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Emmett POV

Two days passed. Two, long, torturous days. It was hell. I mean, Rosalie and I were fine. She was all bubbly and un-Rosalie like as she planned details for our baby during the day, and fucked my brains out every night. The only problem was the fact that I wanted more. After the sun came up and Rosie left for her garage, which is where she spent most days now that she wasn't in school, and if she wasn't doing me, or doing some online shopping with Alice, I came to the realization that Rosalie and I never made love. Maybe once upon a time? No, I don't really think so. And what Talia and I had done…it was…more. And that just confused the hell out of me.

So with my frustration growing, I decided to go downstairs to the basement where all of our music equipment was. I grabbed my guitar and started screwing around when I was soon surrounded by the musicians in my family.

Jasper, of course, loved to play guitar when I did, often playing duets with me or our own rendition of "Dueling Banjos". Alice followed Jasper because she loved banging on her drums. Edward came down normally to critique my work or to play along with us on his keyboard, and Bella enjoyed singing once we realized that she had a really pretty singing voice. Esme was in her garden, Rose was in her garage and Carlisle was at work. I wasn't sure where Talia was, and I'd started making it a point to not know where she was. If she stayed on my mind too much, Edward would look at me funny.

"And you know why," he reminded me softly as he moved past me.

"Get outta my head, Eddie," I growled lightly.

He shrugged his shoulders and sat down behind his keyboard. "So, Emmett, what brought on this impromptu jam?" he asked with a smile.

"He's got a case of the sullens," Jasper provided.

I flipped him off and he laughed, causing some of his mirth to spill over onto me. I smiled. "Thanks, Jasper."

He made a non-committal gesture and picked up his guitar. "So, what are we singing?" he asked me, sensing I had something in mind.

I wracked my brain and came up with a song that had been plaguing my thoughts ever since I heard it yesterday. "'Tangled' by Maroon 5." I told them.

Both Bella and Alice clapped their hands. They loved Maroon 5. Who didn't? Really? I chuckled and nodded at Alice, who started us off with the drums and then I began to sing;

I'm full of regret
For all the things that I've done and said
And I don't know if it'll ever be ok to show
My face 'round here
Sometimes I wonder if I disappear
Would you ever turn your head and look
See if I'm gone
Cause I fear
There is nothing left to say to you
That you wanna hear
That you wanna know
I think I should go
The things I've done are way too shameful

Sometime during my singing, and Edward and Jasper backing me up on the chorus part, Talia had wandered downstairs. I caught a whiff of her fragrant blood immediately and both the monster in my pants and the one of my hunger responded in kind.

She smiled seductively as she stepped into the room and boldly started singing the second verse;

You're just an innocent
a helpless victim of a spider's web
and I'm an insect
going after anything that I can get
so you'd better turn your head and run
and don't look back
cause I fear
There is nothing left to say
To you
That you wanna hear
That you wanna know
I think I should go
The things I've done are way too shameful

I looked her dead in the eye as we started singing it together;

And I've done you so wrong
Treated you bad
Strung you along
Oh shame on myself
I don't know how I got so tangled up

Then she started singing along with the "mmm's" and "yeah's" and it sounded so fucking hot, it reminded me of when I would make her cum and Jasper kicked me as he shot me some humility, but even with him so close it didn't really work very well. I'd gotten too used to trying to throw off the emotions he could project.

She and I locked eyes again as we sang together.

You'd better turn your head and look

See if I'm gone.

Cause I fear

There is nothing left to say
To you
That you wanna hear
That you wanna know
I think I should go
The things I've done are way too shameful

She licked her lips ever so seductively and I almost creamed my pants but I held that connection with her as we finished up the song.

And I've done you so wrong
Treated you bad
Strung you along
Oh shame on myself
I don't know how I got so tangled

The music faded and we were both knocked out of our trance by Bella clapping. "Wow, you guys! I knew you could sing, Emmett, but I didn't know Talia could! You guys rock."

Talia blushed and I looked away bashfully. I glanced at Jasper, who was eyeing me. I cleared my throat and said, "Come on, Jasper, let's show citified Edward how country boys rock out."

He grinned and we played Big and Rich's "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" with me singing Big Kenny's part and Jasper singing John Rich's part. The girls got a big kick out of it, singing along with us during part of it and even Edward joined in.

