This is chapter four. Enjoy!!!
Disclaimer: It's the same thing I say every time, so from here on out I will say 'Ditto Ch.1'
Emmett's POV
"Badminton? What's that?" I asked. What game was that? I thought I knew them all……
Bella looked at me like I was insane. "You know, "she said, "You know, you play it with a net, rackets, and a birdie…"
"OH!!!! You mean shuttlecock!" I was relieved. At least I knew what she was talking about now… "No, I mean badminton." Bella said, looking annoyed. I replied "No, shuttlecock is clearly what you meant."
"Badminton!" Bella yelled.
"Shuttlecock!" I yelled back.
"Badminton!"
"Shuttlecock!"
"Badminton!"
"Shuttlecock!"
"QUIET!!!!" a voice commanded. We turned to see Jasper holding his head. "Your anger is ticking me off." he said. To be truthful, he did look like he would kill me sometime soon.
Leaving Alice to comfort Jasper, Bella and I turned to Edward. Other than lightly holding a finger to his head, you could barely tell that our argument had bothered him. Bella turned to Edward and said"Edward? Do you have a dictionary?" Edward looked a bit confused. I was too, until….."Oh." I realized why she wanted the dictionary: To end the argument! I knew Edward was reading my mind to get the answer, but I didn't care. He's been doing that for years. My new goal was to look for and find a dictionary. At vampire speed, I searched through everyone's luggage (except Bella's. I don't know her that well. Edward can do the honors.) No dice. I mean, no dictionary.
I stood there, let down. Where is the damned dictionary? "I can't find one." I said in a small voice. "No dictionary." "Well, Emmett," said a voice behind me, "Why don't you check the bookshelf behind you?" I turned to see Alice pointing to a ceiling-tall bookshelf. "Oh! That might work!" I said brightly. I strode over to the bookshelf and started skimming. I sunk lower and lower and still didn't find the dictionary. Pretty soon, I ended up in the floor, my head against the carpet, searching, searching……
"FOUND IT!!!!!" I yelled. I pulled it off the shelf and turned to the 'B' section. I found the word 'badminton' and read what it said. It said:
Badminton:
A game in which a shuttlecock is passed back and forth with rackets across a net.
As I read this, I felt depressed. By this definition, Bella was right and I had lost the argument. I wasn't going to tell her, but Edward laughed and said "Bella, you were right. The game is badminton and the birdie is the shuttlecock." Bella smiled. Rose patted my hand and said "It's okay, sweetheart."
Then she turned to everyone and said "So, who wants to play badminton?"
Everyone said they wanted to, so we headed for the door. "WAIT!" Bella yelled, right before we walked out the door. "The anti-sparkle cream?" "Oh, yeah" I said. I found it in Alice's clothes bag. (She has five others). We rubbed the cream in and walked out the door. The cream worked, so we headed on down to the main level of the ship, where they kept the badminton court. We got the supplies we needed and walked to the court. The first people up were Edward and Jasper. They stood facing each other. Jasper chuckled. "So sure that you are going to win?" he asked. "Why, yes, I am." said Edward. They started playing. We all settled in to watch. I followed the game easily. I forgot we were vampires, until I heard Bella whisper "Slow down, will you! I cannot follow the game! And if I can't, neither will any other human! You will get found out!!! Hearing this, Jasper and Edward slowed down considerably. Now, in my opinion, they were playing TOO slow. Even though they slowed down, Jasper still lost. By a lot. He was mumbling profanities as he walked off the court.
Up next against Edward was Rosalie. She was beat in half an hour. She was beat by a lot more points than Jasper. She walked off the court in a huff and sat in my lap. I rubbed her back and told her that I would let her win when I played against her. She smiled at me. I love her SOO much. Suddenly, I got an idea. Hmmm…..DON'T YOU DARE TELL HER, OR ANYONE ELSE, EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!! I screamed inside my head. I saw Edward flinch, then nod. Good. I sat back to plan.
Then I snapped back to reality when I noticed Bella and Edward having a stare-down. I turned to Alice and asked "What is going on?" She was trying hard not to laugh as she said "Bella wants to play against Edward, but he says no. She wanted to know why, but he wouldn't tell her. I think that it is because he is afraid that she will hurt someone, or that she will hurt herself." Alice laughed harder and said "In a moment, she will walk off the court mumbling about a certain "stupid, perfect, graceful vampire who is good at everything." I watched as Bella did just that. I couldn't help it (again). I laughed. Bella scowled at me, then sat down in a huff. She growled pitifully at Edward. He smiled at her, then waited for his next opponent. It was Alice. This was going to be good.
