Hello, so here I am again with another story again for Rosalie and Emmett a criminally underrated couple. This time we are in a New Moon setting for a smaller story of about 17 chapters all taking place from the Volterra arc. So yeah an AU but only a little bit.

(As if that makes a difference!)

A side note on the relationship with Alice. As I have previously stated as I grow older I find that I struggle with the character of Alice the most. I do see her actions sometimes as toxic and while I don't believe Stephanie intended for her to be written that way sometimes I just want to reach through the pages and shake the vampire until she understands certain things. This was a way of getting all of that out. If you love Alice and think she can do no wrong this might not be the best story for you. Her relationship with Rosalie and how she and Edward treat Rosalie is something I have addressed many a time throughout my fics and stories but I hope that you enjoy nonetheless. This is not intended to be an Alice bashing fic, this is just for me to have my say as an ardent Rosalie fan. For all Alice lovers out there I hope that you understand and I am hopeful that one day I will learn to re-like Alice again.

This is not one hundred percent cannon, if you are looking for word for word perfect scenes out of the book then I am not the author for you, this is my interpretation of these events.

There will be trigger warnings for this story and keep in mind a hell of a lot of swearing for what is in the books, also some interpretation on Rosalie and Emmett's past. This also might turn into an M Rated story depending on how I take it. Again something to keep in mind as we progress.

Some events might be missed from the book as well but the bare bones of it still remain.

Also spelling/grammar etc...not my strongest point. Again something to take note off.

Disclaimer-Nothing is mine.

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And on a side note, I like so many other Fanfiction Authors no longer receive notifications via email about reviews/PMs etc. So if you do send any it might be a while, if ever before I get back to you. Please keep that in mind for it is not intentional-If anyone has a fix please let me know.

Also this chapter is based more on the movie than the book, in the movie it all happens in the space of one night and so that's what's happening in this story. Rest of the time it should be a pretty even spread between the two.


Spheres Of Influence

Chapter 15-The Very Thought Of You

Rosalie and Emmett return home to vote and Carlisle speaks to both of his children. Edward too wants to clear the air with his brother.


"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." Joseph Conrad


They returned home minutes before Bella came back with Edward to cast a vote on her mortality. To Emmett it was clear what needed to be done. Edward had given them no choice really, he was casting his vote for Bella's choice and this was clearly Bella's choice. There was no concern that Bella was ignorant of what this decision would cost her because she wasn't. She knew, perhaps better than anyone and everyone in this room what the cost was of what she was giving up.

And he liked her. He really, really liked her and he liked that she wanted to be a part of this family. But it was also a part of pure calculation on his part. He was not going through this again, he was not going to go through thinking that he had lost Rosalie again. He was not going to do it.

Simple.

As.

And so he voted yes.

And for the same reason Rosalie voted no.

He knew why and he brushed his thumb over the back of her hand. He got it. He did. She wanted a family, the one thing that he could never give her, a family, a baby, a white picket fence with grandchildren, death, the natural order of life. For the reasons he loved this life Rosalie hated them.

But it was inevitable that Edward and Rosalie were going to be outnumbered.

"Carlisle?" Edward had growled but Carlisle had shrugged. "What option" he said slowly as if he was trying to choose every word. "Do I have? You have chosen not to live without her and so what is the option? Clearly the one you thought you could stick to isn't going to work and let me be quite clear, I WILL NOT go through what I have been through in the past three days again"

It was spoken softly but then again Carlisle had never had to yell to get his opinion across, he was more than capable of speaking softly and his words carrying a big stick. It was par for the course at this stage and he watched as Carlisle and Edward stared it down. For a second he thought Edward was going to make some kind of flippant comment and he had a rather nice thought of smashing the bastards face in but then Edward's eyes slid past their fathers to his and Emmett didn't look away. He wasn't sure if he was ever going to forgive Edward or Alice for what they had done. To be honest he was not sure weather or not he was inclined to try. He wasn't optimistic put it like that.

Edward opened his mouth but then closed it.

Bella had won the war so it seemed.

And then.

"Rosalie?"

"Yes?" Rosalie asked in surprise turning to Bella and her expression was one of confusion. Bella on the other hand looked illuminated. She looked as if she was on the cusp of getting everything that she had ever wanted.

"You remember the plane?"

It took Rosalie a second to remember something and then she opened her mouth but before she could even form the words Bella chimed in.

