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A Brotherly Nuisance

"This is a bad idea," he whispered to his family. They had all gathered in his room wanting to have a look in Hermione's small beaded bag so as to know what they might be facing later.

"Shut up, Edward," snapped Rosalie. "This girl can kick you out of her mind and willingly block you out. She managed all of that while she's still unconscious. She could be very dangerous."

"Yes, Edward," agreed Jasper. "If she can do all that while she's just unconscious I don't want to know what she can do when she'll be awake."

"Oh, Jazzy! You don't have to worry about that. It's Edward that's she hates, remember? So, like I said before, if she can do that to our darling but annoying, little Eddie," Emmett flashed him a devilish smirk, "she can't be all that bad. That gives her a very good place in my books."

As always, Emmett was being himself. A complete jackass. He'd not stop badgering him after he told his family what had happened to him.

"So, let me get this straight." Emmett had asked earlier. "She kicked you out of her mind just like that." In Emmett's mind it was that the girl, Hermione, had given him the boot and pushed him out of her mind. More of a Karate kick on his ass than a gentle shove. Emmett had kept asking the same question for the past fifteen minutes. It was driving him nuts. And the bastard knew it because Jasper had told him so.

"I like that girl already," Emmett had proclaimed after that.

"Typical," Edward thought.

When he'd informed his family about what the girl, Hermione, had done, they had all been rather tense and apprehensive of her. And so was him. "How was it even possible?"

"How much do you think she knows about vampires?" Carlisle had asked. "You said, Edward, that she mentioned something about vampires and their venoms?" Edward nodded at his father.

"I also heard her saying that she didn't know if it was a laughing matter or if the research would ever get her somewhere, Carlisle." He added. "Who could have any research on vampires and their venoms, Carlisle?"

"That's a good question but for the time being, I believe only Hermione knows the answer." Carlisle replied. "You told us that there were some odd words that she'd said?"

"Yep, there were a couple of those. Like she said she'd taken a 'Portkey' for international travel and that the guy that suggested it would be glad if he only got hit by a 'Bat-Bogey Hex'. I don't want to be in that guy's place." He would never voice it out loud, and most certainly not in front of his brothers, but his encounter with Hermione had left him somewhat shaken.

"Edward," Emmett sighed dramatically, "the problem is that you're probably already in that guy's place. Remember, she hates you and kicked you out of her mind." Jasper and Emmett guffawed at his expense. Even Carlisle tried to hide his grin.

"Emmett, shut up!" He hissed. Did Emmett have to constantly remind him of that episode? Edward had strategically omitted the part where Hermione had threatened to make him a eunuch. He feared his sanity if that little bit of information slipped out.

"Boys, please!" Carlisle ordered. "We need to figure out how all of this happened and you're not helping in anyway Emmett."

"Why are we discussing this here while we know that the girl has a small bag. There must be something in that bag that would help us know more on her, don't you think?" Jasper suggested turning to Carlisle.

"That's true … it might –" Carlisle started to explain but was interrupted when Emmett abruptly stood up.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's take a look at that little bag." Emmett had already run to his bedroom where his mother and sisters had finished changing Hermione.

When Edward arrived at his bedroom door, Emmett had already grabbed the bag from the night-table but looked towards his father who appeared at his side. He pouted but handed the bag to him and went back to join Jasper and him at the door. They watched as Carlisle opened the bag to peek inside.

"What the fuck?" Carlisle cursed but was scolded almost immediately by Esme.

"What is it, Carlisle?" Jasper asked.

Carlisle turned to look at them and Edward heard him whisper, "It's like this bag is bottomless!"

"What?" they all chorused surprised in response.

If the day had been one the strangest of his existence, then the following turn of events certainly established it as the strangest day of all. For every one of them. They all watched as Carlisle put his hand inside the bag. What freaked them all was however when they saw Carlisle hand going down to nearly his shoulder in the bag. That bag did not even measure up to his wrist.

"FUCK!" Emmett yelled. It was testament to how they were all shocked that Esme did not even bother scolding him for his language.

Carlisle's hand pulled out something that looked like an old oil painting. It surprised them all that it could have fitted in the bag as the width itself of the bag could not have allowed such a big object to fit in. Emmett's reaction however to this new development was the most hilarious of all the Cullens as he'd backed completely into the railing and when the portrait was pulled out, he'd jumped in fear and toppled over the railing to crash on one small table directly below. Revenge after-all was best served cold.

Emmett stomped his way up to his bedroom door again amidst every one's laughter. Jasper was howling with laughter on Alice's back while they looked at him trudging up to them completely disgruntled. Edward could not help but tease him for that. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." He thought

"You'd think that for a vampire you'd be graceful. But from what we've seen today, you have the grace of an elephant, Emmett!" He chuckled at the latter's dark look.

"Well, excuse me for not fitting the job description for being a vampire by being ungraceful. But I had more important things to worry about than being graceful. Like being freaked out by what I've seen." Emmett justified.

"Darling, we're all freaked by what we saw but none of us managed to make a fool of themselves." Rosalie remarked with a wide grin.

Jasper was still snickering. It was rare to see the blond male who was always so serious, so unguarded and it brought a smile to Edward witnessing this. Jasper had always this military precision that he had not lost after more than a hundred years roaming the planet.

"I'm therefore very happy to have provided to you all some last minute entertainment," Emmett bowed in mock salute. That only continued the general happy mood in the Cullen household. That was until they all heard that melodious British voice.

"Erm, could you people make less noise here? Some of us are trying to rest!" Hermione quipped making every one jump.

"Now, who was ungraceful?" Emmett remarked with a laugh.

Author note: I know. It's an extremely short chapter for the long wait since the last.
For the time being, it'll have to make do as I've lost my beta. Haven't got any feedback since November! I understand that she has other things to do but a little message somewhere would not have been bad.

I'll therefore be publishing the following chapters without any beta'ing done but I'll be checking for any errors left before any posting. I am sorry for any inconvenience it might cause any of you. Right now, I don't have the patience to look for a new beta.

Next chapter title: An Embarassing Revelation

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