"Brittlyn? What's wrong? I want to help you. I promise not to hurt you." Emmett said.
"You said I was special. That I am unique and that's why you brought me here. What I'm not sure about is why you think I'm so unique. Are planning on… hurting me? Like I was last night?" I asked him.
"Of course not!" Emmett said in a shocked tone.
"How can I be sure that you're not lying to me?" I asked, still unsure of if he were telling me the truth.
"Because I really like you. I know it might be to son to tell for you, but you are special to me for this one reason." Emmett said.
Something about what he was saying comforted me. I wasn't entirely sure if it was what he saying that comforted me so much, or just how he said it. When Emmett spoke about me this way, there was a calmness. A truthfulness to it that made me realize he could be the one for me. It calmed me enough to be able to stand again. I felt ashamed for the way that I just assumed he would possibly hurt me.
I looked down as I walked over to him. I looked up at him through my eyelashes. I could see the big smile on his face. I knew what I needed to say. I knew he'd be expecting it to after the way I started blushing when I looked at him.
"I'm sorry. I guess I'm just really skeptical when someone likes me. It's not something someone like me gets used to very often." I explained.
"You have nothing to apologize for. Especially after what happened to you last night. I promise you I am NOT going to do anything you don't want. I will respect you more than that bastard last night did. Just promise me you will stay with me as long as you can." He said with an urgency.
I nodded. "Of course Emmett."
I hugged him, with this very serious look on my face. I could feel that there was something important he was keeping from me. Something that must've been traumatic for him. It was something that must've kept to himself very often because I knew whatever love he felt came from this new family he had. Emmett kept his hug on me for a long time.
He let go of me. I looked at his face to see him still smiling. It was an infectious smile. I couldn't stop the smile that moved its way onto my face. Emmett wrapped one arm around me and kept me close to him. He had a great hug too, now that I was more aware of things. I wondered why Emmett decided to stay with this family although he didn't have any true connections to them now. He didn't need to be taken care of I don't think.
"Would you like to go on a date?" Emmett asked, interrupting my train of thought.
I looked up at him. I was baffled by the question. I never thought that I would actually ever be asked on a date before. It took me by surprise mostly because I never thought the day would come. I collected myself enough to finally give him an answer.
"Sure! When would you like to go on this date?" I asked.
"How about now?" He asked.
"Ok. I'm not really ready for a date." I said.
"Don't worry about that. Alice insisted on getting you some clothes to wear when you are here. She also insisted on buying other things you might need as far as personal care too." Emmett explained.
"She didn't need to do that. It is completely unnecessary. Plus how did she even know what size I wore?" I asked.
"You'd be surprised at how accurate she can be when she picks these things out. She can usually meet a person and look at them only to make some pretty good guesses about them." Emmett told me.
I accepted the explanation given to me and followed him back to the house. Alice and Rosalie greeted us at the door. I was quickly ushered up to a feminine looking room after Emmett whispered something to Alice. She smiled and it didn't leave her face the whole time she dressed me up. By the time she was done, I felt like a giant Barbie doll.
I looked at myself in the mirror to see how Alice had dressed me. I was wearing a dark blue dress that came down to my knees and the sleeves came down to my elbows and had a little flare to them. Alice managed to curl my hair a little and put enough makeup on that wouldn't make me look like a clown. She then brought out some heels to put on. I was the kind of person who shouldn't be wearing heels. I did it because I didn't want to be rude to a new friend.
"You look gorgeous!" Esme said as she walked through the door.
"You do look beautiful." Rosalie added.
"Wait until Emmett sees her! He'll be saying something about how she looks." Alice chimed in.
I blushed a deep red. "Thank you guys for all this. I'm sure it wasn't cheap and-"
"And nothing dear. This was a pleasure for us all. Now let's take you down to Emmett." Esme said.
We walked back downstairs. Esme, Alice and Rosalie were in front of me. They were blocking any view of me from the guys. When they finally reached the bottom they went to the person they spent time with. Emmett was looking at his reflection making sure everything was in place. He finally turned around to look at me. He looked surprised or stunned. Maybe even shocked.
"Wow! You look…" He didn't finish his sentence.
"Doesn't she look nice?" Alice asked.
"You look more than nice. You look absolutely stunning." Emmett said.
I felt this sense of happiness flourish through my whole body. After that I felt this large amount of love pass through me. I don't know where that feeling came from, but I didn't care. I just went with it. I looked at Emmett and smiled at his compliment.
"Thank you Emmett." I said.