"So you'll do this now?"

There was a banging noise as Edward smashed his way through the cabinet. Esme flinched at the nose (and the damage no doubt) and he came charging at Rosalie, Emmett moved to block her because Rose wasn't defending herself, she was staring at Bella as if Bella had started speaking another language leaving Emmett to grip hold of his brother by the neck.

"One reason" he panted into Edward's ear. "You give me one fucking reason you selfish bastard. You put me through hell and you don't even care about it do you?"

And suddenly the fight deflated out of Edward and he stepped back. It was good because Carlisle was there hands on both of them gently pushing them back. Edward continued to stare at him wide eyed as Emmett glowered back.

"Now" Carlisle said with the air of a man trying to bring peace back into the room and the conversation back onto a plane where he could understand. Already Jasper was working overtime trying to calm the tension in the room.

"What are we missing here Rosalie?"

"We had…Bella I didn't mean that I was going to do it there and then, only that Edward should do it. I don't…I don't even know how to not kill you. I'd…you really don't want me to do it, I didn't say that on the plane so that you would think that I would do it"

And suddenly Emmett understood.

And he had to agree with his wife, the thought of Rosalie cutting into Bella's throat with her teeth.

Ugh.

Edward shot him a look but he ignored him.

"Carlisle?" Rosalie said shooting Carlisle a look who nodded.

"Bella it would be best if I did it" he said quietly. "You'd have no danger of losing control—"

"Do we need to be here?" Emmett asked suddenly and Carlisle turned to him frowning.

"I wasn't suggesting we do it now" he said looking rather peeved.

"I know, I was just asking, cause I know you all want to set the date and everything but Rose and I were going to go pack"

"Pack?" Esme said suddenly and Emmett winced because he was trying to be angry but the truth of the matter was that it was damn near impossible to be angry with Esme and damn near impossible to hang onto anger when she was near. It was something that she had, a gift that she didn't even know she possessed.

Typical.

"Emmett and I are going to go on a little holiday" Rosalie said quietly. "I think we all need a bit of a break and…" she shot Emmett a look but he didn't look at her, he didn't want to look at her and show the family how utterly raw he was. Instead he levelled his gaze at the wall. He didn't want to look at anyone.

"I was thinking that perhaps we would just take a few months" Rosalie was saying, "I think we just need some time and then—"

"Then you will come back?"

If it was anyone but Esme who was asking that question….

"I don't…I don't know" he said evasively and then he turned and walked out the house before he said something that he couldn't take back to either his mother or his wife.


"Emmett—"

She had tracked him down to the clearing and he paused. He had taken solace in leaning against the tree trunk and staring at his hands and she unbuttoned her dark blazer and sat down next to him on the actually branch itself looking around at the damage he had inflicted when he had thought that he had lost her.

It had been what? Two days ago?

It felt like a lifetime.

"I can't go back" he said quietly. "Not yet. I am so…you didn't see it, you didn't have to see the attitude, I don't…I can't go back there…I want to go to Mexico and hunt wild game and make love to you on a sandy beach and I don't know when I will want to come home. Maybe after Bella is transformed providing there is no complications. I know it's to be Graduation. I know that. I just…I don't want to be here for a while. I can't—"

There was a whistling in the wind and then the fluttering in the leaves of someone running and arriving and they turned to see Carlisle himself standing there on the edge of the clearing looking uncharacteristically nervous when he saw them and Emmett would have laughed but he was so not looking forwards to this conversation—and he knew that he had to have it as well. He was surprised it was not mentioned at the meeting.

"Apologies I did not mean to intrude" he said speaking softly and Emmett tried very hard not to scoff. He hated that he was this angry, hated that he was being a dick to Carlisle and Esme off all people but the reality was that he was angry, still so angry at his family for allowing this to happen, for the situation to develop. He didn't know if he was ever going to NOT be angry. It wasn't like him to be in that state. He wasn't an angry man.

And yet…

"That's alright" Rosalie said in a would be cheerful kind of tone. "Is something wrong"

Carlisle dithered (there was no other word for it, he dithered) and then he came to stand next to them and he paused. "I…I wanted to apologise to you both, I didn't realise until today just how hard it had been for you" he said quietly. "I didn't realise how isolated you felt within this family. It was…it was never my intention to make you feel that way. It was never my intention to make any of you feel that way. I know that you do not believe me and perhaps that is the price that we have to pay but it was never my intention to allow you both to feel neglected because you didn't have gifts"

Rosalie shot him a sideways glance but Emmett couldn't look at Carlisle just yet. It was too raw, too painful and he was too achingly aware that he was struggling with his emotions. One didn't need Jasper here to know that.

