Safe In Your Arms

Emmett

I hate her. I hate her so much, venom fills my mouth when I say or even think her name. Just the thought of the smug look that was on her face the whole time she was admitting her unfaithfulness to me makes me sick. I know this sounds bad, but I just wish that she would dissapear. Her and Jasper both. I haven't even talked to either of them in three days. But despite my own quarrels, I really hate that Alice seems to have fallen deeper than expected. She hasn't even left that spot on the couch from the day she found out about Rosalie and Jasper. The poor thing just stares at the wall all day and occasionally cries. Just seeing her like that makes me want to rip Jasper's head off for hurting her like that. But of course, that won't solve anything. I've tried getting Alice to get off the couch and go for a walk or something, but she refuses to even say anything. Carlisle and Esme can't even get her to talk. For the past half hour, I've been watching her just lying there, completely lifeless in more ways than one.

"Come on, Alice. You can't just lye there forever. I know you're hurting, but you have to get up and live your life", for the first time in three days, her eyes flickered to me.

"What life?" she sounded like she hadn't spoken in ages. And that's how it seemed.

"Alice, it scares me to see you like this. I don't want you to feel pain forever"

"Why not? I obviously desvere it", I stared at her and felt a sudden wave of anger hit me.

"You don't deserve any of this, Alice! The only thing you do desverve is happiness. Why would you think for even one second that you don't?"

"Because if someone's going to cheat on me, then I don't get to be happy", when she said 'cheat', there was a lot of venom in her voice.

"You do get to be happy, and he was an idiot to cheat on you. He should have known to never let a good thing go", her head snapped up to look at me, and immediately I realized what I really said. And I was glad that I did. She sat up and was still looking at me.

"Do... do you really mean that, Emmett?" she asked. I nodded.

"Yes. I mean everything I just said", she looked down and finally smiled, making me smile in return.

"See? There you go. I missed seeing you smile", she was still smiling when she looked up at me. She slowly got up and I stood up, holding her in a hug.

"Thank you, Emmett. I needed that", she said, still hugging me.

"You're welcome. I know you did", once we let go of each other, I could smell another vampire close to the room we were in. I looked to the doorway and heard heels hitting the floor. I pulled Alice to me again, making sure that she didn't see who was coming because I was certain that it was Rosalie and Jasper. When they did walk in, I stared at them with a sort of death glare and they stood there, staring back at me. I watched them walk up the stairs and waited for them to completely dissapear to let go of Alice. It was then that I heard her dry sobs and realized that I can't protect her from knowing that Jasper was there.

"Shhh... it's okay, Alice. I'm here", I tried comforting her and rubbed her back.

"I'm sorry, Emmett. I'm being selfish. I know you're hurting, too", I pulled away and stared at her with all seriousness.

"Alice, don't be sorry. I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about", she sniffled and hugged me one more time before pulling away completely.

"I'm going for a walk. You wanna come?" she asked. I nodded and followed her out the back door.

Once we were passed the house and deep into the woods, I noticed Alice was always staring at the ground.

"Why do you think they did it?" she suddenly asked out of the blue. I was a little taken aback.

"Well, I'm not sure, but it could be anything. Maybe they just felt the pressure of being married for so long", she scoffed and I looked at her. For the next few minutes, it was complete silence.

"Do you miss him?" I finally decided to ask. I regretted it immediately. She looked up at me, looking as though she was ready to burst into the tears that would never fall.

"I used to", she partially whispered. I nodded, wishing I hadn't said anything, "Do you miss her?" I was surprised.

"Not any more", she was still looking at the ground. A few minutes later when it seemed like we were half-way to Canada, I told her how I really felt about this whole thing, "To be honest, I hate her guts. Their guts", she looked up at me, surprised that I was talking again.

"I know the feeling", she whispered. It was then that my forever-still heart felt like it was beating again. I don't know what it was, but after seeing Alice like this and hearing everything she had to say made me feel suddenly protective of her. More than ever before.