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He asked me if I liked eggs, and took out a carton of eggs and milk and cheese and various other ingredients from the refrigerator. I asked him if it was OK for me to get up and make coffee while he made the food, and he said, "Absolutely not", and winked at me. He said he was taking care of me today and I had to just sit there and let him wait on me hand and foot.

Alice and Jasper walked in just then, and Jasper laughed at Emmett's spread of food all over the counter. He asked Emmett if this was his breakfast or was he making enough for everyone?

Emmett laughed and said, "Umm, if you want to help cook, than you can eat!" And there was Jasper, grating cheese and slicing ham like a professional chef.

Alice was on coffee duty. She was grinding fresh beans and setting up the creamers and sugar like we were at a restaurant or something. She asked me to help her carry the plates to the table and as I was about to get up and say sure, Emmett said "No, I'll help you, Alice. Carolyn is taking it easy today and I want her to sit as much as possible."

Jasper looked at me and asked, "You OK, Carolyn? Did you hurt yourself when you fell off of the snow mobile?" He looked concerned, like he was trying to read me or something, to see if I was hiding my pain.

"Noooooo...I don't think so. I'll be OK, Jasper. Really." I said, trying to look as normal and healthy as possible. Please don't say we had too much sex, Emmett. Please don't. Don't tell your brother and sister that.

"Well what happened? Last night when you went upstairs you seemed fine. Are you hurting now?", Alice was standing over me now, rubbing my shoulders.

"The Advil! I forgot it! Here...umm, I think it's here somewhere, right Alice?", Emmett shouted as he began opening cupboards frantically. Alice walked over and opened a door and took out a bottle of Advil.

"Thanks, Alice", I said as she silently handed it to me.

"You're welcome. Now spill it. What is going on?"

"I think I just pulled some muscles or something. It's not that bad. I'm absolutely fine. Emmett is just being very over protective of me." I said as I smiled at him. He returned the smile and started mixing eggs and cheese in huge bowl.

Jasper sat down across from me. He let out a huge laugh and slapped the table. Alice was looking at him as if she were mortified. "Jas! What is so funny? Carolyn is hurt and you're laughing?".

"Damn, Em!" Jasper said in between laughter. "You broke your girlfriend in 2 days! What the Hell? You need some pointers, my man! What the heck did you two do last night to end up with her taking Advil and you cooking? You're cooking eggs! I've never seen you cook before!". He was almost hyperventilating at this point from laughter.

Emmett looked like he was hoping the floor would swallow him up and make him disappear.

Alice was looking at me with a sly grin on her face like she just could not wait to get me alone for the scoop.

I turned three shades of red and tried to casually pop open the damn childproof bottle of medicine and failed miserably. Jasper reached over and managed to get it open for me and handed it back. He was still laughing, tears were now streaming down his face.

Just then, Edward and Bella walked in. Great, more people to laugh at my sex induced injuries. They looked from person to person, taking in the scene. Emmett was obsessively whisking eggs, Jasper was crying, Alice looked like the cat that ate the canary, and I was swallowing pills and trying to not choke. Edward opened the fridge and took out a bottle of water and opened it as he handed it to me.

"Here you go, Carolyn," he said. Thank God for Edward and his water.

I swallowed my pills and said, "Thank you, Edward."

Bella cleared her throat and said, "Umm, so what did we miss? Alice? Care to share what you're so smug about over there?".

"Hmm, well, short version is all I have for now," Alice said, looking pointedly at me. "But, far as we can tell, Emmett and Carolyn had some pretty mind and body blowing sex and now Carolyn isn't allowed to move and had to take some Advil and Emmett is making enough food for the entire town of Forks. Hungry?"

Oh my God. When is there a collapsing floor when you need one?

Bella sat down next to Jasper and looked at me, her mouth slightly open. Edward went over to Emmett and slapped him on the back, saying, "Way to go, bro. But hit it a little less enthusiatically next time. The girl did just have a broken pelvis, you know." And with that he took the bowl from Emmett and started asking everyone what they wanted on their omelettes. He shooed Emmett over to the next burner to start on bacon.

"Well, I don't think we need to make this any more uncomfortable for Carolyn and Emmett than it already is," Alice said. "Let's just have a nice breakfast and try not to bring up the subject of sex anymore, OK, everyone?". She gave me a sweet smile and asked me if I wanted some coffee.

"Yes, thank you," I answered her. Coffee sounded wonderful at the moment.

Everyone got their coffee and juices and Emmett and Edward brought plates with omelettes and bacon to the table. It looked and smelled delicious. Emmett sat down next to me on the bench and gave me a little hug. He leaned in and said, "I'm sorry about this, Care. This is just how my family is...no secrets and lots of joking."

"It's OK, Em." I said as I took my first bite of the eggs. "Wow! This is fantastic!"

"I'll bet Emmett's heard that before....", Jasper said as he ate.

"Jasper! Be good." Alice said to him.

"Where's Rosalie?" I asked. She was the only one not there.

"Oh, Rose sleeps in usually. You won't see her until 11 or so," Edward answered. "Beauty sleep and all." He rolled his eyes and made a gagging noise, which made Bella laugh.

Everyone quieted down and ate their breakfast. When we were done, Bella asked what was planned for today.

"Not much," Alice said. "More snow."

"It's still snowing? I can't remember it ever snowing so long before," I said.

"You're right, it hasn't. So far this storm has already broken the record for the amount of snow dumped in one storm. And, it's not supposed to let up until tomorrow afternoon," Edward said. "Your Dad is still in Seattle, right?" he asked me.

"Yeah, as far as I know."

"The airport there is still shut down, as well as every airport in the Pacific Northwest. He's probably not going to make it home for another 2 days or so. Which means....you and Emmett have two more days to practice until you get it right!", Edward laughed.

Bella giggled. Alice tried to not laugh. Jasper was high fiving Edward and laughing again.

I looked at Emmett and did the only thing I could think of to get us out of that kitchen immediately. I kissed him, full on passionate kissing at the kitchen table in front of his family with hair tugging and everything. He pulled back and smiled at me. "Ready for practice?" I asked him.

"Absolutely,", he said as he scooped me up and headed for the stairs. "Clean up the kitchen for me, guys?" he yelled over his shoulder.

"Yeah, yeah......", Edward said.

"Be safe!", Bella yelled.

"Be gentle!", Jasper yelled.

"Have fun!", Alice yelled.

"God, can you all shut up with the yelling and let them have sex already?", yelled Rosalie from somewhere upstairs.

Emmett and I laughed at that last one, and he carried me up the stairs towards his room. We were halfway up when the front door opened and in walked Esme and Carlisle. Emmett quickly made a u turn and walked back down the stairs. "Hi! You're back!", he said as he tried to sound enthusiastic.