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Previously:
"I did it again….I did it again.." She cried, each word becoming more panicked.
"Bella. Calm down. You didn't do anything. What do you think you did?" I set her on my lap, waiting for her to speak.
"I've hurt you again. I told myself I would never hurt you again and I did."
"Isabella Marie Swan. Listen to me." I held her face in my hands. "I love you. I don't care if you've hurt me. You can hurt me again and again. I will ALWAYS be under your spell. If you choose to walk away from me, you'll take my heart with you, and then I don't know what I'll do." I said truthfully. The words that had been lulling in my head exploded.
EPOV
The tears only came faster, more deep, each a huge droplet. "I don't deserve you!" Her words came out in hiccups. I held her to my chest, both of us rocking on the ground of the carpeted floor in our room. I didn't know what to do. Rose had never been like this. She was okay as long as I bought her something. With Bella it didn't seem to be the case.
"Bella, didn't you listen to anything I just said?" I asked, sullenly…. Just leaving my arms around her, waiting for her to calm down, at least enough to talk to me. "I DON'T CARE!" I said each word clearly, I really didn't. Sure it had hurt when we were away from each other but it made the getting back together all the better.
"But I do! I can't live with myself knowing that I've hurt all of you! I can't live with myself knowing that I ripped you all apart." Her breathing was quieter now, but her heart was still beating faster than I thought humanly possible.
"Bells listen to me for a second. When you weren't talking to us, it was…worse." She winced. "Sorry," I apologized. "That didn't come out right."Ugh…I had just made things worse. Why did I ALWAYS have to screw things up? Maybe it had been better with Edward as her boyfriend. He knew how to take care of her, what to do when she was having emotional breakdowns. I on the other hand didn't. I'd just have to work harder to understand…to learn. I wouldn't be the one responsible for cutting our ties if anything happened. I loved Bella too much to do that.
"It's okay, it's true anyway, what does it matter? I'm past feeling like nothing is my fault. Bella's voice was tiny, as her words came out in whispers.
"B, let me rephrase. We were dead without you…well you know what I mean. And without you everyone is just sort of blank. We all need you! So ignoring us because you feel bad isn't going to do anything!" My words came out all in one. I wanted her to understand, but none of my words seemed powerful enough.
BPOV
"Oh Emmett. I'm so sorry." I managed. "Sorry" seemed to be my favorite word in the dictionary now. I had apologized for everything, because everything was my fault. In my heart and soul I knew it. But what could I do? I loved Emmett and the rest of the Cullens too much to hurt them anymore, even if I had to live with a cutting feeling in my heart for the rest of eternity. It was time to make everything better…at least as much as possible. I pulled the diamond ring Emmett had given me out of my pocket.
"Will you help me put this on?" I asked shyly, holding out the ring.
"Of course Darling." Emmett kissed the top of my head and slipped the ring back on. I had been afraid that it would never stay there again, I had been afraid that we would be over after this…That I would have to leave, be homeless on the street. I could never see my father again. Between the anger and the pain I would give him a heart attack if we met again.
"I thought you would never wear it again…" Emmett murmured, his smile shinning up my day.
"Me too." I gazed at it, letting the light bounce off the diamonds, going into all the directions.
"Now, about my phone…" Emmett cleared his throat. I reached over to pick up the piece of iphone on the ground. The back… or what was left of it lay limply in my hand, if you could call it the back of a phone..it looked more like a piece of scrap metal. Stupid, cheap phones.
"Yeah…sorry about that too." I ducked my head; I had acted dramatic and retarded. Like a high maintenance something or other…like a mini Jessica, now that I thought about it. Emmett didn't need another Rosalie.
An evil grin crossed Emmett's boyish face. Oh crap! I thought gloomily. Something was in store.
"First thing
tomorrow we're going to get me a new phone." So far so good…we'd
have to ditch, but it didn't really matter…Emmett and I needed
some time alone anyway. I nodded.
"And then we're going to
get you something too!" He looked like an excited masculine version
of Alice…A hot and sexy version with huge muscles.
"No.' I retorted, as if THAT would solve everything. "You already got me something remember?" I held my hand up to show him my ring.
Emmett waved his hand in the air, "Psh…not big enough and plus you owe me."
"Ugh…" I sighed. I knew I had to give in; I DID owe him for being unsociable (an understatement) and for breaking his phone.
"Fine," I let out a yawn, "Nothing too big though Em." The nights of not sleeping well were finally catching up to me.
"No, not TOO big," He let out a booming laugh.
"I'm serious." I tried to put on my best "Bella is serious" face that only made him laugh harder. I slipped out of the room as Emmett turned on some soft music, something I never thought he'd do. He seemed more like a metal, hard rock guy. But I had always thought him to be uneducated..But he wasn't. So I had no rights to judge. I put on my "cute" pajamas without thinking. The cute green long sleeve shirt and matching boyish short boxer shorts. I hadn't worn them in a while. Not since…well never mind. I didn't want to think about it. I yawned louder again, ready to fall into unconsciousness.
"You made me wait too long!" Emmett moaned as I climbed into bed.
