After everyone left, Bella got up and locked the front door, turning back seeing Emmett staring at her "you sure you're not scared to be alone with me now that you know you the truth about us?"

"I'm not scared, just curious. I want to know everything." Bella smiled walking back over to him, "if you don't eat food then why were you eating at the hospital a couple of days ago?"

He grinned pulling her to the couch "because I wanted to fit in so you wouldn't suspect anything, plus Carlisle wasn't eating and I didn't want you to feel strange having two people staring at you, the mashed potatoes did taste pretty good even though I haven't eaten food in many years."

Straddling his lap, "Only because it was on 'my' fork," smiling down at him "so how old are you?" placing her soft tiny hands on the top of his muscular shoulders.

"25."

"Seriously. Come on."

"Okay, 120 years old"

"Oh is that all?" she giggled "I'm dating a 120 year old man who is hot as hell. I'm just plain jane, you sure you want me?" pausing again staring in his golden eyes that looked like a little flame burning now "Umm. How many girlfriends have you had? Were they human or vampires? Can you fly like the movies? Where do you sleep? How did you get turned?" cold hands reached up pulling her to his mouth to stop the questioning. She broke the kiss "nice answer to the first question, but I actual am looking for verbal answers to the others."

"Bella have you ever had a good Christmas?" he said softly.

She sighed softly "Do I have to answer that?" he could feel her tension in not wanting to talk about it.

"No sweetheart, but this is going to be the best one you've ever had. Well" pausing "until next year of course. Then I'll make it even better the following year and so on and so forth. You get it?"

She giggled and kissed him hard "I get it. One thing I need to get right now is a bath. I still have paint all over me. Will you stay tonight? I need to talk, I want to know everything."

He nodded "go shower, I'll cook you something. Pecan pie only is not supper."

Bella slid off his lap when he stood with her, her feet hit the carpet "okay. I'll hurry." She turned to run upstairs and he smacked her butt "hurry up." Chuckling, he headed into the kitchen plundering through her pantry and fridge.

Bella hurried in the shower, blow dried her hair and dressed in a pale blue spaghetti strap top and matching plaid sleep pants, hurrying down the stairs to where Emmett was "what's that smell?"

"Fried chicken and baked beans" He winked at her with a grin "you smell delicious" leaning over pressing kisses to her neck then pulled back "I was thinking…"quickly froze in place, smile wiped off his face.

"What? Emmett?"

"Someone's here. Don't move." placing a spoon he used to stir the baked beans with, down on the counter. The front door handle jiggled, a key went in and door started to open. It was Charlie. Bella moved to watch, seeing it was Charlie sneaking in. "Charlie."

Bella moved toward the living room "I didn't think you were ever coming back here."

"I was only coming to get something from the shed." looking at the colored walls and new furniture "What the hell have you done?" spotting Emmett "Who the hell is that?" leaving the front door wide open but walking in a few steps.

She walked over to greet him "This is my boyfriend Emmett and he is cooking me supper tonight." She hoped this would go over well and Charlie would get what he wanted and leave.

"I'm sure that's all he's doing" Charlie eyed Emmett.

"What we are doing really isn't your business. You left. Even wrote out in a letter saying the house was mine now." she tried standing up for herself.

"You're a slut, you know that! Just like your mother!"

Bella yelled out in anger "You're the one who disowned me, so did she. As of right now you're not my father anymore!" he slapped her across the face sending her flying back a few feet, then he was pulled backwards and thrown out the front door to the ground into the dark of night by Carlisle who had walked up behind him. Carlisle and Alice had come after Alice had a vision that something bad was going to happen.

Emmett was in a rage "Let me show you what I think of your sorry ass!" cracking his knucles, walking slowly toward Charlie until Charlie was pulled backwards out the door on the ground, in a flash. Carlisle had thrown Charlie out and now had a hand on Emmett's arm, "let me handle this son. Please."

Alice ran inside checking on Bella, noticing the huge purple hand print on the side of her face. Bella softly spoke to her "Alice, I'm fine. He gave me worse a couple of weeks ago when he left."

Charlie slowly getting off the ground brushing the dirt off watching Carlisle carefully, "you have no say in this Dr. Cullen. I am still the police chief here for now. You know you just assaulted a police officer?"

Calmly with a slight smirk on his face, Carlisle spoke up standing under the porch light "Maybe you are, maybe you're not, maybe I don't care Charlie Swan."

"Excuse me? I'll have you arrested Dr. Cullen for interf…"

Cutting him off, "please try" Carlisle titled his head to the side slightly waiting for Charlie to do something. Bella came out the front doors to where Carlisle was, putting her arm around his waist and he pulled her to him about to speak something to her.

"Your screwing him too Bella? I told you, you are a piece of worthless trash!"

Bella buried her face in Carlisle's chest holding back tears, Carlisle's eyes focused on her whispering in her ear, "you are none of those things sweetheart. You believe me?" She nodded against him. His eyes cut back over to Charlie who was standing there like he was waiting for a fight.

Emmett and Alice stood on each side of Carlisle. Carlisle shook his head "Charlie, I can't let you speak to my daughter that way. Leave and forget what you came here for or I will have to make you and I don't think you really want the second choice" still holding Bella to him protectively.

Emmett liked it when Carlisle got mad. He knew not to get in the way, so he just hung back. They rarely ever saw his temper but when he got furious, it was in deed entertaining. Alice bit her lip waiting for something to happen, knowing Charlie wasn't one to back down and Carlisle wasn't one to give a second chance to. Bella lifted her head from Carlisle's chest looking for Emmett then slowly moved from Carlisle into Emmett's arms where she knew she would be for the rest of her life.

"That is MY daughter Dr. Cullen. I'll talk to her how I want! You have no…"

Bella yelled out this time, "just shut the hell up and leave okay? Just leave! I'm not your daughter anymore. I have a real family now and I'm in love with Emmett too." Emmett's arm around her waist pulled her back against his hips for support.

Charlie yelled "That's it! You're all arrested for disorderly conduct" he reached for his belt loop where his cell phone was, but got pinned to the hood of his truck by Carlisle in a flash. Emmett slowly slid away from Bella and looked at Alice "please take her inside. This might be ugly."

Alice nodded and hands went to Bella's shoulders as they walked in and shut the door behind them. Alice took her to the kitchen so maybe they could hear anything that was happening outside. Carlisle can be very persuasive.

Bella walked carelessly to the stove "My chicken is burnt!"

Alice hurried "here let me get it" then cleaned it up.

Bella sat down at the kitchen table, elbows propped up, head in her hands.

Alice's mouth frowned and she walked over sitting down across from her "when this is over, it will be over for good. Nothing but happiness, trust me."