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"You look amazing."
" Thanks," Bella blushed.
"Aww." Alice squealed.
Emmett glared at her. "You pixie, Jasper and Edward are over at my place they want you and Rose to head over there."
"Rose did you hear that." Alice called back into the room.
"yup," Rose walked up pulling her hair into a ponytail. "Now you two go and have fun." She winked pulling Alice away from the door.
"Thanks Rose, Good bye pixie." Alice pouted that her fun was going to be interrupted. When they were gone Emmett turned to look at Bella. "Are you ready to go." She nodded shyly her coat in her hand. "Here let me help you with that." He took it from her helping her with it. He reached behind her and pulled her hair out of the collar. At the feel of his hand on her neck she shivered. He took her hand in his and marveled at how well it fit. Almost like they were made for each other.
Once they made it to the car and were pulling out Bella spoke, "So where are we going?"
"Julian's" Emmett looked over at her and smiled.
"Oh I've always wanted to go there." She'd always heard of Julian's it was world renowned yet small.
Just seeing the smile that moved across her face made Emmett smile himself. They drove in comfortable silence. They pulled into the restaurant parking lot and Emmett handed the keys to the Valet after helping Bella from the car.
"Mr. Cullen over here, who is that with you?"
"Just look ahead." Emmett whispered squeezing Bella's sweaty hand in his own.
Bella tried to breath evenly as she saw a few flash bulbs going off to the side of her. Emmett quickly ushered her through the doors.
"May I help you sir?" Emmett looked up at the hostess who was batting her eyelashes at him.
"Reservation under Cullen."
Her face lighted up even more than it already was. "Right this way Mr. Cullen. She seemed to look right through Bella. She led them to a corner table and Bella found it really romantic with the candle flickering in the middle. Emmett pulled her chair out and she slide into the chair smiling at him. He went to his own chair and the hostess once again smiled at him. "your waitress will be right with you." And with that she was gone.
Bella looked around in aw. "This is amazing. She breathed.
"No you're amazing. Bella I'm sorry about the paps outside."
She waved his concern away. "Yeah I was scared after your sister and Rose put some horror stories in my head but I like you Emmett and I know that you come with baggage I'm willing to deal with that. "
"Thanks." He whispered. "So tell me a bit about yourself."
"Oh well like I told you yesterday, I was raised by my dad to be a total tomboy. " "This "she waved at her attire. "is all Alice."
"That does not surprise me in the least. She has loved clothes since she could talk I'm pretty sure her first word was Prada. Dad was so sure she was going to say Dada he was so disappointed when she just pointed at moms shoes and repeated herself.
Bella laughed so hard she snorted. She was mortified she tried to cover her face with her napkin. Emmett smiled and pulled the napkin away from her face. "I love your blush."
"Sure because looking like a tomato is so attractive"
"well you look like one sexy tomato then."
"I just love your pick up lines." She laughed sarcastically.
Just then their waitress walked up. "Hello I'll be your waitress my name is Heidi. What can I get you to drink?"
"I'll have a coke," Bella said.
"Same" Emmett said taking the menu that the waitress presented.
"OK I'll be back with those.
Bella flipped the menu open and almost gasped at the prices. Emmett could read what was running through her head. "Bella don't worry about the prices ok. I just want you to enjoy yourself.
"I feel so bad, the restaurant is lovely but I can't justify letting you spend this much money on me."
"That's why I like you Bella, because you don't expect it. I want to spend the money so please get whatever you want."
"Ok." She still didn't feel perfect about it but she scanned the menu and found something she thought would taste good. Heidi came back with their drinks.
"And what can I get you two." She smiled.
"I'll have porterhouse medium rare. With the garlic mashed potatoes." Heidi wrote it down and turned to Bella.
"and for you."
"The Seafood scampi with the garlic mash potatoes also." Heidi nodded as she wrote down Bella's order.
"Ok that will be right out." Once she was gone Emmett turned back to Bella.
"So you're a tomboy raised by a father who only watched sports."
"That's about right." Bella smiled.
"So do you have an idea, what you want to major in."
"I'm thinking either sports broadcasting or sports writing. I'm not sure."
"Wow you are dedicated to sports." Emmett was amazed he could honestly say he'd never met a girl like Bella before.
"Yeah well." She ducked her head blushing. "So what made you become a football star?"
"Wasn't smart enough to do anything else." Emmett shrugged thought some of his old insecurity's had surfaced. He'd always felt inferior to his siblings. Alice the baby on her way to fashion History and Edward the brain. Going to be a doctor and follow in their father's footsteps. And he was just Emmett Carlisle Cullen oldest Cullen child, Football star who barely made it through college with his business degree because he was partying and playing so hard.
Bella was shocked. "That's not true, don't put yourself down, I'm sure you are as smart as Edward and Alice you just use it different." She got a steely look in her eyes. "I know for a fact that when your last contract came up you were able to get you and Jasper more money and endorsements with your business savvy. When they would have traded someone for demanding what you did they kept you and saw the wisdom in it. Now if they would only trade Newton." She grumbled under her breath.
He was shocked this girl really believed in him, believed he was more than the Quarterback everyone else even his parents expected him to be. To everyone else his family included he was just the football star goofball. He could see in her eyes that she saw more in him. Then he burst out laughing at what she'd said about Newton.
"Oh believe me the whole teams been trying to get him traded for a few season's now."
"Why isn't he gone then?"
"His uncle manages the team." Emmett grumbled. Just then Heidi came back with the food.
"Here you guys go." She smiled sitting the plates down in front of them and leaving.
Bella inhaled the amazing aroma of the food in front of her. She took a bite and moaned at the sheer taste of food.
Emmett gulped trying to will himself not to react to the sounds she was making and focusing on his own food. Throughout the night the talked about everything and nothing.
"Hey Bella you have some potato's on your lip." Emmett smiled.
"Thanks." She licked the her lips causing him to groan, this girl was going to be the death of him. Though she didn't seem to notice and he thought that made it even sexier. He paid the bill and helped her from her chair taking her hand in his again.
"I had a wonderful time Bella." He whispered in her ear.
She shivered at the hot breath against her skin. She swallowed. "So did I," her words came out breathy. They waited in the cold for the car to be pulled around a few more flashbulbs going off at them, but they just stared straight ahead.
They drove in silence Bella's body finally giving into exhaustion as she fell asleep. The pulled into campus and Emmett gently woke her up. "Bella, we're on campus."
She woke up to his smiling face and swore she could do that forever. She unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car he came around and walked her to the entrance since it was so late and only she could enter. He looked into her eyes. The moonlight shining down on her.
"We should do this again." She nodded her eyes looking up at him from under her eye lashes. His head lowered to hers and her breath caught in her throat as his lips brushed hers and she felt lost in the most amazing feeling of her life. The broke apart and he brushed her hair from her face and kissed her forehead. "I'll call you tomorrow Bella."
She could only smile as she watched him walk across the parking lot and get into his car and she swiped her ID card to get into the building showing it the person on night watch she made her way up to her dorm after the most perfect date of her life.
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