I do not own the Twilight story or any of its characters or settings.

I just like messing with Stephenie Meyer's characters in my own plots!

I hope you enjoy this. It took me a long time to rewrite and rewrite.

Cheer-Ball: January 2013

December 31, 2012 BPOV

"You wake up late for school, man you don't wanna go

You ask you mom, "Please?", but she still says, "No!"

You missed two classes, and no homework

But your teacher preaches class like you're some kind of jerk

You gotta fight for your right to party

Don't step out of this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear

I'll kick you out of my home is you don't cut that hair

Your mom busted in and said, "What's that noise?"

Aw, mom you're just jealous it's the Beastie Boys!"

Bree and I yelled and danced along with everyone else in the room.

I leaned over and said in Bree's ear "If I keep singing with you, I am going to lose my voice!"

"Yea, but what a way to lose it!" Bree yelled back at me on the makeshift dance floor in the living room. "I am so glad you talked them into having it again this year."

"That sounds a little odd." I thought before asking, "Why wouldn't they have it? I thought this New Year's Eve party is a McCarty and Cullen tradition."

She pulled me down even more to her height while looking completely shocked. "You don't know?"

"With the way you said that, I guess I don't know."

Still holding onto my arm, she turned and said something in her husband's ear. After a quick kiss on his cheek, she led me out through the dancing bodies. We check everywhere downstairs for a place to talk, but there was none to be found.

Just after she dragged me past the front door to head up the stairs, it opened with a bang. Standing there in all of their scantily clad glory was Jessica and Lauren.

I sat down hard on the stairs amazed at the boldness of their outfits and for showing up at two teachers' house. Jessica pushed her way toward the dance floor dragging Lauren and Mike behind her. Mike was dressed as a typical guy in a blue button down and jeans. On the other hand, the girls were dressed, if you could call it that, in either gold or silver sequined covered triangles on the top with a matching band of sequins around their hips.

"Is that a tightly woven mesh holding the skirts to their tops or is it just a sheer material?" Bree asked me in wonder as she sat down next to me.

I looked at her in complete surprise. I couldn't believe that was what she was focused on. "Really, Bree? That is what you want to talk about?"

"Sorry, I am nervous and I ramble when I am nervous." Bree said with a sly smile. "What the hell are those three doing here?"

"I have no idea, but I intend to find out." I said as I stood up with more confidence than I actually had.

Before I could take two steps, Emmett stepped into the room. The look that overtook his face was utterly priceless. It was a mixed of shock, horror, and forced revulsion. He swiftly crossed over to the trio of teenagers and tapped Mike on the shoulder. When mike turned around still dancing, Emmett quietly threatened, "If you don't vacate my house right now and take your two girlies with you, Notre Dame will be getting a phone call about your trespassing arrest."

As Mike grabbed Jessica and Lauren's arms to rush them out the door, he called, "Have a great night, Coach!"

Emmett chuckled and turned toward Bree and myself still standing near the stairs. "Having a good night, ladies?"

I was a little shocked at the display of authority that he had just shown that Bree had to answer. "We are having a lovely time." She subversively looked at me and added, "It is great to see you happy again."

Emmett looked a little sheepish, but nodded and headed up the stairs.

I gave Bree a questioning look and she just shrugged a little two innocently. We had just begun heading up the stairs again when we heard Emmett bellow from the floor above us. We raced up the stairs to see him groping his way blindly out of Alice's room.

"Emmett, what is wrong with you?" I questioned him.

He shook violently from head to toe. With his eyes still closed, he gasped out, "Alice… in swing… Jasper's white ass… Alice yelled 'Fuck me harder, Cowboy'… Going to be sick!"

Bree and I looked at each other and burst out laughing as Emmett took off toward the nearest bathroom.

"I think I need to clean out my ears." Bree said between her subsiding giggles as we descended the stairs a couple of minutes later.

"The only way to forget that mental image is shots, shots, and more shots!" I answered laughing back.

"Sounds like fun!" Emmett booms from behind us. "Someone LINE THEM UP!"

