When You Were Eighteen and I was an Idiot

Rose came storming into the shop a couple of hours later with fire in her eyes. Rose and I never really fought since she was so much older than me. But she was mad now.

"What the hell is wrong with you Emmett" she screamed

I asked her where you were and she said with Edward and Esme. Great so everyone knows I thought.

"What was I supposed to do I asked? She's flipping 18 and I'm 23!"

"You are an idiot Emmett! That girl has loved you since before she knew what love was! Remember when she was 10 and she kissed Edward?"

Of course I remembered.

"She was trying to love him like she loved you. She knew you were too old and he wasn't."

That explains a lot.

"And remember when she started dating she dated practically every guy she knew but it never went anywhere."

Once again, of course I remember! "But what about Jacob? Didn't she love Jacob?"

"Did it ever occur to you that Jacob came along right after what's her face? Jacob was nice enough and she felt more than she had with any of the others. So she threw herself into the relationship until she did love him. And we see how well that worked out."

"But she's 18 and I'm 23. Charlie would kill me."

"Is she worth it?"

"Worth every single painful second."

After work that day we had a family dinner including Charlie and minus Edward and you. He had taken you somewhere and no one would tell me where. I explained everything to everyone and waited for my death. But no one even looked shocked. Except me I'm sure. Esme said she was glad I finally came to my senses, even if it took hurting you and being attacked by Rose. Carlisle and Charlie agreed although Charlie was a little more harsh when it came to the hurting you.

"Emmett, you have always been Bella's greatest comfort. You protected her and fought for her and I always knew she loved you. And that you loved her. Age is just a number son. I would pick you over any 18 year old for my daughter. But if you ever hurt her again like you did today I will kill you."

Whoa. That's all I could I think. All the sudden you were the love of my life and I might have blown it. Esme and Rose convinced me to give you and Edward the night in peace and I could talk to you tomorrow. That was a very long night.

The next afternoon I went to your house. I wanted to take flowers but Rose convinced me you would hate them. Too girly. This is Bella. The same Bella she was yesterday she said. So I brought a box of your favorite cookies instead. And you threw them in my face and slammed the door. But Charlie was on my side and he let me in. You looked betrayed and it broke my heart.

"Bella," I started.

"Leave me alone Emmett, my dad might still like you but I hate you!"

"Bella, Bella I love you! But I'm too dumb to have figured it out. Rose had to tell me! I've always been blinded by you Bella. You were always the most important person to me. Some days the only person. But I didn't realize it was love because it just always was. You're Bella and I'm Emmett and we just are. And then you kissed me and it shocked the hell out of me. And I'm an idiot but I never meant to hurt you."

"You love me?"

"Yes."

Then you kissed me. Not even caring that Charlie had been standing there to whole time.