Addicted... (A Twilight Fanfic)

Chapter 4

Chapter Four

Edward

Bella left me hanging on her last words, “Edward, have a good evening…”

Cemented in the same spot as if she was still standing in front of me, I couldn’t form a coherent thought. The breeze carried her voice all around me, seductive and sensual... Or, maybe that was my teenage brain over-reacting. It could have been a simple, ‘have a good evening’ but I wanted it to be so much more. I never thought that perfection could lie in one person, but I couldn’t find one simple flaw. Head to toe, she was absolute…

“If you’re having fantasies about my sister, you’ll never make it out of this forest in one piece.”

Well that voice completely cut off any thoughts I would have had. In the tree line to my right, there stood the beast, Emmett. The one person I didn’t want to see on this side of the river. I stood as tall and strong as I could and said, “It looks like I’ll be leaving fully intact then.”

It didn’t surprise me at all when he began to come towards me before I said my last words, and yes, my initial reaction was to take a few steps back,

“Let me get something straight between us right now. My sister deserves much better than you, so leave her alone. She’s waited too long for the right guy to come along and I’ll be damned if I will let you get in the way of that. You’re no good for her. You get me, piss ant?”

Emmett towered above me, yeah I got his point clearly, but I must have lost some brain cells somewhere lately, because I knew without a doubt that I would do just the opposite of his threat. On second thought, I lost more than ever before because I took my first step forward. Idiot…I looked up into his face and said,

“You need to get off my case. I get what you’re saying, so stop breathing your dragon breath in my direction.” This is when I should have stepped back or…run for my life, but Bella stood between us so quick that I fell down and hard,

“My business is my business Emmett. Don’t ever threaten him again. You got it?”

“Sis, you can’t seriously like this guy?”

“Emmett, the point I’m making is, you can’t keep bullying every guy that I speak to. I’ve let you get away with it for so many years now. It’s time for my big brother to step aside and let me make my own decisions. I love you Em, but you scare the hell out of everyone I meet, no matter where we go. I want to make friends…

“He isn’t the sort of person you should be friends with Bell…

“That’s it Em, I will make that decision, understood?”

I couldn’t believe the pouty look I saw on Emmett’s face. Bella really laid into him. I thought she was finished speaking her peace, but I was very wrong. She turned the tables on me,

“And you, I’ve told you once not to push him. Standing up to my brother was a very stupid move on your part. Leave your pride at home. It will not help you with him. If you want to stay alive don’t ever do that again.”

I was about to say…something. I wasn’t sure what that might be, but I know I was. Emmett stopped my train of thought when I saw him stifling a laugh in my direction with a pointed finger. I couldn’t believe it. We officially went back to Elementary school, but again, Bella turned back to him with her hands resting on those beautiful hips of hers…Thought process down the tubes again.

“Emmett, stop it.”

“Yeah Emmett, stop it. Your sister is going to kick your butt if you don’t. You shouldn’t have laughed.” I retorted.

Bella didn’t seem pleased with either one of us now. She took in a deep breath and shook her head, “Men…”

Emmett resigned to pointing fingers again, verbally this time, “Bell, it was him, not me…”

He didn’t have a chance to say any more when Bella put her hand up, “Em, home…now and not another word. Edward, go home. If I could get a headache, I would have one right now. Again, have a good evening.”

They both walked off, but this time, I wasn’t in a daze of this conversation because Bella’s tone was all serious, nothing like our first good evening conversation. I felt empty this time, although, it was nice to see Emmett getting his butt handed to him by his sister. I’ll have to remember in the future to use Bella against him when he started on me.

A/N: I know this is short, but I am trying my best to work a little on each story when I can. I hope this helps for now to ease my absence.