AN and Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight – but Emma, Ian and Kiki are mine

Ok sorry that this has taken so long but wanted to be mean for a few days. But guess what!!! This story is nominated for 3 awards over at Lion and Lamb awards at lionandlambawards (dot) webs (dot) com!!! It's been nominated for Best Bella/Edward fic, Best WIP (work in progress – along with 'Two of a Kind'), and Best AU!!! Also I'm up for Best Author!!! Thanks to twilight-is-lovee for nominating me!!! I'll let you know when voting starts!!!!! So enjoy!!!


Chapter 13:

Edward POV

After regaining my composure along with my stomach settling back down, I made my way back to the living room where Ian, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett were all engrossed in a movie. I plopped down on the empty couch and asked what movie they were watching.

"Death of Innocence," Emmett mumbled from the other couch where he and Rose sat cuddling. Jasper sat on the other side of the couch with Alice and Ian sitting on the floor with Kiki cuddled in Alice's lap. I actually couldn't believe that mom let Emma keep Kiki. There had to be a reason why.

Oh well.

Since the movie had just begun, I didn't dare ask anything else. I had heard mixed reviews about this movie when it had been released in the theaters, but never went to see it. Something about it had made me not want to go.

Oh yeah.

It dealt with the issue of gang rape and murder.

Stuff like that got to me for some reason. I wasn't really sure why. I guess it didn't jive with my ideals about how women should be treated.

Not five minutes into the movie, Emma and Bella walked in. I immediately sat up and made room for them on the couch with me. I smiled at Bella, who did smile back. Thankfully, all signs of her being upset had gone away. I wasn't sure how I was going to approach her about knowing that she was pregnant and that I was the father. The thought still was overwhelming. Perhaps Emma could give me some advice.

Emma sat down next to me with Bella sitting close to the end of the couch. I withheld a sigh, since I had wanting Bella to sit next to me. I needed to feel close to her. I had to let her know that I still loved her and that Tanya meant nothing to me.

I was lost in my thoughts about Bella for a few more minutes, until the movie began to pick up steam. The main character, Mia, had just been kidnapped and drugged by a group of five young men. I was enthralled as the movie portrayed her gang rape. It was just too horrific, but I still couldn't peel my eyes away from the TV.

"Please turn it off…" Emma said in a soft voice next to me. It sounded almost pleading.

I turned to look at Emma, whose head was turned away. She was visibly shaking from head to toe. I noticed the wet streaks of tears rolling down her cheeks. I gently placed my hand on her shoulder to turn her to face me. "Emma?"

She pulled her shoulder away from me, wrapped her arms around her trembling body. By then everyone else had taken notice that something was wrong with Emma, amid the screams and cries of the character, Mia, who was being raped in the movie.

"Turn off the bloody damn movie!" she yelled at me. I could see the fear in her eyes and heard it in her voice.

I didn't do anything but look at her in shock, as did Bella. I could tell by the look on Bella's face that she was taken back by Emma's behavior. Glancing around the room, I saw that everyone had taken notice of Emma's sudden change in demeanor.

We all watched as she stood up, still shaking, and tried to walk out of the room. She was visibly upset and was beginning to hyperventilate. Something was really wrong. Ian and I both got up and tried to comfort her, but before either of us could get to her, her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted. I quickly moved and caught her in my arms before she hit the floor. I gently knelt on the floor, with my sister in my arms. Ian knelt beside us. Worry was clearly evident in Ian's eyes and I was scared as well.

Not wanting to move her too much, I turned to Alice. "Get dad."

She nodded and sprinted out of the room.

Carlisle POV:

Esme, Jayme and I had all been discussing the situation about Bella and Edward in my study. Esme had confirmed with Bella that she was indeed pregnant and it was Edward's. we had all agreed that it would be best, for now, to let Bella tell Edward when she was ready. But not matter what happened, that we would all be supportive of them. Esme was adamant about that. She did not want her grandchild to grow up without her grandparents – especially with Charlie being gone.

Things like this happen all the time.

I just never thought that it would happen to my family.

Then again I never would have imagined that my newborn daughter would be kidnapped either. I could always look at it like this: if it hadn't been for the fact that Bella had gone off to Scotland then it possibly could have taken us longer to find Emma in Scotland.

But who could ever know?

I wasn't one to question fate.

"Daddy!" Alice yelled, barging into my study without knocking. "Emma fainted!"

I was the first one up with Jayme and Esme quickly behind me. We followed Alice into the living room. There Edward was holding an unconscious Emma in his arms, with everyone else gathered around them. Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper all moved once I had entered the room. I knelt by my son and began to check Emma's vitals.

Pulse was good.

Her breathing was a bit shallow, but it was steady.

Her pupils were dilated a small amount. But nothing to worry about.

What had caused her to faint? Had a panic attack brought this on?

"What were you doing when Emma fainted?" I asked looking up at Ian and Edward.

"We were watching a movie," Edward said. "She started to ask us to turn if off. Quietly at first, then she snapped and yelled at us to turn the 'bloody damn movie'…"

"She tried to walk out of the room, but then she fainted as Edward and I went after her." Ian said cutting Edward off.

Esme, Jayme and I all looked at each other. A movie caused Emma to faint? Unless…

"What was going on in the movie when Emma fainted?" Jayme asked.

"A girl was being gang raped and murdered." Emmett said.

Bingo.

Emma began to stir in Edward's arms.

"Emma?" Ian gently asked putting a hand on his best friend's shoulder.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!!!! NO!!!!!" she screamed sitting straight up. Ian scooted across the floor on his backside.

She curled up into a ball, the best she could on the floor and began to cry and hyperventilate. The entire time she kept uttering 'no, no, no' over and over again.

"Emma, shh," Jayme said kneeling next to Edward and myself. "It's ok. No one is going to harm you. Do you want Kiki?"

Emma nodded.

"Kiki! Come here girl!" Jayme called out. Kiki came running out from under the table, where she must have gone into hiding when Emma had yelled at everyone.

Emma opened up her arms, without looking up at anyone, and allowed Kiki to curl up against her. She buried her face against the dog's neck and sobbed. Things stayed like that for a few minutes. Finally, she looked up at all of us, while Kiki lay down on Emma's lap.

"Better?" Jayme asked.

She nodded.

Looking around the room, I noticed that everyone was staring at Emma, wanting to know what happened. "Esme, why don't you take Emma and Kiki upstairs while Jayme and I talk to everyone for a second." I suggested looking at my wife. She nodded in agreement.

I helped Emma up off the ground, with Edward's help. She didn't dare look anyone in the eyes. I knew that she was scared of another panic attack. Esme gently took hold of her arm and led her upstairs. Kiki followed close behind them.

Once Emma and Esme were out of earshot, Jayme and I turned to look at everyone, who had all taken seats on the couches. The looks on all of their faces told it all. They were worried and wanted to know what had just happened.

"Emma suffered a panic attack from the movie that you were watching," I began. "It was triggered by the rape scene."

"How come?" Rosalie asked confused.

"Because two years ago, Emma was gang raped." Jayme bluntly said.


AN #2: in this story, Royce didn't rape Rose. Just an FYI. And the real Kiki does let me cry against her like that when I have panic attacks. But this chapter would have been longer, but I do need sleep….so enjoy and the next part will be up soon!!