It's slowly coming to an end! How did we get here?! I'm sad.

When I look at you

I see forgiveness

I see the truth

You love me for who I am

Like the stars hold the moon

Right there where they belong

And I know I'm not alone

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Savour The Moment

Emmett POV

I felt horrible. Rosalie and I had yelled at each other from around 2am to around 7am. I forgot how nasty she could be. I realized though that her manipulation no longer worked. I just made sure Bella's name popped up a few times and it kept me in line. I currently sat in the living room with the others, head on Bella's shoulder as she ran her delicate fingers through my hair in a soothing manner. I sighed, inhaling her beautiful scent of brown sugar and oranges and smiled for the first time. I looked to the filled out and signed divorce papers on the coffee table and closed my eyes.

I had joined Bella, Edward, Alice, Jasper and Renee in the living room around 7am and we'd been sitting here together for about twenty minutes when Rosalie huffed out the door for a hunt and Esme and Carlisle came back from their date. Carlisle finally had a day off and planned to spend it with the family.

"Rough night?" Alice asked concerned from her spot on the couch with Jasper and Edward, who had moved so I could sit beside Bella on the love seat. Renee sat in the chair and Esme and Carlisle stood comfortably with us. I nodded to Alice.

"Yea, but it's over with. I just have to mail them the Jenks and get it finalized." Bella squeezed my hand and I returned it. We both knew what this meant. We had everything we needed from Rosalie. We could finally start relaxing. Renee sighed.

"I'm really sorry Emmett." She told me sincerely and I lifted my head politely with a smile to meet her gaze. I shook my head.

"Thank you, but don't be sorry Renee." I sat up fully and kissed Bella's hair. I pulled her close and gave her a loving hug.

"I have everything I've ever wanted now. This divorce is the best escape I could have asked for." Bella smiled up to me through watery eyes and I kissed her nose. She tucked herself under my arm and relaxed against my side. Renee smiled to us and I knew she was happy too.

"So, what did this mean for you two?" Carlisle asked with a fatherly smile. Bella looked to me and a faint blush crept to her face. God I loved that blush, even if it wasn't real blood rushing to the surface and just a humanistic show based on emotion. I ran my thumb over her rosy cheeks and shrugged.

"Happiness? An eternity of happiness." Alice, Renee and Esme 'awed' and the guys just grinned. Bella closed her eyes, feeling the moment and buried her face into my chest. I loved that I still make her bashful.

"Maybe take a page out of Alice and Jasper's book." Esme winked to me and I laughed my booming laugh. Renee then stood up fast and looked wide eyed.

"You…you! You can have babies!" I laughed as Bella sat up.

"Here we go." She said with a smile she couldn't hide.

"Just with your mate, right?! With each other?! You two can have babies?!" Alice beamed and Bella nodded.

"Yes. We can, but don't rush us mom!" Renee grinned, sitting back down.

"While I'm young though, alright?" Everyone laughed and Bella eased herself back into my side.

"Besides mom, this is Alice's time! We can't go stealing her thunder!" Alice laughed loudly and shook her head.

"No! Steal away! I'd love a baby buddy!" The guys chuckled and the girls all looked hopeful, besides Bella.

"When it happens, it happens." She said laughing and everyone let the topic drop. We sat together talking for a while before I got up.

"Where are you going, Old Man?" I laughed and shook my head.

"You just wait. Once you hit 100? It's ON!" I told Bella and she scoffed.

"Oh please. Like I'll care. I'll forever look like an eighteen year old." Renee sighed again with humour and shook her head.

"I hate you guys." Everyone laughed, Bella turning her attention back to me. I picked up the divorce papers from the table.

"Just going to rub these to the post office. I'll be back soon." I told her with a kiss to her forehead. She nodded.

"Why don't you just let the mail carrier take them?" Renee asked and I smiled dryly.

"Well…don't want to take a chance that they make their way out of the mailbox before the mail carrier can get to them." She nodded, looking shocked, but she understood. I gave Bella a smile and said goodbye to everyone before I got into my Jeep and sighed. A little alone time would be nice to shake the last five hours off…but I couldn't wait to just wrap myself around Bella and start the best part of my existence.

Bella POV

I relaxed on the couch with Esme, my mom, and Alice, Alice and I each drinking a cup of blood.

"This is your sixth one today Alice! And it's only 2pm!" She laughed and patted her non-belly.

"I know…but Carlisle said the baby will probably grow really fast and I'd crave a lot of blood." I smiled to her and nodded in understanding.

"So have you discussed names?" My mom asked and Esme perked right up. I laughed and turned to Alice who smiled.

"Well…yea. We are stuck though. We have tossed around a few…if it's a boy we've considered Jole, Dylan, and Liam. And for a girl we are undecided between Juliette and Sophie." I 'awed' along with Esme and my mom.

