AN: Hi everyone I wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful reviews, I was overwhelmed with the response. I'm still not feeling well and have been on quite a bit of medicine, which is why this chapter is going to be split. I didn't want to keep you waiting, I will try and post the second part in a few days.

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Chapter 6

Emmett POV

I was sitting on the bus just looking out as we made the last stop before heading to the school. I hadn't ridden the bus since the first day, Rosalie had asked me to go with her and I would be damned if I ever said no to Rosie.

She was sitting next to me right now, not saying much, she knew I liked to be quiet in the morning since after … well since after.

We got to school pretty quickly and I followed the rest of the kids as we hopped off of the bus. It was Monday so I waved at Mr. Cullen as I walked past him.

"So Emmett, I was wondering if you would maybe want to come over this weekend and hang out or something."

I looked at Rosalie and kept my mouth from dropping open. This was a first and I was waiting for her to ask. I would invite her to my place, but I'm not sure that's such a good idea with the way Jasper has been acting. Plus I don't know if Bella would allow it since she caught Jasper with his friends a few weeks ago.

I was about to answer and tell her I would ask Bella, but my brother's friend, James interrupted us.

"Why Miss. Hale why wait for this weekend to spend time with a boy, when you can have tonight with a man."

As he was speaking James ran his hand down Rosalie's arm and grabbed her wrist as she was about to pull away.

"No thank you."

Was her response as she again tried to free her arm from his grasp. He only pulled her closer and I saw him start to reach his free hand toward her butt. I wasn't really thinking, but I grabbed his hand before it could fully reach it's destination.

"I believe she said no, so if you don't mind we're going to go into the school."

James looked from my eyes to where my hand was holding his wrist and back to my eyes, he cracked a smile before speaking.

"Well isn't this adorable, Pudding Pop Swan coming to rescue the poor maiden in distress. Beat it tubby, I need to enlighten Miss Hale about the pleasures that are awaiting her in her future."

He was able to shake me off, but in the process he needed to let go of Rosalie and she backed away. I stood up to him and matched him in height, which was pretty sad because I was three and half years younger than him.

"I repeat, she said no. Now go fuck off."

I hissed at him, no body picks on my Rosie and gets away with it.

"You listen here you little shit, you don't have the chief to protect you anymore, Jasper doesn't give two fucks about you and I've seen the way your sister looks at me, how her eyes she her desire to suck my cock. You have nobody so I suggest you get your ass out of here and leave me to my business."

He punctuated his little rant by shoving me in the chest, I was about to retaliate when Alice Brandon stepped in.

"James! Get the fuck out of here and go mingle with your diluted little group of friends and that whore you call a girlfriend."

"Why Mary Alice, don't worry I'll let you take your own ride as soon as your cousin has a go."

"I wouldn't touch you with a fucking hundred foot pole. As I said go find your skank of a girlfriend and leave them a lone."

I wasn't sure what happened next, but I saw James' girlfriend's red hair and heard yelling and saw hair pulling. Before it got more serious Mr. Banner stepped in and separated the girls.

I sat with Rosalie and Alice at lunch, none of us talked about what happened, we never did when these things happened, there really wasn't anything we could do. When we saw Jasper come into the lunch room and sit with his new friends I caught Alice following him with her eyes. Rosalie had told me before everything happened that her cousin really liked my brother. At one point Rosie and I were trying to figure out a way to really get them together, basically trying to get Alice to stop playing games with Jasper. Then the thing happened and Jasper changed.

I heard two car doors slam about an hour after I had gotten home. I was in my room finishing my homework when the angry stomps turned into yelling. I couldn't hear much of what was said, but the sound the front door made when Jasper simultaneously shut it and told Bella to fuck off reverberated through the house.

A while later Bella timidly knocked on my door and asked if she could come in. Once she had permission she came in and sat down on the bean bag chair I had in the corner. She didn't say anything at first just sort of looked at me.

"I wanted to say that I'm sorry Emmett. I wish I could be what you and Jasper need me to be. I wish I knew how to get the old Jasper back, or at least part of him back. I wish I had a normal job. I wish I was enough to keep us together. God I wish dad were here."

While she was talking tears leaked down her cheeks. I looked at my sister and for the first time I saw her truly vulnerable. I knew she was doing everything she could for us, hell she even put those child protection door handles on the inside of my room so I couldn't get out if I was sleep walking.

I got off of the bed and went over to her and offered her a hug, I don't know if it helped but it was the only thing I had.

Eventually we left the room and had supper. I played the mandatory video game that Bella made me promise to do and then I went to bed.

I'm not really sure how long I was asleep before I heard the phone ring and then Bella knocking on the door telling me I needed to get up and put some clothes on.

I didn't really ask questions, but did as she instructed and followed her out to her car. I did notice however that Jasper's truck was not in the driveway and the clock on the dash said it was almost three in the morning.

I had to swallow the lump that formed in my throat as Bella pulled us up to the police station. I hadn't been here since before.

I followed Bella in and saw the new chief, Sam Uley, indicate for us to follow him. We walked past the offices and towards the back where they kept the jail cells.

"Sorry to have to call you like this Bella."

Sam had said as he opened the last door that separated the free from the imprisoned. When I looked past my sister and the chief what I saw thoroughly pissed me off.

Sitting in the back of the jail cell was my brother who looked high as a fucking kite, not to mentioned bloody and bruised.

"BELLS! LITTLE E MAN!"

Jasper bellowed. Bella ignored him and said something to Sam. He went and unlocked the door and Jasper staggered out. He appeared to be reaching out to hug Bella, but before he got to her his face had an unfortunate run in with me fist.