Sorry about the long wait for this chapter. I was trying to think it out and now, my brain is a little occupied on a new little idea that I have. Moving along now…

Welcome to a new, wonderful chapter of Reality of Our Lives.

Well, I lied in the last chapter; that wasn't the chapter where TheGreatAli's brilliance would be known. This is the chapter where her brilliance is shown.

But, it's not only her brilliance that will be known; it'll be where Wyntirso's brilliance is also shown. Both of these reviewers gave me brilliant ideas that I had to use both of them – though, I'll be combining them in some way.

And, I think I have a name for the little girl now.

But, let's begin the chapter so now all of you can know what will happen.

Chapter Eleven

Emmett's POV

"She's… gone?" I asked quietly, staring down at the note that Rose left for us.

I had woken up from my surgery, and what do I find out? The woman that I love with my whole life has just walked out on me. I didn't know why she walked out, and I didn't know if she knew about Piper – my daughter, who was sitting beside me.

Shocked, are you? Yeah, Piper is my daughter. Probably thinking, "Emmett how could you do this to poor Rosalie? How could you when she claims she's had a tough life as it is?" Well, don't just jump to the gun just yet, people! Sure she is my daughter – in some way. I mean, I didn't have sex with another woman! I couldn't even dream of doing that to the woman that I love.

You see, I have a daughter because I was a sperm donor. (Is that spelled right?) Sounds disgusting in any way, right? Well, believe me; the idea was very disgusting to me as well. One of my friends just happened to pull a little prank on me in college, and signed me up for said thing. Next day found me in an office, placing my sperm in a weird metal tube and had me giving it to a doctor. (Really, I don't want to go into details in that department.)

But, after nine months when I gave the sperm away, I just found out that a woman had took my sperm and was now the mother of a baby girl. She named her Piper, and went looking for me, saying she wanted a father figure for her baby – and the fact that she wanted me and her to get married.

Of course I did the right thing and said no; I was in love with Rose, and no way did I want to become the father of a mystery baby from a mystery woman. She told me her name was Heidi, and that her husband walked out on her when she couldn't have a baby with him; surprisingly, she could have one with me.

But, I continued to refuse her request of marrying her. She probably made up the story really – I doubted in myself that anyone would take my sperm; that's when I got the DNA test results from Heidi, confirming that Piper was my little baby. Finally, I agreed on her request.

No, not the marriage deal; I would be the father of Piper for her. She was my daughter by blood and everything. Heidi and I kept in close contact, though I had to hide it from my Rose; I knew she would freak out and do this little stunt if she found out in college.

And one day, the unexpected happened. Heidi had gotten into a car accident when she was driving to work. The truck driver had came out of nowhere at the intersection, and Heidi happened to be trying to turn down a road to get to her office. The driver had been going way over the speed limit, and struck her car. She had gotten a punctured lung from her cracked ribs, and her skull was crushed when she smashed into another car.

She died when paramedics arrived and it was too late to save her.

Piper was at my parents' house at the time, and didn't see the news of Heidi's death on television like Carlisle and Esme had seen. And so, I let them take care of Piper for me while I finished up college. And then, when it ended, I got full custody over Piper. But, I couldn't let her inside the apartments when Rose was around; she would flip out if she saw her.

But, now, my life was crashing down around me. Rose had walked out on me because she thought I cheated on her. And now I had no way of getting her back – no cellphone, no note telling me where she was going, or if she would be coming back. Nothing at all; I wanted to explain everything to her before I had gotten in this hospital bed, and look what has happened while I was asleep!

What's worse is that I was planning on asking her to marry me before she came home on that day. How could I not plan meeting Piper any better? How could I not know that Rosalie would come home so soon from meeting with Tanya?! Nothing seemed to be working in my favor these days, and it will only get worse if I don't find Rosalie soon – and talk to her.

"Emmett? You okay, bro?" I was shook from my sister's soft voice and looked around my area, to see only she and Edward were in the room with me and Piper. Jasper and Alice must've left while I was thinking to myself. I nodded over at her, and sighed, stroking Piper's hair absentmindedly.

"How long have I been out?" I asked no one in particular. "About a few hours." Bella answered me, leaning into Edward's side. "Did you see her coming in?" I asked them; they knew who I was talking about. "No. We were in the cafeteria getting something to eat." Edward answered quietly, stroking Bella's hair softly.

