A/N: Hold on to your shit… this chapter has a crazy ending that I hope everyone will get on board with ***fingers crosses***

My beta has had to leave me due to some personal reasons…I miss my BB already. There could be some errors but please try to get through it until I find a replacement.

Last chapter recap: E&B had a little chat with C&E that went better than we expected, Jake got some scary pictures of Rose, and Emmett brought Alice some dinner and they "accidently" fell asleep together…

LIL Chapter 10- What You Get For Thinking

The next morning, which was a Tuesday.

Jake's POV

It was 7a.m. when I returned to my apartment. I had already been up for a couple of hours and all my plans were set into place, now it was time to wake up the beautiful blonde still asleep in my bed. I knew that she was going to give me a little fuss with what I had planned, but I persuaded people for a living. My normal P.I. was out of town until Monday and after receiving the photos of Rose I knew that I would not be able to function if she wasn't in my sights or his.

Was I acting a little crazy? Yes, but I was too crazy about her to let anyone touch a hair on her pretty head.

I had talked with the partners at my firm telling them in detail about the threat I had received and that I also needed to take some time off. They were understanding and told me that they would keep their ears out for anything suspicious. Jesus why did I have to piss people off all the time?

As I had guessed Rose was still asleep and I started packing for the both of us, wanting to leave as soon as she was awake. In all my Goliath nature I bumped into the dresser waking her up.

"You going out of town? Could have mentioned it?" Rose said yawing and propping up on her elbow to watch me.

"Actually we both are, I have a slow week and I wanted to take you to the country house again," I said pleading.

"For the whole week?"

"Yeah we can come back Saturday," I answered my hands still busy throwing clothes into our bag.

"My mom will be here Friday Jake, remember?"

"So early Saturday," I answered ready to knock out any objection she threw my way.

"Okay."

"Okay? Really? I thought I was going to have to drag you screaming," I answered moving to sit beside her. She was so naturally pretty in the mornings, gorgeous all the time, but mornings were some of my favorite.

"Jake why would I not want to get out this apartment with the man I am crazy about?" Rose asked but I just brushed her cheek with the back of my hand and continued packing.

Emmett's POV

She was faceless but somehow captivating. I ran after her but each time that I would come close to catching her my thoughts were pulled else where as if everything in the world was trying to keep me from her. I reached for her again and again but ended up grasping into thin air with nothing in my hands. There was a madness to my desire, which caused adrenaline to spike through my blood, but still not enough to allow me to claim this strange creature.

"Em, you… are crushing… me," A chirpy voice chimed and my eyes shot open to find the wide eyes of my adopted sister staring at me confused.

"Alice?" I asked as if what I was seeing was still part of that weird fucked up dream that she had pulled me from. I felt her tiny body struggles against my arms that were encircling her frame like two iron bands.

"Oh Sorry Allie," I said realizing that I was about to break her in half and not in the good way. I loosed my grip but neither of us moved. She felt nice in my arms, a calming emotion compared to the dream.

"Want some breakfast?" She asked her face pressed to my chest.

"Umm… hi I'm Emmett Cullen, have we met?" I teased and she pushed off of me wiping the sleep from her eyes. I was always hungry.

She reached for her cell pulling her knees underneath her chin still wrapped in my suit jacket, damn when did Alice get this damn cute?

No morning wood, no morning wood I chanted to myself trying to remember random ad numbers and not how the warmth of her body still lingered against me.

"Gianna…. Yes good morning to you as well. Can you bring two double mocha's one with extra whip cream, a goat cheese bagel, and what ever else that you can find that is loaded with some sort of fatty pork product… no that will be all," Alice instructed and a huge goofy smile covered my face at her ordering food for me. Yes I like to eat breakfast like a man, and yes I liked extra whip cream on my girly coffee.

"Are you mad I stayed?" I asked afraid that I had crossed some sort of invisible adopted sibling line last night. Leaving crossed my mind but when I tried her little hands fisted my lapels pulling me closer to her. This I could handle, but when she whispered, "Stay," in her sleep… I could not refuse. Plus my place was lonely sometimes.

