Chapter Eight
Little Princess Kicks
"Alice can't cook! Alice can't cook! Alice can't cook! Alice can't-"
"Emmett, I swear to-"
"Don't swear, Ali Baba! There are babies around! Alice can't cook! Alice can't-"
"EMMETT!" I scream, jumping onto him and shaking him, "I think it would be wise not to mess with a pregnant woman, especially this pregnant woman!"
"Oooh! Ali Baba is having a bad day!" Emmett sings, dancing around the room.
"I'll make sure you have worse one if you don't shut up!" I groan. It was just me and Emmett at the moment, all the others had gone on a 3 day hunting trip, I couldn't go, as I could barley hunt anymore, so they said they'd bring some back, and Emmett had volunteered to stay with me, it had seemed a strange decision at the time, but now I understood, Emmett wanted to torment me.
I rest my head on the sofa pillow and murmur, "Emmett, I'm hungry."
"Well there is nothing in the fridge so Ali Baba you are going to have to starve to death!" Emmett sings but then stops, "Wait, you won't starve to death will you?"
"Oh, god, Emmett! You are an idiot!" I say in a panic, standing up, "I have to eat so that the baby stays healthy! We're going to have to go shopping."
Emmett's eyes glint in a way that makes me nervous. Oh God, I am seriously going to regret this, the baby obviously agrees, as I feel my stomach swirling. I wrap my arms around my bump, "You could just drive me." I babble quickly.
"No, no. Shopping sounds like a lot of fun! Let's go to Wal-Mart like, right now! Get in the car, Ali Baba and we will shop till we drop!" He looks at me, from my face to my bump to my feet, "Not literally, Ali Baba, I swear I will faint if you go into labor while we are there."
"Vampires can't faint!" I sigh, then pause, "Can they?"
"Never mind that! Let's go to Wal-Mart!" Emmett roars and runs out the front door, I follow him anxiously, dreading what he will do while we are there. I jump up gracefully into the leather seat of his oversized jeep.
"Emmett..."I ask, and he turns o face me with a smile that is as wide as a child's on Christmas morning, "You will...behave won't you?"
"I always behave." He declares, and I swear his nose gets just a little bit longer, "Let's have a sing-song on the way there!"
"No!" I protest.
"YES!" He screams, "WE'RE ALL GOING ON A SUMMER HOLI-"
"NO!" I moan.
"NEAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR! FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR! WHERE EVER YOU AREEEEEEEEEEEE! I BELIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVEEEEE THAT MYYYYYYYYYYYYY HEART WILL GO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN!"
"SHUT UP EMMETT!" I screech.
"LIKE A WRECKING BAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL! I NEVER HIT SO HAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD IN LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE! ALLLLLLLLL I WANTED WAS TO BREAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK THE WAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLS-"
"SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE!"
"I DREEEAAAAAAAAAAAAMED A DREEEEEEEEEEEAMMMMMMMMMMMM IN TIME GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE BYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! SO DIFFERENT FROM THIS HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL I'M LIVING!"
"No, no, please! Not Les Mis!" I groan, burying my face in my hands.
Emmett took his deepest breath and then belted out into song once more, "YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING A TEEEEEEEEENNNNNNAGE DREAM! THE WAY YOU TURN ME OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN! I CAN'T BREATHE!"
I smack him upside the head and his head bangs on the steering wheel, "Ouch! Careful, Ali Baba! I'm driving!" But luckily, my hit must have gone to his head, literally, as he stopped singing, but began to hum loudly instead, and it made the whole car vibrate, so that I bounced up and down and giggled in the seat because it felt ticklish.
We arrived at Wal-Mart, my stomach rumbling loudly. "Let's go!" I exclaim, "I'm starving!" Emmett though, was the first one to get out of the car, he ran around to my door, quivering with excitement, he slammed open my door and took hold of my leg.
"Emmett?" I say cautiously. Then with one quick swift moment he swings me onto his shoulder and starts walking, "EMMETT!" I scream, "EMMETT PUT ME DOWN!" He walks over to the shopping trolleys and he dumps me in it. "Um, Ow!" I squeal.
"So how do you get these things moving?" Emmett asks, peering at the trolleys.
"You need a pound coin, genius." I say sarcastically.
"Oh!" He says, reaching in his pocket and brings out a fluffy gold pound coin. "Where do I put it, huh?"
"There!" I say with a roll of my eyes, pointing to the small grubby slot. Emmet slips it in, and then the mischievous grin appears, "Emmett?" I say. He grins at me, "Emmett!"
"HERE WE GO!" He yells, he jumps with a clatter on to the trolley and it goes spiraling forwards through the automatic doors, "WAHOO!" He roars, all the Wal-Mart customers turn and stare at us and I begin to scream, we zoom through an aisle and Emmett throws his arms out and grabs many bags of bubblegum and throws them in next to me.
"Emmett!" I scream, though I am holding back giggles, "Emmett! We're going to get chucked out!"
"They'll never catch us!" He says, "YOU HEAR THAT GUYS! YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME AND ALI BABA HERE BECAUSE WE'RE SMARTER THAN YOU!" I turn around slowly to see two security guards chasing us, red in the face and seemingly furious. That is when I begin to laugh, I howl with laughter and snap open a packet of bubblegum and pop it in my mouth-hey, I'm hungry!
