Disclaimer: I don't own the concept of Twilight, nor do I profit in writing this story.

Note: This fanfiction picks up after the major action of the first book finishes (killing James, warding off all evil, Bella and Edward establishing their everlasting love for each other at the prom, etc.) so obviously there may be some spoilers. However, it does take place before the school year ends and Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper graduate and therefore before New Moon. Enjoy!


Chapter One: El Sueño

Bella Swan breathed a heavy sigh of relief as she entered the cafeteria and saw the entire Cullen family present at their lunch table. She quickly got her lunch and made a beeline for the infamous group of pale-skinned models that she constantly had to compare herself to. Strangely enough, the seating arrangement at the table wasn't as per daily schedule decreed.

Normally, a place was saved for Bella between Alice and Edward while Jasper sat next to Alice, followed by Emmett and his mate. Finally, Edward sandwiched the human between he and his pixie-like sister. They had all joked for a couple weeks that it was their way of constantly protecting "their little pet" from the evil they constantly came in contact with but it only infuriated Bella.

However, as she made her way in from Spanish, late as usual, the vampires had arranged themselves in a different order that seemed a bit off. Alice was stroking Emmett's hair lightly, her delicate body resting gingerly on his lap, feet on the edge of Edward's chair next to Emmett…

It wasn't until this moment that Bella had noticed the most shocking change in scenery. Edward sat in between his brothers, golden eyes covered by Bella's favorite sunglasses, fiddling with the label on his water bottle. Milky white arms snaked down the front of his thin cotton shirt, over his muscular chest and then up to the back of his neck, brushing the short hairs there with long, manicured nails. Rosalie was massaging his neck, whispering and melodically humming along slightly above the dull roar of the cafeteria.

Edward's husky laugh interrupted Bella's thoughts as he chuckled at whatever the enchantress was murmuring in his ear, lifting his rose lips to meet her stained scarlet ones and drawing a long kiss from them. Edward flashed a dazzling smile as every girl in the cafeteria stared in awe at the gorgeous movie stars that seemed to be putting on a show for them. The scenarios playing out even in the hair-net adorned head of the cafeteria lady were even too hilarious for Edward to keep to himself.

Jasper seemed unfazed by the bizarre parallel universe unfolding before Bella's eyes as Rosalie slid into her brother's lap and moved her lips to his neck, playing at the v-neck collar of his t-shirt. His knee however, was pressed up against Edward's and his hand trembled lightly as he sketched in his notebook. A split second before Bella could react to what was before her; Jasper looked up and into her eyes, muttering something to the rest of the table.

With a crash, Bella dropped her red plastic tray, the mysterious "veggie burger" and discolored corn flying, milk carton splashing all over her favorite suede boots. A hush fell over the cafeteria as all the students in Forks turned to look at the girl who was already the talk of the town. Embarrassed beyond belief, she knelt down only to have her poor, bruised apple thrust into her face by an overly anxious helper. Lifting her reddened face, Bella caught the eyes of Jasper, kneeling in the puddle of milk with her, trying to salvage her lunch.

"Bella, are you alright?" he asked cautiously, bringing a wave of calm into the room to try and soothe Bella's tense worry and anxiety setting her heart aflutter.

"Y-yes, I just…I was a little surprised, that's all," she stuttered in an embarrassed whisper, trying to mop up the mess with the two tissues she had in her backpack.

"I know, Ed and Rose can get to be a bit much for everyone…but you know that," he responded, gesturing back at the corner table with Bella's now soiled fork. He then lowered his tone and lifted his eyes to her, his golden eyes darting in their sockets, darkening, "And of course you know why it bothers me so much…I can't stand to see him with her."

Bella's brows knitted together in confusion as she listened to Jasper's confession. She had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. Was Jasper upset because Alice was with Emmett? It looked pretty innocent from here…No, wait, we were talking about Edward and Rosalie. Why would Jasper care about that? Bella shifted her eyes from the Hale in front of her once more to the bizarre scene on the opposite end of the large room.

