Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. Stephenie Meyer does and I love her for creating these characters and her story that goes along with them.

So today I had a very long and bad day…but hopefully as I write this chapter I will feel better…it is suppose to be light and funny but who knows if it will be by the end…well however it ends I hope you liked it.

Bella's POV

We arrived at that Chinese place after about a fifteen minute drive that felt more like an hour because of the thick tension in the car. Edward seemed to be upset about something but Emmett and Jasper were doing their best to ignore his foul mood.

I went to open my door but found that Emmett had already opened it for me and grabbed me up in his big arms and placed me on the ground, though I wish he hadn't because Emmett still did not know his own strength because his grip was way to firm and it caused me to want to crumble up into a ball in pain. I quickly recovered and then thanked Emmett for his help.

I had never been out for Chinese before so I had no clue what to order as I look at the list of weird sounding foods. I decided to stick with something that I saw at another table. Sweet and Sour Chicken with out the sweet and sour sauce looked edible. Emmett and Edward seemed to be having silent conversations the whole meal while I just sat there awkwardly looking at Jasper who tried to make polite conversation, but I could tell he did not know how to ease the awkwardness of the meal.

Jasper made comments like:

"So how's that… uhh chicken without the sweet and sour sauce?"

And I would be left with no choice but to respond to this awkward question with a "Yes…and how is that…what are you eating?"

"Well the menu says it is 'chicken and broccoli' but I am starting to wonder if it is pork."

And then we would be left in an awkward silence again.

Finally Emmett and Edward finshed their food and the waiter brought the check to the table along with 4 fortune cookies. I went to grab one when Emmett swatted my hand and yelled "DON'T TOUCH THEM!"

I jerked back and started shaking slightly and tears were welding, trying to spill from the corners of my eyes. I felt a hand on my back and an electrical shock went though my body but for some reason this hand did not make things worse. I felt much better now. I looked at Edward and he gave me his amazing crooked smile and I gave a slight smile back.

"Oh my gosh, I am sorry Bella I did not mean to scare you…" Emmett said with his head down and a deep amount of guilt and shame in his voice that I hated to hear.

"Oh no, I am fine. You just scared me and then I kind of jerked and hit a bruise…No harm done," I tried to lie but I could tell Emmett nor did anyone else really buy it.

"Well, on to my favorite part of Chinese, the fortune cookies…Who wants to go first!"

"Go first? I don't get it…Don't you just eat it?" I said in pure confusion.

"WHAT? NO!…There are rules and traditions to follow!" Emmett said this as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Oh, give the stupid rules a rest Emmett," Jasper and Edward said almost in unision.

"No…Bella do you know the rules?.." and I shook my head.

"Okay, well the first rule is the cookie must be eaten for the fortune to come true. Second rule is the fortune must be read aloud, read before any of the cookie is consumed or it won't come true. And lastly the cookie must be chosen with your eyes closed." He looked at me for a brief second and then said "Okay, here I will go first."

Emmett closed his eyes and reached for a cookie. He grabbed one, almost crushing it in his grip and then opened his eyes. He ripped open the package like it was a Christmas present and then read his fortune aloud.

"Life is too important to take seriously," and then he popped the fortune cookie into his mouth.

Edward and Jasper though were dying of laughter at Emmett's fortune since it was so fitting to Emmett.

"Okay, you next Bella."

I closed my eyes and reached for a cookie and then opened it. "A warm smile is testimony of a generous nature." And I could not help but sneak a glance at Edward and then I quickly popped the strange looking cookie into my mouth before he noticed. The cookie tasted too bland and on the verge of being gross but I finished the cookie anyway.

"Edward, you go now," Emmett said like a two year old excited to find out what toy he got in his kids meal.

"Whatever but I am not closing my eyes," and then Edward reached for the closest cookie and opened it. "A cynic is only a frustrated optimist," and then popped it into his mouth too.

"Wow, that cookie was spot on for you Edward," Emmett managed to say though his booming laughter.

Jasper had already grabbed the remaining cookie and opened it while Emmett was still laughing. "That wasn't Chicken," and with that me and Jasper both cracked up laughing. Emmett and Edward were kind of confused since they had not been part of our conversation before but to me and Jasper this fortune cookie was freaking hilarious.

So I think it turned out pretty light and funny…and I hope you do too…so I did not want to give it away at the beginning but this chapters funny fortune cookie fortunes was inspired when me and Ali had Chinese last Friday and we had the most random fortunes. They fit perfectly into the story but unfortunately I forgot them and so I just found new ones online…but yea…so tell me what you think and as always please Read and Review and feel free to Flame…lol

Alisa )