A/N: I own nothing, I forgot to mention at the beginning of the last chapter, but you forgive me for that, right? I am hoping to keep this updating schedule, so at least once a week. I found inspiration while watching my beloved Chicago Bears this weekend so I just needed to get this chapter out. I am just like any other reader; I like my stories to happen naturally but jones for an update in the mean time.

This week's title backfield is the area of a football field behind the line of scrimmage. The backfield or offensive backfield can also refer to members of offense who begin plays behind the line, typically including any backs on the field, such as the quarterback, running back and/or fullback.

On with the chapter…

Ememtt POV

I was having the most wonderful dream, I was standing in a field of freesia flowers and I could see Rosalie in the distance. She was standing in the shade of a tall tree, pushing a little girl with long flowing blonde hair on a swing. I could see a little boy, which looked like Luke only much older, running with what looked to be a toy airplane. All three of them were laughing and smiling. Rosalie turned in my direction with a huge smile on her face, she tucked some hair behind her ear and reached her arm out in my direction in a fashion that said I should come over and hold her hand.

I started making my way through the flowers slowly, I felt like something was weighing me down. I was struggling to make it to Rose. I could feel her, smell her. I just wanted to hold her, hug her, kiss her, and be with her.

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP

What the hell is that? Then I heard a gasp.

My eyes shot open and Rosalie was sitting on my bed with one had holding her propped up and the other over her mouth. We sat there staring at each other neither one of us making a move to turn off the alarm. It just kept beeping really fucking loudly as we just sat there. Finally I leaned over her to smack down the button to get it to stop. When I sat back I didn't know what was happening but I had the biggest urge to kiss Rose then I have ever had before. Maybe it was my dream or the close proximity but before I had time to react she jumped up out of the bed.

"Rose?" I asked stupidly

"Oh god! Emmett, I'm so sorry I must have fallen asleep."

"What happened?"

The last thing I remembered before falling onto my bed last night was asking Rosalie for an icepack. I had been so exhausted from practice I barely knew if I was coming or going anymore.

"You… oh god… you fell asleep before I could bring you the icepack and when I came in, I just, I didn't want you to wake up sore so I put the icepack on your shoulder but it wouldn't stay where I put it so I just was planning on sitting holding it on your shoulder for awhile and must have fallen asleep. I'm really sorry." She was getting really worked up about this and I wasn't mad just wanted to know what happened.

She turned to run out of the room but before she could I jumped out of bed.

"Rose, please stop. I'm not angry with you. Its fine I just wanted to know."

She stopped walking but didn't turn to face me. I went up behind her and put my hands on her shoulders and took a deep breath. She didn't try to pull away so I took it as a good sign that she at least stopped freaking out and was willing to talk to me.

"I don't want to freak you out but…" I didn't know exactly what I wanted to say

I really want to kiss you right now.

Let's do that again tonight.

I love you.

So I just went with "it felt nice waking up with you."

"Really?" She asked sounding hopeful. But, I couldn't actually tell because she was still not facing me.

"Yes really, Rose" I didn't even get to finish my thought before she turned around and smashed her lips to mine.

To say I was a little surprised at first would be an understatement.

She started to pull away so I grabbed her tightly around the waist and pulled her closer. Her lips were so soft, she tasted like sweet cherries. I tilted my head and swept my tongue across her lower lip. I was hoping she would open up for me and she did not disappoint. Her tongue swirled around mine and I thought I would probably pass out if we kept this up. It felt so good, so right, like it was meant to happen, here… now.

She moaned into my mouth before pulling away. I sighed not sure if it was because the kiss was so phenomenal or if it was because I never wanted it to end.

"Emmett."

"Rose." We both started to speak at the same time.

I chuckled, she did not. I was a bit worried. What if I pushed her too far? What if it wasn't what she really wanted?

"You go first." She spoke so softly it was practically a whisper.

"Okay." I was struggling for what to say to make this right. "That was amazing."

She looked down at her feet and when she looked back up at me she was blushing a beautiful pink color.

"It was amazing. I shouldn't have done that though." I was crushed she couldn't really mean that. I tried not to let the hurt show but she knew. "I mean we should have talked first. I shouldn't have just jumped you like that. I'm a bit embarrassed."

"Rose that was hot!" I couldn't keep the newly formed smile off my face. "I don't want to push you; I know you're still struggling with being away from Luke and the whole James situation. But I just needed to tell you"

"No Emmett."

"What?" I didn't know why she was stopping me. I mean I know it's too soon to tell her I love her but I wasn't going to say that right now, so I was quite confused why she wouldn't let me finish.

