Videogames…Vampire Style! CH 1
Emmett's New Toy
"Guess what I got!" Emmett came through the door yelling; Edward, Alice, and Jasper where down the steps in two seconds flat.
"What?" Alice said excited.
"An Xbox 360," he said proudly. "And…" he set down one of his two bags and dug through the other one, "Some game called, Ridge Racer 6."
"What is it?" Alice said, intrigued by the Xbox.
"It's a videogame system," he said. "You plug it into the TV and, well, play different games. I got this one because apparently you drive fast or something."
"And you think we're going to play that thing?" Edward said. His arms crossed.
"Not you and Alice. You'd cheat," he said, "Where's Bella?"
"She has to work at the store today; and even if she was here, do you honestly think she would play that thing?" Edward said.
Emmett frowned, "I can dream can't I?"
Edward shook his head.
"What about you, Jasper?" Emmett said, smiling with new hope.
"Come on, Jasper," Alice said, "If he won't let me play, kick his butt for me."
"What the heck!" Jasper said, "It might be fun."
"Oh I have got to see this," Edward said, and he followed them into the living room.
"Good thing Rose, Esme, and Carlisle went hunting today," Emmett said as he set up the game, "Edward I thought you weren't interested."
"Emmett, you should know by now that I love to watch you get your butt kicked," Edward said, leaning against the wall.
When Emmett had set up the game, he and Jasper sat down on the couch with two of the four controls Emmett had bought. Alice sat next to Jasper, very excited by this. Edward chuckled at the enthusiasm in Emmett's thoughts. It's just like him. Edward thought to himself.
Emmett picked his virtual car first. He chose a Jeep Wrangler that looked just like his real car. Jasper picked a Volvo that looked like Edward's. "You're car should have the honor of kicking Emmett's butt," Jasper said. Edward smiled.
The game started. As the virtual car's picked up speed and made the first turn Alice yelled and bit louder then necessary, "Don't go right!" Both boys pushed left on the control stick.
"No back seat driving Alice!" Emmett said without looking away from the TV.
"Humph." Alice crossed her arms and slumped on the couch. I don't get to have any fun. Edward heard her think. He chuckled at her. She looked at him then slumped even lower.
As the game went on, Emmett seemed to get more distressed. "Jasper, I want to see Emmett suffer as much as possible but it's no fun if you're making him feel bad." Edward finally said.
"Fine," Jasper said without minding that much.
"You were messing with me?" Emmett shouted as he returned to normal. Jasper shrugged and kept his eyes on the game. "Ugh! Even when I play you there's some way you mess with me! Why do you all get cool extra powers?"
"Hey," Edward said, "It's not our fault you were boring when you were human."
Emmett made an annoyed growling noise.
"I stopped, okay?" Jasper said amused.
"Good," Emmett said.
I'm glad I didn't miss this. Edward thought to himself.
Alice flinched a few times right before some sort of mayhem appeared in the game. Then she'd just slump again at not being allowed to say anything. As they neared the end of the race both were doing really well, but as they neared the finish line, Jasper just past him.
Emmett threw down his controller. It shattered.
"Nice," Edward said.
"It's okay, I bought a lot extra." Edward looked at the bags and saw that they were still filled with who knew what else. "I figured that, in a house with a bunch a vampires running around, something was going to break." Then Emmett turned to Jasper, "I want a rematch."
"Sure," Jasper said. He sat down and picked up his, unbroken, controller.
"No, not with this game," Emmett was suddenly over by the bags digging through them again, "With this one…" he said pulling something out, "Pacman!"