Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own the Twilight series, or anything associated with it. It's all from the genius of Stephenie Meyer. However, I can tell you right now I sure as hell wouldn't be using my time to write if I owned a certain Edward Cullen….

Time: Saturday afternoon, about 2 PM

BPOV

The house was bustling with people compared to earlier. Esme, Rosalie and Alice had come home from shopping. Apparently Alice had gone a little crazy in the store and they ran out of stuff, so they closed for the day. Jasper had been recruited to help Alice reorganize their room, mainly her closet, to fit everything.

Esme had punished Emmett and sent him to his room for the day for eating Amber. She was now in the kitchen making me some lunch. Esme was like the perfect soccer mom.

Carlisle had come home from work early, and was in his office. I think Esme said he was making one of those ship-in-a-bottle things. I mean, I know Carlisle's old, but I didn't think he was that old. I love Carlisle and everything, but still, who does that anymore?

Edward had felt horrible about what happened to Amber, so he was out, venting, away from Emmett. He said he was going to the record store in Port Angeles. Alice heard he was going shopping and was at one point begging him to let her go shopping with him, but he handcuffed her to Jasper, and chained Jasper to their bed. They got out of it after a minute, but by then, Edward was probably already half way there. And that was when Alice started going through her new things.

Rosalie was not allowed to go near Emmett, because that would not have coincided with Emmett's grounded-ness. So, since she was not allowed into her room, she was in the living room, with me.

Currently, I was sitting on the couch, trying my luck at Guitar Hero III, against Rosalie. Well, I am much better at this then at DDR, that's for sure. Rose was being considerate and started us off on the easy level.

I got through the first two sections okay. I scored 83 on one of the songs. Now it was my turn to choose a song. I just went with the first one. It was "When You Were Young" by The Killers. Hey, I know this song. It just came out like a year or two ago.

I finished the song, and I think I did better than Rosalie. Omg, I got 96, and 5 stars, a new record! Wow, I can't wait until I tell Edward. Oh yeah, Edward; I wonder where he is. He's been gone for a while now, and unless he decided to go crazy like Alice and buy the whole music store…

"I'm back. So what have you been up to, Bella?" Edward just walked through the door. Now that's what you call perfect timing.

"Oh, nothing. Just playing Guitar Hero." Edward came and sat down next to me.

"Yeah, Edward, Bella's been rocking this game. And given her lack of other skills, I'd say this isn't a bad career choice for her." I looked at Edward. I didn't notice until now, but he brought home a package. And it looked a little too big to be a CD.

"Edward, what is…that?" He smiled.

"This? Oh, well, I felt really bad after the Amber incident, so I got you something. Here, open it." Edward handed me the bag. I could hear something…moving…inside. Oh no, not again.

I opened it, and it was a clear plastic box, or shall I say cage. Housed inside the cage, was a little bird.

"Oh Edward, it's so little." It started chirping. "And it sings, too." I smiled at Edward.

"It's a robin. I thought you might like to try a bird this time. It will be a lot easier for it to get away from Emmett if he gets…confused…or hungry…once again." Edward's smile faded into his hatred of Emmett right now.

"Yeah, Edward, what is with Emmett lately? You guys don't eat food. But he is, and he seems to quite enjoy it. That isn't normal, is it?" Rosalie laughed.

"Well, Bella, first of all, you should know by now, that my husband is anything but normal, even for a vampire. And none of us know why he's acting like this. It's a mystery, even to him. He just knows what he wants, and what Emmett wants, usually Emmett gets. He's like a toddler; he won't stop whining until he's happy. But I, somehow, still love him anyway." Well, that explains…absolutely nothing.

"Bella, what Rosalie is trying to say, is just to not worry about it. If he isn't back to normal, well, normal for Emmett, soon, then I'm making Carlisle take a look at him. Normally I would not care, but Emmett's newfound condition is proving to be a problem."

"Alright then, I won't worry about it anymore. So, does the bird have a name?"

"No Bella, I didn't get it from the store, I got it from outside. The bird was in our meadow, and looked lonely, so I figured that you could keep him company from now on." From our meadow? That's so sweet.

"Ok then, I think I'll name her Robin." Edward chuckled. I stared at him. "What?"

"Naming the robin, Robin, Bella? That's very original." I hit him, knowing it wouldn't hurt, but it shut him up pretty quick. "Sorry. Oh, and Bella? You might want to know that Robin here, she had a few eggs in her nest, so I decided to take them along also. You should never separate a mother from her kin, or future kin, I guess."

"Well, I think I'm going to go into the kitchen and give Robin a bath." I stood up and walked into the kitchen.

"Hello Bella. What are you up to today?" Esme turned and smiled at me. She was doing the dishes. Esme had just made chocolate chip cookies. They smelled so good.

"Hello Esme. I'm just giving my new pet here a bath. Did you make all those cookies just for me?" Esme laughed.

"Well, not only for you. Emmett might want some too. Hopefully he has returned back to his old, semi-normal self, but just in case….Oh, so Edward got you a new pet? That's nice. He's such a gentleman, always trying to make up for things that weren't even his fault to begin with. Well, now that I've finished the dishes, I think I'm going to go out. Now that Carlisle's home, I can take him to the movies with me. He rarely gets off work early, and it's even rarer that you kids are under control, and I think I'm going to jump at this opportunity. Well, have fun with your new pet, Bella."

"Have fun with Carlisle, Esme." That's nice, that they get to go out and have a good time for a little while. Esme walked out of the kitchen, up the stairs, and then I heard the front door close and a car leave. That was quick.

I turned to Robin. I opened her cage, picked her up, and put her in the sink. I turned on the faucet and started washing Robin under it gently. She started singing, and I sang along. I didn't even notice when Emmett walked in.

"Hey Bella."

"Emmett, why are you out of your room? I thought you were grounded."

"Well, Bella, first of all, I see the punishment of being grounded as something that means I can't leave the ground. And besides, Carlisle and Esme aren't even here. You're not going to tattle on me, are you?"

"Of course not, Emmett. Don't be silly."

"Bella, you should know by now that I am always being silly. It's part of my charm. Hey, what's in the box?"

"Oh, Emmett, don't open that. It's Robin's…"

"Ew! Gross." I turned around immediately. I saw Emmett with a smashed egg in his hand. But not any egg, it was one of Robin's eggs. He lifted his hand up to his face.

"Emmett, that is NOT food!!! That's one of Robin's eggs, you just killed her child."

"Oh no, I'm so sorry Bella. And Robin, I did not mean to murder your kid. I'll do anything you want, just don't turn me in to the police. I can't go back to that hell hole…"

"Emmett, you've been in jail before?"

"Well, no, but that's what all the people on TV always say."

Edward walked in the kitchen then, saw what happened, and froze.

"Emmett, please tell me you did not do what I think you just did."

"Edward, it's really not what you think, man. I didn't eat it this time. It smelled too gross. I just murdered the kid, I didn't eat him. Please don't kill me…again!" Edward grabbed Emmett by the back of his shirt, dragged him upstairs to Emmett's room, threw him in, and even chained and locked the doors. He came down to the kitchen.

"Bella, I'm so sorry about him. He really is an idiot."

"It's okay, Edward. It's not your fault. And it's not like he ate Robin, this time. He only ate one egg, and there are still three more. Don't worry about it. Though I think Robin might want an explanation as to why she's missing a kid." I dried Robin off and turned off the faucet.

"Well Bella, as long as you're happy, I'm happy." Edward leaned down and kissed my cheek.

"Hey, at least we know Emmett's cravings are over…."

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I liked this chapter. I didn't kill the bird off! Yay. Remember, Review if you love me.

Jen