EMMETT'S P.O.V (10 MONTHS LATER)

"JAZZ, WERE GOING HUNTING. WE WILL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF HOUR." I shouted up the stairs, even though he would of hear me if I had whispered it .

Ever since we had left home, never looking back, Jazz had been a shadow of himself. What Alice had done to him had broken him and no matter what Rosie or I did we just could not seem to put him back together. We love him dearly and to see the damage she had caused first hand was worrisome. We had thought that with a little time and space he would soon start becoming the man we all knew and loved but he just seemed to reach breaking point and stayed there. There was no fight in him.

As we reached the back door he told us to 'have fun' from his reading chair in the library next to his bedroom, probably a civil war book in hand, again . For the first few months after leaving the family he was mad, and rightly so, we had to redo his bedroom about six times in that first month. He would wind himself up thinking about what the both of them did until he saw red and would end up smashing his room to pieces. Then when the dust had settled we would get to work fixing the damage, all the while knowing that it would all happen again in the coming days. When the anger died down he started feeling worthless, blaming himself for what had happened, asking us over and over why we had even bothered to leave the family for him. He told us many time that he did not deserve our love and our time, that he was a waste of space. And now... now he is a shell of the man he once was. He reads all day long and stays in his room most of the time not wanting to be around anybody. The light that shined in his eye's was all but gone, he never played games with me or joined in on my jokes anymore, he just isn't there.

After taking down two bears I stopped and decided to just sit down and relax while waiting for my Rosie, she loved taking her sweet ass time when it came to food. I walked around for a few minutes until I found a nice large boulder to sit on, stretching my arm's out behind me I let my head fall back and closed my eye's. My mind clear, I listened to the forest around me. The birds chirping from a tree about a mile away, the little bugs and critters crawling around the forest floor causing the dried leaves to crack and crunch and another sound just far enough away to be out of my hearing range but being carried by the wind. I couldn't tell what is was exactly but it was enough to make me curious. I picked myself up and rubbed the legs of my jeans, I might be huge but I hated spiders and couldn't stand the thought that one might of crawled on me while I relaxed, then jogged for a few moments trying to make out what it was I could hear. After a minuter I stopped dead still not moving an inch, straining I listened to the crying I could now hear clearly. This was not the deep cry of a man or that of a woman, I could hear a baby crying. Confused as to why someone would be this far into the mountains I went a little further listening for the sound of human heartbeat's but I could only hear one, the baby's one. I could feel myself start to panic. Why was there only one? Where was the child's parents? Why the hell was a baby this far into the forest? Filled with dread and fear I darted in the direction of the crying child and only stopped when the source of the crying was about fifteen feet in front of me. To say I was shocked would be an understatement, I was surrounded by wildlife and trees as far as the eye could see and we were very, very deep in the mountains, there is no way any body would be out here let alone what was currently sat in-front of me. I sniffed the air trying to find a different scent to that of the baby's and sure enough there were two. Both a slight mixture of the child's. The problem was that while the baby's scent was fresh the two others were not, they had to be at least two hours old and the closest mountain road from here would be about an hours walk for a human. Not only that but in the nine months we had been living and hunting here we had yet to come across any human scent's in this part of the forest and it was very rare that this mountain route was even used due to being so far out of the way. And that is exactly why we chose it.

"Daddy?"

I was brought out of my thought's on what the hell was happening by the small, questioning voice of the child. I looked at the little girl who was looking directly at me and was now only five feet in front of me. She was very wobbly on her legs and every few feet she would fall onto her hand but would push back up and start walking again. I looked past her for a moment to see that the only things here with her was a small dirty blanket that she was sat on a minute ago and the clothes on her back which if I'm being honest need to be burnt, they looked that dirty. This little cutie couldn't be more than 2 years old, her chocolate colored hair was matted and dirty and sticking to part of her cheeks and her clothes were black and moldy in spots and you could see the tear tracks on her face from where it was caked in dirt and god knows what but you could see that under it all she was a very beautiful child, which made me wounder who could bring a child out here and just leave? I looked at the little girl to find her huge brown eyes were locked on me and she was smiling, I think.

"Daddy...daddy" She gurgled out, holding both arms in the air while she wobbled towards me, clenching her fists tight then letting her fingers spread out only to repeat it over and over. I walked closer to her being careful not to move to fast and frighten her, once I was in-front of her I knelt down and held my hand out for her, she grabbed hold of my fingers and walked the last two steps towards me with more confidence than she had before, there was no way on earth I was going to leave her out here like those so called parents had. Once she had wobbled forward enough I slowly picked her up into my arms cradling her close to my chest and cuddled her for a second, the last thing I wanted to do was hurt the little one. How could someone throw this away? All me and Rosie had ever wanted was a child of our own and there was someone out there that had thrown this beautiful little one away, it didn't make sense.

"Hello there little princess" I cooed while gently trying to brush her hair out of her face causing her to giggle saying 'it ickles' making me to chuckle, she was just to cute .

