Here's the next chapter. It is a lot longer than the last few that I have posted. So I hope you enjoy:)
Previously on Love, Pain, and the Whole Crazy Thing -
I'm going to go to the airport to meet him. I am not bringing our son or you for that matter, into this mess. Maybe later. But, not right now. Not so soon. I told her and stormed out of the hospital.
EMPOV
"Hi." I said breathlessly as I reached the service desk at the front of the airport.
I looked up to see a gorgeous strawberry blonde standing at the counter looking at me. She was utterly beautiful in every single way. I had never seen anything like her, besides my wife that is. Even then, this women came in a very close second.
"Hi." She smiled. God, even her voice was pretty. "Umm... Can I help you with something?"
"OH! Right! Can you point me to the American Airline section? I am picking up friend who is arriving at 5 am from London." I said with a huge grin. She really didn't need to know all of that, but I felt the want, the need, to stay by her. Just to talk to her and be around her.
"It's right over there." She pointed to a slew of signs behind her. "Just follow the signs, and you should be there in no time."
"Thanks... Tanya." I smiled as I looked at her nametag. I winked at her and she giggled slightly before I took off for the corridor.
I got there in no time, the signs really weren't that bad to follow. Now all I had to do was wait. I looked at my phone. 4:37 am. I shouldn't have to wait that long for him.
I started to go back and talk to Tanya, but I restrained myself. I was married man. It wouldn't be right. I couldn't even believe that I had been flirting with her. I was a complete idiot. I slapped my hand on my forehead out of habit. Oww.
"You ok there." I heard someone ask. I looked up. Oh no.
"You look like you need this." Tanya said sweetly.
"Thanks." I told her as I grabbed the cup of hot coffee out of her hand and took a sip. Perfect.
Nobody knew how to make my coffee, just right, besides Bella. It had taken her almost a year of trying to get it right, and still she sometimes messed up.
"How did you know how I like it?" I asked her surprised. She sat down in the chair beside me.
"I didn't know. It's just how I like mine, so that is the way I fixed it." she smiled.
Holy shit, what was that woman trying to do to me. This had to be stopped before I got to know her even better, because I might just fall in love with her.
"Don't you need to get back to work?" I asked. She shook her head slowly.
"I took my break, I thought maybe I would keep you company. You looked pretty stressed out when you came running up to me earlier." She pointed out. I nodded.
"My son was hit by a taxi yesterday." I blurted out, and her eyes got wide.
"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry." She said softly and put her hand on my shoulder for comfort.
"Thanks, nobody is really taking it well. That is why I'm hear." I told her. I took a deep breath before I spoke, making sure that I was calm. And that I wouldn't break down in front of a complete stranger.
"You see. My best friend, he is a lawyer. And he wants to sue the cab company. I am here to stop him."
"Why is that?" She asked confused.
"Because I don't want to hurt my son or my wife even more then they have already been hurt. I mean, yes. I want revenge, but not right now. Maybe when He gets better, but not right now." I sighed.
"I had no idea. You hide it really well. I wouldn't even be able to keep myself together long enough to talk to someone, let alone a person I just met. You are very brave." She told me.
"Thanks." I smiled at her.
"I'm Emmett McCarty by the way." I laughed slightly, and so did she.
"I'm Tanya Denali." She smiled and held out her hand. I shook it.
"Wow, I don't think I have ever told a stranger that much about my life in so little time." I said.
"I'm not a stranger." She smiled. "We just introduced ourselves. So technically we know each other, maybe even friends if you want?" She asked.
"Friends." I agreed with a grin.
We sat and talked for what seemed like hours, but it was only a few short minutes.
I saw Tanya look at her watch on her arm.
"Oh shoot. I have to get back to work. Can I give you my number?" She asked innocently. I held up my left hand and wiggled it in the air, showing her my wedding ring.
"I know your married." She said. "Emmett, I'm not looking to have an affair with you. I honestly really do like you, as I friend. And I would like to get to know you more. Maybe meet your family. Your little boy and your wife?" She offered.
"Okay." I said, a little skeptical. I knew she could keep her hands off me, but that wasn't the real question. The real question was could I keep my hands off her. I had never felt so drawn to someone in my life. I felt so comfortable with her already. I mean, yes, Bella was great. And I loved her with my whole life. But this girl this mysterious girl, beautiful in every single way and form, was new. And something different. She was so carefree, and always had a smile on her face. I already knew trouble would come if I took that number from her that was in her hand.
"Tanya, I'm sorry. I can't take it. If I get to know you, I don't know if I will be able to keep my hands off you... " I said out right and bluntly.
She laughed. "It's ok."
"Thank you. Please don't take it the wrong way. I just don't trust myself enough." I told her honestly.
"I don't take it the wrong way Emmett. It's fine." She smiled genuinely at me. "Thanks for giving me such a wonderful break. And if you ever just need to talk, you know where to find me. I work here six days a week, from 12 to 8 every morning." She told me, and stood up. I stood up with her, and she surprised me. She threw her arms around me and gave me a much needed hug.
"Thank you again Emmett, really. It's nice to talk to someone new everyone once in a while." She said, and then gave me a kiss on the cheek, before walking away.
I smiled as I put my hand to my cheek she had just touched.
"Emmett?" I heard someone ask. I shook my head. I SHOULD NOT BE THINKING LIKE THIS! I'M MARRIED! I needed to drill that into my head.
I looked to where the voice had come from. Jasper.
I walked over to him. He looked like he had just come back from hell.
