Stark Stange: The Protector

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It's been a week and a half since Bella and Edward got home. Bella is growing so much. She can't move that much so she stays on the couch most of the day.

Carlisle told me Rosalie and Edward and Bella need to eat more because the baby is taking everything, all the nutrients that Bella needs. I walked over to Bella, and sat on the coffee table. Everyone is just sitting around her just in case something happens or Bella needs help.

"Hey Bella, is there anything you want to eat? Maybe something from Phoenix that you've not been able to get here?" I asked her.

"No Nia isn't fine I don't want you to go out of your way to get me a burger."

"Ah okay so you want a burger?" I say with a laugh causing her to let out a small chuckle.

"No Nia it's fine"

"Bella remember I'm here to protect you and you asked me to help you. This is me helping you eat, and if you don't want to eat alone I'll eat with you."

"Fine, okay only if you eat with me. Can you get me a burger from Whataburger? I haven't had one since I left Arizona and they don't have t them here."

"Yeah I'll be back with that."

As I was about to leave the living room when Edward just scoffed, which makes me turn around.

"Really that's all you are doing to help her?" He asked me angrily.

"Getting food in her system is a top priority for me right now, she has been able to fully eat a meal. So I thought, something she might like might be easier for her to keep down." I told him calmly.

"You could have seen this, you could have told us this was gonna happen." He starts yelling now.

"Even if I knew I couldn't tell you. Who to say that this is or isn't supposed to happen Edward? This was a decision that you and Bella made together. You both may not have known that this was going to happen but this is not my fault." My voice started to get loud.

"You said it yourself, you are here to protect her, what are you doing?"

"Protecting her, helping her. And newsflash Edward, I'm now protecting that baby because that baby comes from you and Bella" we are both yelling at each other at this point. 

I calmed my help down and said "now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go get your wife food so she and your baby can eat."

I was walking out of the room when Edward started again.

"Yeah just go and leave me here to watch the love of my life in pain. I bet you have never had to do that." He tells me loudly again.

"What did you say?"

"Okay both of you calm down before this gets out of hand, we let you talk and bicker the first time, but calm down" Carlisle said.

"No, I wanna know what he said." I looked at Edward.

"I said that you have never had to watch the love of your life in pain before" he said looking straight at me.

"I really, I've never had to watch the love of my life in pain before. Okay let's see you have known me for almost 2 and a half years and you think that that's a safe assumption to make. I come from a world of superheroes where everyone I know and care about goes out to defend the world." I told a deep breath in and took a step closer.

"But I don't know what it's like to just watch the love of my life be in pain, huh? No Pietro just had a mission, years ago that left him unconscious for 2 and a half months, where some of his bones were broken, scratches all over his face, and constant pain radiating off of him. My dads wouldn't let me go see him because they thought it was too much for me. I could feel the pain he was in when he was unconscious. When he finally woke up I still couldn't see him. He was in the medical wing for another two weeks. I could feel not only his pain but his worry, his fear, and everything else. So don't stand there and tell me that I don't know what it's like to watch the love of my life in pain, because I do, I had to not only watch him in pain but I felt his pain. I couldn't even see him for about 6 weeks and when I could it was only through a monitor or a glass window. You can sit there next to the love of your life and hold her, I couldn't." I finished telling him with a tear running down my face just remembering everything. I left through a portal to get the food for Bella and I.

POV Change to Emmet

Nia left with tears slightly running down her face. I've never seen Edward act that way towards someone, and I would have never though he would act like that toward Nia.
"Really Edward? I get that this is something that is incredibly hard for you and for Bella. But that doesn't mean that you take it out on someone. Especially someone who has been there for you." I told him.

"Nia is doing everything she can to help, trying to keep Bella healthy and strong enough. And she said it herself this may or may not have needed to happen. So calm down." Rosalie told him.

"Nia could have only been in her room and come out when we needed her but no she became part of this family, and you turning around and yelling at her like she's not is really not like you" Alice told him.

"Edward this is crazy, I know it is but please don't take it out on anyone else" Bella looked at him and she was the only one he looked at. But barely. He can't really seem to look at her.
"Edward I get that this is what we planned but it's what I want. There is no need for anger" Bella continued. He ended up walking out and Jasper and I followed him.

"Hey, just calm down. You just need to talk to Nia" Jasper told Edward.

"I know I need to, I don't even know why I started yelling" he explained, not very well though.

"You do know" I looked straight at Edward.

"I didn't even know that this was possible, and if Nia knew why didn't she give us a warning"

"Because if she knew she couldn't tell us, she told us when she first got her Edward" Jasper explained to him.

"She can't change our story, and she said that things can change or that she doesn't know everything. So calm down." I explained to him next.

"Okay I know you two are right I'll talk to her later. Thank you guys." And we walked back into the house.

POV changes back to Nia

"Hey guys im back, sorry I read your mind before I left and saw what your favorite burger was" I said exiting out of the portal.

"Hey good, she's actually hungry right now" Rosalie said and I sat on the couch next to Bella.

"Thank you for reading my mind, literally," Bella said with a laugh.

"For food like this any time," I laugh.

"Hey, I just wanted to apologize. I didn't want to make a big scene like that. And stress you out." I looked at Bella sincerely.

"Nia it's fine, as long as everything is fine now"

"It is"

Everyone was still in the room, and Bella and I started eating. She's actually keeping it down which is such a good thing right now.

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I've never done a POV change
so I hope this makes sense
And I really like this chapter