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Yeah, I'm a poet.

Lunch. This was the only event of the day when we're all together at the same time.

"Emmett, are you eating, or painting your face?" Bella laughed, reaching across the table to wipe his forehead, where he'd managed to getbuffalo sauce. "Stop babying me, little sister," he taunted, throwing a french fry, and hitting her in the face.

"That was my eye, jerk!" she hissed, rubbing her eye that now contained salt.

I suppressed a giggle and took revenge for her, stealing the only edible thing off his plate, a single sugar cookie. "Here, Rose," I said, breaking it in half and tossing a piece to her.

"Thanks, Al!" she chirped, taking a dainty nibble.

I then started to proceed with rubbing my victory in his face. I immediately stopped, however, when I saw Emmett's 'run' look. Yeah. The look. The "if you do that for another second, you won't survive to see the next" look.

Iinstantly hopped up, grabbing my tray and grinning widely. "Hate to eat and run, but... Evil teddy bears will chase me!"

Dropping my food in the trash as I ran, I escaped the cafeteria, and headed for the front lawn. Not-so-much surprising me as terrifying me to death, I felt a pair of huge arms catch my waist.

"You are one tricky little pixie," Emmett breathed in my ear, lifting me and spinning us around.

Only I could get away with teddy bear, and only he could get away with pixie.

I shivered as his hot breath tickled my ear. I started to attempt plots to get him to do it again... Stop brain! You aren't allowed to think that! But I loved it.

"PDA!" came a not-as-deep voice as Emmett's. Thinking it was a teacher, Emmett dropped me on the ground, and I pretended to have a hurt foot, clutching it.

But it wasn't.

"Oops, my bad," said the less deep, but just as annoying voice of Mike Newton. "I forgot, you're the single ones."He laughed, like he'd told a great joke, and muttered something that sounded like 'prude'.

Emmett growled, clenching his fists, "If you don't get away from us in the next five seconds, you won't have a skull to hold that retarded brain of yours. Or..." Emmett's face twisted in malice. "I'll let it slip to the police chief that you tried to pay me to get nude pictures of Bella..."

Newton's eyes widenedas he childishly gawked, his thin mouth making an 'O'. "I did not!"

"Charlie doesn't know that," Emmett said surely, grinning smugly.

Newton glared and quickly took his leave, taking Emmett seriously.

As soon as he was out of ear-shot, Emmett knelt down. "You okay?" he asked, serious now.

"Yeah, but you shouldn't threaten people! They take that stuff seriously!" I scolded, screaming inside over his face being mere inches from mine.

"Everyone but Charlie," Emmett laughed. "I tried that one last week and ended up getting a lecture on harrassing 'the good Newton boy'."

My jaw dropped in shock, and I punched his arm. "Jerk!"

He laughed. "Aw, Pixie! You know you love me!"

Damn. He had me there.

"So? Tough love, Teddy Bear," I declared boldly. I hoped to the heavens that only I could hear my fluttering heart.

He bent so his forehead was touching mine. "Yeah. Tough love." His whisper was so heavy, it could have knocked me over had it been solid.

The edges of my vision started fading, and I neary collapsed onto the soft grass."Tough love," I repeated, my voice shooting up a few octaves.

"But only for me," he whispered, his eyes burning with something I couldn't easily identify.

"As long as we share it," Ibreathed. What's wrong with you, Alice! Maybe he wants it too! No, Idiot!

He smiled slightly, then lightly, almost like a soap bubble popping on skin, touched his lips to my nose.

I held my breath as his lips hovered over mine for an endless second, then-

"Well, are you two gonna kiss or what?"

A/N: Review me!!! Also, I'm available as a beta!!!

~Sidney