Edward had now removed the sunglasses and was looking towards Bella as Rosalie was standing and chatting in an animated tone on her phone, no doubt to Esme or Carlisle, absently tracing designs on Edward's chest. Alice had fixed her eyes on the milky puddle, cocking her head to the side, thinking deeply and watching Bella's every move. Emmett watched his brother and the human for a few moments, only to place a kiss in the crease of Alice's neck and jaw bone, sliding her off his lap and rising from his seat.

Wait, rewind, back to Edward; his eyes were not on Bella, as she had previously thought, but bearing intently into his brother's as Jasper dumped the remains of Bella's lunch into the bin next to them. This only caused further confusion as anger rose up in the air and Edward turned towards Rosalie who had wandered but a couple feet, yanking her back into his lap and crushing his lips into hers. Edward's eyes were dark and stormy, his arm holding a painfully tight grip on Rosalie. He threw a quick, sideways look at his brother's back across the room before pulling his eyes shut and Jasper once again started to feebly try to mop up the milk, salty tears dripping from his cheeks into the mess. Before Bella could respond to the silent argument, her thoughts were once again interrupted by a low, male voice.

"Shall we go get those boots cleaned off?" the quarter back-sized vampire laughed, extending a large hand to the crouching Bella, pulling her to her feet as she complied. He whisked her out of the large double doors before she could respond, splashing Jasper in the face with milk in the process.

As soon as they were out in the hall, Emmett's hand was at the small of her back, brushing up the bottom of her cotton top, stroking the skin that lay below. Her eyes flicked up in a flurry, cheeks tainted a deep scarlet as she flicked a clump of hair out of her face and pushed his hand off her.

"What?" Emmett muttered, looking startled.

Bella hadn't ever taken time to really look into his eyes before, similar to Edward's but different. His strong features were enough to make any high school cheerleader swoon and while Bella had never seen what lie beneath the muscle shirt, she could sure imagine. Still, his sudden gesture of flirtation was nothing like him and certainly not what she left the cafeteria for.

"Oh, I understand…" he muttered, dropping his arm to his side after brushing her butt, "Jasper has seemed a little suspicious lately. We should wait till we are out of sight," He added with a wink.

Bella went to croak out some pitiful response, but before she knew it she was being thrown into a janitorial closet, the light flickering on as her back hit the switch. Pushing the lock with his thumb, Emmett pressed his body into the contour of hers, the air in the tiny space barely enough for one human being.

"I know you prefer the car or the nurse's office but you looked so irresistibly tempting today when you spilled your lunch in front of everyone," he purred in her ear. "Your blush made my insides burn," he added huskily, shooting out his tongue under her ear lobe.

Suddenly, Bella began to feel extremely warm and was aware of the rest of her outfit for the first time. Apart from her favorite boots, she didn't recognize any of the rest of her clothes. Emmett was currently in the process of unbuttoning what could hardly be called a jean skirt, letting his hands linger over her warm stomach as he did so. It slid down her legs and she was shocked to find herself clad in a lacy red thong that she had never seen before.

"Ah, you wore my favorite," he moaned into her ear before licking his lips and trailing his fingers along the thin lace flowers lining the top of the garment.

Trying to think clearly while her head spun with pleasure, Bella shifted her eyes down to the thin, white eyelet tank she was wearing. The straps were thick, which gave her coverage over her shoulders but as her eyes traveled she become modestly aware that what little assets she had were practically hanging out of the top. A thin silver chain with a tiny lower case "E" hanging from it hung delicately around her neck and the charm dangled in her cleavage.

Emmett was now moving to the zipper at the side of her top and perhaps out of curiosity to what lie beneath or in a merely brainless moment, Bella complied and slid out of the shirt and let it fall onto a pile of rags in the closet.

"Must you torture me like this, Bella? You're too sexy for your own good sometimes, and your floral scent doesn't help to distract from it…" he trailed off as he dragged his teeth along her collar bone.

As he moved to remove his shirt, she looked down at her bra, not recognizing it either as a red lace push-up with leather accenting and straps. Looking down at her pale figure in the dim light she shivered, wondering what she could have been thinking when getting dressed this morning, not seeming to be able remember anything before lunch.

Looking up for a moment, she was confronted with the image of Emmett's muscular chest at eye-level. She blushed deeply for a moment before cautiously reaching out with her fingers to touch is bare chest.

