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Emmett's Speech
I could see them all holding their breaths as I stepped up to bat. He had overlooked this in his plan to make both Jasper and I his best men. Now he was going to suffer. Bella's family, and the few humans from the hospital Carlisle invited grabbed food, and were settled down at their tables.
"And now we'll have the best mans speech." Alice announced, she was the Emcee. "Emmett?"
I grinned, and went to the podium, drawing all eyes to the front. I looked at the mic, and tried to get level with it, but it was set to Alice's height, so it was almost impossible. I finally brought it up to my height, while the crowd laughed, and Alice shot daggers at me with her eyes.
"Well, they're married. Chief Swan, you can put your gun away." I waited until the laughter died down to speak again. "Okay, so I'm supposed to tell you something about how Bella and Edward came to be together, or at least that's what Alice is threatening me to do..." 1...2...3. Count to three so the laughter can die out. "I can't tell you the whole story, but I can tell you the basics. Bella came to Fork's in the middle of the school year, so she unfortunately had to sit to Edward in class. Now, Edward, you see, hadn't drank his apple juice like a good little boy at lunch, so he wanted to bite her head off." All of the Cullen's, and Bella laughed. "Of course it didn't help that Bella stabbed him with a pencil-"
"I knew it!" Mike Newton cried.
Why did we invite him? Edward laughed, and I continued. "Anyways! Thing's were going as good as they could've. Edward turned from a grouchy, miserable, unfriendly, pariah, vampire, into a walking ball of untanned sunshine." I did jazz hands, while Edward glared. "Of course, they were hit by a walloping case of bad luck which was brought on by Bella falling down a couple flights of stairs, and out a window. Who new that someone could be that clumsy!" I shook my head in mock horror. "Bella, and Edward have made it through all odds, and in the end, they'll come out stronger than ever. I mean look at her! She's good enough to eat." I winked, and she blushed. "And Edward isn't that bad himself. He's always been a loner in the family. No soul to go with his. He had a shot at Rosie, and looked the other way. And now we know he was waiting for Bella. The Bonnie to his Clyde, the Juliet to his Romeo, the Buffy to his Spike... except Buffy was a lot more coordinated." No one in Bella's family noticed that I hadn't denied that Edward was a vampire.
"When I was first brought into the Cullen family, I was told something by Carlisle. He said 'You're in this for an eternity, because this family last's forever'. Once you're in you're not getting out, and I don't think any of us want to. Having Bella along for the ride, is only making it a Hell of a lot more entertaining, and we'll always be there to catch her when she trips over air. Well, Bella, welcome to the family!"
"Now, I propose a toast. To Edward, for knowing when to deny himself of those little pleasure's in life, and to Bella, for being able to look the things that go bump in the night right in the face, and say 'I love you'. To a new life, a new hope, and a new family. To my goofy brother, and my new babysister. To Bella, and Edward!"
"To Bella, and Edward!" the crowd cheered, and burst out into a round of applause. Bella, and Edward smiled at me, and I felt good inside. Having Bella around was going to make infinity seem a lot better. Infinity with my new little sister.
"Well, Jasper. You're up to bat!" I chuckled, and got off of the little stage. Jasper past me on the way up, and hit me with a wave of nervousness.
I HAD to write it.!