"No… it was nice," she said almost to low for me to hear before she sprang up and all but danced into the bathroom… and I stared at her ass like the sick fuck that I was apparently morphing into with out my permission.

Gianna stayed only long enough to pick up some files and drop off our food. Her eyes were all over me but I tried not to return the heated glace. She was hot as a fucking firecracker but she worked for Alice, which meant hands off. Plus the amazing feeling of sleeping with a woman was still making me feel gitty. I slept with many women, but I had never actually sleep-slept with any of them.

Alice and I ate like we had the night before standing in the kitchen making small talk. The coffee was sweet and my body and mind seemed to begin to function again. Was I checking out Alice earlier and liked it?

"So what do you have planned for the week?" I asked hoping that we could have our normal movie night tonight.

"Actually I have to go to New York today, I have a small show at my place tonight," she answered looking through some papers her assistant brought.

"Are you canceling movie night Mary?"

"Not canceling just postponing, I'll be back by Friday," and as she answered I felt bummed that she no longer felt the need to tell me her every move. We were so close, closer than of the Cullen's, but apparently she had grown up and was quite capable of taking care of herself… wonder when that would happen to me?

"So Friday movie then?" I asked and this caught her attention. Normally my Friday nights were saved for what ever chic I picked up at Tony's.

"Umm… sure if you don't have plans," she offered being sweet enough to give me an out.

"I just made plans…" I answered and some strange unannounced plot begins to form in my head. I needed to find a way to give Alice what she desired hopefully showing her what I needed in the processes.

Edward's POV

I was cold and alone and tired. My hands moved through the sheets to find her but my bed was empty. Damn I hated waking up with out her. Pulling my sore and jelly like body from my room I flipped the switch on the coffee pot before retrieving the morning paper. Opening the door I found a tired looking Bella wearing my sweats, my ray bans, and my favorite Dartmouth shirt.

"I'm not a freaking girl-scout selling cookies, I'm a tired woman with breakfast…mind giving me a hand here," she chided and I pulled the two warm bags out of her hands holding the door open for her, still staring at her like a priceless piece of art.

"What?" she snapped, apparently she had not had coffee yet.

"Have I ever told you how good you look in my clothes?" I answered and she pulled my glasses off her face and kissed me gently on the side of my neck.

"Yes you have, and you should also remember that your charm does not work on me until I have had some of that fucking delicious Italian coffee of yours," she teased already pulling food from the bags.

Jesus this woman was perfect.

She had left at god knows what hour to go fetch some breakfast that smelt amazing.

"You didn't have to do all this," I offered but the food and the coffee smell was saturating my taste buds and suddenly I was ravenous.

"I know but this place has the most amazing…"

"… steak and eggs," I finished her sentence and she gawked at me.

"Awe shit, and here I wanted to surprise you with breakfast from my favorite place that I thought you had never had the pleasure of enjoying," she said and I could tell that she was sad that her action now seemed fruitless. I felt the opposite. The fact that we were so much a like in our taste warmed me.

"Bella, it was a perfect surprise and I will never have the pleasure of enjoying anything ever again after last night… you have ruined me, I'm damaged goods," I said joking but as I spoke the words they turned into that current again making me light headed and her rosey.

"Coffee before charm Cullen," she said and I kissed her forehead lightly before going to retrieve my goddess some liquid life.

She left to get ready for work and I moped around the apartment trying to prepare for my day. I had meetings all morning and nothing planned at Rizer for the rest of the week. Actual work with no Bella seemed boring now and I thought for the first time how easy it would be to work with her permanently, but I canceled that thought realizing the strain that it could put our relationship under. Maybe this merger wasn't the best idea.

~*~*~*

It was after four and all my meetings were done for the day when my brother strolled into my office. He looked tired and a little nervous, very un-Emmett-like.

"Em you okay?" I asked as he fell into a chair across from me.

"Yes… no… shit I don't know," he stuttered and I couldn't help but smile at him. Em was always very happy and knew exactly what he wanted in life, so to see him stressed was almost amusing.

"Okay…" I answered waiting on him to spill.

"Can I ask you a question… about you and Bella?"

"I guess, if you can be adult about it," I conditioned.

