All I have to say is don't hate me when you get to the end of this chapter.
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Apparently Aro and Emmett had very different idea of now meant. Aro kept saying he need another month, and Emmett kept saying for evey day he's late he's docking his pay 1%. And when you building a $10 million dollar home, that's a lot. After hours of arguing they came agreement that we would be in the house in a week. Emmett wanted to make sure the paint was completely dry before we moved in for the baby's benefit and mine, and Aro want to make sure that the house was up our specification and the security system was completely installed.
The original plan was to have movers come and pack out things for us, but with the stuffed animal that we received on our porch two days ago, which sent me into hysterics that night, Emmett said that no one was getting in this house unless we knew them, which meant we were doing all the packing by ourselves.
"Emmett what do you want to do with your high school football stuff?" I yelled for the guest room which held nothing but junk in my mind. I have spent all day sifting through Emmett's grandmother stuff and his old high school yearbooks. Not that I ever went, but I thought high school was something people wanted to forget.
"What are you talking about?" Emmett asked as he walked into the bedroom.
"What are you going to do with this, babe?" I looked at the ratty, old football jersey I was holding in my hand. "Should I throw it away?"
"Rose." Emmett responded as if I told him to throw Molly out with the garbage. "That is the jersey we won state in. There is no way I am letting you throw that away. Shit. We're framing it." He said grabbing it out of my hands.
"You seriously want to frame that thing?" I asked incredulously. "It has holes in it."
"You know what? Remember that room you said I get to have that I get to do whatever I want with. This is going in there. Matter a fact all the football stuff is going in there."
"Fine by me. I will let you go through the football, baseball, and everything else that is junk in the room." I said standing.
"Ouch babe that hurts." He replied clutching his chest as if I physically hurt him. I walked over and kissed the pout off his lips.
"You'll get over it." I laughed as I pulled away. "I gonna go get started on the kitchen." As I went to step away from him, he wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me flush against him. I heard him inhale deeply as he lowered his head into my hair.
"I love you."
"I love you too." I replied into his chest as I wrapped my arms around him breathing his scent. The smell of Emmett was the most calming thing in the world. I can't explain it. But no matter how worked up, or scared I am. Emmett's scent alone could just send me into a state of serenity. I don't know if it's because I know he will take care of me no matter what, or just that his scent tells me I'm not alone, but the smell of Emmett is better than any perfume I've ever had.
We were broken out of our moment as the doorbell rang causing me to jump.
"Are you expecting anyone?" Emmett asked pulling away from me.
"No." I whispered. Emmett's face turned hard as he released me.
"Stay here." He said as he walked towards the front door. I looked over at the digital clock on the night stand to see that it was only three in the afternoon. Who hell is here? And who would attack someone at in the middle of the day?
Deciding we in the clear, I Ignored Emmett's request, and I quietly followed a few steps behind him. Emmett stood at his full height and I could see the muscles in through his white tee-shirt as opened that door, prepared for a fight.
"We thought you could use some help." Esme said with Alice, Bella, and Jasper at her side. I smiled and walked into the living room.
"Only if you are prepared to work." Emmett said.
"Oh please Emmett. I help you move into this house." Esme said pushing past him.
"I wasn't talk to you Esme. I was talking to Alice, she is worthless when it comes to manual labor."
"I resent that Emmett." Alice said over her shoulder as she walked over to me. "How are you?" She asked engulfing me in a hug. We really hadn't talked since that dinner. Alice tried calling, and ignored every one of them. I didn't want to hear her stick up for her brother, or try to convince that he didn't mean it.
"I'm okay." I replied smiling as she released me. "Just packing."
"Well we are hear to help." Esme said walking over to us. "Where should we start?"
"Um. I was going to go work on the kitchen, and Jasper I'm sure you would love to walk down memory lane with Emmett cause all of his high school junk is in the guest room."
"It's not junk, babe." Emmett said closing the front door.
"One man's trash, is another man's treasure." Jasper commented.
"I'm not a man, Jasper." I corrected.
"Let's go. You're not going to win this one." Emmett said patting him on the back before they both walked into the back bedroom.
"Where are the little munchkins?" I asked looking for both Nessie and Amelia.
"We left the with Carlisle and Edward." Bella said quietly. I nodded my head. At the mention of his name, I clammed up. I acted like what he said didn't bother me that day, but it really did, and only Emmett knew.