January 1, 2013 BPOV

"Here are your coffees, girlies." Esme said in a quiet voice as she joined Alice and me in the hot tub. "Small warning, it does have a small bit of vodka in it to help counter act last night."

"It really does pay to have a doctor in the family." Alice said in a softer version of her normal high tone. She passed my mug to me before grabbing her own and taking a small sip. "I love the smell of vodka and coffee in the morning."

"She has said that every New Year's Day since she was sixteen." Esme laughed as she slipped into the hot tub beside me. All three of us covered our ears at the loud sound.

"Maybe no more laughing," I commented to no one. "I can't believe how much alcohol we went through last night. Seriously, almost 30 bottles of wine, 30 bottles of vodka, and who can count how many bottles of champagne."

Esme shook her head and then, placed her hands over her eyes to settle her now spinning brain. "Two years ago was worse. We had almost all of the Raiders, Raiderettes, and their significant others."

"That was an insane party. Both houses were lit up and there were people everywhere for almost two full days." Alice chimed in.

"Is that why Bree said she was so glad I talked you into having the party again this year?" I asked remembering what Bree had asked me at some point last night.

Alice and Esme exchange secretive looks before Esme countered with, "Where did you get the idea we weren't going to have it.

"Bree mentioned something." I answered honestly not understanding all of the secretiveness.

Alice piped up with, "She must have thought we were cancelling all parties for this year when we didn't have any of our summer bashes or football parties last summer and fall."

"Why didn't you have those?" I asked. "I wasn't here for the summer, but weekly football parties would have been fun."

Esme took the practical, evasive approach this time, "Our Memorial Day party last year went rather lopsided and we just needed a break."

"Did you have any crashers like we did last night?" I asked taking a drink of my doctored coffee and trying to pry a little more information from them.

Esme winced while laughing again. "I don't think I have ever seen Emmett so embarrassed and pissed as when Lauren and Jessica walked in with Mike Newton."

"It didn't help that those two were wearing almost dresses!" Alice giggled as she remembered. "I know some hookers that wouldn't wear those outfits."

"I still can't believe that they found matching dress shaped scrapes of fabric in gold and silver sequins. If you took all of that nasty sheer black fabric away, they might have enough fabric for a doll's dress." Esme laughed snorting.

Alice cut across Esme's laughter. "Speaking of Emmett, what are you going to do about that brother of mine?"

"We weren't speaking of Emmett, but what do you mean, Alice?" I asked trying to sound as innocent and oblivious as possible.

Alice guffawed. "Don't give me that! Emmett may have walked in on Jasper and I having sex, but almost the whole party witnessed that kiss between you two."

I felt my face heat up to a boiling point with their stares. "Well, that is beside the point."

Esme choked on the sip of coffee and vodka that she had just taken.

"Beside the point my ass," Alice said a little too sharply. "You two finally become friends again at Christmas and then, you kiss so intensely that I think my panties caught on fire on New Year's Eve. Are you to getting together or was it just a onetime thing?"

"I do not know." I answered under my breath. They both shot me a disbelieving look, so I sighed and said, "I don't know. I have only seen him in passing since that kiss. Remember, he stared at me for about ten seconds and laughed. Then, he walked up to his room and slammed the door."

"Did you like kissing him? Do you want something more than friendship with Emmett?" Esme asked like she was one of my students gossiping with her girlfriends, not like she was the guy in question's cousin.

"You don't have to answer that, Bella." Alice said butting in. "I have already seen my brother kiss her. I really don't need to hear about in descriptive detail."

"I liked it, but he laughed afterward." I said trying to satisfy both of them.

"I really don't think he was laughing at you or your kissing abilities." Esme quickly said.

Alice added, "I think he was trying to laugh off the awkward feelings and teasing from the crowd that was going on."

"Thanks, Alice." Esme and I said at the same time.

"What? No, that is not what I meant. I…" Alice started to defend herself, but was interrupted by the ringing of my cell phone.

I held my hand up and picked up my cell quickly. "Hey, Edward."

"Hi, Bella. I have a favor to ask and I am afraid it is a big one." Edward said sounding a little wary and rushed.

