While You Loved Me
Author's Note: Here we go guys, another day another chapter. Like I said last time, I plan (starting this chapter) to add a few things different from Nick before ending it the way he intended for it to end. I hope you still enjoy this. I am going to start this chapter in present time before fading back to the past for the story.
Disclaimer: Still don't own it and still like to play with it.
Chapter 12
Junior's POV (Who we now know is Emmett)
Present Day
After the night that Bella remembered, and unfortunately forgot, that we were the two people from the story she was in and out of it for about a week. The spell she had took a lot out of her and nearly killed me in the process. I hated to see the love of my life like that but I knew that it was all part of the disease that was eating away at her brain. I also knew that it was only a matter of time before she forgot me and our life together all together. I was dreading that day but I hoped and prayed that if I read to her one last time, she would come back one last time. Maybe then our love would take us away together as she had hoped it would so long ago.
I went to her again after a couple of weeks so that she could be fully aware that I was there, though I knew she probably wouldn't remember me from one day to the next. I still owed it to her to try. I planned to read to her about what happened AFTER the day she came back to me for good. When I came to her room Jessica, her nurse, said she was having a good day so I was hoping for the best.
"Miss Bella, your friend Junior is here and he would like to read to you today. Is that ok?" she asked.
"That would be great, thank you." Bella said smiling at Jessica as I walked in. She certainly seemed to be acting a bit more like my Bella.
"Hi, I'm Junior." I said with a dimpled grin.
"Hi, Junior. I'm Bella." She said and I took a seat beside her by the window overlooking the lake outside of the home.
"I wanted to read to you something a little different this time, is that ok?" I asked and she nodded. I opened the book and began to read. "When Bella came back to Emmett, they spent the rest of the day in each other's arms. They made love on every surface of the house as they did the weekend before."
Back to the Past
For a month after Bella made her decision, she and Emmett were inseparable again as they had been years ago. Their love for one another grew with every passing day they spent together. Emmett knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her and had made plans to make things official with her. Bella had a surprise of her own for Emmett that she was excited to tell him of.
Emmett cooked Bella a very romantic dinner and lit candles around the room where they first ate together the weekend she came back to him. Bella came home from town and took in the sight of the room and gasped. It was a truly breathtaking sight to her. They sat together and ate, telling each other about their days before Emmett took the plunge.
"Bells, you know I am not a man of many words. I am not one to write poetry or give long speeches. I have loved you since the moment I laid eyes on you all those years ago, that love has only grown since then. When you were away, you were all I thought of and all that I longed for. I knew that if you ever came back to me, I would never let you go." He said taking a deep breath and taking her hand in his. He got down on one knee beside her and Bella gasped again, tears coming to her eyes. "Bella will you please do me the honor of becoming my wife, the mother of my children and my everything?" he asked sliding a simple diamond solitaire on the edge of her finger, waiting for her answer.
"YES!" Bella said kissing him passionately. Emmett slid the ring the rest of the way onto her finger and pulled her into his arms.
"Dance with me?" he asked.
"Yes." she said and Emmett turned on the record player in the corner of the room.
Music filled the room as Bella and Emmett danced closely, kissing passionately every now and then. Bella had yet to tell Emmett her news, and she was nervous to tell him so soon after his beautiful proposal. She knew it was inevitable though, so she took a deep breath and whispered in his ear.
"Emmett, I'm pregnant." She whispered and he froze, their dancing coming to a complete halt. Emmett looked into her eyes.
"Really?" he asked.
"I know it's out of order but, yes. I went to see Dr. Andrews in town today because it had been a while since I had my monthly." She replied.
"I don't care what order it's in, my love." Emmett said kissing her "If you want, my love, we can wait to tell everyone until after we are married."
"I don't want a big wedding, Emmett. I just want you and our family." She said kissing him again.
"Whatever would your parents think?" he asked with a dimpled grin on his face.
"They'll get over it. We can go to the preacher down the street tonight if you want to." Bella said with a huge grin.
"In the morning. Tonight, I'd like to ravish my beautiful fiancée and the mother of my unborn child." Emmett said with a grin. He pulled Bella into a tight, but not too tight, embrace and kissed her again passionately.
After carrying Bella up to their bedroom bridal style, they made love several times that night. The next morning, as promised, they headed to the local preacher to exchange vows. Bella had on a white sundress and sandals and Emmett had on a simple white button up and dress pants. The preacher was surprised to see them but agreed to perform the marriage, even if it was short notice.
"Miss Bella, I am surprised to see you here." Carlisle, the preacher, said. "I thought you only came here with your parents during the summer."
"Well, Pastor Carlisle, I just couldn't stay away from Emmett any longer." Bella said with a smile and Carlisle smiled back.
"Do your parents know you are getting married today, honey?" Carlisle asked.
"No, we plan to tell them this weekend. Please don't say anything." Bella asked of the preacher.
"Your secret is safe with me, are you two sure this is what you want?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. It's all we've ever wanted, Pastor." Emmett said with a grin.
"All right then, let's get to it then." Carlisle said with a bright smile. "I would like to call in my wife, Esme, to witness this occasion if you don't mind."
"That's fine, Pastor." Bella replied and Carlisle left the front of the church and returned with his wife, who was smiling from ear to ear.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God and to bear witness to the joining of Isabella Swan and Emmett McCarty in holy matrimony." He began "I will begin this small ceremony with a reading from the book of Corinthians. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not resentful, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
Bella and Emmett didn't take their eyes off of each other as Carlisle read, nor could they stop smiling. Bella had tears streaming down her face as it came time to take their vows.
"Emmett, do you take Isabella to be your lawfully wedded wife. To have and to hold, for richer or for poorer, through sickness and in health for as long as you both shall live?" Carlisle asked.
"I do." Emmett said, his eyes never leaving Bella's.
"Isabella, do you take Emmett to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold, for richer or for poorer, through sickness and in health for as long as you both shall live?" Carlisle asked.
"I do." Bella sobbed happily, beaming at Emmett.
"Then by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. Emmett, you may kiss your bride." Carlisle said and Emmett leaned in, capturing Bella's lips in his in a passionate kiss.
"Thank you Carlisle, Thank you Esme." Bella and Emmett said before leaving the little church and heading to get the wedding bands that Emmett stashed away at home that belonged to his parents.
"So, how does it feel Mrs. McCarty?" Emmett asked as he carried Bella up the stairs to their room.
"Wonderful! I have my husband and soon, our family." Bella said with a grin. "I only hope that this weekend with my parents' visit goes well."
"I hope so as well, my love. If not, we still have each other." He said kissing her.
"I love you my wonderful husband." Bella said snuggling into Emmett's chest.
"I love you more my beautiful wide." Emmett said kissing her forehead before they both drifted off to sleep. They both prayed that the following weekend with Bella's parents would run smoothly with both the announcement of their eloping and the baby-to-be.
Author's Note: A lot happened in this chapter, yes. Should I continue or just skip to the end? Let me know guys.