Beating Heart Baby
by- Bubbles
Chapter Two – Emmett
Bella turned the handle on the large, thick front door to the Cullen mansion and pushed it open.
Okay, it's not really a mansion but it sure seems like it when you don't know what you're walking into and there's this huge white house towering over you and a very large Emmett is sitting in the living room preparing to put you through God-knows-what kind of torture.
Okay Bella, calm down, you're getting a little too over dramatic here.
Bella stepped into the cool, air conditioned entry way and walked tentatively into the living room. You couldn't miss Emmett's bulky mass jumping up off the couch in excitement. It was almost contagious.
Almost.
"Bella! I've been waiting for you, why did Esme keep you so long, she wasn't supposed to make you stay outside for that long!" Emmett said, remembering to slow his words down in his excitement so that Bella could understand him.
"What do you mean, 'she wasn't supposed to'..." Bella started to ask with a look in her eye.
"Oh don't you worry your little head over that Bella, we've got something very important and serious to discuss. I've been thinking about it for quite a while now." Emmett said. Yeah, like, a few hours, i'm getting bored with it and she just got here! Emmett pushed these thoughts from his head and tried to focus on the task at hand.
Wow, he's thought about something for more than a few hours that doesn't involve Rosalie in some form of undress. I'm impressed! Bella thought, not knowing that she was wrong about the few hours part.
"Well, Emmett, what is it that you wanted to talk about, but before we get started, have you seen Edward?" Bella's head cocked to the side, almost as if she were listening for his cd player's music, or the tinkle of notes from the piano. I mean, after all, she'd been there for almost a good hour, he must know she was there, and he still hadn't come down to offer to carry her somewhere or to dote upon her every need. Strange...
"Bella," Emmett paused and looked around. "Sit down, please, this is very important." Emmett gestured to a recliner and he sat down on the love seat opposite it.
"You see, future little sister of mine, you're probably going to ask yourself, 'Why isn't Rosalie or Alice talking to me about this?' and i'm sure they'll try, there's just one problem." Emmett smiled.
Apprehensive, Bella thought for a moment before she spoke. "What problem would that be, Emmett?"
"Well, Bella, before I tell you that, let me start over. I can never do serious things very well. Oh! Let's stand up and sit down again, you know?" His face lit up with the prospect of getting a clean slate, but he was quickly shot down.
"Oh that's not necessary, you're doing fine, keep going!" Bella wanted to rush this along, she missed Edward terribly.
"Bella, I like you, a lot. You're going to be the coolest little sister. I mean, you already are! It's hilarious to watch you trip and fall so much, and even funnier to watch Edward follow you around waiting to catch you! I just can't get enough of it. I guess what i'm trying to say is you bring me a lot of enjoyment. Did I say that right?" Emmett got sidetracked again, anyone could tell he was replaying the words in his head to make sure they sounded right.
It took Bella a minute to reply, she was busy trying to decide if what Emmett said was a compliment or not. "Yeah, it made sense. Keep going." She ushered him on.
Newfound confidence budded in his chest and he continued on with his speech, his eagerness shining through like a light bulb.
"I'm so happy that you make Edward happy. He used to mope around and get mad at me a lot. He still gets mad at me a lot, now that I think about it, but that's okay, at least he's smiling more. Me and Rose were getting real worried about him for a while there, but then he met you and decided not to kill you and now everyone's happy!" Emmett smiled at Bella and waited for her to comment the next part of his speech.
"Emmett, i'm really glad you feel that way, now what's this problem you were talking about earlier?" Bella just wouldn't let it go.
She should have just walked away when Emmett got that big cheesy grin on his face.
"You and Edward are engaged, right?" Emmett smiled.
"Right."
"And you're saving each other until marriage, right?"
Bella got apprehensive-like chills up her back and she narrowed her eyes at Emmett.
"Yes, we are. You're correct. What about it."
Emmett thought for a moment, visibly struggled with some word choice, then he shrugged and let it all out.
"I want to make sure that the honeymoon is really good and who better to learn about pleasing a male vampire than from a male vampire himself!? Right?" Emmett's eyebrows raised up and he looked, in that one moment, like a big, pitiful puppy dog. All the muscles made him more reminiscent to a pit bull puppy rather than an annoying lab puppy, but hey, all puppies are cute.
Bella couldn't bring herself to tell the guy no.
As long as he doesn't step out of boundaries, I guess this could go okay... She thought.
With a deep breath she looked into Emmett's yellow-golden, puppy dog eyes and said, "Okay Emmett, go on."
"Sweet! Okay, the first thing that is super important during honeymoons, and trust me Bella, I've had a lot, is lingerie."
Bella's eyebrows raised and the slightest bit of a blush dared to grace her cheeks.
"The black lacy kind is the best, with the little ribbons and stringy things that hang down, they're wonderful."
Both Emmett and Bella's heads jerked upwards when they heard a crash from upstairs.
Emmett shrugged and kept plowing ahead.
"The more see-through the better, especially on top, that way you can see the..."
"Whoa Emmett, whoa. Slow down there, we don't need to go into intimate detail for this conversation. Let's keep it simple and PG. Please." Bella's cheeks were a classic Bella-pink shade already.
Emmett's excited face fell just a teensy bit, but not much.
