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Most of you'll were confused about the hay smell and especially the pink envelope. This chapter does not answer the questions but I am sure by the end you would all know who the letter is from.
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Emmett POV
"Rose." I softly called. She was sitting quietly at the desk in our room, why we need a desk is beyond me, but Esme had one in each and every one of our rooms- in every one of our houses. It's actually not bad, Rosie and me have had a lot of fun with it. The images of me taking Rose against the desk swam in my head, making it impossible to think about anything else.
Jessica Stanley's horrid boob job…Lauren Mallory's nasal voice…Edward's bare ass…gross.
That did the trick. Any thoughts related to sex escaped my mind. My balls retracted way up my body. The image of Edward's ass was my brains last resort as it shrieked and yelped before thundering the image before my poor eyes. I might have to bleach them.
A soft sniff brought my attention back to my mate. I am such a horrible husband .
After I pulled my head out of the gutter, I walked towards Rose and turned her chair to face me. She looked upset. We can't have that.
"Let us turn that frown upside down. I don't like this desk and I know how to get rid of it." I waggled my eyebrows. Apparently, my horny brain was not that disturbed by the image of Eddie boy's ass. I shuddered. Not going to think about it now.
"Emmett." she said in a hard tone, but her lips did twitch. "I don't like this desk either." She finally relented.
I made a show of tapping my finger on my chin while innocently saying, "What could we do?...What could we do?"
She giggled but then in a serious voice said, "She'll think we abandoned her too."
I sighed, I had thought about it so much. But with us being surrounded by the family all the time I did not want to risk calling her. Edward would immediately be informed and return from wherever the fuck he was to yell in my face- not that I cared - but he might also return to Forks. That I didn't want. She was finally free of the controlling moron and I didn't want him to return to my sister's life.
It was the first time in the three days since we've moved, that Rose and I were alone. The others had gone hunting with the Denalis. This was actually the perfect opportunity to call my sis. Alice would be too engrossed with hunting, and chatting with the Denali sisters about shopping, to bother to look into my and Rosie's future. What we do in our alone time, or in the presence of our family in the house, is not unknown. It makes both Alice and Eddie jittery.
With my decision made. I took my phone out and dialed Bella's landline. God knows she never has her mobile on her. I couldn't be bothered to scroll through my contacts. It didn't matter, I knew her number because of my photographic memory.
I pulled Rose off the chair and sat on it myself, settling her on my lap. She snaked her arm around my chest and nestled her head in the crook of my neck.
I could hear the call going through. It was finally ringing. About fucking time.
One ring..
Two rings…pick up
Fifth ring…DARN!
I flipped the phone shut and tossed it on the bed.
"She must not be home. Call again later. We've got one whole day before they return." She looked into my eyes. As if sensing my frustration, she got up while taking my hand in hers and tugging it, "Snack time."
We dashed out of the house and into the Alaskan wilderness. The memories of her birthday party swirled before my eyes, as if I were a silent spectator witnessing it all over again.
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Flashback
"Are you fucking insane? I am not leaving my baby bells." I shouted at Edward. Is he out of his fucking mind? He has no right to tell me what to do, or any of us for that matter. Fucking pansy. Does he really want us to abandon her? My baby sis. My lips curled and a loud snarl erupted from my chest.
Rose laid her hand on my shoulder slowly moving her thumb in circles, effectively calming me enough to not rip Edward apart. The fucker in question actually took a step back.
Yeah, you fucking douche. If you think, for one second, that just because you 'order' us away from her we'll listen to you, you are mistaken. You suggest it one more time and I swear even Rosie won't be able to hold me back. I will rip your non-existent balls off and fucking burn them in front of your eyes. At least it will justify your suicidal and crazy behavior for the rest of your 'virgin' existence.
He looked at me with wide, panicked eyes. Yeah, I was fucking serious. I will tear him apart and gladly torch his ass for my sister. His posture changed, covertly covering his cherries. They can't be bigger anyway.
"Emmett." Esme chastised.
I didn't bother to apologize. Other times I'd gladly indulge her but this is important, and cussing is my fucking style. Esme can play mother to us all she wants but when it comes to my family, that's where I draw a fucking line. I used Jasper's technique and concealed my thoughts easily from the mind-reading pansy.
Rosie, baby bells, and Jasper are the only people I consider to be my family. I had been snooping around for information on my human family and asked Jenks to track down any of my descendents. The results were shocking. Bella is my great-grand-niece. I would have cried if I could when I discovered that Bells was my niece. It's no wonder she resembles Melissa, my sister, so much. Same brown eyes and beautiful brown curls.
She was only six years old when I was attacked by the bear and consequently changed. But I remember a little, I would always take her piggyback riding around our farm. She lovingly called me 'Me-Em'; I would always tease her that it sounded like a whining cat, but she would not budge. She would say that 'me-em' was perfect. It represented my name as well as hers, a mirror image.