"What happened to you?" I asked him.
"I couldn't sleep. How is he? Has he woken up?" He started blurting out questions.
"Jasper, stop." I said sternly.
"What are you doing here?" Was the next question he asked.
"I'm here to stop you. You are not going to put my son's face on every news channel in the state of New York just because you want revenge. I want it too, but not like that." I said.
"Emmett..." He said sadly. "Do you really think I would do that to Nathan? To Bella? To you?!" He asked shocked. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Your not the most subtle lawyer Jasper. Your cases have a tendency to be known all over the country when you are fighting one."
"But I do know how to keep it quiet. I would never do anything like that to hurt him. He is the only thing I have left to fight for. I won't ruin it." He said, and chokes back a cry of pain.
"What?" I whispered.
"Alice can't have children." He told me.
Of course. I was such an idiot. This is why he was acting so demanding like this. He feels that is he loses Nathan there will be nothing left for him look forward too.
"Jasper, I'm so sorry man. Bella told me about that." I said and put a hand on his shoulder. "You still have Alice, and you guys can adopt." I told him.
He looked away as I saw a tear stream down him face.
This must have really been a big deal for him. Besides hearing him on the phone crying a couple of hours ago, I had never even thought of Jasper crying.
"If we lose him Em... " I sobbed.
"I know. I know." I comforted and put an arm around in shoulder, leading him to the exit.
We walked slowly in silence for a couple of minutes, before he looked up at me.
"Who was the girl?" He demanded.
Had he seen me and Tanya?
"A girl I just met, she brought me coffee. That's all." I defended.
"Just because she brought you coffee, means that she gets to hug you, and give you a kiss?" he asked skeptical.
"I told her about Nate. She felt bad. I will never see her again. She was just a person there to comfort me ok?" I said, getting testy.
"Good. Cause she was hot. I wouldn't want you hanging around with a girl of that level of hotness. I know you Emmett." He said.
What was he, my father?
"I just told you, I would never see her again." I said angrily. "She was hot though wasn't she?" I offered with a smiled. He nodded in approval.
He seemed to be doing ok now, so I took my arm off of his shoulder. We walked towards the exit, passing the service desk on the way out. I turned my head, just to see if I could get glimpse of her.
She was working with an old couple, laughing with them. It made me smile. I was about to turn my head when her eyes caught mine. He face grew with a beautiful smile. Then she winked at me before going back to the couple.
This is bad. This is very, very bad.
BPOV
After Emmett left, I had called Alice, and Jake. They were going to call everyone else for me. After that, I went back to Nathan's room. Still no change. I laid my head down on his bed and dozed off.
"Bella?!" I was startled from my sleep when I heard someone cry my name.
I looked up. It was Emmett's parents.
"Hi." I said sadly and got up to give each of them a hug.
"How are you?" Nikki asked. "Are you ok? Can we get you anything at all?" She said kindly, her voice filled with worry.
"No, I'm good. Thank you. I'm so glad you guys are here." I told them and hugged Nikki again.
"Where's Emmett?" She asked looking around the room, while Julian went to Nathan's side.
"He went to go stop Jasper from making a law suit out of this." I told her.
"What? Why?" Julian asked.
Of course. Julian, being a lawyer, would think the same way as Jasper would.
"He said he didn't want Nathan in this mess, or me. I don't know. He just left quickly, telling me to call Alice. He didn't really give me that much information." I said.
"Oh, ok. I see where he is coming from I guess." Julian smiled at me and sat down by Nathan's bed.
"Nathan, it's your pop..." He started. I felt tears in my eyes as both Nikki and I watched the moment playing before us.
"Bella, I don't know how you are keeping yourself together through all of this." Nikki said quietly as she turned towards me. "I am so proud of you for that. You are like a daughter to me. And no matter what happens with everything, I want you to know that none of this is your fault and that I love you, ok?" She sobbed. I nodded as I wiped the tears from my eyes.
"Hello?" I heard someone ask. I looked towards the door. There was Alice, Victoria, Nike, and Edward standing at the door with a big blue teddy bear, bigger than Nathan.
I ran and threw my arms around Alice. She pulled me into a hug, comforting me.
"Oh, Bella. I'm so sorry." She whispered. I sniffled and looked around at everybody.
"I thought you all have to work?" I asked.
"Honey, please. Did you think that we wouldn't be here for you guys?" Vic butted in, and hugging both Alice and me.
I shrugged.
"Have any of you talked to Jake lately?" I said aloud.
"I did, they will be here in about an hour." Edward told me. I thanked him with a smile.
We all sat around, trying to make small talk. but it soon got quiet. The tension in the room was too much. Everyone was waiting for something to happen.
I had a feeling nothing was going to happen, not anytime soon at least.
"What the hell, when did you guys get here?" I heard Emmett ask. I looked up, and he was standing in the doorway, with a very bad looking Jasper right behind him.
"Emmett." I breathed out and ran to him, throwing myself in his arms. He hugged me tightly. Alice was right behind me, going to embrace a broken Jasper.
"What happened to you?" She asked him worried. He just shook his head at her, and went to sit down.
Jacob and Rose arrived with Sydney right on schedule about an hour later.
We all sat around for hours, eventually people started to head out, going home to go to bed. So on and so forth.
Everyone was gone by 8 at night. After they left Emmett and I got dinner in the cafeteria, then came back to Nathan's room to go to sleep.
I couldn't get to sleep at all that night. Therefore, I was awake when I heard Emmett grab his keys and walk out the door around 11:30.
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