"After you found out who she was, you must have thought that it was wrong to like her, or rather that other people would think that right?" he asked.

"Yes, you were one of those people I worried about," I answered.

"So what happened that made you not care? Not care about what people thought or what it could ruin?" he asked and his tactics were confusing.

"Did Dad put you up to this Em?"

"No, this is about me."

"Oh, well… with Bella I… I just couldn't help it. I know that it sounds like a cop out but I couldn't let Bella go… I don't think I really had a choice at all," I answered thinking back to those few weeks when I thought I had lost the most perfect woman for me.

"It just hits you doesn't it?" Em asked and it was then that I saw the look on his face. The same one that Dad had for Mom, the same Jake had for Rose, and the same that I had for Bella.

"Em, have you actually found a woman that you want to spend more than an hour with?" I teased.

"I think I have, but it's complicated…" he said his voice almost cracking.

"Tell me about her."

"She is smart and so beautiful and ridiculously too good for me. If I told her any of this I'm pretty sure it would ruin what we have now not to mention all the other people it would affect but I feel like I am going to die if I don't at least try," he ranted.

"Well how long have you felt this way Em?"

"For about eight hours now," he answered and I could help but laughing.

"Maybe you should give it some time," I offered now laughing.

"Maybe you should not laugh at your older brother going though his first fucking crush," he teased.

Three days later on Friday Afternoon

Bella's POV

Today was the day that I was looking forward to and dreading in the same sense. My mother would be here this evening and for some reason I hadn't told Edward. We had spent an amazing week together even though we had not worked together at all. I hated not seeing him during the day but it made the evenings so much sweeter. I would cook while he would play beautiful music and we would drink a new wine with every meal. Every day I told him a little more about myself and every day I learned something new about him. Like the fact that he was ridiculously clean which made it easy to stay together with out wanting to murder him for being a messy boy. He also loved his work and his family, which made it natural to respect him. And he always made sure that I was happy, comfortable, and pleased in everyway, which made it effortless to fall for him.

I loved the normal aspect that he brought into my life.

Back to my di-fucking-lemma, I had for some reason over the last three days not told him that he would be meeting my crazy ass mother in about ten hours. All day I thought of emailing him and spilling my guts but I figured that if it was a surprise it would be less nerve racking on his day… or mine. Also Rose like the hooker she was had ran back to the country house with Jake to spend the whole week not returning until tomorrow morning. Who the hell has time to take off for a whole workweek? Jealously was a bitter taste and now I had no ally in helping me control my mother. Traitor.

I sent Billy to the airport to retrieve mom around four and Edward was picking me up at the office around the same time. Let the fun begin early I say.

"Hello Miss Swan," Edward said his lips finding the back of my hand as I slid into his car.

"Mr. Cullen," I greeted and the worry was thick in my voice. God I was an idiot.

"How was your day?"

"Long."

"For me as well. So what did you have planned for us Isabella?" He asked his voice so alluring that I wanted to say "screw mom take me to your place and have your gorgeous way with me" but I move on.

"My place?" I asked and he just nodded pulling out into Seattle traffic.

I waited nervously trying not to pace around my apartment and ignoring Edward's pensive stare completely. She should be here any second and I knew that I was going to be in trouble from the both of them.

"Isabella?" Edward asked in that weird voice that made it clear that he knew I was up to something. I stopped pacing for a second to meet his beautiful face before the pacing began again.

"Sweetheart, Are you okay?" Edward asked.

"I'm fine," I said trying to busy myself with arranging my bookshelves.

"Oh no… not the fines again," he said coming to grab me and turn me into his chest. It was impossible not to give those green-eyes and crooked smile anything they wanted so I spilled.

"Well no… I'm not fine… but… see I wanted to tell you… but now she will be here… and… please don't hate me. God I'm awful… of course you will hate me," I ranted saying nothing.

"I don't understand… who will be here?" He asked and in perfect fucking Renee timing a knock sounded from my door.

"My mother," I said and I watched as Edward took a step away from me glancing towards the door. He looked as if he wanted to run but he was now realizing the only brilliant part of my asinine plan… he was trapped.

