Emmett Point of View

After returning Rose to her house that afternoon I made a beeline straight home. I knew Alice wanted to talk to me and then I was going to sort this whole 'aversion to the human' thing Bella has going on. Alice was waiting by the door and told me that tonight we were playing ball; I nodded stiffly and headed downstairs to find Bella. She was there sitting on a sofa just looking at me.

"What the hell, Isabella! Do you have any idea what your doing to her? Why do you have to be such a bitch about everything in your life! You have a husband who thinks the sun shines out of your ass and you know Carlisle adores you to bits, so why do you have to make everyone miserable?" I was running out of steam when she just stood up and passed, shoving me to the side slightly.

"You know you shouldn't be so hard on her, man." Edward said from his spot in the doorway. "She saved your girlfriends life. I may not be the most observant person due to obvious reasons but you shouldn't push her like that." He turned around to leave but I grabbed his arm. What? When? I tried to vocalise my thoughts but he just said "Port Angeles," and walked away to find Bella.

I was still feeling guilty when Alice made me go pick up Rose. So that's how I found myself standing in the Swan's hallway listening in on their conversation.

"Okay," said Charlie. "What're you doing tonight?"

"He invited me to play baseball with his family."

"I thought you hated baseball."

"I thought you liked the Cullen's," she sighed. "Dad, please, he's right outside."

"Right now?" said Charlie. "He is?"

"Yeah, he wanted to meet you officially."

"All right," said Charlie, and I heard the sound as he cocked his rifle. "Bring him in."

"Dad, please, just be nice to him. He really means a lot to me."

"Chief Swan," I said. "I wanted to formally introduce myself. I'm Emmett Cullen. "

"Nice to meet you, Emmett," said Charlie, shaking my hand.

"Rosalie won't be out too late tonight. We're just going to play baseball with my family. We'll take good care of each other, I promise."

Charlie nodded. "All right. Well, have fun and Rose try not to break anything." I burst out laughing.

She grabbed my arm and tried to drag me through the door. Once we were out by the car, she turned around and said, "I'm sorry about the inquisition."

"It could've been worse," I said "Don't worry about it."

"Okay. So, since when do vampires play baseball?"

"Well, it is the American pastime," I said, as I put a baseball cap on her head. "And there's a thunderstorm coming. It's the only time we can play. You'll see why."

We eventually arrived at the field where we'd be playing. Alice and Jasper were throwing a baseball at each other from across the two ends of the field. Edward, Bella and Esme were sitting on a rocky outcrop with Esme watching Edward and Bella with a huge smile on her face. As much as she denied it everyone of us knew she had a soft spot for her first son and daughter. The wind changed direction and blew Rosie's scent over to the trio on the rocks. Bella immediately stood up and darted over to Jasper's side Rosie looked truly shocked when she saw Bella stand without her heels and even I had to admit it was funny that everyone was scared of the little 5'2" monster. Edward and Esme made their way over to us after Edward threw a quick pleading glance in Bella's direction. Tough luck bro.

Esme immediately took Rose over to her side. "I'm glad you're here. We need an umpire."

"She thinks we cheat," said Edward. He obviously had decided it was worth risking Bella's wrath tonight.

"I know you cheat," said Esme. "Just call them as you see them, Rose."

"Okay," she said, nodding.

When the thunderstorm hit, we had already split into teams with Alice, Edward and myself on one team and Bella, Jasper and Carlisle on the other. In the first inning Alice was pitching, Bella was hitting and Esme was catching. Alice tossed the ball and Bella hit it as hard as she could and I ran into the woods after it. I came back with the ball. When the ball came back, it was a little too late for Bella who'd just barely skidded in. Esme looked to Rose for judgment and she said, "You're out."

"Out!" shouted Edward. "Whoa!"

Bella gave Rose the look of death as she stepped aside.

"Babe, come on, it's just a game," shouted Edward.

"Nice kitty," said Carlisle as he patted her on the back.

