Chapter 3

Quality Family Time

A/N I would really like to shout out some stuff and what not but since I've kept you waiting so long I'll put all that at the end of the chapter. Since ya'll know that I do not and never could own Twilight, here you go!

When I slowly opened my eyes, I gave a start and slid unorthodoxly to the floor with a thud.

"Em-Emmett?"

He was lying on the floor, now beside me. His legs were stretched across the empty space at the bottom of my bed, and his torso still managed to remain mostly on the floor. He held a portable game system above his head; the object looked puny in his large hands. When he saw me fall he laughed heartily, not stopping when I glared. I grumbled at him as I picked myself up from the floor and sat back on the bed. He didn't do or say anything, so I asked,

"What are you doing up here? I thought you were playing games down in the living room?"

"I was hiding from Charlie, but he left a short while ago and I was busy playing this here so I didn't want to move," he replied, not even looking up from his game. As I contemplated what he said, I wondered how he had the patience for something like that-although I guess without the pre-visual powers of his 'sister' and the mind reading abilities of his 'brother' it might not seem as boring to him. Something hit me.

"Wait, hiding from Charlie? How'd he not notice you? I'd figure he would come up here to check on me, seeing my truck and all." Still not interested with anything but the game, he spoke with a sigh.

"I hid in your closet. It's pretty small in there, you know that?"

My jaw dropped; Big-ol' Emmett hiding in my closet? I began to giggle at the image that was forming in my mind.

"What?" he asked, finally peering up at me.

"Nothing. What time is it anyway?" I replied quickly. He shut his game with another sigh and rolled his eyes.

"2 o'clock." 2? I'd slept that long?

I got to my feet and walked down the stairs, Emmett a short step behind. As I perused the cabinets and fridge for something to eat, I heard him re-plugging in his game and settling on the 

couch. I wasn't in the mood for much, nor was I in the mood to make anything so I filled a bowl with cereal and milk. When I sat next to my soon-to-be brother-in-law on the sofa, he crinkled his nose at what I was eating and continued to be raptly attentive to his game. I waved it in his face with a laugh and he grumbled incoherently

After a few minutes of silence besides my crunching and chaos from the TV screen he turned to me and cocked his head, nearly sending me spitting my food all over from the hilarity of it. Luckily he didn't notice and asked a question that totally caught me off guard.

"Do you wanna play?" I thought about it for a minute. I didn't really have anything to do to pass the time anyway, and he looked hopeful…darn those puppy dog eyes he was giving me…

"All right. But you have to show me what to do."

"I gotta change games though. You wouldn't like this one, and Edward wouldn't like you playing it," he added, jumping from his seat to change disks. While I waited, I dropped off my empty bowl and spoon to the kitchen sink. When I sat back down beside Emmett he gave me a careful, but still lung-squeezing hug before handing me the controller. After a half hour of showing me the controls and getting me used to it, he switched to the actual game.

All in all, it turned out to be kind of fun. For the most part, I kept my character to hovering behind Emmett's, occasionally running around on my own (but commonly getting lost and having to wait for Emmett to come find me). I actually found ways to help him out at times, even if it meant me dying a bunch (apparently I was a great decoy). And whenever I made a kill, he gave me a big high five.

And just as Emmett was congratulating me yet again, (since I'd finally started to get good at it), the door flew open to slam against the wall. The last I saw of Emmett was his face paling and then he was gone. Before I could even begin to ask what was going on, let alone blink, the door slammed back shut followed by another door outside. Silence ensued.

Light laughter filled the room. I spun around to see that Alice and Jasper had filled the now-empty space on the couch that I'd deserted when Emmett disappeared. As I opened my mouth to ask a question Alice cut me off.

"No Bella, I don't know what Rose is up to concerning Emmett but he's not coming back, not for a long while at least. And no, Edward is not done yet." with this last statement she frowned, then shrugged. "He's ordered everybody out of the house…Carlisle and Esme included. I think the stress was getting to him." she added, grinning wickedly.