The girls were all giggly once we finished and Talia said, "Poor Edward. He looks lonely over there on his keyboard with nothing to play. Why don't you play something for us?"

He looked surprised and said, "Would you like to sing while I play?"

She smiled. "I'd be honored. What would you like for me to sing?"

He thought a moment before motioning her over. They bent their heads together, whispering, causing me to let out a low growl. Jasper kicked me again and I shot him a look.

Just then, Bella said, "Oh! I know! Why don't you sing "Bring me to life" by Evanescence? Emmett can sing Paul McCoy's part."

I don't know what shocked me more; the fact that Bella knew who the man singing on it was, or the fact that she seemed oblivious to the sexual tension between Talia and myself. Either way, Edward surprised me by starting the piano part of the song and Talia jumped into it.

How can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I've become so numb

Without a soul

My spirits sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home

Her eyes met mine then and it was like we were the only two people in the room as I joined her in the song, my fingers moving over the guitar without needing to keep my mind on them.

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I've become

Then I was taken back. Back to another time, another place, where I lay with the woman of my dreams…it was the dream Talia had started for me that day in the rain…

now that I know what I'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe it into me and make me real
bring me to life

"Morgana, I love you," I whispered as I pulled the fabric from her body and slowly lowered myself to her, licking and suckling on each bit of flesh I could find.

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I've become

"I love you so much Daniel. Forever and an eternity," she said as she rolled us and straddled my legs. I sank into her and my eyes rolled back in my head.

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Free me tonight

We rocked and loved and whispered sweet nothings to each other as we kissed every bit of skin we could.

Frozen inside without your touch without your love darling

Only you are the life among the dead

There was a sense of urgency in her, something I couldn't quite decipher, but it was there, it was almost as if she were telling me goodbye…

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me

I rolled us back again and thrust into her roughly as she pushed her hips up to me as we went from making love to fucking as hard as we could.

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything

She let out a scream and I felt her walls crash around me. "Yes! By the Gods! Yes!"

Without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life

I wasn't done yet as I continued to thrust into her, my fingers finding her bundle of nerves, teasing them relentlessly as I brought her back with me to the edge again.

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I've become

We continued to move, skin slapping roughly together and I felt my balls tighten and she milked my cock as we came together screaming out each other's name.

(Bring me to life)
I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside
(Bring me to life)

The last notes died out and I was catapulted back into the present. My eyes found hers and she looked almost…weak and she put her hand to forehead and I managed to drop my guitar, run to her, and grab her just as she swooned.

"Talia? Talia? Baby, talk to me," I pled as I pulled her tighter to me. I put my cold hand on her forehead. She was burning up. "Shit." Carlisle was at work. "Edward, man, she's got a fever."

He walked over and felt her pulse. "That's not uncommon for a pregnant woman, Emmett. She needs some rest. Take her to her room for now, stay with her. I'll call Carlisle and be right up, okay?"

I nodded mutely and carried her up the stairs to her room, laying her down gently. Bella came in right behind me with a wet washcloth. "She's done too much."

"Were you like this that first week?"

She bit her lip. "Em, women handle pregnancy differently. Plus, she's got a lot of things going on with her. She's part wolf, even if that remained dormant, it's still there."

I brushed the back of my hand across Talia's cheek. "Come on, Tally, don't do this, kay?"

I felt Bella's eyes scrutinizing me. "You have feelings for her."

I was very glad at that moment, that it wasn't Edward or Jasper in here with me. "Yeah," I mumbled.

"Oh, Emmett…you weren't supposed to fall in love with her," she whined softly.

"This isn't, that's not it. I just…I just don't wanna see her hurt or something because of me, because I was stupid enough to go along with Rosalie in this."

"You regret it," Bella stated.

"More than you'll ever know," I admitted.

She put a hand on my shoulder. "It'll all work out, brother bear."

I looked up and our eyes met. The brown of her eyes was gone, but the expressions in them were there, the emotions she always wore so innocently were the same. "Will it?" I asked.

Uncertainty clouded them only for a moment before she said, "Yes, without a doubt. Everything will work out in the end."

"How can you be so sure?"

