Chapter 18
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Alicepov(Vision)
"Not so fast brother…"
Aro laughs smugly.
"What is this? What is all of this? Do I witness betrayal before me?" Aro looks around desperately.
"Looking for someone?" Marcus smirks.
Aro looks down to the ground to see Caius head has been removed. He laughs nervously.
"Well he always was the weakest of the both of us. Come now brother sit with me." Aro goes back to take his seat.
"You would take your own sister's life to make sure I stayed loyal to you and serve you? You even have me stand before everyone as though I've some sort of say in anything? I was no leader I was merely your pet… You took everything from me. I never wanted this any of this! You stand before everyone like you're noble, reserved and wise. Aro, you're nothing you're a little bitch and the only way you could truly and successfully lead the Volturi was by other vampires and their powers and by force. You can stop looking for Chelsea she's no more which means dear brother. You've lost over half of your loyal subjects. You have created what is to be a civil war amongst the Volturi. But I'm going to do you a favor. I'm going to end your life before they have the chance…"
Aro sprints out of the throne room, down the hall and out the doors of the Volturi walls and stands amongst the public.
"That won't save you now…" Marcus says standing before him.
"You see I no longer care if I expose myself or any of you."
Aro's eyes widen. Marcus leaps out at Aro slamming him into the pavement. The crowd of humans scream in fright observing the vampiric fight taking place.
"What have you done Marcus?"
"What should have been done years ago."
Aro flips him around.
"You've ruined us all."
Marcus smiles and rips Aro's cape off him Marcus kicks up grabbing Aro by the hair. The crowd gasps out as Aro's body shimmers as the sun beats upon it.
"There are monsters before you all!" Marcus roars.
"We are of them."
Jane, Alec, Afton, Santiago and Corin watch from a distance as they've just now returned.
"What is this?" Jane asks looking to her brother.
"It seems my dear sister we are quite frankly how do you say, fucked?"
"Shouldn't we help Aro?" Jane asks.
Santiago shrugs.
"You really wish to join them now that they've exposed themselves? The humans are well aware now of our existence. We are no longer safe."
Jane raises a brow and they continue to watch as Marcus eventually takes Aro's head and burns his body amongst everyone. Marcus then turns with a smile and looks directly towards Jane and the others and takes his own head and snaps it off dropping to the ground. Terror fills the area and humans scatter trying to escape the area.
"Now we have to kill them." Jane says with a sigh.
"What?" Corin says.
"Well we can't very well let them escape after what they've witnessed."
"But there are so many."
"Then we'd better get started."
Emmettpov
Alice gasps out grabbing her temples. She falls to her knees.
"Alice!" Esme rushes over helping her up.
"What's wrong hun?" Carlisle says leaning over cupping Alice's chin into his hands.
"I never saw this coming." She shakes her head fear lit within her.
"Saw now what?"
Alice looks to me with a crushed look about her.
"Things have taken a turn for the worse I believe."
"You mean Bella?"
"No we've been exposed."
We all look to one another confused. Alice says nothing else she raises up and takes off…
That sick feeling comes over my gut as I watch my sister take off. I knew whatever she saw must have been bad it's rare to see Alice react that way to a vision. After seeing this I turn to Bella and want to desperately be with her and check over her.
"Now what?"
"We just wait and see son."
"More waiting…" I mumble and pace the foot of Bella's bed.
Carlisle disposes of the syringes and takes his gloves off. Esme places another blanket on Bella.
"The sonogram showed the babies are fine but pretty cramped."
I nod and rub my face. Carlisle pats me on the back and exits the room. I pull up a chair next to Bella and take her hand. I kiss upon it then kiss her forehead. I wanted to do more I felt so useless. I hated feeling like I was no help to her or my own children at all. I couldn't stand waiting around. Maybe I'm not as patient as I once thought?
Alice and my mother briskly clean the house. None of us have been here in years. It smells of moth balls, dust and has almost a mildew smell to it as well which I'm sure was coming from the vents. I look around the house and more memories dance around in my mind. This just didn't feel like home anymore. I didn't dare go into mine and Rose's old room nor Edward's. I wondered to myself what Bella would feel about being in this house once she woke. For the both of us it brought nothing but bad memories or at least memories that led up to bad ones. Never did I imagine when I first met Bella Swan that I'd be here, in this very house one day holding her hand and she'd be having my babies.
