(this is about 10 minutes before the first chapter takes place)

Rose

I looked at my husband with my "only for Emmett" eyes. I kissed him, and he kissed me back, surprised. "Emmett." My fingers walked on his well muscled shoulder. "Do you want to make a bet?" I had to make this snappy.

"Sure, what's it about?" Just what I thought. His one weakness other than me- a good bet.

"Well, I was wondering if you can touch your elbows, like this." I crossed my arms to where my elbows touched in the front.

"Of course I can." he sounded insulted. "What are we waging?"

"Hmm... slave for a month." that was his favorite thing to bet on. "But, you can't leave this circle." I traced a small chalk circle swiftly around his feet with the small piece of white chalk I had in my pocket. "If you move out of this, then you give in. See you."

"Where are you going?" he asked, bewildered.

"I have to meet Alice. Bye." I pecked him on the cheek as I flew out the door with a devilish grin.

Alice

I quickly slipped into a vision, skipping past small occurrences in the future until I found what I wanted. Edward would be home in seven minutes; I had work to do.

I stood in the middle of Carlisle and Esme's room, facing the foot of their large, unnecessary bed where an antique treasure box from Esme's past stood; it was old- from 1936 if you wanted to be exact, and if anything were to happen to it, well Esme just wouldn't be very happy.

I had to close my eyes and focus very hard to let the feeling of helplessness and vulnerability wash over me as I whispered, "Jasper? I need help."

He was by my side before I could finish. He kneeled in front of me, hands on my shoulders as he tasted my unusual mood with his intriguing ability. Concern colored his handsome face, and guilt stained my perfect façade of dependency for three split seconds. His brow furrowed, but I quickly expunged the blemish on my otherwise unspoiled pretense before he had a likelihood of unmasking my ploy.

"What do you need help with?" he asked me fondly, eyes warm when he saw that I wasn't in immediate peril. I brought out my best "puppy dog look" and pouted. Letting out a huge sigh, I brought it out.

"I can't get Esme's trunk open. It has a piece of jewelry in it that she said I could borrow, but It's stuck…. Would you please open it for me Jazz?" I looked up at him, willing him with my eyes to do as I asked, and soon; I only has six and a half minutes.

He frowned slightly, giving me an odd look but nodded. "Sure, Alice. But why do you need me to do it? Wouldn't it open?" he asked, puzzled.

I walked closer to him, smiling. "I wanted a strong gentleman to do it for me. I hope you don't mind…." He grinned down at me, clearly amused and buttered up at the same time.

"Of course I don't." And with the he bent over, practically in slow motion in my eyes, to unbolt the trunk, and I darted behind him, and shoved his back with all of my might to ram him in, yet it didn't hurt him one bit.

With a small "oof", he was caught off guard and tipped into the box. I continued to push him into the large chest and finally, with a bang, I slammed the trunk closed, securing it with its ancient lock, knowing that he wouldn't be getting out for a while now.

I ran to Esme's jewelry box by her nightstand at lighting speed and grabbed several her long gold chains, on them which held gifts from Edward himself- many diamond hearts. I wrapped them around the her trunk in a complex tangle, knowing Jasper would never break the box open now; he heard they tiny tinkles of sound the delicate chains made. Edward or Emmett would just have to disentangle him later. A pang of remorse washed over me, and I knew he would feel it. "Sorry Jasper," I murmured before dashing out of the room.

Edward was coming down the road.

Emmett

"Ugh. Dammit! I can do this, I can do this, and no I can't do this." I cursed. My muscles were too large to do this. I could not believe my reliable friends could do this to me. I was going to lose. Where was Rose? "I can't lose this; if I lose she can do anything with me." I gulped thinking of what the possibilities were. "Why did she draw circle anyway?" I grumbled, smudging the sides a little.

One.

Two.

Three.

Ding! The little light bulb in my head went off.

"She didn't." I growled. My anger was fixed on Rosalie. How could she do this to me? Oh, yes the bet that we made.

"Oh, yes she did." A voice came out of Esme's room startled me, forcing me to jump a foot in the air.

"Jasper?" I called. My head swiveled around my circle. Why was I still in this stupid corner?

"Yes, it's me. I'm stuck in Esme's Memento Box. God, she's going to kill me if she sees me. Help me out of this. I don't want to break it." He grumbled. His voice was muffled.

"Sure," I jumped out of the circle and sped to his side. "Ok, wow. Alice did a hell a great job. She created a chain of jewelry from the gifts that Edward gave her! Esme will freak if I tear this up."

"Yeah, that's my Alice." For once, Jasper did not seem proud to tell me that. I chuckled as I fumbled with the tiny, fragile gold link. My super eyesight was handy, but my thick fingers were a nuisance.

"Shit, these are really tiny you know. Geez, I swear to all things good, your little fortuneteller was pre-tty specific." I made the word 'pretty' into two syllables. "She put like a net!" I was working on my second. "Do you think Esme would kill me if I break one or two?"

"Yes she will. She keeps track of them every week." Jasper mumbled.

"There! Done!" My hands threw up in the air. I was about to crush the delicate braid, but Jasper hopped out. His face relaxed as his eyes scoured the medium sized cabinet and found nothing was altered.

