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Chapter Four: Who's Scaring Who Around Here?

Emmett's POV

Oh man! I am in deep trouble! If it were possible for vampires to hyperventilate, I would have passed out by now! Edward and Alice are coming for me and I am scared out of my mind. Yes, me, Emmett Cullen, all powerful, strong, fearless, undefeatable Emmett Cullen. The Emmett Cullen who right this minute is praying, "Please, dear god, someone, anyone, hide me!" If vampires could wet their pants, my pants would have the biggest spot spreading down the leg! Mr. Emo Vampire and The Vengeful Pixie are out to get me!

I never meant for anything bad to happen to Bella. How could I have known she would end up in the hospital emergency room the day after she arrived at the house? I only wanted to have some fun with my little sister, and give her an opportunity to let loose, relax a little, not worry about the rules. Edward is so protective, he never let's her do anything! Don't get me wrong. I love my brother. I have the deepest respect for him and with Jasper there is no one else I'd rather have by my side in a fight than Edward. But he's obsessed with Bella's safety and I just wanted her to have a chance to let go without hearing Edward say "what if this or that happens" or "danger has a way of finding you." With Edward it's always "what if this" or "what if that" when it comes to Bella. Come on, like I would ever let anything happen to my little sister…

Wait…epiphany happening here.

Bella, self-described danger-magnet...

My favorite human and soon-to-be sister Bella, danger-magnet extraordinaire…

My favorite human and soon-to-be sister Bella who has no problem attracting trouble within a 10 mile radius, danger-magnet extraordinaire!

I AM DEAD MEAT, or whatever is the equivalent of dead meat for vampires!

I should have listened to the little voice of reason in my head that sounded an awful lot like Carlisle and Jasper combined.

It started out innocent enough. Bella was going to stay the weekend with Alice while Edward went hunting. Rosalie and I had come back from our hunting trip in Goat Rocks just a few days ago and when I found out Bella was going to be here I couldn't resist staying behind. It's rare to catch Bella without Edward nowadays, and vice versa, so I never get a chance to prank her. Edward always hears my thoughts before I can even attempt to pull one on her. Now that he was going to be gone for a whole weekend, there was nothing to stop me from targeting my favorite little human and having a few good laughs at her expense. All I had to do was not tip off Alice and her visions. She'd catch me for sure. But I knew that if I didn't make any decisions until the very moment of playing the prank, she wouldn't be able to stop me.

In my mind I could hear a devious little chuckle sound off as I imagined pulling one over on my clairvoyant sister. Wait, got to be careful, don't want to tip her off!

Yes, my plans were foolproof.

I pulled the first prank as Bella and Alice pulled into the garage Friday afternoon. Rosalie was working on my Jeep and I was in the garage helping her. Alice wouldn't be suspicious seeing me in the garage. So far, everything was going perfect.

Rosalie left the garage to go back to the house for an instruction manual she'd left in our room. Alice stepped out the car and was immediately distracted by a small dent she spotted on her side of the car. Keeping my thoughts and intentions completely clear and blank, I glided over to Bella's side and as she stepped out of the car I jumped out and roared, "BELLA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I have never seen a human jump as high as Bella did in that moment. Only Bella could jump and then trip in mid-air on her way back to the ground. She fell on her hands and knees before I could catch her, looking up at me with eyes that looked like they were ready to pop out of their sockets, the pupils fully dilated. Wow! This was better than I had ever dreamed possible, figuratively speaking of course.

However, a second later it wasn't funny anymore. All the blood drained completely from her face as she became as white as a vampire, and then her heart stopped as did her breathing. Uh-oh, not good!!! Human not breathing, human with no heartbeat! Oh crap, crap, crap!!! I thought to myself. "Bella, breathe!" I yelled at her.

"Emmett! What the hell do you think you're doing?" screamed Alice as she flew to Bella's side.

"Breathe, Bella, breathe! Please, breathe!" Alice cried out as she alternated gently patting and rubbing Bella's back, before easily lifting her from the garage floor and placing her on a nearby bench. No breathing…no heartbeat…nothing.

I frantically yelled over and over, "Oh man, I killed her! I literally scared her to death!" as I circled around Bella like a dog chasing its tail. I'm dead! I'm dead! I am so dead!

Suddenly Bella's heart began beating again as she gasped for air and the blood returned to her face. Normally a simple thing like a human blushing can trigger a vampire's thirst, but all I could feel in that moment was relief she was breathing, and that my life, or existence, was safe for the time being.

I was in for another scare when just a second later her heartbeat began to speed up, beating faster than was humanly safe.

"Please Bella, I'm sorry! I didn't think…" I started to say before I was interrupted by a visibly angry Alice who was trembling in the effort to keep her anger under control.

While she hadn't yet attacked me, she did start yelling at me. "Well, that's what happens when you don't think, Emmett!!! You practically sent her into cardiac arrest! And she still might go into one if we can't get her heart rate back to normal!" she yelled as she slapped me upside the head.

"Ow! Alice, that hurt!" I said, rubbing my head. How can something so tiny be so loud and hit so hard? "I didn't mean to scare her so badly. I just wanted to have a little fun with my favorite human. It was a joke…"

"Oh sure, Emmett!" said Alice, still irate. "And how do you think it would be if I had to call Edward to let him know that YOU scared his fiancée to death? Tell me, do you think that you, me, Rosalie or Esme has the necessary control to safely bite Bella and start the transformation, since Carlisle and Edward wouldn't be here to do it if she had gone into cardiac arrest!? Not to mention the fact that if her heart is no longer beating, how would the venom flow through her bloodstream? Did you think about that???"

I felt another slap to my head. Ow! I was feeling pretty bad at this point.

Bella continued taking quick breaths, trying to calm her breathing while holding her hand to her heart.

"Bella, I'm really, really sorry." I said again. "I honestly didn't think it would scare you that badly. I will never do that again, I mean it."

Bella looked up at me, tears at the corners of her eyes as she started to calm down. "Emmett, it's okay. Just give me a chance to get my breath back and my heart back to normal. I forgive you." She gave me a small smile, letting me know all was well, or soon would be. "I know my big brother would never intentionally harm me. I'll be fine."

I breathed a sigh of relief as Bella carefully stood up and took a wobbly first step towards Alice. Alice shot me a dirty look as she put her arm around Bella to steady her. Bella took a few more steps, each more stable than the last, before Alice released her hold on Bella and followed her out of the garage and into the house.

Scary…sometimes I don't know my own strength!


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