I squeeze her hand and lean back in thought. I was glad Carlisle gave her something safe to knock her out. She needed the rest. Her face was looking better but had that slight purple yellow bruising effect to it. Her back however would take a bit longer. Carlisle went ahead and stitched up a couple of spots to be safe. From here on was merely a waiting game. I knew the stress had a huge factor in Bella's pregnancy. We're lucky she's not miscarried to be honest.
A few hours pass and she wakes. I stand at attention ready for whatever she may need. She smiles my way and it causes me to break into one.
"How you feeling Bells?"
She promptly raises and puts her hands to her stomach.
"They're ok Bella. Carlisle already ran a sono."
She sighs in relief and leans back. I try to come up with something to hopefully make her feel better. Carlisle knows the sexes of the babies… Sure enough she blossoms.
"He does?"
"I told him to wait and tell us together."
"So you want to know?" She asks.
"Kind of… but only if you do baby if you don't then we'll wait. All I care about is if they're healthy…"
Bella rubs her belly looking down.
"Well what do you think they are?"
I press my lips together.
"Is this a bet?"
She giggles softly.
"It can be…"
I laugh at this.
"Very well. Hmmm… I'll bet they're two strapping handsome boys like their dad."
Bella smiles.
"You are indeed handsome but they're not boys they're girls."
"Are they now? Ugh if they look anything like you and I'm sure they will. I'm going to have hell in their high school years."
"So what's the deal?"
"Hmmm. Let's say if I'm right… Once I've turned you remember that certain thing you were trying to do at the hotel in Italy? You know the one we never got to finish?"
Her entire face turns red.
"Yeah well if I win I get that every day for let's say the first month."
Bella laughs.
"And if I win?"
"Let's just say two can profit from this and you already know my tongue work." I wink.
"I think you have yourself a deal Em."
"So do we have him tell us?"
Carlisle enters the room as we discuss this. He grins checking her pulse and looking over her heart monitor and contractions.
"Good the contractions are dying down. Sorry Emmett but I got to check something else."
"What?" I say as he lifts up the blanket and puts her legs in stir ups.
"OH!" Bella laughs at my reaction.
Something I never wanted to see especially considering that's my father and my girl. I cock a brow at this and shake my head. Bella laughs harder and Carlisle places the blanket back down and clears his throat.
"All good you've not dilated anymore just keep in mind both of you about what I said. From here on bed rest is a must."
Carlisle puts something else in her IV then looks to Bella.
"So you both ready to know the sex or want to wait?"
She looks to me with a shrug.
"I want to know!" I say like an impatient child.
They both laugh.
"Ok then we want to know now."
"Very well." He looks to the both of us.
"One strapping boy such as Em and a beautiful girl such as Bella."
Now who's been eavesdropping I think and look to Carlisle shaking my head. He simply laughs.
An emotional high comes over me and it's like mixture of pure excitement, love and slight anxiety. Bella bites down on her lower lip and nods. Carlisle pats her hand. He then stands up and pats my back before exiting the room. What I didn't expect is what happened next. Bella goes from a smile to big ole crocodile tears.
"Bells?" I rush to her side.
"Sorry…" She snorts back.
I lean over and wrap my arms around her.
"Hey now everything's ok."
"Em Bear I don't even know why I'm crying for sure…"
Hell if she was feeling what I was I rather understood why she broke into sobs.
"Ah, Bella." I half laugh and kiss her forehead.
"Everything ok?" Jasper ask peeking his head in.
"Actually we might be able to use you."
Bella looks to me then cries harder. Jasper raises a brow. I motion him over and he slowly approaches. I knew this meant either Esme or Alice was watching over Charlie now. Jasper takes her other hand and she seems to calm down some.
"Thank you Jazz." She says and he smiles.
"Much obliged madam."
His southern drawl gives me a kick sometimes. It's not always there but when dealing with the ladies it most certainly is. I wonder if he even notices?
"Ugh…" Bella shakes her head.
