While You Loved Me

Author's Note: I hate to say it but this story will be coming to an end shortly. I may add a few chapters that weren't in the Notebook but you will see those after Junior and Bella have their little "date night". I don't want to end it where Nicholas Sparks did so I think I may have the remembering scene and then have him continue reading about life after said event. Then I will end it…if that makes any sense. Eh, makes sense to me but HEY! I'm weird and that's how my process works ha ha. Anyway, here's more of Junior reading to Bella.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, I just play with it.

Chapter 8

Junior's POV

The next morning Bella took a little extra time getting ready to go meet Emmett. She still didn't know why she was doing this because she had Edward at home and she thought she loved him but seeing Emmett again had her confused. She got in her car and drove the short drive to Pinhook Plantation and walked into the open barn beside the house.

"Emmett?" she called out into the barn.

"In here, Bella." He called from up top. "Give me a second and we can go."

Bella waited patiently down below in the barn before Emmett made his way down the ladder. He lead her away from the barn and toward the back of the house where the river laid. He pulled a little row boat into the water and helped Bella into the boat. They talked for a bit as he rowed down the river.

"Where are we going, Emmett?" she asked curiously.

"I found a little wooded area of the river that I thought you might like to see one day while I was out here on the water." Emmett said with a smile. He rowed a little more and into the wooded area. They were surrounded by hundreds of swans just floating and playing in the water.

"WOW!" Bella exclaimed in awe "Where did they all come from?"

"My guess is they got lost during migration. They have been here for years." Emmett said "I saw them and thought of you."

"It's beautiful!" Bella said with a smile. It really was a breathtaking sight, the hundreds of white swans swimming around their boat as they continued to drift along the river.

"Would you like to feed them?" he asked, pulling out a bag of bread crumbs. Bella nodded and they both took turns feeding the birds from their little boat in the middle of the crowded area. When they were done, they headed back to the house. It began to rain just as they pulled up to the pier and Emmett helped Bella out before quickly pulling the boat up onto the bank. Rather than run for shelter, Bella stopped at the end of the dock in the pouring rain and asked the one question that had been burning in her mind for the past 3 years.

"Why didn't you write?" Bella asked loudly "It wasn't over for me! You didn't write! You didn't call! WHY?"

"What are you talking about, Bella? I wrote!" Emmett exclaimed, stepping toward her.

"No you didn't! NO you didn't!" Bella yelled.

"I wrote you every day for a year! It wasn't over for me either!" Emmett yelled, stepping closer to Bella "It STILL isn't over!" he added and kissed her passionately.

Bella deepened the kiss as they made their way to the house and out of the rain. They never stopped kissing as they made their way upstairs, tearing their wet clothes off and throwing this in random places throughout the house on their way to the bedroom. By the time they made it to the bed, they were both naked and ready to finish what was started 3 years ago.

Emmett continued to kiss Bella passionately, running his hands up and down her body as he did. He kissed along her neck and collarbone, worshipping each of breasts as he had dreamed of doing every day for the past 3 years since she left. Bella moaned as he continued kissing up and down her body, loving the feel of his mouth on her. He made his way back up to her lips and kissed her passionately.

"I love you so much, Bella." Emmett whispered in her ear softly.

"I love you too, Emmett." She moaned back as he slipped between her thighs, taking the virginity that she had yet to give to any other man.

Emmett thrust into her slowly and passionately, kissing her lips and her neck as he did. Bella moaned with every thrust that Emmett made. He continued to make love to her, whispering how much he loved and missed her in her ear. She felt her stomach knotting up, signaling that she was close to hitting her peak. Emmett was close as well but he wanted her to find her release before he did. Bella's breath began to hitch as her moans became louder and louder until she finally screamed his name with her release. Emmett continued to thrust into her, his release coming fast. Bella screamed out Emmett's name again as she found her second release of the night and clenched around him triggering his own release. Emmett groaned out Bella's name as he spilled his warm seed deep inside of her before collapsing beside her on the bed.

They laid there trying to catch their breath for a few minutes before Bella started giggling.

