Sorry this is late. I got a filling earlier on in the week but it gave me a toothache so I had to go back today, the pain is gone but I have a killer headache so hopefully this didn't turn out to be a whole load of nonsensical rubbish.

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There is a link of Bella's new puppy on my profile.

Random point of interest: Emmett is king. That is all.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight and King Emmett swallowed my gummy bears, I did however get a neat little souvenir map for my troubles.

Rosalie Pov (One month later)

I sat on the living room sofa with Bella nestled between my legs as she shovelled cereal into her mouth and I tugged any and all knots from her damp hair. Alice sat beside me flicking through the new issue of People magazine and occasionaly tutting at something or other.

"Finished", I announced, patting Bella's hair gently. She shot up at my words and began pulling on her trainers and coat. "Bella? Where are you going?", I asked. She stopped what she was doing and turned towards me "Going to go play outside", she said.

Alice looked up momentarily and muttered "Emmett and Jasper aren't home". Bella's face fell and she slumped down onto the couch, her smile fading.

I stroked her hair gently, disgruntled by her sadness and frustrated with my idiot brother. He was hurting her, he was hurting my daughter and if he ever stepped foot in this house again I would kill him. And I was going to kill Emmett and Jasper, how dare they leave, who was going to play with Bella? Who would distract her?

But at least we had a moment's peace from their constant bickering over who was Bella's favourite.

"I'm home", I heard Emmett bellow as he swung the door open and it banged against the wall with a thud. "And I have a surprise for you", he said, pointing at Bella as a wide grin spread across his face.

Bella's eyes were wide and she hopped slightly in excitement as she waited for her present.

I frowned slightly, worried by how the boys were spoiling her in their feeble attempts to be her favourite.

Emmett freed his arms from behind his back and nestled against his chest was a small brown and white puppy that out a small yelp that I imagined was supposed to be a bark.

"What the hell is that?", I demanded, pointing to the offending little thing that squirmed in Emmett's arms.

"It's a cava-lon puppy, he's ten weeks old. Isn't he cute", Emmett stated proudly, as though he had created the breed.

"What's his name", Bella asked in awe as she stroked his soft hair.

"Dunno", Emmett answered "He's yours so why don't you name him", Emmett said with a grin. Bella's eyes were round as she said "Really? For me?".

He nodded as Bella tapped her chin, thinking of a name.

I felt the need to intervene at that point as everyone came rushing in to inspect the cause of the chaos.

"Doesn't anyone see a problem with this?", I asked and sighed in frustration as they merely turned and stared at me blankly, mutt included.

"How about spot?", Bella suggested, ignoring me entirely.

Alice shook her head in reply "nah".

"Chester?", Carlisle offered, his face falling as they looked at him as though he had grown two heads. "Chester is a perfectly acceptable name", Carlisle defended, muttering low under his breath that he would've named him Chester.

"So no one sees a problem with having a pet dog in a vampire family?", I questioned dubiously but they merely continued to ignore me, cooing over how adorable he was.

"So nobody seems to recall our natural enemies", I asked, shaking my head.

"Come on Rosie", Emmett said turning to me, a wide grin forming on his lips "It's not like we're going to eat him", he sniggered.

"Although....", Carlisle muttered jokingly, himself and Emmett sharing a mischevious grin above Bella's head.

"No!", Bella yelled, jerking the puppy away from the two men "Nobody is allowed to eat my puppy!".

They laughed together as the boys agreed and I crossed my arms stubbornly mumbling to myself "Next you're going to come home with a bat".

"Hey guys", we heard Jasper call "what's up?". We turned to see Jasper at the doorway holding a brown and white pony by the lead and staring blankly at the new puppy.

Edward Pov

I had lost her, Victoria. She had covered her tracks well and had skillfully eluded me, I was not so bothered by this as I was by the undetermined time that I now had to go without any sort of distraction.

I ran as quickly as I could through the trees, somewhere in a rainforest. The air was damp and had I been moving any slower I was sure I would be soaked. Leaves rustled around me, loud to my sensitive ears.

My mind immediately swirled with images of her, my Bella. Images of her covered from head to toe in mud after playing outside, images of her baking cookies along side Esme, images of her nervously shifting from foot to foot as she told us of her first date, images, so many images of all the moments I would miss.

I continued to push myself to my limits until I could barely feel the earth under my feet and the crackle of the leaves I trod upon. I ran until I no longer could and finally stopped when the sobs that racked through my body could no longer be ignored.

I leaned heavily against a thin tree with a large canopy of exotic leaves, choking on my moistless tears. My fingers clenched automatically around it's bark, only for my fingertips to be imprinted upon it.

I sank down to the ground, flopping my head against the helpless tree and gripped my hair, pulling frantically at the roots only to be disappointed by the minimal amount of pain.

Without the distraction of chasing Victoria I was free to lament over my own desperate lonliness and constant craving for a companion but not just any companion, I wanted Bella.

Would it really be so bad? A smooth eery voice from the back of my mind whispered to me Would it really be so bad to just let Bella fall in love with you? At least then you can keep her by you forever.

Another softer more empathic voice, that sounded suspiciously like Jasper spoke to me gently You should go home. She misses you and you miss her too.

But I whispered back to both voices in a strong stubborn tone "This is for the best, she deserves better".

The first voice hissed furiously while the other sighed in resignation.

But I couldn't help but think to myself, would it really be that bad to just go see her?

With that in mind I stood and began running again, in the direction of home.

But as I turned right I caught a faint scent, not long gone by.

It was her!

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