At the touch of her hot skin to his, Emmett lifted her with swift ease and rested her backside on the lower metal shelf, knocking a few bottles of cleaning solution off in the process of leveling the playing field. Closing the gap between them, Bella wrapped her legs around the vampire's body and kissed his neck lightly at first but slowly applying more pressure.

Growling a low rumbling noise that she had never heard before, he ripped the bra from her chest, exposing her breasts to the warm air, crushing them with his chest. While shocked at the sound of ripping fabric, Bella welcomed the further skin-to-skin contact by moving her mouth to his lips, finally sucking a long kiss from them as their tongues entwined.

Sweat droplets began to form at her hairline and neck as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled her boyfriend's brother closer, kicking her boots off in the process and shooting them into a bucket of soapy mop water.

Emmett broke their kiss to mutter jokingly into her mouth, "Oh well, they were ruined anyway," and laughed as her hot breath quickened and her fingers tugged at his hair. She quickly moved her hands to his belt buckle in a sudden move that Bella hadn't even thought out. A new feeling was growing inside her, something that she had never felt with Edward, something more dangerous and perhaps more guilty.

Taking her time, moving at a snail's pace, Bella taunted her seemingly unreal counterpart by tugging at his earlobe with her teeth, huskily muttering in his ear,

"What? Did you want something, Emmett?"

All he could do was moan as she slowly pulled the belt from his jeans loop by loop and whipped it out at quickly at the end, flinging it behind her. She then unzipped his jeans slowly, each little notch one by one,

"What do you want, Mr. Cullen? You have to ask," she told him in a surprisingly sexy tone. Her face flickered confusion for a moment, not understanding what was making her act this way but she continued once she saw the pleasure in his eyes.

"Y-y-you…" he croaked out, his hands tightening around the lace ties, wanting to desperately pull the tiny strings.

"What's my name?" she asked, pausing at the top of the denim material, ready to release it as soon as he uttered the five letter word.

"Bella…BELLA!" he nearly shouted, biting hard at her neck, nearly breaking the skin before ravaging her lips with his.

Sucking in a gasp she let go of the pants, revealing skin tight, black briefs covering very little of him as she kissed him back with as much passion as he was offering her. She pulled her eyes open for a few seconds to gaze into his as he muttered her name again. In his eyes she saw something she didn't expect. Was it love, she wondered. It was apparent to her now that this wasn't their first meeting in the closet at lunch time. Pulling her eyes shut, her heart skipped a beat as he pushed a lock of hair out of her eyes in a moment of sincerity. Their lips never left each other as an uncontrollable force swept over them.

Suddenly, the tiny room went pitch black and all Bella could hear was the strong vampire's voice in her ear,

"Oh, I've got you now my little Swan," he grumbled before pulling her body impossibly more close to his.

"Don't…break…me…" was all she could muster as the wind was nearly knocked out of her by his immense, un-human strength and her head had begun to spin.

"Oh my Bella, my darling Bella…you will be broken but never hurt…" he trailed off, giving her a gentle kiss on the neck and muttering her name again and again, before baring his startling white teeth,

"Bella…Bella…"


"Bella…Bella? Bella…wake up!" sang Edward's voice, calm but tense in the morning light of her bedroom.

Sitting up quickly, Bella pulled open her eyes a split second later to find Edward at the edge of her bed, lightly shaking her. Flicking her eyes to the clock on her nightstand, she realized it was 7:30AM. Pulling down her covers she was shocked to find herself in her normal pajamas of her raggedy old t-shirt and gray sweatpants. However, her hair was matted and beads of sweat were pooling at her chest and neck.

"You were tossing and turning and mumbling in your sleep. Something about being broken? I was worried you were in pain…" he trailed off, noticing her flustered appearance. "Do you have a fever?" he asked, his voice laced with worry.

Edward was suddenly an inch away from her, ice cold hand on her forehead, her eyes shutting under the intense shift in temperature.

"N-no…I'm fine. Just a weird dream, that's all," she assured him before flitting about her room, pulling an outfit together in her head.

She was late which didn't leave time for a shower, which she had done last night, but felt dirty after such a dream. She quickly found a pair of slim jeans and a white v-neck while Edward offered his help by pulling open her closet and handing her the brown boots.

