OLD VERSION OF ATR – PLEASE READ CHAPTER ONE NOTES FOR THE EXPLANATION ON WHY.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters; they all belong to Stephenie Meyer. I am simply borrowing them for my own amusement.

A/N: Emmett's point of view.

All That Remains

Chapter Fourteen – Emmett

Alice has started in on Edward about something she saw in the future. It gets so frustrating listening to their half conversations and it is times like these I wish Edward's mind reading ability could be blocked so the rest of us can follow the conversation on what he is on about. The added bonus would be I could take a few swipes at him every now and then when we fight. He's a good brother and his ability to mind read has saved our hides many times, but Edward is so serious all the time; he really needs to lighten up.

"Edward you can't do that and you know it, he's just a kid." Alice protested.

I wonder what he has planned, if it is a fight I am in.

"The runt needs to have his butt kicked for the trouble he has caused." Edward argued.

Now he's talking, I wonder who they are talking about. Jacob? Nah Bella would never allow him to do that, but it would be fun seeing Edward and Bella at it. She has such a temper on her and not afraid to flex her new vampire strength either. This reminds me, I still owe her for the dunking she gave me earlier. I wonder how far I can take it before Edward loses his cool and tries to save her. If he wasn't so protective of her, Bella and I could have some real fun. She is a blast to have around. Not afraid to get herself messed up and can dish out as much as she gets. That is so hot! No wonder Edward fell for her. She isn't beautiful like Rosalie but she is more fun. I wonder what she is like...

Edward's eyes cut to me taking a few steps in my direction and growled. I backed up with my hands up in defeat. "Yeah yeah" He's so touchy. I would take him on any day if he couldn't read my mind.

Great, now I have Rosalie glaring at me, no doubt wondering what I was thinking. A thought came to mind. I could tell her, maybe that will set her off, but would she get her hair messed up to have it out with me? I sighed. Of course she wouldn't, I would just get the silent treatment and banished from touching her for a week or so. Who am I kidding; Rosalie would make it a year or decade.

The fight going on between Edward and Alice broke into my thoughts.

"You will break the treaty if you do that, don't be stupid." Her tone was getting tense; I wondered what she saw Edward doing, but whatever it is, it can't be good if she thinks he will break the treaty. He could be taking it a bit far this time but Bella makes him do weird things. He hasn't been himself ever since he met her. He had always been more of the compliant person of the family, always a bit of a know-it-all. He seriously needed to get...

"Get your mind out of the gutter Emmett!" He yelled at me interrupting my thoughts.

"Get out of my head" I yelled back. But he had already gone back to the fight he was having with Alice.

"I am not going to kill him so how is that breaking the treaty." He retorted.

"It's implied don't you think!" she snapped.

I could feel Rosalie's glare on me. She is going to let me have it later. What the hell, if she is going to do it then I may as well have fun now. My thoughts drifted back to Bella, I tried to imagine Rosalie being that way. If she would just let her hair down we could have some real fun and it would break the cycle we had been in for the last few decades or so. Not that I didn't want to spend every moment with Rosalie but I would really enjoy some action every now and then, just to cut into the boredom during the day. And Bella had that in spades.

I noticed Bella and Jacob were walking back from the house. She had given that dog some food. I couldn't help thinking it was pretty weird how close she is to the dog. It was obvious he was head over heels for her. I wonder what they got up to while Edward was away. For a werewolf to hang around one of our kind like he is, they must have done something. Edward would know already from reading the dogs' mind if anything detailed like that happened. Or maybe that is why Edward is so set on killing the mutt. Trying to take out the competition, ha this is funny. If Bella knew, man she would let him have it and he wouldn't be able to block her moves like he can with us. This is too good to be true, all I would have to do is suggest to Bella...

"Emmett! Do it and it will be the last thing you ever do" Edward yelled distracted by my thoughts. His fists were clenched. I couldn't help laughing, he is so easy to rile up. He went back to his fight with Alice, I could see it was heating up. Alice had tensed up. Wonder why Jasper hasn't stepped in yet?

