Disclaimer: Same as chapter 1.

Chapter 21: A Kodak Moment

Day 13

Rian's nausea did not let up the next couple of days, she'd throw up anything she could choke down, well except for the blood. The blood seemed to help her stomach, she was less nauseous after she drinks the cup that Emmett and Alice have been giving her as often as they could. She currently was getting at least two cups during the school day, and still at least one more after school.

The redhead was sitting in the middle of her Art class, where she had been sitting by herself lately. Winter had found another group of friends to sit with and talk. But at the current moment, Rian was happy Winter wasn't sitting with her otherwise the other girl would no doubt already asked her several times why she was so pale. The answer of course was because she was once again nauseous, but she wouldn't have been able to tell Winter that. Maybe it was a good thing Winter was so angry with her, now she wouldn't have to lie to her.

So Rian was forced to sit in the corner by herself, painting the blue canvas in front of her with whatever her imagination can come up with, and sipping on the leftovers from lunch. In the past, her imagination would only draw her nightmares, but as of lately, she found herself painting Emmett…who, yes was still a creature of her nightmares, not that she thought of him that way anymore. She smiled slightly at the familiar face in hidden so well in her painting that the complete portrait (to an outside observer) would look almost abstract.

Her phone, inside her pocket, vibrated. The text from Emmett asking how she was feeling. It was the usual time he had taken to texting her, it was the only class of the day that Alice was not with the redhead.

'I'm fine. What about Broderick?' Rian and Emmett had gotten in the routine of texting each other baby names.

'I'm still on Axel for a boy.'

'Ugh, I don't like it.'

'Finola if a girl.'

'That's even worse. You are supposed to be the sane one in this relationship.' Rian could practically hear Emmett's rolling laughter from there.

'lol'

'Leighton?'

'That's worse than Broderick.'

'Alright smarty pants then you come up with something better for a boy.'

'Axel.'

'Only if we name it Rose if it's a girl.'

'Nope.' Emmett still hadn't told Rian about Rosalie, and he couldn't bring himself to name the child he is having with someone else after his dead wife who so badly wanting a baby. It felt like he was throwing it in Rosalie's face, that he could have a baby and she never did. But he understood why Rian wanted to name her that, it was her mother's middle name. That was why she so badly wanted to name the child that if it was a girl.

'Why not? It is a beautiful name for a girl.'

'It brings up bad memories.' He finally admitted after a day and a half of her insisting on the name.

'Oh, okay. So no Rose. How about Hadley?'

'We are never going to agree on a name.'

When the last bell of the day rang, Rian made her way to Emmett's jeep once again. Almost every day, Emmett would take her either to her home or to the 'office'. Today, Emmett was taking her to the office to meet Carlisle before she and the Cullen family have dinner (by that, I mean she and Nessie will eat while everyone makes it awkward and stares at them). This will be the second time she meets his family, the first time she'll have to interact more than a few minutes before they jet off to hunt. To say the girl was nervous was an understatement.

Of course, Rian was the last one to the jeep. Emmett, Alice, and Jasper were standing by the Jeep; Emmett leaning against the driver's door with a cup in his hand. As she passed by she grabbed the drink, then everyone piled into the car.

When they arrived at the 'office', Carlisle was nowhere to be seen. That was unusual for him, Emmett wiped out his phone quickly and sent a text that Rian assumed asked about his lateness or whereabouts or something. Emmett's phone dinged shortly after he had just placed it in his pocket again. The text he got was short and he read it out loud for Rian to hear. 'Something came up at the hospital, be there soon. Everything alright?'

Emmett sent a quick message as Rian began to strip the uncomfortable fake stomach and the spanx off her own stomach. She had begun to hate the thing lately, seemed to be fitting tighter and tighter, but her stomach, as far as she could tell wasn't growing much at all. Maybe it was all in her imagination.

To get the spanx and stomach off, she had to practically strip down so she took the opportunity to look at herself in the mirror. She ran her hands over her stomach when her eyes couldn't detect any difference in size. Her hands did fell anything different but the hardness that now rested under her skin to protect the baby… or herself. She wasn't sure which it was meant to protect, especially since she noticed how much stronger the barrier was right after she drank the blood the Cullen's had been supplying for her.

She turned to her side, still looking for any indication that the baby was growing when she hear Emmett laughing before she felt his hand slide under her own, resting on her hardened stomach. "You may not be able to notice anything, but I can see the slight difference." He whispered into her ear almost sounding as happy as she felt whenever she thought of the baby. "You're about the size Bella was when they came back from their honeymoon."

Rian was standing in her panties and bra with Emmett's arms wrapped around her and resting on her stomach. Butterflies erupted in her stomach, he seemed to be avoiding touching her stomach until that moment and she couldn't describe the feeling she got as his hand sat protectively on her stomach.

Emmett was so quick taking a picture that he was able to capture Rian's small smile, her emotions in the moment without any hints of acknowledging the camera. It was one of those beautiful moment's that are rarely captured on camera because once someone seeing a camera the moment is ruined.

At the flash, Rian slowly glared at Emmett. She grabbed her long sleeve red dress and dark grey thick leggings. December in the north was much colder than in Texas, although she was used to it by now seeing as she has lived in the blistery cold winters for several years now.

After Rian was dress, Emmett threw her the thick jacket she was previously wearing. "Come on." He grabbed her hand and led her towards their big house. She was going to have to interact with his family sooner than she originally thought.