IT'S ME! HAHA! IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER. I ALSO FORGOT TO DISCLAIM. DOY! HERE' GOES! I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN TWILIGHT, THEY ARE ALL IN STEPANIES HANDS, THOUGH I WOULDN'T MIND OWNING THE WOLF PACK….ERR, MAYBE I SHOULD STOP TALKING!

Bella huffed as she plopped down on her couch and glared at her brother. "Have you always been that immature?" Emmett shrugged and sat with her. "Sorry, you had your phone on high .I could here the conversation, and the way that dude was stuttering! He sounded like a bad record!" Bella slapped his arm while he continued to laugh.

"Ugh! Stop it Emmett. He's nice and I want to get to know him better." Her brother looked at her with understanding and amusement.

"Okay, bells, you win. I'll be nice, I promise." Bella smiled and turned on the TV. It was silent for ten minutes before Emmett spoke again. "So, do you like him?" he looked at her with a smirk.

She rolled her eyes and gave a sigh. "I don't know…he's nice but…I don't even know his real name, he-he just seems so reserved, I- he acts like he doesn't trust his own judgment." She got up from the couch to look for a drink, leaving Emmett to think of what his little sister said. She came back with a glass of what looked like fruit punch.

"Maybe he's had bad luck with girls; friend and couple wise. Sometimes it's hard to find good friends and, maybe he went through a bad relationship. But I don't know much so, don't listen to everything I say." Bella smiled and took a sip of her drink, the cool liquid relaxing her.

"Yeah maybe. But I'm not going to make assumptions. If he wants to tell me anything, he can when he's comfortable and ready." He nodded and turned back to the TV, watching world's dumbest. He chuckled when a man jumped off a car and knocked down another guy. It was quiet like that for the rest of the night; Bella ordered a couple pizzas for dinner and set up the extra room for Emmett. She sat in bed thinking about em; she would have to be patient and caring to gain his full trust, and she really wanted that.

The next day…

Beep, beep, bee- embry groaned. Who the hell was calling him at six in the morning? He searched his night stand, knocking his wallet and empty water glass over. "Damnitt…" he groaned. He finally got his hands on the annoying piece of plastic he called a phone. "What? This better be good who ever you are." He heard a husky laugh on the other end.

"I TOLD YOU IT WAS TOO EARLY, LEAH!"embry rolled his eyes. He should have known it was them.

"Hey you guys…I thought the point of skype was for our conversations to simpler." Embry yawned. He heard Leah laugh.

"Sorry em, but I forgot the time difference. It's 6 at night here so, you know me!" he groaned.

"Yeah, I know inside and out Leah, tell Jake I say hi, I might as well go for a walk since I'm awake."

"Okay, see you soon embry." The two friends said their goodbye and embry got dressed in a pair of sweat pants and jacket. He stepped out into the crisp early morning air; though it was chilly, it was beautiful and sunny. Embry breathed in appreciably and sighed in contentment. He would always love Colorado and it's ridiculous whether patterns. He trudged at a reasonable speed towards his usual café where he got his coffee. "Stella's coffee house," Was a small and warm shop that was owned by Stella and her daughter, who was thirteen. Embry almost always went there; the coffee was smooth and just right for Colorado whether.

The bell chimed as he walked in, the aroma of brewing coffee invading his senses. Stella was at the counter, talking to someone. He heard the end of the conversation. "-disappear off the face of the earth, I mean really, who accomplishes that?" the man grunted. "Well, it just happens, the poor man probably got scared shitless and never tried again." Stella sighed and gives the man his change. "Have a good day Charlie, tell your busy bee daughter to come by sometime!"(Surprise!) "You too Stella and I'll be sure to tell her." Embry bumped right into the man known as Charlie, nearly spilling his coffee over his police uniform.

"Ugh! I-I'm so sorry s-sir!" embry looks down so his hides his face better. Charlie chuckles. "No worries son, say, why do you look so acquainted with floor?" embry shyly looks up and meets a pair of eyes he's seen before; they too, were exact replicas of dark chocolate, his hair was the same brown and curly and he had a mustache that looked like he's had a long time.

"Err…I have, um…people issues." Embry blurted out before he could catch himself. Charlie raised an eyebrow. "Uhh, okay…well, there are no worries." Charlie walks off and frowns; he was going to Bella's place to check in on Emmett; she had left a message explaining everything. He sighed. He should have known that girl was trouble in the beginning…oh well, might as well fix the mess Rosalie caused.

