Extremely short chapter, based on real events: Backstage at our school's production of The Music Man, my friend Mandi was sitting in a chair and reading Breaking Dawn when our friend Kim found a blush brush and shoved it in Mandi's face. Mandi began chasing her around the room, trying to hit her with the book, all the while yelling, "You blushed my eye!" I just hope they couldn't hear that in the theater. Mandi loves to retell the story. Each time I hear it, she claims she was seeing sparkles for even longer afterwards. She's still wary of makeup brushes.
Chapter 2
The Battle of the Blush
Rosalie was sitting in a lawn chair in the backyard when Jacob appeared. "I didn't know a vampire could get a suntan," he commented.
Rosalie glared at him. "Shut up."
"Go jump in the river, Blondie. Maybe I should glue a mirror to the riverbed so you stay there," replied Jacob.
"You've used that joke before, dog," Rosalie shot back.
"You callin' me a dog? I'm a wolf, Psycho Blondie," Jacob answered angrily.
"Oh, so it's Psycho Blondie now, huh? Are you trying to get killed?"
"Oh?" Jacob shouted. "Get killed? Me? No way. BRING IT ON!"
Rosalie and Jacob stared at each other. Suddenly Rosalie held up her designer handbag. "My secret weapon."
She pulled out a blush brush. "Behold the power of the makeup brush!" she cried, shoving the brush in Jacob's face.
"OWWWW!" screamed Jacob. "OWW! AAAAAAAAAAAAUGH! OUCH! IT BURNS! IT BURNS!" Jacob ran across the backyard, still screaming. "OWWW! SHE PUT MAKEUP ON ME! SHE GOT BLUSH IN MY EYE! MY EYE IS GLITTERY! MY EYE IS GLITTERY! AAAAAAAAAAUGH! HELP! SHE BLUSHED MY EYE! AAAAAAAAAAAUGH!"
Inside the house, all of the vampires and werewolves looked at each other, then burst out laughing.
"Well, that's something to do when you're bored," said Emmett. "Watch Rose and Jacob fight."
"Ten dollars on Rosalie," Alice said.
"Don't bet against Alice," advised Esme.
