That night, in congratulations of Aeryn and my owns display of skill with the van, and also about our learning of the Cullen's vampireness, we introduced the aliens to alcohol.
But before, I placed a duvet that was a bit too big in the bed of the truck, placed a water proof cover over the whole thing, and THEN got a little more than a wee bit drunk.
The next morning, as expected, John and I had a hangover. Chiana was hung-over as well, but Aeryn had been more disciplined with her drink, and was now officially the designated driver.
So, I didn't even bother changing out of my pyjamas, I don't think John or Chiana did either, and we more sleepwalked than anything else to the car. I was awake enough to take the cover off the truck, and pulled myself into it and lay down on it while John and Chiana do the same, it would have been far more awkward if Aeryn was here to, but now it was more like a hung-over family with nowhere else to lye, so pretty much the same as it actually was. I hadn't let go of my blanket during the entire thing.
"Bella? Do you wanna have a paintball fight?" John asked me sleepily.
"Sure, but we need to find the paintball guns. Remember, we stashed them in an abandoned house."
"Oh yeah, in the basement, and we locked the door from the inside didn't we?"
I murmured, "Yepidedoda." and then…
I was jolted completely awake by loud booming laughter more than anything else, Emmett's, when we got to school.
I had a bright blue tank top and loose black joggers, my pyjamas, and Chiana's were similar to mine, having borrowed mine, and John had a white top and black sports shorts, his own pyjamas, Aeryn had actually gotten changed.
John and Chiana were getting out by getting up and jumping out, I didn't. If I can have a lie in, I'll take it. It isn't strictly necessary to wake up properly just yet.
I instead grabbed the side of the truck and pulled myself over, landing on the ground on my back. Boy am I glad Aeryn had parked next to the grass. And that we taught her how to drive yesterday.
I was a bit mucky, but it was absolutely pouring so I would be clean again in a couple of minutes anyway.
Edward looked unsure whether or not to hug me to him, probably because of his complete and utter freezing cold body, so I did it for him, and went one step further. A simple chaste kiss on the lips and he wasn't letting me go because the freezing cold man was frozen. I find that highly amusing, or I might still be a little drunk. Or it might be amusing to a sober person. So am I sober or not?!
"Jasper, I have a very important question for you." I took a quick look at Edward, and added "Two actually."
"And what are they?"
"Hey! I'm asking the questions! What's he feeling, I cant tell. All I did was kiss him and now he ain't movin'."
"Love, and shock."
"Understandable I suppose. Okay, next question, the most important one, am I drunk or not?"
"Bella, if you can say that, you're sober." John said, Jasper soon corroborating his statement. Okay, if I can think that, I cant be drunk.
On the upper hand, that shocked Edward into movement. "Why would you be drunk?"
"By consuming large amounts of alcohol."
"I know how you get drunk, but why would you be drunk? You're not old enough." I was about to take offence, but then I remembered I was pretending to be 17. Hang on…
"Hold up a sec, the legal age limit was 16 when I left." I said confused.
"well its 18 now apparently. Guess we're not doing that again." John said. I seriously did not believe him, he would not give up the beer, he loves the stuff even more now he's not had it in 7 months, although he's forgotten how to handle his drink, at least I got drunk after a reasonable amount, 23 glasses.
"So, what time is it?" I asked, quite glad that Edward could read neither John or my minds. Anything he read from Aeryn and Chiana was in their own respective languages, and completely unintelligible to him.
"Five minutes to first period." Alice said.
"Oh, anyone else got R.E first?" Aeryn and Alice stuck their hands in the air. "Seriously, I thought because we were translating for those two we were in all the same classes?!" I exclaimed as John and Chiana's hands stayed put.
"Apparently as long as at least one of us in each of their classes that's okay by them." John said.
"Oh well, R.E is great for falling asleep." I shrugged as I headed for the room of much napping, or the R.E class.
The teacher looked as if he was going to fall asleep himself when I got in, and he actually fell asleep before me, although he did manage to stay asleep for longer, as far as I can I tell he's still asleep.
That day, thanks to my hangover, I spent the time blatantly ignoring pretty much everyone who was not a Cullen, related to me, or an alien.
Although, at lunch I remembered the map.
"EUREKA!" I shouted. They all looked at me questionably. "What? Isn't that what people say when they figure something out?"
"What did you figure out?" Emmett asked, now bouncing happily in his seat. I don't think the seat can take much more of it.
"Well, not so much figure out as remember." I said.
"Did you remember where the house is we hid all our stuff?" John asked eagerly. He knew I'd been trying all day, although nobody else had a clue what we were on about.
"Sort of, I remembered where the map to it is. It's in the truck's glove compartment. Or it should be any way." I said, and we both started a race to the truck at the same time.