"He nearly got Bella killed; you think I should take that lying down?" he barked at her.

I noticed Bella didn't like the way Edward and Alice were going at it. What would I give to read her mind at the moment? The look on her face was so intense, it was obvious she was angry but I saw written on her face, a focus, that didn't seem to fit with what was going on. And why was Edward yelling at Alice like that?

"He's a child Edward, don't be ridiculous" Alice started to cower a little from his tone. This was getting a little out of hand. Should I step in or wait for Jasper?

"Stop blocking your thoughts Alice that is childish." Edward snapped

"I'm not you idiot." Alice was clearly not impressed with that last remark.

"That's rich, I can't read your thoughts, and you call me an idiot?"

"Maybe you have lost your touch Edward because I am not doing anything to block you. I would actually like you to hear my thoughts right now, every word!" Ouch! Them be fighting words.

"Then why can't I read your thoughts, I can't see anything, it's like your mind has gone blank."

"Maybe you have snapped. Your behaviour would certainly agree with that theory. I told you I am not doing anything"

"Ha I can read them again... What? You really weren't blocking me?" Edward said in surprise.

"Didn't I say that?" Alice said upset. She was totally furious with how Edward treated her.

"I can't read you again, what's going on?" he said confused.

"I think it is me actually Edward." Bella piped up.

Oh boy this is getting fascinating, what is Bella up to now. This girl was pure entertainment; there is never a dull day with her around. Edward hissed at me, I just shrugged my shoulders in response. It was true though.

"What are you talking about Bella?" Edward focused on her.

"I didn't like how you were treating Alice and well I got angry..." she explained

"That doesn't make sense, what are you saying?" Edward said annoyed.

"Edward!" Esme chided him.

"When I got angry this red haze was blocking my vision but I saw this sort of elastic thing in my mind. At first I didn't know what to make of it but every time you yelled at Alice I wanted to go to her defence. When that happened this elastic thing moved as well, like it reached out to her." She paused watching to see if anyone was going to make fun of her. Well that was probably going to be me but not this time, I wanted to know more.

She continued. "And well I wanted to protect Alice; it sort of threw itself in her general direction and wrapped itself around her." She paused again. "It seemed to be when this thing is around Alice, you couldn't hear her thoughts." She sighed.

"You can block Edward from reading my thoughts?" Alice asked confused.

"Yeah, at least that is what I think I did." Bella was never confidant about her abilities. but surely she can see how much fun we could have if she was able to do this.

"Did I hear you correctly?" I had to be sure "You can block his mind reading?" she nodded "Oh man you are the coolest chick!" I heard Rosalie hiss but this was way too cool to ignore. Bella seemed to have an endless way of making things fun around here.

"Ha! Bella you are brilliant" Alice hugged her tightly and I had to as well. This was priceless, if she can block Edward from hearing our thoughts... Oh boy fun times to be had ahead. I strode over in a few strides, and picked them both up in my arms and laughed my head off. "That you are Bella. Life will never be dull again with you around." I laughed so hard it made me drop them again.

When will I learn to keep my mouth shut? I heard Rosalie snarl and I wasn't sure if it was directed at me or Bella. It was probably meant for me, but was she jealous or irritated? I backed away and moved next to Jasper, there was no point standing next to Rosalie; she would just bite my head off.

I would have asked Edward to tell me which it was but he had this stupid ethical thing going and never let on what others were thinking in that area. His true age showed but I actually think he belonged more in the sixteenth century the way he carried on. You have to keep up with the times, I reckon anyway. It would make us fit in better instead of his old fashioned morality ways.