"Those are adorable!" She smiled and nodded.

"What do you guys think?" She asked and I thought about the names.

"I really love the name Liam for a boy…and I could really see you with a little Sophie." I told her and she grinned.

"I know! Jasper chose both of those names…he said them and I fell in love! I almost don't know which I'd rather have, a boy or girl!" I laughed along with the others and somehow, Alice felt it appropriate to bring up my situation.

"So…wouldn't it be fun to have babies together, Mrs. McCarty?" I almost choked on my mouthful of blood and turned to her wide-eyed. I swallowed hard while the others giggled and shook my head.

"Alice! We haven't even started officially dating! And keep it down, I think Rosalie is upstairs." Alice shrugged.

"You don't have to worry now Bella. The divorce papers have been sent off and Emmett is confident. You can finally breath easy." She told me and I smiled. I knew that, I just felt the need to pull back. It wasn't Emmett…something just didn't feel…right.

"I at least want to be married and settled before I think of kids." Alice nodded with a sigh as Esme spoke.

"We understand sweetie. But we will be very excited when the time comes.' She said with a look to my mom, who was beaming.

"My baby is growing up!" She said with watery eyes. I laughed and shook my head.

"At least you don't have to worry about the whole 'you could ruin your life at 18' thing most parents go through. I will continue to mature yes, but I'll always have what I need and the ability to catch up to myself." Esme smiled and my mom wiped a tear.

"Yea that's true I suppose." My mom said with a smile. The boys came back in from their hunt in a good mood. I was happy to see that Emmett and Jasper had Edward back. They really were like brothers.

"Hey all!" Emmett greeted with a kiss to my forehead. He sat on the arm of the couch beside me, scooping my hand up into his. Jasper kissed Alice as well, positioning himself on the floor at her feet and Edward sat on the love seat beside Esme.

"Hello, how was your man time?" Alice asked. They all grinned.

"It was good. Nice to be back." Edward chimed and I smiled to Emmett as he kissed my hand.

"Feeling better?" I asked him and he nodded happily.

"Much." I smiled and turned to Jasper as he spoke.

"Where's Carlisle?" He asked and Esme smiled lovingly.

"He's in his office reading more on the pregnancy. He wanted to do a little more research into the gift so he could help predict the growth rate of the baby." He nodded and took Alice's hand from his shoulder, kissing it.

"So what do you guys do to keep yourselves busy now that you guys have graduated?" My mom asked and I looked to the others, curious as well.

"Well," Emmett started.

"We can do anything we'd like. Take some time off, get a job, go to college or university…and when we move away we can start as young as we can so we can stay there as long as we'd like, and then move on again." I paused, looking to Alice.

"Move?" I asked and she looked from Emmett to me hesitantly.

"Well..." She said, unsure what to say. I looked back to Emmett.

"What I mean Bella is that once we look too young to be as old as we claim, we need to move. We could stay here for a while longer though…it's usually because Carlisle just can't look older than 40 at the most…just can't pass." I nodded, that made sense.

"So…when are you…I mean… how old is Carlisle claiming to be now?" I asked, not sure I wanted to know the answer. Alice sighed and Emmett just played with my hands.

"Thirty-five dear." Esme told me kindly and I smiled dryly.

"So…you'll need to move soon." I said. I looked to my mom who gave me an encouraging look.

"But Bella, even if you wanted to be here a while longer than the family can be…we travel easily so a few of us could always stay behind…" I looked to Emmett and shook my head.

"You can't split up the family." I told him. He smiled, kissing my hands.

"Bella you don't need to be afraid of leaving your dad. If you need to stay, I will stay with you." He told me gently. I just looked to our hands and sighed.

"We really understand Bella. But we have a few years before we need to worry about that anyway. We will stretch it as far as we can." Esme told me reassuringly and I nodded.

"I guess…I just never thought about it." Alice nodded with a smile.

"It will work out Bells. You never have to be without your family. We promise." I smiled back to her and we let the topic drop. it was too depressing when everything has been going so well.

"Just where do you think you're taking me?" I asked Emmett playfully as he held my hand, leading me into the woods. He wiggled his eyebrows playfully in response and kept leading me further into the woods.

"Can't tell you." He said with a grin and I shook my head laughing.

"You do realize I have a much better sense of direction now, right?" He kissed my hand, which was delicately held in his own and we walked through the woods West, and chatted about anything and everything.

"I really like your mom." He told me with humour and I laughed lightly.

"Yea she likes you too." I told him and he chuckled.

"I noticed." I smiled up to him.

"I like that you get along so well with my family…it almost makes me feel…normal." I told him and he looked to me with sad eyes. Before he could respond, we walked into a beautiful clearing. The night sky was completely visable through the canopy of trees that surrounded us from our spot on top of the cliff and there was a huge waterfall with a small river that ran between the two cliffs. I looked around curiously.

