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~EMPOV~

I stared at the spot between his shoulder blades that I touched earlier. That was some weird shit; as soon as my hand made contact with Edward I felt a strange jolt, almost like an electric shock. I was suddenly standing in the middle of nowhere, flames were everywhere and I looked down to see the fire roll up my arm from Edward's back.

I panicked. It didn't burn, not in the slightest. But the memory of my own change was too fresh in my head that I freaked right the hell out. Would I even be able to hold it together to do this?

I stood next to the bed where Edward and Bella lay, tangled together, breathing so fast they were nearly panting. With this new vampire vision I could see the subtle changes in Edward's skin as it grew paler by each passing moment.

"So, tell me about this theory again," I said as Ed's bare ass stared at me.

Esme patiently went over it again, for the third time. I was still a little sketchy on the details, but Edward was my baby brother and the specifics really weren't that important.

What was important was that he needed my help.

Ed was a good kid, but he wasn't exactly the most coordinated member of the family. He was that kid that would find something to trip over, walking across a smooth flat surface. Truth be told, I was surprised he had managed to make it as a cop this long without accidentally shooting himself in the foot or something.

"Alright, let's do this thing," I said as I yanked my shirt over my head and tossed it to Rose.

I climbed onto the bed and scooted up behind Edward, still not touching his bare skin with mine.

"Are you okay with this?" Esme said, placing a warm hand on my back.

"Yeah," I nodded, taking a deep breath. "I just need to psych myself up a little bit, cause I know this is going to kick my ass."

Esme smiled and then stepped back. "That's fine dear, whenever you're ready."

I know your shit ass scared but baby bro needs you, I told myself. Suck it up, and get in the game.

Taking one more deep breath and squeezing my eyes shut, I reached out and clamped my arms around Edward.

I felt the breath literally being sucked out of my body and an electric shock course through my veins.

My chest felt tight, like I had a Mack truck sitting on it and it took a few tries, but I was finally able to suck in some air. Granted, I didn't need it, but it made me feel better, calmer.

I could hear the crackling of the fire all around me and I wanted to panic. The urge to pull the hell out of there was near over powering.

Slowly, I cracked my eyes open and I recognized where I was, out in the woods, about a hundred yards from the backyard of our house.

Bright red fire radiated off of everything around me and my instinct was to run and get as far away from the flames as possible.

Something caught my attention. Bella and Edward, in nearly the same position as they were on the bed.

I looked closer and saw that Edward's head was tucked so tightly against Bella's chest and a cool blue fire pulsed around them. Tentatively I reached out and touched it to Edward's back.

Bella's eyes popped open and she bared her teeth to me.

"Easy Bella, I'm here to help," I said softly, calmly as I sat down next to them, stroking my cool hand against Edward's blazing skin.

"Emmett." Edward's voice was small and quiet against Bella's chest. It reminded me of right after mom had died and he was so young and scared.

"Yeah, buddy, it's me," I lay down behind him and tried to cover the spots where the fire started to flicker red. "You hanging in there?"

His head nodded under Bella's protective arm. I glance up at her and she looked completely exhausted.

"Thank you," they said in unison.

I reached around and pressed my hands against Bella's back and gave her a slight squeeze.

"What do you need me to do?" I asked quietly.

"This, for now," she smiled at me weakly.

Suddenly, I felt every one of Edward's muscles practically coil under me just before his power spiked and then every thing exploded out. His body flexed uncontrollably and I tightened my grip around them, pressing my chest against his back, looping my foot around Bella's in order to keep his legs from flailing. Within seconds he relaxed and whimpered, burying his face deeper against Bella.

"Damn," I muttered.

"Tell me about it," Bella panted, obviously drained.

"How often does that happen?"

"Every time it happens sooner than the last," she whispered.

The muscles in her back tensed under my fingers a split second before Edward's power jolted between us again.

"That was fast," I said as Edward relaxed between us.

"Wait, there'll be one more before he calms for a bit," she whispered, her body readying itself for another round. "This is going to be a big one, hang on."

She wasn't kidding, if I hadn't been there with her, Edward would have broken loose this time.

The fire flared around us, burning a brilliant icy blue.

"Is he in any pain?" I asked, the pain of my own transformation still fresh in my memory.

"Not really," Edward said softly, his voice muffled by Bella's skin. "But I feel better now."

"Shhh, Edward, try to stay focused." Bella pulled her fingers through Edward's hair and he pressed tighter against her.

We stayed like this for a little while. Bella seemed a little more relaxed now that she wasn't the only one trying to keep the fire off of Edward.

"You seem to be handling vampirism well, Emmett," Bella said.

"Dude, what's not to handle? Super strength, speed, hearing, vision, sense of smell…and don't even get me started on the vampire hot monkey sex."

Suddenly Edward grunted between us and his body jolted.

"Whoa, here comes the next round," I muttered, tightening my grip around Bella's back.

"No, this is different," she whispered.

I looked up and saw the panic in her eyes as Edward's entire body started to almost vibrate.