Abruptly, Bella stood up, leaving Edward looking up at her shocked. Tears were streaming down her eyes. "I think I'll uh… just go to the bathroom." Bella whispered brokenly, turning her face away from us. Piper got up when she saw Bella's tears and followed her out of the room, her little Mary-Jane shoes clicking against the linoleum floors, and her brown locks bouncing. With one last look of my sister leaving the room with my daughter, I looked back over at Edward.

"Can you tell me who is Royce King?" I asked Edward, the remembrance of his name rushing back to my mind.

Edward told me the tale of Rosalie's past – one that I didn't even know of. How she met a boy named Royce King, how she fell in love with him at a young age, and how she was cheated on him when she was a little girl. My blood boiled profusely when I heard him tell me her encounter with Royce back in sophomore year in college, and how he had done the same thing to my little sister.

Now I understand why Rosalie would be so upset at me; she thought I had done the same thing to her like what Royce had done to her – well, except for the raping part, really.

"So, is that little girl your daughter?" Edward asked after a few minutes of my silence. I nodded and told him my tale of Piper; how I was a sperm donor, and how Heidi wanted me to be the father of Piper. How Heidi had died and how I was Piper's father permanently. "Oh god… I hope that you find Rosalie soon, Em." Edward muttered, rubbing his neck sadly.

"When's Bella going to get back from the bathroom?" I asked him; my little sister and my daughter has been gone over twenty minutes now, and I was starting to get worried about them. "I don't know…" Edward trailed off. "We should go look for them." I mumbled. "The doctor said you could go home after you woke up – as long as you take it easy on yourself." Edward explained, getting up and leaving the room.

I looked around the room when I got the IVs out of my arms with nurses' help and saw that there was a bag by the bed. Inside were clothes for me; probably from one of the others. I changed and left the hospital room, looking for Edward.

He was in the lobby of the hospital with Alice and Jasper, but no Bella or Piper. Edward was running his hand through his hair, a frustrated look on his face. "What's going on?" I asked them. "Bella's seemed to disappear as well, along with Piper." Edward explained, a worried expression across his face.

"We weren't in the lobby again, so we didn't catch her leaving here with Piper. We have no clue where she went." Alice muttered, rubbing Jasper's arm soothingly. His eyes weren't the usual mischievous bright blue that I was used to seeing in him. They looked dead, while they were red and puffy; probably still crying over Rose's leave.

"Wait…" Edward muttered to himself, as he began pacing – a habit of his when he got thinking. "He needs to get out of that pacing habit." I muttered to my adoptive sister, shaking my head at my adoptive brother.

"Whenever Bella felt upset over something, we would go to the cemetery and go see her father's grave." Edward muttered, stopping his pacing. "You think she will be there?" Alice asked him, still rubbing her hand over Jasper's arms. "It's worth a shot." I mumbled, as I signed a couple of papers that dealt with my staying here.

When I was done, we hurried out of the hospital and towards our car – Alice's Porsche. (It looks like Bella took Edward's Volvo.)

Edward and I sat in the back, while Alice and Jasper sat up front. Alice peeled away from the hospital and raced down the roads. In and out, I would see either a Volvo or a BMW time to time, hoping the driver would either be Bella or Rosalie; but, when I saw the driver, it wasn't them.

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Alice pulled off from the highway and went towards the town of Forks. There she went down a road and went towards the Forks cemeteries. She pulled up to one that Edward told her to stop at, and there, we got out of the car. Edward went in the cemetery first, looking around the area. Alice and Jasper went after him, and I stayed back a distance; I followed after them after a few minutes.

Edward looked over the graveyard once, before he dashed towards a blurry figure in the distance. He stopped by the figure and sat down beside it, kissing its head; he found Bella. Alice, Jasper and I ran after him and when we got near them, I saw that Bella was staring down at Charlie's grave, with Piper in her arms.

"Bella, why did you run away from the hospital?" I asked her quietly, sitting down beside her. She sniffled and handed Piper over to me, before she curled more into Edward. Alice and Jasper sat down behind her, while I stroked Piper's hair.

"What if it happens again?" she whispered to Edward, as if though she was ignoring Alice, Jasper and I. "What Bella?" Edward asked her, also ignoring us; how rude.