"What did you do?" I asked, suspicious.

"Nothing!" Alice retaliated too quickly. I just shook my head.

"I think I'm gonna head up to my room now, if you don't mind? Or did Edward mention anything about Bella-sitting?" Alice rolled her eyes and shooed me off with her hand while 

Jasper snorted and laughed. I left and plopped back on my bed, ready to relax. I contemplated what Edward was doing, and what they must have done besides the food fight to get him to kick them all out. I wondered how he was doing and if I should… the door slammed open, interrupting my thoughts and Alice peeked in.

"Don't even THINK about calling Edward, or it's wedding color choosing day."

I gulped as my eyes widened and gave her a serious but mocking salute. She smiled softly and vanished. I speculated if there really was anything Edward (within reason of course) couldn't do. I mean, it was obvious that he couldn't walk out into the middle of an intersection on a sunny day but…what couldn't he actually do? After 10 or so minutes of lying on my bed just thinking about it, I got up. Grabbing a pen and paper, I spent the greater of an hour scribbling down everything I thought of, from stupid and crazy to serious and possible. I smiled as I read it over and ran down the stairs, of course, tripping only to be caught by-Jasper? That was a surprise. He led me to the couch where I plopped down next to Alice. He sat on my other side as Alice raised her eyebrows at me and smiled.

"I figured that if I gave you some alone time you'd do something like this. What did you come up with exactly? I didn't see that part." she said, gently taking the items from my hands.

We went through the list, crossing off some and adding others as she commented on what she thought would happen.

Finally, the phone rang in the other room. Alice had picked it up within seconds, and abruptly handed it to me.

"It's for you." she said, smiling but then giving me a shushing motion. I nodded and took the phone from her.

"Hello?" I asked breathlessly.

"Hello, Bella. What is my crazy sister up to now? Her thoughts are only somewhat normal. And I imagine you are well-at the moment? Need me to come rescue you?"

I laughed before replying, "No, things are good here. She's not up to much, but I fear she's thinking about the wedding secretly. She keeps asking me random questions. You?"

"I'm fine, of course. Dinner's ready, by the way. I thought we could take it to the meadow though, considering the state of things here."

"Which would be?" I asked, hoping I'd get the answer I had been wanting

"I'd rather not talk about it right now. Besides, I could use some more peace and quiet anyway."

"Well, all right." I agreed



"NO! Edward that's not fair!" Alice whined behind me.

He only laughed and said goodbye. Alice huffed and had Emmett's stuff (and some of mine) gathered in a matter of minutes. Somehow she'd managed to put EVERYTHING of Emmett's back in the right cases-many had been stored in the wrong boxes or had been somehow shoved under my couch in the time that he'd been here. We loaded up in Alice's car, me squished inbetween the bag with both Emmett's bag and my own since the trunk was small and filled with the purchases from Alice's last trip shopping for the wedding. We'd left Charlie a note that Alice had borrowed me for a sleepover.

When we arrived at the Cullen's house Edward was standing on the front porch along with a nervous-looking Emmett who looked like he was doing the potty dance he was so anxious. As soon as the car pulled to a stop he raced over, flung the door open, and snatched his bag-which I'd inevitably been leaning on- causing me to fall half out of the door. He raced away to the house when the door opened and Rosalie, by the looks of the shoes that was a part of the little I could now see, walked out. As I sat up I saw Emmett dash off into the woods with the bag, Rosalie on his tail. Alice came around the door and helped me out of the mess in the backseats while Jasper got my bag and took it inside. She escorted me to the door, then her expression grew confused as she dashed off into the house. I ignored it as I glanced up into the beautiful face of my beloved Edward.

"Ready?" he asked, giving me my favorite heart-stopping smile.

I nodded excitedly as he took me hand and then led me to his car.

A/N: Ok, so I know that was short, but that's how my chapters go I guess. They look long in my notebook, but when I type them out they turn out to be short, even when I add stuff. So, here we go, time for the big thank-you's!

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