You really know how to make my girl feel welcome, Bella, I thought. The game went on and it was certainly more exciting now that I wasn't the seventh wheel anymore. I couldn't help but grin when Edward and I knocked into each other. Edward even climbed a tree and leapt into the air to catch one of the balls, it as turning into a competition on who could impress their mate the most. It was the most fun I'd had in years, but it didn't last. The game ceased when three nomads came into view.

There was a blond man, a black guy with dreadlocks and a red-headed woman. We all knew that they'd been the ones that had killed Waylon and the security guard no matter how much we denied it. Alice quietly explained that they were leaving, but then they'd heard the game and had decided to investigate. We tried to leave, but was too late.

"I'm sorry I brought you here, I'm so sorry," I murmured.

"It's all right. It's not your fault," she whispered.

"Please, just be quiet, take your hair down and stay behind us."

She nodded and did as I told her. "That won't help I could smell her from across the field." I watched the nomads out of the corner of my eye. The black one held up the ball. "I believe this belongs to you." He tossed the ball and Carlisle caught it as he said, "Thank you."

"I'm Laurent. This is James and Victoria."

"I'm Carlisle. This is my family. I'm afraid your hunting activities have caused something of a mess for us."

"Our apologies," said Laurent. "We didn't realize the territory had been claimed."

"Yes, well, we maintain a permanent residence nearby."

"Permanent. Really?" said Laurent. "Well, we won't be a problem anymore. We were just passing through."

"The humans were tracking us, but we led them east," said Victoria, smugly. "You should be safe."

"Thank you," said Carlisle.

"So, could you use three more players?" Laurent asked. "Come on, just one game."

Carlisle nodded. "Sure. Why not? Some of us were leaving anyway. You could take their place. We'll bat first. "

"I'm the one with the wicked curveball," said Victoria, as she caught the ball Carlisle threw at Laurent.

"Oh, I think we can handle that," said Jasper.

I was glad that Jasper and Bella had diffused the situation but James never took his eyes from Rosie's face. That worried me as we began slowly walking away. We could've left and everything would've been fine if she hadn't been upwind when the breeze blew her scent towards James's nose. He inhaled deeply.

"You brought a snack," he said, as he made his way towards me. But we'd already blocked him off and were in defensive positions. No one could argue that the Cullen's were anything less than efficient.

"The girl is with us," Carlisle said calmly. "I think it best if you leave."

"I can see the game is over," said Laurent. Me, Edward and Jasper surrounded Laurent and James and Bella and Victoria were facing off alone but none of us were particularly wary of that. "We'll go now. James, Victoria."

We all straightened up and everyone went straight to there mate. I nearly laughed at the look on Victoria's face when Bella winked at her from her place in Edward's arms.

They left, but we weren't out of the danger yet. I got her in my car and then we began speeding off as fast as the car could go. "What, now he's coming after me?" she demanded.

"Listen to me, James is a tracker. The hunt is his obsession. My reaction on the field set him off. I just made this his most exciting game ever. He's never going to stop!"

"What do we do?" she all but screamed at me.

"We have to kill him. Rip him apart and burn the pieces."

"Where're we going?"

"Anywhere! Just away from Forks. We'll get a ferry to Vancouver."

"What about my dad? What about Charlie? I have to go home. You have to take me home, Emmett!"

"I know how you feel, but you can't go home, Rosalie! He's just going to trace your scent there. It's the first place he's going to look!"

"And my father could be his next victim! Emmett, please, he could get killed because of me!" she begged. "I have to do something!"

I sighed in frustration and handed her my cell phone. "Call him. Tell him anything. Just don't tell him everything."

She dialed her home phone and merely got the answering phone. She seemed to remember where he would be and dialed again.

"Hello?"

"Seth, it's me. Listen, is my dad there?"

"Yeah, he's here watching videos with my dad. Do you want me to get him?"

"No, just give him a message for me. Tell him I have to leave town for a while, but I'll be back as soon as I can and tell him not to worry and that I love him."

"You're leaving? Wait, why? What's going on? Are you in some kind of trouble?"