We speed out of the aisle, "EMMETT WE'RE GOING TO CRASH!" I screech, throwing my hands in front of my face in some weak and pathetic form of self defense.
"NO WE'RE NOT!" Emmet screams, steering the silver metal so we steer into the next aisle where Emmett begins to pick up armfuls of Barbie dolls. "Alice, throw it at them, it'll get them off our tails!"
I open up the packages and start throwing many bleach blonde Barbie dolls at the security guards, followed by their hot pink plastic shoes, cherry blossom pink chiffon dresses and tea rose pink hair bands. They fall to the floor, cursing every swear word they can. "Hey!" I yell, throwing my bump high up in the air so they can see, "Kids around guys!"
They waved their fists at me but I wiggle my bum at them. "SEE YA LATER LOSERS!" One of them flamed red.
"GET THE PREGNANT CHIC!" One of them yells.
"THEY'RE RUTHLESS!" The other one screams, "WHEN MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT I ASKED HER WHAT WAS UP SHE THRE HER SIX INCH STILETTO AT ME, I HAD A LUMP ON MY HEAD FOR WEEKS!"
"TOO BAD!" Emmett yells, "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN JAZZY WHEN HE ASKED ALICE WHILE SHE WAS OUT ON THE BALCONY AT 3 AM! SHE HUNG HIM UPSIDE DOWN FROM THERE!"
"Thanks for telling everyone my business Emmett!" I exclaim.
"No problem, Ali Baba!" Emmett calls, "Uh-Oh! OLD LADY DEAD AHEAD!"
"Turn!" I yell, seeing the withered old woman with a walking stick hobbling away, ah I am so glad I will never turn out like that! I will never have to wear old lady dresses with elasticated waists, or have a beige couch, and a beige chair, and a beige house. I would never use old fashioned words. It was one of the many ups of being a vampire.
As we turned the corner I screamed, "EMMETT THE DOOR!"
We hurtled towards it and as the trolley wheels hit the rubber-but it didn't open! We smashed through the automatic doors with a sound of shattering glass and loud security alarm beeping.
One thing was sure.
We wouldn't be heading back to Wal-Mart for a long, long time.
Jasper had me in his arms, and was chuckling so my head bounced up and down on his chest, "I still can't believe you got banned from Wal-Mart!"
"It was pretty crazy." I giggle, "But fun."
"I love you, Alice." He whispers, into my hair, then I feel and hear a soft snuffling.
"Jazz, are you crying?" I whisper, burying my head into his chest, and then looking up, reaching out and balancing his Greek god carved face in my hands, it never ceased to amaze me how beautiful he was, and he wasmine.
"Alice, I'm sorry...it's just overwhelming, you know? I love you so much I feel like I could burst, I loved you so much before, so much I just wanted to hold you in my arms all day and all night, and kiss you all day, I wanted to get a megaphone and proclaim my love for you again and again, just so I can show you and everyone else in the world how much I love you! But now, you're pregnant...I love you more. I love your round stomach that shows you are carrying my child, a child that you have given me. I love your cute cravings because I want to do everything for you, everything that can help you and the baby. I want this baby to be the most healthy, most beautiful creature ever. And I know she will, because she is your daughter. Our daughter."
I have tears in my own eyes now, "I don't know what to say." I choke.
"Just listen." He tells me. He reaches into his bedside table and takes out a small dark navy blue velvet box, he opens it up and I see a bright silver ring that sparkles in the light, it is encrusted with a ribbon of sparkly, bright, expensive, white and sliver diamonds. "It's an eternity ring." He whispers, slipping it on my finger. "So that if my words weren't enough, this would show you how much I adore you. I worship the ground you walk on, Alice, and this is my way of showing you."
I press my warm lips against his and kiss him very, very passionately, "That's how much I love you." Then...I feel the weirdest sensation in my stomach, it's like someone is lightly tapping on my stomach, in a loving fashion. I gasp, and tears spill down my cheeks. I take Jasper's hand and place it on my large stomach, where I feel our daughter kicking me softly and sweetly.
Me and Jasper look each other in the eye, "That's our daughter."
"It is." He whispers, "She's getting so much closer to coming to us."
"I can't wait to have her in my arms." I whisper, and feel the sensation of overwhelming love, I just wanted her in my arms, safe and sweet and mine.
"As long as I get second hold." Jasper murmurs.
"Of course." I say. "We have our next scan tomorrow, and I can't wait to see Peter and Charlotte to announce the big news!"
"They're going to be so surprised." Jasper says gleefully.
"I just can't wait."
Here we go, I hope this made you laugh and awww! Alice and Jasper are getting closer and closer and CLOSER to having their baby and I just can't wait! I hope you feel the same! Just so you know, this is going to be ONE book, and will probably reach over 200 chapters, I hope you will support me through it all, and I will forever be grateful for you reviewing this story. You are the best. Actually, I would like to say some big thank you and dedications-to 4EverIrish, Maggie/Maggietwilight and Sesshomaru'sCrazygal. Enjoy your day!