A memory crossed my mind of Edward and Bella going at it in the woods the other day. That was hilarious to watch but I guess I have to give him credit for letting his guard down, he would never have done that sort of thing before Bella, hell he wouldn't have even kissed a girl before her. Maybe he has changed a little but it was Bella that brought it on. If I didn't have Rose, or anyone else for that matter, I would have gone a bit crazy myself. Yep she definitely has done him some good being in his life and it will only get better I reckon. Maybe if we weren't around, those two just might let loose a bit more and smash a few houses like Rose and I did. I can imagine Bella letting loose easily... My mind visualised Bella and how hot she would be.

"Do you mind? Keep your fantasies to yourself!" Edward was in my face and angry as hell. Okay I deserved that one. He looked over to Rosalie and grinned. "You have bigger problems than me to deal with now." He cut his eyes back to me with the widest grin and walked off to where the others were.

Jasper leaned over "Have you got a death wish today?" he chuckled.

I looked over to Rose and sure enough she was at boiling point. "Do you want me to calm her down?" he asked

"Nah, she hates that. It would just make it worse." I sighed "How come you haven't stopped Edward and Alice's fight?" I was curious about this; normally he protects Alice just as fiercely as Edward does with Bella. It was out of character for him to stay out of it.

"I am trying to learn to not be so protective over her. She... As you put it before, 'she hates it.'" We went back to watching the others. Jacob walked up to us a little concerned.

"Is he always like this?" he asked confused.

"Yep" I didn't really want to get chummy with the wolf but I could see why he was a little distracted by it.

"Bella puts up with this?" he asked questioning her judgement.

"Love is blind" I volunteered.

"Like I said before, it appears to be stupid as well." He snorted.

Wow he really had it bad for Bella. Wonder if he is still going to make a play for her even though she is one of us now. Not sure how he could get round the smell thing though, boy he is off. I thought about holding my breath it was so bad.

"How did you know...?" Edward wasn't impressed at all with Bella's new ability.

"I didn't, it just happened in reaction to what you were doing." He grimaced at her words.

Alice came over and wrapped her arm around Jasper. I wasn't sure if she was just getting away from Edward or giving him a moment with Bella. It would get boring very quickly if I didn't act fast.

"Hey Bella, can you throw that thing around me so he can't hear my thoughts?" I asked eagerly as I joined them.

She looked over to Edward but he had a smug look on his face, he was so sure she wouldn't do it. He's probably right. Damn, it would be so much fun if she would, the things we could do without him in our minds all the time. I would wipe that smug look off his face to start with.

"Go on Bella, I promise to never tease you again about your kitten growl if you do this."

"Deal!" she said

"What no!" Edward couldn't believe she did this oh man this is so wild I took a swipe at the back of his head. THWACK!

I got him without even trying; I couldn't stop laughing this was too good to be true. I fell to the ground I was laughing so hard. I wasn't the only one laughing.

"Argh!" Edward groaned from the little smack around the head I just gave him.

"You didn't have to hit him so hard Emmett" Bella said but I could see she was having trouble controlling her laughter. Edward glared at her which brought her up fast. She looked at him seriously. Aw, I hope he won't lose his cool that would be lame.

Edward went into his hunting crouch and turned to me. This was going to be so easy now he can't read my mind. I will wait for him to spring at me before I dodge him to the left. I normally go right so this would throw him off.

He launched himself at me as predicted; I went to the left fully expecting he would miss me. I was laughing right until he followed my path to the left smashing me to the ground. What? No, she let him read my thoughts.

"No fair!" I complained "I thought you had my back Bella?"

"I did until you hurt him, but then I wanted to see you get smashed." she laughed

"Remember that Em, she will always be on my side in the end" Edward declared

The smugness of his tone irritated me. It seemed I wasn't the only one he ticked off.

"Emmett it is free for all, go for it" she laughed "I have your back this time, I promise."

"You wouldn't?" Edward looked at her shocked.

"I love you Edward, but you shouldn't take anything for granted; this is too much fun, you have to see that."

I couldn't believe this; she is giving me the best gift anyone has given me. "I love you Bella!" I declared jokingly and went into my hunting crouch aimed at Edward.