Jenks fished out all the relevant details and it was a pleasant, but shocking surprise. Mel's daughter Kayla married a man named Michael. Together they had a baby girl named Renee who later married Charlie Matt Swan. They have a daughter named Isabella Marie Swan. It's so fucking crazy. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have interfered with their lives, but I know Bella. She was my baby Bells. It couldn't have been more perfect; she already considers me her brother and she knows about our existence.
In every way, I got my sister back. Even before I found out about Bella being related to me, I loved her like a sister. I would never abandon her, especially now, after discovering her true relationship to me.
And now the fucking douche wants me to leave her. Fucking pansy. Dumbfuck. Fucking retard.
I inhaled deeply and took Rose's hand in mine, tugging it lightly, to indicate that I wanted her to come with me. Without hesitation she streaked out the door, pulling my bulky frame along making me snicker. She sent me glare effectively quieting me.
We ran for a few miles, halting to a stop near a creek. She twisted around and hugged me tightly, settling her head under the crook of my neck. I snaked my arms around her slender waist and hugged her to me while laying my head softly on her hair, sniffing her unique lilac scent. She tightened her arms around me and whispered, "What is bothering you so much?"
I didn't know how to tell her. She leaned back from my chest and looked at me. She must have noticed the battling emotions in my eyes. She took a step away from me and held my face in her hands, forcing me to look in her eyes.
"Emmett?"
Just a single word from her asked so many questions. But looking into her eyes I saw all the love, adoration, and worry she had for me.
I can tell her, it's not that she hates Bells. She only wants a better future and life for her. I looked at her and breathed in her scent one more time before telling her everything,
"Rosalie." I started and she flinched. I mentally berated myself for hurting my mate. I have never called her Rosalie. During the time we have been together, Rose or Rosie are the only names to which I refer to her. I have only referred to her once by her given name, which was when we were being approached by a nomad on our vacation. I had asked her to stand back and let me deal with him, but she refused. She held my hand and stood by my side. I had ground out her name with clenched teeth, indicating how serious I was but she did not budge. Thankfully after that incident we have never been in any similar situation that was threatening enough to warrant such behavior.
She is referred to as Rose only by her family, and Rosie by me. I immediately felt bad, but this situation is important. Bella holds a special place in my heart and I needed Rose to understand.
"Rose." I rectified but didn't apologize. She needed to understand that this was important to me. I know she will but I'm confused by everything that's happening, as well as her dislike and rude behavior towards Bells. She will have to accept Bella, I know she is trying to protect her in her own way, but treating Bella like shit is not acceptable to me anymore. We have fought over it enough already; today I need to tell her everything.
She regarded me with her watchful gaze, trying to decipher my mood and the reason behind my behavior. I looked at her and flatly said,
"Bella is related to me by blood" this time she visibly flinched and took a step back.
Still maintaining eye contact she sat down on a log and said, "Why did you feel the need to hide it from me? Why did you not tell me that you have been keeping tabs on your human family Emmett? Do you meet them behind my back?" she asked in a level voice. But the hurt was apparent to me. She thought that I hid my human family from her.
"It's not like that" I started but she interrupted me,
"How is it then?" she said in a high voice.
"Will you fucking let me complete. I have not hid anything from you and I most certainly am not meeting my human family behind your back. What makes you think that I will put them in such a grave danger? What makes you think that I would do that knowing very well that the Volturi will kill them all if they ever got to know?"
Some of the anger left her eyes and her posture relaxed a bit, so I continued,
"A few weeks back, I had asked Jenks to track down my family members. I wanted to know if any of them were alive. Two days back he sent me an envelope with all the necessary details."
"Ohh" she said.
"Do you remember me talking to you about Mel?" I asked.
"Ofcourse I do."
"Well she was only six when I was changed." I immediately regretted my words as a haunted look replaced the curiosity on Rose's face. I went to her and hugged her.
"Rosie please don't blame yourself, I love you for what you did. You saved me. I love my new life and I love it even more because I get to spend it with you. Please don't blame yourself. You did the right thing. I would have forced you to bite me, even if I wasn't being attacked by the bear. You, not Carlisle, because I don't swing that way." I said trying to lighten up her mood. It worked and a timid beautiful smile graced her face.
I softly pecked her on the lips before telling her everything. Everything that I have felt and known. She listened silently, not interrupting and only after I was finished did she look at me with venom filled eyes.
"I am so sorry Emmett for treating Bella like that but you have to know I don't hate her. I actually like her. I just thought that if I were to push her away from us she would free of that possessive contollling douche. I only wanted her to build a happy life for herself. She would meet her true soul mate, have children and grow old. Everybody was so nice to her that I knew that she would eventually ask to be changed in order spend forever with him. My fears were confirmed and I started behaving in an even more degrading manner…" she sobbed
I went to hug her, comfort my mate in the way only I could, but she held up her hands. I halted in my movements and settled for sitting down on the ground near the log with my feet touching hers.
