DISCLAIMER: Some of the text and characters are from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga, which I do not own. Only the characters & text that were not in the original series are mine.

The bad thing about ever spending the night in one of my brother's rooms had to be the rude awakenings I always seemed to get…unless it was Jasper, who always took the greatest care not to wake me.

Edward's truce with me of not to torment the other, apparently ended come first light.

I sat bolt upright on the couch in Edward's room, my clothes drenched. Edward had his usual crooked grin on his face, a bucket in his hands. He was truly evil some days. I stood up deliberately, Edward was still smiling, until I wrung out my soaked shirt onto his lush, gold carpet.

He growled slightly as he spoke, "That wasn't nice at all!"

"Neither is waking up your sister with a bucket of water!" I said before scooting out the door.

I heard Edward call after me, "You have ten seconds to find someone to hide behind!"

I dashed down the stairs and looked around to see who was home on a sunny Saturday morning. I hid behind the first person I spotted, Jasper.

Jasper asked, "What are you doing?"

"Seeking protection from Edward," I answered somewhat truthfully.

"What did you do this time?" He questioned.

I tried to defend myself, "He started it! He threw a bucket of water on me! And then I wrung my shirt out on his carpet."

Jasper tried to hide his smile, "I guess I'll help…you might not necessarily like how I help though."

Now, Jasper is usually the nice brother, he rarely picks on me, and he always knows what to do to make me feel better. There are only rare occasions where he seems to think that I need to be reminded that he is still one of my brothers…I had a bad feeling that this would be one of those times.

Edward came down the stairs, each step deliberate; I could easily imagine him contemplating how best to get at me around Jasper. He smiled, confirming my thoughts.

Suddenly, Jasper stepped out of Edward's way and I looked at him, panicking, I thought he said he would help me! As Edward reached the last stair, I suddenly felt like giving him a hug, apparently, he felt the same because he hugged me…this was not our own doing.

"Jazz," I whined, having this loving feeling wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I asked him to help me.

Jasper just grinned, "I told you that you probably wouldn't like it."

"This is ridiculous," Edward muttered, pulling away. "Knock that off! I won't hurt her, you know that!"

"I know," Jasper answered stilling grinning, "I just like helping out my little sister every now and then."

Edward ruffled my hair as he walked past, not an apology, but close enough…for him anyway.

"Sorry about that, but I did warn you," Jasper said, ruffling my hair as he followed Edward. What was it with people and my hair? It's always being ruffled, rumbled, or messed up.

Bella walked out of the dining room and took in my wet clothes, "Edward woke you up with a bucket of water, didn't he?"

"Yeah," I answered.

She winked at me, "I'll make him pay for it later."

Yep, Bella is definitely my favorite sister! As she made her way to the front door, I asked, "Why's everybody heading out there?"

"We're getting ready to go camping," a voice said behind me.

I jumped, and then spun around to see Alice perched on the railing leading up the stairs. "Carlisle said that he would wake you at ten, but I already told him Edward would wake you up earlier then that."

I rolled my eyes, one of the many annoying things about Alice, she could see the future and yet she refused to stop it if it was something trivial that could be stopped. Something catastrophic happens and she tries to stop it… Couldn't she at least try to stop both?

Alice moved towards Bella with her dancer like step and said over her shoulder, "Oh, by the way, you may want to call Hiro, he's better and he will call soon if you don't."

"Why would Hiro call?" I wondered aloud, not expecting anyone to answer as I made my way to the phone. Carlisle intercepted me.

Carlisle took one look at my wet clothes and said, "Go upstairs, shower, change and then start packing, whoever you were going to call can wait."

"But-!" I tried to argue.

Carlisle gave me a stern look, "I don't want you to get a chill, now go change out of those clothes and shower."

I reluctantly went up the stairs, grabbed a change of clothes and went into the bathroom to shower.

Several minutes later, as I came down the stairs carrying my hiking boots, I heard Carlisle say from the dining room, "Yes, next time you may come along…bye." I walked in just as he hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" I asked as I sat down in one of the chairs to get my boots on.

"Hiro," he answered, "He wanted to go camping with us today, but I told him he'd have to wait till next time. We don't want him sick again."

That was true enough, but I had to ask, "It's because the sun is out, isn't it?"

He nodded, "Plus, we're going to be doing some hunting out of state. Emmett hasn't had bear in awhile."

I stared at him flabbergasted, "Wait! You mean you hunt other carnivores?"