Bella sat on the couch with Emmett as they both ate some breakfast burritos and watched the early morning news. She heard someone knock on the door and got up to answer. There her father Charlie was standing in his police uniform with coffee in hand. "Hey bells how's he holding up?"

She sighed. "Not good but not horrible either." The chief police man sighed and walked in. he chuckled when he saw that the small house was horribly tidy. Typical Bella… he walked into the living room to see is oldest child staring at the TV deep in thought, and it worried him; now Emmett was a clever boy, but he was more of act first, think later, which always got him in a shitload of trouble. He cleared his throat, making Emmett look up; his eyes were filled with anger, betrayal, sadness and regret. "Hey son, can I join you?" Emmett merely nods.

Charlie grunts and takes a seat on the couch, while Bella hands him a burrito. "I'm going to take shower; I need to get ready for practice, be right back." She quickly heads up her small stair case to the bathroom. Charlie sighed and looked at his beloved son. "I know it hurts son…but it'll get better." Emmett shakes his head.

"I know it will, but I thought we were perfect for each other…I…I thought we were going to grow old together, have children, but apparently she had other plans; and that was to screw mine." He felt the tears well up. Charlie put a reassuring hand on his back. "First loves aren't always the last Emmett." He muttered.

He sighed and heard Bella's footsteps come. "Alright you guys I'm heading to practice. I'll be back later for a shower and I'll feed you guys, so please don't attempt to cook!" her father and brother laughed; neither of them had cooking skills and always relied on Bella and Renee for help.

She sighed and said her goodbyes once more before heading out to the indoor ice rink where she would meet up with her coach. She rushed through changing and walked into the big dome. "There you are! How ya doin' girly?" James, her gay coach asked. (Ha-ha!) She smiled. "Nothing much…I made a new friend." He smirked. "Define friend." He said raising his eyebrow in a way that made Bella blush with annoyance. "A friend I actually met here." James smirked. "Alright then, let's start with stretches."

Embry watched some weird comedy, while he glanced at the clock every now and then. He sighed when it finally turned to eleven thirty. He got up and threw his five year old black converse on. He covered his face with his hood and headed out, trying to keep his nerves in check. He walked down the sidewalk, people staring at him. He rolled his eyes; he was annoyed by this. Soon he was in front of a white house with a light cream trim, making it look light and happy. He knocked on the door and waited, looking around at nothing.

A flushed and angry Bella answered the door; there was laughing in the background. "Uh…hey, Bella." Embry said; being the shy guy he's become. A smile grew. "Oh! Hi, em. C'mon in." he shyly walked in and stood leaning against the counter while he watched Bella move around in the kitchen with familiarity. But suddenly she tripped right into embry's arms, her hands gripping his forearms for leverage. He looked down at her with heat going to his cheeks. She too had pink covering her face. "Sorry…I'm a bit of a klutz." She whispered without moving. "You don't seem very clumsy on the ice." He said with a shy smile. What the fuck? He cleared his throat feeling awkward once again and helped Bella to her feet.

Her hands were now lightly gripping his arms. She looked down and bit her lip; embry's arms were lean, but muscular, making her blush a deeper shade. She took a deep breath and let go, giving embry an apologetic smile. "Umm…j-just let me finish making lunch for my brother and dad and we can go." He nodded his own blush still warm on his cheeks. Bella called the guys and they walked in talking about an out of town fishing trip, but stopped when they saw a hooded embry leaning against the counter.

Emmett narrowed his eyes. "Bella who's your friend?" Bella cleared her throat, "this is em, um, and he's the one I'm going to lunch with." Embry shifted under his gaze. "Why do you have your hood on?" Emmett asked out of the blue. Embry could FEEL his pupils' shrink and his face pale; this was the question he always dreaded. He shifted even worse. "I…err…just like to keep it on." Bella looked over at embry with concern. "Bella, can I talk to you for a minute?" Emmett hastily pulled Bella to the living room.

"Bella I don't like him." He stated.

She rolled her eyes. "Em, you hate every guy that I hang out with, except the exception of Edward. Em's a nice guy; I know he seems shady but he's sweet and I want to get to know him better." He sighed.

"Fine; But he does ONE thing wrong, I'm going to be worse than you!"

