Chapter three: control isn't easy

'Er... yes. To eat,' I tried to explain Emmett.

'Eat?' Emmett shook confused his head.

'Yes, eat. Do you know what that mean?' Edward made weird waved, like Emmett was dumb.

'You're going so hard down!' Emmett lunged for Edward's throat. Edward made a step to the left and Emmett grabbed in the air. He growled and tried to kill Edward again. Edward walked outside, with Emmett behind him. At least Edward thinks about Esme's house.

'You stupid mind reader,' Emmett growled. And suddenly I saw Edward flying to a tree.

'Boys, enough!' Esme yelled at them. They both growled at each other, but they didn't fight anymore. I took Emmett's hand, he looked surprised at me, but didn't say anything. It felt nice to touch him.

'We don't hunt humans,' I tried again. 'It's our private joke, that we're vegetarians,' I smiled sweet at him. 'We hunt animals.'

'Oh, okay. Well, let's go, because my throat is killing me,' he chuckled a bit. We ran into the woods. 'This speed is awesome!'

I laughed. 'Now, listen Emmett, just follow your instincts. Now, tell me. What do you smell?' I asked him. He closed his eyes and tried to focus on the animals. I saw in the corner of my eye the rest. Curious of course.

'Near the South, I hear two hearts,' Emmett's eyes snapped open. He smiled a bit. 'I guess bears.'

I nodded. 'Well done,' I complimented him. I heared Edward behind me laughing and saying something like "first time" and "compliment", I didn't pay attention to him. But at my surprise, Emmett did.

'Could you just shut up for a minute?' he snapped at him.

Edward frowned. 'What's your problem?'

Wow, I guess those two aren't best friends. Edward chuckled.

'Come Em, let's hunt,' I said to him while I dragged him with me. He seemed to calm down. 'I smell fresh blood, so do what you think you should do,' I smiled at him, he returned the smile, I almost forgot why we were here.

'Concentrate Rosalie,' Edward chuckled and he wrapped his arm around me. I didn't know why, Edward never did that. 'Just don't say anything,' he whispered so low that I almost couldn't hear him. I heared Emmett growl again. Edward laughed. I rolled my eyes. Fortunately, Emmett payed attention to the hunt. I heared him growl and he started to wrestle a grizzly bear. I was so lost in Emmett that I didn't realize that the other bear was behind me. But Edward took care for that. Why was he suddenly so nice to me?

I heared Emmett laughing. 'It doesn't even hurt when he clawed me!' he yelled.

'Dear, don't play with your food,' Esme smiled at him. Emmett laughed and winked at her before smashing the bear on the ground and killing it. I heared the bear roar again but it was the last sound he made, because Emmett sank his teeth in it and drunk.

'That was fun,' he smiled. 'I never believed that I was so strong!'

'Pf, you're a newborn. As a newborn your have extra strength and speed. Believe me, after a year it will be less then now,' Edward said. 'But Emmett, this is not a joke. You have to control your thirst, in other words, you can't be around humans until you know for sure that you can control yourself.

'I agree with that Emmett,' Carlisle said. 'We don't kill humans.'

'Does that mean I can't see my family?' Emmett whispered sadly. He bowed his head. It was like I felt his pain, it felt worse.

'Well, your family thinks you're dead,' Edward said simply. I elbowed him angry. Edward! I shouted in my head. You're hurting him!

'What? It's the truth!' Edward defended his self. I wanted to elbow him again but suddenly Emmett pinned him at the ground. He growled loud. 'Get off me!' Edward tried to pull Emmett away but Emmett was way stronger. I never saw a newborn so strong. I guess I liked him even more!

'Just. Shut. Up.' Emmett snarled through his teeth. 'Because if you don't, then it will be the last thing you do.'

I giggled. I liked it when he was so aggressive. I saw him wink at me, and I swear, if I was human, I would have fainted.