She smiled. "I always knew things would work themselves out. If Edward had killed me, I would have only hated it for him, that he had done it to me. If James would have killed me, I only hoped that Edward would not retaliate against him. When Alice and I flew to Italy, I never expected to live. With Victoria and the newborns, I would have willingly given my life to save Edward and Jacob. On and on this has gone. Everything works out in the end. Edward, James, the Volturi, Victoria, they were all stepping stones to what I now live, my happily ever after."

"Do you think this baby will be Rosalie's happily ever after? Because I know damn well it was never me."

"Emmett…"

I shook my head. "Don't, Bella. I always knew that she wasn't happy. She still isn't. Will this baby make her happy?"

She shrugged. "I can't answer that." She looked down at the unconscious woman between us. "What will you do about her?"

"I'll turn her, give her the immortal life she wants, and turn my back on her. I stay faithful to my mate."

Bella put her hand on my cheek then, and it was warm comfort, well, as warm as our kind ever got. "I'm so sorry, Emmett. Does it help to tell you I know how you feel?"

It occurred to me then. She did know how I felt. How odd that we were similar in this aspect. "How did you know?" I asked her quietly.

She lowered her eyes. "I realized which one I couldn't live without, that was the one I chose."

She moved then, back toward the door. "Do you regret it?" I asked her.

She bit her lip again. "More often than I should," she admitted before she shut the door behind her.

Just then, Talia's heart rate sped up and she blinked awake. She looked at me and smiled softly. "Hi."

I let out a growl. "Talia, what the fuck was that?"

"What?" she asked, sounding somewhat sleepily.

"You know what." I stated.

She smiled sheepishly. "I wanted to give you the rest of the memory, the vision."

My hand ran through her hair. "You shouldn't have done that. It takes too much out of you."

"I'm strong enough," she stated proudly.

"No, you're not. You're pregnant, Talia. That makes a big difference." I reached for her hand and gripped it, just tight enough for her to know I meant business. "If you do something that harms you or the baby, just for me, I don't know what I'd do."

Tears formed in her eyes. "I'm not sorry, Emmett. You should know your past."

"Why? What difference does it make?"

A tear spilled over onto her cheek and she looked away. I put my finger under her chin and brought her face back to me. "Don't look away from me, Tally."

She blew out a breath. "I would have been fine, but I'll scale back on the visions, okay?"

"Fine," I stated tersely.

"Fine," she replied in a similar fashion.

"I just care about you, damn it," I growled.

"I'm fine, Emmett," she snapped.

Apparently this was one of those pregnancy mood swings. "Well, you need to take better care of yourself, okay? We don't know what'd happen if you took the visions too far. Have you ever taken it so far and gotten so weak it killed you? Because with vampy seed in you, anything's possible you know."

She narrowed her eyes. "Fuck you, Emmett."

I grinned. "Been there, done that."

She let out a growl of her own and said, "You're being childish."

"Bite me," I retorted.

This time, she grinned. "Isn't that the other way around? Aren't you going to be the one to bite me?"

I think I might have paled at the thought of that. I would actually have to turn her. How would I ever stop? I couldn't imagine. "Not funny," I replied.

She laughed. "Sure it is. Will you get me some milk? I'm thirsty."

I started toward the door, when Bella came back in carrying a cup, and even from across the room still, I knew what was in it. Blood. Damn…AB negative too. Apparently she raided Carlisle's private stash for Nessie.

"Here, Talia, I think if I had started earlier, I might have been healthier during my pregnancy."

Talia took the cup with a look of surprise on her face. "What is it?"

"Blood," Bella and I both answered.

Talia's nose wrinkled but she said, "I need to do this, don't I?"

We both nodded and Bella added, "Just don't drop the cup. Trust me."

Edward, who had walked in shortly behind Bella groaned. "That's not funny one bit, Bella Swan Cullen."

She giggled slightly. "Well, no, it's not, but it's true, none the less."

He rolled his eyes and came up behind her to wrap his arms around her, placing a kiss on her ear. "You are absurd, love."

"You like it," she teased.

My nose curled. "Gross me out the door and gag me with a spoon, guys. TMI to the max."

Talia laughed at me and I looked at her. "What?"

She giggled. "I used to say that when I was little, that saying."

I shrugged. "Guess it's a southern thing."

She nodded and said, "Do I really have to drink this?"

