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Chapter Ten
Emmett POV:
Wow, didn't see that one coming. Eddie has a kid? With Bella? But that requires having done something. But he's…hmm. I saw Eddie glaring at me. Got some action, Eddie Boy? Why didn't you tell us? Too embarrassing, huh? Did you suck?, I thought to him. His glare intensified. Ha ha that's awesome. I was going to have fun with this. He neglected to tell us that. Huh, this is an interesting development. And there's a kid…a kid with daddy issues. I wonder what in the world Eddie did to have a kid with that many issues…although he is Eddie's kid...Eddie himself has issues…he must have gotten it from Eddie. Maybe this kid will help me bug Eddie. Huh, interesting.
I looked around me and saw a variety of facial expressions. I looked at Edward who was still glaring at me for my past thoughts. He was holding a nervous looking Bella. I looked at Bella's family nest. Jason looked cautious, like he thought we were going to attack someone for telling us this news. That's ridiculous. I like the news. I saw John looking the same way but Anne was smiling, happy. Man, she looked like the pixie when she knows something others don't, which is a lot considering the pixie sees everything. I saw the girl…Emma? She was looking at us all with an eyebrow raised and a smirk on her face. What's up with that? I saw the werewolf who looked unmoved by this whole thing. I looked at my family. Esme and Carlisle were both shocked and surprisingly so was Alice and Jasper. Rosie was not only surprised but angry. I knew it wasn't at the kid or his parents, but the fact that the kid exists.
Rosie has always wanted a kid. Ever since she was human, she had wanted one. Now that she was a vampire it was physically impossible. She could not ever carry a child of her own and it irritated her to no end that Edward, a vampire, could have a kid when she couldn't have one. Honestly, a kid wouldn't have been bad. I would have actually enjoyed being a dad and playing with my little kid and showing him how to do cool stuff and teaching them pranks and sports and…it would have been fun but it was impossible for us. That's one thing that makes no sense. How could Edward have a kid when none of us could?
"That's impossible! How can you possibly have a son with Edward when I can't have a kid?" I heard Rose yell, angry. I looked at saw four glares now coming her way. They were all coming from Edward (of course), Jason (naturally), John (big shocker!), and Emma. "There is no way you can have a kid with him! He has to be someone else's kid! He cannot be a father! You're lying!"
I saw Bella take a step back, hit hard by the accusation. She was not expecting this but I could tell that this was what she had feared would happen. I heard three snarls from Edward, Jason and Jon. Emma came stalking over, ticked off. Seth walked behind her, looking ready to stop her from creating trouble…well more trouble. Emma was glaring at Rose and took a protective stance in front of Bella. She was shaking with fury and pointed a finger at Rose.
"Don't you dare yell at her! She's not a liar! You know nothing! If you had been there you would have seen it yourself! She's telling the truth whether he likes it or not! Now if you didn't have such a large stick up your butt you'd realize that E.J looked a heck of a lot like him! I know you saw him! How could he possibly be anyone else's kid? He's his child whether you like it or not so don't you dare accuse her of anything when you don't know the half of it!" screamed Emma. Seth put this arm around her waist, trying to keep her back. I grabbed Rose around her waist as she glared at Emma and started over to her, wanting to hit her.
"And who are you to be speaking about this? You have no right to yell at me! It's none of your business. This is between my family and her!"
"I happen to be E.J's sister, her child! And also, I wish she were lying because that would mean that Edward Cullen was not my father!" she yelled. Rose relaxed a bit, stunned by this new revelation. I don't blame her. Two kids? Wow, Eddie you got busy, I thought to him. He turned his glare on me but then turned it back on Rose. I looked at Emma and noticed some similarities between her and Eddie.
She had Bella's brown hair. There honestly wasn't much Bella in her. When I looked at her, all I saw was Edward. She had his nose, his smile, and the most evident trait, his eyes. Those were the eyes Carlisle had told us he had. Carlisle told us that he used to have dark green eyes. These were the very eyes I always thought he would have. She had the fiery temper of Bella. That was for sure. She had Edward's overprotective nature. I saw her cheekbones reflect some of Bella too. How had we not seen this when she first came here?
