DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.
Sorry about the lack of updates recently. My internet's been down and I've had real life stuff (pathetic excuse I know) kind of got in the way. There's an abundance of chapters coming your way though so hopefully I'll be forgiven. Not just on this story, but Protecting Him and Eternally Damned as well, so :D
Carlisle POV
I gathered from Charlie's reaction to this woman standing in the doorway into my house that this was Renee, Bella's mother.
The woman who was stealing away my sons' love – now his wife – because Jacob had fed her a huge amount of lies.
I didn't like to think badly of anyone, I always liked to try and find the good in people, but after Jacob's actions in regards to Bella and Edward, I could see none of that in him at all. He had done all he could to sabotage Edward and Bella's relationship, and there was nothing in my mind that he could do to make that up.
And now, to bring Renee here, of all places. It was obvious that there was no low that Jacob couldn't and wouldn't go to.
They had obviously thought that they could stop the wedding, and I do have to say that the look on Renee's face when Charlie announced that Bella and Edward were currently on their honeymoon was priceless. I wanted to grab my camera and document it, but I knew that wouldn't be well received and I had to stay down here to keep an eye on my children. Otherwise, it could get ugly. I could see Esme thinking the same thing.
"What did you just say?" Renee's voice had lowered to a growl, and I had to suppress a smirk. She thought that she was being intimidating. Sorry Renee. I put in mentally. You've got nothing on your daughter.
I looked over to Emmett and saw that he was wearing a smirk similar to mine, as was Jasper, Alice and Rose and I knew instantly that they were thinking the same thing. They all looked at me and the glint in each of those eyes told me that they were finding all of this extremely entertaining.
"I said, Bella and Edward aren't here." Charlie repeated slowly, making it sound as though he was talking to a child. From what I had heard from Bella, he and Renee had been on civil terms since they had divorced years ago, but now that Renee was taking Bella away from Edward, it seemed that Charlie had, as Emmett had said on numerous occassions "grown a pair". I wasn't keen on the term, but hey, it fits. "They're on their honeymoon."
"But…they can't be married." She looked as though she was going to explode. She was standing there, visibly shaking and I was instantly pleased at my medical knowledge. Having a doctor around would be very useful. Especially if she had a coronary right then and there. "They need a parents permission!"
"Yes," Charlie nodded. "And I gave it to them."
I could hear the smirk in his voice and I knew that he was smiling. He approved greatly of Bella's relationship with my son, which was something that I was very grateful for. He had seen Bella and Edward together. How they had affected each other. How she had helped Edward, and how he had overcome his problems. He had told me on several occassions that he thought Edward was extremely strong and brave. He had even remarked on how he wouldn't choose anyone else for his daughter. Something I was extremely surprised and ecstatic about.
Charlie was someone I would definitely be supporting in this fight.
Emmett POV
This was great!
Jacob was here with Bella's pyscho mother. Yeah, even though she was the one who gave birth to Bella, she was still a psycho.
I wanted so badly to teach him a lesson, but I knew that Dad wouldn't appreciate that.
I saw his smile falter slightly when he heard that Bella and Edward were already married. There was something wrong about his expression though, but I couldn't tell what it was. It would all come out soon though, I was sure of that. And to be honest, I wanted it to come out after Jacob begins hitting my fist with his face.
I was just waiting for that opportunity.
I didn't look at Renee or Charlie at all, though I paid attention to what was going on between them. I wanted to know exactly what Jacob had told Renee. It made me want to pound on him even more.
"Are you telling me, that you gave permission for our daughter to get married?" Renee sounded pissed now. I glanced at her to see that she was starting to shake. I imagined her standing there and just exploding, which would be amusing. Even though she was pissed, Bella was still scarier. Possibly something she inherited from both her parents.
I looked over to my Dad and saw that he was smirking as well. It seemed that he was thinking the same thing I was. I didn't need to look behind me to see that my siblings were grinning too. They all would be.
I looked back at Jacob and saw that there was something he wasn't admitting. People might think that I'm just the one who pisses about and doesn't take anything seriously, but I know how to read people. Better than people think I can. Especially since everything came out about Edward. I've been paying more and more attention to people's body language.
And I can tell you, Jacob is definitely hiding something.
"Yes," Charlie nodded, his voice firm. "Yes I did." He shrugged nonchalantly. "You got a problem with that?" Whoa, go Charlie!
