A White Demon Love Song

by: Caiti Rose

Chapter 2: Paint The Silence

It wasn't long before I saw Bella again. She showed up at our house the next weekend. She was looking for Edward, obviously. But he had taken Jasper hunting. He was expected back that evening, so I invited her in. "We don't have a lot of... human food." I smirked at her. "But we have some tea I think. If you drink that nasty shit."

Bella laughed. "I love that nasty shit actually." God, her smile was flawless. I led her into the kitchen and started fumbling with the tea bags. I could see her laughing at me from the corner of my eye. "Want me to make it?"

I smiled, and tossed the mug across the room to her. I was taken aback when I heard the glass shatter on the floor. I raised an eyebrow, then laughed. "Oh right.... human reflexes."

She laughed and shot me a fake dirty look. "You're hilarious, Emmett."

I leaned back on the kitchen counter and folded my arms. "Why thank you, Isabella." A small, disgusted sound released from the back of her throat. I raised an eyebrow again. "What?"

"Bella." she said. "Just Bella."

I grinned. I could have some fun with this one. "Oh, but Isabella is such a pretty name. I think I'll just call you that."

She rolled her eyes. "Don't. I hate it."

"Whatever you say Isabella." I walked to the cabinet to get another mug for her to make her tea. We both stood mute in the kitchen while she prepared it. But for some reason, the silence was comfortable. It was in no way awkward like it would have been with someone else. Every once in awhile she'd look over at me and shoot me a smile. Ugh. I felt like a little schoolgirl. It made me... giddy. How pathetic am I? How pathetic was this whole situation?

She sipped her tea and we both went over to sit at the kitchen table. "How are you liking Forks?" I asked, wanting to keep her attention as long as possible."

She looked up at me and rolled her eyes. "Honestly, if Edward wasn't there... I don't know what I would do. He's the only thing that gets me through the day there."

I nodded, disappointed in her answer. "Well what about your friends?"

"Like Jessica and Lauren? And Mike and Eric and Tyler?" She groaned. "I mean... Angela's not bad. They're all not... terrible. But Jessica doesn't shut up, Lauren hates me, and the boys are always hitting on me. It's frustrating being them so much."

Hearing her complain about her 'friends' brought a smile to my face. I liked that she felt comfortable enough to share this with me. I continued to ask her questions about Chief Swan, her mom, her old school. I didn't want the conversation to end. She had just started telling me about Phoenix, when I heard the front door shut. I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach. That had to be Edward and Jasper. I looked up at the clock. Had we really been talking for an hour? It seemed like five minutes.

"Edward... you're here." Bella stood up and walked over to him, placing her hand on his and looking into his eyes. They did have great chemistry, there was no denying that. As Bella turned to leave with him, she turned back to me again and smiled. A sad smile? No, that had to be my imagination. "Uh...thanks again... for the tea."

I nodded. "No problem." I saw Edward glaring at me but I shrugged it off. I watched the two of them walk away together. When they disappeared, I stood up and brought Bella's mug to the sink. I heard fluttering footsteps and I thew the mug across the room. Alice caught it as she glided through the door. "Wash that, will you?"

Alice threw the mug back to be. "Wash it yourself, and then sit down!" The severity in her voice made me nervous. Alice never took that tone. Not with me anyway. Sometimes Rosalie... and Jasper, if they were fighting. I examined her face and placed the mug in the sink. I tentatively walked over to the table and sat across from where Alice was already sitting. "What's up?"

She took a long breath and stared at me. "We need to talk, Emmett."

A/N: So there's chapter two. Chapter three is coming soon. Please review guys! This is my first Twilight fic and I'm dying to hear what you all think. P.S. -the titles are all song titles, I'm not that creative. :)