A/N: Hello all!!! Here is the first chapter of their Thanksgiving holiday together in Yosemite. It is in all Emmett POV though originally we had decided to have it in Bella's. Don't worry; next chapter will be Bella's. I want to thank all of our tremendously fabulous superb readers and reviewers for sticking with this story and for recommending it to others. We may not always have time to respond to each review but we appreciate them all! So, THANK YOU!!!

On a side note, there is a link on our pages for you to see what the Wawona Hotel actually looks like. The room they are staying in doesn't actually exist there. It is fiction so we embellished a little to make the story better. But everything else is true - including the no electronics part.

As always, EmmaleeWrites05 is writing Emmett's POV and MsNaomi05 writes Bella's.

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Chapter 11 – 8 Letters and 3 syllables

Emmett POV

Tomorrow was Thanksgiving. Thank god! These past few weeks had dragged on knowing that I get to spend five long uninterrupted days with my Bella. I flew into Seattle late last night so we could leave on our flight to Sacramento first thing this morning. That's where we are now -sitting in first class waiting to take off. Bella had been very persistent at first. She would not ride in first class. I really do not understand what it is with her not letting me dote on her. It finally took the flight attendant telling her that there were no seats available in the rest of the plane to switch for. Its Thanksgiving – everything is booked.

We took off from Sea-Tac airport at 9:30 this morning and we would be arriving by 11 o'clock. Thankfully it was a short flight. Bella rested her head on my shoulder and napped the whole way. I only had to wake her once for sleep talking. Still the funniest and cutest thing I have ever seen. I wish I knew what she was dreaming about this time. She mumbled something along the lines of 'I don't date guys with long hair'. I can only assume she was dreaming about turning James down. If I remember correctly, he was the creep at the hotel with the long blonde hair he kept pulled back.

We landed in Sacramento at 11:05. By the time we got all of our luggage and our rental car – which of course was a Toyota Tacoma again – only car I will rent, it was after noon. I made sure we stopped and got something to eat before we started our drive. It was a four hour drive to Yosemite from Sacramento and it was all highways. Rather boring. I knew of one other way to get into the park but I would take that way out on our way home, it was the most beautiful entrance to the park. For now, we would be entering the park on the highway 41 entrance through a small little town called Oakhurst.

The entire drive was filled with conversation. We literally talked about anything and everything. We talked about past adventures, future endeavors, and everything in between. We even played a game where we say the first thing that comes to mind with a certain word. Like, I said 'Birthday' and she said 'food fight'. It was fun and enlightening.

Before I knew it we were getting higher in elevation and the snow on the side of the roads started getting deeper. We pulled up to the entrance, I quickly paid the fees to get in, took the map they gave you and pulled forward. The quick little couple mile jaunt into the park to Wawona was a slow drive. It was starting to snow now – which was beautiful - but hazardous driving. I eventually had to put the truck into 4wd in order to stay on the road. Half an hour later we came around a bend to see a huge field to our left knee deep in pristine white snow – it was the golf course when the park wasn't covered in snow. On our right was a huge white building with several other large white buildings next to it. In big black letter on the front of the building was "WAWONA HOTEL". I pulled in to the circle drive that wrapped around a fountain and parked. The hotel was pretty barren of vehicles and I assumed guests too. Not many people probably take vacations on the holidays like this.

I got out of the truck and walked around to Bella's side. The snow was starting to come down even harder and I knew we needed to get inside soon. I grabbed three of our bags and Bella grabbed one of the smaller ones and we trudged up the big front steps and in through the front door. The inside was even more beautiful than the pictures my folks had shown me. To my left I could partially see a big dining room with windows all along the side looking out. I could see a few guests occupying the tables that were visible. And to my right was a sitting area with a fire going. We walked forward and up to the front desk. There was one woman behind the counter.

I looked at her name tag and saw it was Molly – the same girl I had reserved the room with. She hadn't looked up yet or noticed me. She was around 5'6'' with short dyed reddish brown hair and huge knocker- sorry I'm a guy and when a chick is big breasted that's the first thing our eyes zero in on. Thank god Bella didn't see me ogling.

Bella let out a low little gasp and 'wow' while she looked around and finally Molly looked up and saw us.

"Oh my gosh!" she squeaked. Let the fun begin. 'You're Emmett Cullen."

I smiled at her, "Yeah, we are here to check in."

She quickly got us checked in and explained how to get to our room. She also informed us that there was a giant Thanksgiving Day dinner tomorrow at 5 o'clock. She said that it was one of their most busy dinner's of the year and to make a reservation if we wanted to eat here. It was a four course meal. Soup, Salad, Entrée's, and dessert. All for one price.