"That's Quileute land." I said, pointing to the other side. He nodded.

"Yea, the river is part of the line." I nodded, turning to him. he must have seen the question in my eyes.

"This is my thinking spot. I used to enjoy coming here to escape when Rosalie and I would have a fight or I just needed a little me time. I wanted to share it with you." He told me and I smiled, melting into his arms. He reached down, taking my chin between his finger and thumb, lifting my face to his.

"Bella I never wanted anything but a normal life for you. And I'm sorry this is how it has to be. I just-" but I cut him off with a small kiss.

"Shh…" I told him as we broke apart. "Don't…don't apologize. Without this life…I wouldn't have you." He smiled down to me, rubbing his thumb over my cheek.

"I don't know what I would ever do without you Little One. You are…everything to me. I just want to spend the rest of my existence making you happy." I closed my eyes, savouring the moment. He sighed and took both my hands in his.

"Bella, from the moment I met you, I knew you were special. Alice was so enthralled by you and even when everything told me not to support her, there was a large part of me that couldn't help but want you around. I didn't know what it was then…until the moment when Rosalie presented me with that choice. In that moment…I knew it was my heart. My head told me to fix my marriage but…my heart wanted you. And in that moment, the thought of losing you made my own existence irrelevant. I needed you…and I always will." I looked into his eyes, tears filling my own.

"From the first time we met until now, you've become everything to me. You are my best friend, my accomplice, my drive, my family…my mate. You're my truth…you have always appreciated me, and you love me for me…Emmett McCarty. I never need to be anyone else for you and I never realized how dead I actually was until you showed me how to live again. For everything you are and everything you make me feel, I've found where I belong. I belong right here, beside you. I've made many mistakes, and you have shown me nothing but love and forgiveness. I know now what true love is and what it feels like to be wanted and loved…you were worth the wait." I watched, wide-eyed as he dropped to one knee, reaching into his pocket.

"Bella, I know this is sudden and I know my divorce has just been signed off. But I have known from the moment I saw you smile, heard you laugh…watched you trip and fall down…that I love you. My heart knew all along that you were it for me…and that feels like an eternity ago. You know me better than anyone has ever cared to, and you make me feel safe and loved…you're my home. No measure of time with you will be long enough…but let's start with forever."

I paused, looking down at the diamond ring presented before me, shining in the moonlight. Nothing but the sound of the river and nature surrounding us. I felt myself busting at the seems with love and devotion for the man kneeling before me. My hands over my mouth, smile so large I couldn't possibly get any words out I nodded, looking into his sparkling eyes. He picked my up instantly, spinning me around and I threw my arms around him, laughing with happiness. He put me down, crushing his lips to my own in a moment of pure love and passion. Once we broke apart, he took my left hand in his own, sliding the ring onto my ring finger. I looked down to it, smiling.

"I suppose I didn't take into account how small your hands are…" I laughed at his observation, knowing what he meant. The diamond had to be at least one and a half karats, but it was just the one diamond, simple and sweet. I smiled to the extravagant, yet simple ring.

"It's… gorgeous." I said breathlessly. He grinned to me, taking my hands again.

"I love you, Bella." I smiled up to him.

"I love you too, Emmett. You just made me…complete. The only part of this life that makes sense…is you. I have family and friends…I have everything I could ask for but…you make it all worth it. I've never felt so connected to someone…I didn't even know I could feel this much…but that's you. You've shown me things I could have only dreamed of…I could keep my family and friends as a human…but I could never have you the way I needed you. The way I wanted you. The moment on the cliffs in La Push sealed that for me. I knew I was in too deep but…when I made the change the only thing that got me through was that I didn't need to die and leave my family behind…and that we finally had a chance. You've just made me the happiest girl in the world." I told him, trying to pour my heart and soul out to him. He took my in another kiss, making my knees weak. That night we made love for the first time, laying on the cliffs in the clearing, passionate and sweet. Nothing but the sound of the water around us.

We made it back to the house around 3am, to my surprise everyone was up and waiting in the living room. I laughed, looking to Emmett, who winked to me. I saw tears willing all the women's eyes and large grins on the men's faces.

"Well…?" Alice pushed and I grinned up to Emmett again. He kissed my forehead and I nodded to everyone else. An eruption of cheers broke out and my mom rushed to hug me.

"Congratulations baby!" I looked up and saw my dad there too. He had tears in his own eyes, giving me a loving hug.

"I love you Bells." He whispered in my ear and I felt tears fall from my own eyes.

"I love you too dad." I whispered back. It was a moment we didn't get often…a moment I wouldn't forget. I looked to everyone as they hugged me and shook Emmett's hand in congratulations before they just had to see the ring. I showed them and they all oo-ed and awed over it. My mom giving Emmett thumbs up.