"James is not an issue. I have come to terms with his death so I don't want that to stop us from… exploring where this could go."

"Oh. That's good to know." I said rubbing the back of my neck. "But Luke being gone is still an issue?"

"I miss him but I think maybe we should work on 'us' so we don't confuse him when he gets here. If that's okay." She shrugged.

"I think that sounds like a great idea."

After we had gotten all that uneasiness out of the way I needed to eat and leave for practice. This was our last week of camp before our first pre-season game. Probably not the best time to start this thing with Rosalie, whatever it is. I would be leaving for San Diego for our first game, I was excited to finally get to play with my new team but I was not looking forward to being away from Rosalie. Even if it was only for a few days, I knew I would miss her like crazy.

I left on Thursday night for our first game against the San Diego Chargers. We had a team meeting Friday morning to go over plays, watch last season's games, and just prepare for the game.

Saturday morning I woke up and called Rosalie right away. I couldn't stand being away from her and just needed to hear her voice. It was 7 am here so she should be awake in Chicago.

Ring Ring

"Hello?" I didn't recognize the voice that picked up.

"Uh hi? This isn't Rosalie."

"Wow you're a quick one. Who's this?"

"Emmett. Who's this?" I asked getting a bit annoyed. Why would someone be answering Rose's phone on a Saturday morning?

"Oooooooh Emmett." She said with amusement in her voice. I could hear Rose in the background say 'give me the phone Bella.' And then a baby started to cry. I knew it had to be Luke.

"Hey Bella. Can I please talk to Rose?"

"Fine here she is." She huffed but I could hear her smile.

"Emmett? Shhhhh." I assumed she was shushing Luke and not me.

"Hey Rose, What is your sister doing there already? I thought she wasn't coming for a couple more weeks."

"She finished most of the stuff she needed to get her company here but her old assistant is going to finish the rest back in Seattle and since Bella doesn't need to be there for it she decided to come and surprise me."

"That is a great surprise. I really wish I was there too." I said glumly. I couldn't help it; I miss Luke so much I really wanted to be there for his first day in his new home.

"I know you do Em. I want you to concentrate on your game tonight though and not worry about us. You hear me? Luke will be waiting for you when you get back."

"Yeah you're right. I miss you though."

"I miss you too. How did your pre-game meeting go?"

"It was good. Coach Uley has high hopes for this new D-Line we have. I think we're strong and have a great chance at stopping the Chargers offense. I really need to make a good impression with this game."

"Emmett you will do great. Luke and I will be watching the game rooting for you. Bella got us matching McCarty jerseys. Here hang on a sec okay?"

"Yeah sure." I could hear shuffling around.

"Okay check your texts." I did as she asked and when I opened my picture message, there she was holding Luke wearing jerseys with my number 54. He was so much bigger than the last time I saw him. He's 8 months old already, I feel like he was just born yesterday. He had crawled for the first time not long before Rose and I moved but she was still concerned about missing any milestones in his development. I'm so glad Bella brought Luke to Chicago and I can't wait to finish this game tonight and get home to them.

The game was great we won 17-9, we shut down the Chargers QB kept him from making his passes and they had an awful running game. I sacked their quarterback twice and it really pissed him off and made me feel great because I knew Rose and Luke were at home cheering me on.

Cullen did great tonight only giving up one interception. Crowley started but Whitlock got his chance to prove his worth and got us both of our touchdowns when he was put in after the half. Cullen and Whitlock seem to have a connection and Whitlock can just be where Cullen needs him even if the other defense is blocking Whitlock manages to catch the ball without fail. Although this game was only a pre-season game, I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come for the season.

I jumped on the first flight I could back to Chicago. I didn't want to wait until the morning to get home. Rose started sleeping in my room the night of our first kiss and now sleeping without her is one of the hardest things to do. The faster I got home the sooner I got to see Rose and Luke and I couldn't wait till the morning to fly out.

A/N: I hope you don't mind that I use the Bears schedule for this 2010 season. The games may or may not end the way they did in the actual season but that is me taking artistic license. I have made some of these characters based loosely (very loosely) on some Bears players. Did you catch who Emmett is based on? I made it kinda obvious lol. Anyways catch you in a week or so. And one last thing… thank you to everyone that has made my story a favorite and signed up for updates. Please let me know what you think of my story. I can't promise previews because I mostly write each chapter in one sitting so but if you review I can give you an idea where the next chapter is headed if you'd like that.