"I still can't believe they only had two bikes." Alice pouted. "Now only two of us can go at a time. And they're not even put together!"
"Well, I still can't believe you didn't see this coming, what with the whole 'I see the future' thing..." Edward muttered, trying to bolt two pieces together that didn't look like they should be anywhere near each other.
She just stuck her tongue out at him and continued trying to put one of the bikes together. Hers was almost done, while Edward's was looking like one of those 'abstract' pieces of art that people weld together and stick in their enemy's lawns to annoy them. I was watching from the side, both of them claiming not to need any help.
"Where is everyone? I know we don't have enough bikes, but I think Edward could use any help he can get…"
"I do not need help! I am perfectly capable of- oops." He looked down at his hand and up at me. Then stuck whatever was in his hand in his pocket and quickly went back to work, trying to look innocent.
"Edward…What was that?" I asked suspiciously, walking over to him.
"Nothing." He said nervously. Then he saw the look I gave him and said, "Well… Nothing important."
"Uh-huh. You are riding that bike first." His eyes widened in horror at that.
"I'm going to go see if Rosalie has any extra parts in the garage…" He said, quickly running off.
I looked down at the abused bicycle parts and glanced at the directions, which Edward had ignored. That doesn't look too hard. I thought, grabbing a wrench. By the time Edward returned Alice and I had both bikes done.
"Hey!" He said. "What happened to the bike?"
"I saved it from you." I said. "And luckily for you, I don't think whatever you broke was important, because it looks fine."
"Oh. Well good… because Rose doesn't have any others." He said. He still looked nervous, though.
"What exactly was it that you broke?" I asked.
"Um…It was a round metal part. Which wouldn't be broken if you hadn't distracted me with your lack of faith." He said.
"What?! Don't you blame this on me! It is your fault you broke it, you were the one holding it! And I only had a lack of faith because you couldn't put together a bike if your life depended on it!" I was getting mad. How was this my fault?
"Really, Edward, 'round metal thing'? Everything is round and metal!" Alice said at the same time.
Jasper walked out of the house looking confused and sending out calm feelings towards us. "What's all the shouting about- Oh, no. Not those! Anything but those! Edward! Are you insane? How could you let them buy those after..." he looked around and whispered, "The incident?"
"Relax, Jasper. These are alright. See? They are actually supposed to move." Edward said.
"Oh yes, that makes everything better!" Jasper replied sarcastically. He sighed. "Just please, please, don't let Emmett-"
"Hey! What's everybody doing?" Emmett yelled as he came over to us.
"Oh no…" Jasper said. I felt a wave of fear come over me. Apparently so did Alice because she told him to calm down. "Quit being such a baby! It's just a bike."
Emmett had reached us and stopped when he saw the bikes. He narrowed his eyes and said, "So, we meet again…"
"Emmett, what are you talking about? You have never even seen these before. You had an encounter with a stationary bike. Not a real one. No need to get worked up. No need to do anything… drastic." Edward said nervously.
"It may not be the exact one, but it is still one of…them! I will conquer you!" He shouted, and proceeded to lift the bike up and get on. Or try to. He got his leg over and sat down on the seat. Which was when the entire bike gave out and he fell to the ground.
"Well, now we know what the round metal piece did." I said.