'Okay, I did now my job, could you now get off me?' Edward said. Emmett frowned at him. 'Well, I want Rosalie to be happy. I mean, I'm her brother. And you're the one who can make her laugh, for sure,' he answered a question in Emmett's mind. Edward started to laugh so hard that the birds in the trees flied away. 'Did you really think that we were in love?' Edward pointed at me. He laughed even harder, I didn't thought that was possible.

Emmett looked frustrated. 'Er... yeah?' he said, as if it was clear.

I sighed when I walked towards them. 'Em, please, let him go,' I touched his hand, that pinned Edward on the ground. Wow, with one hand!

Emmett did what I asked. I took his hand. 'I'm not in love with him,' I pointed at Edward like he was a dirty beast on the ground. Emmett grinned at my expression.

'Come, we should finish the hunt, I don't think you're full,' I smiled sweetly while we walked through the forest.

'Emmett, can I ask you something?' I sat on a rock against him. After the hunt we decided to talk.

'Sure,' he grinned. I loved his grin, it was full of love and joy.

'How are you taking this so easy? I mean, this isn't a very funny life,' I said to him. I was very curious at his answer.

'Well, I mean, if you're a vampire, how bad could it be?' he said to me.

I stood up and walked to sit next to him on the ground. For one time I didn't care if my dress was going to be dirty.

'Think of it, you can never see your family again!' he shivered by my words. I knew I hurt him with that. 'I'm sorry, you don't deserve this,' I looked at my hands. Suddenly I felt a arm around my shoulders. His touch calmed me down.

'I think that's better. I mean, if I ever hurt my family...' he didn't finish his sentence. 'And this life isn't that bad. I mean, the strength, the speed, hunting is kind of fun, and if I get a loving family with.'

'So you stay?' I asked eagerly. My voice was full of joy, a little bit too much.

'Yes, of course. What did you thought? That I was going to leave you all?' he frowned at me.

I smiled. 'I guess not, I think we should go, before they worry too much.'

He nodded and stood up. He held out his hand so that I could get up. I giggled and took his hand. We looked like a couple, how we walked through the trees. I didn't care...

Maybe there was finally someone I could love, maybe there was still hope for me. It was like the dark cloud above my head was disappearing, slowly. Maybe I could be happy.

Suddenly I froze. I turned my head slowly towards Emmett. Who smelled it too, human. He bit his lip, trying to ignore the smell, but he couldn't.

'Emmett, please. Don't breathe, just go with me. Please, control yourself,' I tried to calm him down. But he didn't seem to calm down. And before I knew he pushed me away and ran towards the place where the humans were. 'No! Emmett please!' I yelled after him. I tried to catch him, to calm him down, but the animal in him took it over. And he was fast, faster than me. When I finally found him, I saw two dead bodies on the ground. I gasped, it happened so fast. It was a man and a woman. Emmett sat on the ground, with his back to me, his head in his hand.

'Emmett,' I said softly. I knelt down, and took him in my arms. He was crying.

'I killed them, a couple. I killed innocent humans!' he sobbed.

I heared footsteps behind me. Edward must have heared Emmett's thoughts.

'Emmett, honey?' Esme asked. 'Honey, what happened?'

'I'm sorry mom, it's my fault. I was so busy that I didn't realize that there were humans,' I said in a low voice. It was my fault, Emmett was just a newborn. If I wasn't thinking about my own happiness, then it never happened.

'Yes, maybe!' Edward glared it me. He heared my thoughts.

'Edward, enough,' Carlisle said to him. He walked over to Emmett. 'It's okay, son. It's very normal that this happen.'

'So, you mean that this is normal?' Emmett snapped at him. 'I killed two innocent humans!'

'There are vampires who do this every week, Emmett. And not by accident,' Esme reassured him. 'Listen honey, you learned now how it is to lose your control. Maybe it'll help to control your thirst, the next time. Please sweetie, we're not angry, we know you didn't do it on purpose.'

It seemed that Emmett calmed down by her words. He stood up quickly and walked away. 'I think we should go home,' he said sadly. We all nodded in agreement. We knew Emmett didn't this on purpose, and that this hurt him allot, but Esme is right, this will help him to control his thirst.