We made our way out back to the Washburn Cottage which housed maybe 16 rooms and up to our room which was surprisingly enough room three again. When we walked in I was met with a sight I wasn't expecting. The room was probably a lot bigger than the other rooms here but it was small in comparison with a normal hotel room. To the left behind the door was the bathroom. Next to the door to the bathroom was a fireplace on the wall with a stack of firewood already sitting there waiting. We were standing in the lounge area which consisted of a large couch and a giant chair with a coffee table. To the right of the lounge area was a king size bed. And there was no electronics. No TV and no telephone. No interruptions. The room looked like it was decorated by my mom. It had the 'Victorian' theme to it that my mom loved so much. It was homey and just right for our trip.

Bella dropped her bag and went and flopped on the bed. "Oh…this is so prefect Emmett….thank you."

"You're welcome sweetie." I moved all the bags against the far wall and sat down on the couch in front of the fireplace. It was going to get chilly in this room if I didn't keep the fire going. No electronics also meant no heater, well there was a small wall heater, but it only kept the room warm enough so it wasn't below freezing. "Bella, I'll be right back. I am going to go find where all the firewood is kept so I can make sure to keep this things going." She simply nodded her head as she got up to start unpacking.

I wandered down the hall outside and down the steps. Sure enough on the side of the building was a stack of firewood ready to use. I grabbed a few more pieces and walked back up stairs. With what was in the room plus what I just grabbed there should be enough firewood to last us through the night.

Bella was still unpacking when I got back inside. I stoked the fire a little, put another log on and then heard Bella's stomach growl. I let out a laugh and then looked at my watch. It was already after five. Of course she would be hungry.

"Would you like to go down to the dining room and get something to eat Bella?"

She grabbed her coat and put it back on, "Yeah I am pretty hungry." She grabbed her camera also and while we were walking to the main building she was snapping pictures left and right. We went inside and walked up the hostess at the podium.

"Hi, Welcome to the Wawona hotel. Just two?" She smiled at us.

I nodded, "Yes please." She walked us through this little room that had tables set up for a buffet style dining and into the main dining room. There was only four other tables occupied in here. She walked us all the way across the dining room to the far side and set us in the corner table. It had a great view from almost all sides to the steady snow falling outside. It was just getting dark outside.

Bella smiled and was a little pre-occupied with looking outside as the hostess spoke, "Yeah it is always really beautiful here at twilight especially when it is snowing."

Bella turned and looked at her, "It's gorgeous."

"It really is. Anyhow, your waitress will be right with you."

"Thanks." I looked at Bella as she looked around in awe. Her face was all lit up and she had a goofy grin spread across it.

A young girl approached our table. She was short like Bella and had dirty blonde hair. She smiled at Bella and then looked at me. She stopped in her tracks briefly before she caught herself and kept on walking towards us. "Hi…" Her voice was a little shaky. "My name is Lea and I will be your waitress tonight. What can I get you to drink?"

"Ice Tea." Bella chimed in. I laughed a little at her. "And I'll have the same." Dinner passed with easy conversation. Everything seems easy with Bella and I loved that. I could be me without having to worry about what people would think. We had decided to drive to the valley of the park tomorrow and come back in time for dinner.

Then on Friday we would go to the shops in the valley and shop a little seeing how tomorrow they were all going to be closed for the holiday. That would leave us with time to see the waterfalls, if any were even running right now with the all of the snow. The waitress named Lea had told us that a lot of them freeze during the winter months and get huge glaciers on them. But she informed us that it would still be pretty to see. She also told us about the stretch of road right next to Bridalveil fall that everyone pulls over and plays in the snow in a huge meadow. Apparently people build snowmen all along the road. Maybe we will have to do that. We were also informed that there was a skating rink but I wasn't sure how well a clumsy Bella would do on that.

I left Lea a hefty tip on the table and had her charge the room when we left. We causally strolled back to our room. The snow had died down a bit by now and it was just fluttering through the sky. It was pitch black out but the lights of the hotel and the contrast of the dark sky and white ground – it was enough to take your breath away.

I pulled us to a stop as we looked over the front of the hotel and out across the snow covered golf course. Bella spun in my arms and looked up at me. "Thank you Em. I couldn't have asked for a better holiday. It's so gorgeous here and I probably would have never been able to come if it wasn't for you."

I looked down at her and was caught off guard by the intensity of her eyes. I almost told her right then and there how much I loved her with all my heart. But I chickened out. I leaned in to her and whispered a 'you're welcome' before my lips found hers. I promptly broke off the kiss before it got too intense out here in the open. I pulled us towards our room trying not to look eager.

I unlocked our room and pulled us in. The fire was still crackling. I threw another log on the fire as Bella went into bathroom to change. I kicked off my shoes and sat down on the couch. I laid my head back on the back of the couch and closed my eyes. Today had been a long day. I heard the bathroom door open and then felt Bella shift and straddle me on the couch. My eyes popped open to find her dressed in a tiny little lacy black dress. It came to her knees and left nothing and everything to the imagination. I let out a little groan seeing her in this outfit and my body suddenly and stiffly became awake. She let out a little giggle as she kissed me. I wound my arms up around her back and deepened the kiss.