"How is that possible?" asked Esme, softly. Bella looked a little more relaxed. Emma moved her eyes over to Esme for a split second and immediately softened. Seth put a hand on her shoulder. She turned to him before backing away, letting Bella and Edward be the only two directly in front of us.
"We aren't exactly sure. John and I have a theory that it was because I was human when we…you know. I gave birth to them when I was human. It was the reason why I was changed. I was dying after I gave birth to my last child. My body couldn't take it so John and Jason changed me. My kids needed me. I was only pregnant for a month. They grew so fast. It's why right now they look like they are sixteen. They haven't changed either in three years." Bella explained. Rose still looked suspicious. Bella looked at her. "Rosalie, I know you don't believe me but it's true. These kids can't be anyone else's. I have not done anything since Edward or before him either. Besides you can't deny that they look like Edward. It's only different because I was a human. You can't have a kid because your body can't change. I can't have another kid either. It's different now." Rose's eyes softened and nodded. It did make sense.
"You're right. I can't deny it. He did look exactly like Edward and she does too. I was just jealous because you two could have a kid, two kids when I couldn't." my wife explained. Bella nodded and smiled.
"I understand and it's not two…it's three."
"Three kids?" asked Alice.
"Yeah. I had two daughters and a son. Edward Jacob, Emmalie Jary, and then my other daughter is named Renesmee Carlie. Renesmee is a combination of Renee and Esme. Carlie is a combination of Charlie and Carlisle. Emmalie is a combination of Emmett and Rosalie. Jary is Jasper and Mary put together. John did some digging on Alice, to see if he could find out a middle name I could use since Alice wasn't working with Jasper and he found out she was named Mary Alice Brandon so I used that. I hope that's ok." responded Bella. Alice, Esme, and Rose all walked up to her and hugged her.
"Of course it's ok, you silly girl." said Alice, hugging her. I heard Rosalie whisper a thank you to her and the same with Esme.
"Can I talk to you later?" whispered Rose to Bella. Bella looked surprised then nodded. Esme and Alice tried to hug Emma but she backed away.
"Sorry but I'm not here for a heartfelt family reunion. I am just here to play some baseball." said Emma. Seth came up behind her and held her hand. She looked at him and smiled. It was then that two new people walked in.
One I recognized as a wolf from La Push. I think that was Bella's friend Jacob that told her about us. He was stiff, glaring at Edward. He held the hand of a beautiful girl who had to be Renesmee. She had Edward's hair color and Bella's eyes from when she was human. She looked a lot like Edward, more like Edward than Bella. She was smiling. She looked around and her smile grew into a grin when she saw Edward. What she did next was unexpected. She ran up to Edward and put her arms around him and wrapped her legs around his waist.
"Daddy!" yelled Renesmee, jumping into his arms. Eddie was shocked for a moment before wrapping his own arms around her. He closed his eyes. Bella, her family, and mine looked on with a smile on our faces. Emma was the only one not smiling. I could tell she hated Edward. She didn't like her greeting him so happily. "I love you, Daddy. I knew you'd come back. I knew it." she said, still hugging him.
"Of course you knew he'd come, kid. You can see the future." said Seth, laughing. Eddie pulled away from her and looked at her surprised.
"You can see the future?" he asked. She nodded with a grin. Aw Man! Not another psychic! "Among other things."
"Aw, not another one!" I commented. Renesmee looked at me and hugged me.
"You'll learn to love me, Uncle Em." she said, hugging me. She was hot, like warm hot, although she was pretty looking too but she's…ugh you know what I mean. Renesmee pulled away before hugging Alice. "You must be Auntie Alice. We'll get along well."
"I wouldn't know. I can't see." grumbled the pixie. He he, I was going to have fun with this. Poor pixie can't see anything, I feel bad for her….not! Hey, maybe I can finally beat her in a game! Yes! I looked at Eddie who just shook his head.
"Aw, that's ok Auntie Alice. You'll be able to soon with enough practice." Renesmee replied before hugging Rosie. "You have to be Auntie Rose." Rose looked surprised yet touched by the ease of Renesmee's acceptance of Rose into her family. Renesmee then did the same with Carlisle, Esme, and Jasper before going over to the dog's side, Jacob. I saw Edward's eyes narrow at their hands which were in each other's grasps.
