A/N: Kristina, I hope this is special enough for you. I've been waiting to write something as wonderful as what you've been writing for me. Hope you like it!!!

I Don't Bite, I Swear by Skweek-chan

Chapter Twelve… Rose

"I think I'll sleep in your room tonight, if you don't mind," the embarrassed girl told him, looking down.

Emmett grinned genuinely. "Sounds great to me, and Carlisle and Esme are just fine with basically whatever. They trust us."

The girl's stomach growled loudly, making her blush a light pink. "Sorry. I haven't eaten in quite a while."

Emmett burst out laughing, bending over to try and catch breath he didn't need.

She blushed darker. "What the hell's so funny?" she asked defensively.

Emmett continued laughing loudly, not letting up. Of course, after a while, he began to calm down. Wiping the tears of laughter from his eyes, he stood up straight and looked at her. During his little episode, she had decided to sit back down on his couch, impatiently waiting. "Sorry," he apologized. "I was just reminded of something Edward told me a while ago. One thing he seems to love about Bella is the fact that she is human. He says he likes to watch her; he absolutely loves the things she does that we can't."

The poor girl couldn't have blushed deeper, rivaling a tomato. "Gee, thanks," she said sarcastically.

"No, no," he assured her. "I think it's cute."

Oh, they were wrong. She could blush deeper.

He stood silently, smiling gently. "Come on, I can hear your stomach. Let's see what we can dig up around here."

"Sure," she said, standing up and stretching, bending backwards as far as she could.

Emmett growled deeply at the site, then nearly slapped himself. He shouldn't get this attached to the girl this early on. She could still run away at any time.

She gave him a funny look, tilting her head to the side. "Emm, did you just suddenly lose your mind, or what?"

He laughed a bit more before answering her. "No, I'm still sane, I promise. I just noticed something, that's all."

"Care to share?" she asked, an eyebrow raised.

"You really wanna know?" She nodded. "I was just staring at you when you stretched, that's all."

She turned a very dark shade of red, but this time it wasn't from embarrassment. "Emmett!" she yelled, trying her hardest not to burst into laughter. "Don't ogle me!"

He smirked, opening the door for her as they headed downstairs. "Can you honestly say you wouldn't stare at me?"

She stepped out into the hall. "There's a big difference! You don't have boobs!"

"No, but I—"

"Stop right there, I'm sorry I brought it up," she cut off, holding her hand up to stop him.

They both laughed as they walked into the kitchen. "So, what would you like?" Emmett asked politely, sticking his head in the fridge. She walked up behind him and pulled the door open the rest of the way.

"You guys got the stuff for a salad?" she asked, leaning over next to him. He nodded and pulled out everything he had there.

As he looked back in, he tried to find the dressing. "Rose," he started, not looking over his shoulder, "stay away."

There was a deep growl from behind, causing Kristina to whip around, coming face to face with a very pissed-off-looking vampire girl. She was beautiful, though, and Kristina could see why Emmett was in love with her. Though she did still think he deserved better than either of them.

Rose bared her teeth at her, growling. "What's with her? Your new whore?" she spat venomously.

Kristina heard everything fall to the ground, and before she could blink, Emmett was standing over Rosalie, who was stuck lying on the ground. Emmett crouched down, growling quite threateningly at the other vampire. "You will leave now, and you won't talk to Kristina, or about her. Understand?"

Rose smirked from beneath the boy. "Ha. Even you know you could never be happy with anyone other than me."

"Problem with that theory is that I was miserable with you." Emmett stood up, but didn't let his guard down. "Now get. Before I call Carlisle in here."

In a split second, Rose was gone.

"Sorry 'bout that," Emmett apologized.

"No, no," Kristina assured him, watching him prepare the food and wishing she could help. "I understand. But I have to agree with her on one thing."

"What?" Emmett asked, curiosity piqued.

"You're not going to happy with a human."

Emmett froze. "What are you talking about?"

Kristina didn't answer. "I wanna eat first, I'll tell you later."