I stared around the room, seeing seven pairs of eyes, including my own, looking at Alice. She had called us all in here for a family gathering; Alice loved that stuff. In her eyes, it kept the family together. Although, her definition of together was far different from mine. The last family gathering was a WWE tournament, and Emmett beat everyone. (I reffed.) Not exactly the kind, togetherness that I expected.

Alice broke my thoughts. "Welcome to the forty-second-annual Family Gathering!" I mentally groaned. this was only my fourth one; I'm sure the others were even less excited than I was. "Tonight, we'll be playing Charades! Teams are Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper versus Edward, Esme, Bella, and myself. I'm assuming that everyone here knows the rules, so break up into the teams I've assigned. Carlisle's team gets to pick ot something to act out first."

I followed Edward and Esme towards our designated corner, and Alice came up behind me. "This'll be a piece of cake!" She pointed to her head, and then over to Edward. "We have our advantage."

Esme and Edward were now discussing strategy. "I'll read their minds, and Alice will foresee it if I'm blocked. Easy!"

Esme frowned. "Alice, you didn't make the teams this way on purpose, did you?"

Alice smiled angelically. "No, of course not. I drew them out of a hat. A rigged hat," she added quietly. Esme couldn't hear her, but Edward and I grinned.

I looked at Alice, who was now spaced out, trying to foresee what the other team would do first. I glanced at the other team quickly, not catching anyone's eye. Two cold arms encircled my waist from behind, and I tilted my head upward. Edward twisted me around and kissed me quickly.

"I love you," he whispered.

"I love you, too," I said, going up on tiptoe to press my lips to his once more. I found myself gazing into his golden eyes, but then felt a tap on my shoulder.

"You're not going to believe this, but they're doing Dracula," Alice said. "How . . . original."

Edward and I both laughed as we joined Esme in the middle of the living room. Jasper was going to be the actor, and he took his place in front of both groups.

"Ready?" he asked.

We all nodded. The second Jasper started, Alice shouted out, "Count Dracula!"

Emmett's booming voice then overpowered all other sounds. "That isn't fair!"

Edward stepped forward, trying to calm his brother. I sighed. Oh, how I love my family.

A/n: Short, sweet, and to the point.

Kanapapa