The shrilling scream ripping in the air was the only warning I had as Rosalie lunged for Bella. This was not good. She had pinned Bella to the ground and was snarling her head off.

Jacob made a lunge for Rose but Alice caught him by the arm. "Stay out of this dog" she said coldly.

"She is going to hurt Bella" he protested loudly.

Distracted by Jacob I didn't see Edward spring at Rosalie. Now this is totally out of control, I knew Edward enough to know he would not hold back to protect Bella. He had slammed into Rosalie pushing her off Bella and had her pinned to a tree with his hand at her throat.

"Keep your hands off her!" he yelled.

Okay he has taken this way too far now. I was furious on how he was handling her. I slammed into him as we bounced into another tree. "You will not harm her" I said angrily. Has he lost his mind? I wasn't sure what I was going to do but he had crossed the line.

"My money is on Emmett" Jasper laughed.

"You lose" Alice responded laughing.

"Shouldn't we stop them?" Esme was worried

"I don't think we could at this point" Carlisle said unimpressed.

"Get a grip Edward, you don't do that. EVER!" I hoped I had made myself clear. He was no match for my strength and I wasn't going to let go until I was sure he had calmed down or I snapped his head off, whichever came first.

There was no warning. I felt this almighty hit to the side of me that had me flying into the distance hitting the trees hard. Urgh! it was Bella that did that. Man she's strong. I got on my feet and was racing back to the fight. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Rosalie had her hands around Bella's throat. Edward had his around Rose's. This had to stop, Rose has obviously lost it completely and so had Edward. My main priority was Rose so Edward it was. I gripped his throat for him to let go of Rose's, I hoped she would follow suit with her grip on Bella. WHAT THE! Bella just grabbed my throat so I would let go of Edward. For a moment we all held fast, everyone holding each other's mate throats.

I could hear everyone behind us laughing hysterically, even the dog was laughing his head off. I thought about how this must look and I lost it to. Edward and Bella saw the funny side as well and we all let go of our holds, all except Rose, she was not laughing. Edward got serious again as soon as Bella stopped laughing. His lips pulled back over his lips and snarled.

"Let go of her now or this gets serious." His voice was full of venom, he meant it.

"Aw common baby, what are you doing here? Let Bella go" I said trying to lighten the mood a little.

"Enough Rosalie" Carlisle ordered. It wasn't like him to interfere. I guess he was worried she wouldn't back down. Heck I was worried.

Her expression was fierce still; her eyes were locked on Bella without wavering. I put my hand on her arm to reinforce that she was out of line and needed to back down. Finally Rose let go but stood there for a moment keeping her eyes locked still. I put my arm around her but she hissed pushing me away and stormed off towards the house.

"What was all the about?" Bella asked confused.

"You can thank Emmett for that" Edward replied annoyed at what happened.

"What? What did I do?" I didn't do anything to make Rose attack Bella. What was he saying; he knows Rose has a short fuse.

"You don't have to be a mind reader Emmett to know what you were thinking, it was written all over your face." He spat at me.

"I'm just happy Bella is around, she makes things more interesting." I paused "What is wrong with that?"

"You are such an idiot Emmett" Alice piped up. "Don't you realise that Rose would see Bella as a threat now"

"That's absurd, she is a lot of fun, and there is no threat to Rose." I couldn't see what everyone was getting at.

"You have hurt her ego I would say" Jasper suggested.

Oh! Okay now I can see what they mean. Rose's jealousy thing runs deep. She is even jealous of Bella because he loved Bella and not her. Not that Rose had any interest in Edward but she didn't like the fact he showed no interest in her and yet adored Bella so much. Rosalie was a bit nuts that way.

"Alright, I can see what you are getting at now. Edward, should I go after her or leave her be to cool off?" I never knew what to do in this area with Rose, she can be so unpredictable.

"That is for you to work out Emmett" he replied.

Again, with the morality thing... Edward is so frustrating.