"Relax, Edward. We'll talk about that later." whispered Bella into Edward's ear. The dog was still staring at my pretty niece, must not have noticed the exchange from mother to father. Boy, this dog was in for it later. Esme looked at both of Eddie's kids with a smile. Emma shifted uncomfortably.
"They are both so beautiful, Bella." said Esme. Emma blushed, turning her head into Seth's chest. Seth laughed. She was just like her mother. Yay, there's a new blushing Bella in town! This day keeps on getting better and better! I'm really going to like this girl! Renesmee looked at Esme, grinning at the compliment.
"Thanks, Grandma."
"Yeah, thanks. Emma and Nessie really needed their heads to be bigger than they already were." said another voice coming from the entrance of the forest. There were two people there. Hey! Eddie boy Jr. is back! "Don't ever call me that, Emmett." said Eddie Boy Jr. Can he read minds or something—oh! He nodded. Man, stupid mind readers! We are not going to get along so well. He chuckled. Man, he really was Eddie's kid. He growled. Ooh, Eddie Boy Jr. is mad.
"My head's not big, E.J." yelled Renesmee.
"Yes it is, Nessie. Your head's huge." yelled back Eddie Boy Jr., grinning.
"No it's not. Emma's maybe but not mine." Nessie yelled. Emma lifted her head to glare at the two of them.
"My head's not huge." screamed Emma. E.J and Nessie glanced at each other before turning back to her.
"Is too." they said in unison.
"Yeah, you think very highly of yourself." yelled Nessie.
"So maybe I have good self-esteem. Is that a bad thing?" replied Emma.
"It is when—" started E.J when Bella interrupted. DANG! It was just starting to get good.
"You three knock it off. There's no point in this argument about whose head is bigger." demanded Bella.
"Sorry, Mom." replied her kids in unison. Bella smiled. Eddie Boy Jr. sighed before walking up to Bella and Edward.
"Mom, I'm sorry for upsetting you. Edward, I'm sorry for punching you." said Eddie Boy Jr. I could tell he was not regretting it. He turned to Taylor. "Can I have my kiss now?" he asked. She giggled and planted one on him. The dude seriously apologized for something he was not regretting for a kiss? He was so whipped. He pulled away to glare at me. "I'm not whipped!" he yelled.
"Dude, you totally are. Who else would do that for a kiss?" I replied. He started to reply when Emma interceded. Yes, I know that word.
"He's right you are whipped." agreed Emma. Nessie nodded. He looks at everyone in his family.
"Is that really what you all think?" he asked them. Every single one of them, including Bella and Taylor, nodded. He waved his hand dismissively. "You guys suck anyway."
"Excuse me?" asked Taylor, raising an eyebrow. His eyes widened.
"I mean I love you. Don't leave me." He replied. She laughed and kissed him again.
"I will never leave you, babe. You're too much fun and way too cute." she answered back. He kisses her before looking back at us, excited.
"So who's up for some baseball?" he asked. Just as we were about to get ready two more people walked into the field, vampires. As they got closer, they started looking more and more familiar.
"Angela? Ben?" asked Edward, shocked. What? No way! Who are Angela and Ben again? I saw the pixie run up to them and hug them.
"How did you two become vampires?" asked Alice.
"That woman, Victoria, the one that was after Bella, changed me. I changed Angela after she gave birth to Taylor. She almost died then." explained Ben.
"You two are Taylor's parents?" asked Edward. They nodded, looking at her with pride.
"Yep and we adore her." replied Angela.
"Aw and I love you guys too. Just not always together and at the same time." replied Taylor.
"Why don't you always love them together?" asked Alice.
"Well you wouldn't want to watch your parents making out all the time especially when you don't always see your boyfriend every minute of every day. When I'm missing E.J, I'd rather not see my parents…doing anything." she explained. Alice laughed.
"Understandable."
"No offense but who are you guys?" I asked. Alice looked at me.
"Angela and Ben were Bella's, Edward's, and my human friends from before we left. They were nice to us. Glad to know you two are still together." replied Alice. Oh yeah! I remember now!
"Haven't actually been apart for long." replied Ben before kissing Angela. "Now are we playing or what?"
