Bella's POV
For the past month I've been working at the shop and playing the good mommy part and I'm burned out. I cannot imagine doing this for the rest of my life. We've been in my parent's house for the past two weeks and Jake practically lives here so I'm not alone in taking care of her.
I'm never alone. I don't even get to take showers without her bouncing in showing me something or telling me something. I'm going to go insane.
I head to work after dropping Amelia off with Billy and start my boring job which is a huge part of my boring life. Blah.
"Hey babe what's wrong?" Paul asks.
"Don't call me babe and I'm fine." I tell him laughing. He calls me babe to annoy me because most of the times I call him jerk. He is a jerk in my defense. He hits on every girl he sees. But he's harmless as far as I can tell.
"You don't look fine." He pushes.
"I'm just tired and burned out." I confess.
"You should go out tonight and do something. It's Friday night. You and Jake should come to the bar with me and Sam."
"Doesn't Sam get enough of you here? I sure do."
"Ha. Yes he does but his girl just dumped him so he's sad and lonely." He makes a sad face and I laugh. Poor Sam.
"I'll think about it I guess but I feel bad asking Billy to keep Amelia even more than he does."
The day goes on with nothing exciting which I guess is good but some excitement sometimes would be nice.
Then the hottest guy I've seen since… well since I saw Sam five minutes ago and forever not counting him walks in.
He rambling on about how his brother's ex-girlfriend went crazy on his car and how it needs this and this and this and I'm just staring at him because knowing what needs done is not part of my job description. I write up his ticket as Sam comes out and they go to look at it. Apparently I am still staring because Paul comes up and wraps his arms around my waist without me even noticing until he whispers snap out of it babe in my ear.
"Jerk." I whisper as I untangle myself from his arms.
"He's rich you know? You should go after him. His name is Emmett Cullen; his brother's name is Jasper. They live right outside of town in this huge house their parents left to them and their other brother Edward when they took off to travel the world. The crazy ex-girlfriend is Alice who everyone knew was just in it for the money except for Jasper. Looks like he figured it out though."
"Wow Paul, you gossip like a girl." I tell him laughing.
Just then they walk back in and Paul whispers flirt like crazy babe and walks back into the shop part.
Even if I wanted to flirt I couldn't since I can barely focus around him then he's asking me my name and Sam is staring at me like I'm stupid and I mumble, Bella.
"So Bella, do you want to go out tonight?" He asks and Sam answers yes she would love too, she's just tired right now. Probably a long night with her daughter and I snap out of it at the mention of Amelia because one I don't have a definite sitter and two I would have preferred Emmett not know about her quite yet.
"Sorry, um yeah I would love to go out. Sorry, yeah I'm just a bit out of it." I stammer out.
So he gets my # and my address and tells me he'll pick me up at 8.
"What happened to not wanting to leave Amelia with Billy?" Paul jokes.
"Well since Jake is no longer invited I'm hoping he will keep her." I text him to check and he says of course.
"You do know why Sam mentioned Amelia right?" He asks.
"Trying to cover for my stupidness?" He laughs and shakes his head no and I look at him like OK then…
"He was trying to scare him off babe. Sam likes you. Jake likes Sam for you too. Did he tell you that? When you asked him to keep Amelia did you tell him you were going out with?" I shake my head no. "Good luck with that one!"
Paul was right. Jake was pissed when he found out I was going out with Emmett after assuming I was going out with Sam. He even tried to back out of keeping her for me but I threw a fit and won.
The whole time I'm getting ready he is going on and on about how the three brothers are all spoiled rich kids with no sense of responsibility and finally I snap.
"Is this really about them or it this about Sam?" And his face drops.
"Yep, Paul is a gossip. You should watch what you tell him. And Sam probably should too. You can't decide who I date Jake. And Sam is old."
"He's only 32 Bella and he really likes you." He says with just a bit of pleading.
"Not that he's even said or done anything to indicate he likes me, I wouldn't date him anyways. I need this job. And only 32 is still 10 years older than me."
Then he's going on and on about how great Sam is and how he wouldn't hold my job against me and finally the doorbell rings.
I kiss Amelia good bye and Jake grabs me and hugs me and Emmett is just looking at us like what the heck?
"I love you Bella." Jakes says as we walk out and I glare at him, then laugh and tell him I love him too.
"So Jake?" Emmett asks after we get in the car.
"Best friend only. He's just not happy because when I asked him to keep Amelia he thought I was going out with someone else…" I trail off not really wanting to get into any of this.
"The guy from the shop? Paul right." And I nearly choke.
"God no, Jake would never wish that on me. The other guy though."
"Both of them like you. They both watch you, I actually thought you were dating Paul and I asked Sam and he said nope you weren't dating. I don't think he meant to let it slip out so I was surprised when he said yes for you." Emmett explains. "So I guess I have to make the best of tonight. You have unlimited options it seems."
"Let's not worry about my supposedly unlimited options and just have fun please?" I beg.
And we end up at a bar. Awesome, because getting drunk and looking stupid works well for me.
After being there for about an hour I get a text from Jake saying Amelia is sick and I need to get to the hospital now. But I'm drunk and Emmett is drunk and Jake isn't going to leave Amelia.
"Emmett, I have to go. My daughter is sick; I need to find a way to the hospital." I yell over the too loud music.
"I'm drunk Bell!" He yells back. Um yes dumbass, I was aware I think. What the hell am I going to do?
Then I see Paul walk in with some trashy looking girl and I run to him and tell him what's going on and can he please help me, apologizing the whole time. The girl is pissed when Paul offers to either take her home or leave her and come back for her and she tells him to just go and not bother coming back.
Once we are on the way I keep apologizing.
"Stop! Your daughter is sick, that's way more important than Paige being pissy. She's a bitch anyways." He reassures me.
Once we get there he comes with me to find Jake and Amelia.
"Jake!" I run down the hall and he grabs me. "What did they say?" I ask worriedly.
"They won't tell me anything because I'm not family." He's upset.
Soon the doctor comes out and tells her she's having seizures and they are taking her for an MRI.
"I shouldn't have left her." I'm sobbing into Jake.
"Bella, this isn't your fault, she was fine and then all the sudden she started shaking and she threw up. You're here now, that's all that matters." He tries to comfort me but I can't stop crying.
We wait in the waiting room until they come back with the MRI results.
"She has a tumor on her brain. These types are rare as they lay dormant for a while and then all the sudden cause problems." He tells us.
"What do we do?" I ask through my sobbing.
"We need to surgery right away to remove the tumor." He answers.
"No! You can't cut open her brain! She's just a baby." I yell at him.
"If we don't remove the tumor her seizures will get worse and she will develop other symptoms and she won't live more than a few months. I'm sorry, surgery is the only option." He says in his you're dumb because you're not a doctor but trying to be nice voice.
I feel like a really awful person for just this morning wanting a break from her. Now I might lose her.
I really am a terrible mother.
A/N I know Sam is not that much older than them in the stories and I always make him older but he just makes a really hot older guy in my mind. This story is not about the age as I still have not decided who she ends up with. Still between Emmett, Paul and Sam. So still time for your opinion! Also I know it is not medically accurate.