"Are you serious?" She practically shrieked. "Of course I've got a problem with that! Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
"Actually yes." Charlie stood up straight now, obviously annoyed at Renee's obvious anger. "I've allowed my daughter to marry the love of her life before you ripped the two of them apart."
"You know why I'm taking Bella away from here!" She tried lowering her voice but it only quieted a little. Not enough in my opinion. "You know why I-"
"Actually Renee." My father walked up behind Charlie calmly. I grinned again, knowing that Renee and Jacob wouldn't be getting anywhere now. My Dad might not have size on his mind, but he's good at talking to people and though he doesn't look like it, he can really throw a punch when he has to. "I think we'd all like to hear why you're taking Bella away from her home."
"You really think that I'm going to leave my little girl here?" She sneered, and I could hear the anger and disgust in her voice. What that was about I had no idea. "You really think that I'm going to leave Bella here? With you? With that pathetic excuse of a boy you call a son?"
Oh, she did NOT!!!!!
Alice POV
She did not just do that!
She did not just insult my brother!
Who the hell does she think she is?! She might be the mother of my best friend in the entire world, but she's not getting off lightly. At all!
"Excuse me!" I almost screamed, causing everyone present to turn and stare at me in shock. I didn't look at any of them other than the bitch that was standing just outside our house. "How dare you insult my brother! You have no idea what he's been through! You have no idea about any of my family at all! How dare you say that about him! About any of us!" I marched towards her, not caring that I was being stared at by my family, Charlie, the witch and bastard that were standing outside the door. It didn't matter to me. "You know, I don't understand how someone as judgemental and bitchy as you could have a daughter as amazing as Bella." I shook my head, not believing this woman.
"How dare you speak to me like that?!" She spat at me.
"Quite easily." I retorted and her mouth dropped open.
"Alice." My Dad called in a warning tone.
"No Dad." I looked at him briefly before turning back to look at her. "She needs to hear this! She can't just waltz in and take control like that. She has no idea what she's talking about! She doesn't know Bella anymore, and she sure as hell does not know Edward!" I stepped out of the doorway and stood directly in front of her. "So don't you dare pass any kind of judgement on my brother! If you had been through half the things that he has, you would be so lost. He is the strongest person I know, and you…you…you want to take away the one thing that makes him happy. And you're destroying Bella's happiness with what you're doing." I shook my head at her. "You have no idea. You have no idea how you've affected the two of them. You're such a selfish bitch. And you do not deserve Bella as a daughter. Actually, you know what? From what I've heard and seen for myself, I'm wondering if you are actually Bella's mother. Because it's obvious that she didn't get her caring nature and personality from you, who by the way, has the personality of a wet fish!"
"You little bitch!" She stepped forward and shoved herself into me. She may not have been that big to anyone else, about the same height as Bella, but she was bigger than me. Her shove caused me to fall backwards into the house, hitting my head and twisting my ankle on the doorframe as I fell over.
I cried out in pain one hand reaching up to my head and the other to my ankle. My Dad was immediately seeing to my head as I heard Rosalie's reaction to what had happened.
Rosalie POV
This woman's just doing everything that she can to make us hate her even more.
First she insults my brother, then she tries to split up my brother and the love of his life. And now! Now! She physically assaults my little sister!
All I saw was red.
It didn't register in my mind what was happening until my fist, that's right, my fist, connected with Renee's jaw. Rosalie Cullen does not slap. She learned from her big brother how to punch properly. And now she was putting it to use.
I watched her fall to the ground with grim satisfaction and smirked.
"You. Will. Not. Lay. A. Hand. On. My. Little. Sister!" I said every word as though it was a separate sentence, trying hard to keep my cool. I was seriously restraining myself at this point, knowing that it wouldn't do any good to seriously pound on this pathetic woman right now.
"You bitch!" She spat at me, trying to get up.
"You really want to repeat that?" I asked her, raising my fist, threatening her again.
She didn't say anything, just glared at me from where she was on the floor.
"You know, you would think that you'd have some manners." I turned my head to see Jacob smirking at me as though he had just won a prize. "Being the daughter of the towns best doctor and all."
"You know," I walked up to him, stopping directly in front of him. "You'd think I care what you think. But after everything that you've done…I really don't."
