Summary: Emmett disagrees with his family, especially Edward,for leaving a heartbroken Bella behind after her birthday incident, so he decides to return and care for her.

" I wouldn't have left her like you did!"

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. Stephanie Myer is the respective owner, I'm just fooling around with the characters.

" Bella,"

" Shit... I didn't expect her to pass out like that, and so easily,"

" Come on Bella, please be alright,"

Her eye lids fluttered open at the sound of her name, and found herself staring at a white ceiling. She blinked her eyes and averted them instinctively to her surroundings, and as she started to recognize some of her possessions, she realized she had somehow gotten into her bedroom.

And she was laying on her bed.

She racked her brain, trying to remember how she got there in the first place, and then it all clicked.

Emmett... She was with Emmett before this.

" Glad to see you're awake now," She jerked her head to the right of her and saw the said muscular vampire sitting next to her, facing her in one chairs she kept in her room. Groaning a little as a headache started to come on, she clamped her hand over her forehead, sitting up and resting her back against the bedpost.

Seconds later the headache wore off, and Bella breathed relieved. As if she weren't in enough pain already.

" I'm sorry if I hugged you too hard. But honestly Bella, I didn't think you'd faint," He explained with a small, but amused smile on his lips, but Bella could tell there was worry behind those golden eyes that stared back at her.

She couldn't even find herself to really speak after that. Sure, she was embarrassed that she had fainted into his arms after breaking dawn, but she was even more in shock than anything that he had even come back.

She didn't think any of the Cullens would come back to Forks, not after what Edward had said to her that day before he left her to look after herself.

Edward...

It just seemed so surreal. Seeing a Cullen for the first time again after a few months.

She sucked in a deep breath and pinched the skin on the small of her thigh to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

No, she wasn't.

Emmett was really here.

" I-I did faint...didn't I? God, I'm sorry Emmett, I was just...just-,"

" You were overwhelmed Bella. You don't need to apologize, I get that. It happens," He trailed off, and Bella's face began to flush as he stared. He was observing her now, and that moment she wanted nothing more than to shield herself from him some how, even if she were fully dressed.

He wasn't staring; ogling at her body per say, but how much she had to have changed over the course of those few months. He would notice, she realized, how thin she was now; even more thin than she was before. How her skin and paled so much that she looked more similar to a vampire in that department than anyone.

The small purple bruises under her eyes, courtesy of the sleepless nights she endured, whenever a nightmare or cruel thought evaded her already distraught mind.

That she was ultimately falling apart- he would notice that. Even a human could see that.

A few months in and she had already turned into a walking, barely breathing zombie.

" How... have you been?" He asked her slowly then, and Bella sighed, running a hand through her matted mahogany mess. She looked down at her hands as they now lay in her lap. Did he really have to.. ask that? She knew he was only concerned for her, she understood that, but it was hard for her to talk about it.

Even more so to a person that was supposed to be long gone by now.

" I-I've been better... You?" She vaguely replied. She blinked her eyes a few times to rid away the sudden wetness that had flooded her pupils.

" Alaska... was getting a little too stuffy for my tastes, I needed a break from it, you know?"

Bella nodded stiffly, but there was an edge to his voice that told her that wasn't the only reason he came, that maybe that wasn't really the reason at all.

" I came to see you,"

" The others... Rosalie... they're not here?" Bella inquired next, even though she had already known the answer. It was made apparent when he appeared in front of her house, alone.

He shook his head and looked away for a few seconds before replying. That confirmed it.

For a moment she noticed the muscles in his jaw clench, before it relaxed again. Did something happen between them?

Did they have a fight..or a disagreement?

" No.. I left on my own,"

Bella swallowed and opened her mouth to reply with the obvious question, but it was interrupted with a sound coming from downstairs. It took her a few seconds to realize it was the front door that had been slammed shut.

" Bells, I'm home!"

Her eyes averted to her closed bedroom door and back to Emmett, who was up on his feet in less than a second. He smiled at her understandably, and walked over to her window, sliding open the frame.

She jumped from her bed and looked towards the bulky vampire. His hand gripped the outside of the window as he crouched, ready to jump and instantly his skin glittered under the faint appearance of the sun. With a familiar lopsided grin, he met her eyes, and Bella stopped short.

" Thank you," She obligated, embarrassed to mention directly what she was talking about, but as he smiled and nodded, she figured he did.

"You don't have to thank me for that Bella. We're family, remember?"

"Bella? Is everything alright? Who are you talking to in there?"

She whipped her head to her bedroom door as her father spoke from the other side; quickly looking back to see if Emmett was still there.

He was gone.

Hurrying to the door, she swung it open, revealing a worried but suspicious Charlie.

