Emmett Causes Trouble
*Post Eclipse when Bella and Edward are engaged.
Bella's POV
"Bella…" I heard a musical voice say in my sleepy sub-consciousness. I rolled over not wanting to get up, hoping the voice would go away.
"Bella!" the voice screamed this time, startling me and sending me flying off the side of the bed.
"Wake up! We have so much to--why are you on the ground?" Alice Cullen stopped mid-sentence and stared, puzzled, from where she was sitting on the bed.
"Oh, because it's much more comfortable than the king-sized bed you are currently sitting on." I retorted, wondering if a big bruise would soon appear on my back.
"No need to be sarcastic Bella. Now go get ready, I laid out some clothes for you to wear today that are adorable and Esme has breakfast ready for you downstairs." And with that Alice skipped out of my room. I like it better when Edward wakes me up.
Once again I was being held hostage at the Cullen's house by Alice while Edward was out hunting with Emmett and Jasper.
All morning I was tortured by Alice, who ran about the house gathering booklets and samples of things for the wedding while I sat staring at the blur before my eyes. The topics ranged from my dress to what color the ink for the invitations should be; she even had a slide show. By the time she was done all I could think was: wow. Thankfully Edward came home and insisted that I take a break from Alice and her multicolored binder.
Unfortunately when Edward came home so did Emmett and Jasper. Emmett walked into the living room and stopped abruptly causing Jasper to crash into him.
"What is all this?" Emmett asked when he saw the array of cakes Alice had picked up from the bakery.
"Cake samples for Bella to try. She has to have the perfect flavor for her wedding," replied Alice as Emmett lifted one up to his face to sniff.
"Ew," Emmett said with a look of disgust on his face, "it smells awful."
"Oh yeah, why don't you see how it tastes," Jasper replied as he lifted the plate with the sample of cake on it and smashed it into Emmett's face.
"Oh no you didn't," Emmett yelled, wiping the cake off of his face and flinging it to the floor, "it's on!" Emmett threw a piece of cake at Jasper, who ducked, causing the cake to hit Rosalie square in the face.
"Emmett!" she screamed as she wiped the cake off her face, "you got disgusting frosting in my hair!" She walked over to the assortment of cakes, picked up the first piece she saw and stuffed it down Emmett's pants.
Emmett stood there stunned for a minute and then screamed, "food fight!" and threw another piece at Jasper.
Edward, of course, tried to pull me out of the way but not before a piece of chocolate cake, thrown by Emmett, hit me square in the face.
The fight only lasted a total of two minutes because there were five vampires with superhuman speed and only thirty pieces of cake. After the last piece of cake missed Alice's head and hit the freshly painted white wall Esme walked in.
We must have been a sight to see. Every one of us had cake plastered all over our bodies, as did the furniture and carpet of the living room. Not to mention the Jasper shaped cake outline on the wall from when Emmett shoved him into it while they were wrestling.
"What did you do?!" Esme shrieked as she took in the sight before her.
"Well, you see," Emmett said trying to come up with a good excuse as to why her once white living room was now covered in multicolored frosting, "Bella had to pick out a cake for the wedding and we decided to help her."
Emmett smiled at Esme as if his reason was actually believable.
"By throwing it around my living room?" Esme asked disbelief.
Emmett, realizing he was going to get blamed, yelled the next best thing, "Edward started it."
"What? I did not, that is such a lie Emmett."
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Did-" Emmett was cut off by Edward who tackled him to the ground. They started wrestling…again.
But as soon as Esme yelled, "boys!" they froze, Edward on Emmett's back trying to strangle him while Emmett was attempting to flip him. Edward immediately released his hold on Emmett and returned to my side, putting his arm around my waist.
"I don't care who started it, all three of you boys are going to clean this room while you girls go clean yourselves off and that is final. Now I have to go to the store and get supplies. I'll be back in an hour, behave." With that Esme left the room and headed for the garage.
I stepped into Edward's shower eager to get the dried frosting out of my hair. I washed it three times and I could swear it still smelled like cake. Finally giving up I turned off the water, grabbed the towel, and stepped out of the shower. After drying off I went to grab my clean set of clothes that I had placed on the counter, only they weren't there. I could have sworn that I left them on the counter, but I frantically checked the whole bathroom just to make sure. Oh no, this is not good…Alice! She had to have some clothes here for me just in case something like this happened.
"Alice," I called into the hallway. No response. Huh, that's weird, where is the little pixie? It did seem rather quiet all of a sudden. Maybe I can sneak into Edward's room and get my clothes out of my duffle bag quickly before anyone notices.
I opened the bathroom door slightly and stuck my head out, making sure the coast was clear. I made sure my towel was secured as I slipped out of the bathroom and ran into Edward's room. When I closed the door I realized the room was empty. Edward must still be with Emmett and Jasper cleaning up downstairs. I walked over to my duffle to retrieve my clothes but when I opened the bag they were not there. In their place was a note that read: 'Muwahahaha'
I only know one person in this household who would say 'Muwahahaha'….
"Emmett," I screamed as I left Edward's bedroom and made my way down the hall, "what did you do with my clothes?!"
I could faintly hear voices coming from downstairs but didn't think anything of it as I rounded the corner on my quest to kill Emmett.
