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As I was getting ready for bed I found myself trying to understand just what kind of relationship Emmett and I had with each other. I mean sure he was a vampire who should be out to kill me, but if he really wanted to kill me he would have already. Right?
Once I convinced myself that I trusted Emmett with my life I started to think about what it would be like to date a vampire. As I was thinking about this a thought struck me, why am I thinking about dating? We are just friends and someone as amazing as him could never want to date an ordinary and boring girl like me. It was at that moment I found myself wanting to be more like the Cullen's. They were all so beautiful and graceful and I was just plane Jane klutzy Bella. I shook all thoughts of Emmett ever falling for me out of my brain and tried to escape the cold hard truth that he will never want me by crawling into be and having a good nights sleep. My mind of course has a mind of its own and I slept through the night having numerous dreams about Emmett, and none of them were much to my liking.
I was running towards something in the middle of the forest, no not something…someone. I tried to call out his name but no sound came from my throat. 'Silly Bella, why would I love you when I could have any vampire girl I want.' He said to me while flashing me a threatening grin. He disappeared and I spun around looking for him. That creepy feeling from the past few days came back and I spun around even faster looking for it. 'Emmett? Emmett, please help me!' I called out but no one answered.
I woke up and felt a cold sweat running down the side of my face. Normally my dreams expressed my inner feelings, but none of them ever seemed to be as real as this; this dream hit home hard. I never cared a great deal about my looks before, but the fear of Emmett hating me because of my ordinary human looks caused me great distress for some reason.
I looked over at my clock and noticed that it was only 8:30. I considered calling Emmett and letting him know that I wasn't sure if I could go today, but I decided I wanted to meet his family. I tried to find something decent to wear and decided on a pair of jeans with a nice formfitting sweater. Just as I finished getting dressed and eating I heard a knock at the front door. I found myself smiling as I opened it.
"Hey Bells! Are you ready?" He asked while showing me his trademark grin.
"Yup, just let me grab my jacket and we can be on our way."
I noticed that he brought a smaller car then his giant jeep and was secretly grateful. A smaller car meant less room for klutzy Bella to make an appearance. As we pulled up to their driveway I realized that I had no idea where we were. The road up to their house was almost completely hidden from the main road, and therefore almost impossible to not miss the turn.
Emmett opened my door like a gentlemen and took my hand as he led me up to his house. It was the most beautiful house I had ever seen with glass windows as exterior walls, I couldn't wait to see what the inside was like. As Emmett opened the door I gasped at the beauty of the house.
"Yeah my mom Esme is an incredible interior designer." He explained while leading me into what I assumed to be the living room.
As I entered the room I saw a grand piano. "Do you play?"
"No Edward does, he's an amazing composer. He wrote a song especially for Esme and writes beautiful songs for Rosalie."
"He sounds like a pretty great guy." I heard Emmett snort at my comment and secretly wondered if he was jealous. Of course he's not jealous, what would he have to be jealous about, its not like we're dating or anything.
Emmett then led me into the kitchen where the rest of his family was waiting. A beautiful and welcoming woman was the first to great me followed by a very handsome man. "Hello Bella dear, I'm Esme and this is my husband Carlisle. Its so wonderful to finally be able to put a face with your name."
"Its very nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Cullen."
"Please, just call us Carlisle and Esme." I nodded as Carlisle spoke.
"Hi Bella!" A bubbly Alice greeted me while giving me a big hug. I noticed the rest of the family tense at the contact but they relaxed once they realized I had returned the gesture.
I noticed Jasper take a step towards me. "Don't worry Jasper you won't hurt her." Alice said with a giant smile plastered on her face.
"Hello Bella, it's nice to officially meet you instead of Alice talkin' about you all the time." I noticed Jasper had a little bit of a southern accent and I actually found it quite adorable.
"Nice to finally meet you too, Alice talks about you a lot as well." I said offering Alice a smile to let her know I was just teasing her.
"Hello Isabella, it is very nice to meet the girl who consumes all of Emmett's thoughts all day and night." I blushed at Edwards comment and I thought I saw Emmett send a glare towards him.
"It's nice to meet you too Edward, and please don't be so formal Bella is fine." He nodded in response.
The only person left to say hi to was Rosalie but she was making no move towards me. "Hi Rosalie. It's nice to see you." She just rolled her eyes at me and turned the opposite way. Edward nudged her arm and signaled over to me.
"Yeah, you too." She said with a sneer.
Emmett let out an exasperated sigh, "I'm going to show Bella around." He grabbed my hand and led to a very large winding staircase.
"I'm not too sure that those stairs are Bella proof."
"Don't worry I'll catch you if you fall." Emmett said with a chuckle. Even though he laughed I knew he meant every word.
"Now as you'll see, all of our doors are open because we have no secrets with each other. There are three reasons for this, first we all have super hearing, second Edward reads all of our thoughts, and third we all trust each other." I nodded in understanding.
"Wait what do you mean you all have super hearing?"
"Well when you get changed all of your senses gets intensified. We are stronger, faster, can hear better, and we see better. We are natural born hunters."