"What's goin on Bell?"

"I don't know," she said, gritting her teeth in an effort to keep a hold of Edward. "This is the first time he's done this." Her breath was moving in and out of her and an alarming speed, keeping in time with Edward's as his heart raced impossibly fast.

Then everything stopped.

The fire was gone and we were lying in the middle of massive red room.

"Now what?" I whispered to Bella.

"I don't know," she said quietly, her eyes darting around, trying to get a bead on where we were.

A rumbling sound started and it filled the entire room. It took a few seconds to realize that the sound was coming from Edward.

Suddenly, he sat up, with me still clinging to his back and Bella to his front. Edward's head slowly turned to look over his shoulder at me and I could see his top lip twitching in time with the growl.

"Well, this can't be good," I muttered just before I was flying across the room.

I was a little stunned to realize that Edward had somehow shoved me back so hard that I literally slammed against the wall opposite Bella's bed.

I sat against the wall and shook my head a few times, memories of football and being tackled ran through my head.

"Anyone get the license plate of that truck that just hit me?"

When I looked across the room, Edward was standing on the bed, naked, looming over Bella.

He was stone still.

"Emmett, get out of there, now," Rose whispered from the doorway.

Edward's head snapped around and he glared at me, hopping off of the side of the bed and lowering himself into a crouching position.

"Mine," he growled at me.

~RPOV~

Everything happened so fast. Esme got a call from Alice just as I felt Edward's thoughts switch, vampires always came in clearer than humans.

His thoughts came rushing at me, jumbled and confused and stripped down to his most base need at the moment.

I gasped when I realized what that need was, but it was too late. Emmett was already airborne and sailing into the wall, rattling the entire house.

I heard Em mumble something about truck hitting him and in the next instant Edward was on his feet staring down at a naked Bella, his thoughts screaming a single word.

Mine.

"Emmett, get out of there, now," I whispered, reaching for him, trying to get him out but it was too late. Edward was already reacting, instinct driving him to protect his mate from the only threat in the room, another male.

Feral snarls ripped from Edward's chest as he crouched on the floor in front of the bed.

"Mine," he growled.

I could almost feel the muscles coiling under Edward's skin as he was preparing to spring at Emmett.

"Edward," Bella said quietly, pulling his attention away from Emmett.

Esme and I reached into the room and pulled Emmett out, slamming the door shut behind him.

Emmett opened his mouth to speak and we were all startled by the loud thud of Bella's bed frame crashing to the floor.

"We need to get out of here, now," Esme said breathlessly.

None of us asked why and none of us spoke until we arrived at the old cottage where Alice was holed up with Jasper.

Alice practically leapt across the room and latched her arms around Emmett's neck.

"Thank God they got you out of there in time, all I could see was…" she choked on her words and just buried her face in Emmett's chest.

"Thanks Alice, I'm fine," Emmett smiled as he hugged Alice close to him.

Alice hopped down and stared at him, her mouth hanging open. "Oh my God, you just called me Alice," she said, her face suddenly scrunching up. "It kinda creeps me out a little bit."

Emmett chuckled and ruffled her hair. "Fine, shortcake."

"Better," she said, swatting his beefy hand away from her head.

It must have been close for Alice to be that afraid. Whatever 'it' was.

Esme was pacing in one corner, tapping her finger against her lips, something she always did when she was thinking.

I tried to listen in and was nearly knocked over, overwhelmed by how fast her thoughts were streaming through her head. So fast that I could only catch a word here and there that didn't make any sense.

"What happened back there?" I finally asked when I noticed everyone else was staring at Esme as well.

"Yeah, what was that? I thought Ed was gonna rip my head clean off," Emmett added.

"He was," Alice said quietly, shuddering at the memory of her vision.

"His thoughts were so chaotic that they weren't even thoughts really just feelings, and the strongest one was protectiveness," I said, trying to make some sense out of what just happened. "His main concern was protecting Bella from Emmett."

"Me? What the hell did I do this time?" Emmett asked, looking completely confused.

"You're male," Carlisle said very matter-of-factly.

"Obviously, but I'm his brother."

"He was only seconds old, son, he was running on instinct. To him, at that moment, you were a threat to what belonged to him, his mate," Carlisle explained.

"Yeah, but you were there when I woke up and I didn't try to remove your head," Emmett said.

"No, that's true, but you and Rosalie weren't locked in a naked embrace when you woke up either. You also have to remember that Edward chose this, he offered himself to Bella of his own free will. That doesn't make your bond with Rosalie and less special because it was done in the heat of the moment, but the intimacy level is quite different. Add on the fact that everything is so hyper sensitive when you first wake up and having another male in the presence of his completely nude mate is bound to make any male vampire possessive and over protective."

"Good points, doc, that makes complete sense," Emmett said nodding. "But why did we have to hightail it out of there so fast?"

"Because, you don't want to be anywhere near a male when he claims his mate," Esme said, shooting Carlisle a sly grin.

