Live, Love, Laugh
Another update! I'm on a roll here :)
It's only a short one, but I wrote it in the early hours of the morning, and thought I'd upload it before I forgot. Hope you're liking it so far!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
You Don't Like It?
Three long hours later, Alice finally decided I was now presentable. She had decided that rather than let me spend the night with my boyfriend, getting to know all of his family, I had to go with her and let her play Bella Barbie. Now, she's decided I can meet the family properly, even though I only have half an hour before I have to go home. I walked out of Alice's room, straight into Rosalie.
"Oh, Bella, hi. Alice made you play dress up, huh? I remember when she did that to me, she spent a decade dressing me up in various clothes, doing my hair and makeup. It was absolute torture." She laughed sympathetically, then she looked at her feet for a moment, before her eyes reached mine, "I'm sorry about earlier, Bella. It's just, I'm worried we're going to be exposed. I hope you can forgive me." I looked up at her confused, of course I would forgive her, how could I not understand that, does she really think I'm that dumb?
"Of course Rosalie." I smiled, before we walked downstairs together.
As soon as we got into the living room, Emmett looked over and his jaw dropped.
"You don't like it?" I asked, sadly, wondering why I had gone through all of that, if he wouldn't like the final product.
"No, I love it, you look, woah." He said, staring at me. Alice joined us then, beaming.
"You like it?" She laughed, knowing already that everyone did. I, however, was stood in the middle of the living room getting more self-conscious by the minute.
After half an hour had passed talking to his family, Emmett declared "bedtime for the human", and stood up. I said my goodbye's to the Cullen's, telling Alice and Rosalie I would see them at school, and nodding towards Edward and Jasper. Then Emmett picked me up and threw me over his shoulder and took me to his Jeep.
On the way home, Emmett explained the facts about vampires.
"We don't sleep, ever." He told me, as my mouth made a tiny 'o'. "We never age, and we can't go out in the sunlight."
"Do you, y'know, burn?" I asked slowly, as his booming laugh filled the car.
"No, that's a myth Bells. We um, well, I'll show you sometime, maybe. Of I'll get Alice to. It's not the most, masculine, thing in the world." He told me, while I just sat confused.
"So, if you can't sleep, what do you do instead?"
"Well, Carlisle used the time to study, but now he and Esme, Alice and Jasper, and Rosalie and Eddie use the time of, other stuff." He told me, while my mouth made another 'o'.
"What do you do?" I asked.
"I used to use the time to study and play guitar." He told me, "But now, I, well, I like watching you sleep..." he admitted quietly, embarrassed, while I flushed a shade of scarlet so intense I was lucky there were no angry bull's around. "It's nothing weird, I promise. It's just, you're so adorable, and funny." He must have seen the horrified look on my face, and quickly added, "No, Bells, I just mean, you talk in your sleep." He assured me, but I could feel my cheeks burning, and I was mortified.
"What did I say, Emmett?" I demanded.
"Well, you talked about your mother, how you miss her, how you miss the warmth and sun of Phoenix, you don't like the green of Forks, your favourite colour is purple, and, you said my name." He told me.
"Oh no, a lot?!" I cried.
"Um, depends how much you mean by 'a lot'." He smiled softly, "Did you mean it Bells?"
"Did I mean...?" I asked, tilting my head to the left slightly.
"You said you loved me. Did you mean it?" He asked me again. I blushed, and nodded timidly. "Awweh! I love you too Bellsy." He grinned, his golden eyes sparkling, dimples reappearing either side of his huge grin.
"Em? Will you stay with me tonight?" I asked.
"I do every night Bella." He laughed.
"I mean, with me. Not the other side of the room, next to me." I said, getting redder with each word, before he smiled and nodded.
That night, I drifted to sleep in the arms of my Emmett Cullen.