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I opened my eyes and looked at the bedroom around me. The room was poorly lighted and , because I wasn't a cat who can see in the dark, my eyes could only see about 3 feet in front of me.
"Hello?" I called out as I used my thin and not very strong arms to lift myself up into a sitting position.
Suddenly, the lights flickered on and my eyes closed as a result of the sting.
"Morning Bells." I heard Alice say.
"Why were the lights off?" I asked, opening my eyes slowly, like a turtle. It was a method I perfected in 2nd grade when we watched a lot of movies in class. It helps minimize the amount of eyeburning involved with the change from light to dark.
"Hows your nose?" Alice asked, ignoring my question and plopping herself down on a faded blue rocking chair in the middle of the room.
"Uhh…okay I guess…Its kinda numb." Alice nodded, as if she expected me to say that.
"Yeah, your nose is broken, but you managed to avoid any other damage.."
"What did I run into? A brick wall?!" I exclaimed.
Alice burst into a fit of giggles. "A brick wall?! No, that was..Emmet….my brother.." She was clutching her tiny flat tummy and gasping for air.
I narrowed my eyes. "Your brother is a brick wall?"
"You could say so." She said as her laughs quieted down. "..He's really sorry, though, Bella." as she said this, she took on a serious tone.
"Oh, its okay…he didn't even do anything…I did." Alice widened her eyes and raised her eyebrows" …you should try telling him that. Edward sentenced him to a corner of the house so that he could reflect upon his actions."
My eyes widened. What did Edward care? "He didn't do anything!" I exclaimed.
"Edward doesn't care. Emmet was careless apparently." Alice said shrugging.
"Geez, I hope Emmet knows its okay…" I mumbled, not wanting to cause any grief to him.
Just then, a strange ringing sound filled the air. Alice stood up, reached into the pocket of her elegant dark wash jeans, and pulled out a paper thin cellphone.
"Damn, Alice, you can get a papercut just by looking at that thing."
"Hello?" she asked, smiling at me as she did so. "Yes, I do know...she says its fine, calm yourself. Uhhh, not really...remember last time? Geez, fine, but I'm telling you...its okay...'kay, Bye." she snapped her weapon/cellphone shut and slid it back into her pocket.
"That was Emmet...he's coming to apologize.." she announced, clapping both hands on her thighs.
I sighed and looked up. "Geez, its okay. I'm sure that even if he wasn't there, I would have been able to find another way to break my nose. Its not that hard for me, you know."
"I know."
We sat in silence for a couple of moments until I remembered what was happening. "Am I at the hospital?"
"No, my dads a doctor, he was able to fix your nose up." Alice said nonchalantly as she examined her manicured nails.
I remembered her freaky episode that caused my broken nose in the first place.
"Hey, Alice?" I asked. She let out a deep sigh and looked at me, her golden eyes piercing. She didn't say anything so I just continued.
"Um...what happened to you? You kinda, sorta....blanked out? I guess. I don't really know how to word it, but...it really freaked me out."
She let out another sigh, but this one made her seem really old. "Bella, I'm sorry for scaring you. I really, really, really wish I could tell you, but...I can't. It'd be better if Edward told you, not me."
"Why does Edward have to tell me?" I asked, keeping my voice as level as possible.
"He's the only one with the right to tell you. Besides, if one of us told you, he would have our heads."
"I wouldn't tell anyone...I promise..."
"Oh, I know you wouldn't...you didn't..before--but Edward won't let anyone tell...he just wants to protect you..." At this, I got a little angry.
"What does he care? We broke up a while ago, didn't we?" I asked staring at the tiny Alice through angry eyes. Suddenly I felt bad for bursting out at her and I softened my face as much as I could, but it didn't ease up by much.
Alice let out another little huff. "Not really, but its doesn't really matter. I have no right to tell you. Neither does anyone else. Don't you dare try and trick Emmet when he comes here. He wont spill. Well, I got to go, but I'm sure Emmet will be here in just a second to keep you company. Toodles." she said, waving and skipping out of the room. Damn girl, why wouldn't she tell me?
As soon as she left, an unfamiliar voice called my name.
"Yeah?" I answered. A tall, burly man resembling the hulk warily walked into the room. He had the same dead look as the Cullens, except, somehow, he looked more alive.
As soon as he looked at me, his golden eyes zeroed in on my nose. "Holy crap! I am so sooo sorry! Forgive me?"
I looked at him quizzically for a moment. Then realization dawned on me. "You must be Emmet." I said, trying to look as welcoming as possible.
He looked at me, puzzled, "And you must be Bella, but oh my God! I am so sorry! I didn't expect you to just run into me like that! I know that seems kind of strange, seeing as I could sense it, but I thought that you would stop…or turn..or SOMETHING. Anything but run straight into me! Geez, Bella. I'm so sorry."
I shook it off. "Emmet, its fine. There was no way you could have known. I mean, even if you WEREN'T standing there, I would have run into something or the other…"
"But—" I quickly cut him off.
"But nothing. Its totally fine. If you did something—which you didn't—I would forgive you. But you did nothing so theres nothing to forgive. Just…forget about it…"
"I don't think I can…" he mumbled. Oh, of course, there would be a bandage on my nose for a couple of weeks or so.
"Well, just, um, don't look at me. Or…ignore the big white stuff on my nose…pretend its…make up! Very poorly applied makeup." I nodded in approval omy suggestion.
Emmet rolled his eyes. "That's not what I meant, but fine. I'll do my best." He smiled at me and I smiled back.
"…So you're related to Edward, huh?" I asked, making my voice sound as careless as possible. Emmet cleared his throat.
"Erm, well...yes. Yes I am."
"Can you tell me about him?" I asked, surprisingly keeping the excited squeal from escaping my mouth.
Emmet's jaw clenched. "Like what?" he asked stiffly.
"Oh, I don't know...anything..."
He stared at me, his expression didn't change.
I took a deep breath. "Please, Emmet? Please? I asked Alice a billion times and she wont really tell me much. I have a really strong feeling that some fact about our past will help jog my memory. I really want my memory back. Dont you? Please, Emmet." I tried putting on my best "puppy dog face" and tried to look really desperate. Which I was. So technically, I wasn't trying to look desperate. I was looking desperate. Does that make sense?
Emmet sighed deeply. "Okay fine. I'll answer your questions, but only if I think its appropriate. Got it?"
I nodded happily. He gently sat himself down at the foot of my bed. "Okay, Bella, shoot."
"Uhhhh, well, erm, why doesn't he want me to know your guyses secret?"
"Next question."
"What! But, you didn't answer--"
"Its not appropriate. Next Question."
"Why?"
"I said: Next Question."
"I asked you another question! WHY?"
"Oh. Well, BECAUSE, if I told you, I would be murdered by Edward. I'd like to stay alive thank-you-very-much."
"Does he still like me or something?"
"Next Question."
"OH MY GOD, EMMET! YOU'VE ANSWERED NONE OF MY QUESTIONS!" I erupted.
"WHAT THE HECK? YES I DID!" he yelled, raising his tone just as I did.
"THAT DOESN'T COUNT!"
"YES IT DOES, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SPECIFY BEFORE!"
"Emmet, you're insane."
He smiled. "I know."
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