"Bears are omnivores," he stated. Before I could say anything he said, "Carnivores taste better to us then herbivores. Bears just happen to be Emmet's favorite."

"What's the usual favorite?" I questioned.

He sighed, "Most of us like cougars, and wolves, but since we've become friends with the Quileutes wolf has not been one of our choices anymore, especially not around here."

I had to ask, "Why can't you hunt around here?"

"We can hunt around here as long as we are not on the Quileutes' reservation," Carlisle answered. "It was an agreement that we made with them when we first settled here when it was just Edward, Rosalie, Esme, and myself."

That long ago… I thought before a different thought struck me, "Are we walking the whole way?"

Edward walked in just then, "No, we're running."

I stared at him dumbfounded. Turning to Carlisle I said, "I can't run that far or as fast as you."

Carlisle said, "We're aware of that, Emmett will carry you there…unless you prefer to stay here?"

I weighed the options; on one side there was camping with my family which meant no lessons from the Bible come Sunday, then there was staying home alone… Camping won out.

"I'll go!" I said, standing up, now that I had both boots on. "I just have to pack!"

Esme came out of the kitchen then, "I already packed for you while you were asleep. You're pack is sitting outside."

"Thanks, Mom," I said.

Carlisle said, "Let's get outside then." We all followed him outside.

Once outside, I easily spotted my navy blue pack, I noticed that Esme had even remembered to place a water bottle, filled with Glacier Blue Gatorade in my pack. A hand resting on my shoulder made me spin around and I was nearly blinded.

Emmett was grinning from ear to ear, his skin shimmering like he had tiny diamonds trapped in his skin, "I'll be carrying you the whole way, so I hope you're ready."

I nodded, if Carlisle hadn't warned me earlier I would have been more terrified. Emmett was known to be a prankster. But the sparkling skin was weird. I questioned, "You sparkle?"

"This is why we don't go out in the sunlight, why do you think it was so hard to keep you from knowing that we weren't human?" He answered.

I thought of all those mornings that I had come down the stairs to find my family wearing long sleeved shirts, gloves, long pants, and ski masks.

Carlisle glanced around, making sure we were all there before he asked, "Everybody ready?" Everyone nodded. "Then let's go."

Emmett extended his hand towards me, and I asked as I took it, "Where exactly are we going?"

He easily swung me onto his back, "Canada, there's a place with an over populace of grizzlies. Now hang on!" He took off like a shot, and I gripped his neck as tightly as possible, my legs gripping the sides of his pack. My eyes were tearing up with how fast we were going, fast blurs ahead told me that the rest of my family was going faster then us. I assumed that Emmett, though powerful, was not exactly fast in vampire terms of speed. But he was still fast! Trees whizzed past, inches from hitting either of us. I was beginning to feel a little queasy, which was odd for me, but I quickly closed my eyes, no need to throw up on my first camping trip with my family, where I was aware of what they were. Emmett's gait was smooth, so the only thing that told me how fast we were going was the wind whistling past.

So I didn't really notice when Emmett stopped until he said, "Hey! Did you fall asleep? Not that that would surprise me, you've always been odd for a human."

"I'm awake!" I snapped, "I just didn't realize that you had stopped."

"Well, you can let go now," he said.

I loosened my hold slowly, and ended up falling on my butt, my legs felt like gelatin. Emmett laughed as he offered to help me up, I smacked his hand…big mistake.

"Ouch!" I yelped in pain, my hand now throbbing. Carlisle was at my side in an instant along with Rosalie and Esme.

"Let me take a look," Carlisle said softly, taking my hand. He touched my palm and I whimpered as a shooting pain shot up my arm. "This is going to hurt," Carlisle said as he tried to bend my hand, I screamed, it really hurt!

Rosalie glared at Emmett and snarled, "She broke her hand because of you!"

"How was I supposed to know that she was going to do that? I was only laughing!" Emmett said. He turned to me, "I'm sorry you hurt your hand, but I didn't think you'd do that."

I glared at him as Carlisle made a makeshift splint for my hand, "This will have to do until we get back," he said, depending on how you feel, we may have to cut our trip short.

"I feel fine right now, apart from the pain," I said truthfully.

He rummaged in his pack for a few seconds before he pulled out a bottle of painkillers, "This will ease the pain, but it'll also make you drowsy." He handed me a pill.

"Thanks," I said, not really caring how tired I would be, sleep suddenly sounded great.

Esme touched my shoulder gently and said, "We'll pitch the tents first before we go to hunt."

"I'll stay until someone comes back," Emmett said, sounding guilty, "to keep an eye on her."

