The Twilight Twenty-Five

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Prompt: 5

Pen Name: Glitterb1234

Pairing/Character(s): Emmett+Rosalie

Rating: T

Word Count: 427

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"Emmett McCarthy Cullen, put me down!"

"No can do babe."

"Emmett, so help me God, if you don't put me down right this minute..."

I shifted Rosalie more securely over my shoulder, cutting off whatever she was going to threaten me with this time. I'd heard it all over the years; death, castration, sex embargoes, breakups. If nothing else, Rosalie Hale was creative when it came to punishment. She never actually went through with any of them though. She loved me too much for that.

"I hate you." she spat angrily, and I felt her cross her arms in frustration.

"No you don't."

"I do. I'm going to poison your dinner tonight."

I just smiled. She got like this every now and then. She'd always been a bit unpredictable – it was part of what attracted me to her, actually – and you never knew from one hour to the next what sort of mood she'd be in. Only three things were almost guaranteed to piss her off: her boss, her ex, and me.

I didn't exactly try to make her angry, even if it was pretty funny. I just did stupid stuff sometimes, without thinking, and she reacted badly.

Like now, I just wanted to get back to my house faster because Mom was making my favourite chilli. She was going too slow, so I picked her up, and she didn't like being thrown around like a sack of potatoes.

"You're such a cave man." Rosie grumbled sullenly. "Next thing you know you'll be bonking me over the head with a stone club and dragging me round by my hair."

"I bet it would turn you on if I did," I teased, and was rewarded with a grumpy huff.

My brother Edward and my best friend Jasper broke out laughing when they saw me coming. Their girlfriends, my sister Alice and her best friend Bella, tried to look disapproving but couldn't help smiling. My mom just shook her head at me.

"Jasper!" Rose yelled at her brother. "Stop laughing like an idiot and help me!"

"Alright, alright," I sighed, putting her gently on her feet. "Better?"

She wobbled a little as the blood rushed out of her head and back into her body, and I held into her until she was steady. Then she glared at me.

"Screw you Emmett." she snapped, turning and marching into the house without another word.

"I'm going to marry that girl one day," I promised Mom as I followed her in.

She just hummed non-committally and patted me on the back.