A/N: I don't own Twilight. "Never Bloom Again" by The Perishers is fitting to the three main characters in this story for this chapter. (I don't own the song either). I hope to have another chapter up before I leave for on Sunday for a few days.
Emmett's Point of View
Confrontation
I spent the night sitting next to my door, blocking entrance to my room even Rose who normally shared it with me. I didn't even bother dealing with Edward. He had returned a few hours after Bell fell asleep. Jasper was currently at his door, both guarding him from leaving it and sending altering waves of self-forgiveness and guilt. Even though he understood weakness, Bella was his love and that should have overruled his instincts. Bell was physically fine. The wound on her finger stopped bleeding and it was obvious she had not been changed. She slept most of the night, waking from time to time sobbing. I would go to her and comfort her, but there was little I could do to ease her pain.
The sun began to flirt with the clear glass of the window as it slowly rose. By 9 a.m. Bell was awake.
"Emmett?" She questioned as dusted the night from her eyes.
"Yes. I am here. You are safe." I reiterated. She needed to be reminded that I meant her no harm. She had been hurt by the one person she never thought would harm her, how could she trust anyone else? She eased herself up from the bed and walked to where I was now standing against the door. Once she reached me she stretched out her arms in an effort to wrap them all the way around my waste, embracing me in a hug.
"Thank you" is all she could say. Her cheek rested against my chest as the tears began to dry. Carlisle must have heard me get up from the door, because before I could remember I was away from it, he had opened the door.
"May I come in?" he asked and Bell nodded. He walked in and sat down on the bed and motioned for us to sit. So I took her over to the couch. She sat down, but was unwilling to sit further than a few inches away from me. I secretly loved having her close, but hated the reason why she was next to me this time.
"We need to talk about what happened." Carlisle continued. "Edward is in his room now and pretty much crushed about what happened. I know this is traumatic for you and we have agreed to some ground rules, if you agree to them, or even want to be around him right now. You two will not be left alone for a while. There will be someone in the house whenever you two are here and while you are at your Father's, Alice will accompany you. I'm going to leave up the sleeping arrangements to you."
Bell was sitting with her head slightly bowed down and her eyes closed. I knew she was fighting back tears, thinking of what happened. I hated the sweet salt which had been flowing down her cheeks so much since yesterday evening. "I don't know if I can be around him just yet. I love him, but I need time. He needs time." She replied after nearly a minute of silence.
"Very well then. I shall speak to Edward." He said. "Emmett, may I talk to you a minute?" I got up from next to Bell, telling her with my eyes I would be right back. We walked to the doorway and he spoke in a low whisper. "Will you please see to Bella while we set up another room? I feel it would be best if she does stay here rather than be alone over the weekend."
"She won't be alone, Carlisle. But do you think it is best for her to stay under the same roof as him today and tonight? She is still crying and even said she didn't want to be around him. Let some of us take her out of town for the weekend." I replied. I knew Bell couldn't hear me, but I couldn't guarantee the rest of the family couldn't.
"No. I will leave." I heard Edward say, approaching my room from the hall. I stepped out of the room, leaving Carlisle to block the door. Bell did not need to hear this.
"We need to talk first." I said. We both silently walked down the stairs and out of the house. We didn't go far, but we made sure to not be where Bell could see us.
"What were you thinking? How could you do that to her?"
"Don't you think I regret what happened? I have said so many times she would be better off without me and I just proved myself. A vampire has no business being with a human."
"I know you regret it, but it happened and nothing you can do can change that. If I hadn't been so near, what do you think would have happened?" My words stung deep, but he needed to feel the pain she felt. He needed to have his world turned upside down, the things he believed in the most, questioned.
"I don't know what would have happened! I may have stopped, I may not have. This is why I am leaving!" he shouted, though I doubt Bell had heard.
"Fine, leave, so you can destroy her even more. Remember the last time you left the family? She can't wait years if she decides to stay with you. You need to regroup, but you need to regroup here. You can't run away from your problems. Some of the family will take her away from here for the weekend so you can both regroup. You need to stay here, sleep in your room where it happened, and think about it." I stated and walked back in the house and back up to my room.
"Bell, do you want to get away from here for the weekend? Alice and I will take you anywhere you want to go, well, within reason."
"It may be for the best." She replied. As I was packing, I heard Alice shuffling around in her room, she must have been packing her overnight bag, which was bigger than the bag I would carry for a week-long trip.
"Want me to go get your bag from his room?" I asked and she shook her head yes. I was on my way to the room when Alice passes me up and runs into Edward's room. I was glad I didn't have to face him again. I barely made it back in the house without trying to fight him. I wanted to hurt him, but I knew this would do no one any good.
"We're ready to go." Alice chimed in as happy as one could be this weekend.
"I want to say bye to him." Bella said as she walked towards me.
"Are you sure you are okay?" I questioned.
"I…I need this." She stammered as she walked towards his door and lightly knocked. He opened the door and stepped out.
"I'm sorry Bella. I'm so sorry. I do love you, even if you must hate me now." He said. I knew his soul was breaking and I began to ache as well. He was my brother and I did love him, but my focus was on Bell now. She needed to be safe.
"I know. We just need time away from one another to think. I never thought I would say that, but we can't act like nothing happened. I will be back and I do love you." She said as she wrapped her arms lightly around him. He wrapped his arms around her even less than she had and parted it quickly. He was angry with himself and he felt he didn't deserve even this. I didn't have to be Jasper to feel this. And I didn't have to be Edward to agree.
Bell turned around and walked towards Alice and I. I focused my mind toward Edward and thought, She will be safe. And we will return. Just give it time. This was what he needed to hear.
We made our way downstairs and said goodbye to the rest of the family. I hugged Jasper and Esme and kissed Rose goodbye. After I hugged Carlisle he handed me the keys to his Mercedes and I handed him my keys in return. Even Alice didn't know where we would end up and tinted windows are very helpful sometimes. We walked out to the car and I loaded the luggage. Alice slipped into the back of the car and Bell rode up front with me. Alice had made sure to pack her a blanket and pillow so she could sleep on our way to wherever we needed to go to start the healing process. I started the car and we pulled out of the garage and down the driveway.
