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I turned and looked at Rosalie and hissed lightly under my breath, I didn't want any major fights ruining this special moment for me.
She looked at me really innocently now, and grabbed my arm as she turned toward the living room to give Jacob a final "ha i beat you" smile. He grimaced and turned to finish cleaning his huge egg mess.
"I don't know what's with kids these days..." Charlie muttered under his breath, if he only knew that he could of been shouting and we all would of heard anyway.
Rosalie brought me over to the big couch that was parked directly in front of the tv ( that was Charlie's doing, he said it made him feel like he was "in the crowd".) She sat down and began asking me twenty questions as if I was her own daughter.
"How's...Jacob been treating you?" she winced at saying his name, I knew she completely prefered the nickname "dog" but i could tell she was making an effort for me.
"Great, he's the best I could ever ask for."
"Really...hmph." "Does he ever phase around you?"
"Occasionally, when he really needs to, you know for the pack."
"Never out of anger?" she inquired, obviously very concerned about this topic.
"Rose, I don't think he would ever phase like that around me, let alone be that mad around me anyway."
She nodded her head, thoughtful. I think see saw the way Jake looked at me and in a way saw the kind of devotion he gave to keep me safe and make me happy.
"Ok, I doubt Charlie has had the guts to ask you this, but you too are being responsible right?" Totally like my mother. sigh
How many damn times were people gonna ask me that!? Do I really come off like that kind of person?! Jeeze!!
I rolled my eyes and nodded my head, I wanted to have a friend to friend chat not a "mother daughter are you being responsible?" chat!!
She quickly changed the subject, as we both could heard Jake snickering in the other room. But I was just dying to get one last word in before she could continue.
"Where have you guys been?! I've been wanting to see you guys for such a long time, you know it gets fairly dull sometimes just sitting around with Charlie while Jake's gone."
She smiled, apparently she loved the idea of being missed by someone other than her Emmett.
"Well, you see the whole family had moved to Rome..."
"Rome?!" I interrupted her, " But why?!"
She laughed, "Let me finish! The whole family went for different reasons, Alice, well she wanted the shopping, Emmett and Jasper heard that there was really good hunting over there, exotic things actually, and Carlisle and Esme went along for a change."
"Wow. So what did you go for?"
"I went for all those reasons, and I'd go anywhere with Emmett."
Right then we both heard the silent ( to human ears) opening of a door, and the sound of Alice's light feet dancing down the steps to where we all were.
"It's all ready Charlie!" she half whispered a huge grin on her face.
Jake turned around and looked at me, it looked like he was in on this "unknown" secret too. Rosalie then took this opportunity to distract me from further suspision by asking me about school etc.
She continued talking, but I had stopped listening a long time ago. I was watching Jacob now the way he moved, I was kinda mesmerized for a moment and then I formed a little plan. I got up off the couch, much to Rosalie's dimay, and strolled over to where Jacob had just settled down and was about to attack his huge pile of eggs.
I walked over to him and pulled up a chair beside him. We both smiled at eachother, Alice probably figured that she should leave, so she went into the living room, dancing again, and sat down beside Rose. Occasionally they would glance at us subtly but otherwise kept to themselves, Charlie kept himself absorbed in his paper.
"Can I have some?" I asked innocently trying very hard to mask the plan I had up my sleeve.
Jake looked at me with his eyes open and his mouth full, contemplating for a milisecond if he was going to give up his quite large breakfast. I took one look at him and laughed to myself , he tried to smile through his full mouth but it wasn't going over so well for him.
I reached toward his face as if to wipe off a crumb, and i lightly pressed my hand against his cheek. I showed him Alice and Rosalie and him full of question marks, I showed him that I was feeling confused, and then demanded to be told or else... then the image flared up in red, for anger.
His eyes widend, and then settled in a playful glare. I raised one of my eyebrows, and he eventually gave in and rolled his eyes. Subtly he took a napkin, and a pen, and carefully wrote in small barely legible words...
"TRIP"
What?! A trip?? Now I know why Alice was up in my room for so long, she was probably packing for me!! Grrr... But it was always hard to be mad at Alice. I wondered where we were going. Suddenly a thought hit me that terrified me. I reached towards Jake's face and asked if he was coming too. He nodded his head and smiled as I exhaled a great deal. Now I smiled. I was pretty much untouchable from Alice if I had Jake around, wherever we were going she would want to dress me up and take me shopping, i'm sure Jake would love that.
Charlie put his newspaper down and whistled,
"Holy mackrel Jake you sure know how to eat!" he shook his head as he got up to rinse his plate off. Jake gave him another sheepish grins.
Rose and Alice looked extremely restless, now I knew why. But i'd have to act like I had no clue what was going on, and that I didn't just blackmail my boyfriend to find out... I'd make it up to him later.
I smiled at both of them, and innocently asked,
"So, any plans for today?"
They both shook their heads, and pulled up chairs beside us. Rose did however make a point of pulling up a chair between me and Jake. I'd have to talk to her about that.
I noticed that they both mad their best efforts to be as human as possible, but twitching and folding legs etc. Lucky for me I didn't have to bother with that nonsense, I only had to worry about feeding. Speaking of which...
I vampire-ish silently whispered ( so Charlie wouldn't hear) "Why don't we all go hunting this afternoon, 'cause I'm starving." I winked at all of them saving Jacob for last. They all nodded there heads in agreement.
"Hey Charlie?" Alice questioned musically, "Rose and I wanted to take Renesme out with us, Jacob can come too if he likes."
Charlie thought about it. "Sure I don't see why not, you kids have fun." he walked over and kissed the top of my head before escaping to his game for the afternoon.
"Ok, just let me get changed..." I started as I was getting up off my chair.
"NO!!" Alice and Rose screamed. I stopped half way and stared at them astonished.
"Um...ok." And I sat back down.
Once they had all composed themselves Alice smiled and said, "Don't worry, you can go like that, I've got a change of clothes in my car."
Jake sighed and got up, I could tell he figured today was going to be a long day hunting and shopping with the girls. He then proceeded to walk over to the couch and sprawled himself out. He was just about to fall asleep when the doorbell rang. Alice stiffened in her seat, and Jake immediately sat up, like he was never sleeping. I turned to Rose but she was just as mystified as I was.
Considering no one seemed to be capable enough to go answer the door, I decided that I would, don't know what everyone was getting all upset about, so I shuffled to the door. I was just reaching for the handle when there was a loud crack. Shocked I turned around to see Jake holding sharp pieces of metal in his hands they fell like sand as they hit the carpet. My mouth fell open, and in that little instant it took for Alice to grab me and tow me up the stairs all I could do was blink.
"Alice!" I hissed, " What are you-"
"SHHHHH!!" she warned as she put her hand over my mouth. If only I were venomous...
She then rushed into my bedroom with me still in tow. Alice then let go of me and rushed to the door to lock it shut. Then she began pacing and mumbling to herself.
I sighed. "Alice telll me what's going on!!" She didn't answer. "ALIC-"
"SHHHHH!!" "Don't make me tie you! Now let me think..." And she began pacing again.
Suddenly a growl ripped through the air. I stared at Alice mortified. She shook her head and continued pacing.
Then the panicking began. What about Charlie? Was he ok? What made Alice lock me up in my room?? Could somebody please tell me what was happening?!