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Chapter 12

(BPOV)

The phone dropped out of my hand and landed with thump on Edward's head. I was too shocked to even consider apologising. I could hear Renee calling my name through the phone.

"Ow!" Edward sat up and rubbed his forehead. "Love, what was that for?" He turned around, and as he did so, something must have registered. He picked up the phone, all the while keeping an eye on me.

"Hello?......Hey Renee…… Oh. Okay…… Yes…… Okay…… We're leaving right now. We'll be there as soon as we can……Okay……Yes……Bye." He put the phone down on his nightstand and moved closer to me.

"Bella, love, we need t o go. DO you think you can get ready?" I gave him a weak nod and stood up then, put on my sneakers and one of Edward's really big sweatshirts and went downstairs to wait.

The house was quite, except for Edward opening and closing draws in our bedroom. That, unfortunately, allowed me time to think.

How did so much change so quickly? In less than twenty-four hours, my unborn children could be left without a grandfather and an uncle. I was letting myself think the worst, and I knew it. I could fell the warm tears dripping down my cheeks.

"Bella?" Edward came down the stairs, probably looking a to more put together than I did, except, of course, for his untameable hair. He took in my facial expression and frowned before making his way towards me. "Love, they'll be fine. They're just as stubborn as you are, if not more. That alone will pull them through." I shook my head, unwilling to believe a single word he said. I couldn't hold the sobs in any longer.

"You…don't…know…that." He pulled me into a hug, but it didn't help. I just sobbed harder.

"Shhh Bella, you need to stay calm. I know that's hard right now, but you're letting yourself think the worst, and you need to stop. Not just for you, but for the twins.

At the mention of the babies, my mind kicked into gear and I pulled away from him. Edward wiped away my tears and placed a kiss on my forehead.

"They'll be fine." I didn't respond. I just turned on my heel and walked out the door.

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I didn't wait for Edward to stop the car. I ran through the ER entrance and found everyone in the waiting room.

Rosalie was sitting with her head in her hands; her sobs making her whole body shake. Renee was leaning against the wall, her eye's closed and Alice was sitting on Jasper's lap, he head ouched against his chest.

I walked over and sat on the spare chair next to Rosalie.

"Rose?" She looked up at me. Here eyes were red and swollen and her cheeks were stained with tears.

"Bella…Oh god…" She started to sob again. "Bella, I'm…so…scared." I pulled her close to me.

"I know Rose, I'm scared too." I had never seen her so vulnerable. She looked like she could break any second, and quite frankly; I felt exactly the same way.

For all I knew, my father and my brother e on the brink of death! Aside from my erratic mother and loving fiancé', they were the only family that I had left. I felt Edward wrap his arms around me, and even though the situation was absolutely horrible, I instantly felt a little bit better. He leaned down to whisper in my ear.

"Carlisle's here, he wants' to talk to us. " Edward helped me up and we made our way to where everyone had gathered around Carlisle.

His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was dishevelled and his hospital scrubs were covered in blood. I heard Renee gasp behind, obviously assuming the worst. Edward still had his arm around my waist, which I was extremely grateful for because it felt like my legs were about to give way.

"Emmett just came out of surgery. He was shot in the leg, but it missed all of his major nerves and arteries. He was very lucky. It will take a few months, but he should make a full recovery.

"What about Charlie?" Renee's voice was broken and hoarse.

"I'm afraid I don't have much to tell you. His injuries were a bit worse than Emmett's and he was taken straight to surgery, which is where he is now. He should be out soon though. I'm sorry, that's all I know. " The silence that followed Carlisle's words was thick with apprehension and worry, causing everyone to jump when Rose finally spoke.

"Well, he should be in recovery now, so very soon. I'll go see if I can get an update for you.

"Thankyou Carlisle, for everything."

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It had been 2 hours, and we still knew nothing. We still weren't allowed to see Emmett and Carlisle had not been able to get us any information on Charlie.

I had counted the tiles on the ceiling five times. There were 374! I had to get out of the damn waiting room, and I knew Rose did to.

"Hey Rose, do you want to come for a walk with me, maybe see if we can find something to eat." My own voice scared me, it sounded so drained and afraid.

"Sure." I had a feeling that she knew what I was up to. Yes I wanted to food, or chocolate seeing as it was still early and that was probably all I was going to get out of a vending machine. I mean, talking to Edward was fine, it definitely helped, but it wasn't the same. Rose was like a sister to me, and she was marrying my brother. I could tell that she had the same feeling of dread in the pit of her stomach that I did.

"Love, are you sure that that's a good idea?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. You know that Rose won't let me stay on my feet for too long."

"Okay, well, come back quickly."

"We will." I gave him a quick kiss before I joined Rose at the door. We walked for the hallway slowly, but I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something the she wasn't telling me.

"Rose, what is it?" She let out a nervous laugh.

"You know me way to well Bella."

"Well, that's for your won good! Now, SPILL!" We had reached the cafeteria and as suspected, it was closed. I dug around in my pocket for change and walked, well, i guess to anyone else it would look like I was waddling, to the other corner of the room where the vending machines were.

I got a bag of chips, Rose got herself a chocolate and we sat down at one of the many empty tables.

