I do not own these wonderful characters, S.M, the genius, does. I just make them a bit ruder and they have more sex ;)

I apologize for the lateness of this update...writer's block bit me in the ass...ugh...if Jasper bit me in the ass or Em, I wouldn't mind, but don't worry; I'm kicking back. Thanks for sticking with me :) ~ Riney

Chapter Ten

EmPOV

I don't know if it was the sound of the rain hitting on the roof, or the smell filling my nostrils that roused me from my sleep.

How long had I been sleeping?

Ugh.

It had been a little after one in the afternoon when I fell asleep, or at least when I had closed my eyes. I glanced at my watch; it was just after four now. I got off the bed and crossed to the window and looked out. It was storming out there, the wind was blowing so hard it was bending the trees. I wonder if Bella got home before it started storming.

I tried telling myself I was just worried because she was carrying my child in her womb, but I knew that it was a lie. I liked Bella Swan. She was a little rough around the edges, but she was a tough cookie. She stood up for herself and she was brutally honest. Half of the time, I didn't want to strangle her. The other half...well let's just say I might go to jail for the thoughts she incited.

Now to investigate that smell.

I padded down the hallway and into the living-room, no one there. "Mom?" I called noticing Bella's jacket on the back of the couch.

Didn't she take that with her?

"Mom? Are you cooking?" I asked heading towards the kitchen. I could hear the music now, it was actually loud. Why hadn't I noticed that before? God, I needed to get back in the game. When I turned into the kitchen the sight before me nearly knocked me off my feet. Dancing in the middle of the room, eyes shut and going all out was definitely not my mother.

Bella was shaking her hips in time with the music, and singing, if you could call it that, along with the song. Which happened to be Milkshake by Kelis.

"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like it's better than yours, damn right it's better than yours!" she sang while she stirred something on the stove.

Ah, there was the source of the smell. Bella was still gyrating and doing these insanely cute pelvis thrusts. That's when the laughter started; I couldn't believe it. All the stress that I had been going through lately seemed to evaporate as I watched Bella dance her ass off and sing in the worst voice I had ever heard.

I couldn't stop laughing, this big belly laugh was pouring out of my mouth and tears of mirth were building in my eyes. I didn't even notice that the music stopped abruptly, I was too busy grabbing the counter for support. I had laughed until I was weak.

"How long have you been there?" Bella said poking me in the chest.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm down, but one look at her face sent me into hysterics again. Her lips twitched and pretty soon we were both laughing our asses off.

"You sounded so terrible," I said holding my sides.

"Bitch please," she replied with a grin. "I could give Kelis a run for her money."

I snorted, "Ha!"

"You sir, are a hater," she said giggling.

We laughed a bit more before she moved away to check the stove, the smell hit me again, making me realize just how hungry I was.

"What are you cooking?" I asked walking over to join her by the stove.

"Just a quick meal, I was hungry and I figured you could use something to eat too," she said looking up at me with a smile.

Did she smile at me? Like a real smile? Wow.

"Okay," I said warily.

"What?" she asked frowning at me. "Think I poured rat poison in here?"

"Of course not," I said with a nervous laugh.

She rolled her eyes, "I wouldn't kill the father of my baby," she said. "Even if he deserved it."

My eyes flew to hers in shock and then I relaxed when I realised she was teasing. "Ha, ha, very funny."

"I thought so too," she said with a smirk. "Can you grab two plates?"

"Sure shorty," I said humming the song she was singing a few moments ago.

"I know you were checking out my booty," she said waving the wooden spoon at me.

She had me there. I believe I had checked out her 'booty'.

I handed her the plates and watched as she dished out whatever it was she had cooked. One thing was sure, it smelt delicious. Or maybe I was just hungry.

"Seriously what is that?" I asked.

"It's pasta and sausage, in a cheese sauce," she replied handing me a plate. "Nothing fancy and you didn't have much in your fridge so..." she trailed off with a shrug.

"Yeah, I don't really eat at home," I said taking the other plate from her.

"I would never have guessed," she said with a grin. "We're eating by the fireplace."

"Yes ma'am," I said heading to the livingroom. Maybe I was still sleeping and this was some sick dream I was having. She couldn't actually be being nice to me, not after today...hell not since we met.

"I made some kool-aid," she called from the kitchen. "I figured you wouldn't mind since it's the only thing you had in your cupboard to drink."

I loved kool-aid, sue me.