"You'll want it in a few days," Bella told her. "I know, coming from a human standpoint, it's kinda gross, but you get used to it."

Talia took a sip and swallowed, going green as she did so. "What is this?"

"Blood," Bella repeated uncertainly.

"No, what kind? Ugh. It tastes awful."

"It's, um, well, it's AB negative."

Talia looked at me and I knew what was coming. I managed to grab the wastebasket just in time as she vomited.

Edward blinked and said, "Hmm…maybe it's too early for her to be drinking it?"

"I don't think so, Edward." Bella said. "Maybe…hmm…maybe because she's part wolf she's against drinking human blood?"

"Maybe it's the kid?" I offered.

"No, I don't think so…" Edward started. "But perhaps we could try something else?"

"What do you have in mind?" I asked.

"How about we go on a little hunt and bring her something tasty back?"

I grinned. "If this works and she can handle herself around the humans too, Jasper is gonna be pissed."

Edward laughed. "Come on, Em. Bella, will you watch over Talia for me while we're gone?"

She nodded. "Where is Rosalie?"

He grimaced. "I don't think now is the time to be bothering Rosalie."

Why did I have a feeling I didn't want to know, but probably would know all too soon? I looked at him and then turned back to Talia. "I'll be back soon, okay?"

She nodded, a small smile gracing her lips. "Don't be too long. I still want that milk."

"Milk and blood? That's just nasty."

She giggled. "Don't knock it 'til you try it."

"Just don't puke again, okay?"

She wrinkled her nose. "I make no promises."

I followed Edward down the stairs into the kitchen, where we picked up some thermoses and out to the back yard, running into the woods. I could sense he had something on his mind. "Out with it. What is it, Edward?"

"What?" he asked in return.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't. Just, don't, okay? What is it?"

He looked pained as he said, "RosaliemayhaveheardwhatyoutoldBellainTalia'sroom. "

"WHAT?!" I asked. Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck. I am so fucking screwed… "Ed, man, tell me honest, how bad is it? Am I gonna walk away with my balls still attached?"

"I don't know, Emmett. She's shielding her thoughts from me fairly well."

"Did she fuck with my jeep?"

"I don't think so…right now she's translating "Barbie Girl" into Arabic. Not an easy feat, mind you."

"Oh shit, Edward. I swear…I'm screwed no matter what I do. Maybe I ought to just walk into the fucking fire and be done with it. I won't have to face this if I'm not alive to do it."

"Come on, Emmett, you knew she'd find out sooner or later."

"No, not really."

He stopped. I was vaguely aware of the fact that we were now about twelve miles from the house. "Are you really that stupid, Emmett? I thought you were smarter than that."

"I love Rosalie. Damn it, Edward, can't I have room in this dead heart of mine for them both?"

"Not when Rosalie is your wife, Emmett."

"It works for Jasper and Alice, and Esme and Carlisle."

"They are specific cases, Em. They accept the lifestyle willingly. Rosalie is not going to share you."

"She already did, Edward! And these are the fucking consequences!"

He sighed. "Look. I understand where you're coming from…"

"No, you don't. You never loved anyone outside of Bella. And that's okay, too. But don't try to pretend you understand this, because you can't. Now, let's hunt for my baby mama and be done with it, kay?"

I turned from him and started running again. I heard him catch up to me and our hunt was quiet after that as we found not only a few deer, but also managed to roust a bear, draining them all and putting the blood into the thermoses to keep them for her from now on.

We still didn't talk on the return trip, and even I knew that the air between us was strained. We both marched up to Talia's room and presented her with the containers. She was sipping some milk and eating some, ugh, Oreo cookies when we got there.

She took the first container from Edward and sniffed it. "Deer?"

We both looked at her in surprise. She grinned. "Part wolf, you remember." She sipped it and said, "Well, it's not horrible. It's thick, like a warm milkshake."

That thought almost caused me to gag. "Gross," I commented.

She stuck her tongue out at me as I handed her the thermos with the bear blood in it. She sniffed it and smiled before taking generous sips of it. She licked her lips, where she had the sexiest little mustache and said, "Mmm…now, that was good. Grizzly?"

I nodded and smiled. "Guess I know what the kid likes. None of that herbivore crap for my offspring. It wants meat eaters."