"What?" He said, faking innocences, "I was just going to say belly button."
"Yeah right." Bella muttered quietly, even though she knew everyone in the house could probably hear her.
"Okay Bella, we can come back to that. The next thing is to make sure you go along with Edward when he is picking out the honeymoon spot and check each bed for softness. And strength." He stopped and looked at her and nodded, provoking her to do the same, and he smiled. "Oh, and looks. You've got to look good on the bed, and it's hard to do that with an ugly bed."
"Soft, strong, pretty bed, got it." Bella took a deep breath and hoped that the pink was fading from her cheeks. She started to look around the room, memorizing a few escape routs.
"Next on the list is smellygood stuff." Emmett pulled a tiny list out from his pocket. "Yeah, smelly good stuff." He nodded to himself.
Wow, Bella thought, he made a list? He's really into this. Wait, 'smelly-good-stuff'?
"Emmett, do you mean perfume when you say 'smelly-good-stuff'?" Bella raised her eyebrows. "Because, I've got lots of perfume, no need to talk to me about that."
"Ha ha, silly human Bella, that's where you're wrong. See, there's an exact science to smelling good for vampires like us. You can't just douse on perfume and call it a good day. No no no, perfume has alcohol and a bunch of other stuff that is way too strong for our noses." He tapped the side of his nose and winked, resembling a body-building Santa Clause for a few twisted seconds.
Bella almost laughed.
"Okay then, Mr. Smelly-Good, how do you propose I smell good for Edward?" Bella was surprised that she wasn't blushing anymore, she was actually having a little bit of fun with Emmett, even if a few of his points were extremely embarrassing.
She was surprised to find that she was actually learning something.
"Well, Mrs. Silly-Human, I watched Rosalie take a fresh rose and rub it lightly across her neck and it drove me crazy! She smelled wonderful, not to mention the humor behind it!" He tossed Bella a big, classing Emmett grin.
"The humor?" She replied.
"Oh come on Bella, Rosalie, Rose, her nickname is Rose, you get it right?" Emmett almost pleaded with her to understand his joke.
Bella giggled. Who wouldn't?
"Oh, okay, I get it. Go on, please." Bella had a little feeling that there could be more laughs coming on, and laughing is good for the soul, right?
"Next on the list is sexy hair. Maybe if you dyed it blonder..."
"Emmett. Stop right there, I am not dying my hair blonde. Rosalie is gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but I like my hair brown. Let's keep it that way."
Emmett's body seemed to deflate a little bit, but none-the-less he kept truckin' on.
"Okay, no blonde, that's okay. You need to mess it up, but all artsy, you know? Like, you meant to mess it up, but, not all at the same time, right?"
Emmett's expectant eyes met Bella's confused ones.
"No, Emmett, i'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Oh come on Bella, like in the movies, when they wake up in the morning and it's all in their face but it's not, all, fixed and stuff, with like hairspray, but it's messy, allatthesametime?"
"Emmett, you're not making any sense. Look, if you can skip the hair part I promise i'll talk to Rosalie about how to make my hair messed up but not."
This seemed to be okay with Emmett, so he smiled and nodded and consulted the list.
"You know, you weren't supposed to know I had a list."
"It's okay Emmett, i'll pretend like I didn't see it. Keep going."
"Okay, that's a fair deal, now to the real serious parts. Pay close attention. Do you want to take notes?"
Bella's eyebrows once again found their way up when he talked about the serious parts, but she shook her head 'no' about the notes, and nodded at him to urge him to keep going.
"Okay, well..." Emmett once again struggled with his words. "Hm..."
"Just let it out Emmett." Bella said, sounding braver than she felt.
"Well, Bella, when you get down and dirty there are certain things to remember. Like, using your hand to..."
"PG, Emmett, PLEASE!"
"Okay okay, well, sometimes Rose uses her mouth to..." He seemed to really struggle with the 'PG' part.
"Emmett..."
"Right, PG. When you get down with it... I mean, to the love making, with Edward, not anyone else, you know?" Emmett's own nervousness was starting to show through, though Emmett's nervousness didn't even compare to the bright red color of Bella's cheeks. Like apples. Bright, red, and round.
"You could kind of pull, I mean, well, um... Makin' sounds, kinda like this..." Emmett filled his useless lungs with air, but got stopped before he could put the oxygen to use.
"EMMETT CULLEN!" Bella was on her feet covering her face.
"Oh come on Bella, like this..." Emmett once again tried to fill his lungs with air.
Bella took this opportunity to make a run for it.
"ThanksfortheadviceEmmettgottarunseeyoulater." Bella was in such a hurry her words ran together and she was running and not looking where she was going. Everyone knows what happens when Bella tries to run, and everyone was certain of what would happen if she wasn't looking.
She trips.
And trip is what she did.
Right into someone's arms.
A/N: Who could it be that caught her? Review and tune into the next installment to see what happens!
Note to reviewers: As i've said before i'm new to all of this and when I tried to reply to some reviews I messed it up! I'm so sorry, if you happen to review again I promise i'll do it right!
There are Carlisle, Jasper, Rosalie, and Alice left. How will they distract Bella? Any ideas? And what could the surprise be? Review with your ideas and they might get used with full credit to you! Let me know if you see any typos or inconsistencies please! I'll fix them!
Love- Bubbles!