"Sorry, " I murmured drowsily. We listened to the classical music for a moment. "Hey Em?" I questioned barely aware of my surroundings.
"Yes Bella?" He looked up, deep from his concentration. It scared me to wonder what he was thinking. For once I wish I could tell what was happening inside his mind.
"Will you sleep…" I paused, changing my sentence around so it would make sense. "Stay with me tonight?"
His face lit up, "You didn't need to ask." I curled up into his chest as he lay next to me, holding me tightly, the blanket between us, keeping me warm. But I wanted so much to be able to feel his cold icy chest, against my skin. But if I did that I would freeze.
I woke up feeling blinded by light.
"Emmett?" I muttered groggily, looking around.
"Here B." I noticed the man sitting up in the bed, the sheets strewn everywhere. Looking at me with adoring eyes.
"Hey," He leaned in to kiss me and I pushed him away embarrassed. Pain crossed his features. "Human minute remember?" I felt myself being thrown onto Emmett's back as he ran me to the huge room which he called a bathroom.
"You get five minutes after that, I'm coming in there."
I smiled, assuming he was joking. There was no way he could be serious.
He wasn't. I stepped out of the shower, pulling the fuzzy towel towards me. Five minutes and 3 seconds. Nothing had happened. Phew…he HAD been joking. The door swung and I screamed, reaching for something to cover me up more…but I drew a blank. Emmett slung me of his shoulder. "EMMETT I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DON'T PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT I'LL…I'LL…" My voice trailed off with my threat. I couldn't think of anything that would scare my huge, cuddly and ANNOYING boyfriend away. He chucked. "THIS IS NOT FUNNY GOD DAMNIT!" I shrieked.
"Bella, be quiet, you'll wake everyone up." Emmett whispered.
"Nice try buddy." I was fuming inside. I couldn't believe that he had actually done that. Alice poked her head out the door down the hall. "Bella," she gasped with laughter. "Your towel's slipping." I groped for the towel holding it closer.
"You are so dead Emmett." I muttered in his ear.
"You can't do anything to stop me." He hesitated for a moment. "I already AM dead."
"Oh we'll see about that." I challenged. I quickly changed into a Juicy jogging outfit. I would be in BIG trouble if Emmett walked in on me while I was changing…well…it would be THAT bad. It would just make us want stuff that we couldn't have.
Emmett lifted me into the passenger seat of big Jeep Wrangler. He leaned over to buckle my seat belt.
"I can do it myself Emmett." He could still tell I was upset about the incident earlier.
"Bells." He stared deep into my eyes, begging me.
"No fair!" I complained. "You CANNOT do that!" Dazzlement was the worst most possible gift vampires had. At least in my opinion.
"Why not?" He asked again, buckling the seatbelt. I sighed, venting my frustration. Why was I always around vampires that were better than me at everything?
"Is there anything that you can't beat me in?" I questioned haughtily. Well…maybe cooking, but I hadn't actually seen Emmett cook, so I couldn't know for sure.
"Bella!" Emmett
stroked my hand softly, sending shivers up my spine. "You beat me
at stuff.." He was silent for a few seconds. " Umm..cooking," I
rolled my eyes.. "And…
I could tell it pained him to say it,
so I said it for him.
"Video games!" I laughed pulling on the large Dior sunglasses Rosalie had let me "borrow"…but I had a feeling she had bought them for me.
"That was once!" Emmett argued. I noticed we were driving by Port Angeles, at a 100mph speed.
"Em, you missed the exit." Unless we were going to Seattle…. which was NOT a good idea. We could run into one of Charlie's cop friends. That wouldn't make it any easier to enjoy my time with Emmett. They would report back to him, which then he would report back to me…and then…I just didn't want to speak to him anymore than I had to.
"We're going to Seattle, they have bigger c-"he broke off and shut his mouth.
"Excuse me?" "C" What started with a c that I knew about? Candy?
"They have a better AT&T store there," I raised my eyebrows, staying silent. I wasn't going to ruin his fun…but if it was anything bigger than the size of a box of candy or a cd I was going to have a tantrum. I played along.
"Do you have an idea of what phone you want yet?" He bit his lip, suddenly unsure. Figures. I thought warily. Emmett only thought in the moment. "What about the Blackberry Pearl?" I had noticed an ad in the paper a week earlier for the phone. I had wanted it, but then the iphone came in. It was perfect.
"Too girlish." Emmett mumbled, playing with my hair with one hand, the other on the wheel.
"Both hands on the wheel." I directed. I truly had a problem with the Cullens not paying attention to the road. While they might not be breakable, I was. But I couldn't say I minded Emmett playing with my hair, it felt….nice. after so long of not touching eachother.
"Bella, nothings going to happen." Emmett groaned. I scooted closer to him, our thighs now touching.
"How's that?" I whispered seductively. We zoomed through a red light. "Now with you keep both hands on the wheel?"
"Not close enough." I rolled my eyes. Same old, same old. I moved closer. I was in his lap now. "There."
"Can you even see?" I leaned my head back on his shoulder to keep from blocking the view.