"Gosh Bella, that's beautiful!" She squealed and I laughed, nodding. Alice gave me a hug and winked to me.

"You brat, you knew." She laughed and shrugged.

"Well, duh! We all did!" I shook my head to her and glanced to Emmett.

"She called me Mrs. McCarty today and I almost had a heart attack." His eyes went wide looking to Alice and she scoffed.

"Oh hush. You liked it. And I wouldn't have told her Em!" He chuckled and put his arm around my waist. I saw Rosalie glaring at me from the stairs and I felt myself shrink back a bit. I'm not sure why…but something was still off. There was a secret in the room, that much I knew. But I didn't quite know what. I pulled myself away and hugged Edward as he approached me.

"Welcome to the family, officially, Bella!" I smiled and hugged him back.

"Thanks Edward." He winked to Emmett, giving him a man hug.

"I suppose now I'll just have to stick around." I smiled big up to him.

"You'll stay?" I asked and he smiled happily to me.

"Of course. This is where I belong…with family." I felt my heart swell looking around the room. Family. A new beginning. I took that moment to relish in the happiness in my heart, wanting to savour every second.

Emmett POV

A week after Bella and I got engaged, Bella felt the call. Her mom had just left two days ago and Bella began acting odd. She grew nervous and secretive until I had cornered her in our room. She had looked to me wide wide, watery eyes and told me something I never thought I'd hear. We were going to have a baby.

I knew we should have been more careful, but we didn't think. Just the one time on our engagement night and we were now on the same path as Alice and Jasper. Of course, Alice was thrilled when Bella told her, claiming they could be baby buddies. I grew very possessive and protective of Bella, though Carlisle said that was normal. Both girls would be very fragile during the pregnancy, like a human woman would be because their insides soften to carry the baby. Alice seemed to be going along at a rate of three and a half human pregnancy weeks in only one week. Making her most likely due in about three months. Carlisle used that information to give both Bella and Alice tentative due dates. Alice was due around September 20th, Bella due around October 1st. They were, of course, two peas in a pod it seemed. Rosalie did nothing but bitch and grumble, stalking around the house, and Bella and Alice were inseparable, sitting on the couch, drinking ridiculous amounts of blood a day. I smiled as I sat beside Bella on the couch. She had announced her pregnancy two days ago. Neither her or Alice were showing yet but Alice had only gotten pregnant about two weeks ago and she was already "seven weeks" pregnant. It would go fast.

"Ok Alice, you win." Alice laughed and nodded.

"That's right! Never bet against me Swan." She said and I chuckled. She was bugging Bella about the pregnancy thing, having asked Bella if she wanted to be baby buddies before we were even engaged. I nuzzled Bella's hair with my nose, kissing her temple.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." I whispered to her, though Alice and Edward heard too. Jasper was currently gone to the butcher to get more blood. He, Carlisle and Esme all went a day or two apart so they wouldn't be associated together and it wouldn't be odd if one person went in and got a ridiculous amount at once. Bella and Alice were going through a lot of it. I heard the mail car drive away from the mailbox slowly down the drive and smiled to Bella.

"I'm going to go get the mail, I'll be back?" She nodded and let me kiss her hand, standing up. I walked casually down the driveway, enjoying the summer air. It was the beginning of July and I couldn't help but just feel…compete. Everything wasn't going necessarily according to plan, but it was wonderful. I finally reached the mailbox and found a manila envelope stuffed into it with a stamp on it in red ink labeled IMPORTANT. It was addressed to me. I curiously ripped into it as I began walking back up the driveway and stopped dead in my tracks at what I pulled out. There in my hands, were my returned divorce papers. I looked at the letter typed and attached to the front of the papers on Jenks' letterhead.

Mr. Emmett McCarty,

It is with great sadness that I return these papers. Unfortunately, all of Mrs. Rosalie McCarty's paperwork is not completed, as she did not sign the final page of the documents. I would be happy to put the papers through again once they are completed in full.

If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me in the office.

Sincerely,

J. Jenks

I flipped to the back page and stared at it in horror, seeing it left blank. I trusted her. After five hours of non-stop screaming she had finally had enough and agreed to sign them and I fucking trusted her. I looked to the house realizing the predicament I was in. In that house sat Bella. My fiancé. Carrying my child. And I was still married, divorce papers not even completed. I glared at the wave of blonde jumping out the window on the second floor and bolting into the woods.

Heads will role.

There you have it! Hope you all enjoyed it, had a bit of a twist up my sleeve! Read and Review!

Songs: When I Look At You – Miley Cyrus

**ALSO! I used the final words of Edward's wedding speech to Bella from the Breaking Dawn Pt One movie in Emmett's proposal. **