"Please, Bella. Please? The new Sunshine new line coming out today," Alice begged.
It was summer time in Forks. Begging me to go shopping was something that Alice did daily.
"We went to Olympia last week," I whined. Shopping was bearable to most shopping-whiners, but not the way Alice did it. She would find the most expensive store in the whole area and spend hours making me put on clothes. I felt like an overused Barbie Doll. After buying multiple bags of clothes, – I didn't even want to think about how much money she spent- Alice would drag me to buy make-up. The worst part was she didn't allow Edward into our girl-on-girl time.
"Please?" Alice asked again. I groaned.
Suddenly Edward appeared in the Cullen's doorway. "No, Alice. You can't take my Bella away again today. Do you realize I haven't spent a day with her since your three-day-makeover-plan? And not to mention all the shopping trips in the last two weeks. Today Bella is mine."
I smiled. I could never get used to Edward's perfection. Especially in the summer time, he would sparkle in the sun. I couldn't believe he was all mine. He walked over to me and lifted my chin to kiss me.
Alice folded her arms. "It's not my fault you wanted to go hunting in Canada. That's why you couldn't hang-out with Bella!" she snapped.
Edward sighed. "I don't care Bella is mine." He held me closer to his chest. Alice closed her eyes and lost all expression in her face. Edward sat there intently, probably reading her thoughts.
"Bella's hanging out with all of us today," Alice declared. She grinned with her secret plan. Right on cue, Emmett came down the stairs.
"The human's here already?" Emmett laughed. "You think I would have smelled it. Maybe…if I hadn't been so busy with Rosalie…"
"Emmett!" Edward yelled. "Can you please control your thoughts? Gross."
Emmett just grinned. "Well, since Bella is here, let's do something. I was hoping to be able to use these." Emmett raced up the stairs at vampire speed and came down with two items in his hands. They were water guns.
I groaned. "No Emmett."
He smiled. "Alice?"
"Yes, that's what I saw a couple minutes ago. And Bella there is really no point in arguing with me," Alice flashed a smile. "Come on, let's go. I'll call Jas and you get Rose. We'll have this water fight Cullen style." Suddenly, Alice lifted me up in her arms. "Don't you dare come Edward. I'm going to dress Bella."
She ran vampire speed, up the stairs. "Here," Alice pulled out a tiny pink bikini she bought for me in one of her many shopping trips. I pouted. "Just wear it. Edward will like it," she winked at me. I opened my mouth to protest but she interrupted. "I'm going to get Jas. If you're not dressed by the time I come back, I'm going to dress you myself." I groaned again. Alice could be such a pain sometimes.
Unwillingly, I slipped into the tiny piece of doom Alice gave me. I walked down the stairs. Edward's face was fixed on my body. His mouth was in an "o" position. I could feel my blush rush to my skin. "Come on. Let's go!" Alice demanded impatiently. Everyone was dressed and ready out the door. I quickly put on my t-shirt and shorts, heading out the door.
We took Emmett's Jeep to the clearing where I first saw vampire baseball. "Climb on my back," Edward told me. I climbed on and kissed his neck. He smiled. Something I could never get used –besides Edward that is- was running at vampire speed. It was refreshing and exhilarating. Although, I was still scared of hitting a tree. "We're here love," Edward said while putting me down. We were the first ones there even though Edward was carrying me on his back.
Emmett, Alice, Rosalie, and Jasper all appeared on cue. Emmett was grinning evilly; six water guns in his hands. Jasper and Alice held on to a giant bucket of water, it looked as if it was big enough to fill a pool. "One. Two. Three. Begin!" Emmett yelled and began furiously shooting. Edward and I were already wet.
Alice shook her head. "We haven't even explained the rules yet, not to Bella at least." What kind of rules did vampires have playing with water guns? "Okay, no protecting your mate. Especially not you Edward." Her eyes narrowed toward her brother. "Okay so when we begin, no stopping unless there's no more water, or a dire emergency. Did I leave something out?" Alice said. Emmett began to shoot water again, right into Alice's face. "Emmett! We haven't even began yet!"
"I counted down already!" he shouted.
Everyone raced toward their guns. I grabbed mine and began examining to see how it would work. Water was flying everywhere. Rosalie was even having a good time. Her blond hair and smile made her look exactly like a swim suit model. They were all running outwards into two's and three's. Emmett and Jasper were shooting at each other. Rosalie was chasing Edward. Alice snuck up behind me to soak my entire back. Suddenly Jasper and Emmett appeared out of what seemed like thin air. Emmett grabbed my waist and picked me up. I began to kick him but my foot started to hurt. "Ouch," I protested. Jasper and Alice were shooting furiously at us. Emmett held me up in front of him, me as his shield. I was soaked to the bone. Edward raced toward me. His shirt was all wet. "Emmett! Let Bella down," he shouted.
Emmett laughed his booming laugh. "You come near and she gets soaked. I've got a hostage. I've got a hostage," he began to sing.
"I'm already soaked," I muttered under my breath. Everyone laughed.
Edward began circling me and Emmett. He made his move, spraying Emmett with the water gun. I looked behind and saw Emmett's back soaked. He had nice aim, I didn't get any more wet. Emmett grinned, "Now've you done it." He raced over to the water bucket with still carrying me. The others followed. With his right hand still clutching me, he used his left hand to lift the entire water bucket.
And he poured the entire thing on me. There was enough to fill an entire pool. And here he was dumping in all on me. If I was soaked before, I was now drenched. Completely one hundred percent drenched. I thought Emmett was done. But not before he reached into the red bucket and pulled out a clump of ice. "No…" I warned him. But it was too late, he pulled the collar of my t shirt; and he stuffed the entire clump of ice down my back. I shivered.
"Nothing like a damsel in distress," Emmett laughed. Everyone followed to laugh –even Edward. Emmett gently set me down and I ran into Edward's welcoming –and wet- arms.
"I'm never having a water fight with vampires ever again," I muttered. Everyone laughed.