With that I pulled my fist back once again and shoved it into his face. He grunted and stumbled backwards, clutching at his face. I could hear Emmett cheer in the background and I smirked, knowing that I'd done him proud.
"You slut!" He looked at me and there was extreme anger in his eyes. He stepped towards me and I knew that he was going to hit me. I could see his fists balling up at his sides. I knew he was low, but I wouldn't have thought he was low enough to hit a girl.
Before he had the chance to even pull his arm back, someone slammed into him getting him away from me as fast as he could possibly.
It was Emmett.
He would do anything to protect his family.
The two of them rolled down the steps that led to our house and Emmett climbed off of Jacob, kicking him in the side as he went.
"Nobody touches my sister! EVER!" He was pissed as he walked up to the house. Renee had stood up and was now glaring at Emmett as he stood beside me. "Are you okay?" He asked me, his voice a lot softer now.
"Yeah, I'm alright." I nodded as he looked at my hand. Looking down at it I saw that it was starting to bruise ever so slightly with the force I had used to hit Jacob.
"I think you should leave." My Dad said, stepping around Emmett, and checking my hand. "I don't want either of you on my property anymore."
"I'm not going anywhere until I have this sorted." She sneered at us.
My mother was sitting with Alice, holding an ice pack to her now swelling ankle and Jasper had stepped outside with us. He was ready for a fight, and that was really uncharacteristic of Jasper. He was normally the calm and collected one of the lot of us. Seeing him worked up was strange.
But I knew that he was getting ready for a fight. Just like the rest of us.
Jasper POV
I couldn't believe what had happened.
This woman and Jacob had arrived, unannounced at my home and started to verbally and physically attack my family.
How had someone like this given birth to Bella? Someone so sweet and kind, who would do anything for my brother. There was no way these two were related.
Bella was more like Charlie than Renee.
I walked outside, with the rest of my family, ready for anything that these two could throw at us. Renee had obviously missed out on the class where you learn not to mess with the Cullens.
"I don't think I will be leaving." Renee smiled. She thought that she could stay, even with us all facing off against her.
She had hurt Edward, my brother. She had hurt Bella, my sister even before she and Edward were married. And she had also hurt Alice, my little sister.
There was no way this woman was going to get away with any of this.
"You really think that you can stay here?" I growled at her, causing her to look at me for the first time. "You really think, that with everything you've done, you can stay here? You must be out of your mind."
"Excuse me?" She looked astounded at my words.
"You heard me." I looked her in the eyes, my voice rising with my anger. "You think that with all the hurt that you've caused, all the pain that you've put my family through that you can just stand there and we're going to take it? There is something seriously wrong with you."
"You can't talk to me like that?" She crossed her arms over her chest.
"No?" I cocked my head to the side and crossed my arms mimicking her position. "So you think that you can come to our house, physically and verbally attack my family, cause uncountable amounts of hurt and pain, and you still think that you're right?"
"I know that I'm right." She looked between my mother and father. "You really think that I'm going to let my daughter stay here with you. You're all as crazy as that boy that Jacob told me about."
"That boy also happens to be your new son-in-law." My mother said, her voice more threatening than I had ever heard her before. She stood up, standing at my side, glaring at Renee. "And don't you dare speak about my children in that way. The only one losing her mind right now is standing right in front of me. How can you pass judgement on someone you've never met? You have no right to say anything about my son. Especially since all you've heard is lies. The lies of a jealous boy. Bitter because the girl that he likes fell in love with someone else."#
"I trust Jacob more than I trust any of you." She looked over us all. "I know that he is looking out for my Bella. I'm taking her away from here and away from this place and away from all of you."
Charlie stepped forward, between Rosalie and myself. "I think you were asked to leave." He sounded resolved and determined. "And I would suggest you do now. Or else I'll have to exert my power as Chief of Police and arrest the two of you."
Hell yeah. Charlie was talking.
Charlie POV
I couldn't believe that I had once married this woman.
She never used to be like this. This was not the Renee I had married.
She had changed dramatically over the years.
I didn't know who this woman was.
She wanted to take my only daughter away from me. After I had only just got her back. And only because she had fallen in love.
And I couldn't believe that the boy I had watched grow up, and yes, when they were younger, ensisioned marrying Bella, would stoop to this level.
I knew that Jacob was just jealous. It was natural for someone to be jealous when the person they liked someone else. But this was just insane.