She laughed and hugged her goofball brother. "Okay you win…now can I save em from dad?" Emmett laughed and led his sister to kitchen, where an absolutely embarrassed em, was banging his head against the kitchen table, while Charlie laughed till tears came. Bella huffed and put her hand on her hips. "Dad what did you do to him?" Charlie took a deep breath to compose him self. "I only asked him a few questions bells; the boy just got embarrassed." She rolled her eyes and took embry's hand, making him blush under his hood.

"Well, we're heading out, don't burn the house down." She called, grabbing her jacket and heading out the door with embry in tow. When the door shut Emmett turned to his father.

"So what did you really ask him?" Charlie grinned.

"I Asked him what his intentions was…he started stuttering and shifting like mad! That boys no threat; he's far too shy to even finish a sentence, let alone make a big move on Bella!" Emmett smirked.

"Five bucks says Bella has to make the first move."

"You're on!" the cheered and went back to eating the stroganoff Bella had made.

Bella and embry walked down the sidewalk stealing glances at each other but turning away quickly when they caught each other. Embry was beet red replaying Charlie's words over and over."There better not be little ones running around anytime soon!"

Embry gulped. He didn't even think about any of that! Now it was stuck in his head! He looked up to catch Bella looking at him again, making her blush and look away. It made him think; would she turn away for a completely different reason if he told her the truth? He sighed and saw that they were at the restaurant now. He gently grabbed Bella's hand, making him buzz with nerves. 'Joe's pizza' was a favorite of embry's; their pizza was always warm and they also like to mix things up with wings, chips and other things you wouldn't see at an Italian restaurant. They walked through the door, the smell of marinara and garlic filling their noses.

When they were seated, a sweet red head came up with a smile. "Hi, I'm Victoria and I'm going to serve you today. What would you like?" Bella bit her lip before she mumble; "Uhh, cucumber lasagna please." "I'll have the chicken parmesan." When Victoria left, embry gave an awkward smile; smiling still felt do strange to him; the way his lips stretched to make the form.

Bella returned the smile and looked at the restaurant. She couldn't help but grin when she saw a hilarious picture of the video game character Mario in an apron with a pan of pizza winking. "That's a neat picture; I wonder where they found it." Embry looked where she was looking and grinned, but it disappeared; he still didn't understand how he was smiling. "I'm not sure…but you're right, it's a very funny picture." their food came and they ate in silence, just enjoying each others company.

When they were finished embry offered to walk her home again. He felt like a teenager on his first date; he was jittery and shy; part of him wanted the comfort of friendship that she already displayed. The other part wanted to shut down, exclude him self from her affection, fear of rejection when he told her his past. He battled with himself all through the walk. Bella must have noticed, because she hesitantly slipped her hand into his and gave it a gentle squeeze. "You okay em? You've been kind of out it." He looked into her dark chocolate eyes, making him wonder how she would react to his eyes…or, more clearly, his one eye that was much paler than the other…or his scars… he didn't know.

"Yeah I'm fine..." she gave him a weak smile and bit her lip in contemplation. She wanted to know one thing about him before she got deeply involved. "Hey em…" he looked over at her, his hood shadowing his face, making him seem mysterious in ways. I wander why he does that."Yeah?" she bit her lip again. "Could you…tell me your full name?" he stiffened. It wasn't that he didn't wan to tell her, it was more just him being paranoid. "Sure…" his voice faltered. He took a deep breath and whispered just one word. "Embry." Bella smiles; to her the name fits better than Em, so now she will gladly call him by his name. She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. "I like it; it says you…" embry's heart pace picked up, hope and shock flowed through him.

An ecstatic smile spread across embry's face; he knew it was stupid to be excited about one thing, but he couldn't help it. Embry walked Bella up to the door. He contemplated on doing something he hadn't done for a while. Awe the hell with it. He quickly pulls Bella in for a hug and mumbles his goodbye, beet red, he rushes away, nearly slipping on the ice, making Bella giggle. "Bye…Embry." She bit her lip feeling like she was in high school again; she had made a new friend.

I'M DEEPLY SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SOOO LONG, BUT I HAPPENED TO BE IN DEEP DOODOO FOR CALLING MY ART TEACHERS A BITCH…SOO…YEAH. I GOT GROUNDED. BUT! THAT'S OVER SO I'LL BE BACK ON TRACK, SO DON'T THINK I ABANDONED YOU GUYS! TOOTLES UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER. I would also like to thank my bats for being so patient with me while I figured out the system! LOVE!