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Chapter 14

EmmettPOV

"So what do you want to do? Do you want to keep it?" Rosie asked me with her big doe eyes full of uncertainty. Everything from here on out depended on my response to this rather important question.

"I want nothing more than to have this baby with you. However keep in mind that once you have gone past your first trimester as Carlisle says, then you can't be in the show anymore and Aro will be suspicious." She had her hands on her stomach and she appeared to be in thought.

"So what? This baby means more to me than some show. Aro will respect it."

"Don't assume anything, honey." Emmett warned. We both had agreed to keep the baby. We wanted him or her to grow up in a new life outside of this circus. That meant we had to reconsider the time we chose to get out of here.

Unlike Rose who fell asleep in arms instantly, I lay there and saw my future. I wanted to have lots of children with her and I could see it happening. I saw how happy we were together in the fields, playing, eating and just enjoying our lives. There was so much more at stake now and the plan to get out had to be well thought out especially since we had to delay the news of Rose's pregnancy as much as possible.

I knew that no matter what, I would do anything for both of them.

BPOV

Someone nudged me awake and I met Alice's cheerful grin.

"Wake up sleeping beauty. It's the day of your opening." I sat up and rubbed my eyes.

"Where are we now?" Alice looked out the window

"Seattle I think." I looked over and saw Rose was still in bed sleeping and we both knew that we needed to give her some time to rest and take it easy before the show tonight.

Alice and I walked out to the food tent and grabbed a plate before sitting together. Esme and Carlisle joined soon after. Esme had a small basket of fruit and some bacon and eggs and I looked at baffled.

"For Rose. She needs lots of vitamins and proteins." Carlisle clarified. Huh. I guess that made sense.

"Bella!" I turned and saw a rather concerned Ben and Mike approach me.

"Have you seen either Angela or Jessica?" I shook my head. Ben and Mike exchanged looks.

"James did something. I know it. We just can't find them anywhere." I guess Aro wasn't kidding when he talked about severe punishments. If we couldn't see the girls who knew where they were.

"I'll keep both eyes out. Let me know if you find them." They nodded and went off to keep looking.

"What happened?" Alice asked. I explained what happened last night with James and the dance. Carlisle furrowed his eyebrows in thought

"This would not be one of the harsher punishments since it was James' humiliation and not Aro's. Still, Aro trusts James undoubtedly. After rehearsal we will all go and search for the girls, all right?" We all agreed with Carlisle and got ready for rehearsal. I was going to perform tonight. Esme told me it was sold out tonight on the way to the tent and that made me shake a bit. A sold out crowd in a big city was a huge deal. Maybe somebody would notice me and take me away from here? NO! Wait! I can't think like that. I couldn't leave the Cullens and my friends behind to this sick twisted man to endure whatever he wanted.

We arrived in the tent and did some stretches to loosen our muscles. Esme was quite strict with Rose and Emmett to take it easy for the rehearsal. It made me smile. They were going to have a baby. A little Rose or Emmett. I knew they would love and spoil that child greatly. He or she would be very lucky to have such loving parents. I could hardly say the same for someone like me so I envied them just a bit.

One thing was for sure, when I have kids I would tell them every day how much I loved them. I would give my own life for them and not think of my needs first. That's how parenthood should be. I guess it either skipped a generation in my family or the pair of them never took Parenting 101.

Then I had the image of me, my belly round with a child and who had their arms around me? Edward. Always Edward. I felt so guilty that I was dating one man and consistently thinking of another. Was my conscience trying to guilt trip me for what I did to Edward? It was fault for heaven's sake! Though I must admit that the moment I stepped back and let me do whatever he was doing he was more miserable then I had ever seen him.

Even now as I got into position, I wanted nothing more than to be closer to him. The rage was ever so slowly fading away and turning into what exactly?

"Okay, since Bella will be making her debut tonight we need to create a sequence that welcomes her to the audience and to our group officially. Does anyone have any ideas? It would preferably need to be at the start of the show." Carlisle announced to the entire group. There was a moment of silence as everyone thought of something.