"Her name?" he asked coldly.

"Renee Dwyer."

"You will pay for this Isabella mark my word," He said walking backwards towards the door, taking one deep breath, and swinging the door open wide.

"Umm… hello," my mother said shocked to see my gorgeous piece of man meat greeting her instead of her daughter.

"Miss Dwyer, I am Edward Cullen it's a pleasure to meet you," he said with more grace than any human should be given, extending his hand to shake hers before taking her bag.

"Please call me Renee and would you mind telling me who you are exactly?" My mother said her eyes darting to find me frozen where Edward had left me. This was the part that I knew would haunt me and I saw pain on Edward's face as he realized that I had told my mother nothing of our relationship. I needed to fix this.

"He is my boyfriend," I all but shouted and my mother walked over towards me hugging me tightly to her. She felt like home.

"He is cute as hell," she whispered in my ear before kissing my face and turning back to the pissed off Edward.

"Well then the pleasure is all mine, I was beginning to think she liked women," she teased pinching my cheek.

"Can I get you something to drink?" Edward offered polite as ever even in his hurt and rage.

"I thought you would never ask," she said pulling me with her to my bar as he sat out three martini glasses.

Friday Evening

Edward's POV

I was trying to not to glare at Bella but my emotions were just so fucking unmanageable. I was pissed that she had not warned me about her mother but that feeling was quickly replaced by hurt when I realized that Bella had not told her mother anything about us. My parents knew, my family knew, her boss knew… but she didn't tell her own mother. I couldn't help thinking that maybe I had been wrong about the feelings I thought she had for me. I wanted to pound martinis like girls were doing but considering that I would be driving home to my empty apartment I figured one was enough.

Renee seemed very interested in me and I answered question after question until she finally asked me how we met but Bella took over telling her the story in an animated fashion. I had heard her tell this story before but tonight it seemed different almost like it was a book she was reading out of instead of my memories. I so badly wanted to stay mad at her but whenever Bella would blush or wink at me I couldn't help but smile back at her… Bella. Death. Of. Me.

Her mother started to yawn and Bella offered to call Billy to escort her back to her hotel.

Hotel? She wasn't staying here with Bella? Perfect!

"No need, I can drop her off on my way home… Renee," I offered extending a hand to help her off the barstool as she started searching around for her purse. Bella hopped off her seat to come and wrap her traitor arms around me and my traitor heart couldn't help but relish in the feel of her warmth and the sweet smell of her hair.

"You have to forgive me," she whispered into my chest.

"Don't even think of going to sleep," I whispered harsher than I meant to before kissing the top of her hair and leaving with her mother.

~*~*~*

"Oooh nice car," Renee all but slurred as I helped her into the passenger seat. She was a strange woman but endearing, almost a combination of Rose and Bella.

"Thank you," I said getting into the drivers seat and racing towards her hotel. I couldn't not wait to get back to Bella, get her apology, and let her explain this whole night of fuckery to me.

"So my daughter seems quite taken with you?" Renee commented.

"I believe that I am the one that is taken ma'am," I answered honestly.

"She is not that trusting with men, she never has been. I guess that is my fault. She has been trying so hard not to make my mistakes that she never really tried anything at all… Do you know she was almost twenty when she lost her virginity," Renee spilled and I almost hit the street curb.

"Oops, sorry too much," she giggled.

"Just a little," I teased.

"Promise me one thing Edward? Don't hurt her, she is too priceless for that," Renee asked completely sobering up the conversation.

"I promise," I answered.

~*~*~*

Like I had asked Bella was still awake and in the kitchen wearing a light grey silk night gown that came down just below her ass with a pair of yellow plastic gloves… Lord it was hard to be mad at a woman with so much raw sexuality. She looked nervous and I decided to find out if she had learned her lesson from our previous squabbles.

"Hi," she squeaked dropping the sponge into the sink but I just crossed my arms and waited on her to try and not apologize.

"Listen I know you are mad or hurt and it is completely my fault and I deserve it… it was wrong of me not to tell her about us but I was afraid that you would run," she spoke her eyes focused on her gloves. She thought I was afraid? Silly beautiful woman.

