I apologize, again, for lack of updates. RL has been kicking my butt lately, and I'm slowly trying to get back on track, which should get easier as school begins to wind down, up until I leave for camp for 4 weeks. So, here we go.
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Hunting was surprisingly easy. And as Emmett had promised it would be fun. All I had to do was zero in on my prey, and go.
My body did it naturally. It was not hard. And the animal blood tasted good. It wasn't as filling as human blood, but I didn't feel guilty afterwards either.
A reasonable compromise.
Jasper watched me hunt. Every time we went, he would hunt, and the he would watch me. Study me. Observe me.
Later one evening we sat in the house quietly entertaining ourselves.
Emmett was sitting on the floor leaning back onto the white sofa. Separating him and Rosalie was a chess board. They were already in play. I sat on the sofa behind Emmett, alternately watching the game and closing my eyes.
I enjoyed this coven. My coven. My family.
I silently mouthed Emmett's next moves to Rosalie. Rosalie was smiling deviously. Emmett was…confused.
" Wow babe, I thought you didn't like chess." Emmett mumbled
"I don't," she replied unassumingly.
"For someone who doesn't like it, you sure can play. When did you get so good? Last time, you ate your own pawn."
Emmett's king was so very near to being cornered.
"It's a mind thing, Emmett, I just set my mind to it." She said beaming up at me. I tried to muffle my laughter.
The game continued on. Emmett was oblivious to the fact that somehow Rosalie had suddenly become a "pro" at chess.
I heard the keys of a piano played. A soft melody continued afterwards, and I saw Jasper walk over to Edward. I quietly listened in on their conversation.
"Is that what you think I am, bitter?" Edward asked.
"I don't know, are you?" Jasper retorted
"No."
The music stopped, and I saw Edward leave the house. I quickly turned my attention to Rosalie, afraid of getting caught.
"Hey Jasper, you want to play some chess? " Emmett asked
"Sure." he replied
Rosalie chatted with me animatedly over at the window. Rosalie was telling me about her new Chrysler Highlander convertible. Rosalie was very excited about it.
"Checkmate." Jasper muttered.
Jasper sounded bored. I wished that I could entertain him. Then seeing what he was planning to do I smiled.
"You have any more chess sets?" Jasper asked.
" Yeah, a few actually, glass, wooden, ivory…gifts from Carlisle," he sighed.
"Well, let's play a little differently." Jasper suggested
The four chess boards lay in a square. Each player had doubled the amount of pieces usually used to play. Emmett rubbed his hands together impatiently as Jasper made up the rules.
" White plays first, pawns cannot double jump but knights can. There can be no castling, unless it is straight across to the other board…."
"And both kings must be in check within ten squares of each other." he added.
And then they began to play.
Rosalie and I went over to watch us but I did not attempt to help him.
After the first hour, Emmett and Jasper had gathered quite a crowd. Carlisle and Esme sat on the loveseat across from them and were watching intently. Even Edward, who had now returned, was standing in the corner watching. The game was very close, Emmett had nine of Jasper's pieces and Jasper had six of his…but that included one of Emmett's queens.
The match was cut short when Esme announced that the 'teenagers' had to go to school, to keep up appearances and all that. Carlisle was going to work and it would just be me, Esme and Jasper at home until the rest returned.
"We'll finish this later, and don't move any pieces while we are gone." Emmett warned.
"Alice, later today, you should play Edward, that would be a most interesting pairing," said Carlisle.
I stared at him confused, so he elaborated.
"A mind reader and a psychic, I wonder who will win."
Even Edward seemed interested.
"Yes, we'll do that later." he smiled
