9. Hormones

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Someone That You're With by Nickelback

BPOV

It's been two months since I've been with Edward. He was everything that I needed. And, I'm not about to giver him up anytime soon. Christmas was rolling around close, too. And I was excited. Emmett and I decorated the house, and hung the Christmas tree.

Rose and Emmett told Charlie and Rose's parents. Charlie was somewhat okay, but Rose's parents were quite excited. They were going to get married after Christmas, and they both agreed that when the baby is born, they want Alice and Jasper to be the godparents at the baptism.

I was currently in the kitchen, baking up a Christmas fudge cake. I stirred the fudge in the bowl, listening the radio as it played music. I had such an urge to sing along.

I eventually did, moving my hips to the beat.

"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
"Why do I smell chocolate?" Emmett said, coming into the kitchen. "Because, I swear it smells like - FUDGE!"

"Back off," I warned. "I'm still making it. You'll get to have it in about," I checked my watch, "an hour."

"What the hell?! An hour?! You know about my problem with chocolate, Bella, and you know when I smell chocolate that I can't just go an hour with-" I cut him off when I stuck a chocolate bar in his mouth. He bit it, and chewed. "Thanks."

I chuckled, and went back to baking. I finished stirring, and poured the fudge in another bowl. I then took that bowl, and put it in the oven. I set the timer for forty-five minutes, and I turned to go into the kitchen.

"Christmas is in a week!" I squealed.

"I know!" Emmett yelled. I noticed that he already finished his chocolate bar. Damn, that was quick. "So, what did you get me for Christmas?"

"Not telling," I laughed. "I'll only tell if you tell me what you got me."

"No. Find out Christmas morning," he retorted. I stuck my tongue out at him. I plomped down on the couch with him. Not like he left any room for me. . . "What are we watching now?"

"I dunno," I shrugged. "How about The Fifth Element?"

"I love that movie," he said, putting the movie in the DVD player. I agreed with him, and just made myself comfortable. This was now my life. And I'm not leaving it.

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I was heading to the cafeteria with Rose and Alice by my side. Rose was slowly starting to show, but not so much. She hated the morning sickness. It was like she was going to die, right there in front of the toilet. People at school noticed her belly, but many of them think that Rose was just eating a lot.

The whole thought that she just had an eating problem. Until now.
"Hey, there, Rose!" Lauren greeted as we walked into the cafeteria.

"Hi," Rose said, not wanting to talk to Lauren. Her tone of voice was giving a hint to Lauren that she didn't want to talk, but Lauren went further.

"Well, I noticed that you've gotten a little bigger," Lauren said, a little loud. I narrowed my eyes at her, what does she have in plan now? Even if it was bad, Rose wouldn't give a crap.

"Yeah, well, get used to it." Rose tried to pass Lauren, but Lauren wouldn't let her. I noticed Rose getting annoyed and fustrated, her eyes blazing.

"And I know it's not because that you're eating a lot."

Rose glared at her for a moment. Lauren knew. How the hell did she know?! Rose didn't tell anyone except Alice, me, Emmett, Jasper, Edward and our parents. That's it. "Good for you. For once, you have a brain."

"I wonder what would happen if the school found out the truth."

Rose wasn't really comfortable with that idea. She didn't want anyone else to know, except for her family and close friends. Yeah, by her fourth month she would be showing. "I mean, you wouldn't want the whole entire school to found that," now she raised her voice louder, "Rosalie Lillian Hale is pregnant with Emmett Swan's kid." Everyone in the cafeteria was now looking at Rose, as Lauren just laughed. I looked at Rose, who was calm. She was building up her anger.

"Lauren," she said calmly, "do you know what I have to say to that?" She didn't let Lauren answer. "What I have to say is that, YES I am PREGNANT WITH EMMETT SWAN'S KID! And you know what else?! Do you know how that happened?! I GOT KNOCKED UP. AND WE DIDN'T USE A CONDOM, SO IT WAS TEN TIMES BETTER! So, you think you can really put me down? You have another thing coming. You're just upset that you couldn't have great sex, because EVERYONE knows that great sex only happens if you don't wear a condom! So shove your fucking comments up your ass, before I do it for you!"

