by: coldplaywhore
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Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. I'm just a wordy whore who couldn't keep it within 1,000 words. Happy Birthday, Cass!
"What are you guys doing?" asked Emmett as he strolled in the family room and found Edward and Jasper completely enthralled in a game of Halo on Edward's Xbox 360. They had their headsets on and were cursing loudly to each other, their voices filling the large room.
"Pick up that machine gun and waste his ass," yelled out Jasper to his partner, Edward. Emmett sat on the nearby recliner and watched them with disappointed awe for a few minutes. Emmett was home from UCLA for Thanksgiving weekend and had only been back at his parents' house in Forks, Washington for about fifteen minutes before he walked in on the scene in front of him. Em was a little frustrated that nothing had changed since he went away to school at the end of August. In fact, he couldn't help but think that this was exactly where he left his younger brother and his best friend almost four months ago.
After five minutes of watching the guys yell at each other and their invisible opponents, Emmett had enough. He stood up and unplugged the game system, not really concerned about the potential wrath he faced from either guy.
"What the fuck Em? We were almost done the damn level," screamed Edward as Emmett shrugged his shoulders indifferently and sat back down in the recliner. He didn't care about the game the guys had been playing and was starting to get concerned about his younger brother's interpersonal skills, or lack thereof.
"You're seventeen years old Edward. Don't you think you should be doing something more constructive on a Wednesday afternoon instead of playing the Atari with your heterosexual life mate here," he asked as he casually motioned to Jasper, who appeared slightly offended.
"Hey," snapped Jasper as he pulled off his headset and glared at his best friends' older brother. Jazz and Edward had known each other since they bonded over both being robbed of their lunch money by the school bully, Colin, back in the third grade. Jasper had just moved from Texas with his parents and the boys' mutual love of Dungeons and Dragons and Super Mario Bros. bonded them forever.
"I just call 'em like I see them," said Em confidently. "What happened to our discussion before I left for school?" Edward shrugged his shoulders and looked a bit defeated. He had been thinking about his brothers' advice since he had left for California. Edward had confessed to his brother about his feelings for a girl in his class, Bella Swan, and Em had tried to encourage him and boost his confidence. Emmett couldn't help but feel a little bit dejected that his advice had fallen by the wayside while he had been away.
"Did you ever fucking talk to her?" Em asked as Jasper snickered loudly beside them.
"Shut the hell up Whitlock. I haven't exactly seen you talking to Alice… ever," retorted Edward. "In fact, if I recall correctly, didn't she try to talk to you a few weeks ago and you ran to the bathroom and hid. At least I've talked to Bella."
Jasper was incensed even though what Edward said was the truth. Jazz was caught off guard by Alice Brandon actually talking to him, that he thought he would be physically ill. She hadn't attempted to talk to him since that day and Jasper was full of regret. "Fuck you. I had food poisoning," lied Jasper with a fake smile on his face. "Anyways, you only talk to Bella since she is your Biology partner. Have you ever talked to her without a frog carcass between you?"
Edward was about to reply but Emmett jumped up from his seat and stood between the two friends. "Listen Susan and Betty," snapped Emmett as he got their attention by calling them girls' names. "Have either of you spent any amount of time with a real girl? None of this online shit either since you could be talking to fucking William Shatner for all you know," exclaimed Emmett, as Jasper and Edward looked at each other excited at the prospect of talking to him since they were also huge Star Trek fans. Although, both guys tended to prefer the early years of the show rather than the Next Generation series. They had even gotten into a huge fight with their other friend Tyler, over which character played by Patrick Stewart was better, Jean-Luc Picard or Professor Xavier from X-Men.
"Okay, stop the silent geek love you two are sharing. I see the meaningful glances and I'm tempted to have you two bitches prove you are really guys." Edward rolled his eyes but was actually desperate for any advice that Emmett was willing to offer.
"You guys need to stop playing your lame ass online games with other virgin teenage males and get out there. Isn't Newton having a party on Friday night?" asked Emmett, knowing bloody well that the answer was yes. James Newton had a wild party every year while Em was in school and he knew that his younger brother Mike had taken over the job last year when James had joined the Army. Em always had a fondness for parties at the Newton's house since he got his first blowjob there from Tanya Denali, by far the easiest girl in the history of Forks.
"We weren't invited," said Jasper, sounding a bit disappointed. He was even more so when Emmett broke out into loud laughter at his naïve behavior.
"No one invites you to a house party Jasper. Were you expecting some letter to arrive with perfect calligraphy requesting your presence at the Newton Mansion?" Em laughed even louder as Jasper began to blush, his pale white skin from hours indoors playing video games, turning a bright shade of pink. "We're going on Friday night; you boys deserve a night out. I promise to be there and help you guys in any way I can. Perhaps these girls you like will be there and you can talk to them about something other than frog carcasses and how hot the girls are in Grand Theft Auto."
Friday night found Emmett deep in a crowd of slightly younger girls, and his awkward brother who was desperate for Em's advice. "Which one is she?" asked Emmett as he watched Edward scan the room and settle his eyes on a very attractive looking brunette. If Emmett didn't know his brother had his eye on the girl, he would have approached her himself, but he couldn't do that to him now. Em watched curiously as the girl noticed Edward was looking at her and she started to blush. This was going to be easier than Emmett thought.
"Go talk to her," he insisted as Edward let out a small groan of reluctance.
"No way. She's too cute to talk to. Anyways, I haven't had anything to drink and I still need to find Jasper," said Edward nervously. He was saying anything he could to get out of the situation and Emmett wasn't having it. He grabbed his brother by the back of his shirt and pulled him through the crowd towards the brunette, who was standing with a stunning looking blonde who took Emmett's breath away.
"Hi, I'm Emmett Cullen," he announced forcefully as he held Edward's forearm, keeping him in place. "I believe you girls know my younger brother, Edward." Both girls nodded their heads and Emmett couldn't help but notice that Edward was looking at the floor, rather than the girls before him.
"I'm Rosalie and this is my best friend Bella," said the blonde, motioning to her friend, whose eyes were fixated on Edward's. "Did you want to go somewhere and talk Emmett?"
"Hell yes, but only if your friend here keeps my brother company. I'm a little worried he is going to disappear to a dark room to find the next Xbox to cuddle with," laughed Emmett heartily as Rosalie led the way out of the room and Bella stood anxiously moving her foot around on the floor.
"So, you like Xbox?"
"You could say that," said Edward lamely as he looked up at Bella, his eyes moving slowly up her body to rest on her luscious brown eyes.
"Are you looking forward to the new Call of Duty Game?" she asked Edward knowingly as she smirked smugly at him and his eyes grew wide.
"You know Modern Warfare 2?" he asked incredulously as Bella suddenly pulled her sweater off over her head, revealing the tank top she wore underneath which read 'Girls play Xbox too, and we're pretty damned good.'
"I hear Mike has one up in his room… care to join me?" she asked as Edward nodded his head in the affirmative Bella extended her hand as Edward took it easily, their fingers intertwining as though they were meant to be. Like Han Solo and Princess Leia.
