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011. 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶

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NELLIE AND EMMETT HAD BEEN AN OFFICIAL COUPLE FOR TWO WEEKS.

They hadn't truly told anyone until about the week mark and almost everyone had a good reaction. Rosalie's was closer to the negative side but Nellie didn't care. Nothing would bring her down from her high with the man she saw forever with.

Nellie and Emmett were in a state of bliss. She walked with him into school almost everyday and he walked her to almost all of her classes. When he could, he'd pick her up and take her to school just to have a little extra time with her.

Jessica and the group were practically foaming at the mouth to hear all the details from that night the second Nellie told them that her and Emmett were officially a couple. Nellie did. And they just about had a stroke.

Emmett's job was to tell his family. They almost got a fully positive reaction but some people were a little more opposed to the couple.

Nellie was yet to tell her dad. She wanted to, don't get her wrong. But when it came to Richard Donovan, one thing he couldn't stand was his little girl being with someone. All he feared was the worst and Nellie didn't have the time or the patience to deal with it just yet.

"Wanna go to the diner tonight?" Emmett said as he leaned onto the locker next to Nellie's.

She smiled as she looked to her boyfriend and nodded her head. "Sure thing. What time?"

"I'll take you."

"Okay," she smiled at him and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear before continuing to grab her things. She felt Emmett's eyes burn into the side of her head and Nellie practically groaned, "stop staring, Cullen."

"You know I can't do that, Donovan." He said before planting a kiss to her cheek and taking off.

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Nellie smiled as Emmett held the door open for her. She had been starving that entire day and all she wanted to do was eat something. Emmett grabbed her hand and walked her into the diner, a smile on his face as he held the door open for her.

"Always a gentleman," Nellie said with a giggle as he grinned.

Emmett walked them to a table and sat down, "Only for you."

Nellie shook her head and rolled her eyes. She would never get used to the kindness Emmett showed her. She might have always had kind men in her life and people to show her affection but not the way Emmett did. He held the door open and planted kisses on her when she was stressed.

Emmett was something she'd never get used to and at first, Nellie couldn't handle that. She couldn't handle the fact that he was a mystery. But now? Nellie couldn't care less as long as he didn't change.

"What are you planning to order?" He asked as she looked over the menu.

She hummed as she pointed to the garden salad, "That sounds amazing."

He nodded his head and called the waitress over before ordering Nellie's food for her. She smiled and walked off, getting ready to prep the food.

Emmett's eyes reverted back to Nellie in an instant as she stared at him. Over the past couple weeks, the man's phone was about to explode from the amount of pictures he took of her and right as she looked at him, he was almost tempted to take another one.

She looked ethereal was her brown eyes looked up at his, the sun glimmering in them and around her tan skin. Her dark curls were shaping her face in a way Emmett didn't even know they could and the green she wore just pulled everything her together.

"You look so beautiful, Nell," He said as his hand reached out to hold hers.

She blushed but didn't look away. "You look pretty good yourself, Em."

"Only pretty good? What about handsome or sexy?"

She scoffed at him and a grin took over his features. "Someone has an ego t-,"

"Penelope?"

Nellie's heart dropped to her ass at the sound of the voice beside her. She turned her head to see an angered Ricky Donovan looked down at her.

"Dad," she said as her hand let go of Emmett's, "It's-,"

"Let's go." He said in a tone so final that Nellie almost didn't argue.

She sighed. "Dad, no. You can't be mad at me for being a teenager?"

"I'm mad, Nellie, because this guys bad news. He's a Cullen." Ricky's eyes scanned over the man in front of his daughter and he was almost ready to kill him for even looking in her direction.

It took everything in Emmett to remain silent at the way he said his families name. He wanted to smack that look off his face; to stop him from talking to Nellie in the tone that he was.

"What does that even mean, dad? His family hasn't done anything wrong to me, you're being so damn judgement on something you know nothing about!" She said to him, her eyebrows narrowing and her voice raising.

If Ricky didn't have the slightest bit of decency, he'd have called the man out for what he was. He'd had shouted out to the whole damn world what Emmett Cullen and his family was and what he did. Instead, he had to keep quiet. He had to put this façade but that it was just his fatherly instincts and even he knew that would be good enough.

Ricky sighed and closed his eyes. He had two options in this situation. One: tell his daughter that she couldn't see the boy anymore and break any semblance of happiness she had. Two: allow her to be around something like him and potentially put her in danger.

He looked at the two with such a level of observation that he could be a detective. He looked at the way Emmett looked at Nellie to the way he was holding her hand. At the slight blush that still crept her cheeks and the way she almost looked like she wanted to cry.

He knew what he had to do.

"You're right, I'm sorry. But I have a question for you, Nell." He said in a stern tone. She sniffled a sigh and nodded her head for him to go on, "Do you trust him?"

Her head nodded profusely, "Yes. I trust him with everything, dad. He makes me happy."

Emmett smiled at the girl next to him, his heart melting at her words because he felt the same about her. If not, even more than that.

Ricky nodded and looked to Emmett, "Hurt her and I swear to God, Cullen, there will never be peace."

And Richard Donovan took off in the direction he came, leaving a fragile Nellie and a relieved Emmett.

-- LUCILLE SPEAKS!

phew!! at least ricky is sensible....

thanks for reading!