Emmett unfolded the note.

"Read it out loud... when you're ready." Alice said.

And so Emmett began:

"Dear Emmett,

So I know you're upset. But you'll get over it you big oversized teddy bear. Watch out for your sister for me please? I'll be watching over all of you. I love you. Love, Charlie. Oh, and remember, Michael Phelps is sexy." Emmett laughs out the last sentence.

In case you were wondering, my brothers and father are very into sports. So of course they always watched the Olypmics. And who do you think of when someone says Olypmics? None other than Michael Phelps himself. And so every summer Olympics whenever Michael Phelps would win they would scream "MICHAEL PHELPS IS A SEXY MAN!" or something of that form. And so, whenever one of us was down or had a bad day we would scream that at one another.

So of course Charlie would actually put that in Emmett's note.

So as we all laughed, I went to hug him. As I did, I snook a peek at Edward. He had a confused, amused look on his face. Probably because he had no idea why my father would remind Emmett that Michael Phelps is sexy. But obviously understanding that it was an inside joke.

He caught me gazing, and gave me a crooked smile. So I gave him one in return.

After a while, we broke up our little group. All of us getting back to work. So I walked out of the cell and locked up the gate.

As I went to stand at my post, things felt very awkward. For awhile no one said anything. Emmett was laying on his back in his bed with his hands over his face. Edward just kind of ended up sitting in the middle of the floor. "Criss cross apple sauce." he said as he did it, making us chuckle a little. Easing a bit of the awkwardness. But then it got quite again, and I didn't mind. I mean, I needed time to think about stuff anyway. Plus, I decided to give Emmett some space.

And so, that's how the rest of my shift went. And when my shift was over, I started to gather my stuff. I heard some shuffeling from their cell. As I went to walk by, I saw Emmett standing by the bars. He wrapped his arms around me and so I did the same. We stood there for awhile. Until he turned and headed for his bed again with tears in his eyes.

Edward got up and hugged me through the bars too, and kissed my hair.

"Watch out for him?" I whispered as we parted.

He looked me in the eyes and said "I promise." And with that, I walked out to go find Jasper.

a/n. that's right! i'm writing again! :) i had to wait until swim season was over to actually get some time to do it. and here's just a little chapter. cuz i wanted to post something up. so you guys wouldn't give up on me. but i'm going to try to start writing again. i'm going to try to update every week. but you know me... sometimes that doesn't always happen. but i also wanted to thank you guys for not giving up on me for not updated. you guys are the best :) always, erika. ;)