"Hurry up Bell! We'll be late and I've got a test to study for!" Emmett yelled anxiously up the stairs.

Charlie smiled and chuckled at his daughter's disgruntled boyfriend. Charlie had known Emmett since he was a kid. Emmett's parents were old friends of Charlie's. It had been a shock when Bella and Emmett had started dating each other. But soon, it seemed to be an obvious choice. They were quite a match.

"Oh, come now Emmett. She'll be down in a minute." Charlie assured him.

Emmett frowned anyway. "I don't have a minute. I barely have seconds Charlie." I mumbled.

"Here I come!" Bella thundered down the stairs with a huge smile on her face.

Emmett stared at her. She was beautiful. He'd wait forever for this. She was too good to be true. And she was all his.

Emmett looped his arm around her waist and hurried her out the door. She giggled as he pulled her along.

"Bye Dad!" She said before the door swung shut.

Charlie smiled and watched them run to the Jeep that was Emmett's baby.

Outside, Emmett was trying to not be distracted by Bella as he unlocked the Jeep and held open the door for her. She followed him with her eyes as he ran around to the other side.

She was up to something.

Emmett gulped as he slid into the car. When Bella was mischievous, he almost lost it. He hoped they'd be able to at least get to the school, on time or no.

He turned the key and peeled out of the driveway. When they were far enough away from the house, Bella spoke.

"Sorry for running late, Emmy." She said softly.

"'S ok." He muttered, staring at the road.

"I just wanted to look nice. Don't I look nice?" Bella bit her lip and trailed her fingers across Emmett's warm cheek.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath slowly. He opened his eyes again.

"Yeah, you look great." He said quickly, trying in vain to not get a mental picture of just how great she looked.

Bella pouted at this.

"But Emmy, you didn't look at me." Her eyes gave him a puppy look.

He almost cracked when he saw the school in the distance up ahead.

"Oh man Bell...." Emmett groaned.

Bella giggled quietly and faced front again, being good.

She was such a trickster.

He eased his baby into a parking space and turned off the Jeep.

Then he proceeded to attack her.

They emerged out of the car a good while later with messy hair and flushed faces and swollen lips.

Bella smirked as they entered the school hand in hand.

She always got her way. And why shouldn't she? She was one of the luckiest girls in town. She had a senior quarterback football player for a boyfriend, her sweet dad was chief of police in town, a junior cheerleader, a straight A student, and envied by many. Bella Swan had it all.

Or so she thought.

They entered the building, walking on air, when the bell rang.

Emmett groaned and leaned down to kiss Bella goodbye. They didn't have many classes together and it was hard to get a snog in.

Bella grabbed Emmett's hair and yanked him down closer into her. Emmett responded enthusiastically, not caring about the bell. It was only the warning bell anyway. They had about seven minutes.

He grabbed her tiny, fit waist and molded her against him. It was clear that she wanted him as his chest brushed against hers. And he so wanted her back. His body was heating up quickly just like he knew it would. He wanted to take her against his locker, have her screaming out his name as he....

"Ahem!!"

With a wild gasp, Bella pushed Emmett away from her and yanked down her skirt which had ridden up her legs without her knowing.

"Cullen. Swan. Get to class. Now." Dr. Carlisle Cullen said in a disapproving tone.

Emmett grinned at his dad with surprise.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" He asked him curiously.

Carlisle sighed. "To give a sex talk to the freshmen, what else Emmett?"

Emmett guffawed loudly as he thought about this. Bella rolled her eyes at his immaturity. She loved him anyway, that big Teddy Bear.

Carlisle frowned at his son. "Come now, Emmett. You remember when I gave you that talk."

"Only about a million times."

"It's not all that funny." Carlisle reminded him.

"It's more painful than funny." Emmett admitted.

Carlisle looked at Bella seriously for a quick moment and she blushed a deep red as she shook her head. The doctor nodded with satisfaction. Emmett was completely ignorant of this exchange behind his back.

"We'd better go." Bella pulled on Emmett's huge muscular arm.

Emmett nodded and patted his dad's shoulder as they left.

"Have fun, pop!"

The doctor's heavy, tormented sigh could be heard all the way down the hallway as they left.

Bella shoved Emmett lightly. "Don't torment him! C'mon now, he's your dad!"

Emmett frowned at her. "I was just playing Bell. Give me a break."

"Whatever." She responded.

He stopped her and grabbed her arms. She stared at him with a hard glare.

"What's wrong babe?" He asked, concerned.

Bella looked away from him. She didn't want to do this now. She had things to do, classes to show off in.

"Em, I'll talk to you later OK? Now is not the time." She patted his cheek and walked away from him quickly.

Emmett frowned at her retreating back and shrugged. He turned on his heel and went the other way. He'd deal with her later, maybe at lunch. Nothing a good snog couldn't do.

At least, he hoped so.

Bella had been acting weird lately. He really hated it. She wouldn't tell him anything. One minute she was all flirty and sweet and the next she was shut off cold from him and everyone else. She wouldn't open up until the next day and then she'd act like it was nothing to worry about which just made him worry all the more. He wasn't quite sure when it had all started. Maybe it was when he and his family had left for a family vacation to Jamaica. He had wanted to bring Bella along but Charlie wouldn't let her come. Maybe something had happened when he had left her. Something that made her have crazy mood swings like this. Something he might not want to know about but had to if he was going to figure out this puzzle that she had unwittingly left him when he came back from the Caribbean island of sun and shine and good times.

He really wanted to have his old Bell back. This one was not the one he fell in love with from a long time ago.