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

Chapter Thirteen... Fight

Emmett stared at the girl before him as she ate her salad. He felt extremely sorry that she had to even see Rosalie. But more than that, he wanted her to finish. Part of him wanted to get her out of his house, as well, that way she'd be safe away from vampires. But the bigger, more dominant part wanted her to finish and tell him what she had been talking about before...

She stuck the last bite in her mouth, crunching on the ripe lettuce. She pushed her bowl away from her, indicating she was done, and set her head on her arms, resting on the counter. "I'm tired..." she mumbled, resisting a yawn.

Emmett put everything away and placed her dish in the sink. "Well, you gotta wait until you spill about whatever you were talking about earlier. I can't wait much longer."

She yawned again, wider this time, and arched her back, stretching. "But Emm, I'm tired..." she said in an almost whiny voice.

"Kris," the boy said forcefully.

"Fine, fine," she caved. "I just meant that I don't know how you can think you'll be happy if you hang out with me. You're a vampire! You're strong, handsome, charming... you could get absolutely any girl you wanted!"

Emmett rolled his eyes, seeing the point she was trying to make. "I couldn't care any less about any of that. Thinking that way is what got me Rosalie, and you can obviously see how that turned out."

"Not too great..." the girl mumbled, shoulders slumping as she admitted defeat. "Fine, I'll drop it. For now, at least. Don't go thinking you're safe, though. I've been known to be persistent." She smirked and walked out the door, headed to Emmett's room.

"Yeah?" he asked, sarcasm dripping from his words.

She punched him in the arm playfully, smiling as they climbed the stairs. "Oh, shut it Emm."

He grinned and rushed to the top of the stairs, beating her by a long-shot. He leaned against the banister and waited as she rushed up the rest of the way. "Not... fair... Emm..." she panted. Apparently she had really rushed up to meet him.

He put a hand on her shoulder. "You alright there, Kris? You look like crap," he said unsympathetically, smirking.

She looked at him and stood straight. "What are you talking about? I'm just fine!"

"Suuuure..." he said, walking off and laughing. She was hilarious, the way she thought she had to keep up with him. He found it incredibly cute.

Emmett froze suddenly, and Kristina nearly crashed into him. "JASPER, EDWARD, SHUT UP!" he randomly yelled, looking incredibly pissed.

"Eeeemmmmmettt?" she asked, taking a few steps back, giving him a funny look. "Are you sure you're alright? You're acting a little weird."

He turned to her, his smile back. "My dear brothers were listening in on us." He paused, obviously listening to them again. "JASPER, EDWARD, YOU BETTER RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!"

And before the girl could hardly blink, Emmett was gone, and there was a loud crash somewhere else in the house. The crashing continued for a while, and didn't let up, and eventually another girl walked into the room where Kristina was standing.

"Hi," she said cheerfully, either completely oblivious to the fighting, or not caring.

"Hi," Kristina said hesitantly, eyeing the floor above her. Was nobody worried about the three boys trying to beat the crap out of each upstairs?

As if reading her thoughts, the girl standing with her said, "Don't worry about them, they're indestructible, remember?"

Kristina blinked. "Oh, yeah. Forgot..."

Bella laughed. "Not used to it yet, are you?"

"Not really..."

The crashing around came to a slow halt, and the three boys walked out of the room, looking like nothing had happened. Weirder still, they looked in perfect condition. Their clothes were fine, and their hair looked great. Kristina gave them a confused look. "Gosh, it sounded like you guys were ripping each other to shreds in there, and then you walk out looking like this..."

"What'd you expect?" came a cheerful voice from behind her.

She whipped around to see a brightly smiling Alice. The girl lunged at her, trapping her in an extremely tight hug.

"Alice... breathe!!!" the poor girl gasped out, starting to turn blue.

The pixie-girl jumped back. "Sorry!" she apologized.

"It's... ok..." Kristina said between panting breaths.

Edward looked at a clock on the wall. "Bells, I gotta get you home before Charlie explodes."

"Alright," the girl said, turning to the other two. "I guess I'll see you guys later then?"

They both nodded, and Edward and Bella walked off.

Emmett sighed. "Kris, you should probably get some rest, too."

She looked at him with pleading eyes. "Eeeeemmmm..." she whined, making her eyes big, trying to persuade him otherwise.

"No. You don't want to be tired tomorrow, do you?" he asked, pushing her lightly towards his room.

"Fine..." she consented. With a last look over her shoulder, she waved goodnight to Jasper and Alice. "Goodnight, you two," she called just before Emmett closed the door on them.