Things To Ponder
Question 2

A.N: WARNING: SHORT CHAPTER! Sorry, I haven't been writing at all lately and I needed something to write that got me back. This is just under eight hundred, so it's pretty short since I go over a thousand. I've been on my laptop a lot since it's faster on the internet, and I only write on my home computer. Don't ask why I do, I'm weird like that. But for this story, I'm probably only going to do ten questions or so since I want to get on with 50 Things To Do When You're Bored (Vampire Style). Hope you enjoy!


If mars had earthquakes, would they be called marsquakes?

Alice

"So are you guys ready for the next question?" I asked, taking my eyes away from the television. Emmett was once again playing some sport that I didn't care for. Actually, it looked like Rose and Bella didn't exactly enjoy it either. "It's better than what we're doing now."

Emmett glanced at me, raising an eyebrow. "This is so much better. They're winning too!" I didn't know who he was referring too, and I wouldn't let my eyes stray to see who he was talking about. I wasn't paying attention that much before, zooming in and out of 'visions' so called.

"Uh huh," Bella replied, rolling her eyes. "Tell us the question."

"If mars had earthquakes, would they be called marsquakes?" I asked, smiling as the question came out. Jasper and Edward turned to face me, even though they didn't have to. And I could tell Emmett was listening in, even though he was pretending to watch the TV.

"They would be called marsquakes," Bella said. I could see the look in her eyes that told me she was thinking. "Well, the would, wouldn't they? It certainly wouldn't be called an earthquake since you're on mars."

"So that would mean if Venus had a quake, it would be called a Venusquaked," Jasper pointed out. "If not, they could just called them quakes. That would just make sense, since it is the root of all of the words."

"Having it just be quake would be a good idea," Edward added. He ran a hand through his hair, making Bella smile. It was kinda funny. He constantly ran his hand through his hair, never stopping. I don't think there has been a day with out him doing in a hundred times over.

"But then wouldn't that confuse scientists. If they found out another planet was having an earth quake, and they just called them a quake, wouldn't that be confusing? It would be like, 'Oh, this planet is having a quake,'" I pointed out, nodding my head. It was true, calling it a quake would be annoying. Quake here and quake there.

Emmett snickered, throwing the remote on the table. "You can't just call it an earth quake either. I don't think Mars would like that."

"Yeah, but then Earth wouldn't like it that we're taking something that we named the planet after and change it for another planet," I replied. Hah. Only if the planets had feelings.

Edward glanced at me, and then turned to Emmett. "I hope you two know that planet's don't have feelings. If they did, I'm pretty sure we would know by now." Yeah, we would know. And most likely we would be afraid if the planet had feelings...Oh that would be a sight to see.

"Well obviously," Jasper replied.

A silence filled the room, almost ending the conversation. No doubt everyone was still pondering whether or not it would really be called a marsquake. This was one short conversation, usually there would be more things said or argued about. I would have to choose a better question next time.

"No, I really do think that they should be called marsquakes. It's only fair," Bella stated. I'm pretty sure one of my siblings were going to disagree with her, even though the sentence sounded like it was going to end the conversation. "It doesn't always have to planets either. Anything could make a quake."

Suddenly, Emmett started to run around the house at full vampire speed. I was pretty sure Bella couldn't see him running, because she just sat there staring at the TV, not bothering to follow what he was doing. What the heck was he doing?

The house started to shake, some of the smaller things falling over. Bella almost fell over on the couch, but Edward held her up. Emmett chuckled, which caused the house to shake even more. "What the heck are you doing?" I asked, keeping myself from getting up and running into him to make him stop.

"What do you call this?"

"An Emmettquake."

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