Chapter 6: Barefoot and Crazy
"Goin
barefoot and crazy
Me and my baby
Back flip off the flip right
bridge
Double dog dare me and I will
Meet me at the bottom with
a cool wet kiss"
"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!" Alice screamed as her and Jasper jumped off a huge rock and splashed into the lake.
I laughed as their heads popped up from the water a few seconds later, we were at the nearest river for a mini vacation. The whole family was here including Renee and Charlie. Phil told Renee to stay an extra week because he wasn't going to be home too much. Carlisle was cooking up some food on the grill later, he was going all out when we told him he didn't have too.
"Bella! You have to do that!" Alice said walking up to me shaking out her hair.
"No she doesn't." Edward said sternly.
"Oh Edward relax! Geez." Alice said rolling her eyes.
"I will not! She could hurt herself and the baby." He told her.
I rolled my eyes, ever since I found out I was pregnant he would not stop protecting me. It had gotten worse then when he was just protecting me, but now, now I was pregnant. I laid down on my towel and closed my eyes, I was wearing a blue bikini top and a pair of jean short shorts. I could feel Edward staring at my chest and scanning down my body, I laughed putting my sunglasses on.
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"Food's ready!!!" Carlisle shouted.
"Finally!" I said.
I got off my towel and walked over to the shelter where the food was set up, I took a seat in between Emmett and Edward. Edward got up and made two plates, one for each of us, he has been doing that also. It was like I was incapable of doing things of making my own decisions for myself.
"Thanks." I said when he set the plate down.
I looked at my plate in shock, all that was on it was a salad with light dressing, some carrots and one piece of bread. I looked up at him with tears coming to my eyes, I was starving and all he brought me was this?!
"What?! Why are you looking at me like your about to cry?!" He asked shocked.
"I'm hungry!" I told him.
"Yeah... That's why I gave you food..." He said slowly.
"This is food?!" I asked looking down at it.
The whole family stopped what they were doing and looked at us.
"Yes that's food what do you think it is?!" He asked.
I opened my mouth to say something but closed it, I let the tears spill before pushing my chair back and running back to my towel.
"Bella!" Edward shouted after me.
I sat down on my towel and cried, I cried over nothing, it was my stupid hormones acting up. I had been sitting there for less then ten minutes before I felt someone place a hand on my shoulder, I looked up to see Carlisle. He offered me his hand to help me up, I took it as he started to lead me back to the shelter. He brought me back to my seat, Edward looked up at me still shocked at my outburst, I looked down at the table. There was a new plate full of food, I looked at Carlisle, he smiled and pulled my seat out for me.
"Thanks." I said sniffling.
I wiped the rest of my tears away and picked up my fork, I started to eat the little hot dogs with BBQ sauce. I kept feeling Edward look at me but tried to ignore it, I finished my plate in less then 20 minutes. I wiped my mouth with a napkin and set it on the plate smiling.
"All you wanted was more food?!" Edward asked.
I nodded.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" He asked.
"I shouldn't have too!" I snapped at him.
"Okay, okay! Let's not get in a fight over food." He said backing off.
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I was standing by the water letting my feet get wet, Edward was somewhere helping Carlisle but I couldn't see him anywhere. I let out a breath, finally I could breathe on my own without Edward controlling me.
"Bella! Bella! Come on!" Emmett called reaching for my hand.
"What do you want Emmett?" I asked.
"Let's jump!" He said like an excited child would when they got a new toy.
"I cant Emmett! Edward wont let me." I said frowning.
"Is Edward here?" He asked smiling evilly.
"But the baby..."
"It's not going to hurt the baby to have a little fun!"
"Well..." I said biting my lip, "Okay! Lets do it!"
I ran and took his hand, we ran up the hill that led to the rock, my stomach started to turn at how high it was. Alice and Jasper were already up there, I watched as they jumped in the air and fell down, Alice screamed again. Now it was our turn, my stomach did summer-salts as we walked up to the edge. I squeezed Emmett's hand tighter as I looked down, half of me wanted to run back and hide behind Edward. Emmett squeezed my hand and looked at me silently reassuring me that I could do it, I took a deep breath before nodding, it was now or never. We walked back a little so we could run and jump, I smiled letting him know I still wanted too and we started running.
"AAAAHHHHH!!!!" I screamed bloody murder as we jumped off the rock.
Edward's POV
I heard someone scream, but I couldn't tell if it was Alice or Bella, I knew it wasn't Rose because she was here helping Carlisle also with putting away food. I ran over to where the lake was and saw Alice and Jasper jump and then fall until they made a huge splash in the water, I laughed because Alice kept jumping off but each time they did she would scream. I was about to turn around before I saw two people standing on top of the rock, and they both had brown hair. Bella and Emmett. My heart sank, Bella was pregnant.
"Bella! Emmett! Emmett!" I screamed but it was no use, they cant hear me from down here.
They ran and jumped in the air, Bella screamed bloody murder as she held Emmett's hand as they went down. They made a huge splash, they didn't come up right away which made me think the worst, but then I heard Bella's laugh as they came running from the water.
"Again! We HAVE to do that again!" She said as they were heading back to the rock.
