BELLA'S POV

"BELLA!" exclaimed Alice as she twirled to where I stood. She looked as beautiful as always; no one would ever have been able to guess that she had just been in a fight.

"Hi, Alice," I said, accepting her hug. I patted her back affectionately.

"Oh, Bella, I was so happy when Edward said you would come. It's going to be so much fun! Just wait till you see what I got for you," she grinned.

"More like for Edward," said Jasper with a sparkle in his eye. Edward smirked.

"She's not going to wear it, Alice."

"Not going to wear what?" I asked, picturing a over-priced ball gown.

"Oh yes she will, and she will look fabulous!" said Alice, as she wrapped her arm around mine and led me up the stairs. "I already saw it."

We walked into the house and were greeted by Esme and Carlisle. They were trying to decide where their hunt would be. As a matter of fact, now that I thought about it…where were we going?

"Edward," I said, once we were up in his room.

"Bella?" he replied absentmindedly, as he packed a few socks into his bag.

"Where exactly are we going?" I asked.

"When Carlisle chose Esme as a wife, he bought her a gift for her new life. An island, Esme Island. It's really beautiful and huge. It has waterfalls, caves, the whole deal. Kinda reminds me of a jungle." He let out a soft chuckle. "Throughout the years we bought her a few animals to populate the island with. Of course, we don't feed on them. That's why Carlisle has been busy searching for nearby locations for our hunt." My eyes were wide.

"He bought her…an island?" I asked incredulously.

He laughed at my expression. "Well, when we've lived so long and accumulated so much, there's only so much you need before you realize you need to get rid of some of your wealth."

"What about organizations?" I asked.

"Oh, we used to donate annually, large sums of money. Then we were investigated and after a while it became too dangerous for us. We raised too many suspicions."

I sat at the edge of the bed he bought just for my visits. Edward threw his duffel bag across the room, and in a heartbeat had me pinned down.

"Just you and me," he whispered. He gave me a soft kiss.

"…and the rest of your family." I sighed. Edward smiled and continued to look at me, playing with my hair, only stopping when he began to laugh.

"What's so funny?" I asked, confused.

"It appears as though Emmett will be riding with us," Edward said. He rose and held out his hand to help me up.

"How do you know?" I asked before remembering Edward's vampiric ability. Edward laughed even harder. From a distance I could hear Rosalie yelling at Edward.

"YOU JUST WAIT TIL I'M DONE WITH HIM, EDWARD!" she said from downstairs. Edward grabbed my hand, picked up his bag and turned turned the light off in his room.

"What's going on?" I asked, once again feeling left out.

"Rosalie isn't too happy about Emmett losing the car. It took her a month to get a hold of it for him. Not to mention all the trouble she went through to get it ported over here."

Walking down the stairs, I caught a glimpse of Rosalie's arm movements behind the glass door of the next room. Emmett grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her into a kiss. I had never seen them being affectionate. And then something I couldn't explain happened. I suddenly felt really warm, I didn't want to see them kissing; I didn't want to see him kissing her. I locked my jaw tightly, and a weird feeling began fluttering in the pit of my stomach. It was one of the few times I felt uncomfortable around any of the Cullens, but I couldn't, wouldn't pinpoint the reason for it.

Rosalie pushed Emmett away and glared at me. Emmett had this fierce look on his face that gave me a confused feeling. I looked away and, hand in hand, Edward and I stepped out the house and saw Esme.

"Bella, I really hope you don't mind. But I asked Alice and Jasper to reassure your father that you are in good hands. Carlisle would have gone, but Alice said she really wanted to present Jasper to Charlie," she said.

I laughed. "Oh yeah, I'm sure Charlie will be delighted to meet Jasper."

Edward and Carlisle laughed. They both knew how Charlie felt about Alice. Esme looked at them in confusion and Carlisle whispered something into Esme's ear. Her head tilted up as if she had just found out a great secret.

"Oh my…well, yes, she does hold such charm on men, doesn't she? That's our little Alice," she said with a soft laugh. "Well, should we start loading up?"

We began loading our bags into two of the three cars the Cullens possessed, all of which I thought were way too expensive to take on camping trips. There was a slam at the door, and with that unsettling vampiric skill at movement, Rosalie was by us in less than a second.

