"Anybody home?" I called walking through the front door, my house was pretty big, four bedroom, three bathroom, kitchen, dining room, study, two lounges, entertainment area and an outdoor deck that backed onto the woods complete with hot tub, it was all done in dark woods, pale carpets and shades of blue, cranberry and silver. "In the kitchen" came the answering call from my Mother, she was sitting at the island bench, papers scattered in front of her, pen in one hand and a glass of scotch in the other "Tough day ma?" I questioned eyeing the scotch, she nodded "You have no idea!" she groaned, she's a property developer, basically she buys up old houses, renovates them and sells them again, it means she has to travel a lot and since my father works up in Seattle and spends most of the week there I usually have the house to myself. I grabbed a glass and poured myself a scotch too, ma doesn't have a problem with me drinking, I'm pretty responsible with it "Tough day for you to sweet?" I nodded "What happened?" "Oh, I just really hate Mr. Oneil is all" I lied smoothly "Hey you know the Cullen's? You sold them that house out in the woods?" she nodded "Yes, lovely family, lots of cute son's" she grinned and nudged me, I rolled my eyes "Yeah, yeah whatever ma. Anyway I'm staying over there for the weekend, I'm going to have a movie night with Alice and Rose tonight" "That's wonderful Emma! Sometimes I feel guilty for leaving you alone here so much" I gave her a one armed hug "Don't feel guilty, you're a good mum."
I climbed the stairs to my room, packing an overnight bag with my favourite pale blue silk boyshorts and an oversized t-shirt to sleep in, I wanted to go clubbing tomorrow night so I packed a few outfits for that too, some clothes to wear this evening and a towel, I wanted to go for a swim after my hunt, dressed in old jeans, a t-shirt and runners I made my way downstairs stopping at the bar to add a bottle of vodka and limes to my bag. "Alright Ma, I'm off" taking in my clothes she said "Your going to hike there?" I nodded "Yeah I need a bit of quiet first" she smiled at me, understanding "Alright, make sure you get there before dark, I'll call to make sure you got there ok" I nodded, kissed her cheek and went out the back door and into the woods.
I ran towards the Cullen's house, stopping when I reached the river, I dropped my bag and stripped off my shoes, socks and jacket leaving them at the base of a tree, I didn't need shoes, the souls of my feet are thick, I drifted off through the tree's following my nose, looking for elk, I found them. I set my sights on a large male, god I was so hungry, circling the heard I snapped a twig startling them into flight I cursed and gave chase, catching up quickly I brought the buck down snapping his neck and tearing into his flank while he was still warm, when I hunt I let the animal take over, I become completely wild, which is why it was an extremely bad idea for Edward to approach me at that moment.
I could smell him coming up behind me, I whipped around and growled, guarding my kill, he froze, shocked, I growled again, my lip curing back over my teeth, he was another predator, a hunter like me and he needed to leave now! "Emma?" he said quietly, Emma was here and she was pissed off "Leave Edward" I hissed, he looked relieved "I thought maybe, you weren't you, you know?" Why wasn't he leaving "Edward, Leave now" he looked at me and lent against a tree "What if I don't want to?" he smirked "I'm still hungry and you're really pissing me off, I've asked you three time now, please leave" I was shaking with anger "Nope" he said popping the P. I roared and launched myself at him, the force snapped the tree he was leaning on, he was surprised, he didn't think I was good enough to take him, he tried to move away from me but I seized his arm and threw him against another tree, he darted towards me and was taken to the ground by Rosalie and a beautiful man with golden hair, Jasper dropped into a defensive position, guarding me while a thick pair of arms wrapped around me from behind, Emmett.
Edward was struggling to get away from his captors, snarling and spitting, calm spread over the group, involuntarily I relaxed against Emmett's rock hard chest, the man with golden hair nodded at Jasper, Edward lay flat out on the ground, Rosalie sitting atop his chest "Are you going to behave if I let you up Eddie?" she crooned, obviously enjoying herself, Edward glared at her "I didn't start it" he snarled I snorted and four pairs of golden eyes fixed on me. I flushed realizing I was still covered in blood and dirt, Emmett released me as the man with golden hair approached at human speed, he smiled and it was blinding, he extended his hand "Hello, you must be Emma, I'm Carlisle Cullen, the father of this family for all intents and purposes" he was still smiling at me "Eerrr, Hi, yes I'm Emma, it's very nice to meet you Dr Cullen, I would shake your hand, but mine are pretty dirty at the moment" I grinned and waved them in the air to emphasize my point, Carlisle nodded and dropped his own hand "Please, call me Carlisle" Edward huffed "Stop being so nice to her, she tried to kill me" So far, I really didn't like Edward, I rolled my eyes "Don't be such a baby Edward, I wasn't going to kill you, maybe just remove a few limbs" I shrugged "They grow back right?" he sneered "As if you could have hurt me" I narrowed my eyes, fine if he wanted to be a bitch I was going to be a bitch "Then what are you getting all pissy for?! Jesus Christ, I think Emmett's right, I think it's been 'way too long for you man'" I threw straight back at him, then sighed, I want to be friends with this family, looks like I'm going to have to be the better person. "Edward, you snuck up on me while I was hunting, then taunted me and refused to go away, I apologise for attacking you but you did provoke me and well, I'm not exactly all there when I hunt, the wolf kinda takes over" I mumbled the last few words embarrassed, Carlisle looked surprised "You snuck up on someone hunting Edward?" Carlisle asked, Edward at least had the decency to look slightly ashamed "Well, yes but. . ." Carlisle was shaking his head "Not buts Edward! I am very disappointed in you, I taught you better than that. Emma I am truly sorry for my sons disrespectful behaviour, Alice said that you are spending the weekend with us, would you still like to?" I nodded "I just need to grab my bag and clean up" "You can take a shower at the house, lets go get your bag little Em" Emmett grinned down at me, I smiled back up at him "I gather this makes you big Em? Or we could be M&M! Like the chocolate" Rosalie laughed "looks like you've found a friend on the same maturity wavelength Emmett" I smiled, glad that she still wanted to be my friend and took off into the tree's "C'mon Emmett! I want to have a shower!"
