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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

CH 7: Explanations

Bella POV


"You know," I start while looking at Emmett questioningly. "When I said I'd show you this is definitely not what I meant." Everyone is gathered in the backyard, there is a small boulder next to an excited looking Emmett, Alice looks both amused and concerned all at once from her place at my side, the rest of the Cullen's look as though they are on their way to a carnival that they've been to a million times over. Seemingly bored and unconcerned except for Esme who looks worried and anxious, which causes me some concern.

"Well?" Emmett questions excitedly to my confusion. "Well what?" Rolling his eyes, he notices I'm still not moving. "I want to see what your made of!" Furrowing my brow in confusion I respond. "The hell does that have to do with the boulder?" Emmett cracks his knuckles in response. "We are going to arm wrestle." He states as if it were obvious.

'He can't be serious.' I think incredulously, noting the anticipation on his face it finally dawns on me that he is indeed serious.

'No! What if I hurt him? O-or I lose control or-...'

"No." I respond immediately, everyone becomes confused and Emmett looks as though I've taken away his favorite toy. Alice leans further into me garnering my attention, our eyes lock for a few moments before a look of realization passes on her face and a soft smile makes its way onto her lips. "You won't hurt him you know, at least not physically, his pride however." She trails off with a smirk and taps her finger knowingly on her head when Emmett scoffs. "As if your scrawny little girlfriend could kick my ass." My eyes narrow at him causing him to shift slightly in discomfort much to Alice's amusement.

'You want to go monkey man? Let's go!'

"Ok" I state simply squeezing Alice once before letting her go and heading towards him. The change is instant he goes from pouty to excited reminding me faintly of a puppy which causes both me and to my confusion Edward to chuckle slightly. 'It's almost as if-' Glancing in Edwards direction briefly he simply shrugs in response causing me to for the moment let it go and turn my attention back to Emmett who to my amusement is stretching. "You know that does nothing for you right?" He just shrugs and places his elbow on the boulder. "Yeah, yeah whatever just get over here so I can put you down on your ass!" Raising my eyebrow in response I match his position on clasp his hand and mine together. At some point Edward must have made his way over because he now stands to the side with his hand clasped over both of ours. "Don't beat him too quickly." Edward says before he begins counting down, I can feel Emmett's arm tense in response and I quickly do the same. "Begin!" As soon as the word leaves Edwards' lips Emmett's arm along with the rest of him is planted firmly in the ground making an Emmett shaped crater. It's silent in the clearing for a few moments and Emmett to my amusement looks like a fish out of water from his place on the ground causing me to break the silence by bursting out laughing.


Letting go of Emmett I step away only to be tackled to the ground by my pixie. "That looked even better than in my vision." she says, furrowing my brow I'm distracted from voicing my confusion by soft lips and teeth nipping at my exposed throat. Unable to help myself a deep throaty moan makes its way up throat causing Alice to still above me before a loud purring fills the clearing around us, finally looking into Alice's eyes I see nothing but pitch black sending a shiver down my spine, a coiling in my belly alerts me to the beginnings of arousal, once it makes its presence known Alice inhales deeply and it causes her eyes to darken impossibly further.

The clearing of someone's throat jolts me out of my stupor bringing my attention to the final Cullen I had yet to meet, Carlisle. I try to clamber to my feet but Alice brings that movement to a halt with the sound of her growl. I realize now that she has yet to move from her position on top of me, flushing impossibly red I try to avoid her gaze that I can feel burning into my very being. "Alice." Carlisle's stern voice tries to break through our haze causing her to cut her eyes sharply over to him and release a deep throaty growl. Everyone around us seems to still at that, from my position underneath my pixie I'm able to just barely get a glimpse of their faces. Edward, Emmett, and Rosalie all look tense and their expressions are blank except for Edward who has a prominent frown on his visage. Esme, and Carlisle both look significantly concerned, Victoria has a small smirk on her lips which in all honesty doesn't really surprise me.

'Why is everyone freaking out? Isn't this normal for vampires?'

As that particular thought crosses my mind Edward finally pipes up from his position a few feet away from us. "It is normal to an extent, however it's never this bad to the point of her trying to claim you in front of all of us. Alice should be able to resist her urges to do so, especially considering the fact that she has the best control out of anyone here besides Carlisle." I'm startled by the fact that he responded directly to my thoughts and immediately my mental shield goes up so hard and fast that I notice Edward stumble as if physically shoved. "I apologize Edward but I value my privacy, I don't need you poking around in my head!" I shout slightly panicked. Noticing my discomfort Alice immediately snuggles into me farther and the volume of her purring increases. 'So cute!' I gush internally, momentarily distracted. So wrapped up in Alice I fail to notice a shift in several of the Cullen's, that is until Alice stills and her body becomes ridged her head snaps in the direction of woods directly behind where we lay on the ground, I follow her line of sight until- "Oh no not the damn mutts again!"

AN: First off I want to apologize for the really long wait with this. I can't really offer and explanation other than the fact that my plate was just really full. I've worked on this little by little and even gone back and fixed and errors in previous chapters. I've already got a few of my other stories going as well but I won't post the first chapters of those till I'm done with this story. Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! Till next time!