A/N: Thank you to all those who reviewed in the last chapter. Good news... this might not be the last chapter. I COULD write another...there are things I could discuss more...but I'll only know if you guys want more if you review and tell me so *cough* (thats a request to make you review *wink*) Well then....
Chapter 10-
I slept peacefully that night, surprisingly. I woke to a loud clap of thunder outside and felt the goose bumps erupt instantaneously on my neck and arms, I shivered. I got up and quickly brushed my teeth and bounded down the stairs not bothering to change out of my pajamas. Emmett was doing push ups in the lounge, the TV tuned into MTV, rock music blaring from the speakers. I bounced up to him literally and plunked down onto his back as he was getting up for another push up.
"Hey, good morning you." He said turning his head to smile at me.
I grinned down at him "Good morning, guess what?" I asked giddily.
"What?" he asked, unmoved by my weight and continuing his workout, I laughed.
"I slept through a thunderstorm, without waking up and screaming." I said proudly, folding my arms across my chest and nodding my chin.
Emmett shook his head, "That's only because I was with you." He said turning off the TV with one hand.
I frowned, that would explain the protective feeling of being wrapped in someone's arm I had last night due to which I didn't wake up. "What?" I asked, "You were with me? You'd really do that?" I smiled at the back of his head in awe.
Emmett took a deep breath and stood up in one swift movement, I still had my legs around his back "Anything for my little sis" he said leading me into the kitchen where he set me down on the counter. He ruffled my already bed-messy hair "You know how adorably cute you look in your pajamas?" he asked.
I giggled. Giving him my best baby smile "So I've been told"
"What do you want for breakfast?" he asked, I thought for a moment.
"Just a glass of milk." I replied. I watched him take out the milk carton and a glass.
"So no nightmares then last night?" he asked as he poured the milk for me. I took it from him, smiling
"None." I drank the milk thankfully, it was refreshing. I gulped it down so quickly that when I finished, I found Emmett eyeing me in a funny way. "What?" I asked self consciously. Emmett shook his head looking incredulous.
"You have a milk moustache. Like a FIVE YEAR OLD. God, you're such a baby!" he laughed. My cheeks turned red and I hastily wiped the residue milk away. Emmett kept on chuckling. I hopped off the counter and washed my glass before setting it aside and turning to Emmett. I caught the time on the clock behind him and grinned widely.
"What?" Emmett asked suspiciously, looking behind him and back at me.
"Edward comes home today" I sighed happily. Emmett rolled his eyes,
"That's good for me." I've done enough babysitting for one weekend." I narrowed my eyes at him and started towards him, finger pointing at his chest but of course, I slipped and fell against him. He didn't move, not even to steady me with his hands, I had to stand up myself. When I did, I glared at him and then looked around for the source of my falling. It was all over the kitchen floor; the remainder of the brownie mix and other ingredients from our baking session previously.
I gasped and looked around the kitchen for the first time, it was a mess. Except for my clean milk glass, there were dirty dishes everywhere and every visible surface had at least one stain. I looked in shock at the mess we had made and looked at Emmett who was frowning.
"Did we…did we do this?" I asked him uncertainly, sure we had had fun but I didn't remember making this big a mess. Emmett chuckled and nodded.
"Oh Bella, this is nothing." He said and grabbed my arm pulling me into the lounge. I looked at the feathers from our pillow fight covering the carpet and couch. HOW I didn't notice that in the morning, I had no idea. I had to get the house cleaned up before the family returned.
"Emmett! We have to clean this up…" I said rushing forward and picking up feathers. When Emmett didn't join me, I turned to see him standing where I left him, arms crossed, eyebrows raised. "What?" I asked angrily.
"Bella." He said like a father addressing a two year old, "I can get this mess cleaned up within seconds." He said shaking his head.
I glared at him, "You can but you're not." I accused and resumed the gathering of feathers. Emmett walked up to me and gathered a bunch himself only to plop them onto my head. "EMMMETTT!!" I protested. He reached towards me and started tickling me. I laughed and fell against the couch, kicking my feet as hard as I could. "Emm-Emmett…st-stop!" I laughed but Emmett continued to tickle me mercilessly, fingers digging into my ribcage.
"I'm not stopping until you…hmmm…" he thought of a good enough thing to torture me with "…until you say I'm the best person in the world." Emmett bargained, pausing in his tickle attack.
I knew he was fooling around and I was having fun, so I shouted in mock determination, "NEVER!!!" only to be rewarded with Emmett ticking me harder. I gasped for breath, kicking and punching him, "OKAY, OKAY!!! YOU'RE THE BEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD EMMETT CULLEN!!!" I shouted, his fingers still tickling me.
"Really? I thought you thought of me to be the best, how heartbreaking" came a velvety voice from behind us. Emmett stopped tickling me and looked up, grinning. I jumped onto the head of the couch and flew to the doorway, jumping into Edward's arms, wrapping my legs around his waist and pulling him into a tight hug. Edward laughed, wrapping an arm around my waist knotting the other in my hair.
"I missed you." I mumbled. He held me tight against him,
"I missed you to, love. More than you missed me." He said pulling back to look at me. I stared into his soft golden eyes, light after hunting. His hair was damp from the rainstorm outside, his lips full and soft, the perfect planes of his face pale ivory. He was just as beautiful as any God. How I managed to spend two days without him, I had no idea.
