FYH Outtake 2

Riding off into the sunset

Emmett POV:

"MOM! DAD! Guess who called us?" I yelled as I barreled into their house. "It was Edward!" I continued before they could even open their mouths. "He wants Rose and me to meet him and Bella to collect their bike."

"Really? Are you going to go?"

"Of course we are. I think it's important for me to see him. To talk to him face to face and apologize and make amends."

"Did you get to talk to Bella? Is she nice? What is she like?"

"She seemed very sweet mom. She's a real nice lady from the impression I got of her." Rose supplied.

Mom looked conflicted for a moment like she wanted to ask something but was trying not to. Then it hit me. "You want to know where they are." She nodded. "We are meeting them in Salt Lake City, Utah."

"You're meeting who in Utah, Emmett?" Alice asked as her and Jasper came into the room. I explained how Edward called and we were meeting them. Then Alice asked if she could go along and I told her no. First of all I wanted to rebuild my relationship with my brother and two there would be no room on the bike for a third person. She understood my reasons and agreed that it would most likely upset Edward if I started bringing uninvited people along. I assured her that he would contact her when he was ready and she nodded sadly. She and Dad were the only two people now that he had not had contact with since leaving.

A few days later Rosie and I were boarding a plane to Salt Lake City to meet up with Edward and Bella with bag full of baked goods that mom made and asked us to take to them. Well, Rose had the bag because apparently I couldn't be trusted with holding the bag and not eating from it.

"I really cannot wait to meet Bella in person. I mean she seemed so sweet on the phone. I just know that she has to be absolutely amazing for Edward to fall in love with her like that and him to marry her and…"

"Babe calm down." I stopped her rambling with a chuckle. "I am sure that we are going to get on just fine with her. It's Edward that I am worried about. I wouldn't be surprised if he hated us and that the only reason that he called us was that we were licenses to drive bikes."

"Honey, now who is rambling?" Rose asked me with a smile. We sat back from there and enjoyed the rest of the flight.

I may have ordered one too many drinks on the flight because as soon as we entered the hotel and saw them standing in the lobby, for some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to attack my new sister in law, scaring her half to death. Yes, I am Emmett and I am an idiot. Lunch was a pretty heavy event. We managed to work through a lot of our issues. My heart was totally broken though when Bella told us how Edward made sure her family was there for their wedding. I tried not to let it show but I guess that it did. I mean he made sure these Webber people were at his wedding but for us, he calls mom hours before the ceremony and doesn't even tell us where it's at.

I mean I get that he was angry and needed his space but it doesn't make it hurt any less. He tried to apologize but I wouldn't let him. How could I accept any apology from him when we were the ones to let him down so much, so many times? I was older than him by eight years, and I should have been watching him closer but I was to busy with Rosie to bother and figured that Alice or Mom were watching him. Of course they too thought someone else was watching him and knew what he was up to. It was a cluster-fuck of a day that none of us would ever forget.

After lunch was over Edward asked if we wanted to go with them to pick up the new car but I declined saying that I wanted to rest for a bit. As soon as we walked into the hotel room I went straight for the bed and collapsed on it with Rosie climbing up behind me and holding me while I cried.

I cried for the day that I would always remember as the worst day of my family's life, the day that Edward got lost in that fire. By the time that the fireman found him he was unconscious and would be for days. There were several times over the next few days that no one was sure that he was going to wake up let alone survive. And in that wait there was also a blame game going on. Mom, Alice, and I had all figured that someone else was watching him and no of else bothered to ensure that anyone was. There was a lot of fighting and arguing going on in the waiting room until the nurses told us we had to shut up or get out.

I cried for the fact that he didn't want us at his wedding. He got married in Reno with a beautiful bride by his side and he looked so happy. He didn't look sad at all that we weren't there. He said that he was ready to forgive and move on but was he really? Would I ever have the relationship with my brother that I always wanted but stupidly pushed away?

We spent a great evening together eating pizza and playing mini-golf. I was determined not to let Edward see that I was upset and have fun with him and Bella. Of course Bella turned out to be as competitive as I was at mini-golf and was a constant sparing partner through the night. She even smacked me at one point. It was at that point that I knew that I loved my new sister and that we were going to have a great relationship.

The next morning when we were ready to part ways I cried again. It was good thing that Rosie had insisted that she get to drive the bike first because I was in no condition to. I was just mounting the bike when a message popped up on my phone from Edward. He said he loved me too. I felt hope for the first time since he left that him and I could be close someday.

It was only a10 ½ hour ride from Salt Lake City to Phoenix but Rosie and I were stretching it out to a two day trip. We stopped in a little town called Kingman when we had been on the road for about five hours. We found an awesome looking biker bar called Mad Dogs and decided to stop for food. As soon as we pulled in to the parking lot we got a strange look from a couple that we leaning against their bike.

"That bike looks familiar." The woman spoke up. "Ever been here before?"

"No, we are just passing through. It's my brother's wife's bike though."

"Well, welcome to Kingman. I am Tia and this is Benjamin. Where are you from?"

"Pleasure to meet ya. I'm Emmett and this is my wife, Rosie, and we are from Phoenix."

"We met a guy from Phoenix not too long ago. What brings you through on your brother's wife's bike?"

"My brother and his wife are traveling and decided that the bike wasn't going to work well with winter coming so they asked us to meet them and take it back to Phoenix for storage."

Both of them looked up at us in shock, "Dude, your brother isn't Edward is it?" Now it was Rosie and my turn to look shocked. I told them that he was in fact my brother. Tia squealed about the fact that Edward and Bella had gotten married. They ushered us into the bar where Benjamin promptly announced to the whole place they we were related to Edward and Bella and that they were married now. The whole bar started cheering. I looked over at my wife in confusion and she just shrugged at me looking utterly confused herself.

The owner of the bar came over to welcome us and explain that Edward and Bella had been there not long ago and had spent quite a bit of time at the bar drinking and playing pool with some bikers that had also been passing through. Rosie pulled the wedding photos that Bella had given us to take back with us for everyone to look at while we ushered to a table a supplied with a pitcher of beer.

We spent the rest of the day basically eating, drinking, and playing pool. This place was great and really seemed to remember Edward fondly even if it was hard to believe that my little brother was spending time in bars drinking and playing pool with bikers. I mean, if he hadn't taken off with Bella he'd be in New Hampshire taking pre-med classes. He was the straight laced kid that did what he was supposed to…oh yeah…that's what led to him running away from the unholy union with Cruella Deville. Who knew that little Edward had such a wild side. I sure as hell never did.

Before we could leave for the night we had to promise to return to visit again soon with Edward and Bella. I was determined to make that happen to. I wanted nothing more than to go on a road trip with them in the very near future.

The next day we only had about a four hour ride until we made it home and we were going straight to mom and dad's to store the bike in their garage. As soon as we pulled in the driveway Mom, Dad, Alice, and Jasper ran out the door to meet us looking expectantly at us. Rosie jumped off the bike first and ran to Mom hugging her and saying, "She's wonderful and he is so happy." Rosie told them as I walked up to join them. Mom let out a sigh as I pulled out the gift that they had sent back. Mom opened to box to find the homemade basket with hers and Dad's initials and their wedding date woven into the bottom.

"Oh and he asked us to give you his new cell phone number."

A/N:

I just love it when stories take on a mind of their own. This is not exactly the way that I planned to write it nor was it my plan to make it so emotional. Who knew that Emmett was this emotional? I am posting this with the regular chapter because they kind of go together. In fact I wrote the regular chapter and then wrote this then had to go back and do some big edits on the regular chapter. I am going to write the anniversary dinner out as a separate outtake.