I Don't Bite, I Swear by .o.O.o.Emmett.Is.Mine.o.O.o.

Chapter Sixteen…Future

" 'Morning, Emm," a tired girl yawned, stretching back like a cat.

There was no response, just utter silence. The girl rolled over and sat up in the bed, looking around the room and rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She noticed she was alone, and sighed deeply. Deep down, she had hoped to wake up cradled with Emmett just like last night. No such luck.

"Emmett? Anyone?" she asked, knowing someone would probably hear her. "I'm lost and confused in here!"

There was a light rap on the door, and a quiet, "may I come in?"

Well, it definitely wasn't Emmett, she could tell that by the voice. There was a girl out there. Alice, Kristina realized suddenly. "Oh, come in Alice!"

The door opened, and a small, energetic girl bounced through, closing it behind her. "Hi!" she said cheerily, jumping up onto the comfy bed. "Emmett just asked me to watch you while he was away! And he wanted me to tell you something… I just gotta remember what it was…" The girl paused, deep in thought.

Kristina rolled her eyes. "That can wait, but—" her stomach growled loudly, "—I'm starving…"

"Oh!" Alice exclaimed. "That was one thing he told me to remember! He said to make sure you ate."

Kristina blushed. "Really?" she asked squeakily. She cleared her throat and shook her head, trying to think of something other than how absolutely sweet it was that Emmett had been thinking about her ahead of time. "Well, then, while I eat, can you tell me what Emmett's doing?"

The other girl bounced up. "'Course! Come on!" She grabbed Kristina's hand and bounded down the stairs and into the kitchen, nearly ripping the other girl's arm out of socket. "Esme shops to make us seem normal, so we've got plenty of food."

Kristina was too nice to tell the other girl that she already knew this. "Thank you," she said politely as they walked through the door. Alice sat down at one of the stools around the counter, watching her every movement. A normal person probably would have been creeped out by the stare, but Kristina was becoming used to it already.

"So…" Alice started, messing with a small piece of her short hair. "How're you and Emmett doing?" she asked casually.

Kristina blushed lightly, trying to hide it as she dug through the fridge. "We're fine. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, I'm just a concerned sister, that's all… And I just want to keep Emmett safe." She paused. "I don't want to see him get hurt again."

Kristina smiled sadly. "I don't plan on hurting him, but…"

"Trust me," Alice injected, "I know."

Kristina suddenly remembered that Alice was the one that could see into the future. She thought about this for a moment. Then asked, "What do you see in store for us?"

Alice thought for a moment, staying silent as Kristina dug around the room and found a blueberry muffin. "I don't see anything yet. Neither of you has made a definite choice, so I can't tell. Sorry."

"So that's how the visions work?" Kristina asked curiously as she heated up her muffin.

"Yeah. I can only see things that people have already decided. And, no, I can't see what exactly the decision is. Though sometimes I can take a pretty good guess."

A thick silence fell as the human continued eating, eventually finishing and washing her plate. She sat back down with a sigh. "Sooooo..." Pausing, she took a deep breath, "what should we do?"

The pixie girl thought for a minute or so, mentally debating some possibilities that Kristina didn't know. "Well..." she began. "I could give you a makeover?"

Kristina's eyes widened considerably. "No!"

Alice looked taken aback, but then she smiled. "Emmett mentioned that you probably wouldn't like that idea… Alright then…" she mumbled. "What do you suggest we do?"

"I truly have no idea…" Kristina mumbled.

"We've got movies, and popcorn if you want some. We've got games. We've got just about anything else, just name it. What do you think?"

"Where is everybody else?" Kristina asked.

"Around. Jasper's in his room, Esme's cleaning around, Carlisle's at the hospital… Why?"

Kristina grinned. "What would you and Jasper say to a game of truth or dare?"

Alice began bouncing excitedly around. "Jasper, get your butt in here," she said in a normal but excited voice.

Obviously, Jasper said something Alice didn't like, because she abruptly stopped her excited bouncing. "Jasper!" she yelled, making Kristina flinch. "This isn't negotiable! Get in here now!"

A second later, Jasper was standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking a bit annoyed with Alice. "Sweetie, you know I don't like this game," he began, walking over to the two girls.

Alice grinned and stood, walking into the living room and sitting on the comfy couch. Kristina followed suit, and Jasper walked in as well. He refused to sit, though.

"I don't care if you don't like it! Kristina wants to play, and I promised Emmett I would keep her entertained."

Kristina blushed a bright red. "A-Alice, if Jasper doesn't want to play, that's fine. We can watch a movie, like you suggested before, or we could find something else."

Jasper looked over at her, a look of gratitude glowing in his eyes. It wasn't there for long, however, because Alice decided to crush it. "Nice try you two. You can't just say you want to play, then change your mind. Not fair!"

Jasper went over and whispered something in his wife's ear. Kristina just sat there, waiting to figure out if they were playing or not. Alice whispered back, gesturing with her hands. Then Kristina smiled when the look on Jasper's face brightened. Apparently fate had turned in his favor.

Alice began her bouncing again, and Jasper sat calmly beside his wife, still looking happy.

Alice calmed down a bit, and began talking again. "Alright, Kristina, ready to play?"

Her jaw dropped. "What?" she questioned, looking over at Jasper in her confusion, searching for an answer that made sense of this madness.

Jasper grinned at her look, and probably the feelings rolling off of her. "Alice and I just decided to modify the rules. It's truth or dare, without the 'dare' part."

Kristina nearly blushed. She had planned on avoiding the 'truth' part of the game, but now she had no choice. She knew they'd ask things about her and Emmett she didn't want to answer. This wasn't going to turn out too well… She took a deep breath. "Anything else?" she asked, hoping and praying that there wasn't.

"Just one thing," Alice began. When she didn't continue, Kristina waved her hand in the air to signal the pixie to continue. "You have two choices. Either answer the question, or take off one piece of clothing."

"What?!" Kristina screamed. No way in hell was she going to strip in front of Alice, much less Jasper. "No." She paused and took a deep breath. "No, no, no. Nice try. Take me home!" She had added the last part as an afterthought.

Alice and Jasper looked hurt for a moment, but recovered. "Come on, Kristina!" the other girl begged. "If you just answer all the questions, you'll be perfectly safe!"

Jasper finally spoke to her. "Kristina, she's right. If you just answer the questions, you won't be embarrassed."

Her jaw dropped. "Won't be embarrassed?!" she squeaked out incredulously. "Hell yeah, I'm gonna be embarrassed!"

Alice's eyes got big and watery. "Come ooooon, Kristinaaaaaa!" she said in a high, whiny voice. "We promise to keep it calm!"

The girl looked between them, back and forth, Alice to Jasper, Jasper to Alice. Finally sighing in defeat, she asked miserably, "Who's first?"