She slid off of me and I tore my shirt off and she dropped to her knees. My eyes went wide and I am sure there was a goofy ass smile on my face. She undid my buckle and zipped down my pants. I lifted up to help her remove the pants – she removed my boxers while she was at it. She had a sly sexy little smile on her face as she threw my pants across the room. She ran her hands down my chest and my eyes fluttered closed. They shot back open when I felt her hot little mouth closing around my cock. I let out a loud grown and prayed that there wasn't anybody in the rooms next to us. She continued her ministrations on me for several minutes before letting me go out of her mouth with a 'pop'.

She climbed up and straddled me again. She started kissing my neck as I slid my hand up under her little black dress. I was surprised to say the least when I found she had no underwear on. She moaned into my neck when my hand found her already soaked center. I felt her hand leave my shoulder and trail down to my dick again. She grabbed a hold of me and gently lowered herself down on me. I put my hands on her hips and we moaned into each other's kisses when she started to move on top of me. I hurriedly pulled the straps of her top down exposing her lovely beauties to me. I pulled away from her lips and started kissing down her neck and shoulder to her chest. I buried myself there and briefly contemplated doing the 'motorboat'. I had to keep myself from laughing at that thought.

I guided her with my hands as my mouth went to work licking, sucking and nibbling her to the point of breaking. I could feel the edge of her dress moving on my stomach with each pump into me her body made. All of the sensations were going to make me lose my control entirely too fast. I moved one hand off her hips and moved it between us. I ran my finger through her slick folds back and forth a few times before I felt her stiffen and shudder above me. Seconds later I followed her over the edge too.

She fell limp onto of me and I could feel her heart pounding away in her chest. Both of our breathing was erratic as we came back down from our high. I lifted her up and carried her to the bed. It had been a long day and I knew we were both exhausted.

Thanksgiving Day

Even without the use of alarm clocks we both woke early. After a quickie in the shower we got dressed and headed down to the dining room again. There was a breakfast buffet set up and we got something to eat. We got in the truck and left to drive the twenty three miles into Yosemite Valley. I was told on normal occasions that the drive from Wawona to the valley usually took about 45 minutes. Today it took an hour and 15 because of the snow. The plow had a lot of park to cover and the snow was coming down and covering faster than he could plow.

We didn't pass many cars on the way into the valley. We stopped at the top of the mountain right past the extra long tunnel, later to find out it's called the Wawona tunnel and took some pictures of Half Dome. It was stunning. Bella and I sat on the rock wall with Half Dome in the back ground as some nice German couple took our pictures. I would have to get that one framed.

When we got into the valley I immediately knew what stretch of road the waitress had been talking about. There were several snowmen in different stages of completion scattering both sides of the road. There was more tourists stopped here than I expected too. I pulled over so we could get out and take pictures of the views of the park. I grabbed the camera and Bella grabbed her snow gloves, beanie and scarf. I did the same too.

We both took several pictures of the mountains you could see, the would-be waterfalls and the snowmen. I put the camera back in the car and approached Bella.

"Hey, want to build a snowman?"

She smiled, "Yes, of course." After years of living in Chicago, my brother and I had gotten pretty good at building snow men. We rolled up three different sized snow balls and stack them on top of each other. While I smoothed out the edges and made it look proper, Bella went searching for twigs and other things we could use to give it some character. Fifteen minutes later she came back with a handful of items. We stuck two sticks in to the sides for the arms. Bella had found several rocks which we used as the eyes, nose and mouth. I constructed a top hat out of the snow and placed it on his head and she laughed at me. She took a few rocks she had in her coat pocket and started putting them on the front. At first I had thought she was giving him buttons until I walked around the front to see. She had put the number 23 in the front of the snow man.

I started laughing instantly. "What so funny?"

"You put my number on the snow man."

"So….that gives it character."

"You're making it me!" I doubled over laughing some more.

I heard a 'humph' and I was hit with a snow ball. I looked up to see Bella standing there with one hand on her hip and a snowball in the other one. I shook my head smiling, "Don't start what you can't finish Bella…" She smiled a playful smile and threw the snowball in her hand at me. I saw it coming and was able to catch it. "Oh your mine now little girl."

She squealed and turned to run. Bella running was never a good idea. She started to trip and I caught up with her to catch her before she fell. That didn't work; we both just ended up falling with each other and rolling in the snow. She ended up underneath me. I had one arm around her back and the other one I used to hold me up. I had long since dropped the snowball. She had a playful little grin on her face as she laughed at the circumstances.

