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He froze for a quarter of a second before enfolding me in his arms. He pulled me away just enough to kiss my forehead and then lightly kiss my lips, causing my mind to go blank. "Bella…" He murmured "Who did this to you?" His bright green eyes silently pleaded with me.

Suddenly Emmett roared "What the heck was that?!"

BPOV

Edward and I whirled around just in time to see Emmett lunge towards us. He grabbed Edward and thrust him against the wall with an audible thud. Edward didn't struggle against Emmett's hold or cower under his murderous glare; he just watched me with a soft expression. "Bella, you have thirty seconds to explain." Emmett growled, his eyes still on Edward.

I rushed over to them and tugged hard on Emmett's arm, fortunately it didn't bother me. "Let go of him." I said slowly and firmly, tugging on his arm again for emphasis.

"Edward, you're like a brother to me, but if someone doesn't explain I'm going to beat the crap out of you for kissing my little sister." He said threateningly and completely ignoring me.

"Emmett, can I please talk to you alone?" I begged him and he finally looked at me.

"Fine." He let go of Edward and followed me out of the room and into the kitchen. "What's going on, Bella? Why did he kiss you? I know you guys are close, but I've never seen you guys kiss like that, it's always been on the cheek before."

"Because I'm hoping he likes me and I recently realized that…" I took a deep breath. "That I love him." That was the first time I'd said it out loud and the truth in my own words almost overwhelmed me, Emmett's expression showed that he'd seen it to.

"You… love him?" He asked quietly.

"Yes." I said without hesitation. Emmett went completely silent for nearly two minutes, he just stared at the ground unseeingly.

"Can I talk to Edward?" He asked suddenly and he looked up at me.

I paused for a few seconds "Will you be nice and not tell him what I said? I'll tell him when I'm ready." He nodded and I smiled before leaving to get Edward.

EPOV

Bella was smiling when she came out of the kitchen and I breathed out a sigh of relief. "Emmett wants to talk to you." She told me and I frowned.

"Do you know what he wants to tell me?" She just shrugged and sat on the couch.



"So, you and Edward?" Jasper asked Bella with a big grin. I smiled and shook my head as I walked into the kitchen.

Emmett was staring blankly at a wall and didn't even blink when I sat down in front of him. "Emmett?"

He jumped in surprise and looked up at me. We sat in complete silence for a moment and I could hear Jasper and Bella in the other room, they sounded excited about something.

"I only have one question for you." Emmett finally spoke and I nodded for him to continue, "How do you feel about Bella?" He stared straight into my eyes, more serious than I'd ever seen him.

"I love her." There was no hesitation. Over the past couple days it had been impossible to deny that I loved her and then there was the kiss and that was the most amazing thing to ever happen to me.

He nodded slowly, not looking at me again. "You can go back to her and… I'm not mad." We stood up and walked into the family room together.

As soon as we were in the family room Bella was talking. "Guys, guess what I did?" We looked at each other and shrugged after a couple seconds when an idea didn't come to either of us. "I touched Emmett and it didn't bother me!" Emmett and I understood what she meant at the same time and he pulled her into one of his famous bear hugs.

"Put me…down, can't… breathe." She squeaked after hugging him back for a few seconds, Emmett laughed loudly and set her down.

"I'll call Charlie and tell him that you're starting to get better." Emmett pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and left the room.

"And I will call Alice and Rosalie." Jasper also left the room with his cell phone in hand.

Bella sat down on one end of the couch and patted her lap and looked at me with humor in her eyes. I smiled crookedly, like I knew she liked, and lay down next to her. I set my head in her lap so I was looking at her and she started playing with my hair, running her fingers through it slowly. I reached up and rested my hand on her cheek, her eyes immediately closed and she leaned into my hand with a small smile, making me smile again.

We sat like that for a few minutes, until we head the slam of a car door outside and we looked up to see Jasper watching us from the doorway with a big smile on his face. "I'm not usually one to intrude-"

Emmett saved him from having to explain when he came back into the room with an announcement. He paused for a moment and stared at us and I realized how our position must look to him. I started to sit up but he shook his head and said. "Charlie's coming."

Bella bit her lip and her eyebrows pulled together like she was calculating something. "Bella?" I whispered and she looked down at me. "You'll be fine, I'm right here." She smiled and nodded slowly.

"Okay."



Suddenly the front door burst open and two voices squealed in unison "Bella!!"

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