"It's cool outside, you should probably wear these," he offered to her startled expression as she went to the bathroom to compose herself. Scrubbing at her face with a washcloth, she looked up into her own eyes, cloudy with mixed feelings and pained by the twist in her stomach. She hacked at her teeth with the toothbrush until her gums were bleeding, spitting a mouthful of bloody mint into the porcelain. Brushing her hair back into a low pony, Bella patted her face dry with a towel before pulling open the door.

When she returned to her room, Edward was gone, no doubt outside waiting for her in the car. She slid her socked feet into the warmth of the boots and grabbed her light jacket and backpack, hoping her books were all in their present and accounted for.

Immediately after yanking open the silver Volvo door, Bella noticed a silver, square box on the dashboard of the passenger seat. Looking at her boyfriend with a puzzled glare, she pulled it into her lap and gave him a glare while she buckled her seatbelt and the numbers on the speedometer slowly crept towards 75, way above the small neighborhood's speed limit.

"Edward…" she warned in an Esme-esque tone, as she untied the deep green satin bow on top, pulling off the top. After pulling back a layer of soft fabric, a glint of silver caught her eye and she immediately recognized the necklace.

"Just a little something Esme's had for many years and passed it along for you to have. So I'll always be close to your heart, no matter what happens," he melodically spoke, a stark comparison to the reckless speed he was driving at.

She couldn't think of words to say to his profound statement and merely clasped the chain around her thin neck, pressing the charm close to her chest, trying desperately to get the images of Emmett's muscular chest out of her mind.

Even sooner than she had replayed the dream sequence in her head they were parked in the school lot. As she pulled her eyes open, she realized Edward was waiting to open her door for her and she recognized Rosalie's car next to them. Bella took Edward's offered hand and stepped out onto the cool pavement gingerly, her eyes first falling upon the vampire of her dreams…literally.

Edward crossed to the other side of the car to get his books from the backseat and Emmett closed the gap between himself and the milky white human as her heart beat a million times a second, face flushing. Noticing the necklace he traced the letter with his forefinger,

"Hmm…an "e" for Edward or perhaps…Emmett?" he asked with an unfamiliar glimmer in his eye.

Bella drew in a ragged breath, hoping his hand on her neck couldn't feel her heart jumping in its cavity, shaking her head, beads of sweat forming at her hairline.

"No need to get flustered, my dear," he re-assured her, lowering his lips to her small ear, and growling, "I don't bite."

"You wish," called the shrewd but perfectly tuned voice of Rosalie as she pulled her mate's ear and dragged him away from Bella. It appeared she had only heard his first comment, and thankfully, not the second.

"What was that all about?" Edward asked as he appeared with Bella's backpack, sliding it on her shoulders for her, pulling her close to him.

Bella merely shook her head as she melted into his cold, hard chest, not too unlike that of Emmett's but more familiar and safer. She could hear a heated argument forming between the two other vampires, as Alice hissed at her boyfriend,

"Your paths may change, but I'm just telling you what I saw. It's not the first time either…" she trailed off as she saw Edward and Bella looking in their direction.

Jasper loosened his grip on Alice's forearm as she stormed towards the main building, her low heels clicking furiously. Rosalie and Emmett, arms wrapped around each others' waists followed after their sister in confusion, too wrapped up in their own quarrel to have heard that of the other couple's.

Jasper stood looking defeated yet wild, arms gripping tightly around his Math book, veins pushing against his translucent skin beneath the whites of his knuckles. His eyes bore not into both of them, but only those of his brother, a tense atmosphere rising in the parking lot that Bella could feel coursing through her veins, knowing Jasper's gift was being put to use. His eyes turned dark and he pursed his lips as the book slipped through his fingers, crashing to the ground. Bella watched as Edward's head tilted to the side, before anger swept over him and he was consumed with a look that Bella recognized from somewhere distant.

Edward wrapped his own arms around Bella silently, pulling her to face him and kissing that same bizarre spot at the crease of her neck and jaw bone. Right before she heard the school bell scream, in the silent and still eye before the storm, Bella could have sworn she saw an odd look in Edward's eye that she had never seen before. A look of remorse and guilt, secrecy and shame. One that forced him to use that same empty gesture of love that Bella had seen Emmett direct at Alice in her dream.