"I'm gonna kick your ass on this song one day. Mark my words Clearwater!" Emmett growled, as her tried to move his fingers faster on the colored buttons of the plastic guitar he was holding.
The family giggled at Emmett. We all knew he had no chance against my baby when it came to Guitar Hero.
"Well, I can't help it if I whoop your ass on Walk This Way. And my last name is Brandon-Clearwater." Emma playfully bit back as she tilted her guitar, activating star power.
"Hey, that's way too much to say when I'm mad or annoyed or getting my ass kicked, like I am now. Damnit!" Emmett replied, he had just missed possibly the sixth note in a row.
"Baby, maybe you should just give up and declare her king of Aerosmith Guitar Hero." Kate said looking up from her card game of Hearts with Nessie and Jasper.
Emmett let out a frustrated growl and finally threw his hands up in defeat. He huffed as he took the guitar off of himself and handed Emma a wad of twenties out of his pocket.
"Pleasure kickin your ass, Em." Emma said with a smug smile as she sat herself next to me on the couch,stuffing the wad of cash in her back pocket. I looked at her and rolled my eyes playfully. I loved her competitiveness. It was a bit of a turn-on and was pretty adorable.
"Finally! I though I was gonna have to watch you hand Emmett his ass on a platter all night!" Seth said as he and Jacob went up to the PS3 and put in some racing game.
Emmett glared over at Seth. Emma and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes while Jasper chuckled and Nessie giggled. Kate looked at her imprint and gave him a soft, loving smile. Emmett perked up and smiled back at Kate, his bad mood disapperaing.
Tonight was our annual game slash get out the house if you want night. You had the choice of either staying home and playing various games or going off somewhere for the night.
As usual Carlise and Esme went out for a nice, romantic date. Edward and Bella did the same, but they probably rented a hotel room for the night. Alice and Leah….Well, they more than likely rented a hotel room for the whole night. They're kind of banned ,by their daughters, from having too much sex in the house. So they use nights like these to get their fill of each other.
I sighed happily and rested my head on Emma's shoulder. She kissed the top of my head and slid her hand into my hand that was resting on my lap. We still have yet to actually have sex, we've been taking things slow, but not friend zone slow.
She seriously is a big, huge, hopeless romantic. Just yesterday during a light rain she took me by the hand and lead me outside. I stood outside with her for a little while before voicing my curiosity and asking why we were outside. She looked at me and smiled and then softly pressed her lips against mine. When we pulled away, she gave me a soft smile and said that she just wanted to kiss me in the rain. She thinks that everyone couple should kiss in the rain at least once.
"Guys, I have an idea!" Emmett suddenly said, jumping to his feet. We all looked at him and groaned. Emmett's ideas were something to be feared.
"This isn't going to involve fireworks?" Jasper, asked warily. "Or balloons and paint?" Emma asked, with a rueful smile on her face. "Or paintball guns and a petting zoo?" I asked, frowning. I didn't really feel like getting banned from another public place because of him.
Emmett let out an annoyed huff. "No! I just thought that we could play a game. We could all get matched up into pairs and switch iPods with our partner. Then you have to sing the first song that comes up on your partner's iPod."
We all looked at each other and nodded. For once an idea of Emmett's didn't sound bad or like it would risk anyone getting jail time.
"Sounds great Emmett, but I gotta go head to bed. I have the early patrol shift tomorrow." Seth said, getting up and waving good bye to everyone. "I'm gonna go ahead and turn in too. I just got this book that I've been dying to read." Jasper said, turning towards the stairs.
"Is it that one where Abraham Lincoln is a vampire hunter?" Emma asked. She loved any type of book that had to deal with vampires or history. It was one of the things that her and her favorite uncle Jasper had in common.
Jasper grinned at her and said "As soon as I'm done I'll let you borrow it." She grinned back at him and nodded her head.