Everyone set up for the game. More werewolves from La Push joined in to play the wonderful game. This would be interesting. I asked Alice who would win, just to annoy her, and she yelled at me after the fifth time in an hour. She was on a short fuse. Shorty has a temper today. She doesn't like that she can't see. Emma still wouldn't talk to any of us Cullens and neither would E.J but I have a feeling that if there was one person they would not say a word to it would be Edward. Bella though only ever left Eddie's side to hug her son but soon returned to him. Nessie stayed near them and did talk to Edward. He looked happy that she was actually talking to him. One out of the three kids was talking to him, not too bad. Bella talked to the dog Jacob…he was kind of annoying. He stunk. Rosie didn't like him at all. Seth, the other werewolf, was ok. He was actually pretty cool. He didn't mind talking to us. The other werewolves weren't talking to us either. I feel like we are outsiders. It sucks. You have no idea!
We were all in the middle of the field. Anne ran out to get some paper and a pen so she could figure out the teams and even them out. Apparently if she doesn't do it, it never turns out fair. I would say let's not have her do it and let them all try and beat us but she insisted and this future seer is worse than the pixie. She doesn't stop. Anne ran back and got in the center and told us to make a circle. We did as she asked and she called out two names that would be team captains.
"Alright, since we know you two can't be on the same team, E.J and Emmalie get up here. You two are the team captains. E.J gets to pick first." They both came to the center and stared at each other competitively, almost asking them to 'bring it on'. "E.J pick between me and Alice for future seers."
"I pick Anne." yelled E.J. Anne went by his side smiling.
"That's my almost-nephew." she replied patting his head. "Alice, you are on Emma's team." Alice skipped over to Emma's side. "Now since E.J's a mental shield and a mind reader, Edward and Bella are on Emma's side."
"Wait, he's both? How is that fair?" I yelled. Anne laughed.
"I don't know. It's not fair. But they were all born this way. Each half vampire has two powers to make up for their human traits." answered Anne. I nodded. "Now since Emma is a physical shield and an empath, Jasper and Angela you guys are on E.J's side. E.J you can have Taylor otherwise you will beg. Emma, you can have Ben and John. E.J you choose between Jason and Emmett."
"I'll take Uncle Jase."
"Then you also will get need to choose between Esme and Carlisle."
"I'll take Carlisle."
"And since you and Nessie are also not allowed to be on the same team, Ness you are on Emma's team. In return, you get Rosalie and first pick on the wolves."
"I'll take Jacob." replied E.J with a smirk on his face.
"You suck, Edward Jacob!" yelled Nessie. He chuckled.
"Anyway, E.J, pick another wolf."
"I pick Paul." he replied.
"Emma?" asked Anne.
"Seth." she answered.
"I pick Jared."
"I choose Embry."
"Dibs on Quil."
"Then I got Leah." finished Emma. Overall, it was a pretty interesting team. E.J's team was E.J, Anne, Jasper, Angela, Taylor, Rose, Jason, Carlisle, Paul, Jared, Quil, and to Nessie's dislike, Jacob. Emma's team was Emma, Alice, Edward, Bella, Ben, me, Esme, Renesmee, John, Seth, Embry, and Leah.
"Now I got two things to say." started Anne. "One: Don't hold back. We like you to show us what you've got. We do in fact use our powers so don't hold back on us. Two: Have fun and may the best team win."
The game went on for a few hours. The storm started exactly when we decided to start. Anne must have known that it would take forever to get everyone to the field. One of the fun parts was when Bella was up to bat. She totally hit the ball so far out that she was actually able to trip before making it to the home base. Yes, she tripped. Bella's still clumsy. Ha ha, Edward's getting a kick out of that too. I heard him laughing and saying 'that's my Bella'. Emma then snarled at him. It was awkward when Jacob took down Nessie. E.J got the ball back and Jacob caught it and tried to catch her and did and ended up on top of her somehow. It looked weird to me. I don't know about anyone else but it was weird to me. It was tense on our side because Emma was still not getting along too well with Edward. She seemed like she wanted to snap at him a lot. In the beginning of the game, E.J's team was creaming us. Apparently, Nessie and Emma were taking it easy on him for the first half. They have fun making him think he's going to win and then he loses. We ended up winning in the end. Emma and Nessie came up with a plan that kicked butt. My two nieces are evil geniuses. It was pretty fun. It would have been better had there been no problems between Edward and his daughter. She definitely would be more receptive toward him and any ideas he had had they gotten along better.
