Chapter Nine-
Bella's Point of View-
I opened my eyes and saw that I was in a dark room with only the moonlight shinning in through the blinds. I felt that I was on a soft mattress, Thank God! My other mattresses weren't nearly this comfortable.
I concentrated on the moonlight, with my eyes in little slits. I hadn't known the moon could ever shine that bright. I saw a figure in the corner shift, probably just letting me know he was there.
I immediately knew something was missing.
"Emmett?" I whispered knowing he could hear me.
He came out from the darkness and stood next to the bed.
"Can you lay beside me?" I asked nervously.
I saw him walk around the bed and lay down on the other side of me. I felt him place his hands around my waist and draw me closer to him.
"Thank you."
I could feel him shake his head. "No, thank you."
He lay his head gently on top of mine and breathed in my hair scent. I felt his lips travel down to my neck where he kissed me softly, then whispered, "Sleep now Isabella."
I stared out the window with a small smile on my lips. I could feel Emmett's eye lashes on my neck when he blinked and when I felt him close them for awhile, I knew he was pretending to be asleep, maybe for my sake, or maybe for his own. All I knew was that I loved being in his arms as I looked up at the moon's rays while my eyes slowly closed, making be drift back to sleep.
I woke up a couple hours later, still completely tired. I rolled over and saw Emmett open his eyes.
"You still need to sleep for awhile honey."
"I know," I said placing my noise against his. He smiled sheepishly and placed his hand on top of my waist as I moved my leg in between his.
"Nothing has ever felt so right," he muttered against my lips.
I grinned and rolled onto him and deepened our kiss. His hands found mine and the intertwined on the mattress beside us. I squeezed both hands, and then he lifted me up so that my upper body was hovering in the air. My hair cascaded around my face and I felt his cool breath blow against my face, making me blush lightly.
We could see each other since it was the early hours in the morning, just before dusk.
We gazed at one another for a few minutes before he lowered me back on top of him. His lips found mine once more as his hands trailed onto my hips. His arms wrapped around me as he whispered sincerely, "Bella- I think I love you."
I couldn't believe those words that escaped his mouth, and most of all I couldn't believe I felt the same.
"I think I love you too Em," I mumbled against his lips, before slipping once more, into sleep with his kiss the last thing on my mind.
"Bella?" I heard above my head somewhere. I could feel my body move slightly up and down when it dawned on me that I was still on top of Emmett. My head was still on his chest and my arms were still wrapped around his sides. I pushed myself up a little and kissed his noise before I got out of bed.
I spun around taking in the appearance of the room. The walls were a dark forest green. A painting on the far wall contained a lone doe, standing in a meadow, looking at a family of deer from afar.
"Sorry I kind of forced you to stay all night. I know you probably would have liked to have talked to your parents." I was combing my hair with my fingers.
He laughed as he stood up, coming from behind me. "Nonsense Isabella."
I smiled. He was probably the only person who I loved to call me by my full name, and he full well knew it.
"We have today to do that." His arms snaked around me.
"Together?" I asked almost shyly.
"Together," he clarified as he picked me up so that my two feet were on his.
We walked out into the hall and I noticed the high arched ceilings. "Wow," I managed to choke out while we went down stairs.
"Does it meet your approval?" Esme asked as our feet hit the last step.
I ran to her and hugged her as tightly as I could. "I love it! I love my room too! I can still smell the paint so I'm guessing you just got done?"
She glanced at Emmett then to me, "Well, it's actually yours and Em's. That is if it's alright with you two." She rushed on, "Alice had a vision and she said that it would be fine but I still feel a bit rude by just assuming-"
I squeezed her hand and smiled, "It's fine with me. Emmett?"
He nodded with a grin and assured her, "It's fine mom."
She sighed with relief and pulled us into the large living room. There were three large leather couches and one love seat. Two were black, one was a dark green and the love seat was a dark, midnight blue. The floors were hard wood, as were the walls.
Carlisle stood and hugged me. "It's good to have you back."
I laughed, "Only because now you can test things on me."
"That was just once," he replied promptly with a chuckle.
He had tested a different kind of stitch on me and though it worked, he decided not to use it anymore. The time was quicker but there was a greater chance of infection with the after math.
Esme was hugging Emmett and talking to him quickly. Stupid vampires and their quick tongues! I grinned and blushed at the same time as Jasper walked in.
"And what, Miss Swan, are we embarrassed about?"
"No-thing," I said rocking in my heels like an innocent child.
He laughed, "Right."
Carlisle I could tell wanted to ask questions.
"Ask me anything, I just have to have something to eat."
On cue, Alice walked into the room with a spoon and vanilla yogurt in hand.
"When did you have time to get-"
"I told Esme that the only food you needed for now was yogurt," she beamed.
I rolled my eyes as I sat on the love seat, "You would."
"Well we wouldn't want our needy human to starve."
"I never thought I was needy," I said thoughtfully as I took a bite and got all comfortable in the corner of the sofa.
Everyone sat down together and though Emmett could have had his own couch, he sat next to me, lifting my feet up and placing them on his lap. I glanced at him with a smile across my face then turned to the family.
"So- where do you want me to begin?"
Esme half smiled. "How about from the moment you left."
So from there, I explained what had happened and when I came to the end of my tale Carlisle asked, "Why did you leave though?"
When I didn't answer Alice whispered, "Edward attacked her."
Jasper eyed me and released calmness to me as my heart began to speed up.
"What?!" Esme screeched.
"I- I didn't mention it because I didn't think it was that big of a deal…"
Emmett took my arm and forced me to spin around so I was leaning against him instead of the couch. "I thought I told you I wanted you to lean against me and only me."
"You said windows," I whispered while we watched Alice, Esme, Carlisle and Jasper discuss the attack which I didn't want to be involved in.
"Now I mean all nouns."
I laughed and took his hand in mine, "And other pronouns except you too?"
He nodded.
"So in other words, just you?"
"You betcha."
I hoped that Alice wouldn't force me to say what I had said to make Edward attack me, but I knew that even if I did, that Esme and Carlisle would still be on my side. After all, their son, a vampire, had attacked his recent ex-girlfriend. That was a huge no-no in all books.
"Em?"
"Yes?"
"Can we go outside?"
Before I knew it, he picked me up bridal style and carried me outside. He walked for a few minutes until I spoke up. "Em, I can walk."
He laughed to himself, obviously finding something funny.
"What?" I playfully demanded.
"Oh you can walk, huh?"
"And just what-"
"Aren't your feet at all cold?"
I unconsciously wiggled my toes, and then felt the cold air. I looked up at Emmett and glared.
"It's not my fault you brought me out here without my shoes!"
He stopped walking and sat down on a tree that had fallen over, sitting me on his lap.
It was weird, not the being with Emmett part but the feeling so comfortable with him part. It had only been a few days with him back in my life and ever since his return, our friendship had only grown.
We sat there for hours and hours. We didn't need to say a word to each other. Just being in one another's presence was content enough.
I looked up at the sky. Edward had been in my heart, but now there wasn't room for him. I knew Edward Cullen would return to his family, and I also knew I would be there too. However, I refuse to have my arms open when I see him.
I glanced up at Emmett who was looking in the distance. He immediately sensed my gaze and returned it. I had the feeling he had just thought the same thing about Rosalie.
I tilted my head up and gently met his lips with mine.
Authors Note- I think this is my first A/N so here it is: I normally update on Friday's but I was convinced to do it Today. If you still want a chapter Friday, I need some reviews. I don't want to say how many because I don't think that's very fair…
Anyways I want to say thanks to everyone who has been reading and reviewing. It means a lot to me especially since I plan on being a writer.