With a small smile, I countered with, "I will not take over Rose's pregnancy, but other than that I am probably game. What do you need?"

"Rose is almost due and I have to go out of town for a week." He started. "I don't feel right leaving her alone…"

"Would you like me to come over and stay with Rose to get her to the hospital if she goes into early labor?" I asked trying to curb him from drawing out his explanation even longer.

"If that would be possible for you to do," Edward said pleadingly.

"Yeah, I can do it. Just when school starts again next week, I will have the office know to put through any call from her no matter what." I said thinking out loud. "When do you need me?"

"Tonight?" he answered hesitantly

"Edward…"

"This trip was sprung on me at the very last minute. Plus, Rose's mother is out of town right now, too."

"Okay, okay, tell her I will be there in a couple of hours. I just need to pack." I said as I climbed out of the hot tub. I ended the call and wrapped myself in my fluffy, beach towel. "Okay, ladies. This was fun, but friend duty calls. Rose is close to being due with the baby and Edward has to go out of town."

"Really? At the drop of the 'I am pregnant' hat and you go running to her?" Emmett asks from behind me. I spun around to face him. "I can't believe Rose has you so wrapped around her little finger."

"I can't believe you are trying to alienate me from the first friends that I made when I moved here! Again!" I argued back. "You know, I just don't think I will ever be able to win with you." Then, I started toward the back door of the house.

"Bella!" Alice and Emmett call at the same time.

I ignored Emmett and answered Alice's earlier question. "I guess the answer to your question is one time thing."

Alice sank back into the water, muttering to Esme that we are both idiots as I walked into the house to pack for several days away.

January 8, 2013 EmPOV

~7am

"Oh
Back To School
Back To School
To Prove To Dad That I'm Not A Fool
I've Got My, Lunch Packed Up
My Boots Tied Tight
I Hope I Don't Get In A Fight
Oh
Back To School
Back To School
Back To School" I quietly sang as I slowly meandered around the kitchen this morning while getting out my orange juice.

"You are so sad and pathetic, Emmett." Alice yelled as she walked to the kitchen with her fingers plugging her ears. "You have been celebrating your birthday since January 2nd and you will probably continue to celebrate until January 31st. Get over yourself already!"

"Give him a break, Alice. It must suck to have to go back to school on your actual birthday." Esme said shushing my sister and placating me as she walked into our kitchen. Then, she placed plates full of golden buttermilk pancakes smothered under heaps of strawberries and fresh whipped cream. "Happy Birthday, Emmett!"

"Thanks, Esme!" I said as I picked up my fork and dug in. With a mouthful, I added, "You make the best pancakes."

"They are not mine. Tell Bella when you get to school. She had left her recipe book at my house and I decided to try." Esme said with a chuckle.

I huffed and almost pushed my plate away. "Not you, too, Alice has been riding my ass about one little kiss all week. We were drunk and didn't realize anything was happening until it happened."

"You didn't have to crow about it to everyone that would listen though." Alice said joining in.

I opened my mouth to speak, but I really didn't have a response for that, so I shoved another bite of Bella's famous pancakes into my mouth. I finished quickly and headed out the door to make it to school before there was too much traffic.

I barely glanced up to see if Bella's truck was still missing. It was. The drive way completely wet with no truck sized, rectangular dry spots.

Esme caught up with me at my jeep. "Emmett, talk to her."

"It is not me!" I sighed back at her.

"I still say you need to talk to her. She is confused. Her only relationship from her past was scary and abusive. Talk to her and gently get her to see that all guys aren't like that Jake guy."

I opened the passenger door of my jeep and set my messenger bag in the seat and shut the door again before answering. "I'll try to talk to her if she will let me. Edward has to come home from his business trip soon, right?"

~10am

"Mr. McCarty?" Angela shyly asked as she walked into my room during my prep period.

I took my feet off of my desk and greeted her. "Miss Webber, how can I help you this morning?"

"I… I have something for you." She stammered out as if she was afraid to tell me.

My interest was definitely peaked, usually things weren't delivered they are placed in our mailboxes in our house office. Leaning my elbows onto the desk, I asked "Who is it from?"