Rosalie beamed at him while Carlisle said, "That's very thoughtful Emmett, and a good idea." He stood up and said to Rosalie and Esme, "Let's get those tents pitched.

Alice walked over and said, "Already done! We can go and hunt now."

Carlisle nodded and said as Rosalie and Esme followed Alice, "I'll catch up." He turned towards me and asked, his voice giving away his anxiety, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah," I answered. "I'll probably sleep for most of the day anyway." He nodded before he took off into the trees where the others had disappeared.

Emmett moved towards the tent and I followed on unsteady legs, grateful when I finally crawled into the tent. I thought that I would sit up for a bit to let the medicine work, but as soon as I hit my sleeping bag I was fast asleep.

At first, when I woke up, I didn't know where I was until I felt the nylon material of my sleeping bag. I sat up, and was surprised to find that I was actually in the sleeping bag. Searching my mind, I couldn't remember crawling into the sleeping bag, just lying on top of it. I looked around the tent and saw Jasper sitting in the corner.

"How long was I out?" I questioned.

Jasper answered, "Most of the day, it's close to dinnertime for you."

I nodded, I was about to say something when a crash of thunder sounded above us, and Alice poked her head into the tent, "It's starting and it's definitely not going to rain! We can play baseball!" Jasper nodded and then looked pointedly at me. Alice rolled her eyes, "She'll be coming with, that's what I saw at least."

Carlisle said, just outside the tent, "We'll see how she's doing before you make any decisions, Alice." His tone was supposed to be scolding, but I could tell he really didn't mean it that way.

Alice backed with Jasper following close behind, once they were out of the tent, Carlisle crawled in and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"Better, my hand doesn't hurt as much," I moved my hand a bit to test this theory. It gave a little throb, but nothing major.

Carlisle said, "I thought it might be a sprain, but when we get back I still want to have that hand x-rayed to be safe."

"Why did you let Rosalie think it was a break?" I questioned.

He answered, "It still might be." Standing up he asked, "Would you like to watch us play some baseball?"

I nodded eagerly, I had always felt left out when they had played ball on previous camping trips and now I could at least watch! Carlisle crawled out of the tent and I followed with my lopsided crawl, since I couldn't put as much weight on one hand as the other.

Once outside the tent, Carlisle swung me onto his back and said, "Hang on." Before he took off after Alice and Jasper, who had started running only a second before Carlisle everyone else quickly followed.

Alice led everyone to a large meadow and said, "Emmett, could you make some bases out of that boulder over there?"

I was about to ask about the bats, when Edward swung a long pack off his back, the clanking of bats hitting one another, showing that they had planned ahead.

Carlisle helped me down and stood beside me while I found my balance again, before he walked me over to stand beside Esme, "Your mother likes to referee our games, so you'll stay near her."

Esme smiled at Carlisle and said once he was a few paces away, "I like to referee because they like to cheat. Someone has to keep them honest."

"What's with the thunderstorm though?" I questioned.

Esme smiled, "You'll see." She moved a few stray hairs out of my eyes, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I feel fine!" I answered.

She smiled, "A mother's worry I guess." Her gaze turned to the field, "That was a fast warm up, but then again, none of them have played in awhile."

The teams were split like this, team one was Carlisle, Jasper, Alice, and Edward, and team two was Bella, Rosalie, and Emmett.

Esme explained, "Jasper will play for the other team next time around, he likes playing the field."

Rosalie was up to bat, Alice stood poised on the pitcher's mound she had made only moments before. Within the blink of an eye she pitched, and Rosalie bunted the ball towards third while she sailed toward first. Edward dove after the ball, easily intercepting it and throwing it to Carlisle who tagged, Rosalie.

Bella was up to bat next and was out by the same play they had used to get Rosalie out. When Emmett was up to bat, he struck the ball with such force that it made a sound like thunder and the ball went flying out of sight, Edward dashing after it.

"Home run?" I guessed.

Esme held up one finger while she listened intently before saying, "Out." I was confused. She explained, "Emmett hits the hardest, but Edward runs the fastest."

Alice remained the pitcher, so Jasper moved with Carlisle and Edward towards home plate.

Carlisle was up to bat first, and he sent the ball flying with a loud crash. As he made his way to third, Jasper shot towards him. When they collided it sounded like a thunderclap had occurred within the clearing. I was really beginning to see the need for a storm.

Once they game was over, Carlisle's team winning, I was certain of one thing, other baseball games were going to appear mighty boring after what I had just witnessed.