Her Final Days

Chapter 2

"Emmett."

Emmett Cullen woke up in his home in Rochester, New York. His wife, Hilsa Bower-Cullen, remained by his side. The others had gotten up and were getting ready for the day.

He wondered how he had gotten himself to this point in his life:

*flashback*

Emmett was running through the woods; Rosalie had disappeared and he didn't know why. Sure she was happy most of the time, but the years after the Volturi confrontation had taken its toll on her. It had all happened when Bella's father Charlie Swan had decided to marry Sue Clearwater (mother of Seth and Leah) 18 months after her husband's death. The next year, Seth imprinted on a girl named Helene Serrano, which shocked the entire La Push reservation, due to the fact that Helene was a dark skinned girl who was visiting her grandmother for the summer and most of the wolf pack thought Seth was gay.

And as for Seth's sister Leah, she imprinted on a man named Duncan Williams and soon stopped phasing to marry him, and with the arrival of their son Xavier, Rosalie stormed off, never to return. She had left Forks, never to return. Emmett was heartbroken and for nearly ten years, he had abandoned the Cullen family and lived in Tacoma, Washington, mostly in the woods. Carlisle and Esme moved the family to Olympia, Washington, where Jacquel attended high school and Carlisle got a new job at the hospital. Bella and Edward had left for Dartmouth three years before the move.

The wolves had stopped phasing in order to grow old with their imprints, but still kept in touch with the Cullens. It was during one of those visits that Quil claimed that he and Claire saw Emmett while on a camping trip and persuaded him to return to the Cullen family.

Emmett did return home, but it would be another few months before he would leave the house.

Then came 17-year-old Hilsa Bower.

She came with her boyfriend Jesse Johnson; they had left San Francisco, California earlier that year and came to Forks. Emmett was with Carlisle on a short visit when he saw Hilsa. After weeks of denial, Edward and Bella encouraged him to befriend Hilsa.

Well, that came out well.

Emmett ended up breaking Hilsa up with her boyfriend. They later married and had another child after Hilsa's first child was given up for adoption. The boy, named Carter, was telekinetic. Hilsa's daughter Elena had been killed in an accident when she was 15, but luckily, Carlisle saved her and returned her to her mother.

*end flashback*

After many years with a son and daughter and a new wife, Emmett couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Rosalie. She had disappeared many years earlier without a trace, leaving everyone behind, without a message, without telling anyone. Emmett had been crushed to know that Rosalie was not coming back.

But now the Cullen clan was making its way back to Forks, with the original wolf pack becoming grandparents and some new wolves phasing, (and Jacob being a bit older than before) things seemed to look up for Emmett.

And when his name was being mentioned, an old woman began to notice him...