I leaned in and kissed her tenderly. She wrapped her arms around my shoulders. I could feel the knees of my jeans soaking through, but in the moment it didn't matter because I knew. I pulled away slightly from Bella and looked her in the eyes. She still had a grin on her red flushed face. "Bella…." I looked in her eyes and all I saw was love. "…I love you." I saw a million different emotions cross her face. Most passed before I could pin point what they were but the grin stayed the whole time. She pulled my head back down to her lips and kissed me. She pulled away and looked at me, "I love you too Em."

I don't think I could have smiled any bigger then in that moment. I kissed her with all the love and passion I could muster. I quickly rolled us in the snow so she could be on top and out of the snow. We were lying in the middle of a snow covered field while it was snowing around us kissing and declaring our love for each other. It was almost perfect. Right up until we got hit by a snow ball some kid threw at us. He ran off back to his friends laughing. I growled at him and Bella just laughed. We got up and made our way back to the car. Bella grabbed the camera, went and took a few pictures of our snow man and returned.

We drove around the valley and back to Wawona for dinner. We didn't have enough time to sight see everything on the valley floor before we needed to head back. But that is ok. Friday we would be shopping for our friends and family and we can get pictures of everything else then.

I pulled back up to the Wawona to see a larger group of people standing on the deck of the main building. It was closing 5 o'clock and people were already starting to gather for the big feast. The lobby was packed, and I bet the cocktail servers were super busy. We went up to our room real fast to change into some dry clothes and then head back down to the dining room.

The same hostess from yesterday was standing by the entrance to the dining room. "Happy Thanksgiving. Please follow me." She sat us at the same table as last night. Thank god we made reservations because this place was packed. "Your server will be right with you. Enjoy your meal and your room will be billed as usual."

Our server finally made it to the table. Tonight it was a woman by the name of Sharon. She was short, and around forty years old if my guessing is correct. She had the biggest smile on her face. "Good evening. How are you folks doing tonight?"

"Fine thanks." After looking at the three different entrée's they had tonight I decided on the turkey and Bella chose the same. What is Thanksgiving without turkey?

As I looked around the table waiting for our soup and salads I noticed several of the tables around us the guys were smiling and I nodded at them. I am sure that I will have to sign some autographs after dinner. Sharon soon came with our meal and we ate with little conversation. I of course was stuffing my face while Bella was taking it nice and slow enjoying the flavors-or whatever.

After dinner we made our way back into the lobby. I was met with a couple guys who wanted an autograph. Bella kissed me on the cheek and stepped away. She walked out to the front porch. I signed the slips of paper and talked football for a few minutes with the people who gathered around me. I politely excused myself and walked out to the front porch. Bella was leaning against a railing looking out into the same snow covered golf course. It was snowing still and the snow was starting to get a little past knee deep. Thankfully the employees here cut walkways to and from the main building to the other out buildings.

I walked up behind her and put my hands on the railing around her effectively pinning her to the railing with her back against my chest. She leaned her head back on my shoulder and sighed. "What's on your pretty little mind that's got you sighing, Babe?" I whispered into her ear.

"I'm just trying to figure out how I got so lucky…this trip has been too good to be true and we have only been here one night. I'm afraid the next goodbye is going to be even harder than the last after being able to spend so much time with each other."

"I know sweetie, it'll be hard…but once football is over than that's it. I can come be with you every day."

"You mean it." She whispered. Her gaze was still fixed at the landscape in front of us.

"I promise. This is the last season for me. I am going to move to Seattle and open a gym. I never knew what I wanted to do with my life until I met you. I was just kind of a leaf in the wind and I let it take me where it may. Now, I am fighting back because I don't want to be anywhere that you are not."

"I agree. I love you too much to be away from you so much."

"I love you too Bella." We were silent for few moments while I held her in my arms and looked out at Yosemite.

"You don't think people will think we are crazy for moving too fast do you Em?"

"So what if they do? I don't think we are moving too fast. Life is too short and I will never regret loving you." She spun in my arms and looked up at me.

"I won't ever regret it either." I leaned in and briefly captured her lips. I heard someone on the right of us mumble something in another language and broke the kiss to look over at them. It was a woman lightly hitting a man on the arm saying something to him in French I believe. I chuckled even though I don't know what they were saying, but by the look on the woman's face I assumed it wasn't too good.

Bella laughed in my arms. I looked at her curiously. "I took French in high school. Though I don't remember all of it, she is basically chewing him out for not kissing her like you do with me."

I laughed and pulled her in tighter to me, "Well I really hate to get that guy in trouble but I am never going to change the way I kiss you." I captured her bottom lip in mine sucking on it a little before brushing my tongue over it asking for permission. I heard the French lady next to us huff and walk away. Bella pulled back giggling. She grabbed my hand and tugged me towards the walkway. "Come on Trouble – let's go to our room."

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