"Emmett, I know you-" I froze mid-sentence as I came to the top of the stairs. The voices I had heard belonged to Edward and Mike Newton, who was currently staring at me with his mouth hanging open. Upon noticing Mike in the doorway I immediately turned a deep crimson. Edward, who had his back to me, tensed and turned around slowly, trying to block Mike's view of me. His face, one of shock at first, turned to anger as he heard what I'm sure Mike was thinking.
"Bella love, why aren't you wearing any clothes?" he asked trying to remain calm, considering the present situation.
"Because stupid Emmett over there stole them while I was in the shower!" I pointed over to Emmett who was laughing hysterically on the floor in the living room, but froze when he heard his name.
"Emmett…" Edward snarled so loud that I'm sure even Mike heard it from where he stood, still frozen at the door.
"No! Edward I didn't…I mean it was a joke…I" Emmett stammered as Edward slowly approached.
"Ah!" As Edward launched himself at Emmett, Emmett shrieked like a little girl and ran out of the room. Edward disappeared after him followed by a series of crashes and shattering noises.
"Emmett!" Edward roared and another round of shattering was heard before Edward emerged with his shirt ripped and hair disheveled.
"Whatever you broke I don't want to know, just hide it, fix it, bury it or do something with it before Carlisle and Esme get back." Rosalie called from upstairs.
"Edward, what happened?"
Edward, still fuming answered, "he landed on my piano."
Just then Emmett came back into the room looking worse than Edward. "Relax Edward, it's only a piano we can buy another one."
As soon as the words had left Emmett's mouth, Alice appeared, "Oh, did I hear shopping, I'll do it!"
"No, really Alice I'd rather-" Edward started but was stopped by Alice grabbing his collar and bringing his face level with hers, "Let. Me. Do. It." She hissed at him. "I haven't bought anything in twenty-four hours and it's killing me."
"Wow, someone has withdrawal problems, "I remarked under my breath, forgetting she could hear every word.
"Bella, so help me, I will take you to the Mall of America and we will visit every store!" Alice growled, momentarily forgetting about Edward and turning on me.
"Hey, I think we all need to relax down here." Jasper said as he came down the stairs, sending out calming waves to everyone in the room.
"Uh, why is Newton standing in the doorway and Bella, why are you in a towel?" Jasper asked.
"Because Emmett took her clothes while she was in the shower." Rosalie called from upstairs, not even bothering to come down.
"And Newton?" Jasper asked again.
"Mike, why are you here?" I asked turning to him.
"I…uh…I…um," Mike stuttered trying to regain his ability to talk, "you didn't show up to work today and when I called Chief Swan he said you were staying here, so I...."
"Oh, Mike I'm so sorry I completely forgot. Edward was out camping and Alice had her binder and…" I started rambling and until Edward cut me off.
"I asked Alice to take you for me." He turned, as the realization hit him, toward a guilty looking Alice. "You thought this would be funny?" He asked, seething with anger as he backed Alice into the wall.
Why is Edward so angry? What would be funny? I hate when they have silent conversations and apparently I wasn't the only one because Jasper and Mike, who still hadn't moved from his spot at the door, looked just as confused as I did. Emmett on the other had was shaking he was laughing so hard and said, "I think this is hilarious. And to be able to keep you in the dark..." He was laughing so hard that he had to stop talking.
Realization hit me as I thought about what was just said. This was all part of one of Emmett's evil plans to make my life miserable. Alice must have had a vision of Mike coming over when I was without clothes and decided to help Emmett execute the plan…Alice that little traitor.
"Alice you traitor! You knew and didn't tell me! How could you…Jasper, enough!" I screamed as I felt myself getting angrier at Alice.
"Sorry Bella, but its Edward, he's fuming right now, I can't control it."
Suddenly Emmett's booming laugh filled the room, as he couldn't hold it in any longer. "Oh my God! Newton's face when….Bella….and…." He couldn't even get out a full sentence he was laughing so hard.
"That's it." Edward yelled as he tackled Emmett for the third time today. Unfortunately they landed on the dining room table and continued fighting, Jasper joining them, till there was nothing left standing in the room. Rosalie apparently decided it was time to break things up because she came down the stairs shouting profanities at the three of them, some of which I'm not even sure were in English. "Edward, get off of my husband! Emmett stop this, damn it! Jasper can't you control them better than that!"
"Don't you yell at my Jazzy. Edward started it and…"
"He was provoked!" I shouted over them and soon we were fighting too, Alice stepping onto the stairs so she was even in height with Rosalie.
Just then Carlisle and Esme came home. Carlisle let out a sharp whistle and we all froze. Mike, who we all forgot about, was scared stiff next to Carlisle and muttered, "I um, have to get back to the store, um bye." He ran faster than I have ever seen him run to his car and drive away.
"What is the matter with you?" Carlisle asked keeping his voice low but extremely stern. "You have destroyed the dining room and more importantly almost exposed yourselves to Mike Newton."
"Haha," Emmett started laughing, "Bella almost did expose herself to Mike."
Edward growled in response while Esme asked, "Bella dear, why don't you have any clothes on?"
"Because after you left I went upstairs to take a shower and when I came out I found Emmett stole my clothes so I came down to get them from him, Mike was here, Edward tackled Emmett, broke his piano, Alice revealed their evil plan to embarrass me, Edward tackled him again, Jasper joined in, they broke everything in the dining room, and then Rosalie came down and we started fighting over whose fault it was and then you came home." I finished out of breath after retelling what had happened that afternoon. Esme on the other hand was livid and shouted, "Everyone to their rooms now!"