The Spotlight is On!

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A/N: Here's another new one for you! So per your guys' requests, I'm going to attempt to do an EPOV! Let me know if it serves you justice into what goes on in our guy's head.

Disclaimer: Still don't own Twilight. Never have, never will, and that makes me sad!

~oOo~

EPOV

Emmett, Jasper, and I were in the girls' basement playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. We were laughing, having a good time, trying to see who would find the next terrorist first. We all saw one running across the street on the TV screen and gasped, pressing on our game consoles frantically.

"Dude, no," Emmett laughed at me, "You got to kill the last one!"

"No, I didn't," I backfired. "That was all Jazz!"

"Hey! It was either that or get killed myself!" Jazz piped in, his Southern accent showing through.

"Well, get killed then!" Emmett growled as his character on-screen got closer to the terrorist. Jazz and I tried to catch up, but it was too late. Emmett's gun already went through the terrorist's head, giving him more points than both of us. He won the game.

"Yess!" he boomed, standing up with both arms above his big, curly head. "I did it! I finally beat you! Yeah!" He shouted and started running around the table, cheering. Jasper and I rolled our eyes, laughing at our lug of an oldest brother.

"So, what happened between you and Bella today?" Jasper asked me.

I stopped laughing and turned to him. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, what happened this morning that made her leave for the rest of the day? Did you hurt her feelings?" he asked protectively. I knew that Jasper didn't love Bella romantically, but he had this older- brother sort of protectiveness for her. He felt the same for Rose as well. That made me feel even more of a jerk for not reciprocating Bella's feelings for me.

"Nothing happened," I said, trying to be nonchalant about the situation.

"Nothing happened? She talked to you about prom, and you hugged her. Tanya," He said, sneering at my girlfriend's name. Although, I wasn't even sure she was my girlfriend anymore. "came over and yelled at Bella, you yelled at Tanya, and next thing I see is Bella running out crying. What did you do?"

"Why are you automatically assuming it was my fault?" I didn't mean to yell, but I was just so frustrated by everything that was going on.

"Maybe because you're a guy, a famous pop star-"

"And so what if I am?" I stood up, now getting pissed off. "That doesn't make me a heartless jerkoff! You should know me better than that."

Emmett came between us. "Hey, hey, hey guys, come on, calm down, ok? We don't even know what happened, we just saw Bella leaving in tears, and all of us want her to feel better,kay? We love her just as much as her sisters do, right?"

Jasper and I nodded silently.

"So, listen. Why don't we just go up there and ask Bella what happened. That way, we'll all know what's up. "

Who knew that it would take me and Jazz arguing, which we never did before, for Emmett's Yoda moment to come shining through?

I sighed, feeling mentally drained from the day, "Ok. Sorry, Jasper."

He nodded once, accepting my apology. After shutting off the game and the TV, we all walked upstairs to the kitchen. But before we could make our entrance, I stopped at Bella's cold voice.