131 - "Dignity. Always, dignity." (August prompt)
"She accused me of not behaving like a human."
Emmett just looked at me and laughed. Never in my life had I wanted to hit him more than I did in that moment. "You're not human. Didn't Bella get that?"
I frowned and looked back at the composition I was writing. "It was a joke, I suppose. Although I really don't see the point of it considering that the entire family has been nearly begging me to act more human, to love someone, and now that I finally do..." I didn't finish my thoughts.
"Yeah, now that you finally do, she sees that you act like an idiot, just like everyone else."
I sulked, as Rosalie would have phrased it. Pouted, as Alice would have. "I would like to think that next to Carlisle, I am the most composed of the family, and that I have retained my dignity throughout the years..."
My brother interrupted me.
"Yeah, but Edward? You suck at it. No, really, you do. You pretend to mope or brood or whatever it is that you do while the rest of us are off having fun, and then you're the one to say you want to go play baseball. With your human girlfriend. And knock into me trying to catch a ball."
I did my best not to respond to that.
"You try to be the 'strong' one for Bella, but you hop over her truck, you wear sunglasses to school all of a sudden, you drive her around and you smile." He pointed a finger at me. "Dead giveaway, no pun intended."
"So, what is your advice?" As if I really wished it.
Emmett shrugged. "Forget dignity and just have fun. It's the one thing that's kept my marriage to Rose going all these years." He waggled his eyebrows and I did my best not to respond. After all, he and Rosalie were notorious for destroying beds and houses with their sexual escapades.
"Hey, you wanted my advice." Emmett clapped me on my back and left my bedroom. A sudden urge to jump out the window and find Bella, perhaps to take her on a run through the forest or to think up new, inventive ways to kill Mike Newton filled my mind.
I smiled and jumped outside.
Edward Cullen
The Twilight Saga
382
Emmett just looked at me and laughed. Never in my life had I wanted to hit him more than I did in that moment. "You're not human. Didn't Bella get that?"
I frowned and looked back at the composition I was writing. "It was a joke, I suppose. Although I really don't see the point of it considering that the entire family has been nearly begging me to act more human, to love someone, and now that I finally do..." I didn't finish my thoughts.
"Yeah, now that you finally do, she sees that you act like an idiot, just like everyone else."
I sulked, as Rosalie would have phrased it. Pouted, as Alice would have. "I would like to think that next to Carlisle, I am the most composed of the family, and that I have retained my dignity throughout the years..."
My brother interrupted me.
"Yeah, but Edward? You suck at it. No, really, you do. You pretend to mope or brood or whatever it is that you do while the rest of us are off having fun, and then you're the one to say you want to go play baseball. With your human girlfriend. And knock into me trying to catch a ball."
I did my best not to respond to that.
"You try to be the 'strong' one for Bella, but you hop over her truck, you wear sunglasses to school all of a sudden, you drive her around and you smile." He pointed a finger at me. "Dead giveaway, no pun intended."
"So, what is your advice?" As if I really wished it.
Emmett shrugged. "Forget dignity and just have fun. It's the one thing that's kept my marriage to Rose going all these years." He waggled his eyebrows and I did my best not to respond. After all, he and Rosalie were notorious for destroying beds and houses with their sexual escapades.
"Hey, you wanted my advice." Emmett clapped me on my back and left my bedroom. A sudden urge to jump out the window and find Bella, perhaps to take her on a run through the forest or to think up new, inventive ways to kill Mike Newton filled my mind.
I smiled and jumped outside.
Edward Cullen
The Twilight Saga
382