Emmett
Everyone I saw moved immediately out of our way when I and my siblings strolled through the crowd at the music festival. Alice talked incessantly about how great this was going to be; Jasper and Rosalie listened politely. Edward had left a long time ago to join Bella and her friends.
"It's great Alice...for you maybe", I growled, and she mock punched me. I responded to that by grabbing her and swinging her up in the air, making Jasper chortle and the people around us back away nervously – I was probably not doing a good enough job of pretending to exert effort.
Rosalie didn't even crack a smile.
So I felt that sensation again as if my frozen heart was bleeding.
We ignored the fact everyone was watching us. It wasn't a new thing.
"Who wants hot dogs?" I asked loudly.
"We don't eat hot dogs", Jasper replied. "We're vegetarian."
I snorted at the joke.
"You need to get better than that, Jasper, or I'll trounce your arse at the whole joke telling thing." Then I glanced sideways and caught the eye of a dark haired girl standing just at the edge of the crowd.
I don't know why, but for some reason her eyes spoke to me.
Her expression seemed to convey exactly what I was feeling.
Like she was trapped.
Unhappy.
And didn't see a way out.
And even if she could find a way out, it would involve hurting somebody.
It was as if she was like me. As if she understood.
I tore my eyes away from the girl and walked in the opposite direction. I didn't want to be reminded of how unhappy I was, after all.