"Thanks Emmett." Jasper sent me a grateful look. I grunted a reply. "Edward will kill us for being so stupid." We both sprinted to the front.

JASPER POV

Edward was back, and I needed to talk to him about our strategy. I waited patiently as I heard the tweak of the hinges as he opened the door. Alice beat me to him first. I wondered what was wrong as her emotions overwhelmed me.

Uh oh.

EDWARD POV

I raced down the long driveway, back from my hunting trip alone, eager to see Bella before long. I felt a twinge of annoyance as I thought of the foolish bet that I had gotten myself heaved into earlier this week. I felt sorry for Bella, being the toy in this mindless game. Nothing could end in this but pandemonium.

I parked my Volvo in the driveway, and wasted no time to walk at a human regularity to the front door. As I take note to what was going on inside the large house. Jasper wanted to discuss strategy, Emmett was beside himself with losing yet another stupid bet with Rosalie, Rose was out in the garage with her BMW for reasons I couldn't fathom, Alice was coming down the stairs, Esme and Carlisle were out hunting by themselves, and lastly, Bella, my sweet Bella, was sleeping.

I opened the door only to stop short when Alice came to a complete stop right in front of me, cutting me off mid- stride.

"Hello Alice, did everything go well this weekend?" I asked, eager to make my way downstairs. She smiled sweetly.

"Yes, it did. And I'm sorry to break it to you, but you're going to have to delay your reunion with Bella a tad longer!" I read her thoughts and automatically was exasperated.

"Alice no! We didn't agree on this!" She ignored my statement.

"Ah, but you have to wait and get your boys together before you can catch up with us. And you rally should fix these little anger issues you have," she added poking me in the chest teasingly. My anger flared even more, sending a low growl to escape my pressed lips

"No. I am going to see Bella. I missed her and you are not standing in my way," I said stiffly, trying to control my temper.

Alice grinned. "Sorry, Edward. My turn and we will win. I hope we're not going to be too much of a challenge for you. Bella wouldn't like it very much if you didn't fight for her," she cooed, stomping on my rage even farther. Her thoughts brought my fury to a whole new level.

"WE HAVE GUIDELINES AND RULES! I AM GOING TO-"

"Ah ah ah, you'll wake Bella. And as for the guidelines, if you play by the rules, you lose, Edward. You never win if you don't cheat a little! Besides, what's a little deceiving and mockery?" That. Did. It.

"ALICE!!" I roared, fury ripping from my voice. Before I could even blink, she dashed around me, zipping up the stairs. I darted after her, on her heels in seconds. She was in my room and slammed the door in my face, the wood brushing my nose and it rammed into the wall. She beat me into my own room!

I grabbed the handle, ready to rip the door off its damn hinges when Esme's face clouded my thoughts. If I cleaved the door out now, I would surely be in grave danger. I banged on the door instead, careful not to break it.

I listened as Bella's heart rate sped up suddenly, as she asked Alice what was going on. Alice blocked her thoughts as she smirked at her.

"Pack your bags, Bella we've got a plane to catch."

ALICE POV

"A plane??" Bella spluttered as I grabbed her out of bed and put slapped fresh clothes on her before she had time to blush. "What about packing?""Never mind packing your bags I already did it for you! I'll explain later but now we have to get out of here before Edward catches us!" she stared at me in shock, so I felt sympathy for dearest Bella. She didn't have a clue.

"Edward is back?" I could hear the sorrow in her voice as she realized that she could not see him for some odd reason. I saw Edward's fury overwhelming his old one with a brand new raw edge as he, too, detected her dismay.I snatched the suitcases I had planted under Edward's bed earlier and threw them out the closed window. Uh oh, Esme was going to kill me for that. But they exactly where I wanted them to: in Rose's waiting BMW. The luggage ripped a huge gap in the newly acquired glass wall, something sure to leave Esme furious at the boys.

How I loved framing them.

Bella POV

My mouth formed a huge 'O' as I watched in complete terror as Alice created a huge hole in the new glass wall. Poor Esme! When she came back she would have somebody's head. Maybe being gone wasn't such a bad idea…

When Edward heard the vociferous occurrences in the room and the ear- shattering crash of glass, he was on the verge of pulverizing the inferior door.

Alice turned to me in a blur of snowy white and black and grabbed me by the waist, but I turned my head just in time to see Edward tearing the door into pieces.

I screamed in sheer dread as Alice threw us out the puncture in the wall, my voice catching in my throat. We landed on the heap of suitcases in Rosalie's waiting BMW, me almost crying in relief that that top was open.

"Drive!!" Alice screeched, shattering my eardrum. Rosalie slammed her foot on the breaks, and I looked up in bewilderment to catch a sight of Edward, Emmett and Jasper sanding in the break in the glass, a mixture of anger, bafflement, and lost- puppy on their perfect faces ad we sped off.

"What the hell!?" I shrieked at Alice over the strident snarl of the engine.

Alice turned smiling to face me, perfectly calm as she put her seat belt on, moving around the suitcases.

"Bella, how good is your French?"

No POV

The voices of Rosalie, Alice, Edward, Jasper, and Emmett all rang through the area in unison as they said,

"And let the games begin."

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Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett: written by Sapphire Mizu (Tiffany)

Edward, Bella, Alice: written by MaddsLovesTwilight (Madison)

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