DISCLAIMER: All things Twilight belong to Stephenie Meyer, I'm simply borrowing them for some play time!
WARNING: There will be language, adult themes, fighting, so please be warned. Also it will be obvious that being all human, that they are already OOC so keep that in mind as well.
Canon Pairings (mostly, well the important ones). AU/OOC and all that jazz. Beta'd by Je-suis-B thank you!
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Chapter 11 - Therapy
"So tell me, what does he look like? Does he look like your dad? Emmett? You?" Bella asked as she and Alice sat down at a table in the food court.
"I snapped some pictures of him when he wasn't looking." Alice passed her phone over.
"Alice all I see is a blanket and dark hair." Bella frowned.
"Sorry. He was asleep and it was dark. It was after the fight last night." She stuffed a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth.
"Is he coming to our party?" Bella inquired twirling her spoon in her mint-n-chip.
"Yep, I told him he had to come." Alice giggled. "He implied that muwa is pushy? Can you believe it?"
"God no!" Bella feigned innocence. Before they both burst out laughing.
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"So you're saying that we should be mad at Dad?" Emmett asked.
"Yes." Aro caught Carlisle's eyes giving him a menacing glare. "I mean no! I mean… you have the right to be upset about the circumstances Carlisle and your mothers created, but you have to understand there were so many puzzle pieces so to speak that led to this."
"That led to my mother leaving him and lying to me for my entire life?" Edward suddenly spoke. He had not said anything the entire time they had been there.
"Edward, I am sorry for what your mother did. And I am sorry that I can't help you find those answers through therapy. But at least I can work on helping you come to terms, to try and move forward," Aro apologized.
Edward sighed. He was well aware of the fact that he might have had those answers had he not destroyed the last thing his mother left him.
"Now Emmett do you have anything to say to Edward?" Aro asked.
Emmett looked at Edward. "Look man, what I said was fucked up. I know. I meant what I was trying to say, but didn't say it right." Emmett tried to explain.
"So you meant to call my mother…"
"No! Damn it. I meant that..." he looked at Aro.
"Use your words Emmett." Aro instructed.
"I was pissed cause my parents didn't tell me about their break and that my dad ended up having a kid with someone else that wasn't my mom." Emmett tried to explain.
"For which I am sorry, but I am not sorry that we had Edward," Carlisle assured.
"Look, if I showed up at your door what would you have done? Would you want to be best friends hu?" Emmett asked.
"No." Edward admitted.
"And with that being said Emmett, don't you suppose that Edward is going through some things beyond his control? That perhaps understanding on your part could be had?" Aro continued. "Do you see that Edward has no bearings on anything that has happened and has no fault in this?"
"Yeah." Emmett admitted as well.
"Now your father has informed me that you decided to postpone college for a year. And that Alice has been given some time off to… get settled with the new atmosphere. And since Edward is not yet enrolled… I suggested to him that you all do something together. Something to get to know one another." Aro explained.
"What?" Emmett and Edward both exclaimed.
"I've taken some time from work, your mother has postponed some of her charity functions and her work. All that's left is to decide where and exactly when." Carlisle told them.
"Look, I'm willing to try this out. But going on some happy family vacation…" Edward stood up running his hand through his hair. A nervous tick Carlisle noticed they both shared.
"Don't look at it that way Edward," Aro stood up reaching out to try and calm him. "Look at it as a getting to know each other type of thing."
Edward glared at him. "What if I don't want to."
"I think that's the point." Emmett spoke up. "I mean. It doesn't matter if we want to cause we're going to have to, right?" He gave his father an annoyed look.
"See Carlisle, I told you he was a bright young man!" Aro smiled jokingly.
"Hu?" Emmett looked at Carlisle.
"Ha,ha, I've always said that Aro!" Carlisle snapped at him.
"Edward, Emmett…" Aro got serious again. "Carlisle has set up a day for each of you to come see me. Edward you have Wednesday evenings at 5 pm. Emmett Thursday evenings at the same time."
"Wait? What?" again both brothers asked.
"One meeting isn't going to wash everything away." Aro sat down on his office chair.
"I don't want to come and chat about this every week Unc," Emmett proclaimed.
"Well you should have thought of that before last night." Carlisle reminded him.
"For how long?" Edward asked.
"That depends." Aro said.
"On?" Edward raised his eyebrow.
"On the progress we make." Aro replied.
Edward decided that he had enough and went back to being quiet. Carlisle sensed the possible withdrawal and decided it was enough for the day.
"Ok, well this I think was progress. We can go home and talk some more if you like." Carlisle let them know.
They said their goodbyes and headed out to the car. Esme was waiting in the waiting room. She had traveled in the backseat with Edward while Emmett sat in the front with Carlisle.
"I'm going to stay in town for a bit," Emmett said clearing his throat.
"Excuse me?" Carlisle asked.
"Jasper asked me to…"
"No." Carlisle stopped him. "I get your reasons and your feelings that caused the incident that went on last night, but no way. You are grounded. Jasper can come over, as Rosalie can, and that's it. You stay home period."
Emmett looked annoyed but said nothing. Neither did Edward as they headed back home. A part of Edward hoped that Emmett wouldn't be home. They came to an understanding at the very least but they weren't best friends. Nor did Edward trust Emmett… and honestly he didn't want to face Jasper. Not after he had freaked out in front of him. One thing was sure, the long day he had anticipated yesterday, was certainly starting to seem like every day was going to be a long day from here on out.
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