"What if the same thing happens to Rose? What if she never comes back and the next thing we know, she'll be found dead? Or what if somehow she runs into Royce and gets raped again?" Bella asked him, her voice hysterical. Edward looked up at me sadly, before sighing.

"Love, we don't know what may happen to Rose. But, I know that she's strong and can take care of herself. I know that she'll be fine. And, if Royce does show up, she's more likely to come back. Who knows though? She may be still in Forks." Edward told her, lying through his teeth. He knew that Rose wouldn't be able to take of herself, or when Royce may come back. And, he knew that she wouldn't be within miles of me, so she had to be somewhere else now.

"You're lying." Bella muttered disappointedly at him. "Sorry, love." Edward mumbled back, looking down at the grass. "It's okay. I'd rather face the lie than the truth." Bella whispered back, kissing his cheek.

Me too, my little sister. Me too…

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A few days later…

Ever since the day that Rose left, I've been the living dead.

I asked Edward and Bella if I could stay over at their place; I didn't want to be near my apartment, where it might bring back memories of her. I haven't been able to say, think, or even utter a letter in her name, before it would cause too much pain to my heart. Nothing would get my spirits up, unless she was to walk through that door right now.

Of course, Edward and Bella let me stay with them, but it still pained me to see them hugging, kissing, touching each other. It kept bringing back memories of her. So, Edward and Bella only did those things when they were alone – yet unfortunately, they knew that I would hear them.

My heart felt as though someone – her to be specific – had ripped it out of me, leaving me lifeless. My heart would only beat for her, but she wasn't here to hear it.

Nothing seemed to be helping me forget about her; red reminded me of her body in it. Blond hair reminded me of her golden locks, blue eyes reminded me of hers, shopping trips with my sisters reminded me of her addiction to clothes, jewelry reminded me of the rock I was going to give to her. Every turn that I take, it just led me back down towards her.

I woke up the next morning and dragged myself down the stairs to the kitchen, catching the whiff of pancakes and coffee. I walked in the kitchen and saw that Bella was flipping pancakes while Edward was brewing coffee, both wearing pajamas.

"Morning, Em." Bella called over her shoulder when she heard my shuffling. I grunted back and slumped down on a bar stool, resting my forehead against the granite counter tops. Bella slid a plate of pancakes over in my direction, and Edward did the same with a cup of coffee. I muttered thanks to them and began eating. Edward and Bella got their breakfasts all together, while we watched the news from the TV they had in their kitchen.

"While the famous group of singers – Emmett, Bella, Edward, Alice and Jasper – go about their lives, Rosalie seems to be missing from the group. Has she run away from her relationship with Emmett? Could it have something to do with the little girl that Emmett's been seen with for the past few weeks? Whatever the reason may be, she didn't tell us when we finally caught her." The news reporter stated from the TV, before the picture switched over to a new one.

It was day time and Rosalie was hugging someone by her red BMW, while I dropped my fork. "Is this man now new in Rosalie's life? Has she replaced Emmett? Still, when we tried to interview her, she didn't respond; she only got into her BMW and drove away – only instead of away from Forks, she headed back towards it. We may never know where she will be going, or what will become of the famous group. In other news, rumors of Edward's and Bella's wedding has been postponed, as now, Bella looks like her stomach is getting bigger? Could she be gaining weight, or is she pregnant?"

Edward immediately turned off the TV when he heard they were talking about them, while Bella was trying to get me out of my trance.

I stared in shock as I saw what was happening before my eyes; my love had left me, but now, I found her again – in the arms of another man.

Does anyone want to take a guess of who the mystery man may be? Only I – and TheGreatAli – know. (I decided to go with your original guy, TheGreatAli. I think it would be impossible for the guy that I was planning for to be out so soon and then come back.)

Anyways, please review nicely and wait for the next chapter; again, sorry that it took a long time for this chapter to get out. I'll be a bit busy for a while, and it'll take a little longer for me to update on my stories. I have lots of things going on at my school, along with lots of projects that need to be finished, and chores at my home.

So, bye for now,

~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~

NEXT CHAPTER:

"How could you? I loved you – and I still do – and what do you do? You go behind my back and cheat on me?!" she screamed at me.

"I would never cheat on you! Do you really want to know what happened?" I asked her. She glared but nodded anyway.

"I have Piper because I was a sperm donor!"