"Yeah, but the only thing I want to see is you." I kissed his neck, letting the prickly icy feeling run through my lips.
"Bella, " He murmured, "Can we go home? Please? I want some time alone with you." I finally had my threatening plan.
"As much as I'd love to…" I pursed my lips in thought. "Thinking back to this morning…I have the PERFECT punishment." He only needed to read my eyes to know what I was saying.
"No fair!" He complained, pulling away.
"It's you're fault." I reminded him, I knew I could make this harder than it needed to be…but if it was for a good laugh no one would mind. "If you had listened to me, we could be at home right now…on the bed…listening to some soft music…the door closed with no one at home…" I closed my eyes imagining the scene. But it would have to wait. I needed him to suffer a little more. Plus..it could only happen in my dreams. Emmett wouldn't do that..Edward would kill him. But Edward wasn't my boyfriend, so maybe….
"You are so evil." He tickled me as we pulled into the mall parking lot.
"I know." I said lightly laughing and jumping off his lap. This was going to be fun! My phone vibrated in my pocket. "Alice." I muttered. Emmett smirked at my expression. "Hello?" I said sweetly keeping my temper in check.
"BELLA I LOVED IT!! THAT WAS THE BEST IDEA EVER!!"I paused on the line. Of course she'd seen it….right after my decision had been made.
"Thanks Alice." I heard static on the line.
"Fine, talk to her then Rose, even if you're taking away time I could be talking with MY sister!" I giggled on the other line, as Emmett led me towards the AT&T store.
"She's MY sister too!" I stared at the pink blackberry in the window. Cute. Just Emmett's style. But it would be a teeny bit embarrassing to have your boyfriend with a PINK phone. "Okay Bella," Rosalie finally got on the line. "Go past Abercrombie & Fitch, " Emmett was dragging me into the store,
"Hold on Rose." She waited on the line as I spoke to Emmett. "Emmett, you go, I'll be in in a second." He nodded leaving me in the open mall with tons of people milling about. "I'm listening."
"Okay so," She continued, "Go into Abercrombie & Fitch if there are guys without their shirts on. Then ask them if they can help you find a skirt and shirt, something really cute, tight and short. One of them will agree and Emmett will be fuming."
I was unsure of this plan; I didn't want him to kill someone. "I don't know Rosalie…"
She interrupted (as usual). "You should SEE what he's going to get you. I should ask Edward to get me something like it." Anger boiled within me. Whatever it was, it must be BIG for Rosalie to want it too.
"Fine," I grumbled. "You have yourself a deal. I need to go, Emmett might hurt himself." I looked through the window. Emmett was towering over the salesclerk screaming. I entered through the glass door; someone had been kind enough to open it for me.
"Emmett honey?" I called. He stopped arguing and turned to stare at me. "Is something wrong?" I walked towards the guy, he wasn't older than myself. He really couldn't know that much about phones.
"He won't let me get a new phone." Emmett growled. I turned towards the boy who was looking at me as if there was no tomorrow. I lowered the glasses.
"Is there a problem?" I asked kindly, looking in my bag for a stick of gum.
"He…umm…you.." He was silent for a few minutes more. "He can't get another phone because he's broken so many."
I smiled; hopefully I could give him a bit of human dazzlement. "Does it count if I broke the phone?" I advanced towards him and he backed away.
"Well…" I could see he was cracking.
"He just needs a new phone, we can't text in class if he doesn't have a phone." I said tearfully, pulling out a tissue and began dabbing my eyes. "And its almost Emmett's birthday, I wanted to get him something special." I looked down, waiting for the tears to come. The boy was quiet again. What was wrong with him? I hadn't actually done anything. "You understand don't you?"
"Yes. What type of phone would you like Sir? May I suggest the Envy? If you and your…"he stared at me. "Girlfriend, text a lot? Or maybe the iphone? If you like music and internet." He twittered. Emmett's mouth dropped, I felt the same way. I'd never done anything like that before. It felt as if I'd manipulated the poor guy.
"I'll take the… What do you think Bells?" I shrugged.
"Maybe the iphone again?"
"No, " he shook his head. "Someone might break it again." Emmett winked in my direction. I laughed.
"Cough cough." I choked sarcastically.
"I'll take the envy."
"Sure sir! Right sir! You guys can wait on the coach sir as I complete the transaction sir!"
"Emmett!" I scolded angrily, "What did you do to the poor kid? It looked like you were about to kill him."
His eyes darkened evilly, "I might have, but it's not my fault you were flirting with him. Which I must say…does hurt A LOT."I patted his arm gently.
"You're the only one that's important. Remember that." I said, leaving the sound of evil out. If he hated what had just happened he'd love what was going to happen now.
A/N thanks to my beta…BiteMeEdward7 for putting up with my constant changes and uncertainties for this story and all my other stories..even IF she says she doesn't mind…but I really am sorry!!! Forgive me!! I swear to god, I've reedited this chapter so many time I MEMORIZED IT!! AND my mom thinks I have a TWILIGHT FANFICTION OBSESSION!! And I was like "NO!" Even if the true answer would be "DUH"
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