Spring Blossoms

Chapter 9:

(The author would like to apologize for taking so long with this chapter. Long story short, writer's block)

"Ow! Damn it Rosalie, let go already! I can get home by myself!"

Rosalie gives Edward a dark glare, lets go of his ear, and huffs. "See that you do. I'll send Emmett if you don't get there fast enough!"

Edward slowly walked back towards his house, replaying in his mind what he would say to his wife once he got there. He was preparing himself mentally for, amongst other things, a long yelling session.

"Shit, she'll probably yell at me a lot." Edward sulked. "She'll probably force me to stay at Carlisle and Esme's for a while, if I'm lucky. She'll force me to stay at Emmett's if I'm not."

Edward kicks off the dust from the ground. He grows angrier every second.

"Is it MY fault if I get angry every now and again?" he picks up a rock, and crushes it in his hand. "Why? Why am I not allowed to get angry every now and again?"

Edward punches a hole onto a tree trunk. "Damn! I can't go to my wife in this state of mind!"

"It's not my fault! It's not my damn fault that every now and again I feel trapped by all this!" He picks up a tree trunk, and tosses it to the air. " It's not my fault that every now and again, I just want to scream!"

Edward clenches his fists, looks up to the sky with fury in his eyes, and lets out his angriest scream. He screams out all his pent up rage.

"DAMN IT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Edward pounds the ground. "DAMN!"

That was when Edward felt someone grab him in a headlock. Edward struggles to break himself free, to no avail.

"Hey Eddy, since when were you so emo?"

"Emmett, let me go!"

"How about no?" Emmett drags him for a while. "Not until you calm down a bit."

"Let me go!"

"OK, little punk." Emmett lets go of Edward. "Now, time to spank a bratty child."

Emmett punches Edward in the stomach, sending him flying towards a tree. Edward, fury reflected in his eyes, gets himself up, and lunges towards Emmett. He launches a punch at Emmett, who simply grabs it effortlessly. Emmett twists Edward around, launching him again towards another tree.

"Now, what did Jasper teach you? Fight with anger and you fight with a disadvantage." Emmett coolly assumes a fighting stance. "Let's see you calm down now, OK?"

Edward screams in rage, rushing again towards Emmett. Emmett, on the other hand, reacts by simply kneeing Edward in the stomach, blowing the wind right out of him. Emmett later lays his foot on Edward's back, and presses him onto the ground.

Meanwhile...

"Shit." Sam looks at his truck, which had been crushed by tree trunk. He sees Leah enter La Push. "Good, you're back."

"Holy shit, what happened here?" Leah stares flabbergasted at the sight of Sam's crushed truck. Sam just looks on, stone faced.

"Emily! Call the insurance company!" Sam steps inside his house. "Those bastards are gonna LOVE this one..."

Back with Edward...

"So, you and Bells have a fight?" Emmett, who was now sitting on top of Edward, chuckles. "Congratulations, you are now officially married."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Dude, couples fight all the time."

"Not vampires!" Edward struggles to free himself.

"Even vampire couples fight."

"Never seen you and Rosalie fight!"

Emmett chuckles. "We fight every once in a while. And guess what, so do Jasper and Alice. They fight just as often as we do. And heck, even Carlisle and Esme fight. More often than you'd believe, in fact."

"That's bullshit. I've never seen those two fight! Now, you and Rosalie fighting, that's understandable. But Carlisle and Esme?"

"Dude, you have no idea. We all just don't fight in front of you is all. In fact, I remember this one time I caught Carlisle and Esme going at it." Emmett suddenly frowns. "Know what? That's one I'd rather not remember."

"Why, what happened?"

"Don't ask. I mean it." Emmett's serious tone surprised Edward.

"Emmett... is it OK for me to act like this?"

"Truth? Not really, acting like an emo just makes you look stupid." Emmett chuckles. "And it's also not OK to bottle up your anger so much. And it REALLY ain't OK to put off solving your problems with your spouse. But it is OK to want to cool off before confronting your wife after a fight. After all, when you fight with anger, you fight with a disadvantage."

Emmett lets Edward go. "Come on, bro. Let's sort things out with wifey, OK?"

Short while later...

Edward enters his house, where he sees Bella sitting in a corner. He gulps, knowing this was it.

"Hey, Bella..."

"Hey.." Bella does not turn around to face her husband.

"Look, about earlier today..."

"Don't worry about it. It's fine..."

"Is it?" Edward scratches his chin. Is he off the hook?

"Yes, it is. Don't worry about it. Oh, and Renesmee is here, if you are wondering. She's in her room, reading to herself. Let's just pretend today didn't happen, OK?"

Edward slumps on his shoulders, feeling odd about this situation. He thinks for a while about what he should say or do.

"Bella, there are some things I am not happy about, some things about my life that I really dislike. But you and Renesmee are two of the best things in my life right now, and for that, I am thankful. I don't want you to have the impression that I am unhappy with my life that I share with you, OK?"

Bella gets up, and looks at her husband. She thinks about what to say.

"I didn't know what to do with Renesmee once she came back. I didn't feel right punishing her for running away this time."

"I think...we should let her off the hook this one time. After all, we are to somewhat to blame for her running away. We should never, ever fight when she's within hearing range."

"Yeah." Bella remains in thought. "We should talk to her."

"I agree." Edward and Bella enter Renesmee's room.