A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed and gave their opinions on who should be waiting for Bella at the truck. I hope I don't disappoint anyone, but well, you'll see.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the Characters

Bella POV

As I walked to my truck I was surprised to see Emmett there waiting for me with a stupid grin across his face. I was not expecting to see him until tonight so I couldn't hide my reaction. I ran as fast as my legs would carry me which was never a good thing for me too do. In true Bella fashion I tripped and tumbled my way to Emmett.

"Whoa there Bella." Emmett said as he picked me up to hug me. "It's nice to see that you're still the same old Bella."

"Very funny Emmett. You have no idea how excited I am to see you. I missed you so much."

"Well, I guess it's a good thing you don't hate me the way you hate Eddie Boy here." Emmett pointed behind me, to where Edward was now standing.

"How could I ever hate you Emmett. I'm so glad that your back." I said. "Not to be rude or anything but why are you here?" I asked.

"Well, I'm surprised that Alice didn't tell you, but I'm your bodyguard for today." He smiled even bigger then pounded his fists on his chest like an ape.

I couldn't help burst out laughing as he did this. People had already been staring, and now everyone stopped in their tracks and looked at us. "I can't believe that you just did that." I said between my laughing fit.

"Umm, excuse me. Bella are you okay?" Mika asked as he walked up behind where I standing.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Did you want something?" I asked, not wanting to offend him too much.

'Yeah, I as just wondering if you wanted to do something this weekend. We could go see a movie again, just the two of us or something." Mike asked looking a little scared to be standing next to Edward and Emmett.

"I don't know Mike." I looked over at Edward who did not look at all pleased by this recent try by Mike. Then I got an idea. If Edward truly loved me then the fact of me going on a date with Mike would send him over the edge. He always said that I would be safer going out with Mike, so why not give it a try, just to make him jealous of course.

"You know what Mike, I'll have to check with work and my dad, but I'd love to go see a movie. The last on really kind of sucked. I'll let you know tomorrow if I can." I quickly gave Mike a peck on the cheek then turned toward the truck. I turned to see Mike smiling smugly as Edward before he turned to leave.

Just as I was about to open my door Edward jumped in front of it. "Bella, we really should finish that conversation. Sooner rather then later would be nice. Your not really thinking about going out with Mike Newton are you?" He locked eyes with me as he said that.

"Now's not the time Edward. I guess you can come over tonight if you want." I knew that it was a bad idea to have him alone in my room, but I also wanted to have this out.

"And what I do with my love life is no longer a concern of yours. You always said that Mike was safer then you, so deal with it." I added with a bit of attitude.

"I'll be there once Charlie falls asleep." Edward said as his hand gently touched my cheek. "And Bella, I love you."

"So you say. I'll see you tonight." With that I moved around Edward and hoped into my truck. I thought I heard him say something like 'I'll make it up to you' or something like that but it was too fast and too quite to really make out.

"Bella?" Emmett said with a sudden seriousness to his voice.

"Yeah Emmett." I replied worried that something was wrong.

"What happened to your stereo?"

Crap, I forgot about that. "Umm. I took it out."

"Why?" Emmett asked sounding kind of sad.

"It's a long story, but I couldn't look at it and not think about you guys, and that hurt too much. So I ripped the thing out."

"Oh. Anyway where are we headed?" Emmett asked changing the subject, put I could see he was working out some kind of plan in his head.

"Well, I have to ask Charlie permission to go over to your house tonight. Then I was going to come over. Sorry your job is going to be so boring."

"That's alright, maybe you'll trip again or something and make it interesting." Emmett said then started to laugh.

"Hey, are you seriously thinking about going out with Newton?" Emmett asked me.

"Umm. Yeah I guess. It could be fun, plus it will drive Edward crazy." I said a smile creeping up my face.

"God you're evil, you know that right." Emmett said his voice booming through the truck cabin.

I started to blush immediately and that only provoked a laughing fit out of Emmett.

After that we really didn't talk too much. I was lost in thought and Emmett kept staring at the hole in my dashboard where the stereo used to be. When I pulled up into the driveway I noticed that Charlie's cruiser was not there. I could call down to the station and ask for permission, but I didn't want to bother him too much.

"You don't mind waiting around until Charlie gets here do you? I really don't want to bother him at work."

"That's fine Bella, I'm going to go take a look around, don't leave the truck until I give you the all clear." Without even waiting for me to protest Emmett jumped out of the truck and took off into the forest.

I knew that Emmett was just doing what he was told, but that didn't make me feel any better. I was not a little kid anymore; I could take care of myself. Regardless of how I felt I did what I was told. I wasn't going to make this any harder for Emmett. He already had the boring task of babysitting me. I really hoped that this wasn't going to be an everyday thing.

It only took Emmett a matter of minutes to come back to the truck.

"Well, its all clear, but you've had a visitor here recently. One of the werewolves was here, I can't tell them apart yet, so I'm not sure which one it was."