"That's fine," I replied setting the food down on the coffee table. The rain was coming down harder and the house was getting kind of cold. I got the fire started up and was about to go back to help Bella when she came into the room.

"Oh wow," she breathed as she walked towards the fireplace. "This really makes in here pretty," she said handing me a glass.

"Cushions," I said pulling a few down to the ground.

"Thanks," she said sinking on to one of them and resting her glass on the table.

I quickly joined her and took up my plate, "I hope this tastes as good as it smells."

"I'm an excellent cook," Bella said stabbing one of her pasta shells with the fork and taking a bite. "Hmmm."

"Here goes nothing," I said lifting my fork to my mouth.

When my mouth closed around the fork, I swear I was Remy the rat from Ratatouille. Sparks went off in my mouth and I would've cried, if it didn't make me seem like a pussy. When I opened my eyes, Bella was looking at me expectantly, "So?" she asked.

I swallowed and took a sip of my drink, "It's aight."

Bella rolled her eyes, and took a few more bites of her food. "You're full of it."

I shrugged and dug into my meal. It was great, really. Maybe I could make her stay and cook for me forever.

We ate in silence for a bit, when she put down her fork and looked at me. I rose a brow at her, and waited for her to start talking.

"Emmett, I think we really got off on the wrong foot," she started.

"That's an understatement," I said.

That earned me a glare.

"Sorry, you were saying."

She cleared her throat, "Right, as I was saying...we got off on the wrong foot, and today was exceptionally terrible."

I nodded, not saying anything, waiting for her to continue.

"And I'd like to say I'm sorry," she said softly.

"Huh?" I said.

She laughed, "I said I'm sorry."

"I heard you, but I really don't know if I'm hallucinating," I replied honestly shocked.

"Please don't get all excited," she said picking up her plate and resumed eating. "This is a very rare occurrence."

"That I believe," I said with a grin. I cleared my throat, "I'm sorry too."

Her brows raised high enough to reach her hairline, "You are?"

I nodded, "I wasn't exactly Mr. Sunshine and rainbows myself."

"True," she said looking at me thoughtfully. "So what do we do about this mess?"

"Start over?"

"I guess we could."

"Hi, I'm Emmett. It's nice to meet you," I said stretching out my hand.

She put down her plate and looked at my hand.

~.~ TA ~.~

BPOV

Here it was. The moment where we could start fresh and make good for our baby.

And after what happened this afternoon with Emmett and his father, I didn't want to add to any of his issues. He probably had enough to last him a lifetime, without adding me to the equation.

I looked at his outstretched hand, then I looked back up into his light blue eyes.

Gosh his eyes were pretty.

I wonder if our baby will have his eyes.

Okay, I was getting side tracked.

I held out my hand and grabbed his, feeling slightly flushed when his warm skin connected with mine.

"I'm Bella," I said looking down at our joined hands. "Nice to...um...meet you Emmett."

He shook my hand up and down a few times and then let me go.

I really tried to ignore the feeling of loss when my hand dropped into my lap. I didn't even like the man, a few hours ago.

Hormones. Yup. I'd blame it on the hormones.

"You look scared," he said causing my eyes to flash up to his.

"Scared?" I said with a nervous laugh.

He nodded, "Yup. Did you think my hand was gonna spring teeth and bite you?" he asked.

"Hardy har-har," I said sarcastically.

Then he grinned. Okay, I really needed to start paying attention to my surroundings.

When did those dimples grow?

And why the hell did I suddenly want to bury my tongue in them.

I must've turned red, because he leaned in closer, a look of concern on his face.

"You okay?" he asked.

I nodded, scrambling to my feet. "I'm fine, probably just something not sitting well in my stomach."

"Oh," he said. "Do you get morning sickness?"

I scoffed at him, "Morning sickness, midday sickness, night sickness."

"I'm sorry," he said.

"For?"

"I don't know, I just figured since I'm the one who got you pregnant, I should be held accountable for something," he said.

I smiled, that answer earned him a few brownie points with me. "Apology accepted."

I headed into the kitchen with the plates, needing to get some space between us. The rain was still falling steadily outside and now there was lightning flashing. I hated thunderstorms. The rain, I didn't mind but the lighting and thunder...creeped the hell out of me.

I scraped the food off the plates and put them in the dishwasher, Emmett was still in the other room.

I was heading to the fridge when there was a very bright flash of lightning, and everything went black.

My scream and the roll of thunder that followed that flash of lightning, were in unison.

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