"I need to explain." she cried. Taking in a few deep breaths she managed to calm herself down enough to continue, "Everyone in our family loves her, including me." she started in a meek voice completely surprising me, but I did not interfere, she needed to explain.
"But nobody in the family bothered to tell her the negative parts about this life; living an eternity without sleep, without food, without being able to go out in the sun, without…chil..dren" she was now sobbing loudly. Unable to control myself I got up and pulled her in my lap and settling on the log again. It took her a good half-hour to compose herself. She did not raise her head but continued talking into my chest.
"Sure Edward told her, but nobody explained to her how it would feel. She was blinded by our other alluring quirks. I thought she would at least wait for a while, take sometime to think about her decision. Bella is a very lovely girl but she is also naïve; I wanted her to make an informed decision. I wanted to give her time to realize what Edward really is- a possessive-controlling-douche. All in all, I just wanted to give her time." she murmured the last part softly.
I can't believe that I doubted my Rosie for even a second, she has the most thoughtful, no…the most compassionate heart of us all. She just wanted Bella to take a step back and think.
In trying to do well by Bella, she incurred the anger of each and every family member, even me. I was ashamed of myself. Out of all of us, Rose cares for Bella the most. She cares enough to let her make an informed decision, to let her know all our flaws. To understand the sadness that sometimes fills our hearts when we see people around us ageing, gradually growing and then proceeding onto their afterlife. The jealousy that flares in our hearts when we see people strolling out in the sun, while we have to stay within the confines of the shadows. The grief that tears at our heart when we see couples playing with their children. The grief my Rosie feels when she sees a pregnant woman.
None of us ever bothered to explain any of it to Bella. All she new was that she would get to live forever, having amazing speed and vision. That she would get to travel a lot and the assurance that she would not kill humans for her sustenance. We never got around to explain the crazy first newborn year that she would have to pass through or that we would be living in places there was hardly, if any, sunlight. That we wouldn't be able to eat or sleep. She understands the concept but she doesn't know that we crave that feeling so much when we are changed, she just konws that we can't eat or sleep. We basically painted her a happy attractive picture.
My Rosie was strong in pointing out the flaws and trying to give her the time to look at the painting closely and find them herself.
"Oh Rosie." I breathed.
"I hope I made some sense." she nervously giggled.
Yes, she made more fucking sense than all of us combined.
"I'm so sorry babe. So sorry." I said into her hair. I can't bear to face her after what I did. I am the worst husband and mate, but I will make it up to her. I will apologize for all eternity if that's what it takes.
Sensing my pain she peeked at me before standing up and then kneeling down on the ground so that we were at face level.
"I also wanted her to grow a back-bone. She doesn't deserve to be pushed around by Alice and Edward. She should be strong enough to make her own decisions. She doesn't need approval from anybody, except her parents. I pushed but she never once retaliated. I thought that if I went further that she would snap, but she never did. That made me hate her even more than like her. I wanted her to be strong. I.." I couldn't let her finish her thought. I kissed her, I poured all of my love into that one kiss.
I don't deserve her, no one in my family deserves her. My Rosie is even more loving than Bella. The only difference is that she doesn't coddle the people she loves, she makes them face their fears. She makes them grow and understand. That's the best kind of love any person can get.
"Please forgive me." I murmured against her lips.
"I love you." she replied.
Venom pooled in my eyes. I would have cried but I don't deserve to.
"I don't deserve you." I said while lowering my head.
"Emmett, look at me." She demanded. I had no other option but to lift my head, her eyes were blazing with love and anger. Fuck! What did I do now?
"WE both deserve each other. I may have done things that weren't worthy but I know that we are good for each other. I wish that we were both human and had a hundred children together, growing old and watching them grow." She shook her head as if to get back to the point, I know her so well, "the point is, you're good enough for me. You are my one and only source of pure love and happiness. I know you're meant for me." she said with such conviction.
"You are my soulmate. My other half." This time she kissed me, but before we could proceed any further we were interrupted by a sonic shrill voice.
"I CANT SEE…HUNTING HUMANS…MY MATE." Alice. I rolled my eyes.
…..
"Em?...Em?" I was jerked out of my crazy drive down memory lane by Rose. I was quickly pulled out of my funk and shook my head, before she decided to slap me. It was a serious possibility.
"About time," she muttered, "I was seriously considering slapping you awake." She grumbled under her breath, making me want to roll my eyes. I refrained, it wasn't worth the risk. I wanted some love tonight. Rose is pretty serious about shit, and actually makes me sleep- not literally- on the couch. My pouting and groveling gets me nowhere.
"Where did you go?" she asked.
"Thinking back about that night." I answered, not elaborating.
"Ohh.." She stretched the word out so long that I wanted to pinch her lips between my fingers just to stop that lingering 'OH'.
She remained quite for a while and then pulled me towards her, without warning, making me jerk forward.
"What?" I spluttered.
No reply.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Forks."
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