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Chapter 9 – Justification (Emmett)
Emmett needed to call his little half brother, Jasper, later tonight and find out how he was doing, but not right now. Currently, Emmett was having some fun. Not his usual kind of fun either. No, he was out arresting teenagers. He couldn't believe he had actually blown yet another day without once fucking someone, but he had, and it was now night.
It had been almost three years since he had become chief of police in this small town. When Rosalie and Bella's father had died, he'd taken over as the chief of police. Now, three years in... he was sick of the teenagers' blatant disrespect towards him. At twenty-nine he had more nicknames than he cared to admit. The first and foremost being the joker. Everyone in the little town of Forks knew how he lived. Emmett rarely actually dated someone for more than a few days. And as a rule of his life, he never slept with the same person twice.
Of course, no one knew why he was like that – not even his big brother Garrett, or his little brother Jasper. And of course, his mother knew nothing about his life. When his mom, Victoria, had caught him saying goodbye to one girl one night and another the next night she'd slapped him and had screamed that he was just like his father. He'd been sixteen at the time. The next day he'd moved in with his older brother, Garrett. He hadn't spoken to his mom since that day, which wasn't exactly an easy feat given the size of the town.
But the most important thing that no one knew was the fact that he did love someone, but she thought of Emmett just as the rest of the town did, as a joker, a man incapable of loving anyone. The thing was that he had loved her since the first time he saw her, back on the first day of his Junior year in high school. Rosalie was two years younger than him, but he had always known she was the only one for him. In spite of the fact that he'd dated a few girls before he'd seen Rosalie, he hadn't really started refusing to settle with anyone until after she'd laughed in his face when he'd asked her out to prom that year. That had been when he'd started to gain his reputation.
He had done it on purpose though, because of the fact he couldn't have her. He had found comfort in sexual relief, but never with the same woman... or man... or couple or group – twice. Then, about three months ago, he had finally gotten to go on a date with her – and then sleep with her, but that actually hadn't been what he had enjoyed the most – she had been everything that he had desired, everything that he had dreamed of, and more. From her drive for a future to her laugh to the way she smiled and flirted... she was perfect. Yet he already knew she would never go out with him again. She had made it clear that it was a one time deal from the start.
And he hadn't been able to get her out of his head since. He'd gone from sleeping with someone new every night, to not even talking to anyone other than his family and the three deputies under him. He couldn't even have a proper date with his hand anymore... unless he was imagining it was her.
So tonight, much like the last eighty-seven nights, he was arresting people who thought he was a push-over and were trying to get away with everything. More often then not, they were kids.
Speaking of kids…
He pulled to a stop at the back of the local convenience store where two kids had decided to spraypaint the back wall. He turned the brights on before he got out. "Halt, drop the spray cans, and put your hands behind your back."
They did it almost instantly. Emmett walked over, cuffed the one, and then proceeded to handcuff the next. He grabbed each of the boys by the arm and marched them to the back of the police cruiser.
"Get in," he said roughly.
They did as he said but both of them had shocked looks on their faces. Yes, it was true. Emmett, the joker, had just arrested them.
AN: Quick end note to this chapter. So these first nine chapters featured one of each of the main characters, but going forward it will likely be less precise. Sometimes it may go Rosalie, Seth and back to Rosalie. The only thing that most likely won't happen is two chapters back to back for the same character.