"I can't explain any further. Just give him my message for me, please!"

"I will, but Rose—"

"Good-bye, Seth," she hung up the phone. I could see in her face that she was petrified.

"I'm so very sorry, Rose."

"It's not your fault. He's safe. That's all that matters."

We went silent then and I sped as fast as I could to get her to the safety of our house. We ran through the front door but Laurent was standing just inside with the rest of the family.

"Wait," said Carlisle, when I snarled. "He came to warn us about James."

"This isn't my fight and I've grown tired of his games," said Laurent. "But he's got unparalleled sense, absolutely lethal. I've never seen anything like him in my three hundred years. And the woman, Victoria, don't underestimate her. She's as dangerous as a viper, if not more." And with that, he left.

We headed down to the garage. Jasper was already worried. "I've had to fight his kind before," he said. "They're not easy to kill."

"But not impossible," Edward pointed out. "We'll tear him apart and burn the pieces."

"I don't relish the thought of killing another creature, even a sadistic one like James," said Carlisle, as he grabbed some things.

"What if he kills one of us first?" Bella asked as she took a seat on the counter and kept glancing at Edward out of the corner of her eye.

"I'm going to run Rosalie south. Can you lead the tracker away from here?"

"No, Emmett, James knows you'd never leave Rose. He'll follow you," said Carlisle.

"I'll go with Rosalie," said Alice. "Jasper and I will drive her south. I'll keep her safe, Emmett, I promise."

"No, I'm not leaving!" Rose said, loudly. "I'm not leaving Emmett." Everyone just turned to look at her.

"Rose, as much I would rather not do this, we have to," I said. "They're right. We can lead James away. And if we don't, then he'll track you down and kill you."

"And he could do the same to you!" she protested.

"Rosalie," I said as gently as I could to get the point across. "You have to go."

"Emmett, I never should've come near you. I'm so sorry. This is my entire fault."

"No, it's James's fault, not yours." I pulled her chin up so I could look in her eyes. "Please, just listen to me. I'll do whatever it takes to make you safe again, I promise. I just found you; I'm not going to lose you and nor will you lose me."

She nodded. "Emmett, whatever happens to me, just remember that you are my life to me and you always will be."

"And you're mine but nothing is going to happen to you," I murmured. "When everything's done, I'm going to come back and get you, I promise."

We kissed once more quickly before I put her into Alice and Jasper's car.

"Bella, Esme. Could you wear these to hide her scent?" Esme nodded immediately putting on the coat whilst Bella just looks at me in disbelief.

"Why? What is she to me?" She asks looking at me with disgust plain on her face.

"Bells. Rosalie is with Emmett now and that makes her family" Carlisle tells her in a soothing tone. He picks up the discarded coat and puts it in her hands. "And we protect our family." Bella looks up at him and nods. She takes the coat and walks to Edward who had his arms outstretched for her. I watched as Alice and Jasper blurred past with a couple of duffle bags which they put in the boot of the Mercedes. "Good luck, Jazz. Be safe" Bella said to Jasper and he quickly walked over to her took her from Edward's arms and gave her a quick hug whilst whispering in her ear. Even thoug h it's meant to be private we all hear him say "It'll all be ok in the end, Darlin'. I'll be back before you know it". She looks to the ground and nods before Jasper drops her back down onto her feet and gives her back to Edward.

"Take care of her man," Jasper told Edward.

Edward simply replied with "Of course."

Alice and Jasper got in the car and started the engine.

"Bella could you make it go any faster?" Jasper asks. She nods excitedly and immediately gets to work. I watch as she grabs a box of tools of one of her shelves before running to the car and tinkering with the Mercedes engine at vampire speed.

"There. You'll be able to go at least 280 now. I'll do more work when you're back." She says and walks to the jeep where everyone else is sat. Jasper nods and accelerates away. Taking my life with him.

Hey here's finally an update on this I have had this ready for a while but just completely forgot about it like the very forgetful person I am.

Hope you enjoy it (Think it's my longest chapter ever at 3000 words =D)

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