Chapter 5: The Past

SYDNEY'S POV

After Emmett texted me I walked into my house. I walked up the stairs and into the bathroom. Deciding to take a quick shower before John came home. I stepped out of the shower and dressed into some more comfortable clothing; before starting my homework. I heard the front door crash against the door frame alerting me that my 'father' was home. It was then that dinner crossed my mind, It was supposed to be made before he got home. I get up from my chair and walk downstairs, terrified to see what was going to happen. I see my dad standing in the living room with a bottle of whiskey in a brown paper bag.

I was so scared to see what he would do, so I immediately tried to explain myself hoping for a break. "Dad I'm so sorry I don't have dinner ready I just lost track of time and-." Before I can finish his hand comes across my face. "GET IN THE KITCHEN NOW!" after I made dinner, John slapped me around saying it was my punishment for not having dinner ready. I ran upstairs crying and locked myself in my room. I got in bed and covered myself in my old, rough, blanket that felt like a burlap sack. I laid down and slowly drifted off to sleep.

DREAM - I was walking with my ex-boyfriend Brandon we had just come back from a movie with friends. When we walk into his house we sit down and watch another movie. As we're watching the movie I get up and grab some water, at the same time Brandon gets up and goes to his parent liquor cabinet and grabs a bottle of vodka he walks over to me and says "here take a sip." I looked at the bottle and then to him and said "No I don't want to" then he said, "well I want to so you should too." I looked at him and said "Well I don't want to" then he said "FINE your loss." as we continued to watch TV Brandon kept drinking until he was drunk.

I looked at him and said "Maybe you should stop drinking." he looked at me and said, "Maybe you should stop being such a little bitch" I looked at him taken aback by the sudden mood switch. I stood up and walked to the kitchen to calm down. I'm standing in front of the counter and I can feel someone behind me. I turn around to see Brandon looking at me with lust. He starts kissing me I kiss back at first but then he started kissing my neck and my shoulder. This didn't feel right I was a virgin I wanted to do this with someone special and that wasn't Brandon. I say "stop" but he keeps going. I couldn't tell if he was ignoring me or if he didn't hear me. "Brandon, stop" but he keeps going, I move my hands to his shoulders and push him off of me and yell "STOP!" He looks at me angrily and screams"YOU BITCH WHAT THE HELL!" I looked at him with a frown, anger building up inside me. "I TOLD YOU TO STOP, I am NOT your property. If I say I don't want to do something you need to respect that." He looks at me like I was stupid for having said that.

I remember this night, it was the night I broke up with him.

"Whatever you slut, you probably cheated on me with some douche" I looked at him with shock 'How dare he', I let my hand collide with his face. He turned and looked at me before he slapped me in my face. I fell to the floor, tears streaming down my face. "WERE THROUGH ASSHOLE" I stormed out of his house and walked into town, where I called my brother to come and get me. -DREAM ENDS

I wake up with tears running down my face. 'What is wrong with me, why doesn't anyone love me' I thought. I looked over at my bedside table, the broken lines on the digital clock read 4 am. "It's too early" I groaned, as I laid back down. I tossed and turned, thinking about my nightmare. I haven't thought about him in a long time why am I having dreams about him now. I turned away from the door and attempted to go back to sleep, but I wasn't tired so I got up and started pacing around my room. For some reason fear began to rise in my chest, I hadn't even spared Brandon a thought scene we broke up. He had been acting weird and his personality changed. He wasn't the sweet, kind guy I had first met. I mean my mom and brother are dead, my dad treats me like I'm nothing, and now I'm starting to remember my ex, what more could go wrong.

The longer I thought about everything that was happening the more angry I became. I didn't understand why this was happening, for my dad to change so suddenly was odd but also alarming. "What did I do to deserve this," I said to myself as I turned to lay on my back. Out of my peripheral vision, I could see something floating in the air. I sat up and saw all of the small objects in my room floating. I slowly crept out of bed just in case the objects were alive and we're going to attack me. 'What in the hell is happening, you know what why not floating objects I'm already depressed let's add crazy to the list as well' I thought. I looked around and saw my phone still sitting on my bedside table? I started to hyperventilate and tears began to fill my eyes, what is going on?

The objects floating then began to shake profusely, kind of like they were pulsing. A thought crossed my mind, 'was I doing this' I reached my hand out and hovered it close to a floating lipstick. I moved my hand to the right, then left with the makeup item following my movements. I didn't know how I was doing this but it was really cool. Even if this was a dream I never wanted to wake up. Kept playing around with different items, swirling them around the room in a cyclone motion. I sat down on my bed after about 10 minutes with a huge smile on my face. There was no way this was a dream. I laid back against my headboard to relax when everything fell back into there places.

A few items were still floating so I placed my hands into an x shape and pushed my hand outward of each other. All the rest of the remaining items gracefully flew back into there respective places. I stood up and walked around my room baffled but more excited than anything. I could make things float, levitate even. I was more excited than worried, which I should have been. But I felt like this was natural like the ability came to me with ease. I decided against trying the experiment again and climbed back into bed.

Part of me wanted to make a mental note, so when I woke up I knew tonight wasn't a dream. I reached over and grabbed my phone, I slipped off the old phone case and placed it under my bed. I never took off my phone case so I knew if this was the same tomorrow this wasn't a dream. I woke up the next morning and looked around, everything was placed the same way it was last night. I looked over and saw that my phone had no case. The excitement began to bubble in my stomach. When I looked under my bed there was my phone case. I slipped it back on and was happy to know that last night was not a dream.