"Hold it!" I screamed.
They both froze.
"Uh oh." Emmett said.
"We're in trouble now..." Bella said before turning around slowly.
"I thought I said no about the jumping off!" I snapped.
"We were just having fun Edward!" Bella said.
"But you could have hurt yourself! Or the baby!" I told her.
She rolled her eyes, "Jumping off a rock and into water is not going to hurt the baby Edward!" She snapped.
"It could!" I said.
"Why should I worry about what could happen! If I spend my life doing that I'll miss out on all the fun stuff! Edward we came here to have fun! So loosen up will you!" She told me.
"Bella!"
She growled before grabbing Emmett's hand, "Come on Emmett! Lets go have fun!"
"You better not jump off of there again Isabella!" I warned.
"Watch me!" She said through clenched teeth.
Emmett's POV
I grabbed Bella's hand as she led the way up the rock, I didn't think we should be doing this when she was angry. It was strange though, once we got up on the rock she seemed to relax, it was like once we were away from Edward she relaxed more. She smiled and squeezed my hand before we took off running, we jumped off in the rock and disappeared into the water. I opened my eyes when we were in the water to see Bella smiling at me, she came and pushed me further down, I could hear her laughter even though we were under water. I swam back up to her level and pushed her down, only I meant to do it a lot nicer. Instead I pushed her farther then I had gone, I cursed underwater when I lost sight of her. This was a really deep river, it was almost like a ocean, I swam down farther. I caught sight of her brown hair, I swam farther down and my heart sank. Her eyes were closed, I should have known, Bella wasn't a strong swimmer. She couldn't hold her breath for very long, I grabbed her hand and puller her up the rest of the way. I swam to the top of the water, I gasped for air as I swam to shore.
"Carlisle!!!" I shouted struggling to hold on to Bella.
"Carlisle!!!!!" I screamed.
I finally got to the shore, I laid Bella down in the sand, I saw Edward and Carlisle running as fast as they could to us. When they got here I heard Bella cough, she gasped for air and coughed harder.
"Roll her! She's starting to throw up!" Carlisle said.
He was right, Bella was now throwing up, I rolled her on her side so that the puke wouldn't choke her. I could feel Edwards angry eyes boring into my face, he turned to face Bella with worried eyes. Bella gasped for breath before opening her eyes slowly, I turned her on her back again. She looked around blinking, she blocked the sun with her hands before looking at me.
"What happened?" She asked still gasping for air.
"We were messing around and I accidentally pushed you farther then I meant too. Look, I am so sorry Bella!" I apologize.
"I... Uh... It's okay Emmett, I know you didn't do it on purpose." Bella told me.
Edward wouldn't be so forgiving though.
Bella's POV
"Now you're sure you feel fine?" Carlisle asked for the millionth time.
"Yes Carlisle, I feel fine!" I told him as I hugged the blanket closer.
Alice came over with a dry towel and set to work on my wet hair, I smiled to her before I saw Edward walking over, then my smile faded.
"How are you feeling love?" He asked.
"I'm fine." I told him.
He leaned over and kissed me.
"What was that for? Aren't you mad at me?" I asked.
"No. Not anymore." He said.
"Are you mad at Emmett?" I asked looking at the floor.
"I'm not happy with him." He said.
I yawned, "I think I'm going to go lay down."
"Okay, the Volvo is open if you want to sleep." Edward told me.
I got up giving him a kiss before thanking Alice for drying my hair, she smiled and nodded. I walked towards the Volvo, it was really hot out and we have been in the heat for hours now. I opened the passenger seat door and climbed in, I shut the door to the Volvo and reclined the seat back. The car was parked in the shade so it was nice and cool so I was able to fall asleep easily.
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"Bella..."
"Bella....."
I groaned and closed my eyes tighter.
"Honey, we're leaving now." Edward said.
"'Kay." I mumbled before turning around.
"Bella, Carlisle wants to check on you before we go to make sure your fine." He told me.
I sighed and sat up.
"Whoa. Dizzy." I said holding my head.
"Your dizzy?" He asked.
"Just sat up too fast." I told him.
He helped me out of his Volvo and over to Carlisle, he smiled at me before placing his hand on my forehead.
"I just want to make sure you don't have a fever." He told me.
"Do I?" I asked.
"Doesn't seem like it. Okay, you guys ready to hit the road?" He asked.
"Yeah!" Everyone said before starting to head to their cars.
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I dodged into the house the second the car stopped, I ran inside and into the bathroom before puking up all the food I ate. I gasped for air as I flushed the toilet, I stood up slowly and walked out of the bathroom. Edward walked in the house with bags of food, he set them down and walked over to me.
"You okay?" He asked.
I nodded my head, "Yeah."
He hugged me rubbing my stomach, "Stop making mommy sick baby."
I smiled and laid my head on his shoulder, I closed my eyes taking deep breaths.
I. Love. Writers. Block!!!! I was going to make this longer but I can't think of what I wanted to write! So it's another short chapter! But I promise that next chapter will be long because I already know what I want to happen, will it be good or bad? Evil Laugh* xD Review!!!
