Chapter 2 – Cap It
Carlisle:
It's been a few days since all the items were disappearing and reappearing and it hasn't happened since. We haven't heard the giggling since the other day. Things have settled down and life has gotten back to normal, at least as normal as it can be in a house with 6 Vampire and 3 Wolf teenagers. It was Saturday and we were all spread out throughout the house. Things were quiet until Jazz came down angrily looking for Emmett and Jacob. This doesn't sound good.
"All right, Emmett and Jacob, very funny," Jazz said with an edge in his voice.
"What's funny?" Emmett asked looking up from his game he and Jake were playing with Seth watching.
"What you did to my guitar," Jazz said.
"Is it broke, I hope?" Jake asked.
"No, you're lucky it isn't. Now get it down," Jazz demanded.
"Get it down from where?" Jake asked.
"You know perfectly well where it is. You and Emmett are up to your old tricks again nagging me about my guitar playing and singing," Jazz complained.
"Did you ever replace the missing string on it?" Jake asked.
"No, not yet, but what's the big idea? Go get it," Jazz demanded again.
"What are you upset about Jazz," I asked.
"Papa, those two nitwits hung my guitar out the window from the tree branch," Jasper griped.
"Emmett and Jacob!" I said sternly.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Whoever did that should get a reward," Emmett laughed.
"Well, come here and I'll give it to ya, ya big buffoon," Jasper challenged Emmett.
"Hey, I didn't touch your guitar, if you can call it that with the way you murder songs on it," Emmy teased.
"How did it get up in the there then?" Jazz asked.
"Who cares, the important thing is it's out of reach," Jake laughed. "Honestly, I didn't touch it either."
"Who put his guitar in the tree? I want an answer now," I demanded.
"Pops, I didn't touch it, although it's pretty funny," Emmett admitted.
"I didn't do it either. I try to forget he has it," Jake said.
"Hey, this is like the other day with the sheet music and Momma's things," Emmett said.
"Something fishy is going on here," Jake said.
"If I find out you two are responsible for this, you are going to be sorry," I warned my two sons.
"Here Jazzy, I got it down for you, baby," Alice said coming down the stairs with his guitar. "Daddy, I think they need to listen to Jazzy new song," Alice suggested.
"Uh, what's that Leah, here I come," Jake said making a run for the door with Seth right behind him.
"This is all that stupid mutt's fault, I told him to destroy that guitar while he had the chance," Rosalie said running after them with Emmett right behind.
"Uh, son, how about you play that in your room. I'm trying to read this article, here," I suggested to him.
"Sure thing Papa, come on my love," Jazz said to Alice.
He walked up the steps strumming the guitar with the missing string. I grimaced at the sound it was squeaking out thankful he was going back upstairs. I couldn't help but laugh to myself.
Later in the Kitchen:
Esme was in the kitchen making dinner for our wolf children and Leah, Bella and Rosalie were helping. Esme was standing at the sink when she felt me come up behind her and stroke her hair.
"Carlisle, you're so sweet…" she said spinning around but stopping at seeing no one behind her.
"What's wrong Mom?" Bella asked.
"Carlisle!" Esme called to me. I was still in the living room and I made my way to the kitchen.
"Did you call me Darling?" I asked.
"Did you just come in here and touch me?" Esme asked.
"No, I was in the living room," I replied puzzled.
"Mom, what happened?" Leah asked.
"Carlisle, someone just touched my hair. I felt someone touch my hair and then pull their hand down the strand of hair that they had in their hand. Someone or something is in this house," Esme announced.
"Now Esme, are you sure it wasn't the wind or your imagination," I suggested.
"No! I know what I felt and someone touched my hair. I thought it was you," Esme insisted.
"This is getting spooky," Rosalie said looking around the room.
"Was it gentle or was it being pulled?" I asked.
"No, very gentle and loving, like if you would have done it," Esme answered. We all just looked at one another not knowing what to say.
A couple of days later…
We were all sitting in the living room looking for a movie to watch and Seth and Jake were in the downstairs study doing their homework. After a bit, Seth came out having finished his homework. Jake also came out to the kitchen to get a snack and went back into the study.
"Hey Jake, are you about finished with your homework? We want to watch the movie," Edward called to him.
"Yeah, I just have a few questions in English to do and then I will be done," Jake said before going back into the study. He then came right back out.