Rose and Nessie talked after the game and it looked like Rose was really feeling better about everything we found out today. It sounded like she was in the process of getting ready for the conversation she needed to have with Bella. Alice and Anne really clicked like Jasper thought they would. Jasper and John talked. I talked to Bella's brother, Jason. We both enjoyed it and everyone was communicating with someone. Emma and E.J were the only two who didn't seem to care about us. They left the room, not wanting to talk to any of us. It made us all a little sad. We wished they would open up to us soon. Honestly things were finally getting better after years and years of misery. Edward never seemed to be so happy in a long time. I hope my niece and nephew come around soon. Bella says they will but I'm not so sure. I hope she's right. She says Emma will be the first one to come around. I wonder how long that will take.
Emma POV:
It has been two weeks since the Cullens came to town. I have not talked to any of them since the day they first came here. I still have nothing to say to any of them. But sadly enough, I can feel myself moving toward forgiving them but I don't want to forgive them. They have been good to Nessie so far. A part of me is saying that if they could be so good to Nessie, they could be regretting what they did all those years ago and that maybe they do care about us. But I know in some part of me that that is the part that had always wanted her daddy. I know I will never have a daddy and that's the way I want it. Edward has tried to reach out to me but I've ignored him. Mom's tried to get me to talk to him but knows there's nothing she can do. If I wanted to I'll come to him in my own time, not someone else's. One thing though has made it easier for me to be around them…Seth.
Seth has not left the town since the baseball game. Normally he'd go back to La Push with all the other wolves but he said that he was going to be here for me because he knew I needed him. He was right. I did need him. I was so confused and he made it all make sense. Things are…well…things are perfect with him. I told this to my sister once two days ago and she made me believe something that I never even considered before.
I was sitting at home in the living room. Nessie and I were home alone. Seth and Jacob left to meet the other wolves somewhere and everyone else went hunting. Seth was not going to be back for another week. I missed him and I knew Nessie missed Jake too. He was pretty cool too but I missed Seth the most. Ness noticed the look on my face and talked to me about it.
"You miss Seth, don't you?" asked Ness. I nodded.
"Yeah. Things just aren't the same without him. He's been especially helpful these last few weeks. I needed someone to talk to and he was there. I don't like it when he leaves. He's best friend. Around him…things are perfect. He's perfect." I replied, sighing. She grinned at me. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You love him!" she said. I looked at her shocked. What?
"Who?"
"Seth!" I do not love Seth! She's crazy!
"I do not." She nodded repeatedly, still grinning.
"Yes you do. You don't like being away from him and from what it sounds like, it sounds like how I felt about Jake before I realized I was in love with him."
"I don't sound like that!" I argued.
"Yes you do. You talk about how perfect he is. He makes you feel better. It's like when I used to feel bad about something and he was always there. You don't like being apart. You're hopelessly addicted to that average looking fellow." she replied with as smirk.
"I am not hopelessly addicted and that 'fellow' as you call him, he's not average looking. He's extremely good looking." I replied. My eyes widened at my last sentences. She grinned evilly. "That means nothing! I can think my best friend's cute."
"You two flirt shamelessly, dude!" she yelled. When?
"When do we 'flirt'?"
"Um, do the names 'babe', 'sexy', or 'sweetie' mean anything to you?" she asked.
"That's just us teasing each other. They mean nothing, Ness." I replied, getting ready to leave the room. Then she says some things that stop me.
"So you don't get nervous when you see him? You don't feel sparks when your hands touch? You don't feel like you are more yourself with him than you are with anyone else? You don't feel like he understands you better than anyone else?" I went through all her questions in my head and realized I do feel all those things. There are sparks when we touch. I do feel a little nervous around him. I do act more like myself when he's there. He does understand me better than everyone. Do I really love him? I thought about it for a second and realized that…yes I do love him. But there was nothing I could do about it. I turned back to Nessie.
