Author's Note ONLY!! (sort of)
Sorry to get you all excited since there is no new chapter here, but there is a new chapter for this story, sort of! I have finally started on the one-shots for the random silly things that Emmett has done, and other episodes that I reference in this story but don't really fit in the narrative here. You can find the story on my profile, it is called
"Outtakes: Black Friday Alice Cullen Style"
I've posted a prologue explaining what the story is, as well as the first of the outtakes, which is the story of when Emmett takes Rose to Chuck E. Cheese for their anniversary.
Since a lot of people have this story on their alert list and are regularly reading and reviewing, but might not have me on their author alert list, I wanted to make sure you all knew that this new chapter was up! I won't be getting a new chapter for the real story out until next weekend probably - I can hear the boos, sorry everyone :(
Thanks for putting up with this author's note posing as a chapter! I'll try and update sooner than next week, but I hope the Emmett/Rose fun makes it up to you!!
-- MK
Here is a preview of the first chapter -- Anniversary of my dreams, oops my nightmares!
Okay, I really had to think. It was Rose and my anniversary in a few days and I really had to come through this time! Last year I forgot again, and if that wasn't bad enough, I had evidently promised her a super fabulous anniversary that year to make up for forgetting the previous year! So this year, if I didn't come through, I was so screwed; well, I guess to be accurate I was so NOT screwed. Cuz that wouldn't be happening any time in the next decade for sure.
I had put Nessie in charge of reminding me in that special way of hers. I figured that after two years of people saying "Emmett, don't forget your anniversary this time, Rose is gonna be pissed!" not working, I needed something a little stronger. So I asked Nessie to "show" me Rose's face the night of our last anniversary when she realized that I had forgotten again every month throughout the year to remind me. And then, in the month leading up to it, every morning as inspiration.
She had done just what I'd asked and more. Over the past year, she had helped me design the most beautiful necklace of white gold and diamonds; it had two hearts joined together placed on either side of the necklace and as part of an elaborate pendant hanging in the center. It was beautiful, just like my Rosie. It could never hold a candle to her, but it would complement her greatly. The two hearts joined together, along with the combination of the delicate chain and solid diamonds reminded me so much of the two of us. See, I wasn't always just a jokester! I could be deep when I wanted to!
I sighed and threw down the game controller I was holding in frustration. My mind wasn't in it and I was tired of Jasper and Jake beating me. "But a necklace is not going to be enough dammit!" I got up and walked into the kitchen, hoping to find Nessie or maybe Bella; I sat down glumly when I remembered that Alice had kidnapped all the women for one of her marathon shopping trips. Instead, the J boys followed me and offered their help.
"Woman trouble, bro?" Jake patted me on the shoulder as he walked past me for the fridge.
"You guys know that it's our anniversary on Saturday and I just don't know what to do!" Really, this was embarrassing. I felt like I was going to cry.
Jasper must have picked up on it, because suddenly I started to feel really relaxed. I just glanced at him and nodded slightly, too embarrassed to voice my appreciation.
"It's our anniversary? Darn, I should have gone shopping with the girls! I didn't get you anything Sparky baby! You'll just have to make do with a hug!" Jacob squealed in his bizarre falsetto voice as he abandoned the food he'd grabbed out of the fridge and wrapped his arms tightly around me.
"You better not call me that again, DOG! And get your arms off me before I remove them myself!" I growled at him, taking out my anger on him. Honestly, he should know better than to call me Sparky when I'm upset. Why he thinks it is funny is beyond me; something about how vampires sparkle in the sun and him not wanting to be the only dog in the family.
"Okay, man, I was just trying to lighten the mood. So, you need something special to do for your anniversary, right?" Lucky for him, Jake moved to the other side of the table and dug into the mound of food he'd gotten out mere seconds before I was going to throw him through the wall. I guess lucky for me too; Esme would NOT have been happy about that.
Read the rest in the Outtakes story!! Hope you like it :)