"Okay! Okay! You know I hate school, and if there is anything I hate more than school, it's homework. So which one of you mooks took my math homework I just finished," Jake asked agitated.
"We didn't take your math homework. What would we want with it you fleabag," Rosalie spat at him.
"Well it was there when I came out here and now it's gone. Where is it? Did you look at it and it went up in flames, Rose fire?" Jake said sarcastically to Rosalie.
"Jacob, no one went in there and hid your homework," Esme told him.
"It's gone. It just didn't get up and…" Jake was saying and then stopped. "Hey, how'd it get over there," Jake said.
"Where is it?" Bella asked.
"It's over there on those graduation caps Mom has on the wall," Jake said. "Okay, this isn't funny. Whoever is doing that, give me my homework," Jake demanded talking to the air.
At that, Jake's homework sailed across the room at him. It was followed by each row of graduation caps coming off the frame and flying at him. He ducked and grabbed a pillow to stop the caps from hitting him.
"Whoa! What the…" Jake shouted as he was trying to keep from being pelted by the graduation caps.
"Jacob, stop that!" Esme called at him.
Jake dropped the pillow and threw his hands up, but then quickly picked the pillow back up as the caps kept launching themselves at him.
"I'm not doing it Mom," Jake shouted.
"STOP IT!" I shouted out loud. Immediately, the caps stopped coming off with over half of them lying all around Jacob.
"What the heck was that," Emmett said moving closer to Esme. "Mom, d-don't b-be s-scared, I-I'll p-protect y-you, s-stop s-shaking," Emmett said to her.
"I'm not shaking Emmy, you are," Esme said grabbing her big Bear and holding him close. "Momma's got you, Emmy Bear!"
"Mommy," Emmett said burying his head in her neck.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, what a chicken," Edward laughed.
At that, another cap flew off the wall and hit Edward. "Hey!" Edward yelled.
"What happened?" Jake said. "How did those caps come off that wall," Jake asked.
"I'm not sure son," I replied stunned as were the rest of us.
"Who threw those?" Jake called out. He was answered with giggling again. We all heard it.
"W-whooo laughed," Emmett asked aloud. More giggling.
"Man, what a mess," Jake said looking the caps strewn all about.
"Somebody better clean this up," Esme said.
"I didn't do it, Mom," Jake stated.
"Yeah, you better 'cap' it! Ha ha ha ha ha, get it? Cap it!" Emmett said so proud of his little pun.
Unbeknownst to Emmett, Jasper had quietly picked up one of the graduation caps, and silently crept up behind Emmett and gently put one of the tips in his ear.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Emmett shrieked loudly, jumping about 3 feet in the air as he gently shoved Esme to the side.
"Help! Something bit my ear!" Emmett screamed brushing at his ear. "Pops! Is there venom flowing out?" Emmett said running up to me showing me his ear.
Jasper, Edward, Jake and Seth all fell on the floor laughing. The others were laughing also at Emmett's reaction.
"Yo! Em! It was just a graduation cap," Jasper said laughing even more at his brother.
"Not funny Jazz! You'll never find that racket maker you call a guitar now!" Emmett threatened.
"All right, that's enough," I said before things got out of hand.
"What a scaredy cat!" Edward said.
"So you did take my guitar!" Jazz questioned Emmett.
"No I didn't. I'm just warning you, payback's a bitch!" Emmett announced.
"Emmett! That language is uncalled for and inappropriate," I chided him.
"Sorry, Pops, but he had it coming," Emmett said motioning to Jasper.
"Hey, look!" Jake said to everyone.
"What?" Bella asked.
"They caps are back in the frame on the wall," Jake announced to our astonishment.
All the caps were back in place as if the entire incident never happened. We were all staring at them with our mouths open in shock. It was unreal. We were all so intent with Emmett's outburst that we didn't notice the caps were back on the wall.
"How did those get back there," Alice asked.
"I have no idea," I replied.
"Uh, Dad," Seth said staring ahead.
"Oh my goodness," Leah gasped.
"Jake, are you seeing this," Seth asked Jake.
"Holy…what the…"Jake uttered.
"What? What is it? What are you seeing?" Rosalie asked wondering like the rest of us.
"Dad…I think I know what's going on…" Seth replied.
"What is it, Seth? What do you three see?" I asked.
"Oohh!" Leah gasped and shuddered…"Aww, oh my…"
To Be Continued…
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