"Please, don't make me say, Mr. McCarty." She almost begged. "I do not want to get in the middle of anything."

"It is alright, Angela." I said hoping to calm her and keep her from having a heart attack from worrying so much. "Just bring it up to me and you can be on your way."

She practically ran from my classroom after dropping a small, triangular package on the very corner of my desk.

I picked up the package and turned it over and over in my hands. The card slipped out from underneath the ribbon on the fourth or fifth spin. I sat the present down and picked up the small forest green envelope.

Emmett~

You deserve so much on your birthday.

As for now, I can only give you a small token.

Isabella

I read the words several times before I place the card underneath my computer keyboard. I picked up the present and the end of third period bell rang.

~12:28pm

The bell for the end of third period rang and I rushed my students from the room. After shutting the door and making sure it was locked, I rushed back to my desk and pulled Bella's present from my top desk drawer. I ripped the paper open and gaped at the present inside. I set it carefully down and sank down into my chair.

~10pm

After my favorite meal of corned beef, red potatoes, and cabbage, I opened presents from Esme, Carlisle, Alice, and Jasper.

Esme and Carlisle got me a new roll bar for my jeep with teal Frost High accessories. I particularly love my new teal and silver striped fire extinguisher holder.

Alice surprised me with season tickets for the Oakland Athletics. I shouldn't have been surprised that there were actually six tickets in the envelope. She immediately yanked four of them from my hand to pass them out to everyone. Then, she not so slyly suggested that I use the extra ticket for a friend, a special someone, and/or a roommate.

Jasper made me the happiest of all four of them. He had nominated the Frost High Football team for a Nike sponsorship and we were finalists. We would have all new uniforms, pads, cleats, and helmets.

Not long after dinner and presents, the couples had gone off separately to do couple things that I do not want to know about. I went to bad shortly after them to get up early in the morning to run off the cake and ice cream we had celebrated with.

~2 am January 9, 2013

I am STILL awake. I have been laying here for hours and I just can't sleep. I have tried falling asleep in every position I have ever felt comfortable in and I can't sleep. My mind is still reeling from the gift I had left in my desk drawer. I hadn't trusted myself to bring it home and not show it to at least Alice. I didn't want to show anyone, yet. I want to keep that all to myself. Well, at least until I can get Bella to talk to me.

January 11-15, 2013 3-Day Weekend

FRIDAY NIGHT EmPOV

Alice bounced into my bedroom without knocking. "Emmett, I have some news for you!"

I jerked my covers up over myself. "Mary Alice, what the fuck? I have told you since we were kids, do not just bust into my room!"

Alice jumped onto my bed, grinning. "Why? Are you doing something naughty? Are you jerking off? Or spit-shining the old water pump? Or waxing the brass candlestick? Or beating off? Or playing cards with only one hand on the table? Or riding the quarter-horse? Or joining the mile-high club, the solo-aviator division? Or giving in to the hand police? Or practicing self-actualization? Or fully realizing your potential? Are you masturbating while thinking about Bella?"

I lay in my bed completely slack jawed for several seconds before I got completely grossed out. "ALICE! Get the Fuck out of my room!"

She hopped closer to me on my bed and said in a sing song voice, "I know something about Bella you don't know!"

"You know lots of things about Bella that I don't know." I said slightly pouting. "She won't talk to me."

"Moving on from that pity party, Sponge Bob Sour Pants." Alice said poking me in the side. "Tomorrow morning when you roll out of bed at 11, Bella will be back."

"Really?" I asked excitedly almost dropping my comforter.

"Yes, but I really didn't come in to see a show." Alice laughed. She hopped off my bed and danced toward the door. Over her shoulder, she said, "Make sure you save some of that show for Bella. Rumor is she has calmed down and will listen if you are willing to apologize for trying to control who is her friends."

SATURDAY AFTERNOON BPOV

I arrived home just in time to be whisked over to Esme and Carlisle's house for a girl's lunch. We ended up giggling so hard that my ribs hurt. Then, after spending some time in the hot tub to relax my sore muscles, I finally shut myself in my bedroom and began to unpack.