"Or vice versa," Carlisle said, winking at her.

Emmett let out a dirty little chuckle and I knew he remembered our little romp in the clearing earlier.

"Oh, dear, I hope my house is still standing," Esme muttered quietly.

~BPOV~

Edward's head snapped back to me and the door slammed shut.

He leapt for the bed with such force that the frame buckled, crashing to the floor.

He rose over me, his wild, bright red eyes blazing down at me. He slowly turned his head from one side to the other as his gaze raked over my naked body, as if he were seeing me for the first time.

I guess, in theory, he was seeing me for the fist time, through vampire eyes anyway.

"Mine," he nodded at me.

His possessiveness practically rolled off of him in waves, nearly palpable in the air.

Edward was a beautiful human by any standards, but he was an absolutely stunning vampire. His already toned body made more defined by the transformation. His hair was shinier, but still deliciously tousled. His chiseled jaw, razor sharp. The smooth muscle of his stomach indented just above each hip bone, creating the perfect v that lead to…I had to blink my eyes a few times to make sure I was seeing things correctly. He'd gotten bigger.

The scent of my arousal hit the air.

I looked up at him, his tongue was moving between his perfectly parted lips, tasting the air. Tasting me.

He inhaled deeply and I watched his eyes flutter in the air and his tongue curl around one side of his top lip and slowly slid to the other side.

"Ahhhhh," he sighed as he pulled another lungful of air through his open mouth. "Mmmmine."

"Yes," I whispered.

He snarled at me, his teeth clenched together. He stepped off of the bed and gripped my ankles, yanking me to the edge of the bed.

He breathed in and out, slowly, as his hands roamed my entire body, gently, possessively.

When he reached my face he traced a single finger over my lips and I saw him mouth 'mine' again.

His hand continued down my body to my breast and he took one in his hand, palming it, and he let out a surprised exhale.

"Soft," he whispered, bring the other hand up to manipulate the flesh, twisting each nipple between his fingers.

He trailed his hand down my flat belly and almost hesitated at my entrance before he ran his finger through my sex.

"Warm," he breathed.

"Yes, Edward, I'm warm to you now, is that okay?" I asked.

He tilted his head at me, his brows knitting together. He didn't seem to understand what I was asking. I'd almost forgotten how confusing it can be waking up from the transformation. I remembered that the simplest of things seemed so complicated.

"Do you like the warmth, Edward?"

"Yes," he nodded emphatically. "Mine?" he asked this time, his voice becoming more and more desperate.

"Yes," I smiled up at him.

A wicked smile curled his beautiful lips and very quiet, almost giddy laugh started to fill the room. It was the type of laugh you would hear from a child who was locked in a candy store over night with his favorite treats. His entire body started to tremble with need. He looked up at me, his eyes pleading, he needed something from me. He needed reassurance.

"Yours," was all I said. All I needed to say.

His growl shook the walls as he sank deep inside of me, claiming me, pumping into me a few times before he picked me up. He turned on his heel and pressed me against the nearest wall. I could feel the plaster giving way behind my back, but I couldn't seem to care.

He lifted me after a few moments and we turned again, this time crashing through the glass door and careening to the ground. He managed to maneuver us in the split second we were airborne, landing on his back in the grass as I straddled him. He didn't know his strength and he thrust up into me so hard it almost hurt but the pleasure outweighed the mild pain. Every now and against he would utter a quiet 'mine' I would answer with a resounding 'yours.'

I felt electricity rising in my belly, ready to be released out of every pore and nerve ending in my body. Everything coiled inside of me, drawing me tighter against him until it finally snapped and the wave of pleasure crashed over my head. His body arched up into mine as he released and an ear splitting roar echoing through the open air as he laid his claim on me.

We lay panting in the grass together and I picked a few small shards of glass out of his hair. Esme was not going to be happy, but I think we controlled ourselves quiet well. We managed to contain our damage to my bed, one non-supporting wall and a glass door. I glanced up and saw a trough right through the middle of her flower garden where we'd skidded across the yard to where we now lay.

"Bella?" he finally croaked. His tongue sounded thick in his mouth.

"Yes, love?"

"Thirsty," he said, struggling to swallow.

I leapt up into our room and grabbed some clothes for us and helped him get dressed. We ran through the woods, stopping at the first herd of animals we found and Edward drained four elk before he could speak normally.

"I don't know what happened," he said. "It was almost like one of those out of body experiences. I knew that was Emmett but I couldn't see him as my brother, he was…competition." Edward chewed on his bottom lip while he thought. "I feel kind of bad for treating you like property the way I did, but I didn't have any control over what was happening."

"Don't feel bad, like you said, you weren't in control and incase you hadn't noticed, I kinda liked it."

"I did notice," he grinned crookedly at me. "It was the first time you really let go with me."

"If I'd have let go before, baby, I would have broken you."

He nodded and pursed his lips together, giving me a soft kiss on the neck, burying his nose in my hair.

"Thanks for waiting," he whispered.

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