Summary: Months after the rest of the Cullens' return, and during the her senior year, Bella finds herself content but wary. With her future to think about and Victoria out to get her- tension is no stranger. And what happens when Edward finally returns- but his presence only complicates things?
" We'll get through this Bella, because we have each other."
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. Stephanie Meyer is the respective owner, I'm just fooling around with the characters.
" Well good morning Alice. Jasper." Emmett greeted the two with Bella, after he finished parking his jeep, and Alice in particular interrupting their fun. The two vampires were currently in front of Alice's yellow Porsche- with Alice jumping up from the hood while Jasper stood silently next to her when they arrived. She approached them with small skip in her step, as usual, but her lips were pressed together, as if something was troubling her.
Jasper however, wore a smile as he caught sight of Bella. She had been standing particularly close to Emmett when they arrived- with her hand lightly touching his. His eyes averted to that little notion, and his smile widened- wrapping his arm around Alice's waist just as she began to talk.
" Good morning." Her pressed lipstick red lips turned into a small smile as she turned her attention to Bella. " I'm glad you could make it before school started Bella." The brunette blushed at his side. " Could we.. talk?"
"Oh, uh- sure." Bella stammered slightly. She told Jasper goodbye after she sent a smile towards Emmett, who grinned in response.
" See you later Bella." Jasper replied, and the two of them watched the girls walk away.
Emmett stuffed his hands in his pockets as he watched Bella, a grin still on his face.
He couldn't help it honestly, with what had happened that morning.
Things had certainly gotten heated, and he had to say that at the rate things were going, if Alice hadn't called-
" So, you two are, official, as they call it now." Jasper said with a chuckle.
Emmett nodded, and he knew that if he were human he would be blushing.
Thank god he wasn't.
" I'm happy for you."
The burly vampire snorted in response. " Yeah well your wife is another story."
" It's.. taking her some getting used to." He admitted with a sigh. " You know with Bella being with Edward before. She understands that Bella has a right not to have feelings for him anymore, but she can't help but feel like they're still there. He was the one that left her, after all. " He explained, and Emmett let out a sigh- pressing his lips together.
That much was true, but she told him that she didn't love Edward anymore, and he believed her.
Sure, at first he was skeptical, and he wasn't sure at all how she would take once he first confessed his love for her.
But now that he had, and she also returned the same feelings- he had no reason to believe that she wasn't telling him the truth.
"She'll come around eventually though. That's just how Alice is. She has a temper when she's irked about something, but she's completely understanding. It's just different for her, as I'm sure you understand. She's taken a particular liking to Bella since we met her, and only wants her to be happy. Deep down she knows Bella will be thoroughly happy with you, she's just being complicated."
Emmett nodded, knowing this. " So that's what this talk they're having is about."
" That, and the dance coming up in three months. You know Alice and her love of festivities. Even when times are at their worst, she couldn't dream of passing up something like this. And from what her human life was like, I'd say it's a pretty healthy habit to have. Not to mention she has at least twenty different degrees in fashion design and international business. It's practically laced within the venom in her veins." Jasper said with a slight stiff tone in his voice.
Emmett knew it had to irk the guy sometimes.
His wife was a handful- and he knew that if they weren't as wealthy as they were, things would a lot more complicated.
But Jasper was the one that married her.
And now he had to deal with the baggage his little pixie brought with her.
And man did she have baggage.
" You have never been more right about that." Emmett replied with a laugh.
" Well, when you've been with her for so long, you start to catch on one way or another." Jasper added, chuckling.
This is why Jasper was always Emmett's favorite brother. He often felt closer to him than he was with Edward since he met him. Maybe it was his extremely laid-back persona, or the way he always seemed to know what to say to lighten any situation. He had an amusing sense of humor, and incredibly funny guy when he wanted to be.
Jasper was a couple of decades older than he was, and an expert at just about anything. Him being in the Civil War that nearly took his sanity, Emmett figured, made him the way he was today. He had scars that could go on forever, from what he showed and mentioned. They were faint, but they were there. Crescent marks on his arms and wrists from the bite marks of newborns he fought.