"It was probably Jake. He said that he would be watching out for Charlie for me." I hopped out of the truck and headed inside the house.

Emmett had never been inside my house before so he waited outside the door as if he wasn't sure he was allowed in.

"Emmett you can come inside if you want."

"Okay Bella, I wasn't sure how Charlie would feel about me being inside the house with you alone. He could get the wrong impression you know." He winked at me when he said the last part and I blushed yet again. "I love making you do that." Emmett joked as he plopped himself on the couch.

"Haha. But I think you're right about Charlie being upset. Maybe when he comes you should hide or something."

"That's cool. So what do you do around here for fun?"

"Nothing really, I usually go down to La Push for that."

"Yeah, sorry we can't go there."

"I kinda figured that. Why don't you tell me what you and Rose did while you were gone."

"We really didn't do that much. It was weird being all split up. I mean Edward was off by himself and . . ."

"What do you mean that Edward was off by himself? He wasn't with you guys?" I asked Emmett as the pace of my heart speed up.

"No, we took off tracking Victoria or something. He didn't want to be around any of us. It was pretty touch and go there for a while."

"Oh, I thought that Edward would be happy not having to deal with me and my issues all the time. I was just a distraction for him after all." The memories of that night started to creep there way back into my head, but I fought with them until they were suppressed back to where they belonged.

"Bella, he was miserable. I don't know why he even tried to stay away from you. I mean that's like Alice not shopping."

"I wasn't much better. But it's nice to know that I wasn't the only one hurting while you guys were gone." I said as I tried to hold back the tears. Crying in front of Emmett was not something that I would allow. He would make fun of me for ever.

"Bella, we all were hurting. Everyone missed you, even Rose, but she would never admit to that. If you tell her I told you I will totally torture you."

"I won't tell a soul. Cross my heart and hope to die." I said.

"Good, now Charlie's almost here so I'm going to go hide in your closet." He started to laugh. "I've always wanted to do that." Before I could tell him no, he was off and Charlie was walking through the front door.

"Bella, you here?"

"Yeah Dad. Do you mind if I go hang out with Alice tonight. I haven't seen everyone in forever and she invited me over for dinner."

"I guess I can manage on my own for one night. He's not going to be there is he?" We both knew who he meant; there was no need for names.

"No dad. He missed a lot of work while he was gone so Alice said he'd be at the library almost all night. If he shows up I'll leave."

"Deal. Well just remember that tonight's a school night so don't stay out too late. Have fun."

"Okay, I'm just going to put my stuff away up stairs then I'm gone." I headed up the stairs, being extra careful not to trip. I didn't want to give Emmett more reason to make fun of me. When I got to my room I quickly shut the door behind me.

"Emmett," I whispered. I heard something moving on the side of my bed. So I looked over and saw Emmett trying to hide on the other side of my bed, but he as not doing a very good job. His head popped up from the other side of my bed.

"Your closet was too small so I just hid here."

"That was stupid, you could have just went to the truck or something. Now how are you going to get out without Charlie noticing you? No offense but I don't think you'll fit through my window."

"I'll just sneak out, meet you at the truck in five." With that Emmett was gone. I was starting to hate the fact that they all moved so fast. I guess soon I'll be able to move that fast too.

I put my book bag on my bed and went to change out of the jeans and t-shirt that I had worn to school. There was really no need to dress up, but if I went to Alice's looking like that she would just play Bella Barbie and I would end up in some ridiculous outfit. I threw on the only skirt I owned and a nice blue blouse. It didn't look that bad on me, but Alice would still probably make me change. I tried to find something to do with my hair, but quickly gave up and threw it in a ponytail. I headed downstairs, said goodbye to Charlie then left.

Emmett was no where in sight, but he knew the way to his house so I just headed to my truck and started to leave. Just as I was about to pull out of the drive way I noticed a dark shape in the woods. It didn't look like Emmett, so I got a little worried. What if the Volturi were checking on me already, what if Victoria was back to get me. I had a lot of issues to deal with. I had to decide if I should make a run for the house or stay in my car and try to make it to the Cullens. Before I had to decide my front door was ripped open and I was pushed into the passenger seat. I looked at who had done this and was surprised to see Emmett sitting behind the wheel of my truck.

"What's wrong." I asked.

"The dog is here, and he brought his friends. I don't know what they want so I'm taking you to the house." Emmett said looking out at the road. He was pushing my car as fast as it would go, which seemed not to be fast enough for him.

"Emmett, their not going to hurt me, their my friends." I said.

"Edward really needs to do something about the friends that you choose. Come on Bella werewolves. They are completely unstable, and that's dangerous."

"I could say the same about you. You are vampire after all; your main diet is blood."

"Bella, you know we're not like most vampires."

"I know Emmett, I'm just playing devils advocate here. I just want you to see my side of the story. Jake and the rest of the pack would never hurt me intentionally. Just like you and your family. I just don't see why none of you get that." I looked at Emmett who was keeping his eyes on the road. We were quite for the rest of the ride, and soon we were in front of the Cullens home.