"What's so funny?" Emmett asked.

"That's what I was missing? If that was what I was missing, I would have come back sooner." She said snuggling up to him.

"I'm glad that I could be of service, ma'am." Emmett chuckled.

"That was amazing, Emmett." Bella said kissing his chest and straddling his naked form. "Let's do it again." She said kissing him passionately.

That night Emmett and Bella made love on every surface of the house, never tiring of exploring each other. When the sun came up they were still tangled in each other on the floor of Emmett's bedroom.

"What do you want to do today?" Bella asked.

"Hmmm…get some breakfast?" Emmett groaned sleepily.

"Breakfast?" Bella asked.

"Uh Huh…need energy." He mumbled.

"Ok…what do you want to eat?" Bella asked.

"Some pancakes and um bacon?" he said waking up a bit.

"Ok, baby. Get dressed and meet me down there." Bella said grabbing one of his t-shirts and boxers. She threw them on and headed downstairs. She started cooking breakfast before Emmett came in and wrapped his arms around her from behind. There was a knock at the door and Emmett went to go answer it to find Rosalie standing there.

"Rose? What are you doing here?" Emmett asked.

"I had the day off, I thought maybe we could hang out." She said.

"Now's not really a good time, Rose." Emmett said and just then Bella came to the door.

"Emmett, baby, who's at the door?" Bella asked before seeing Rosalie standing there "I'm sorry. How rude of me, I'm Bella." She said extending her hand to her.

"Rosalie" Rosalie answered taking Bella's hand and shooting Emmett a sideways glance.

"Would you like breakfast?" Bella asked "I can set one more spot."

"Um sure." Rosalie said and Bella disappeared inside. "She's the one isn't she?"

"Yeah." Emmett said running a hand through his hair "I'm sorry Rose, she showed up a couple of days ago."

"It's ok. Is it ok if I stay? I'd like to meet her better." Rosalie said.

"By all means." Emmett said stepping away from the door and letting Rosalie inside.

Emmett, Bella and Rosalie spend a nice, yet awkward, breakfast together talking and getting to know each other a little better. Well in the cases of Rosalie and Bella anyway. At the end of the breakfast, they spent a little more time together and before they knew it, it was dark outside. Emmett walked Rosalie out to her car.

"I'm sorry that you had to find out about Bella this way." Emmett said.

"No, it's ok." Rosalie replied "She's wonderful, Emmett. I can see why you fell in love with her so long ago. It actually gives me hope that maybe I can find love again someday."

"Rose, you are a wonderful woman and any man would be lucky to have you. I'm sorry that I can't be that man for you." Emmett said kissing her on the cheek.

"You have a good woman in there, Emmett. Don't let her get away this time." She said before getting in the car. He had no intention of doing such a thing.

Emmett went back inside and he and Bella spend the rest of the night together in each other's arms either making love or talking about everything under the sun. The next morning Bella woke up to find that Emmett wasn't there but he had left a note by her pillow.

"Bella, My Love,

You looked so peaceful while you were sleeping that III couldn't bear to wake you. I ran into Gatlinburg for a few things. Feel free to look around and make yourself at home. Oh by the way, I have a surprise for you so follow the arrows.

Forever Yours,

Emmett"

Bella laid the note back down on the pillow and picked up the single red rose that was also laying there. She smelled the rose and wrapped the sheet around herself before taking off down the hall following the arrows made of tape on the floor. She opened the door with a makeshift "X" made out of tape on it and found that it was the very room that she told Emmett she wanted. The room was completely set up with a big window overlooking the river, all the paint supplies she could ask for and an easel and canvas sitting by the window with a little stool.

Bella spent a while in that room painting the scenery with the sheet pooled around her hips and enjoying the peace and quiet that the room provided. After finishing her painting she wrapped herself up in the sheet and headed downstairs to grab a glass of water. There was a knock at the door and thinking it was Emmett she flung the door open to find her mother standing there. She blushed a deep crimson at being caught.

"Get dressed, we're going for a ride." Renee said and Bella got dressed and followed her mother to her car.