"Ness, it doesn't matter, ok? Maybe…maybe I do love him but there's nothing I can do about it. One day, he'll fall in love with someone else and I'll be left alone again. I'm not willing to feel that." I responded.
"What makes you think he'll fall in love with someone else?" she asked.
"You of all people should know that answer. He's going to imprint one day and I'll be left in the cold." I responded. She shook her head.
"He wouldn't do that."
"He would have a choice. It's not a crush, Ness. The Sam-Leah-Emily triangle is proof of that. Sam loved Leah and he imprinted on Emily and didn't have a choice. It hurt Sam because he hurt Leah and I'm not about to make Seth feel that way. So if you'll excuse me…" I said, leaving the room.
I did love Seth but we would never be. He would imprint and everything would play out that way. I would rather remain loveless than to hurt Seth later on in life. Seth was too important to me. I wouldn't let him get hurt. He was too special. I will not lie and say that me getting hurt is not another deciding factor. I don't want to get hurt in the end either. I saw what it did to Leah and I saw what it did to Mom and I will not let that happen to me. I will not turn into Leah and I will not turn into Mom. But Seth really was my main concern. Ness told me I can be such a masochist. Whatever. Mom heard her call me that and said I got it from my biological father. Yeah whatever.
This morning was uneventful. All of my family went out hunting except me. They weren't going to be back until much later. I sat down watching TV. I didn't have much else to do. The wolves were having some big council meeting thing in La Push. It was taking a whole week so no Seth or Jacob. I missed Seth but I can deal with the no Jacob concept. Jake's cool just not as cool as Seth. They weren't coming back until later tonight. I heard a knock on the door. I went to open up the door and found stupid Edward Cullen in the doorway.
"Mom's not here if that's who you're looking for." I stated venomously. He sighed.
"I'm not looking for your mother." he replied. I looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"Then what do you want?" I responded. He tried to take a step in but I blocked his way. He was leaving anyways. He just didn't know it. He managed to walk past me.
"I wanted to talk."
"We have nothing to talk about."
"Yes we do."
"NO, we don't."
"I'm not leaving until we talk." I looked outside and noticed the sun was shining and smirked.
"Well, fine. You can stay here and I'll leave, where you can't follow me." I said, walking out. He noticed the sun and some people walking down the street. I smiled and waved to him. He was not going to follow me. He can't follow me otherwise he would be exposing vampires and he'd get in trouble for that. The difference between half vampires and full vampires are that full vamps can sparkle whereas half vamps can't and may come and go whenever they so please.
A several hours went by. I decided that since I was out I was not going to avoid the temptation to shop. I went around the main city where it was also shining and decided to go on a shopping spree. Aunt Anne would be proud. She loves it when I go shopping without being forced to do so. I'm one of the few people in the house she can take shopping without a hassle.
It was dark now and I walking down the street. I didn't want to go home. I knew that Edward was still going to be there. If there was one thing I learned while he was here, trying to get me and E.J to forgive him, it was that he didn't give up. He was stubborn, like me. I'll admit it. There are some truths to how we are alike but that's as far as I will compare us. I was walking down a street when I heard whistles from behind me. I looked and saw three men, staring at me. It made me uncomfortable. I felt their attraction to me. It made me even more uneasy. I walked a bit faster. I wanted to be away from them. I didn't want them to keep seeing me. I came around a corner and noticed they were following me and that made me feel even more uneasy. I walked faster and faster, I heard them running to catch up. I looked behind me and only one was still following. I felt a bit more secure in that moment. But that did not last long because soon I saw the other two men blocking the only other way out. Another man then came and stood by the other one at the other side.
I was freaked. I could feel their desire. I knew what they wanted. They came closer to me. I would have tried to run but I felt myself backed up against a wall. I felt all four men holding me to the wall. Another man entered the alley and this one started to frighten me. I was really getting scared. I could throw these guys away from me. One: it would risk exposure and two: I was too paralyzed by my own fear and the others around me. My range was finding some fear from somewhere nearby, probably another victim. The guy came closer to me when he was pushed away by an unseen force into the wall, hard. The guys holding me were then thrown away from me into that same wall. I looked over to where my rescuer was and saw a familiar face.
AN: Can anybody guess who it is?