"Daddy me hungwy" She said tugging on my top. A huge smile spread across my face. This little angel was calling me Daddy and I loved it. By leaving this little one in the forest her parents had given me the most amazing gift, a child that I can keep as my own. And I would keep her and I will be her Daddy and love her and cherish her forever. Now all I had to do was wait for my Rosie to find me and show this little one her new Mommy .

"Okay princess we will wait for mommy then go get you food Ok?" I asked wiggling her nose and smiling at her. She giggled and nodded her head so I started to jog back to the boulder where I was going to wait for Rosie until she finished. I walked up to the boulder and carefully sat down then set my princess down on my lap. She just stood there looking at me for a moment then reached her hand out and softly let her fingers brush from my hair line at the top of my head, down over my eyes and nose then down to my chin, smiling, then she sat down in my lap and played with my lips, pulling them and then laughing when I pulled a funny face at her. She was so beautiful, and such a sweet child I am lucky I found her before she got hurt .

"Princess... tell daddy what's your name?" I asked hoping she could understand me.

"Bell laa" She sang out to me in her cute little baby voice. Bella, such a fitting name for this gorgeous child . I could hear Rosie running towards us and quickly turned to Bella and whispered in her ear that mommy will be here in a minute and pointed to where she would enter the little clearing we were sat in causing Bella to clap her hands and start wobbling over to where I pointed about ten feet away. Moments later I could see her slow down to a walk just in the tree line and smile at me, she hadn't noticed my little princess walking towards her yet and I couldn't wait to see her reaction. Then she walked into the open where Bella had a clear view of her.

"MUMMY...MUMMY...MUMMY" Bella sang while taking a few steps then falling forward onto her hands again. Rosie stopped dead in her tracks looking at our little Bella as she stumbled over to her calling out for Mommy. You could see how shocked she was and almost see the questions running around in her head. I couldn't help the bellowing laugh that left me as Rosie's head kept turning from me to Bella and back again. Finally I had made my Rosie speechless. When Rosie didn't move towards Bella she looked at me with tears in her eyes .

"DADDY!" She cried out as tears poured out of her eyes an down her little dirty, chubby cheeks, making fresh tracks through the dirt. The first ting I was doing when we got back was a bath for little madam. She plopped down on her bum holding her arms out in my direction, seeing how upset she was I ran over to her and picked her up shushing her as Rosie looked from me to Bella in my arms still speechless .

"Rosie, meet our daughter. This is our Bella" I said stroking my little ones hair.

"I found her. Someone left her out here alone, abandoned. She saw me and called me Daddy and I fell in love with her instantly. This is our chance Rosie, you can be her Mummy. She want you to be. Look she is beautiful and I'm her daddy... please can we keep her... please" I said begging her with my eyes . She walked forward until she was stood in front of us and quietly asked what her name was so I whispered 'Bella' to her. She reached out and stroked the back of her head.

"Bella" Rosie said sadness in her voice. You could tell that it had upset her to know that she was the reason Bella was crying. Bella turned he head slightly to the side tears still running down her face and peeked at Rosie .

"I'm sorry baby ,I didn't mean to upset you" My Rosie said holding out her arms for Bella ,hope shining in her eyes thinking Bella would not want her now, but she giggled and wriggled in my arms trying to get to Rosie. Once she was in her arms she couldn't take her eyes off of her. She was smitten just like me. Looking down at our little princess in awe it finally felt like we were completely whole now, nothing missing.

"Mommy me hungwy" Bella said playing with a lock of Rosie's golden hair with one hand while she lightly brushed the fingers of the other hand over Rosie's forehead down over her eyes and nose then to her chin just like she had with me. Rosie looked at me and I could see the love shining in her eyes for Bella, all she has ever wanted was to be a mother and now she is .Who ever Bella's biological parents were they didn't want her and left her out here all alone, but thankfully I found her and now she will be the most loved child there ever was, she would never need for anything or feel unloved for a moment of her life . She was our's .

"Okay angel what do you want mommy to get you?" My Rosie cooed down to her while smiling ,we would have to go home now ,I know Rosalie would want to decorate her room tonight and get her every thing she would need so the sooner we got there the better .

"Pitsa" Bella shouted clapping her hand together happily.

"Pizza it is .Should we go home now princess?" I asked wrapping my arms around them both. They both nodded and Rosie told her to tuck her head in and hold on tight, then we were off. Moment later stopping in our front yard. We walked to the front door and then made our way into the living room before stopping , frozen on the spot, waiting to see what would happen. Jasper was sat in his chair in the living room stiff as a board looking at Bella. It wasn't very often he ventured down stairs to sit down and to be honest I had completely forgotten how he might react to us bringing a human child home with us. I growled a warning to him. Bella turned to see what we were looking at and squealed, wriggling in Rosie's arms .