"There was a reason why I was so scared back there

"I know Rose. We were all scared that we were going to lose them. And we still are."

"Yeah, I know, but it was more than that." She was quite for a a while after that and I wasn't sure whether she was going to tell me anything else, so I was even more surprised when I heard the next words come out of her mouth. "Bella, I'm pregnant." I tried my best to hold in my surprise,

"That moment, when Renee called me, it was one of the worst moments of my life. The same thought just kept running through me mind, over and over. What if I lost him, what if my baby had to grow up without a father." The silent tears continued to stream down her face. "Bella, I can't live without him, I just, I cant." Then she broke down right in front me. I sat down next to her and pulled her close to me.

"Rose, honey, it's okay. Emmett's going to be fine and i have no doubt that he is going to do everything in his power to see his child live out their life right beside you. You're both gonna make amazing parents."

"Thanks, that means a lot." I pulled away and flashed her a smile.

"So, how long have you known?"

"About a week, but I had my first doctors appointment yesterday. That's why Em and I had to sneak away from your party!"

"Oh. I was wondering where you two went. Have you told anyone else?"

"No. We were planning on doing that today at dinner, but I'm not sure now. I'll have to talk to Em about it.

"Well, why don't we go back and see when you can do that." I stood up and tossed our wrappers in the trash.

"Thanks Bella."

"For what?"

"For listening, and for understanding that I needed to get away.

"That's what I'm here for Rose."

As we entered the waiting room, I noticed the gloomy atmosphere was still present, if not more potent that before. I sat down on the chair next to Edward and he put his arm around me, pulling me close and resting his chin on my head.

"No news?" My voice was barley a whisper.

"No lo-"He was cut off when Carlisle walked into the room.

"Emmett's awake. You can go in to see him, but I'm afraid we're going to have to keep it to three at a time. He was asking for Rosalie and Bella, so I think they should go in along with Renee."

Edward gave me a quick kiss before Rose and I followed Carlisle down the hall. Renee had stepped out to call Phil who was still in Phoenix so someone was going to send her up when she came back.

Carlisle finally stoped outside a private room.

"Now, he's ha a lot of pain killers so he'll probably still be a little out of it, but he should come around soon."

"Okay."

"I'm going to go see if I can get an update on Charlie. I'll se you girls later." With that, he turned around and continued down the hallway.

Rose pushed the door open and we stepped into the room. As soon as he saw us, a huge grin spread across Emmett's face.

"Hey. It's my five favourite girls!" Rosalie and I exchanged glances before we each took a seat in the chairs next to his bed.

"Em, five? I think you're seeing things. It's just me and Bella!"

"No, it's you, and Bella, and Rosie junior and the two Bella juniors!" I couldn't help but laugh at that. No matter what that circumstances wee, my bear of a brother could always make me laugh.

"Em, I'm glad to see you didn't lose your sense of humour."

"Not a chance little sis!" That small, sentimental name sent me over the edge. I moved to sit on the edge of his bed. I wrapped my arms around him, pushed my head into the crook of his neck and slowly let out the silent sobs I'd been holding in for the past three hours. I was vaguely aware of Rose moving to sit on the other side of the bed.

"Aww Bell's. Please tell me those are your hormones and your not crying cause' of me." I pulled away from him and couldn't help the smile that spread across my face.

"Did you just call me hormonal?"

"Yeah, I think I did."

"So much for you being drugged up!"

"Huh?" That was the moment Rose finally choose to make herself known.

"Emmett Swan, so help me, if you didn't just get shot, I'd be slapping you silly and kicking you butt all the way to Mexico, and not jut for that comment either!" Rose's voice was laced with seriousness and I had to fight back a giggle after her Mexico comment. "Don't ever, ever to that to me again."

"Do what Rose?"

"Make me think that we lost you. Make me envision a life for out baby without a father." I could see Rose slowly starting to break again. "Make me even consider having to tell my child that their father died in the line of duty before they were even born. Make me even contemplate what life would be like not waking up next to you everyday."

"Rose, baby, come here." He motioned for her to move closer to him, and I took that as my cue to leave. I waked out and quietly closed the door behind me.

I was halfway down the hallway when I ran into a frantic Renee.

"Mom, where are you going?"

"To see Emmett." She continued to walk past me but I grabbed her arm just in time.

"Mom, wait. You can't go in there right now."

"Why not? He's my son, I want to see him!"

"He's with Rose right now. She taking all this really hard and there's a lot that they need to talk about."

"No! I want to see him"

"Mom, calm down! He needs some time alone with Rose right now. Just give them a couple minutes and then you can go in."

"Fine." She huffed dramatically before stalking back towards the waiting room.

Everyone was just as we left the, except Carlisle was now talking to Alice and Jasper. I sat down next to Edward and Renee sat on his other side.

"How's Emmett?"

"He's okay. Rose is with him now."

"That's good."

"Yeah, the two of them have a lot to talk through!" He gave me a questioning look and I just shrugged my shoulders. "You'll find eventually mister. It's not my place to tell."

"Okay! But I-" Once again, he was cut of by Carlisle.

"I finally have some news on Charlie." I turned to face him and couldn't help the sense of dread that once again started to form in the pit of stomach.


I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself, that was just such an easy cliffie!......

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