And with that, Rose walked to our lunch table, sat down casually, and ate. I walked behind her with Alice, completely stunned. The whole cafeteria was silent, and Lauren was still standing there, completely shocked. The guys were now looking at Rose, while us girls were just eating. Rose had her eyes glued to her lunch, and didn't look anywhere else.

"Bitch doesn't know her ass to her elbow," Rose mumbled.

"Hormones," I heard Jasper whisper to Emmett. Emmett's mouth went into a perfect O and he just nodded.

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I walked around the house, cleaning up because everything is a serious mess. Emmett was downstairs watching T.V. and Charlie was still at work. I cleaned up my room, leaving it perfectly clean. I had already done Emmett's room, thinking since it was the messiest room, I might as well start with it first.

I walked into Charlie's room, vacuuming up the floor. I backed up, and accidentally hit his bureau. I heard something smash when I quickly turned off the vacuum, hoping to God that I didn't break anything. I turned around to see that a picture frame fell from Charlie's bureau. I picked it up, wiped it and was curious, so I looked at it.

It was a picture of two boys. One I recognized easily; Emmett. He was one years old, and I noticed that he was holding a newborn. I looked closer to see that the newborn he was holding, was me. I looked to the boy next to him. I didn't know who this boy was. He looked a couple of years older than Emmett, and had light brown hair. He was holding a newborn, too. Him and the newborn looked so familiar, but I just don't know who they are.

I took the picture frame, and went downstairs. I may not be able to ask Charlie since he isn't here, and he would probably tell me "Just ignore it, Bella." But I know I could reasel it out of Emmett. He would tell me anything.

I went down the stairs, walked into the living room, stood in front of the TV and held out the picture. "What's this, Emmett?" I asked. He looked at the picture, and his eys went wide. He probably wasn't expecting this.

"N-nothing," he stuttered.

"Tell me, Emmett," I ordered. "Now. Who are these two people?" I watched as Emmett slowly got up, and made his way to me. He ran his hand through his hair, letting out air from his mouth.

He sighed. "I guess it's time to tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"That's me," he said, pointing at himself in the picture. "At one-years-old. I'm holding you. You were just born. Well, you came back from the hospital." I nodded, urging him to tell more. "Now, beside me. . . is our older brother, Dane."

"Dane?" How can I not remember this?

"Yes, Dane. He lives in Seattle with his wife, and two kids."

"How can I not know about this?"

"You just don't remember, Bells." He then pointed to the baby Dane was holding. "And that's Nate. You're twin brother." I mouth dropped open.

"I have a twin brother?!"

He nodded. "You just don't remember, Bella! You only knew them both until you were three! Your memory probably doesn't go that far back." I considered this.

"Everytime I try to remember, I can't," I told him. "It's all a blur. What happened to Nate? Why isn't he here?"

Emmett sighed again, took my hand and led me to the couch. I sat down with him, staring at him straight in the eyes as he began to explain. "Nate was thirteen, I was fourteen when Dane decided to leave the family. Go on his own. Dad understood this, and let Dane go. We missed Dane a lot, especially Nate. Dane was like Nate's role model. Nate always looked up to Dane. So, a year passed and Nate decided to take the same path as Dane. He was only fourteen, but he ran away."

I gasped. Ran away? At fourteen?! "I still talk to him, but not that much. He lives in this small apartment near school."

"Which school?"

"Our school." I was confused again. How come I never saw Nate there before? Emmett saw my confusion, and explained. "Nate spends his time in the music room during lunch. All the time. That's all he does. And he doesn't come out, only to go to the rest of his classes. And the reason you haven't seen him in the halls or anything, is because you both are fraternal twins."

I blinked. "How come you never told me any of this?"

"I didn't want to confuse you so much," he said, looking at me with honesty. "I knew you were having a great time in Phoenix, so I didn't want to say anything. But when you came to live here when mom died, I just had to make sure you couldn't find out. Charlie doesn't know that I talk to Nate, either. He only speaks with Dane, and that's it."

I breathed for a moment, letting all of this sink in. "So, you didn't tell me that I had a twin brother and an older brother, just so I wouldn't get confused?" I looked at him, as he nodded.

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"Where are you going, Bella?" Alice asked. "The cafeteria is that way!"