I felt horrible. Bella Swan despised crying especially publicly, which only makes it that much worse when she does break down. I knew this just from when I use to watch over her.
"Why don't you go hunt bro I'll watch the little lady."
I remember his thirst…
"Um Jazz…"
He turns to me his eyes gold now. I smile on this.
"I promise Em." Is all he says and I see the sincerity in his face.
"I'll be back Bells hun."
She smiles and nods.
Bellapov
Jasper sits in Emmett's place and looks at all the monitors around me. He then looks to me.
"How do you not hate me?"
I narrow my eyes completely blown away.
"Um what?" I let out a nervous laugh.
"If I were you I'd hate my fucking guts. I wouldn't even be able to stand being in the same room."
My jaw drops.
"Jasper why would you ever think something like that?"
"Because I ripped your entire life away… Come on Bella I ran Edward away from you, my family left you because of me, hell I even turned my back on you without so much of a real apology, then you were put in danger all this because of me. I'd never truly felt like a monster before that day. But when I sit back and realized everything that truly happened to you even after… how can you be so forgiving so nice to someone like me a damn monster…"
"Jasper you could never be a monster."
"I was and I have been Bella."
My heart breaks as I see the torture in his face. He's held on to this for years. Blaming himself hating himself.
"Jazz none of this was your fault you must understand that. You're a freaking vampire and you hadn't been on your diet for that long before that day took place. You can't go on blaming yourself for something that was beyond your control. I sure as hell don't blame you and never have."
"But you should."
I break into a genuine smile and reach over for his hand.
"Jasper if it wasn't for that day and what you did. I'd have never known Edward's true feelings. I would have never known Emmett's. It's because of all this even because everyone turned their backs that Emmett and I had a shot at true love. I never felt this way about Edward wrong as it is to say. Sure I loved him but with Emmett I feel alive and more myself than I ever had with Edward. I don't have to hold back with him. He's my best friend and my lover and I know what a rarity that is. I can joke around with him one moment and he's my lover the next. I really don't know how else to describe it other than Emmett is what I seemed to be missing all this time. I feel complete when he's around like finally I'm whole."
"So you're technically thanking me for trying to kill you and ruining your life?" Jasper shakes his head with a small hissing laugh.
"Yes, Yes I guess I am but you didn't truly ruin my life."
Emmettpov
I lean against the wall knowing it was wrong but heard everything they said. I was distracted from my hunt when I saw Carlisle dragging in a couple of incubators. He told me it was just for precaution purposes and that I shouldn't worry but naturally I was. He wheeled them to another room so Bella wouldn't have to see them. But as I walked back by the room I heard Jasper asking why Bella didn't hate him. I knew then Jasper wanted me to leave so he could talk to Bella about his personal guilt on all this.
I close my eyes and lean back thinking about what Bella said, the smile not breaking from my face even for a moment.
"Jasper if it wasn't for that day and what you did. I'd have never known Edward's true feelings. I would have never known Emmett's. It's because of all this even because everyone turned their backs that Emmett and I had a shot at true love. I never felt this way about Edward wrong as it is to say. Sure I loved him but with Emmett I feel alive and more myself than I ever had with Edward. I don't have to hold back with him. He's my best friend and my lover and I know what a rarity that is. I can joke around with him one moment and he's my lover the next. I really don't know how else to describe it other than Emmett is what I seemed to be missing all this time. I feel complete when he's around like finally I'm whole."
I nod on this and head out with a permanent smile.
Bellapov
I open my eyes to a darkened room with the soft glow of pirouetting candle light along the walls. I turn to see Emmett in a sports jacket and dressed to kill, sexy as hell.
"Damn, Em Bear you going on a date?"
He smiles.
"Sort of."
He hands me a dozen of red roses and slides onto the bed next to me. He's got one leg on the floor and one on the bed. Em has the most nervous appearance I've ever seen on him. Even more so than when he first told me his feelings, I reach out and grab his arm.
"Em?"
He exhales and looks me in the eyes. Emmett takes my hand.
"I'm not sure how to go about this so I'm just going to cut to the chase and hope I don't get slapped or burned in the process."
I look to him confused.
"Isabella Marie Swan would you marry me?"
My jaw drops as he pulls out a box and opens it revealing a ring.