"Promise you finished all of your homework?" Mom asked from the door of my room as I picked out a pair of jeans and a long sleeved dark purple Henley to wear.
"Would you like to check it?" I giggled.
"No I trust you," She sighed and I turned looking at her.
"Do you not want me to go?"
"I just…well after the…I just," She frowned.
"I trust Emmett mom, you should too," I bit my lip.
"I know, I just can't stand the thought of…"
"It won't happen," I stated, not even wanting to discuss it, and gathered my clothes before going to take a shower.
"Piper," she called as I shut the door flipping the lock.
"Coming," I shouted grabbing my converse and racing down the stairs. Opening the door I saw Emmett standing there, "why hello there," I smiled.
"Ready to go?"
"Almost," I took a couple steps back and started lacing up my black hightops. "So where are we going exactly?"
"Well exactly…it's a meadow in the middle of the forest," He smirked as I looked up glaring slightly.
"Ok what are we doing?" finishing with my shoes and walking over to the closet to pull out my grey peacoat, a white scarf and a pair of black fingerless gloves.
"My family and I are going to play baseball," He smiled.
Nodding I walked back to the study where Dad was working. "I'm going now, I'll be home by 9."
"Alright Pippa," he waved not even looking up for a second.
Giggling I headed back out to Emmett, "so why can't I play?"
"You'll see," He smirked leading me out to the Jeep, "also you're really gonna need those seat belts," he smiled as I hopped into the jeep.
"Ok so why do you need the storm?" I asked looking up at the looming clouds buckling myself in as he climbed up.
"You'll see that too," He laughed shaking his head, "so impatient."
"I'm excited, can't help it," I smiled.
He smiled back starting the jeep and we were off.
About 30 minutes later with Emmett's driving over bumpy trails we stopped. "I don't see a meadow…" I looked around as he blurred around and helped me out carefully since there were branches and rocks all around.
"Well I just wanted to try something, from here on I'm going on foot," He smirked and I raised my eyebrows.
"Well I can walk…"
"It would probably take about an hour if we walked, but if I ran we'd be there in…I'd say 5 minutes."
"Well this is going to be interesting," I smiled shaking my head as he turned around and crouched down.
"You better hold on tighter than that," he said referring to my loose grip on his shoulders as he grabbed hold of my legs. Shaking my head I wrapped my legs around his torso and wrapped my arms around his shoulders placing my chin on his shoulder right by his neck. "Here we go," he said and I could practically hear the smirk.
Like a bullet, we tore through the trees, "I swear Emmett if I get hit by something I'm going to find a way to hit you so it hurts."
He let out a loud laugh and I felt his thumbs run over my thighs where he was holding on, "I would never let that happen."
Just then we turned and I let out a little yelp tighten my grip as the landscape blurred around us, "Are your eyes open?" He asked
"Yes," I groaned slightly causing him to laugh again and I slowly noticed that I could start to see shapes until we came into a meadow and I noticed that the rest of the Cullen's were already there.
"How'd she do?" Edward gave a crooked grin.
"I did just fine thank you," I glared unwrapping my arms from around him as he bent down slightly and I slipped off his back.
"She did," Emmett nodded.
"Seeeee," I stuck my tongue out at him.
"It's time," Alice smiled and I watched as they all took their spots with Rosalie, Carlisle and Emmett up to bat first and Jasper and Edward took their spots in the outfield while Alice took her place on the pitcher's mound, Devan acted as the catcher and Esme took her spot as the referee.
Taking a better look around I noticed that this diamond was far bigger than a normal one, "Here," Emmett distracted me from my thoughts by taking my hand and placing me beside Esme.
"Good you can help me keep an eye on them all," she smiled as thunder roared over head and Emmett stepped up to the plate. I saw Alice locked in and swing her arm then all I heard was a crack, 'thatssss why they need thunder,' I thought and watched Emmett go from stationary to a blur in a matter of seconds along with Edward who zipped into the forest.
As Emmett rounded on second base I saw Edward emerge from the forest and Jasper blurred over to third just as Emmett slid in with Esme calling him safe.
Carlisle got up next and took his place he also hit it but it didn't go quite as far as Emmett's and I watched as Jasper started running. He jumped up about 30 feet and reached out catching the ball, "now that was cool." I smiled and heard a chuckle behind me and turned around seeing Emmett; I hadn't even seen him start running.
"Enjoying yourself?" He smirked.
"Very much it's so, so much better than regular baseball," I looked up at him and he leaned down pecking my lips.
The next morning I woke up yet again with a smile on my face even if the alarm clock was blaring. Skipping over to my closet I knew exactly what I was going to wear and picked out a pair of khaki shorts, an off white and red striped loose tank top which I would tuck in then pair it with a long deep red cardigan that look like an old letterman's cardigan with cream trim and lettering. With that I picked out a pair of cream over the knee socks and my knee high brown riding boots.
After my shower I blow dried my hair into the natural waves and put it up into a high messy ponytail with pieces hanging down on the side of my face along with that I applied some natural makeup using just brown colors and some pale pink gloss.
Hopping down the stairs I skipped into the kitchen catching my apple and getting a bottle of water from the fridge. "Morning," I smiled.
"Morning," they both greeted and quickly silence took hold.
"What's up?" I asked and they both exchanged glances before my dad held up his hands, this usually meant it was mom that didn't like something and he didn't want to get in the middle.
"I don't like this relationship," she huffed.
"You mean Emmett and I?"