"Not likely" I whispered leaning in to kiss him. My lips met with his in the most beautiful welcoming home kiss ever. It felt amazing, it was soft and loving. He pulled back soon, rubbing his nose playfully against my own. I smiled, my eyes closed. "That felt good." I said.
"Mmm…" he agreed, setting me down on the floor and wrapping an arm around my waist. He then turned to face Emmett, "Hello Emmett." He said formally "I see that Bella thinks of you quite highly, managed to brainwash her successfully?" he asked.
"I was just joking" I mumbled.
Emmett grinned at Edward and jumped over the couch, coming to give him a punch on his arm. "You're girlfriend very nearly made me go mad this weekend," he said, looking down at me. I smiled innocently up at him. Edward's arms tightened around my waist.
"Don't you dare…" he warned. Emmett just laughed.
"What were you two doing when I came in?" Edward asked, looking around Emmett at the mess in the lounge, "What the-"
Before either Emmett or I could explain, we heard the front door burst open and Alice and Rosalie entered the lounge in a matter of seconds, followed by Carlisle, Jasper and Esme. Alice immediately pulled me away from Edward to hug me while Rosalie rushed to Emmett and pulled him into an open-mouthed kiss.
I grimaced, "Ugh, get a room." I told them.
Edward and Alice burst out laughing as Emmett broke away from Rosalie, "Now that's what I call a kiss." He growled grinning at Rosalie then turning to face us, he glared. "No need to be jealous Bella, I'm sure you and Edward are getting there. Pretty soon Edward, you might just even get her into bed." He said, winking.
I felt a rush of air that made my hair ruffle and then I saw Jasper and Carlisle standing between Edward and Emmett, Edwards nostrils flared, his expression murderous and Emmett grinning, arm around Rosalie who looked unmoved by the whole situation.
"Edward…Edward don't" Carlisle said, "Emmett was just joking." He put an arm on his shoulder and Edward shrugged it off, turning to come back to me, it was also probably due to Jasper's power. He put an arm around me and turned to take me upstairs. I turned back to look at Emmett who winked at me. I shook my head, smiling slightly. Alice looked longingly at me. I was sure she wanted to chat but Edward didn't seem like he was in the mood to be contradicted in his actions so she let it go.
Edward led me into his room and pulled me onto his lap on the bed. I gladly obliged, I had missed him so much. He wrapped his arms around me, resting his cheek on the top of my head. I snuggled closer into his chest, fisting my hand in his shirt breathing deeply in his scent that I had missed so much.
"He didn't mean it Edward," I said quietly. I felt him sigh and looked up at him he smiled warmly down at me.
"I know." He said before he captured my lips in a kiss. I broke away soon gasping for breath. Edward kissed the corner of my mouth before pulling me onto the bed. I settled myself in the crook of his arm, his hand making patterns on my shoulder.
"Anything interesting happen while hunting?" I asked. Edward chuckled.
"Nothing at all, I missed you so much though. Jasper very nearly went mad, said it was too much emotion for him to concentrate on enjoying himself." He laughed. I laughed along with him.
"I missed you too Edward." I whispered, kissing a sensitive spot on his neck. He took a sharp intake of breath.
"We should go downstairs, I can hear Alice commanding me to bring you down." He said, sighing and getting up.
"Alice will be Alice." I said taking his hand and standing up. Edward eyed me, I looked down and saw my pink pajamas and blushed. "Oh yeah, I uh…was too excited about you getting home to change." I said smiling.
Edward gave me a quick kiss and told me he would wait until I changed into some other clothes. I changed as quickly as I could and we went downstairs together. Alice stood at the foot of the stairs, her arms crossed, and foot tapping impatiently, glaring at us. "I thought you'd never come." She said dramatically.
"Bella, what did you two do to the kitchen? And the lounge?" Esme asked smiling, coming out of the kitchen. I blushed and looked at Emmett who was seated on the sofa, kissing Rosalie; he winked at me, not breaking the kiss.
"Uh…I…sorry Esme." I blushed; I hated Emmett for making me justify our actions alone. "I'll clean it all up, I promise." I said hastily.
"Already taken care of" Alice said coming to pull me away from Edward "Now if brother dear allows it, I'd like to catch up with you Bella," she said.
I looked up at Edward who sighed, shaking his head at his impatient sister. Alice pulled me over to the couch, "OH MY GOSH! She said, "I TOTALLY know you saw that new comedy with that adorable actor watisname… how was it? I've been DYING to see it, I heard Christian Dior designed a dress specifically for the ballroom scene in the end, how was it? TELL ME!!! Oh AND," she dropped her voice to a whisper. "I know what you got for…" she nodded in the direction of Emmett and Rosalie.
I slapped her arm "ALICE! Don't! Do you want Emmett to throw a fit?!" Rosalie looked over at us suspiciously, but didn't say anything. Emmett on the other hand warned me through his eyes. I took it as a sign to shut up and obliged.
"So will we ever find out what you two did to this place? What did you do while we were gone?" Carlisle asked, looking from Emmett to me.
Emmett looked at me and I looked back at him, suppressing a grin.
"Oh…Nothing much" we both said together.
A/N: Howd you like it? There could be alot more done in the next chappie...IF there IS a next... ;) you know what to do... =)