Chapter Two: Bella also meets Emmett

Characters belong to Stephenie Meyers

BPOV

Rosalie turned around and said "You can't have missed me, I just saw you an hour ago."

He looked hurt and replied "I always miss you when we are apart." Well, he sounded sweet at least if they were together, but that could also be creepy if they weren't.

Rosalie turned and looked at me rolling her eyes. "Bella, I'd like you to meet Emmett, my boyfriend."

I shook his hand afraid he'd crush it, but his grip was surprisingly gentle. "Hi, Emmett, I'm Bella. Rosalie and I just met when my baby fell apart a few minutes ago." Gesturing towards the truck and Rosalie he laughed. He looked less menacing when he chuckled.

"Now Rosie has made this truck one of her charity projects, hasn't she?" He nodded towards her and the truck as the party in question waved her hand at us.

"You could say that again and we only met thirty minutes ago. I didn't even get a say in anything. Is she always like that?" I asked Emmett.

"Yes, always, if it's something she really wants. She won't let anything stand in her way, especially if it stands in the way of her goals. Rose wants to open up her own shop dedicated to rebuilding classic cars and enhancing new ones. Weird for a girl, huh? Oh well, I love her for it anyway. Don't tell anyone, but she also likes to watch sports. She probably knows more about cars and sports than I do." He proudly pointed at her and said "She's all mine."

I had a feeling Rosalie was no longer listening to us or he would have been hit again. She didn't seem the type that wanted to be 'owned'. Finally Emmett cleared his throat and said "Rose, honey, don't you think we need to move this thing out of the way? It's blocking the way for other drivers."

Hearing Rosalie's sigh, she stood and said "Alright then, let's push it into the nearest parking space until I can get someone to pick it up and take it to the shop." They had me hop up into the seat to control the steering while they pushed the truck inch by inch with the doors open on either side. With some effort we got it into a space and closed the doors once I jumped out.

Now thinking they'd finally let me leave their presence, as I was a third wheel, I started grabbing my things. Again I felt a hand around my arm, only larger, but less aggressive. Emmett shook his head at me and took my things from me. "So where is the great Bella living now?" What the hell? I had just met these people and they were already treating me like they'd known me forever. This was not something I was used too. I never had been a touchy feely person, I'd taken after my father that way.

Pointing to my dorm building, I stammered and said "Third floor, room 301." They both smiled widely and turned towards the building and I followed. I was certain I looked like a lost puppy trailing behind them. I was vaguely aware that standing next to them I looked homeless. Emmett and I both had on jeans and a t-shirt, but definitely not of the same quality.

Luckily this dorm had an elevator. I was always so clumsy I was sure I'd trip going up the stairs and embarrass myself in front of these beautiful people. Getting into the empty elevator I pushed level three and waited impatiently to get out of this confined space. Even though I was glad I didn't have to trip on stairs, I always felt claustrophobic in an elevator. We stepped out and they immediately turned left and then left again at the first hallway. My room was the first one on the right hand side. I unlocked the door and saw the bed by the window had already been taken.

A pink silk comforter was on the bed along with some pink and black pillows. My roommates' closet was open and was neatly organized and populated with designer labels. I heard a snicker behind me from Emmett. When I looked at him he rolled his eyes and said "Alice strikes again." He gestured towards the window side of the room.

"Who is Alice?" They clearly knew her well, but as she wasn't here to answer for herself I felt like I could ask them that question.

Rose and Emmett both looked at me closely waiting for my reaction as they said "She's our sister."

"What? You're all related?" I was confused. Emmett and Rosalie looked nothing alike and judging by the closet full of clothes Alice was tiny, not the Amazon that Rosalie was.

"Well no… we aren't related by blood. Alice and Edward are brother and sister. Their parents adopted me and Rose and Jasper are their foster children. None of us were taken in until we were at least sixteen." Emmett told me slowly, bracing himself for impact.

"Oh." That was all I could say. I didn't have any idea what it was like to be adopted. My own parents were divorced and I lived with them each at different parts of the year until high school. My mother remarried and went on the road with her new husband and I decided I wanted to finish out high school in one school, so I moved in permanently with my father.

"Bella, please don't think we are weird and creepy like so many other people here think once they find out. I am the only one the Cullen's adopted, officially. I intend to make Rosie my wife one day. That's why she was never adopted even though they are willing to adopt her. The same goes for Jasper, he wants to marry Alice one day and it would be more awkward if our parents had adopted all of us." Emmett pleaded his case.

I sat down slowly on my bed taking it all in. Then a thought occurred to me "What about their son, Edward, right? You are all hooked up, so he's left alone. What does he think about that?"

Rosalie laughed. "Edward is just fine with not being a couple. He enjoys sleeping around too much to be tied down with one girl. Although I wish he would find someone. It's not safe to be with so many people and eventually he'll just be a creepy old man that sleeps around. Well… I think he's a creepy old man already." I could tell she was only half teasing and so could Emmett because he slapped her arm lightly.

"How old is he then? Does he go to this school?" I asked curiously.

"He turned twenty-one over the summer. Yes, he goes to this school. All of us do. Our parents probably got a discount for sending us all here." Rosalie said amused. "Anyway, you will probably meet him at some point with Alice as your roommate and us as your friends if you want us."