"I…I really didn't…Carlisle I know that in my absence somethings have been said but I…" Rosalie tilted her head to the side and she swallowed the venom that had pooled in her throat. Emmett didn't know what to do or where to look. He couldn't change how he felt even if Rosalie didn't feel the same way.

"Rosalie please I…I am aware that what Emmett said is true. Truth be told we have depended too much on Alice and Edward and Jasper. I have depended on them too much. The last few days have proven that. We are struggling with it all. I depended, Edward depended on Alice's vision for Bella, we believed it, even I who knew the wolves the first time around never considered that the wolves would be immune to Alice's powers, after all they were never immune to Edward's. It was fundamental arrogance on my part and the two of you suffered the most for it. I should have rang Charlie Swan myself and made sure that it was Bella dead, I should have never allowed it go this far. To be honest I should have never allowed us to leave but after that party I…I trusted Edward to know what he was doing"

"Trusting someone is not a fundamental flaw" Rosalie said quietly. "You trust where people do not. To be honest your trust in Aro might have saved all our lives. He does not want to risk losing your trust. I fear you have sunk your hooks in him"

"Oh I doubt it" Carlisle said easily. "Aro is a power broker and he is aware that I have gifted vampires within my coven. I imagine he could see a place for each of you his family"

Rosalie suddenly laughed and it was not funny. Emmett turned to look at her just as Carlisle did and she grinned suddenly apologetic.

"Sorry" she said quietly. "But it would be funny if you knew it really would."

"Know what?"

"Carlisle's not wrong" she said quietly. "Trust me"

For the first time Emmett looked directly at Carlisle who shrugged. There was something there that he didn't understand and it was clear Carlisle did not either but before he could ask Rosalie was speaking again.

"It's fine Carlisle honestly. Besides…I didn't want Edward dead. I would have tried to go after him either way. I just…I don't…" she tilted her head to the side as if trying to choose her words carefully. "I know I am not the easiest" she said quietly. "I know that I have a lot of issues that maybe I should have sorted out before now. Truth is that I don't love this life like the rest of you do. I see Bella and I see such wasted opportunities. And Alice and Edward they don't see this life like that. And it doesn't matter now because she's made her choice and I guess, I guess I don't like that everyone else was trying to make one for her. I can't help it. And I don't…I know that I in particular have been difficult I just—" she turned her head to look at Carlisle and when she next spoke Emmett knew that if she had been human she would have been near tears.

"You don't want me gone do you?"

Before Emmett could even react Carlisle was there and he was lifting her up into his arms gently cradling her head like she was a baby, his baby against his chest.

"Ah Rose sweetheart no" he said softly. "No we don't want you gone, I am so, so sorry if Alice and Edward made you feel like that, I am so sorry if I made you feel like that. It was never my intention to make either one of you feel less like my children because you didn't have gifts. I am sorry I didn't see that you were both suffering. I should have done more to help you both."

Had it been anyone but Carlisle he still wouldn't have believed it but the anguish in the eyes when he looked at Emmett was enough for Emmett to believe him. He was always going to believe Carlisle because Carlisle was Carlisle. He wanted to believe him.

He nodded in Carlisle's direction.

It was the best he could do.

Carlisle wasn't a mind reader but Emmett was willing to bet all the dollars in their many, many joint chequing accounts that he meant what he was saying.

"Were not gonna be in Mexico forever" Rosalie said into Carlisle's shoulder. "We'll come back…Dad."

Emmett blinked. Never before had Rosalie used that moniker with Carlisle before, never before had she gripped him so tight that he looked vaguely surprised by the strength. But father and daughter gripped each other tight as if that was all that they had and Emmett knew that while he had a lot to forgive the first steps had been made and that Rosalie was right…as she so often was.

They weren't going to stay away forever.

And they would be back.


And yeah, the next chapter will be two sided point of view, one half Emmett, one part Rosalie and then as for the final chapter (cause we are nearly there on that one!) It will probably be Rosalie.

Next Chapter-Edward and Emmett, Alice and Rosalie, two conversations that needed to be have. For better or for worse. PENULTIMATE CHAPTER.