***This is not beta'd. I write these outtake for fun and to get to know all of my characters a little bit better, *wink*.

NGES OUTTAKE

Chapter 4

...EMMETT...

I follow Ben and Rose into the gym then stop just as Bella flips her body through the air and across the padded floor in the middle of the room. There's no music, but you can tell she's got something playing in her head.

The sight of her animated expressions causes me to smile and shake my head.

She's something to watch, and the look on my brother's face says it all.

He would move mountains for her if he had to.

It's painfully obvious.

I honest to God don't know what his problem is, but it's really starting to get to me, so I can only imagine what she must be feeling.

When he'd come to me with this idea of his, to bring her here today, my initial reaction was to give him a hard time about it. The more I thought about it though, the more I've realized the little shit was actually being pretty damn thoughtful for a fifteen-year-old punk who has been wasting his summer away with a silly girlfriend waiting for him back home.

I start walking again and take my place beside Ben and my sister next to Edward.

When I look over I see Ben's jaw drop open in awe, "Jesus Christ! Did you see that? How is that even possible?!"

Even Rose looks taken aback.

Our brother looks like he's fallen in love all over again, "She's amazing," he breathes, "You guys should have seen her on the bars. She's doing stuff I see those girls do on TV during the Olympics!"

I smirk and give him a brotherly shove from my hand, "Roll your tongue back into your head. Charlotte's ears are probably ringing."

Rose giggles at the taunt I've sent Edwards way, then gives him a poke from her finger deep into his shoulder blade, "Seriously. You're an idiot. She's a frig'in gymnast! Do you have any idea what that even means?!"

My sister and I both laugh at Edward's blank expression, but then his face starts to turn a bright shade of red as he processes what she's actually implying.

Gymnasts can do crazy things with their bodies both in a gym… and in a bedroom.

I glance over at Ben, expecting to get some kind of reaction from him, but he's apparently missed our entire conversation.

He's busy keeping his eyes set on Bella in her leotard.

My own stare follows his just in time to see her last gravity-defying trick, and again I'm blown away by her ridiculous skills. She must have thrown herself at least ten feet up into the air. When she lands on her feet I let out another breath and the four of us begin clapping while also jumping up and down as if she's just scored the winning touchdown in the damn Super Bowl.

Right after Rose takes off to greet Bella with a hug, and I hear our younger brother let out a loud sigh from beside me, "I'm going to marry that girl someday."

"Not if you're still dating that preacher's princess back home!" I run my hand through Edward's hair, giving him an extra ribbing, then jump out of the way from the punch he's thrown at my arm.

Ben leaves us to start walking toward the mat where Bella is talking with Rose.

He's been unusually quiet today.

The last couple of days actually.

It's making me nervous.

As far as I know, his awkwardness has nothing to do with me, so that's a positive.

Something is up though.

That's for sure.

All I know is, I've been behaving… for the most part… so it can't be something I've done.

At least not this time.