"Of course!" Alice shouted making everyone jump. Alice walked over to the centre of stage

"You want Bella to be the centre of attention? Well get her to begin the act all by herself. We can now utilize the pole that the trapeze artists use to climb down." The pole that several feet above the air and between two pillars in the centre of the stage was only really used as Alice said for the trapeze artists and no one could really find much use for it.

"Get Bella to do some solo work on the pole. Hang upside, swing and extend for a few moments and stand before the crowd as we enter." Esme nodded and turned to Carlisle

"I like it. We never quite had an attention grabbing start. We always just sort of ran on. This would make it more dramatic." Carlisle agreed and we got to work.

"Okay, Bella, can you get up on pole okay?" I nodded, practice paid off. I jumped up and rolled under the pole like a gymnast till I sat on it to the amusement of the others.

"You give her the spotlight and now she turns into a show off." Emmett teased. Rose just smiled and clapped

"Well she has come a long way from day one. Her petite body suits this sort of gymnastic stuff."

"All right, Bella. We will start with you lying across the pole." Carlisle instructed like he had a vision. His director mode came into play. I followed along and lay across the cold pole as he said.

"Maybe like a casual relaxed pose. Like it's a lazy sunday afternoon for you. Cross the legs and dip your foot around." I started doing that. It made the group laugh a bit. Maybe it could be a comedy act?

"Then you feel the need to stretch so you stretch out like a cat and surprise the audience by doing a back-roll on the pole into a standing stance." Wow. That sounded tricky. It took me a few tries but then I got the hang of it. The group loved it and said the crowd would too.

"So from there maybe just explore the pole, maybe some ballet things." I followed my instincts and did some basic ballet poses. Moved my legs forward and back, bent the knees and opened my arms out before doing cartwheels forwards and backwards.

"Wow Bella!" Alice cheered.

"Perfect now swing around the pole and finish upside down." Carlisle instructed as he watched me closely. I did some basic gymnastic swings before I hung upside and bent me knees around the pole to hold myself. I held my arms out in a finished gesture and the group clapped.

"Oh I am so excited! It will look amazing!" Esme was beaming. It was great to see. Carlisle then looked at the group.

"Then the girls will join you on the pole so you all stand up on top of it." Carlisle said as Esme and Rose got into position. We stood there as Carlisle directed the boys to come under it and then made us girls do handstands using their shoulders for support. Alice and Jasper liked it by the cheering they were doing.

"And then ladies let go and fall forwards so the guys will catch you." I listened to Carlisle and let go. Edward caught me and looked at me.

"You okay?" He asked quietly. I nodded and smiled.

"Thanks Edward." He smiled back and we continued the usual routine after that. Carlisle got me to practice my sequence a few times to get it in my head before we called it a day. When everyone was happy we did some warm downs and got our stuff.
"Break a leg tonight Bella. They will love you." Jasper smiled at me and offered me a daisy. Bless him. He knew how to make me feel calm.

"Right, now let's go and see if we can find the girls" Emmett reminded us and well all began our search. I went with Esme, Emmett and Alice to one side of the circus area while Carlisle, Rose, Edward and Jasper went another way.

"I don't understand. The circus is not that big that we cannot find them" Emmett stated in frustration. Perhaps there was more to it.

"Keep in mind that there is forest around us, Emmett! They could be anywhere." Alice added. Aro wouldn't have let James do this unless he liked him. Aro trusted James with his life so to keep him happy would not take much from Aro's part. However James is smart enough to know not to have them in his carriage. It's the first place they would have looked.

Unless...

"I know where they are!"I gasped and took off up the train. The group run with me and we arrived at Aro's carriage. No one was allowed in here, it was forbidden without invitation so Ben and Mike wouldn't have looked here.

We looked to see if anyone followed us and went inside. It was dark and sickening in here. It brought back real memories of horror and fear. The night I became a member of this twisted place.

We entered the main living area and I hissed

"Ang! Jess! It's me, Bella!" We looked around and there was no sight of them. We spread out and searched. I looked under the bed and in the bathroom.

"Bella!" Esme wailed. I took off and followed Esme's voice till I saw her looking in the closet, horrified. I looked inside and saw Ang and Jess, stark naked, their arms tied above their heads and their bodies covered in bruises. Their faces bloodied up.