"Please stop this, I cannot bare it. I need us to be okay," she continued skirting around those words that were so hard for her to say. I cocked my head to the side and as if a light clicked on in her head, her eyes snapped up to mine.

"I'm sorry Edward," she said and I released the breath that I had been holding.

"Your sorry?" I asked but she could hear the lightness in my tone.

"Yes…very, very sorry."

"As sorry as say… your mother telling your boyfriend that you didn't lose your virginity until you were almost twenty?" I teased moving around the counter as Bella covered her face with the glove wrapped hands.

"Damn sloppy big mouth drunk," Bella mumbled as I came to stand behind her. This nightgown was helping me to forgive her quite easily.

"Bella look at me," I said into her hair as she turned slowly, face still covered in the ridiculous gloves… that for some reason made her in the night gown that much more irresistible. I pulled her hand from her face but had to tilt her face up before she would look at me.

"What else did mommy dearest tell you?" she asked but my eyes were soft on her and I saw her bite that delectable bottom lip.

"That you are quite taken with me and she made me promise not to hurt you," I answered running my thumb across her jaw line.

"And?" she breathed.

"I made that promise a long time ago, Isabella."

Alice's POV

As I landed at Sea-Tac airport I already missed New York. New York had always felt like home to me and each time I departed from JKF, I left a part of myself there for safekeeping. My show went off with out a flaw, the buyers were treating me quite nicely, and I had spent my entire last day at my favorite spa getting long extensions added to my short hair and shopping at my favorite places. The trip had been so hectic that I was looking forward to spending the night crashed on my couch with a movie. Then I remembered that I was supposed to see Em tonight. Maybe I would just call and cancel when I got home but maybe I wanted to see him. I had been thinking about him more than normal.

The drive to my place took no time and I didn't even bother brining in my bags as I rode up to my apartment. Finding my keys I tried to unlock my door but instead it locked back.

Shit! No way I left the place unlocked this whole time!

I entered cautiously and I noticed a cell phone and a wallet laying on my bar and my heart took off beating painfully in my chest.

"Hello?" I called out but no answer. The door to my room was open and I picked up a large silver candlestick wielding it as a weapon as I slowly started towards the back of the apartment. The click of my heels against my marble floor rang loudly through the space as I finally made it to my bedroom.

Then my heart completely stopped.

A man, a huge man was standing in what use to be my closet wearing only a pair of worn out jeans, a work belt, and an ipod… holding a broom. His broad back and shoulders were covered with thick bands of muscles as sweat beaded down the length of his spine and the sight of him caused me to drop the heavy makeshift weapon to the floor with a deafening bang. He jumped and turned on me causing me to squeal a little in surprise. The front was even more glorious than the back. His large thick neck was covered in the same sheen of sweat dripping down over his massive chest and chiseled stomach pooling across his prominent hip-bones. A huge smile spread across his face and he waved a hand towards the wall.

It was painful to take my eyes off of him but then I realized that I was no longer standing in my too small closet that I hated, I was standing in a dream.

The space had doubled in size and was now fitted with rotating shelves and beautiful white cabinetry. Racks ran along one wall with drawers underneath. I couldn't help the tears that began to form at the corner of my eyes. It was not the closet that made me want to scream with joy… it was the man.

Without a second thought I threw myself at him and he caught me against his slick hard chest as my legs wrapped around his thick waist. He didn't care that I was crying like a teen girl that had just been asked to prom, he just held me to him.

"For me?" I asked through my tears and he move one of his hands from my back to cradle my face.

"Yes for you," Emmett said his eyes staring deeply into my own.

"Why?" I whispered relishing the feel of how he held all of me in only one of his massive arms as his other hand stroked my face.

"Because you're my Alice… and I think I'm in love with you."

A/N: Yes that shit just happened… is it too fast? Well considering that they have known each other almost their entire lives… no so much. More from the two new love birds in the next chappie… a chappie that is already 5000+ words.

And if you don't think Em covered in sweat, no shirt, in a work belt is not hot… you might be reading the wrong fic : )

Leave love and I'll send Em over to help you do some "remodeling".