My door slammed open as I was placing the last of my folded clothing into my dresser drawer. Without even turning around, I said, "Mary Alice McCarty! I swear if you don't stop barging in on me, I will have to call your mum and tell her about the video you made with Jasper!"

I heard a gasp behind me that was very much male and very much not Alice. I whipped around and came face to face with a very white faced Emmett. "Emmett, I'm sorry! You weren't supposed to hear that."

He swallowed several times before saying, "I am begging you here. Please tell me that was a joke. I don't think I could handle knowing that there is a DVD of them together that I could possibly, accidently watch at some point in time. Lie to me if you have to."

I laughed at him and his expression before turning around and shutting my drawer. "I don't know if they have made a home video of themselves, but I wouldn't put it past the Demon Pixie. I just figured that would be a safe threat for me to throw at her."

"Oh, okay, I feel a little better then."

I whipped by around, took my phone out of my back pocket, and leaned against my dresser. "Emmett, is there something you needed? I am trying to unpack and I have some grading to do later." As I talked, I looked at my phone and pretended to be texting while actually programming my fake phone call app to get me out of this conversation in about two minutes.

"Why did you get me that present?" He asked all in one breathe. "I need to know, why did you get me that?"

"Why do you want to know?" I asked starting to get nervous that I had gotten him the wrong thing. "I really thought you would like it."

He crossed the room to me. "I do. I love it. It has been a while since I had anything with a Claddagh on it."

I slide to the side to get away from him and my phone "rang".

"Is that important?" He asked quickly. "I really want to finish this conversation."

"It is just Jasper." I said turning off the app and stepping over to my bed. "I will call him back later." Now, that I had the option of an out, I realized that I want to finish this conversation.

Emmett leaned back against my dresser as I sat on the edge of my bed. He rubbed his face with his hands before he started talking. "Bella, I never meant to try to tell you who you can be friends with. Rosalie and Edward turn me into a landmine. When she wraps people I care about around her little finger, I explode. With Edward, I just don't want you to be betrayed by him like I was."

He pauses when I roll my eyes. "You are giving your ex-girlfriend way too much power over you."

"Hello, Pot. I'm Kettle and I already knew we are black."

"Ha, ha, ha. My ex is different. He is dangerous." I retorted snootily. "You saw that Christmas present he sent me."

"You are right about him, but we are getting distracted." He said nodding. "We need to talk about us instead of rehashing our ex-significant others."

"What do you what about us do you want to talk about?" I said leaning forward to rest my hands on my knees and hiding behind my hair. "We are friends."

He was suddenly right in front of me. He placed his right index finger softly under my chin. He gently nudged my face upward to make me look into his eyes. "Bella, I haven't been a very good friend to you and I have finally figured out why. I don't want to be friends with you anymore."

"Oh," I breathed out and tears formed in my eyes.

"Oops. I missed a word there. I meant just friends." He said quickly trying to recover. "I care for you and want to protect you more than I should for just a friend, which is, also, why I react so stupidly when it comes to you."

I gulped and tried to make sense of what he was saying. When I thought I had figured it out, I asked, "What do you liking me in more than a just friend's way mean?"

Suddenly, his lips were on mine. They weren't hard or forceful, but they were firm, insistent, and passionate. His right hand moved from just touching my chin to cupping my left cheek.

I stayed frozen for about thirty seconds before I reacted. My lips started moving with his. My right hand slid up his arm that was brace on the bed, over his shoulder, along his neck, and into his hair.

We parted, panting for breath. He placed his forehead on mine and stared intensely into my eyes.

"I think I understand what you meant now." I giggled and kissed him again.

MONDAY NIGHT BPOV

"Bella, it is time to wake up." Emmett whispered in my ear.

"Don't want to!" I mumbled back. I turned in his arms and snuggled even closer to his side.

He chuckled at my childish antics and tickled my side. "I was just thinking."

I giggled into his side. "Oh, no, you thinking is never a good thing!"

He tickled my ribs and said, "We are together now."

"Right…"

"We have spent almost every minute together this weekend."

