HEY here it is the penultimate chapter and my second one today, hope you enjoy
Disclaimer: Twilight will never, ever be mine and as much as it depresses me to write that, it is true *sob sob*
I had stopped breathing. They were there now they were fighting James now. I tried to breathe again but there seemed to be something obstructing my throat. Did Esme know yet? Had they told her? The phone was still in my and I scrolled through my contacts at top speed till I settled on Esme's name. The phone rung once before it was answered. "Hello?" she said. Her voice was showing no more worry or strain than it had been for the past couple of days. She must not know. "Esme" my voice was half chocked. "What's wrong?" she asked, panic evident in her tone. "I was just called by Emmett. Bella ran off."
"WHAT?"
"I know, Alice had a vision of Bella and James in a ballet studio, that's where they've gone now." My voice cut off completely as I began to sob. Esme was silent on the line. We stayed like this for at least 3 minutes, just frozen in shock. I finally managed to spit out the words "what do we do now?" Esme took her time to answer, but she did finally say, "We wait."
"Fine" I agreed, "we better keep the phone line clear, but call me if you hear anything, ANYTHING." I slid my phone down cutting off the call and began to pace. I had all but forgotten about Charlie. Every time I tried to remind myself that I was supposed to be looking after him a million worries over shadowed it and I just carried on pacing. Half an hour had passed since Emmett's call. If they were all Ok surely they would have called by now…….surely they would have done. Why hadn't they called? Every second that passed was dragging. I had paced up and down this tiny stretch of grass by the police station so much that I had flattened it completely and was no more than mud. My phone went off. The first note of my ring tone had barely sounded before I had it pressed so hard to my ear that it hurt. "We're all Ok." These were the first words I heard. They sent such a huge wave of relief through me that my knees gave way and I crumpled to the ground. "Emmett I was so scared, what happened? Is James dead? Where are you? Is Bella dead?" I surprised myself when there wasn't a hopeful edge to my voice over that last one. "Wow" Emmett said, I was thrilled to hear that the sombre tone had left his voice and he was back to his usual self. "Chill out babe, I told you there was nothing to worry about." I made a "humph" noise but otherwise let him continue. "We're in the hospital. Bella's pretty badly beat up. She thought James had her mother and he told her that he'd kill her unless she came to the ballet studio alone." So that's why the girl had run. I had to admit that I could see why. I knew that if one of my family members were at risk, I would do whatever I could to save them. Of course this didn't stop me from thinking the girl was a foolish brat who put the lives of my whole family at risk, but I could empathise with what she had tried to do. "Yes, he's dead, but not before he bit her." I did a double take. "HE BIT HER, why is she in hospital then, don't you think that they might think there's a problem when they won't be able to stop her screaming?" I was utterly confused, if she had been bitten she couldn't be in hospital, what were they playing at? "She's ok, Edward sucked the venom out." I was stunned into silence. Edward could barely kiss her because of how powerfully her blood attracted him, but he managed to suck the venom out of her system without sucking the rest of her dry? "How" I gasped. By the sound of his hair brushing against the headset I could tell he was shaking his head. "I have no idea. Carlisle told him what he had to do, then he sort of freaked out, but then he seemed to sober up and he sucked the venom straight out of her system." Wow, I had no idea that Edward was capable of that, I mean I was sure that even Carlisle wouldn't have been able to stop biting someone if they had blood that potent. "When are you coming home?" I asked unable to hide the longing in my voice. "Soon baby, soon" he said laughing. "I think Esme is going to fly out here, she's on the phone to Carlisle now. I'll be with you very soon I promise." He said happily. "You'd better" I said grinning. He was safe, they all were.
The airport was crowded for Port Angeles. Emmett's flight was due to be here in two minutes and I was craning my neck over the crowd. It was ridiculous, I was wearing 6 inch heels and I still couldn't see over the top of all these people. I had chosen my out fit very carefully. I was wearing an ivory trench coat that came down about three quarters of the way down my thigh and under that I was wearing a black satin cocktail dress that was so tight you could see everything. Even by my standards I looked amazing, but I wanted to look good for Emmett. The large screen over the exit from the terminal flashed with the letters 8.30 flight from Phoenix arrived. With that I gave up on trying to politely make my way through the crowd politely and started to elbow my way through. I saw a gaggle of men all of the about 25ish stop and gawp at me as I pushed past them. I made my way to the front of the crowd who were all it seemed waiting for people. One oh the group of guys had followed me. I rolled my eyes as he approached me. "Hey baby" he said confidently "your lucky day, I'm single and you're hot." I raised an eyebrow, "my lucky day? Are you sure? Because If I was having a lucky day them it would not involve talking to someone who so far out of my league that they shouldn't even stand within three metres of me." The guy looked totally nonplussed apparently he wasn't used to being denied. "So why don't you run along before my husband gets of that plane and snaps u in two" my tone was icy. How could this idiot even think he was good enough for me? The guy turned around and walked back to his friends who were all positively howling with laughter at his rejection. I had been so busy destroying that guys confidence that I hadn't realised who was now standing in front of me. Emmett was holding his arms out and I launched myself into them. For the first time in days I felt totally happy. I heard the guy who had spoken to me mutter "she's actually married. That sucks." Usually I would have yelled something scathing but I was too happy. Emmett took my hand and we walked out to my M3 that was parked outside. He had no luggage of course so we were able to get out or the airport very quickly. The drive home was very fast, I loved being able to drive the way we did. One of the few perks of this existence. We reached the house and walked in. It was wonderful when it was only us there. I removed my coat revealing the immensely tight dress underneath and I heard a sharp in take of breath. I turned to face Emmett who was still standing in the doorway looking stunned. "You like?" I said grinning. "Yes" he said walking forward and taking me in his arms, "but I think I'd like it better on our floor." I arched an eyebrow, my smile even wider and said, "I think I agree."
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