"So Rose, where would you like us to start?" Esme asked filling the silence.
"Um. Well some of us can wrap dishes while the others do pot and pans." I shrugged. I had never really packed up a house before.
"Sound like a plan." Esme smiled. "Alice, why don't you help me with the cookware." She added walking into the kitchen. I guess that left me with Bella. I turned to look at her. She was wringing her hands looking at the ground. Did she honestly think I would be mad at her?
"You ready?" I asked Bella placing a warm smile on my face. She nodded her head. We walked into the kitchen and I grabbed a large stack of packing paper. "We can just wrap the dishes up and place them in a box. Sound good?"
"Yep." She responded, before quietly getting to work. Bella and I worked in sheer silence which was the exact opposite of Alice and Esme. I could hear them taking about shopping, and cooking while sharing laughs. Bella and I were never really tight, but it was never this tense, and I didn't want our relationship to be damaged because of this. She is my sister-in-law after all, and besides if anyone knows you can't control what your husband says it's me. Emmett had absolutely no filter.
"Rose I really just want to apologize for what Edward said the other day." Bella seemed to be on the same train of thought as me.
"You don't have to apologize Bella you didn't do a thing." I assured her.
"I know. Just everything Edward said...he did word it right." What the fuck is that supposed to mean.
"Well, then what did he mean?" I asked with a harsh tone.
"I think he just talking about our own experiences having Nessie at such a young age. Rose we were completely unprepared. If it wasn't for Carlisle and Esme, I don't what we would have done." She said timidly. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself. Bella was only trying be helpful.
"It doesn't change what he said, Bella." I replied before grabbing more plates and wrapping them in the white paper.
"About year ago," Bella said after a couple of minutes. "Edward came to me asking if I ever wanted more children. To be honest, I am happy with the one child we have, but he was so insistent. He had always dreamed of having a large family. I think it came from the perfect upbringing he had. Children were never really something I thought were in the cards for me. I saw how much it took out of my father to raise me, even Emmett sacrificed to make sure I had everything I needed. Edward and I have always had to two different ideas of what children were. He saw the blessing, and I saw the sacrifice." This was the first time Bella was really letting in me. I turned to look at her as she slowly wrapped a plate and placed it in the box.
"But he was so excited about the idea of having another child, that I couldn't say no. I didn't really have a reason to. We're financially stable, our house is large enough, and Nessie is old enough to begin to do things on her own. So I told, him we will just stop trying to not get pregnant. We didn't want to tell anyone that we were going to try to have another child, we wanted it to be a surprise." Her voice broke as she said this.
"As I guess you can tell. It hasn't been going very well. Every month I am taking like five pregnancy test, and every one of them came back negative. And it's beginning to take a toll on him. He gets his hopes up every time I'm late, only to be disappointed. So for him to hear that you and Emmett so easily got the one thing he has been trying so hard for the past year, he just didn't take it well." She shrugged and looked up at me. I took a deep breath and tried to digest everything she told me.
"Bella, I'm sorry that you are going through that. And in someways, I can understand where Edward frustration is coming from, but it is still doesn't change the things he said. Or that fact that you are trying to apologize for him. I'm am glad you have given me the understanding as to where these feeling are coming from, but he has yet to show any signs that he is actually sorry. And until that happens, I can't forgive him." I said trying to be as diplomatic as possible. I wanted to say your husband is an ass and until he admits that we are going to have issues, but given how open she was with me, that wouldn't have been the right thing to say.
"I understand Rose. I just wanted to tell you, what he wouldn't." I nodded my head and we both went back to packing up the dishes. With the ladies help, the kitchen was packed in a matter of hours. Jasper and Emmett came to join us toward to end after they had finished up with the guest room. Emmett refused to let us move any of the boxes we had packed stating that it was least he could do considering we had saved him most of the work. I ordered pizza for everyone in thanks for their help. And we all sat around the living watching TV. I let out a loud yawn and snuggled into to Emmett on the couch.
"I think we should take that as our cue to leave." Esme said standing.
"No, you don't have to eave because I'm tired."
"Rose, sleep is very important for you right now. You've done a lot of work today, give your body a chance to recover." She smiled at me. Emmett went to stand, but Esme told him to stay. "Don't worry about us, we can let ourselves out, beside I would feel awful taking Rose's personal pillow from her." We all said our goodbye and watched as the four of them left.