"Oh my god!" I sobbed and stepped closer. Esme checked their pulses and sighed

"They are alive. Come on. Get them some clothes and into the Cullen carriage." I called Alice and Emmett to help me. The four of us carried the pair secretly to the Cullen carriage and lay them out on our beds.

"Alice, go get the others" Esme calmly ordered. Alice took off faster than the speed of light. Emmett came with bowls of warm water and cloths. We slowly cleaned them up as the girls stirred gently. I wept gently at their pain and at how cruel this man was to let this happen to them.

The rest of the Cullens came in with Ben and Mike. Carlisle went straight to doctor mode and examined them carefully. Ben and Mike would not leave their sides.

"They have lots of bruises but no internal damage. Aro would be foolish to damage two performers on a performance night. They will wake up soon. They are just in shock. Also keep them warm, pneumonia would not help their situation since Aro will expect them to perform tonight." Esme and Rose went to make some tea for everyone and we just sat there unsure of what to do. We could only wait till they came to.

After an hour, maybe more, Jessica and Angela slowly opened their swollen eyes.

"Jessica, Angela, can you hear me?" Carlisle asked gently while flashing a light in their eyes. The pair squinted and moaned

"Yes." Angela said and Jessica meekly nodded her head.

"Ladies you passed out in shock. Whatever happened, you are safe now. We are here for you." Angela's eyes glistened with tears

"James beat us for hours. Aro watched him in amusement the whole time. He didn't do anything to help or stop it." Ben held her in his arms as she wept softly. I felt her pain so much that my blood boiled. I ran off out of the carriage and into the afternoon sun. I didn't stop till I found him having a glass of whiskey with a group of men I didn't know. He saw me approaching and grinned

"Miss Swan. What a pleasant surprise." I came up to him and cried out

"YOU BASTARD!" I swing my fist, hard and fast and punched him straight in the nose. The crunch from his broken nose sent him back in surprise and dropped his whiskey glass. I kept going and kicked him between the legs and did an uppercut into his chin. The man fell the ground and two guys had to come and pull me off of him.

"Hold her!" One of the guys called to the other. They pulled me back even though I could have kept going. I only saw red. James stood up and pinched his nose to stop the blood. He looked at me with anger at first but then it became something else. Something more sinister.

"Believe me, Miss Swan. I'll let you have that one only because I know you've found the girls. The only way you could have found them is if you broke the rules and found them in Aro's carriage. You know what that means sweetheart?" He stepped closer to me as the guys held me back in even harder.

"It means you fell right into my trap. Aro will be notified of your intrusion and you will be severely punished. Believe me I can do much worse things then what I did to those wenches. You will soon find out." He stroked my cheek making me spit in his face. He just wiped it off and walked away like he wasn't in pain at all.

The guys let me go and I walked off still furious. No one did that to my best friends and all at a price. Now it was my turn. I went back into the carriage and saw Angela and Jessica drinking tea while being comforted by their guys.

Esme first noticed me and joined me outside in the mini corridor.

"Bella. Let go of the anger. It will get you in trouble." I sighed and felt my shoulders drop. As I relaxed the more the dire situation hit me.

"I am already in trouble, Esme." She looked at me with concern and I looked in her eyes. She must have understood because her eyes widened.

JamesPOV

Aro was sitting in a chair in one of his tents and playing cards with his brothers. I stepped forward.

"Aro, I bring distressing news." Aro took a puff of his cigar and continued looking at his cards

"You say that so much James it's lost all meaning to me."

"Yes but this is different. It is about one of your rules. The number one rule." Aro looked up at him briefly

"Go on." Now I knew that had his attention. The time had come for Isabella to pay. I leaned in and murmured

"Miss Swan entered your carriage and took away the two girls without permission." Aro nodded and took another puff

"Indeed." He leaned back in his chair and sighed

"Oh, Isabella. It was only a matter of time. Prepare for the public punishment." Excellent. The public punishment was exactly what I needed to prove my power over these stupid people and more importantly to instill some fear back into that girl. That girl that would be mine soon enough.

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Bella's opening night and punishment. Also, Jessica's secret is finally revealed.