Every one else followed soon after, and Emmett couldn't seem to help himself when he asked, "What stuff did you hide?" still bouncing slightly. And here was me thinking only Alice did that, but she was bouncing as well.
"Ermm…There's the paintball guns and the water guns, we were bored so we tried to make them to look as a like to a real gun as we could." I started.
"There's the media players we modified to hold 5 terabytes worth of memory each." John continued.
"I think we had go-kart designs in there as well." I added.
"I think we made a couple as well."
"Oh yeah, I remember racing through the woods with those, they were great." I said happily. "Although the dirt bikes we made were better."
"Oh yeah, way better. Easier to get around the trails on as well."
"I think we had an arcade machine in there as well." I said, this was really more like a conversation between John and I that the others were listening in on excitedly.
"Remember when we almost electrocuted ourselves trying to put the screen back in after modifying it to hold all the arcade games we could find."
"Aye, and we would have if I hadn't turned off the power first."
"So that's why I couldn't get it to turn on!"
"Mmmhhm. And remember when we painted it using the paintball guns?"
"I don't think we had actually intended to paint it."
"Hey, you shot me first! I was just acting in self defence!"
"And then attacking me!"
"Yeah yeah cool your jets man, I found the map. Why did we make a map again?"
"Because we were so bored we couldn't think of anything else to do."
"Ah. Right." I said.
"what?" Everyone asked me.
"This is very important," I said to the Cullen's. "have you ever been in your basement?"
"No, why?" Emmett said. Everyone else looked at him. Even Aeryn and Chiana got it!
"Because that's where we hid the stuff."
"But it's locked." he said, still confused.
"Yes, but we know where the key is." I said like I was talking to a child.
"But we couldn't find it."
"Did you look inside the basement?" I said like I was talking to a toddler.
"But we couldn't, it was locked."
"I hate to say it, but Emmett does have a point there." Alice said.
"Thank you…HEY!" he protested. He he.
"After school, I'll show you what I mean." I said.
"Um, Bella? I forgot how to do it." John said.
"Seriously, you're the one that taught me how to do it." I said astounded.
"Well, there aren't really any keys on Moya, so I couldn't exactly practice." he explained.
"I still remember!" I exclaimed.
"well you obviously have a better memory than me."
"We're still going to you're house after school." I said to them, them being the Cullen's.
As much as I loved the Thing, despite the fact I call it the Thing, it is slow and loud as hell. I'm having trouble trying to remember how we managed to steal it from Jake on that dare. Now I understand why he was so smug that he could catch us while we tried to steal it.
I only managed to get it up to 55 before it started weezing, causing Edward, who had decided he was coming with me and grudgingly handed over the keys of his Volvo , was staring worriedly at me. He didn't seem to like the noises the truck was making, and made it known too.
"Bella? Should you really be going this fast? I don't think your truck can take it."
"So are you worried about the truck or me?" I asked teasingly, with the afore mentioned truck coughing and wheezing in the background.
"Both, if this truck gives out the engine could implode and your foot would still be on the gas and I don't think I could get you out in time, or even myself." he said quickly, as if he didn't want even to think about it.
"Edward, Old Rusty has been doing this for years and has never given out yet."
"There's a first time for everything, and as you said this truck is old."
"And therefore is dependable."
"At any rate, could you please slow down so it doesn't sound like its dying." I went one further, I stopped. "I didn't mean you had to stop right there."
"But if I kept driving I'd crash straight into a tree, that's if I missed your house first." I said innocently while Edward noticed we had arrived.
I skipped up to the door, God knows why, and felt in such an unexpectedly good mood, I even shouted, "MOM, I'M HOME!" up the stairs to the woman who certainly seemed motherly.
She came down the stairs in less than a heart beat and pulled me into a hug, obviously very pleased. "Do you really think of me as a mother?"
"Now that I think about, yeah, I suppose I do." I could just hear D'Argo know. It'd probably be something like, 'we're stuffed now, the vampires are definitely coming then aren't they?' or something to that effect.
Even Aeryn and Chiana hugged her, Aeryn really rather liked her, which surprised me since she was sebatian. I don't know why, but I never figured them for family types.
"So, basically, we're here to take over your basement." I said.
"Bells! Have you no manners?!" John said to me in mock disapproving astonishment.
"I have many manners! There is the manner in which I walk, there is the manner in which I eat, and you have just witnessed the manner in which I talk." I said to him, and then continued speaking to Esme. "I'll rephrase, we'd like to rent your basement, but it was ours first, and still technically isn't yours since you don't have the key and haven't even been in it before."
"Bella!" John said, continuing with his mock affront.
"And that was the manner in which I bargain." I said to him not turning away from Esme.
"Sure honey, I don't mind, and no need to pay either, but do you mind me asking, do you have the key?"
"No, you have the key." I said before heading for where I knew the basement to be.