"Hey..I'm fine I just.. kinda lost it I guess when I tripped over my chair. You know how... clumsy I am," She added with a slight chuckle, but it didn't seem to phase him at all. In fact, he looked as if he were starting to get agitated.

"Bella, we need to talk," Bella flinched at how urgent his voice seemed to be, and nodded quietly as she followed him down the stairs.

ooOoo

Charlie sat himself on the couch, and gestured Bella to do the same. She stiffly obeyed.

" Bella I-I'm starting to think that Forks isn't really a good place for you anymore. I think you should move back in with your mother in Phoenix,"

She didn't really know what to say to that... She didn't understand why he was doing this when it what she was going through wasn't affecting him.

Her mood and actions didn't change her performance in school. In fact, she was still a straight-A student, and she never broke her designated curfew; not that she went anywhere to break the curfew in the first place. And she still cooked meals for Charlie, even if she rarely touched hers.

In her eyes, she had done everything that was expected of her.

Bella opened her mouth to protest, but Charlie held his hand up. " Renee's more than happy to have you back, and she agrees with me when I say that this town is literallysuffocating you Bella,"

Bella swallowed and averted her eyes from him. The disgust in his voice, made the confrontation even more unbearable to listen to.

" Dad...please," She pleaded, her voice cracking. " I don't want to leave Forks. And I don't want to leave you," She stared at father, in hopes that he would reconsider the thought. This time he had avoided looking into her eyes, and pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers.

"Bella you need to. As much as I hate to have to send you away, it will better for you. You need to leave Forks, venture out to a city that has nothing but sunshine. Even the weather is darkening your mood. Ever since that boy left you, you've been dead to the world! Moping around everyday like you have nothing to live for? I can't.. stand to see you like this anymore,"

His eyes were soft for the first time in her presence, even as he yelled, and it was agonizing to imbibe.

She had tried her hardest not to show her distress to Charlie, she really did. She tried to be careful to avoid all signs of sullenness, moping included.

" I haven't been moping around." She retorted.

" You're right," He warily conceded. " Lifeless is a more concrete term. Moping is what a teenager or child would do in an ordinary situation, if they didn't get their way. Your behavior has been beyond ordinary,"

Bella sighed, and tried to sound as reassuring and sincere as possible. " Dad I'm really sorry,"

She thought she was keeping Charlie out of her misery; but to think that Charlie himself had been suffering when he watched her, it made her effort all the more depressing.

"You don't need to apologize,"

" Then tell me what I need to do. I'll start...going out with friends if that's what you want me to do! I'll even call Jessica," She asserted, impatient.

Charlie shook his head, and that irked Bella.

" I don't want you to go out because you're trying to show me that you're happy! I want you to truly be happy! We both know Bella that as long as you live here, you're going to be anything but. No calls, no emails, no texts, no contact what so ever!" He paused, and inhaled sharply.

"I don't understand why you keep waiting for him Bella," He said, his voice lowering now. " He's not coming back,"

"I'm not expecting him to," Bella muttered, but inside, she knew somehow Charlie had been right. Somewhere deep inside her subconscious, no matter how broken over Edward's departure she had been, she would always believe that some day...some day he would return to her; even say that the whole facade was a giant prank, and that the whole family had been in on it.

Disgusted, she got up from her seat. Charlie immediately started to call out to her but she ignored him.

She couldn't take anymore of the conversation, and already she felt herself start to break down again as she reached her door.

It was then that her mind flashed to that small, heartfelt moment in the driveway.

And she wanted nothing more than to be held like that again.

Author's Note: Happy Fourth Of July! How'd you like it guys?

Before I start praising you, I guess I'd ought to start apologizing for not updating sooner than I would have liked. You see, my laptop recently caught a weird virus( it was old anyway) so I haven't been able to update!

Holy fudge, it is official! You guys are effing amazing! To be honest, I had no idea I'd be getting so much as five reviews, but I got sixteen! And in less than two days! I just had to update soon, and with that, I hope you enjoyed this twice as long chapter in Bella's point of view!

Big thank yous to Emmyjazzyfinnloves61, psychovampirefreak, jessa76, angelina32, alex1998twilight, xxxroseooo, yawsummer, Ariella Jones, jasper100,tinkerbear10, lunjul, paulswolfgirl2355, and the guest reviewers for your lovely feedback! And to the crap load of alerts I received to for this story, as well as my other one.( which I will be updating soon!)

And if you go back to the first chapter and catch the reference in this once, you'll notice that I've changed the time lapse between the Cullens' departure and Emmett's return to be a few months in, instead of a few weeks; for the sake of the plot of course!

Anyways, if you've made it this far, I think you already know what I'm about to tell you!

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