"True…" I said not understanding where he was heading.

"What is going to happen tomorrow when we go back to school?"

I sat up a little to be able to see his face. "It is completely up to us. We should tell Principal Greene because he is our boss, but I don't see who else really matters."

"Jasper doesn't matter?" He asked accusingly.

I rolled my eyes at him. "Jasper and Alice snuggled on the other couch while we watched Revenge last night. Remember?"

"Nope, I am not getting any images of that picture."

I lightly smacked his chest. "You and your selective memory are not funny."

"Really? I thought we were hilarious." He said with a mock insulted tone. He changed back to his normal tone and asked, "So, you really don't want to tell anyone?"

"I wouldn't mind if you wanted to tell someone, but you know I hate being the center of attention."

He put his finger to his lips to think of a moment. He smiled widely before adopting a fake frown. "So, I guess a sky writer or banner flying overhead is out?"

"Exactly." I said shaking my head vigorously. "Let's just let everyone find out naturally."

"Okay." He answered dejectedly.

"Unless, you want to put an ad in the school paper." I joked.

January 24, 2013 BPOV

"Bella, how many types of rice do we actually need? The Mayan calendar was supposed to have ended last month." Emmett whined as I forced him push the buggy through Trader Joes. We have only actually been together for about two weeks and hadn't even had sex, but we were so close that we act like a still in love old married couple.

"How many types are there? You know that I love using the rice cooker." I replied with a smirk as I bent over to grab a couple of more varieties of rice. As I stood up, I felt Emmett right behind me with his hands placed firmly on my hips. "Emmett, is something wrong?"

"No." He answered curtly.

I looked over my left shoulder and saw a decent looking, but confused man walking away from us. I turned in his arms and wrap mine around his neck. "That wasn't Jake. He has a job up in Washington. We shouldn't see him around here, at least not on weekdays."

"It is not like I know what he looks like. It is not like I have ever seen a picture. I don't even like him being on this side of the country." Emmett grumbled into my hair before placing a soft kiss there.

"I threw them all away. Actually, I tossed them all in a big metal garbage can and set them on fire." I said remembering how good that bonfire with Tanya had felt and smiled. "But I did tell you what he looks like. He is Native American with dark eyes, hair, and russet colored skin. He is definitely not that blonde and blue-eyed blonde surfer you just chased off around the corner." I said stepping away from him and placing the rice bags I still had in my hands in the buggy.

As I moved on to the next selections, I heard Emmett mutter, "If you didn't wear such tight clothes, this wouldn't be such a problem either."

I turned around and leaned back on the handle of the buggy. "Emmett McCarthy, I am wearing yoga pants and one of your baggy sweatshirts. I just came from cheer practice and a work out with my handsome, protective, boyfriend. Get off my back!"

"That's the problem. There are a lot of men that like your back or at least want you on your back." Emmett said trying to hide his smirk.

I just shook my head and turned to walk away. After walking a few feet down the aisle, my cell started playing Man-eater by Hall & Oates.

"Who is that, Bella? I haven't heard you use that ringtone before." Emmett asked as I grabbed my phone out of its pocket in my purse.

"It's Rose. I don't know why, but this song just seems right for her." I replied quickly before answering the phone and ignoring the annoyed look on his face. "Hey, Rose! How are you feeling?"

"Bella, it is Edward." He said in a clipped, breathless tone. "Rose is in labor. We just got to the hospital. She is asking for you, something about you calming her."

"We are about 7 minutes away. See you there." I replied quickly before ending the call.

"Bella, what is going on?" Emmett asked.

"No more shopping today. It is baby time." I said smiling and picking up my purse from the buggy. I started to walk away and then, realized that Emmett was not behind me. "Emmett, are you coming?"

After a moment, he grabbed the buggy, started to walk away from me, and answered. "No, I think I really need to finish the shopping."

"One of these days, I will make you tell me the story behind you, Rose, and Edward. I do mean the full story, instead of just the bits and pieces." I said frustrated with my hands on my hips. I grabbed his hand and began pulling the stunned man behind me. "Right now, we need to get to the hospital. I have a feeling both of us need to be there for very different reasons."