I got up and walked over to my window looking outside into the forest thinking about the Cullens. I'm not going to lie, Emmett is really cute, and sweet, and funny but I can't get to close to him. We only met a week ago, I shouldn't blindly trust him. Every guy that enters my life always treats me like I'm worth nothing. First Brandon then my dad, I don't want Emmett to do the same thing. If Emmett and I started to date I would have to hide him from my dad. Going on this date seems like more of a struggle than it's worth. "Maybe I shouldn't go on this date. I really want to but part of me thinks that it's not worth it. He asked me out so there must be something he likes about me."

EMMETT'S POV

I was driving along the highway, on my way home from dropping off Sydney. I felt terrible just leaving her alone with that monster. She hides it from others, but my siblings and I knew since the first day of school. We all knew something was going on but didn't figure it out completely until the third day. The fact that I can't protect her makes me so angry. She is the sweetest thing on the planet how can someone especially her own dad do something like that to her. As I pull into my driveway I could see Alice standing in the garage. I get out of my jeep and ask "why are you standing in the garage." "Because I was waiting for you, family meeting now" she responded. I walked into the house and see everybody looking really upset.

I sat down beside Edward and Jasper on the couch as Alice starts. "I called a family meeting because I have something very important to tell Emmett and the family." My face twisted into confusion, what could Alice have to tell me that was so important to call a family meeting. She looks at me and says "Emmett we know about what's going on with Sydney and we want to help." I was happy everyone approved of her, considering what happened with Bella. "I just want everyone to accept her. I know after what happened with Bella and Edward we have to be cautious. Especially with the Volturi watching us but we know what we're getting into now. So we won't be as clueless about this."

Alice looked at Carlisle and said, "I had a vision about her, she is Emmett's mate and she is going to find out about us." Everyone looked a little nervous about this, "Alice when is she going to find out" Esme asked. "I don't know, after I had my first vision of her I wasn't able seen anything else about her, it's really upsetting." Everyone looked at me like they expected me to have an answer as to why. Everyone agreed that if Sydney found out she would be welcomed with open arms. Rosalie was against this and I understood why. But she was my mate, and I loved her already. I looked over at the clock I realized that I still needed to set up our date so I said goodbye to everyone and disappeared into the forest.

Sydney's POV

That morning my dad was in a really bad mood and beat me black and blue. I have bruises all over my back and torso and it's really hard to walk, or breath or do anything, really. As the school day went on I kept thinking about Emmett. I tried to push him out of my mind seeing as I couldn't concentrate, but nothing worked. As lunch rolled around I walked to my locker to put my books away. Once I placed my books back and grabbed the ones I needed for my next classes I turned to leave. I closed my locker and turned to walk away when I came face to chest with Emmett. I jumped scared by him, I placed my hand over my heart, my breathing heavy "don't do that, you scared me!" He scratched the back of his neck and said "sorry I didn't mean to, I just wanted to ask if you wanted to sit with me and my family at lunch."

After I caught my breath I happily accepted his offer. As we walked to the cafeteria, all the girls in the hallway kept giving me looks. I tried to hide my face by looking in the opposite direction. When we finally arrived at the cafeteria he leads me to his family's table. He pulled one of the chairs and offered it to me. I smiled an sat down in the empty seat. He sat right beside me and had a big grin on his face. I waved and said hello to everyone, before trying to figure out what I wanted for lunch. Alice turned towards me and asked, "Hey do you want to spend the weekend at our house and then go shopping with me and rose on Sunday."

I looked up at her and smiled, she really wanted me to go with them?! "Sure I would love to" I smiled at her and rose before she added, "I really like your style, you have to show me your closet one day."My smile grew a few sizes larger "Thank you, Alice" I stood up walked to the line after deciding what I wanted for lunch. Once I sat down, I picked up my turkey sandwich and took a bite. It tasted so gross, the bread was stale, the mayo was flavorless, and the turkey was dry. I grabbed my napkin and spit the food into the napkin "ok, THAT was gross" I said with a super sarcastic inflection to my voice. Emmett's booming laughter filled the cafeteria. I looked at him a little startled then turned back to the rest of the Cullen's. "So, what is it like being the daughter of a police officer" Edward asked.

I froze, the sudden question about my dad was startling. What am I supposed to say?! "Are you ok?" Edward asked. "Yea I'm ok, umm well, he is really, overprotective. But nothing's illegal until you get caught." The Cullen's laughed and Emmett agreed with me.

The rest of lunch was fun, having other people to talk to is awesome. When lunch ended I dumped my tray and picked up my bag. As I Began to place my bag on my back Emmett grabbed it offered to carry it. I told him he didn't have to but he said he wanted to, he also offered to walk me to class. We started walking down the hall towards my classroom, making small talk along the way.

Emmett glanced over at me as I looked over at him when we meet eye's I saw his were pitch black. I could feel my face heating up so I looked down at my feet. I heard him chuckle before we kept walking in a bit of an awkward silence. I looked over at his face when he wasn't looking and saw how truly handsome he really was. From his short, dark, curly hair to his broad shoulders and chiseled chest, he was perfect. As we stop in front of my class he looked at me and said: "Were still on for tonight right?" I thought for a second before I answered. 'should I really go on this date' I looked at him and said: "Yes 7 o'clock." He smiled at me, gave me my bag and turned to walk away but I grabbed his arm. He turned around to face me so I stood on my tip toes and kissed him on the cheek. I turned and walked into class with a probably stupid grin on my face. My phone buzzed as I sat down, I glanced down at it to see Alice texted me.

Alice- OMG I SAW THAT KISS ARE GUYS A THING!

Alice- I CAN'T BELIEVE IT YOU HAVE TO TELL ME EVERYTHING!

Alice- I'M COMING OVER AFTER TO SCHOOL TO HELP YOU GET READY FOR YOUR DATE, YOU CAN TELL ME THEN!

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