I was surprised by that, I didn't expect them to come up in this conversation. "Uhm, no, I suppose I didn't."

"See, it's little things like that that make this life, or whatever you want to call it, so good. Edward and Alice's gifts don't only protect us, they benefit those around us."

"Wow, Emmett. That's really insightful. I admit I really didn't expect you to say something like that-"

"Yeah… But you were right," he interrupted, "it's mostly the fireworks." I let out another fresh round of laughter and punched my moronic brother in the arm.

"You never cease to amaze me, Emmett."

"I know, right?"

"Ah, how full of yourself you are." He laughed. By this point, he had grabbed the majority of the fireworks in the tent and was now at the check out, making everyone else attempting to shop peeved. I recognized some of them from previous places that we had shopped. Apparently they were hoping to have better luck here. I chuckled to myself.

"Okay," The cashier said, "two thousand, one hundred twenty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents."
"Eh, petty cash," Emmett replied, and handed him twenty-five hundred dollars even and told him to keep the change. I rolled my eyes at him as we walked out.

"Yeah, Emmett. That's a great way to lay low. You're such a show-off." He just shrugged and laughed it off.

"Are you ready for some kick ass fireworks, sister?"

I laughed. "I don't know, Emmett. You seem pretty intense about this. Am I going to get an arm burned off or something?"

"You really think Edward would let you that close?"

"Well, either way."

"You're going to love it Bella. And if you don't, you're going to suck it up and pretend that you do."

"It's a deal." He looked at me, wide eyed and half joking.

"Wait, you want to bet on it? What exactly? Maybe Edward letting you shoot one off? Or Jasper almost getting a limb blown off? That happened once, you know."

"Shut the hell up, Emmett. That's not what I meant. Save the gambling for your brothers."

"Man." He kicked at the dirt as we were walking and sighed. Soon we were at his jeep and he opened the door for me, then went to his side. I jumped in and we sped home.