I hadn't thought that anyone else would be good enough for my daughter. Anyone other than Jacob. I thought that he would be the perfect man for my little girl. He came from a good family. He was strong willed and reliable. He cared for her. I knew that much.
But now I also knew that I was wrong.
When Bella had first told me about Edward, I was a little wary. I had thought that maybe he would be unstable and could hurt Bella in someway. How had I been wrong. Edward was all I looked for in a man for my little girl. He may have some problems. He may have been through a lot in his short life, and may have held onto a lot of grief and pain for a long time.
But he had come through it.
And that to me made him strong. Stronger than anyone else I knew. And even through all of that, he had always thought of Bella first. He had always put my daughter first. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word.
I had met him many times since he had come out of the hospital and every single time he had been the perfect gentleman. I had been wary to begin with, but he had proven many times over that he was worthy of my Bella.
Now, they were married and he was my son. They had their happy ever after. Like Bella, I had a whole new family. And they were a family that I was going to enjoy getting to know. I hadn't spent much time with the Cullens but I was going to start. They were a huge part of Bella's life, and I knew that they were going to be a good family. For the both of us.
From the time that I had spent with the Cullens, I could see why Bella got on with them so well. Carlisle and Esme were the loving parents that every child should have. They obviously loved each other infinitely. They were both easy to talk to and I could see myself spending holidays and such with them.
Their children on the other hand were not so calm. They were all …… hyperactive, I think would be the best term to use. Except Jasper, who was calm and collected, very much like his father. The others were all like little kids and it made me smile. This was just the kind of family that both Bella and I needed.
I couldn't stop Renee taking Bella away, but she was going to a whole new low coming here like this.
And I was sure as hell not going to let Renee insult my new family like she was. That was not acceptable under any circumstances.
"I'm not joking Renee." I said, my voice stern. "After your behaviour lately I wouldn't be against locking you up for the night."
"You can't do that Charlie." She sounded so convinced.
"Actually, yes I can." I nodded me head slowly. "I can do what I want in regards to the law. I'm the Chief of Police if you haven't forgotten. I can arrest you here and now under grounds of harassment."
"Fine," She sounded like a little child that had been denied a candy of some kind. "I'll leave. But I'm not leaving Forks. I'm not leaving without my daughter."
"Well then, you're going to be here for a while." I smirked at her. "Because she's not coming back for another two weeks, and um, we're not telling her that you're here." She glared at me before her face morphed into what looked like resolved satisfaction. "And if you're thinking that you'll just call her and tell her, do you really think that she's going to want to talk to you when she's off somewhere with her husband?"
"Don't call him that." She sneered her eyes darkening.
"Why not?" I shrugged. "That's what he is. They are married after all."
"Not for long."
"There's nothing you can do about it Renee." Carlisle stepped forward from where he had been checking on Alice's ankle. "Edward is an adult and Charlie gave Bella permission, documents were signed, vows were said. There's nothing you can do."
"I will find a way." She sounded so convinced that she could.
"Well what are you going use for grounds?" Rosalie chirped from where she was standing, slightly guarded by both Emmett and Jasper. Another great thing about this family: they're very loyal and protective of their own. Not something you see very much anymore. "I don't want them to be together because I don't like him."
"I have better grounds than that." She narrowed her eyes at Rosalie. I smirked, knowing that there was no way that Rosalie would be intimidated by Renee. Hell, the girl had just punched Jacob. I didn't think that she was afraid of much.
"You can't prove anything Renee." Jasper spoke up now, his voice angry. "What? You think that you can prove Edward's "crazy". There's nothing written anywhere to support that theory. You might want to check your sources."
Gotta love Jasper. Such a smart kid.
"Now, Renee." I looked at her in the eye. "I'm going to say this one more time. Leave now, or I'm going to have to arrest the both of you."
She looked at me and saw that I wasn't kidding. She gave me a look that told me this wasn't over and I believed it. Renee wouldn't give up. She was stubborn, but not half as stubborn as her daughter.
As we watched Jacob and Renee disappear down the driveway, it was as though we let out a collective breath.
"Well." Carlisle breathed, from where he was kneeling by his daughter. "Crisis averted."
"For now." Esme whispered and we all went into the house.
Yes Esme. I thought bitterly.
For now.
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