Chapter Twenty-five-

For four more months, I spent my life destroying vampires just like the Grays. For some reason, I couldn't believe there would be such evil creatures out there but then again I had met nicer versions of them first. Which I had to admit, I was more then grateful that I met the Cullen's before others.

I couldn't imagine my life without them there. I even shuddered at the thought of it. I placed my hand on my stomach as I sat on a chair in Carlisle's office. I wouldn't have met Emmett, the love of my life. I wouldn't have met my new daughter Celia. I wouldn't be pregnant with this amazing child. I wouldn't have Alice as a sister, or Jasper as a wonderful brother. So many things I just wouldn't have and wouldn't have known had existed.

I thought about Charlie, how he would have pushed me to start dating Jacob. Oh God, how Jacob must hate me. I had chosen not only Edward over him, but all the Cullen's. I wish I could make it up to him.

I was stupid to choose Edward over him- plain stupid! But if I hadn't, Emmett and I wouldn't have gotten together.

I could almost picture Jacob and I getting married if Alice hadn't come back for me. I would be living in La Push, and would be hanging around with Emily, Sam, and the whole group. I missed them, I truly did. Most likely they didn't miss me; they had to hate me for everything I was.

A knock came at the door bringing me back to the present. My father walked in with a smile on his face.

"What's that huge grin for?"

"Would you like to know the sex of the baby?"

"When Emmett comes home I would."

Right now Emmett had taken Celia to the grocery store. For some odd reason, we both ate the same food. Yes, food. No blood. Carlisle had told me it would remain like that not only for the pregnancy, but for the remainder of my existence. Meaning, me, Celia and the child I was carrying would have human food forever.

"There's something else I would like to discuss with you…"

"That doesn't sound like very good news," I said sitting up straighter as he sat behind his desk.

"You could say that."

I waited for him to elaborate but he was in deep thought, How not to make her mad? How on earth do I tell her without making her angry?

"Carlisle, I won't get mad at whatever it is you have to tell me. I just don't want to have to read your thoughts to find out what it is."

He exhaled loudly, "Bella, you need to take time away from doing vampire work."

I blinked a few times, unable to speak for a minute, "I don't understand… if I stop, people die."

"If you don't stop, you're baby will."

That caught my attention.

Celia ran into the room and jumped on my lap, "Mom, daddy got us ice cream!"

"He did, did he?"

"Uh huh!" she said nodding wildly.

Emmett came strolling into the room and smiled at me as he leaned forward, kissing my forehead.

I wanted to discuss my work further, but I would wait for Celia to leave.

"So do you want to know the gender of your sibling?" I asked Celia.

Her eyes got wide with anticipation and excitement.

"It's a boy," Carlisle said.

Celia kissed my tummy, "Baby brother you better be okay because if you hurt mommy-"

"Celia let's not make threats right now," I smiled. "Why don't you go tell uncle Jazz about the news because I'm sure Alice already knows."

"Damn," I said under my breath, "Just when I thought girls were going to overthrow the boys."

"Hey!" Emmett and Carlisle said in unison.

"Sorry, but it's true!"

Emmett wrapped his arms around me from behind while I still was sitting. He moved my hair from one side and kissed my neck as he whispered, "We can eliminate Jasper," he said joking around.

"Oh no!" I mocked, "Carlisle I believe I have turned yet another Mr. Cullen evil!"

I made a move to stand but Emmett playfully bit on my earlobe.

"Hey!" I shrieked

"Fair is fair!" He chuckled.

"Will you two stop?!" Carlisle said with a big grin that deceived his voice.

"Sorry," we said together as Emmett pulled my up and sat down with me in his lap.

"Before you arrived Emmett, we were discussing Isabella's career."

Emmett's face grew serious as I became tense. "And?"

"And despite me telling her it would be best for the baby, Bella doesn't want to stop working."

Oh great he had to call me Bella, I thought as my husband turned towards me.

"Why not?"

"I won't stop… I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because if I do, people will die."

"Even for the sake of our child Isabella? Even for our little boy?"

I shook my head, "I can't Emmett."

"You want to know what I think?" He shouted as he stood up above me.