We all laughed and I watched her drink the rest of the bear blood down before she went back to her milk and cookies as if nothing were weird. Edward gave me a look that clearly said I needed to talk to Rosalie and I sighed. "See you guys later."

Talia's eyebrow rose. "Where are you going? It looks like you're facing a firing squad."

"You're not too far off the mark," I mumbled. "I've just got some stuff to do," I said a bit louder, knowing she'd hear me.

"Okay, see you later, Em."

If I live that long, I thought as I made my way downstairs and out to the garage. I crossed the yard in five long strides, took a deep, unnecessary breath and walked into the building.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU MEAN, EMMETT?!" Rosalie screamed as soon as I shut the door.

Now, being alive for as many years as I have been, I've learned one important thing…admit to nothing. "Wh-what are you talking about, Rosie?"

Her hurt face broke my unbeating heart. "How could you? How could you say that?"

I winced. This was going to be even uglier than I'd thought. "Say what?"

"How could you say that you regretted our baby?"

"What?" My mouth fell open. Out of all the things she'd heard, that was what she took away from it?

She walked over to me and slapped me. It didn't hurt, much, though she packed a hell of a wallop, but it was the principle of the thing. "You said you didn't want to see her hurt! You said you regretted this more than Bella would know! You said you were stupid for going along with me! I'm your goddamned wife, Emmett! You're always supposed to go along with me! God only knows what else you said! I couldn't take any more and left."

I blew out a breath. So, she didn't realize that I almost admitted to loving Talia? Thank God for small favors. "Rosie…baby, you've got to understand…"

"Understand what?" she demanded, venom lacing her words. "What the fuck do you want me to understand? The fact that you worry more about her than you do our child? How could you?" And then she slapped me again.

I rubbed my face, more out of reflex than actual pain and said, "Look, she's innocent in all of this. We did this to her, Rosalie, I did this to her. I don't like to hurt people, you know that!"

Her eyes grew wider before she snarled. "So I do, is that it? I like to hurt people? I enjoy being cruel?"

I wasn't stupid enough to fall for that trick question, so I remained silent.

"Answer me, damn it!" she demanded.

"What do you want me to say?" I asked as I threw my hands up into the air. "You want me to say that you enjoy being a bitch? We all know that! That you enjoy being better than everyone else? We know that too! You think the humans are beneath us and that the wolves are a waste of oxygen, you've made yourself perfectly clear regarding those things."

Her mouth fell open, but I was far from done. Once my temper got started, you didn't stand in the way of Hurricane Emmett. Odd, that I remember that now. My brother used to call me that. Enough flashbacks though, I was still on a roll.

"So really," I continued. "What the fuck do you want me to say, Rosalie? Because I'm confused as hell here! You want a kid, I give you a kid! I can't give you any more than that! I know you want it to be you pregnant, that you want to be human again, that you regret what you are more than anything in this world. And I hate that you feel that way. I hate that you can't be pregnant. But damn it, Rose, I'm doing the best I can! At least cut me a little bit of fucking slack!"

She looked like I'd slapped her and I hated it immediately. Her eyes glassed over with venom as her hand shot out to punch me. The surprise blitz knocked me on my ass and to my great surprise, she ripped my arm off.

I let out a snarl. Now that hurt like a fucking bitch in heat. "Fuck, Rose. That's uncalled for!"

"So were half the things you said! If you didn't want a baby, why the hell didn't you tell me?"

I sighed as I rubbed my now useless shoulder. "I'm sorry, Rosie, but I couldn't tell you that. I knew you wanted one, and I give my wife what she wants."

"You'll give me what I want?"

"Yes." I stated firmly.

"Anything?"

"Anything I possibly can, yes."

She pondered that for a half a beat before she said the one thing I never thought would come out of her mouth. Her voice was completely calm, as if she were talking of the day's weather as she said, "Then I want you to kill Talia as soon as the baby is born."

AN2: Holy shit. I forgot about this! LOL You think THAT'S big, just wait…I've got LOTS more stuff planned to throw you all off!

Super special thanks to the wonderfully talented fiberkitty for the line, "Don't drop the cup" and comment about what type of blood Emmett's offspring would rather have! I hadn't thought of it, but it makes sense. Love ya babe!