Ok so getting right on with it, Kimberly is getting the full effects of her being a vampire and frozen in time forever not be with her loved ones ever again. Also in this chapter will get into more of what Emmett wants to do and have him out reach to Kimberly. :)
Chapter 5
Emmett POV
The shed had no windows and was small in space. I couldn't walk two steps in the door without having to move my body sideways, although my body build was twice the size of an average vampire. But Jasper had a hard time getting through the door height wise and he's the shortest in the family. The air was thick with moisture and as vampires decompose, they begin to smell.
"Man," I said. "How long has he been here? A few hours or a few weeks?" I circled the body. His head was shattered most likely from when she dropped it and the body was faced down with a hammer was in its hand. "I wonder if he was going to destroy her before she could destroy him."
"I guess the jokes on him." Jasper said. There was a pause between us. Jasper had the lighter and I didn't know why he didn't just light the damn thing already. I looked over at him and he was looking in the mirror at his reflection. "You know when I was first changed, I couldn't believe what I saw. My eyes were so red and my skin was so pale which was a shock to me because growing up in the South, I had developed a farmers tan year round." He said. "I wonder what she thought when she first looked at herself in the mirror."
"Well you and the newborn can become good friends and talk about it when we get back. Now burn this body so I can get out of here." I said.
"Why do you want to leave so badly? You were fine before Bella came along with all of her drama. Now you say you're bored and it doesn't make sense." He said clearly interpreting my words to seem like I was leaving as soon as we burned this body.
I sighed, "Jasper, I don't really know how to explain my feelings on this but I would like to leave beyond Forks." I said and it was the truth. I had no idea why I wanted to leave but I knew that if I stay here this void in my life would never go away.
Just then I felt sad and lonely and really down. "Dammit Jasper! Stop fucking with my emotions. Burn this vampire and lets go." I said and stormed out of the shed to get away from his powers and stench almost taking the shed with me.
Once I got outside I felt the wind on my face and I breathed it in enjoying the memories of my childhood.
"Pa, Pa!" I called. I was ten years old at the time and I had caught my first fish by myself. I set the hook, cast the pole, and pulled the fish off by myself and I was so proud. I was running from the river to our farm when I saw one of my older brother's. "Curtis!" I called out to him. He was mucking out the stalls in our barn when he saw me.
"What trouble did you get into now runt?" He said jokingly. I loved my older brother. He would take me hiking and fish with me when Pa couldn't, and he taught me how to skip a rock over the river. My highest was five in a row while he could skip it from one side to the other.
"I caught a fish by myself! Look!" I said.
He took the fish in his hand and he said, "Well I'll be damned, look at the size of this thing!" It wasn't even that big but at the time he made me special. "Hey Ma! Get the grill ready we're having Emmett's fish tonight!" He called. I remember her looking up from doing the wash and smiling and nodding her head.
Pa had just come back from hunting with a few rabbits and ducks and in the middle of his skinning he looked up and saw the fish. "You catch that yourself, Emmett?" He asked.
I beamed and said, "Yup, and ma's gonna cook it for dinner tonight."
He took the fish and analyzed it. "Well I hope that's not the only thing we're having or its gonna be a small meal." He said. "Catch a bigger one and we'll see." He handed me my fish back but I didn't look at it with much pride as I used to.
He went back to his skinning and I started walking to the house dragging the fish behind me when Curtis took me to the side."Don't worry about him Emmett, you and I will roast it over the fire later tonight. Let Pa be proud of his catch." I nodded but was still hurt by my Pa's words. Granted my Pa became a drunk during the depression and my mother was on the verge of leaving us.
It made me wonder why I wanted to leave. I mean I of course I knew what the reason why I wanted to leave but I couldn't imagine why I felt like this. I had everything I ever wanted out of life. Surrounded by a loving family, a beautiful girl at my side, eternal life. Why did I want to leave all of that behind because I felt like something was missing? Rose tried to level with me last night saying that it might be a child of my own but that wasn't my problem, that was hers. What my problem was... unreachable. I didn't exactly know what this void in my life was but I wanted to fill it.
I smelled the burning of wood and felt Jasper by my side. He touched my shoulder and looked into my eyes. He didn't do anything he was just trying to look for an answer. I brushed him and began for the house with him behind me. As we neared the house I slowed down. I wanted to apologize to Jasper first before I go in their and apologize to everyone else for my actions. I wanted to clear the air.
As he came around to my side I stopped. "Jasper," I started. He held his hand up to stop me. He then extended it. I took it and he pulled me into a man hug. When we finished we started for the house again.
To our surprise the newborn was outside but she didn't go any where. She just sat on the porch with her arms around her legs and stared out to the clearing. Her skin was shimmering in sunset and she looked breath taking but so broken. I looked to Jasper and I saw sorrow. It wasn't that she felt bad for her but that was how the newborn felt and it radiated all over Jasper's face.
We got to the porch and Jasper went inside. I knew I should have followed him in and apologized to everyone especially Carlisle but I wanted to stay outside with the newborn. I sat down next to her and watched the sunset with her.
Kimberly POV
I don't know why this vampire sat down next to me but I enjoyed the company. He didn't talk he just sat across from me and leaned against the other side of the door. He was burly and I thought that he was here to make sure I didn't run. Honestly, I wasn't thinking of going any where but home to my mom and dad, my older brother Keith and my younger sister Michelle. I took my family for granted and now I cant even see them any more.
I began to... "cry" I guess and I felt a hand rub my back. "It'll get better kid." He said. I looked at him and saw that he meant it.
"What did you do when you changed?" I asked.
