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!"

" Rosalie is going to flip," Emmett muttered under his breath as he reached the front door of the white mansion. He reached for the knob and inhaled a deep, but unneeded breath, as he realized he was about to face an extremely furious, but analytical vampire, that would most likely try to kill him if he didn't put his explanations as delicately as possible.

Especially, since it concerned Bella.

He snorted. Funny, he never really saw that coming.

Before he could turn the knob on the front door, it flew open- and seconds later he was inside and backed against the door. He blinked, the said blonde vampire Rosalie's topaz eyes narrowed as she stared into his- which were pretty wide, considering he had no idea what had just happened, and was still recovering from how fast he moved.

She furrowed her brows. " Why would I flip, Emmett?"

Oh, that's right.

She heard him.

Wouldn't be hard to, considering she was a vampire- one of the perks being incredibly enhanced hearing.

" Uh-" Her eyes widened and dropped to his shirt. She sniffed the air, gasping a little and flew a couple of steps back. She covered her nose- but also seemed to be trying not to as she stared.

" Blood." She gasped, realization spreading across her face. " Emmett why is there blood on your shirt? Did you-"

" No." He interrupted quickly, walking forward. " No, Rose I didn't kill anyone, nor did I... drink from them. But we have a problem."

He held his hands out in front of him, as if to keep her from attacking him- almost like, trying to tame a wild tiger. Her eyes were still wide-fixed on him cautiously- but she seemed to straighten up then at his last words. She took a step forward as his brows furrowed, but immediately placed her hand over her nose again, seemingly doing her best not to gag.

" Laurent stopped by." Her eyes widened. " He... managed to get a hold of Bella. But she's okay now. In fact, she's at home right now with her father."

" What?" She exclaimed.

" Yeah. And there's uh- something else. And it explains the smell." He added carefully, as Rosalie was by now trying not to blow a fuse.

She cocked her head to the side.

"- Werewolves. Shapeshifters. They uh- ripped Laurent apart.. and managed to nurse our little human friend back to health."

" You have got to be kidding me." She said. " And how did she even get within his reach in the first place? A vampire like him would never risk being somewhere as crowded as a high school without having some highly malicious intent. " And he arched a brow.

She shrugged her shoulder a little. " Reasonably speaking."

" After we all had our little talk here with her the other day, she thought she'd go confirm her suspicions that her friend was also a shapeshifter. Laurent, found her, attacked her... bit.. her." He paused, struggling to speak calmly without feeling the urge to tear the nomad vampire apart all over again. " But her friend managed to get to her before I did... and he saved her life. " He finished.

" Oh." She breathed, running a hand gently through her hair. " Well I can't say I'm upset by that." She leaned against the wall opposite of him and folded her arms over her chest and sighed.

" Well what should we do? Victoria could be lurking just around the corner." She paused. " But just because those dogs saved her, doesn't mean we have to-"

" And that's why-I think.. we should.. consider becoming allies-"

She growled. " Wait, hold up-"

" Rose." He groaned. " Hey I don't like this either. But if it's to save Bella, then I think we should consider it. I mean, that's what both parties want right? To keep her safe?"

" You're starting to sound a bit like Carlisle Em." She noted in a semi-teasing voice, amusement in her eyes. " With all this chivalry crap."

" Well." He sighed. " I guess you could say... it rubbed off on me."

He rubbed his face and made his way to the couch, where Rosalie took a seat next to him, concerned all over again.

" Something else, the matter?"

" Well, aside from the fact that we are positive Bella is in even more danger now- her old man hates my guts." She started laughing incredulously and he looked up at her from his hands, his eyes narrowed.

" You met him? The infamous hard ass Chief Swan? I can only imagine how-" She cut herself off, having herself a hearty laugh.

" Told me basically to fuck off and stay the away from Bella, at all possible costs."

" Daddy troubles already, hm?" He scoffed and looked away, knowing if he could blush right now he would be.

She pressed her lips together, and tilted her head to the side a little.

" Well Em, I have to say I kind of feel bad for you now." Her eyes were soft, but a smile started to spread across her lips again, and he looked down, amused.

"I expected that coming- with us leaving and everything, but I figured.. you know, he should know from me. Forks is a small town Rose, those kids at school talk- and he could have easily found out from them if he stuck around long enough. Especially, if he heard his own daughter's name being involved."

She nodded, agreeing. " Well then, in a sense, I guess you did the right thing."

" But Bella's gonna castrate me. And maybe I'll let her." He sighed. " He was practically pushing her inside once I told him who I was, or at least the family I was associated with. He's giving her a hard time about this, I'm sure. All he ever wanted was for her to be happy, and as far away as possible from us as far as I'm concerned- and from his perspective, she couldn't even give that to herself."

" Well then, I guess you also owe her an apology." He nodded slowly. She hadn't seen it coming, while they were at the truck- so when he decided to pull that stunt that moment he had basically handed her over to the wolves- or er- sharks.

Whatever.

" But man, was he brutal. His face was too red to be real." Rosalie laughed, and he did too.

He muttered, a smile on his lips. " Hell hath no fury, like an angry father scorned."

ooOoo

" Emmett!"

He turned around to see Bella walking towards him as soon as he got out of his truck and slammed the door. There she was, walking away from her orange disaster on wheels, but as cute as ever. Her hair was down today, wavy tendrils spilling over her shoulders- a little matted, but tame nonetheless. She wore a small smile on her lips as she approached him, and he raised a brow.

" I wanted to talk to you.. about yesterday."

" I figured that."

"Look, I'm sorry about Charlie. And whatever he said to you-" Emmett gave her a nonchalant look.

" It's fine Bella." He assured her, placing his hand on her shoulder. " If anything, I should be apologizing for getting you in trouble."

She shook her head, and they started walking. " No it's okay. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. He's willing to put it aside, you being here."

Emmett blinked, and she chuckled. " He proposed that?"

She nodded. "He just wants to talk to you, er- at our house." She trailed off, blushing a little. " I know it sounds crazy, but he really is a kind-hearted person. He's just extremely protective over me."

So he was willing to talk now?

Just before, he wanted to blow his head off with a shotgun Emmett was pretty sure he had readily available.

" I guess it wouldn't hurt." He said smiling. It could be fun. " Just give me a time."

She smiled. " I'll let him know later."

Emmett turned to look at her, and tilted his head to the side a little, thoughtfully. She seemed to be doing a little better than the day before, be he could never be too sure, even though she wasn't showing any signs of discomfort.

" So.. how are you feeling?"

She sighed. " A little sore neck my ribs and... neck." She said, rubbing the side of her neck- where the small gauze patch used to be. She dropped her hand to her side, and Emmett could see the two little indentations piercing her skin. He averted his eyes away from the sight before he got too upset.

"-but I feel better now that I've had some rest. That medicine Sue gave me really works. She even gave me a tube to take home in case I need it again." She said, a warm smile on her lips. Emmett nodded, smiling. Sue was an incredibly kind woman, especially kind, considering the circumstances- but he wasn't complaining.

" You know Rosalie know about what happened. She wants to see you."

" Okay," She replied, a thoughtful look in here eyes.

Guess she was still adjusting to the idea that Rosalie ever gave a damn about her in the first place- after all that time, she thought she loathed her. Sure, Rosalie could be a bitch most of the time, but she really was a good person- like Charlie, who was just extremely protective of the people around her that she cherished and cared for the most.

" We'll go after school."

Author's Note: Update here! The next chapter will be the LAST ONE FOR THE STORY BEFORE THE SEQUEL!

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