Needless to day, he admired nearly everything about him.
Sure he slipped up with Bella a year ago, but he couldn't entirely blame him for that. It took some vampires, from what Emmett observed, longer than others to get used to being around humans- to be able to withstand the scent and overall want for human blood. Emmett could recall at time when he was also at his worst, and his family helped him through it. His times as a newborn were particularly tough, considering it was easy at first to get to his prey- preferably human- with his heavy build and astoundingly quick reflexes.
Being a newborn would do that to you. With that burn in your throat, blinding every sense of dignity you may have had for yourself.
It was gone completely.
All you wanted; all you could think about was blood.
Human blood.
And you wouldn't let anyone get in the way of you having it.
Emmett's attention was ahead of him now, as he watched the bunches of students exiting their cars and entering the school, or just talking with their peers. He could hear a couple of girls a few cars down from them, discussing the upcoming dance- giggling as they talked about what dresses they were going to wear and who they were going to bring as their dates.
A group of football jockeys were laughing together, talking about their last game, as they passed Emmett and Jasper.
He remembered one of them from last year. His name was Tyler Crowley- who was actually they guy responsible for sending Bella to the hospital.
Thankfully, she wasn't injured much, because Edward had gotten there in time to save her.
He had seen much of Tyler, before Bella arrived. He seemed to be extremely popular, and when he wasn't talking with his football peers, he was hanging out Bella's friend Eric, and that Mike kid that had been crushing on the brunette since she arrived. But now he seemed to have a thing for that blonde, Jessica- who according to Bella was upset with him.
Most of the football team turned to wave, Tyler included, and Emmett nodded with a grin. Jasper just stood there with his lips pressed together. He seemed to find it amusing, but still nodded when they acknowledged the both of them. Emmett snorted, folding his arms over his chest as they disappear through the main doors of the school building.
" You think we've been a little too nice to these humans Jazz? I mean, since when do they feel privileged enough to even glance at a Cullen?" He joked.
Jasper laughed. " Well we have been letting our guard down since we've returned. It's.. different I'll admit. But it's the first time.. that I can say I am content with it. Happy, even. According to Alice, I have a social life now- and I have to say, disregarding my withdrawn personality due to my blood lust, that in itself is quite an accomplishment. I've never had many... friends.. growing up, even as a human, and to tell you the truth I enjoy it."
It was a first for Emmett also. Growing up as the completely anti-social Cullen clan, meant that they stuck together, and only together. They never socialized with their human peers- some part of them afraid that if they did that it could lead to something dangerous, more so with the humans more than anything.
And with them being in their own group for so long, they just never felt the need to go outside of that.
Sure, it grew lonely at times, but that feeling when away as quickly as it came.
They didn't need anyone else.
At least that's what they thought.
And then a certain Isabella Swan came along and changed and broke nearly every rule they had regarding humans.
She was breaking barriers, that was for sure.
Emmett looked ahead, just as the bell rang for classes - with Jasper groaning slightly behind him. He cocked his head to the side however as a person in particular caught his eye.
He was heading towards the back entrance of the school, alone, with a black backpack on his shoulders. He wore black sunglasses over his eyes, hair unruly as he walked swiftly across the parking lot, and Emmett's hand curled into a fist.
" I guess we should start heading for class now. I'll catch you later. " He told him then.
The ease he felt a few seconds before, was completely gone now.
That bastard was here.
Jasper nodded, unaware of his sudden change of attitude, and waved before he walked away.
And Emmett growled under his breath, following the man that had now disappeared behind the school.
Author's Note: Welp, hope you guys liked the chapter. I'm working really hard on this story, and I'm glad that you guys like what I'm putting out there.
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And just to let you guys know, the twists I have for this story- I don't think you will even see coming.
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I plan for this story to have about twenty or so chapters like the last story, but we will see.
Also, I now have a new found love for the tv series Supernatural, and am now catching up online. I'm still on season one, so NO spoilers that I don't already know haha. I'm thinking of starting a Supernatural fanfic, once I'm done with this one.
Something different I guess.
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