"MOMMY...DOWN ...DOWN" She shouted trying to get out of Rosie's grip. I placed a hand on her shoulder telling her it would be Ok, we had finally got a child of our own and there was no way in hell I would let any thing happen to her. Rosie nodded stiffly then told Bella she was going to get her a pizza then shot me a look, telling me to look after her or else, then put her down and cautiously walked away. Bella wobbled on her feet for a moment then started walking to Jazz, every few steps she would fall to her hands but the stubborn little thing wouldn't give up, she kept on getting up and falling forward until she reached him. Jazz kept looking from me to Bella, confusion clear in his eyes, wondering what the hell she was doing here and what she was calling Rosie mommy for. Bella stood at his feet with her arm's up in the air waiting for him to pick her up so I shot him a warning glare and told him he had better not upset her and watched as he hesitated for a moment then reached down for her. She squealed as soon as he picked her up her little legs and arms waving all over the place then plopped her on his lap but she didn't want to sit down she wanted to stand so she did, making me laugh at the face she pulled when she didn't want to sit there.

Once she was stood on his legs looking him in the face she started to squeal louder, clapping her hands while trying to jump up and down but his gentle hold on her wouldn't allow her to, she would more than likely loose her balance and fall off him if she did so it's a good job he was holding her . It was quite funny to watch. I don't think he has ever held a child before and to see him sat there stiff as a board with a little girl stood on his knees was amazing, plus his facial expression has changed for the first time in months, he was actually giving her the smallest smile ever, but at least it was a smile.

"PWETTY...PWETTY" She shouted in Jazz's face making me chuckle but I tried to hide it with a cough, I didn't want him to be to uncomfortable and end up leaving, then she did that weird thing with the fingers and the face again on Jazz .

"Ow he soooo pwetty... I keep him " She sang then wrapped her arms around his neck causing him to chuckle and start breathing, it was only then that I realized that he must of stopped breathing when we came in with her. I stiffened for a moment until I realized he was going to be fine around her.

"I'll explain later man." I said when he looked at me quizzically, Bella unwound her arm when Rosie came into the room with her pizza so Jazz put her down by the coffee table where her food was. You could tell she wasn't looked after like she should of been, it made me want to track down those vile creatures that had left Bella there in that forest and kill them. Rosie was so happy that he would be Ok she went to hung him but as she wrapped her arms around him our little princess went off on one. Big style.

"NO! ...NAWTY MOMMY!..." She screamed causing them to both jump apart, startled and very confused, and I couldn't help but laugh at the scene in front of me. Rosie looked like a deer caught in the head light and Jazz was just as amused as I was. Rosalie's face expression will forever be one of my favorite images of her, shocked and put in her place by a toddler. Bella wobbled over to Jazz with a very serious face and held her arms out for him again showing she wanted to be picked up. Once Jazz had her in his arms again she wound her arms around his neck and looked at Rosie with a face of a mother telling off a child but funnily enough it was the other way around.

"MINE!...not touch, nawty mommy " Bella scolded Rosie while pointing a finger at her. After a minute or to Rosie started laughing and held her hand up as if surrendering.

"Okay baby, I'm sorry Mommy won't touch your Jazzy." She cooed at Bella and she smile happy that she would not touch her Jazzy, while I was still laughing. How could I not? It would seem our life was about to get a little more interesting.

"Jazz, god your going to have fun with Bella, possessive little thing ain't she " I chuckled out causing Jazz to chuckle as well while he put Bella back down by her food. Once she had her fill of pizza I scooped her up and went up to mine and Rosie's room and through to our on-suite, popping Bella down on the toilet seat I turned around and started running a nice warm bath for her. When I started trying to take her clothes off I realized just how dirty they were, stiff in some places and rotting in others. Turns out she was afraid of the water until I got in with her, you would think that she had never had a bath before. Just the thought that those people had never bathed her made me want to throw up. Once Bella and my self were washed clean I wrapped us both up in towels and pulled one of the un-opened toothbrushes from under the sink and gently brushed her little chompers before drying her off and altering one of Rosie's old tops into something she could wear until tomorrow when her stuff arrived. I was shocked when I ran back to the bathroom to unplug the bath and saw that the water was black, I would just shower again later.

Once back down stairs I thought it would be funny to play with her for a while so every now and then I would go to touch Jazz but as soon as i got within a few inches of him her eyes would narrow in on me. I'd try every few minutes but every time I did she would see. I kept it up until she had had enough and went and sat on his lap playing with his hair, keeping an eye on him. It was amazing to see the change in Jazz in the last few hours since we had brought Bella into his life. She had accomplished what we had been trying to do for the last 10 months in just three hours. It just added to the reasons why she was meant to be here. It was fate that I found her. It was like she could feel when some one was near him because every time we would get any where near him she would look at us as if to warn us not to touch her Jazzy, and the same goes for him as well every time she needed something Jazz knew exactly what she wanted before she even asked for it . It was kind of weird how confident he was when it came to her and her needs and was actually himself around her, but i didn't think any thing of it . No matter how much he used to tell us he struggled around humans I knew that it was just the lack of faith in himself, he was the strongest of us all he just needed to believe in him self and now hopefully he will. Bella is already healing this small family and she does not even know she is doing it.

Later that night Bella fell asleep in my arms, I hated the fact that tomorrow her bed would be here but I knew she couldn't sleep in our arms forever, how weird would that be when she was a teenager. As she slept I decided to talk to Jazz see what was going on with him and tell him how we came to be Bella's .

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