Chapter 22: Confrontations

Bella sighed as she got into the taxi outside of the airport. Biting her lower lip she started playing with the necklace around her neck, trying to figure out who would send this email posing as Emmett and why would they send it.

When the taxi pulled up to the school, Bella paid the man before getting out of the car. She pulled her duffel over her shoulder as she walked around the campus. "Um excuse me," she called to a student.

"Yeah," he answered stopping.

"Um…do you know where I can find Emmett Cullen?" she asked.

"Cullen? Yea he's in the batting cages as usual," he replied.

"And…where can I find those?" she asked.

The kid pointed in the direction of the batting cages. Thanking him, she hurried down the path to find Emmett.

When she reached the batting cages, she found him walking out grabbing a towel to wipe the sweat from his face. "Emmett!" she called.

Hearing his name, Emmett looked up and felt his heart speed up. A huge grin appeared on his face. "Bells, hey!" he greeted surprised.

He walked over to her, surprising her as he wrapped his arms around her waist and swung her around. "What are you doing here babe?" he asked setting her back down. He saw that her eyes were red and her face showed that she hadn't slept. "What's wrong?" he asked, his smile immediately fading away.

"Did you send me an email yesterday?" she asked.

He gave her a quizzical look. "I told you in my last email that there would be fewer emails because I have papers and games," he replied. Slowly he moved his hands up and down her arms. "Why?" he asked.

"I got this from your email yesterday," she told him.

Reaching into her duffel, she pulled out the letter she had printed off, handing it to him. Taking the letter, he read it over. "What the hell…babe I didn't write this," he told her.

"Then who did?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest.

Emmett crumpled the letter up, tossing it into the nearest trashcan. "Come here Gorgeous," he murmured hugging her tight. Bella wrapped her arms around his back sniffling. "Did you really believe what that letter said?" he asked.

"For awhile yeah, but I woke up this morning and thought that it just didn't make sense," she told him.

Pulling away, Emmett crouched down so he could look her in the eye. "Baby, just to clarify things, I love you way too much to even think about letting you go. There's not a chance in Hell that would ever happen," he answered.

"I love you too," she murmured.

Leaning forward he kissed her gently. Kissing him back, she rested her hand on the back of his neck.

After breaking apart from their kiss, he rested his forehead against hers. "You haven't slept have you?" he asked.

"No," she admitted.

Bella let out a gasp when he lifted her up into his arms, one arm resting under her legs while his other arm was around her back. "Come on we're going to my dorm," he told her carrying her to the dormitories.

Once they reached his dorm, Emmett opened the door with the hand that was under her legs before carrying her inside, closing the door with his foot. "What practicing?" she quipped.

"Maybe," he answered with a wink.

His smile faded when he saw who was sitting in the middle of his bed. "Shawna…" he started setting Bella down on the floor.

"What's going on?" Bella asked when she saw the girl on her boyfriend's bed.

"What is she doing here?" Shawna demanded getting up.

"Visiting me, her boyfriend," Emmett replied.

His eyes widened in realization. "You were on my laptop the other day," he commented.

"And?" Shawna asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You sent my girlfriend a breakup email," he told her.

Shawna shrugged. "So?" she asked. Bella's eyes widened.

"Why?" she demanded.

"Emmett deserves a real girl, not some little high schooler," Shawna replied simply.

Emmett was silent for a minute. "Shawna, it's even a miracle that I can get a woman like Bella. She's beautiful, funny, and intelligent; she's everything a man could ever want in a woman. What I don't get is that she wants me, she's in love with me," he told the girl. Bella bit her lower lip. "I'd get out of here if I were you Shawna before I make a phone call to report you for hacking into my email," he told her. Shawna rolled her eyes.

"You don't know what you're missing," she told him before walking out the door.

Emmett wrapped his arms around his waist. "Why would I care when I have the best thing right here?" he murmured. Bella rested her hands on his arms.

"Emmett, if anything it's I who doesn't deserve you," she said quietly.

He kissed her gently. "Impossible," he whispered against her lips. She moved her hands over his arms and up around his neck. He held her close and moved her over to the bed. Bella sat down on the bed before she grabbed Emmett by the front of his shirt, pulling him down on top of her. Emmett smiled as he braced himself on his arms so his weight wasn't crushing her. Leaning forward he kissed her again, moving his fingers over her jaw. Bella kissed him back, moving her hands over his chest and stomach, feeling his toned muscles through the shirt.

"Yo Emmett!" a voice called.

"Dammit," Emmett muttered as he climbed off Bella.

Bella fixed her shirt when his roommate came in. "Whoa! Sorry am I interrupting something?" he asked.

"It's alright dude. Bella this is my roommate Danny. Danny, this is my girlfriend, Bella," Emmett informed.

"Ah! The infamous Isabella, I think every ten minutes Emmett here would mention your name," Danny commented.

"Just Bella please," she told him.

He nodded with a smile. "Bella, still a beautiful name," he commented with a wink.

"Dude, don't go hitting on my girl," Emmett answered.

Bella bit her lower lip, blushing. "She's a beautiful girl what can I say?" Danny commented with a wink.

"How about 'Nice to meet you Bella'?" Emmett suggested.

"Nice to meet you Bella," Danny told her smiling.

"Nice to meet you Danny," she answered.

Later that evening, Bella was sleeping on Emmett's bed while Emmett was standing outside. "Dude, you better snatch that girl up fast," Danny told him.

"I'm going to, eventually," Emmett replied.

He reached into his back pocket, holding up a ring. It was a white gold band with a solitaire sapphire with two diamonds on the right of the sapphire and two diamonds on the left of the sapphire. Danny whistled. "Dude where did you get the money for that beaut?" he asked as he looked at the ring.

"I didn't buy it," Emmett replied simply.

Danny gave him a quizzical look. "It came in the same envelope as my mother's will," he added.

"When are you proposing dude?" Danny asked.

Emmett smiled a little as he put the ring into his back pocket. "When the time is right," he replied. He looked back into the room to see Bella still fast asleep. "When the time is right," he repeated quietly.