It was kinda like watching them play chess…..
Alice walked up to the court. She stepped up to face Edward. She stood there, then hit the birdie. In the couple seconds it took the birdie to get over the net to Edward, Alice had seen where he would hit the ball, and Edward had seen in her mind where she would hit it back. Edward hit the birdie, and the same thing happened again. This time, Alice caught the birdie and, looking a bit haggard, said "Okay, I give up. My head is starting to hurt." She walked off the court, situated a chair so her head ended up in Jasper's lap, and lay down. Jasper started rubbing her head.
It was my turn. I walked up to face Edward, and I thought that I saw a glimmer of fear on his face. I laughed softly. Edward was going down. We got in our stances and I hit the birdie. Edward hit it back. This went on and on for about an hour and a half. Then, trying to make Edward squirm, I hit the birdie extra hard. It sailed over Edward's head and over the next building. "Get the birdie, Emmett!!! Get it!!" I heard everyone yell. I took off towards where it fell. I rounded the corner and…..
WHAM!!!!!!!!!
I bounced backwards as I heard a thud in front of me. I heard someone yell "You asshole!! What the hell do you think you are doing?!? "The voice was female. I opened my eyes to see a young woman about Bella's age sitting on the ground in front of me. She was glaring at me. "Well, you gonna help me up?" she asked. I couldn't help it. I started laughing.
"You-You-"she sputtered, but at that moment a calm settled over us. I turned to see Edward and the rest of the gang walk up. Bella stepped up and asked "Emmett, who's your friend?" The girl and I looked at each other, then started laughing. Bella looked really confused. After our laughing fit, I looked at the girl. She was kind of normal, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was short and of medium build. "I'm sorry." I said to her, "I was looking for the birdie."
She just stared at me, then laughed. Beside me, Bella stepped forward and offered her hand to the girl. "Hi," she said, "I am Bella." The girl stared at the hand for a moment, then shook it. "I'm Sam." (A/N: I really have a friend named Sam. She and my other friend Susan wanted to be in my story, so I am putting them in it. Susan will come later.)
"I see you have already met Emmett." Bella said, "And this is Jasper, Edward, Alice, and Rosalie." She pointed to each person in turn. Sam nodded at each person as they were introduced.
"So, do you want to play badminton with me?" Bella asked. Edward said "Bella, dear, you need to find the birdie first." "Oh, yeah, "she said. She turned to me. "Emmett, you lost it. Find it!!" She started talking to Sam as I turned to look for the birdie. I found it a few feet behind Sam, under a chair.
As we walked back to the court, Sam and Bella were chatting constantly. Then, Alice joined in. When that happened, no one could get a word in edgewise. When we arrived, Bella and Sam took their places on the court and started playing. We soon found out that both of them were equally clumsy when they hit each other with their rackets, tripped over the net, (which even I didn't get. The net is in the air!) and when Edward and Alice had to save them from falling off the boat.
Soon, they gave up. It was a couple of hours until dinner. Sam said "Do you want to come to dinner with me? I will be in the main dinner hall at 7:00." "Ok, we'll be there!!" said Bella. Sam left and we went to our separate rooms. Alice brought a dress for Rose, and by the look she had on her face, and the dress in her arms, I would guess one for Bella too.
A couple hours later, we went down to the dinner hall. We walked in and Sam waved to us from across the room. We went and sat with her. We ordered our food, which we weren't going to eat a lot of, maybe a bite or two, and settled in to relax. I noticed our server was nervous as she walked away. I remembered she had said her name was Susan.
Suddenly, Edward stiffened up, and Alice froze. Both looked to the front entrance, and as I followed their gaze, I froze too. It was him in the doorway. Jacob Black walked into the hall, seeming to search for somebody. I was shocked when Sam called, "Over here, Jake!!" Jacob started walking over. I heard Bella turn when she noticed how still Edward was. She stared at Jacob as he saw who was sitting with Sam. He stiffened his walk, but kept on coming. When he arrived at the table, he just stood there behind Sam, looking at us. We looked at him right back. I saw Sam sitting there confused, looking between Jacob and us. Then I heard Bella whisper "Oh, shit."
I know, this is a horrible cliffie, but I am getting the atmosphere set for chapter 5, which I am working on now. I want at least 10 reviews before I go on. (I am starting small.) Well, what are you waiting for?? REVIEW!!!!!