"Go take a bath babe, I'll lock up." Emmett said as I let out another yawn. He helped me stand and slowly I walked into bathroom.
Thirty minutes later, I was laying in bed with eyes closed as Emmett got out the shower. I heard him walk into our bedroom, and pull on a pair of sweatpants. I felt the bed dip as he sat on it, and laid his head on his new favorite place. My stomach. I tangled my hands into his wet hair, and scratched his scalp.
"So Bella tried to defend Edward to me today." I said.
"Did she now?"
"Yea, she and Edward have been trying to have another child for the past year, and I guess hearing that we were having one didn't sit well with him."
"That's selfish." He deadpanned. Unlike me, Emmett was not going to forgive Edward so easily nor was he going to try to understand where he was coming from. All I wanted was for Edward to be sorry, Emmett wanted Edward to feel the pain I felt.
"Do you know what you want?" I asked quietly after minutes of silence.
"What do you mean?" He responded in a gruff voice.
"Boy or Girl." I clarified.
"I dunno. A Boy would be fun. Teaching him football, and building things with him. But a girl would be fun too. Minus the whole boyfriend thing. If she looks anything like you, she's getting home schooled."
"That's not fair." I laughed.
"Yea it is. I know how teenage boy think. They are not getting near her."
"What were you thinking the first time you met me?" I asked curiously.
"Not anything I want boys thinking about my daughter." He replied. "Now that I think about it, I want a boy. I'll lose sleep if we have a girl." I laughed. "Do you know what you want?" He asked after my laughter died down.
"Nope. I just want a happy, healthy baby."
"Your answer just made me look like an ass." Emmett said raising his head from my stomach and laying down next to me.
"Yea, but you're my ass." I said kissing his cheek before laying on his shoulder and closing my eyes.
I woke up to the sun shining in my face, Emmett snoring, and my stomach growling. I needed breakfast. Sneaking out of the bed, I grabbed my robe and went into the kitchen. As soon as I opened the cabinets I saw they were empty. FUCK, we packed up the kitchen yesterday. I turned around to see a frying pan sitting on the counter with a note inside.
As if on instinct, my heart started to race. Please don't say this person got into our house last night. I couldn't handle it if that was true. Slowly I walked over to the pan, and looked at the note. As I saw who is was from, I felt relief was over me.
Thought you might need this one.
Esme.
That woman is a life saver. Grabbing some bacon out of the fridge, I heated up the skillet and started cooking. As I placed the bacon on a plate, Emmett's hands wrapped around my waist.
"Besides you next to me, the smell of bacon is the second best way to wake up." He said before kissing my cheek. I placed the eggs into the warm skillet and began scrambling them.
"How did you sleep?" I asked as I pushed the food around the pan.
"Perfect. You?" He nuzzled he nose against my neck causing me to giggle.
"Amazing, until my stomach woke me up." I smiled.
"Well, I can have my girl going hungry now can I?" He said rubbing my stomach.
"Oh so now it's a girl." I teased.
"Nope definitely a boy, I was talking about you." He responded smacking my ass.
"Do you wanna find out the sex?" I asked seriously.
"I don't care either way, it's up to you." He shrugged.
"Good, Because I really want to. I want be prepared for what is to come. I want the nursery painted and everything. I don't want any surprises."
"Whatever you want, Rose." He said kissing my forehead. I closed my eyes and inhaled his scent for the first time this morning. But for the second time in 24 hours the doorbell robbed me for the full experience. Emmett and I looked at each other, both our faces saying we had no idea who was at the door. Emmett grabbed a shirt and went to go answer it.
"Can I help you?" I heard him say in gruff voice. That told me he had no idea who it was. I placed the cooked eggs on a plate with a bacon.
"I was wonder to speak with Rosalie Hale." The stranger said. His voice was low, not as low as Emmett's, but enough to tell me that it was man.
"And you are?" Emmett said with a growl. Grabbing the plate, I decided to walk to the kitchen table and try to get a peak of who it was that was asking for me.
"Well I'm.." As I rounded the corner and saw who was at the door, the plate dropped from hands as they flew to my mouth in surprise. At the sound of the plate clanking on the floor, Emmett immediately turned to look at me, saw the look on my face, and slammed the front door shut.
"Rose." He said. But is sounded so far away.
"Rose!" I felt my kneed given from underneath me.
What the hell is he doing here? Was my last thought before everything went black.
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