Emmett's Girl

Chapter 27

It's been a couple of weeks since Gemma has learned about shape shifters. When she's not at school, she's either at the store or at Sam's, learning more and more about their species. She's there alone with Emily now while the boys go to get Jacob.

"This is your own recipe?" Emily asks.

Emily and Gemma are making the white chocolate chip Macedonian nut cookies.

"It's my grandma Newton's, but I know it my heart," Gemma replies.

Emily had shown Gemma a muffin recipe, they made them for the boys when they get back. Quil loves Emily's muffins, and he's now glad he's finally apart of the pack and no longer left out by Jake and Embry. This all of the boys' first time fading Gemma's baking. She's starting to feel at home at Sam and Emily's, like she did with Emmett at the Cullen mansion.

Jared, Quil, and Embry soon come busting into the house and Bella hesitantly follows. Embry kisses the top of Gemma's blonde head and he goes to grab to grab a muffin.

Emily turns and she finds Bella. "Who's this?"

"Bella Swan, who else?" Jared asks as he and Embry grab some muffins.

"So you're the other vampire girl?" Emily asks and she winks toward Gemma.

"And you're the wolf girl?"

Emily smiles. "I guess I am. I am engaged to one." She smacks Embry's hand when he goes to grab another muffin. "Save some for your brothers." She grabs the basket and extends it to Bella. "Muffin?"

"Um... sure," Bella replies as she grabs one.

Emily puts it down and she walks to the fridge to grab the pitcher of lemonade. "Leave it to Jason to get around Sam's gag order when there isn't a vampire around threatening to kill you."

Gemma tenses at the mention. Jared strolls over and sits on the counter near her. He touches her shoulder to calm her down. Gemma knows that Emily didn't mean to offend to Gemma by that, that's why she's not offended. The fear is still there.

"He didn't say anything, or... couldn't," Bella claims.

"That's a wolf thing," Embry claims. "Alpha's orders get obeyed no matter what. Oh, hey, check this out, we can read each other's thoughts..."

"Dude, will you shut up?" Jared protests from near Gemma as he pulls her into a tight hug and won't release her, she's laughing. "These are trace secrets. She runs with vampires. Damn it. Hey, quit squirming, you wiggle worm!"

"You can't run with vampires," Bella claims and Jared snaps his eyes toward her. "You know... 'cause they're fast."

"Yeah?" Jared taunts as he continues to playfully smother a laughing Gemma. "Well, ee're faster. Freaked out yet?"

"You're not the first monsters I've met," Bella says and that stops Gemma's laughing; she doesn't find the pack to be monsters.

"Jake's right," Sam says as he enters the house, "you are good with weird."

"Jared, is she dead?" Quil asks as Sam kisses Emily. "She went quiet."

Jared relaxes his arms and Gemma looks upset. "Oh. She stopped laughing when Bella called us monsters. You alive, Gemmie (pronounced JIMMY)?"

Gemma nods. "Yeah, you guys aren't monsters."

"Oh, I know," Jared muses.

Sam chuckles at the two. "You two are ridiculous."

"Hi to you, too, Sam," Gemma mutters.

Sam smiles at her as Jacob and Paul come in, shoving each other playfully and laughing. Gemma backs out of Jared's arms and she gets the cookies out of the oven while Paul grabs a muffin.

"Ha!" Embry laughs out suddenly. "Pay up."

"Do I even ask?" Gemma asks as Jared gives Embry five dollars.

"No," Paul replies with a smirk and he looks at Bella. "Sorry." He then stuffs his mouth full.

"God, you guys are half pigs," Gemma grimaces.

Jared rolls his eyes. "Oh, hush. You love us."

"Sometimes I beg to differ," Gemma replies.

When Gemma first started to get to know the pack, she was scared to get close to them. Not because she's scared they'll hurt her, she trusts them. She was scared that, like the Cullens, she'd get close and they'd flee town. But she couldn't help herself. They're amazing.

Jared grabs a cookie and he leans against the counter. "If I didn't imprint on Kim, you'd be mine right now."

"Yeah, no," Gemma smirks. "Sorry. You're not my type."

"Why?"

"You're not cold enough," Gemma muses.

Paul chokes on his muffin at that, he was trying to laugh as he swallowed. Gemma's eyes widen as she grabs the lemonade and pours him some. She pats Paul's back roughly until he calms down and takes a few gulps.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Paul asks, clearing his throat. "That was hilarious."

Jacob smiles at their antics before he looks at Bella. "Let's get out of here. I'll explain some things."

Bella looks at Gemma, who is sitting beside Paul and is laughing with him, Embry, Jared, and Quil. She nods bat Jacob and she leaves the house, knowing that Gemma is happy and safe with the pack within those walls.
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"Have you seen any more about Gemma after Laurent?" Chamberlin asks Alice.

"No, nothing," Alice whispers. "But that could mean exactly that: nothing. She could be fine for all we know."

Emmett looks at his hands as his mind goes back to when he good Gemma's virginity.

"If she's alive, she must have been terrified," Esme coos. "Poor thing."

Emmett reels back when Esme says if. She's always the optimist and she's not feeling very optimistic right now. And that's affecting the others.
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Paul walks Gemma out to her truck that night. "It's too bad I'm too hot for you, or I'd ask you out."

"Sorry," Gemma says. "I probably would have said yes."

Paul opens her door for her. "Drive safe, Gem."

Gemma touches Paul's blazing bicep before she climbs into her truck. Paul watches as she leaves and he smiles at the fact he made a friend who accepts him and he heads back inside.