"Alright, should we just have couples switch with each other or should we draw names out of a hat or something?" Jake asked, placing himself next to Nessie.
"Let's do couples. I think it would be more interesting that way. And we only have two minutes to listen to the song. If the song is over before time is up then you can listen to other songs or turn the iPod off." Emma said, handing me her iPod. "Be careful with my baby ,ok?"
I rolled my eyes, playfully and handed her my iPod. I switched her 'baby' on and was shocked to see my face appear. I realized that I was in her pictures. I debated on just looking through her pictures, but decided that I was a little more interested in her music and I needed a song to sing.
The first song that appeared shouldn't have surprised me. It was from one of her favorite classic Disney movies. You'll Be in My Heart by Phil Collins. She had told me that it had reminded her of her mom. She would always sing it to her and Kate whenever they were scared or had trouble sleeping. Leah spoiled her girls, including Alice.
I looked over at Emma and saw her smiling like a love struck idiot and I tried to remember what was the last song that I had listened to on my iPod. It was possible that she was listening to some of the Jagged Edge songs I put on there because of her. She knew that their songs reminded me of her.
When time was over Jake and Nessie were the first ones up. Jake did a pretty bad job at rapping Roll Up by Wiz Khalifa. It was pretty funny seeing him stumble over the lyrics he didn't really know and it was a bit surprising to find out that Nessie knew who Wiz Khalifa is. Nessie sang Smile by Uncle Kracker. It was sweet, since it was their song and she had a pretty good voice.
Emmett brought down the house with his rendition of Hell to The No by the cast of Glee. He danced around with a bit too much energy and surprisingly moved to the beat. But I don't suggest that he ever try out to one of the cast members of Glee and that he never, ever sing again. Kate totally blew me away with her voice. She kicked ass singing Hinder's All American Nightmare. Judging from the look on Emmett's face her hip swaying and lip biting gave him a boner.
I cleared my throat as I stood in front of everyone. I really hope that I do the song justice and make Emma proud. I poured my heart and my all into singing the song. I have a really good voice and the look in Emma's eyes proved that she thought the same.
"Jake, sweetie, are you crying?" Nessie asked, nudging him a little bit. "No, I have something in my eyes." He said, rubbing his eyes and sniffling a little.
Before Emmett had a chance to make a comment the twins and Nessie shot him a glare that made him keep quiet. "That was beautiful, baby." Emma said, kissing my temple. I smiled at her and took my previous spot on the couch and waited, excited, for her to begin.
For you, there'll be no more crying
For you, the sun will be shining
And I feel that when I'm with you
It's alright, I know it's right
I understood suddenly why she was grinning like an idiot earlier. Songbird by the Glee cast was her favorite song. Because she loved Naya Rivera's voice and the song had to deal with Brittana. But mainly cause she dedicated this to me.
To you, I'll give the world
To you, I'll never be cold
Cause I feel that when I'm with you
It's alright, I know it's right
She smiled at me and gave me a playful wink, trying to get rid of her tears. I looked over when I heard sniffles. Kate and Nessie were wiping their eyes. They both knew how important this song was to us. Jake and Emmett both seemed to get emotional.
And the songbirds are singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before
She held her hand out to her hand to me and wrapped her arms around me, just like her soft, smooth voice had wrapped me. She gently swayed with me to the beat of the song that played in both of our minds. Everyone else left to give us our privacy and dry their tears.
And I wish you all the love in the world,
But most of all, I wish it from myself.
And the songbirds keep singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love,
Like never before, like never before.
She stopped and looked me in the eye. I brought my finger up and carefully wiped a tear off her cheek. I wish that I could cry. This moment was so beautiful. A slow smile spread across her lips as she softly kissed me with passion. When we pulled away we both softly sang three simple words that were filled with so much devotion and care and meant the world to us both.
"I love you, I love you, I love you."
The game comes from a Glee story I read on here called Defining Happiness by iconicplatonic.