"Yes, I don't think it's a good idea for your health?" she frowned.
"And why not?" I glared.
"Because you're in a fragile state I mean look at what happened at the dance when you were dancing with him. Does he even know what happened?"
"Where did you get that idea? I wasn't dancing with him, actually I was practically forced into dancing with this other guy. He just grabbed me, so for one, of course I'm going to freak out and two," I glared getting up off the counter, "he defended me, he stopped it all because, yes I told him every detail because I trust him with it. I trust that he won't betray me and you know what he hasn't once forced a Single thing on me, including just a hand hold, he waited for me to be ready." Glaring I threw the half eaten apple into the sink, "I'm going to school early."
Stomping out of the house, I decided that I was going to skip school today. It had just turned into one of those days where if a teacher were to ask me a question, I would probably give a snarky remark and get into trouble. I just didn't want to deal with everyone after that little fight and so I quickly got into my jeep and drove to one of the places where I felt calm, First Beach.
I got there pretty quickly and found a piece of wood to sit on, sighing I just looked out at the water. A slight salty mist fell on me as the waves rolled onto the beach, calming me slowly. It was completely empty and I relished that moment of peace.
It was only a couple minutes later when my cell rang, interrupting the quiet.
Looking down at the ID I saw that it was Emmett. "Yello" I answered.
"Where are you class is about to start," He asked.
"I'll be there for lunch will you just have Alice get my work."
"Sure but what are you doing?"
"I just had this huge fight with my mom and I need a slight break so I'm just gonna spend a couple hours here at First Beach and then I'll be back for lunch."
"You're in La Push?" He stated and I could hear the amusement leave his voice. "Piper I don't think you should be there alone…"
"Why not?" I huffed.
"because umm, well if something were to happen I couldn't get there."
"What's going to happen?"
"I don't know but I don't like you being there alone"
"Excuse me but I'm not in the mood nor will I ever be for that possessive type of thing."
"I'm serious Piper."
"I'll see you at lunch Emmett," I sighed and hit the end button.
Emmett's POV
"Emmett you can't go over there," Edward stated reading my thoughts.
"The hell I can't what if she gets in an accident or something," I growled and tore out the door instantly I felt Jasper turning my feelings.
"She'll be back by lunch," Alice assured me, "she's fine, she'll walking in through the side door at exactly 12:30."
Not bothering with listening to them anymore I took off out of the school and into my Jeep…five minutes later I was sitting at the border. Groaning I leaned my head on the steering wheel and quickly pulled back and drove back to the school to wait for lunch to talk to her.
Sighing I got up and brushed the dirt off my butt before walking up to my Jeep to head to school to be there for lunch just like I said I would be. I got to school at 12:25 and decided to walk around to the side of the build so I didn't have to walk by the office.
I looked through the door and immediately Emmett stood up and started walking towards me. Glaring I walked over to sit beside Angela and Mike, "Hi guys."
"Piper!" Mike gave his usual greeting, "where were you this morning?"
"Oh I had a family thing," I brushed it off and reached up stealing a fry off of Angela's plate.
"Piper," she laughed.
"Thank you," I gave an innocent smile and she just shook her head giggling.
"So where were you at the dance?" Lauren butted in with a cocky smirk, "You and Emmett disappeared quite early."
"Are you insinuating something Lauren?" I gave a small glare.
"Well..." she pursed her lips.
"Well actually I starting throwing up in the girls bathroom from food poisoning and actually Rose and Emmett brought me home early if you must know. Want to know what I ate too?" I gave a seemingly sweet smile.
"Piper can I talk to you?" Turning my head I looked up at Emmett.
"No," I glared and idiotic Mike let out an 'oooo' type thing.
"Please," he flashed his eyes to Mike and I rolled mine knowing that if I didn't he'd probably end up killing the poor boy. Getting up I nodded and we walked out of the cafeteria, into the hallway.
"What Emmett?" I glared and watched as his eyes met mine.
"It's dangerous to be over there," He frowned.
"How is it dangerous?"
"I can't go over there."
"Well, why not?"" I growled poking his chest which actually ended up hurt my finger, "shit that hurt," I pouted and pulled it back holding my hand.
"There's this treaty thing and if something were to happen and you were in trouble ," He muttered reached out and took my hand wrapping his own around my finger and the cool temperature made it feel a lot better.
"Emmett you might be a…but don't think I'm going to let you walk all over me or that I can't take care of myself. I'm not weak and fragile, even if recent events prove that wrong," I stated a little more calm.
"Piper I know you aren't weak, and recent events only prove that more," He pulled back looking at me confused.
"Then you can't expect me to jump when you say to," I glanced up at him.
"You can't jump as high as me anyhow," He gave a tiny smile. Bringing my hand up I moved my finger signaling for him to come closer. Going up on my toes he bent down kissing my lips softly, slowly I felt his fingertips run up over my neck resting on my plus point as he deepened the kiss silently telling me it was ok to respond. My heartbeat picked up and I knew that he felt it too because his lips quirked up into a small smile.
"That's not fair," I smirked pulling away slightly.
"Is it weird for you?" He whispered so low I almost couldn't hear.
"It what weird?" I whispered back.
"Not feeling my heartbeat." Placing my hand on his chest it was actually the first time I had even thought about it.
"No," I answered honestly.
"How?" He replied curiosity written all over his face.
"Well seeing as how I hadn't thought about it until you said that, I'm saying no." he smiled softly showing his dimples and leaned down pecking my lips just as the bell rang.