He looked at me as if he was examining my reaction. "If you're waiting for me to run away screaming, you're out of luck buddy." Emmett laughed his booming laugh that showed off his dimples and then took me around all of the rooms. Carlisle's study was full of pictures, each containing a secret of his past. Esme and Carlisle's room was modern but had some traditional looks to it. Alice and Jasper's room was beautifully designed and it had a huge make-up station along with an oversized walk-in closet. Yup, Alice definitely lived here. Edward and Rosalie's room was extremely tidy, books and music covered almost every inch of the walls. Her closet was just as big as Alice's.
The last room in the hallway obviously belonged to Emmett and I was getting rather excited to see what it looked like. The walls were a deep blue, and different kinds of pictures hung on the walls. There was a large selection of music and I went over to examine it. I couldn't believe what music I saw, most of it was heart felt and instrumental. There were some artist's that you could definitely rock out to though.
"Wow we have the same taste in music." I said smiling. He came over to look at his selection with me and nodded. "I bet most people don't realize that under all those muscles you are a softy."
He looked taken aback but recovered quickly, "Hey, don't go around thinking you've got me all figured out."
I laughed at his sullen expression and went over to sit on the huge couch that consumed one whole side of the room. I noticed that he put a disk in and he came to sit next to me. I recognized the song and started to hum it quietly.
I looked up to see him staring intensely at me and automatically blushed. "Hmm Bella you have no idea what that blush does to me."
"I'm sorry! Should I move?" I asked while moving to get up.
"No, just let me take it in for a moment. Your blood smells better than any other human's and it will take a little getting used to."
"Okay, if you're sure you're alright."
"Bella you are one strange girl. Here I am talking about how much want your blood and your worried that I'm not okay."
I resisted a blush for Emmett and probably for my own well being. We sat in a comfortable silence for a few moments. "Do you want to go for a quick walk? I have something I want to show you."
"Sure." Emmett led me out of the house and motioned for me to get on his back.
"No way, I am so not getting on your back."
"Please." He pleaded while giving me a cute little pout. "We will get there so much faster if I fun."
"If I get sick all over you, don't complain to me." I said while jumping on.
The next think I knew we were rushing through the woods a whole lot faster then I thought was possible. I wrapped my arms tighter around his neck, knowing it wouldn't faze him at all. I kept my eyes close and it felt like I wasn't even moving. When we finally stopped I couldn't bring myself to let go of Emmett.
"I think I might need a little help getting off."
Emmett just laughed and easily pried my arms off from around his neck, and gently set me on the ground. Once he thought I was sturdy he let me go; big mistake bub. I felt my knees give out from beneath me and I started to fall. I flung my arms out in preparation of my face plant, but just before I fell I felt strong arms gently wrap around me.
"I told you I would catch you if you fell." Emmett gave me a cheeky grin like he was proud he remembered or something.
He continued leading me through the woods and I was thankful that we went at a steady Bella pace. As we came to a clearing I noticed a tower that stood taller then all the trees around it.
"Come on, if we don't move a little bit faster we might miss the best part." Emmett picked me up and put me on his shoulder's like I was a child, and I giggled at the sight of us.
As we made it to the top, the sun had just started setting and I gasped at the wonderful sight. "Do you want to stand over here Bella? Your too far away to really take in the beauty."
"I'm actually not very good with heights, so this is just fine."
Instead of pushing me to come closer, Emmett came over to me and we sat on the ground together. After the sunset and the stars started to come out we sat in a comfortable silence. I wished we could stay like this forever but I knew deep in my heart that he would never want to spend the rest of his life with me. Especially since his life will never end and I'll grow old. The next thing I knew Emmett was pulling me up and stood in front of me.
"Bella, I know we haven't known each other for very long but I feel like I've known you for forever. I feel differently about you then I've felt about anyone else. I feel like I have to protect you with all my strength and I never want that to change. Bella, will you be my girlfriend?" I simply stood there not knowing what to say and I felt like an idiot.
"But why would we date? I'm not amazing like Rosalie or Alice, I'm just boring old Bella. There's nothing special about me."
"Bella, you are the most amazing and beautiful girl I know. Only you could give me a purpose in life, a reason to live."
"I feel the same way about you." I said while looking down, embarrassed because of the whole situation.
Once I said this Emmett lifted my chin and his eyes lit up. He leaned in towards me and I tilted my head up hoping he would kiss me. Needless to say I wasn't disappointed. His ice-cold lips felt like fire on mine. The kiss was innocent but it sealed the deal, and meant the world to me.
When we got back to the house Alice all but attacked me. "You said yes!"
I was giggling like a mad man with Alice, but hey I was happy. Emmett came up from behind me and hugged my waist from behind.
"Come on giggles, I need to get you home." I nodded in response not noticing how tired I was.
I gave everybody a farewell hug and they all welcomed me into the family. Edward didn't exactly seem like he approved of it, but congratulated me all the same. I never saw Rosalie but I assumed she wanted nothing to do with me.
When we arrived at my house Emmett walked me up to my room and waited for me to have some human moments to get changed and ready for bed. As I snuggled in under the covers I patted the bed asking him to lay with me.
"Emmett, will you stay with me tonight?"
"Of course sweetheart." He said while placing a kiss on my head.
"You do realize this is a dream come true right?" I asked tiredly.
"What is?"
"You." I said with my last breath before I fell into a deep and comfortable sleep with Emmett by my side.
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