“You know, if I were a lesbian, I’d fall for her too”, I found myself opening up to Edward, and he burst into laughter. “You’re funny, Bella”, he claimed, and I blushed fiercely. He was still laughing as we got to the seats Rose had held for us. I was embarrassed. Good job, Bella, making yourself the courtfool. We sat down, me seated between Alice and Edward, and I was suddenly aware of his presence again. He was so close, and he smelled so good; if I could just inch a bit closer… Stop it, Bella! No need to embarrass yourself even more. Next to Alice there was Jasper, and on Edward’s other side there were Rosalie and Emmett, who for once looked like he didn’t have the slightest idea of what to say.

I loved Rosalie for it, for making Emmett so abashed. He deserved it. Edward looked at me, amused. “Emmett seems to be slightly distracted by her presence”, he said, and we both broke into hysterical laughter.

EmPOV

Holy. Fuck.

Breathe, Emmett, relax, act cool.

Five minutes ago, I had been bored to death, listening to Alice chat about something that had happened to her two days ago, watching her and that Jasper guy be all clingy and shit. He seemed like an okay fella, sure, but I wasn’t one to befriend with people I had just met. Bella was no companion to me, as she clearly had her attention on something else, or someone else. Oh, Edward Cullen, the mommy-charmer. I felt bad thinking that way about him, because, he too, seemed like a decent guy, but the truth was that I saw absolutely no way to relieve my boredom… No good-looking girls, no annoying blokes I could beat up… Ha ha, just kidding. And though Alice didn’t look half-bad, she wasn’t exactly my type of doll with the short, spiky hair and bubbly personality. Besides, she was Jasper’s, and I had a strict rule about that. No taken girls for me. I liked to have fun, sure, but not at some other guy’s expense. As we were walking to where the ceremony was supposed to take place, I found myself trying to figure out different ways to escape… That was, until I saw the girl.