January 25, 2013 BPOV

I walked down the cream colored hall from Rose's room on the maternity ward. I stopped and stared out of a window to see the sun rising over Mt. Diablo. I was in awe of the fact that after nine months of growth, perfect little Makenna was finally here. Rose was so strong and calm through Makenna's birth, but I knew it had to be hard. I turned toward the nursery to take another peek at the 20in long, 7 pound little pink bundle of sweetness.

I looked up to see Emmett standing next to Edward outside of the nursery window. I still didn't understand how the two of them had been so close they were almost brothers and then, one day just stopped.

I started forward again, but I stopped when I heard Edward say "Emmett, I still have no idea how all of this happened. One minute, I was your best friend and the next I was… well, you know."

"Yeah. The two times I accidently walk in on people having sex it is my girlfriend with my best friend and my little sister with a skinny cowboy." Emmett said with a dry, humorless chuckle.

"I saw them at Schooners. He looks nice, but skinny and rather geeky." Edward answered.

"He is a good guy, but it wasn't fun seeing him… ugh… never mind." Emmett started. After shaking from head to toe, he looked at Edward out of the corner of his eye and asked, "Are we just going to stand here and talk about my sister having sex while waiting for the results?"

"It sounds better than talking about how I screwed you over or how I found out about the third option for Makenna's father." Edward said in a dry tone that rivaled Emmett's.

"It figures there would be a third option. Three has always been Rosalie's lucky number." Emmett said dejectedly. "So, who is lucky number three?"

Edward mumbled a name that shocked me, but still explain a thing or two.

I began creeping backwards down the maternity ward hallway. I stopped outside of Rosalie's private room. I debated with myself for several minutes before gingerly opening the door. I almost kicked myself for debating so long because it looked like she was asleep. Then, she moved and slowly opened her eyes.

"Oh, I thought you would be Edward." Rosalie said stretching and wincing. "He is due to be here soon. I bet he can't wait to meet his baby girl."

I tried to keep my voice even when I responded. "He is down at the nursery watching Makenna wiggle in her plastic crib."

"Oh." She said almost so quietly I didn't hear her. "Maybe I should have had those nurses bring her back to my room."

"Just what do you mean by that, Rosalie?" I asked unsuccessfully keeping the question inside my own head.

I noticed a look of shock and disbelief quickly flash across her face before she schooled it into an innocent mask. "I mean I miss my daughter."

"Cut the crap, Rosalie Hale." I said with a bite to my tone. "I am not buying your shtick anymore. You told me that Edward is Makenna's father."

"Bella…." She tried to interrupt.

"You told me even though you were still technically dating Emmett when you got pregnant, you two hadn't slept together for months." I continued over her.

"That's right, but…" She said as she curled up into herself.

"Then, why in the hell do Edward, Emmett, and Principal Greene have to take paternity tests?"

Author's Note~

Real life and my ex royally suck sometimes. Between fights, fires, TB scares, multiple bomb threats, and students playing with fire extinguishers at the high school I work at and my ex taking me to court for more custody rights, I have been exhausted and have barely even turned on my computer. I am so sorry for seeming to have abandoned this story. Now that my court battle is over (& my ex lost by nothing changing), I can relax and dive back into writing for an hour or two after my kiddo goes to sleep. There will probably be one more chapter and then the epilogue.

~KaliCali77

P.S. Did you ever wonder what your teacher talk about in their staff lounge? Alice's masturbation rant is a compilation of phrases the male chemistry teacher came up with. I didn't ask them, they were just comparing phrases that they have used in their single days.

Just remove the spaces!

Check out the banner for this story made by Christag_Banner at pbckt pW. R1ImZM

I got the Beastie Boys lyrics from .com

The (Adam Sandler) Billy Madison "Back to School" song lyrics from smartlyrics . com

Jessica and Lauren's club dresses spurst clubwear /3895-Venus +Mini +Dress

Bella's present for Emmett 67. 212. 175. 138/~ yourlife /wp- content /uploads /2010 /03 /025913 .jpg