I looked up into his eyes waiting silently for him to continue.

"I think you don't care about people dieing! I think you only care about killing the vampires!"

I searched his eyes but they didn't betray him. "Tell me you don't believe that," I said in a dead calm tone as I stood up in front of him. I know it was lame, he was completely taller then me but I would not let him talk down to me like that.

"I believe that exactly Bella!"

I closed my eyes and thought of a conversation me and Edward had had in our meadow a year ago.

Flashback-

"Why won't you change me?"

He didn't reply.

"Is it because you don't love me? Am I unworthy?"

In an instant he was far away from me. His eyes were filled with hate that tore my heart. I remember looking intently into those topaz eyes as he replied, "What if you're using me just to live for eternity?"

I was shocked to say the least. "You don't believe that do you?"

"I believe that exactly!" he yelled.

-End of Flashback

But now, unlike Edward, Emmett didn't run back to me, crushing me into a hug. He didn't apologize. But what Emmett did do was grab my wrists tightly, "You will not continue to work, do you understand? You will not jeopardize your life or our son's, okay?"

I glanced at Carlisle who had somewhere in the middle of the argument stood up. He was now standing beside Emmett telling him to let me go.

Emmett slowly let go, and then did something I wasn't expecting, he collapsed into the chair. What the hell had happened to Emmett? part of me screamed to know, the other part told me to get the hell away from there.

I heard my father ask me something but I wasn't paying attention, I was focusing on Emmett.

"Isabella did you hear me?"

I snapped out of my daze and met Carlisle's eyes. "I'm sorry," I said.

From my tone, he knew I didn't mean about not hearing him. I meant something much more.

I opened my eyes and whispered, "Forgive me please."

To my surprise Carlisle nodded in understanding just before I froze him and Emmett.

I rushed out of the room and ran into mine. I found my suitcase quickly and threw any clothes I could find into it.
I ran out towards my car that I had rented and popped open the trunk, throwing my luggage in.

As quickly as possible I went back in and grabbed my purse which had my cell phone from the Volturi, and my other one, for the family. I made sure my wallet was there and then went into Celia's room. She wasn't there. Where could she be?

I went towards the door, thinking maybe she would be in the front yard.

"Where are you going?" Jasper said from behind me.

I sighed loudly and closed my eyes trying to relax. "Going out for a few minutes."

I felt his hand on my shoulder, "You know, you could never lie to me Isabella."

"I know," I replied as I twisted the doorknob and walked towards my car. "It's for the best," I opened my car door and paused to look up at him, "Just trust that, okay?"

He didn't say a word but I heard his thought, You'll be back, I know it.

A tear rolled down my face as I started the ignition, How could Jasper be so confident?

"Because family means everything to you," Celia responded with a half smile from the passenger's seat.

"Oh god!" I said clutching my heart, "Don't do that to me! You scared me to death!"

Her eye brow rose perfectly, "Well we both don't want that to happen, now do we?"

I halfheartedly laughed and hugged her as I calmly told her, "You can stay with your father, or you can come with me. I'm not telling you what to do though."

She bit her lip, which was exactly what I was doing. "I want to stay with you."

"Are you sure? Because I don't know when we will see the family again…"

I saw Esme and Alice come running outside and that's when I threw the car into drive, "Buckle up sweetie!"

"Where are we going?"

"I know someone who will give us a place to stay."

"Who?"

"An old co-worker. Dillon is his name," I responded looking in my review mirror as I sped away knowing Alice had been listening intently.

Yes Esme. I know where Dillon lives. Well not him exactly, but it's in Portland, Oregon.

Why there?

Because she went there a month after Edward cheated on her.

Oh dear.

I held Celia's hand, hoping to God that Aro, Caius and Marcus would let us stay there until I had my child. I didn't know where else to go…

I tucked in a lose strand of her hair behind her ear as I began to wonder how Caius would react to seeing his daughter for the first time since Cardelia had died.

But before we went there, I had a stop to make.

Authors Note: I can't believe there is only three more chapters of this story! But remember, I'm already working on the sequel so don't worry! And I am very sorry for making Emmett and her fight... Really, it could have been worse...

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