"What are you looking at, human?" Rosalie demanded in my direction. Edward glared at her.

"Rosalie!" Esme warned.

"You promised," Carlisle reminded her gently.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

She opened the door to Esme and Carlisle's car, threw her bag in, and stepped into it, then slammed the door shut.

"Please excuse her, Bella," said Esme as she put her hand gently on my shoulder. I could tell she was still afraid of how fragile I was compared to them.

"It's fine," I said, shaking my head. I tried to smile reassuringly and turned to Edward. "I'll wait for you in the car."

As I walked towards it, I took a quick glimpse at Rosalie inside the spotted me, glared, and made a hissing face. I looked away quickly. I couldn't understand what Emmett saw in her. Well, okay, her obvious and remarkable beauty, but I also knew Rosalie had picked him. This thought only confused me more. Why was he still with her? Did he feel obligated, or did he really love her?

Reaching the car, I opened the door and got in, lost in my thoughts. I vaguely noticed that enticing smell again. Edward's car smelled even sweeter then it had outside; it was almost controlling me. I had never smelled this before with Edward. I settled myself in my seat and prepared myself to let the smell sweep over me, relaxing me...

Suddenly I felt two huge, muscular arms wrap around me from behind and I screamed uncontrollably.

"I'VE COME TO GET YOU!" said a deep voice, reminding me of an old Dracula film.

"Emmett!" I said in relief when I recognized his voice. "You startled me!" I had been too lost in my thoughts about him to notice whether or not anyone was in the car.

"Sorry," he said, removing his arms. He grinned sheepishly. "I couldn't help myself."

"It's okay," I replied and grinned back. "Just don't do it again. You know how jumpy I get."

"I wasn't talking about scaring you. Well, that too, but more about what you saw and how Rosalie is acting." He looked down. "She can be a little hard to deal with sometimes."

"Oh," I replied awkwardly. I couldn't think of anything else to say. I knew he had seen me watching them, but it only felt more uncomfortable, knowing that he knew. Thankfully, we were interrupted by Edward. He got into the car, chuckling.

"That was some scream," he said as he tried to keep a straight face.

"Yeah," I said, feeling a little stupid now. I smiled and became excited again, realizing we were finally going to head out. Edward looked back at Emmett with a slick smirk, then at me.

"You look beautiful, Bella," he said softly. He reached for my hand and squeezed it, then started the car. He looked in his rear-view mirror and waited for the sound of a car horn. It came; Alice and Jasper were here, and we all took off at top speed.

I wanted to reach over and kiss Edward, but with Emmett there it didn't feel appropriate. I still felt a little weird about seeing Emmett kiss Rosalie. Edward grabbed my hand and kissed it, almost as if he knew how badly I wanted to kiss him. We looked into each others eyes quickly (since Edward was driving), and Emmett parted our hands with his body when he reached over to turn the stereo on.

"LETS GET SOME MUSIC IN THIS PLACE!" said Emmett, reaching over me into Edward's glove compartment. He grabbed the stack of CDs and shuffled through them.

"What the hell is all this crap?" he said, referring to Edward's classical collection. He threw them back into the glove compartment and began looking for a station, stopping when he heard a metal song. I had gotten a strong whiff of him when he had reached over. He smelled so sweet, even nicer then Edward ever had. He was what I had been smelling. I had to close my eyes and take another whiff of him; it was irresistable.

Emmett turned to me and smiled, baring his perfect white teeth.

"Do you like metal?" he asked me. I was all too aware of how close his face was to mine. I realized I had to start breathing through my mouth if I wanted to speak coherently.

"I uh…" I tried to say.

"Sit down, Emmett," Edward said. His voice brought me out of my trance. I had almost forgotten Edward was in the car.

"It's okay," I said weakly.

Emmett smiled at me once again before sitting back into his seat. He gave a deep growl as the music got louder.

"Come on, Bella, get your ass back here and mosh with me," he said, laughing.

I looked out of the window and tried to normalize my breathing.

"Sit still, would you?" said Edward. He watched Emmett in his rearview mirror and laughed.