I walked down the hall, the complete opposite direction of the cafeteria. I needed to find Nate. I needed to see him. I didn't want to tell Alice, Rose or Edward just yet. I want to meet Nate first. "You go, I'll catch up," I told her. She nodded, looked at me for a second and skipped to the cafeteria.

I walked down the hall now, comepletely by myself as I searched for the music room. I looked at the doors, one-by-one, reading them. And then I found it. I stopped, and I noticed that only a crack of the door was open. I stood behind it, as I heard someone singing and playing the guitar.

"Left on an eastbound train

Gone first thing this morning

Why's what's best for you

Always the worst thing for me

When am I gonna learn?

Why? 'Cause I'm tired of waiting."

Then the music stopped. He sensed my presence. "Is someone there?" a voice asked. His voice was nothing like I imagined. I knew I couldn't hide, and that I needed to see him. I opened the door, only to find him seating at the back of the classroom, holding a guitar.

And then, I realized something. He was the man I saw in the streets when Emmett was driving us home. He was the man with the black shaggy hair, and the black clothes. That's why he was so familiar. "Nate?" I asked, stepping into the room.

"Who are you?"

I walked closer to him, slowly though. "I'm Bella," I answered. He looked confused. He had no idea who I am. "I'm your twin sister."

That's when his eyes went wide. "B-Bella?" He put his guitar down, and now stood. He was quite tall; taller than me. And he was thin, but in a manly way. I noticed his eyes were dark brown. Like mine, but much more darker. Close to black. Before I knew it, I had my arms around him. Hugging him.

I was happy when I felt his arms wrap around me, hugging me back. "I never thought I'd see you again," he said in my hair. When we ended the hug, we had a billion questions to ask each other.

"Won't you come back and live with us?" I asked him, almost pleading. I spend fourteen years without him, I might as well make up for them. Not all the years, but some of them.

He shook his head. I made me sad; disappointed. "I can't, Bella. I can't just leave my apartment and settle in back with you, Emmett and Charlie. I ran away, Bella. I don't think I can pop up on your doorstep, and tell everyone that I moving back in. I bet you guys don't even have any room." He got me there. "Things can't change, Bella. They never can."

That's when I stopped. Things can't change he'd said. He possibly couldn't be. . . "ThingsCantChange?" I asked, completely out of breath.

"No, Bella, they can't change," he answered, but not my question. I shook my head.

"No no no. ThingsCantChange?! Are you ThingsCantChange?!"

He stared at me, probably thinking 'How the hell does she know my screename?' "How did you know that?" he asked.

"Because. . ." I said, drifting off, "I'm BlushKlutz." I watched as he was completely shocked.

"So, you are telling me this whole entire time we've been talking to each other of the Internet, and yet none of us knew?" he asked, making sure he was right. I nodded. He went silent, probably processing all of this. "So, mom. . .died?" I nodded, slower, this time. I watched as small tear drops went down his cheek. That made me spring into water works. I hugged him tightly, as I felt my shoulder getting wet, as I got his shoulder wet too. "I'm sorry for everything you had to go through, Bella," he choked.

I smoothed out his hair. The sadness of his voice made me cry harder. "No. No, Nate, it's okay. It wasn't your fault. It was never your fault."

"I'm sorry I wasn't there," he continued.

I shushed him. "Nate, it's alright. Everything is alright." I felt him calm down under my arms. I management to wipe my tears away without breaking our hug.

"I love you, Bella," he whispered. But I knew he meant it in a brotherly way.

"I love you, too, Nate." I whispered back and gently kissed his cheek. This must be the happiest day of my life.

Sneak Peek of Chapter 10:

"Is something bothering you, Edward? You haven't spoken to me all day," I told him as he met me at my car. I looked at his expression; he looked upset. What happened? I surely didn't do anything since I hung out with Nate.

"I think you know what's bothering me," he said coldly. Why was he talking to me so harshly?

I shook my head. "No. I have no idea what's bothering you."

"I saw you, Bella!" he roared. Why was he yelling at me for? I didn't freaking do anything. "I saw you in the music room, and you kissed that guy Nate's cheek and you told him you loved him!"

I had forgotten to tell Edward that Nate was my twin brother. Holy shit. I shivered, since Edward just yelled in my face. "But -"

"No," he said finally. "I don't want to hear anything else." And he turned around and left.

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