Disclaimer: Although Stephanie Meyers owns Twilight, I own this plot….And I like to fantasize that Emmett owns me…*sigh*. If I owned them, I would not let them out to play and probably do, only God knows what to them….anyway...

Authors Note: Okay, first off: I am so sorry about the long delay. I have had the month from hell! The only positives are 1) I got my license. 2) I finished this semester with A's. Which was the main delay, having to write all the stupid boring term papers…eww. And 3) lots of other things, although significantly smaller. So, I apologize. Also, I am so touched about how many people reviewed, favorite, and alerted this story. I am so glad that people enjoy my writing and plots! *warm, fuzzy feelings* I will hopefully be able to update faster with longer stories now that this semester is over, and my job has cut back on the overtime. This chapter is a way smaller than I wanted it to be but I wanted to show you guys, I haven't forgotten or anything. I will continue working on it, and this chapter, although smaller than I wanted, comes in good faith. Your thankful, humble author, EmmettsTeddyBear. Now, on with the story…..

"Oh, my God! Emmett! What are you doing here?!" I stepped over the spilt drink and met him for a breath taking hug. After a few seconds, I realized that it was indeed, breath

taking.

"Em…Emmett, I can't breathe…" He immediately loosened his grip, and flashed his signature, innocent, boyish smile. No one could dare stay mad at him when he smiled like that. He could always cheer you up, with nothing more than a smile and a hug; even if his hugs strangled the breath out of you.

"I'm fine, Emmett." I untangled myself completely from his arms and went to the kitchen to get some paper towels for the mess on the floor. He followed me, leaning causally against the doorway while I located my clean up items. I was smiling lightly to myself happily searching for items to clean up the spill…until he spoke again.

"Are you really 'fine', Bella? I don't think you are. I know I'm not." Emmett was never one to beat around the bush, always speaking his mind, never filtering his thoughts. I faltered briefly, trying to keep calm. I took a few deep breaths, and raised my eyes to Emmett. He was still leaning against the frame, but his head was lowered, and I could that his eyes were closed, his lips turned down.

"Emmett…" I opened my mouth and closed it repeatedly, my arms hanging uselessly by my sides. He raised his head, and met my eyes. The eyes that always held such joy and happiness, swam with pain and aguish, making my lungs seize in empathy. Is this how my eyes looked? I knew the answer as soon as I posed it…Yes. I was getting a mirror reflection of my pain.

Emmett shook his head slightly, raised his eyes and took in my expression, and then all of a sudden, seemed to snap out of it, and flash me a smile.

"It appears that you are still as clumsy as ever. Come on, let's go clean up your messes." He grabbed the paper towels out of my hand, and was throwing them away mere seconds later. If only all messes could be cleaned up like that. Well, no use crying over broken hearts…I mean spilt milk. No use crying over spilt milk…

"You really can't blame that on me. I wouldn't of spilled it if I wasn't startled by a big, lurking vampire…What are you doing here?" His eyebrows raised at the 'lurking', his lips pulling into a smile. Gosh, he has a nice smile. Not crooked or anything…Stop it, Bella!

"Well, I don't know about 'lurking', but I just was in the neighborhood…" Grinning widely, he winked at me, earning another smile. I was about to respond when Charlie waltzed into the room.

"Hey Emmett. Bells, Alice called earlier and told me that Emmett was going to pick you up and take you over to her hotel room. I tell you, that girl can certainly talk your ear off…and shop. How you two can shop so much, is beyond me. Anyway, I'm off to work, have fun Bells. Bye, Emmett." Without waiting for a response, Charlie was out the door.

"Shop?" I turned my head towards Emmett, who was still sporting his signature grin. Taking in my expression, his booming laugh resonated in the room, causing me to startle a little.

"Gosh, Bella. Don't look so shocked. You know Alice. Plus, it was just to give Charlie a reasonable excuse for mine and Alice's return on such short notice. You're lucky she called…we had to convince him that it was just us coming back, and that…um…that the rest of the family was still in L.A." I guess Emmett didn't like saying their name anymore than I did…

"What do you mean, 'just you and Alice coming back'? For how long?" Although I would love to have them here for an extended time, how long would they stay?

"Well, Bella. Emmett and I are now proud Meyer University students." Alice seemed to answer out of nowhere. I snapped my head to the recliner, sure enough, to see a pixy like Alice delicately resting upon its beaten up cushions.

"You all need to stop doing that! You can't keep sneaking up on me!! My human heart can't take all the surprises!" Only after speaking the words, did I realize how true they rang. How many more surprises and revelations could my frail heart take? It was already under enough strain…How much more could it take? Well, my guess is, we are going to find out soon enough.

"Ah. You're tough enough, Bella. I mean after all… you did punch a werewolf in the face." I turned towards Emmett with a skeptical expression.

"Want to see if I can do it to a vampire as well?"

A/N: Iknow that Bella actually punched Jake in the third book, but like I said, whole other direction. So, this happened eariler along with Bella finding out what Jake is. Anyway, I am still writing it, and in my head, this is really more of a half chapter. I wanted to put more on it and give you all a really long chapter to make up for the delay,but I wanted to get this out to you guys ASAP. I have NOT had anyone proof read this yet and there are probably thousands of mistakes. Sorry. Lets hope there are no more extremely long delays. Thanks and as always, mental hugs and kisses!

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