He paused for a long time. "When Rose changed me, I was somewhat relieved." I just looked at him and he laughed at my expression. "Don't get me wrong I was pretty upset. When I was getting mauled by that bear-"
I interrupted him. "You were getting mauled by a bear when one of those vamps found you?" I asked in disbelief.
"Yup and then Blondie in there found me and... saved me. So to speak." He said.
I paused unable how to phrase my next question. "Would you... Did you want to be saved?"
"Yes... and no." He said. "You see, my brother died during World War II and when I went out hiking that day, I was looking for trouble. When the bear came I thought I found my way to see him again and I wanted to but, when I was actually dying I realized that I didn't want to."
"And then that's when she 'saved' you." I said putting air quotes around the word saved.
"Yeah, I could only imagine what it must have felt like for my family losing both of their sons in one day."
I cocked my head. "You never checked in on them?"
He shook his head. "My dad was a drunk and I could only imagine that my mother left him after I died. I really didn't want to go back to my old life without my brother in it. And besides I had this great new family. I think the only person who I would go back to see would be my best friend William. William Buckley."
"Did you see him?"
"Nope, we moved right after I was found to Forks." He answered.
"And you guys have been here since then? Don't they get suspicious?"
"No we've moved once but liked it here so much we came back, besides here we were free to hunt if we stayed within bounds."
"Bounds?" I asked.
He looked amazed. "Did that girl not show you anything back there?" He said indicating with his thumb.
I smiled and looked down remembering how the girl, Renesmee?, showed me images of the family and their lifestyles and their rules but it all went by so fast and I wasn't exactly paying attention at the time. "No she showed me but I was so overwhelmed I might have missed a few things." I said shyly.
He chuckled a bit and put his arm around me. "Well then let me fill in the gaps."
Rosalie POV
Jasper came inside but Emmett stayed on the porch with Kim. The wolves excused themselves, going out the back door, to change. We put together the dining room again and took apart the chair that I broke when it flung back into the wall. Everyone was silent and just moving around to do something else other than worry about the newborn and think about what Emmett had said. I can't believe he brought it up at dinner tonight. We haven't talked about it enough to actually discuss it with the family yet. Yes we've been talking about how he wants to go out and explore for some God forsaken reason and he wanted to bring me along with him. I don't want to leave Renesmee behind because I'm so attached to her and I love our family here. Carlisle was the perfect father figure for us and he was an amazing leader when times came to it. Esme was so loving and caring, Alice was like the little sister I never had and Bella, well Bella is stupid to choose this lifestyle but she is so lucky because she got to have a child that turned into an amazing woman.
"Aunt Rose?" Nessie called for me.
I turned to her and smiled. "Yes, dear?"
"Are you and Uncle Emmett leaving?"
My smile slowly faded. I shifted and looked down. She waited for my answer and I couldn't give her the right one. I knew that I wasn't leaving but I wasn't going to hold Emmett back if he wanted to leave, although I loved him so much and didn't want to let him go.
"I can't give you an answer right now, Nessie, but when I can you'll be the first one to know." That was the only thing that I could give her at the moment.
I turned and went upstairs to me and Emmett's room. It was painted orange, his favorite color, with his weight bench by the window. Our bed was the center of our room with a low black bed post and a black chandelier above it. I had my area for reading with a built in shelf of all kinds of romance novels that I've collected over the years. Our room was a simple his and her kind of style. Pride and Prejudice was my all time favorite out of all of the books and when I really needed her, Jane Austen was there. I opened it up and began to read trying to drown out my thoughts but even Jane Austin couldn't help distract me.
I got up from my chair and went back downstairs only to be greeted by stares of my family. I knew what they wanted, they wanted an answer and they knew I couldn't give it to them. There was no way to ignore my family or the wolves or Emmett and pretend that nothing had ever happened as much as I wanted it to.
"Rose," Esme had begun to say but nothing else came out. She just stood there and looked at me. I kept going down and the stares followed.
I walked right up to Esme and hugged her. "I don't know." I said.
Whatever questions they had that was my answer for now. I don't know what was going to happen and neither does Alice. I don't know what I thought about it and neither does Edward. I don't know how I feel about it and neither does Jasper. I don't know.
I heard a laugh come from outside and I looked over. "Are Emmett and that girl still out there?" I asked.
They all nodded their heads. "He's helping her cope." Edward said.
"He's making sure that she doesn't combust is more like it." Jasper said.
I looked over at the door. "Has he come in yet?"
"No, he hasn't." Carlisle said.
I paused letting anger overcome my being. "Well, that's rude." I said. I walked over to the door and yanked it open. He had his arm around her and they were watching the sunset, laughing and having a good time. A pang went through me at the sight of the image but I swallowed whatever was in my throat. When he saw me he stood up slowly until he towered over me. "It's time to come inside." I pulled him down to whisper in his ear. "You have an apology to say and questions to answer. You are not going to leave me in there with no explanation from you."
He nodded and walked inside. I looked at the girl. She was standing now too. "Where do I go?" She asked.
I wanted to smack her in the face and tell her to stay away from Emmett and that he was mine. I didn't care where she went. Far away from here I wanted to say, but Edward came up behind me and said, "Renesmee will be staying here tonight so you can come and stay with me and Bella. It's not too far out." He said walking out of the house with Bella in tow.
She thanked them and started following them into the woods. Good riddance I say. I closed the door and prepared for the mountain of questions that were to come.
And thats the end of chapter five. Ooooo things are heating up between Emmett and kimberly and we got a look into Emmetts past which I think is pretty sad. The only person that was there for him was his brother and he died :( Well at least now he has Rose. Right? Well it doesn't matter he's got his family... wait a minute... Tune in and wait for the chapter to see what happens. I must warn you it might be a while until I post due to school starting again and my after school activities but I promise I will have a chapter up next week. Please review! :)
