that could cost you, your life down the road." I scoffed at that statement I wouldn't endanger my life it means to much too me. "Emmy look at me."

The car jerked to a stop when I opened my eyes I could see the school a few inches from where my mother had parked the car. I looked over to my mother her gentle voice, moving my head without my consent.

I was right though, there were a few venom tears streaming down her face as she weeps silently. I sighed and gently lifted my hand wiping away the few tears that escape her eyes. "Ma please don't cry, I will apologize to dad okay? I'll call him after I deal with the Newton boy then I will apologize again in person when he gets home. Just please don't cry."

She gave me a sad smile before placing a gentle hand on my face, it should have been cold but it almost felt warm to me. This loving and caring look in her eyes told me that she believed every word that I was saying and was touched by my words. "Thank you, now get going" I smiled and nodded my head before jumping out of the car that was going to be a long day.