Chapter 9 -

Chapter 9 -

"CRACK, CRACK" I watched on the side lines with Esme while jasper and Emmett continuously charged at each other. Jasper had already come out on top twice but Emmett was persistent and was not going to give up until he was victorious.

"I win' Emmett said loudly, as he lifted off of Jasper and strutted off toward Rosalie his head held high.

Jasper rolled his eyes and walked toward Alice who gave him kiss on the cheek and danced herself into the center of the clearing. After a few seconds of just standing there and eyeing everyone meaningfully she yelled loudly "Aw come on, that is no fair." A small pout protruded her bottom lip.

At her remark the Cullens started snickering lightly or looking at other things except near Alice direction. Not understanding the problem I turned to Esme who was showing the rock we were sitting to much interest.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She turned to me a small smile playing on her lips. "I'm sure by now you know Alice's gift for seeing people decisions," I nodded at her encouraging her to continue.

"Well the others don't like to play with her sometimes because they think its cheating only Jasper will play with her to pacify her and Edward will play with her because he has as much of advantage as her, but she gets tired of them."

I nodded in understanding as I turned my attention back to Alice, who was still sitting in the clearing eyeing Rosalie who was shaking her golden locks at her in defiance. Slowly I turned back to Esme who was now looking at Alice as she walked back to Jaspers side. As I watched her walk slowly to his side I remembered her words from earlier about how I couldn't fight I smiled to myself as I made my decision. Leaping away from my seat near Esme I ran over toward Alice and tackled her from the side. I started to smile as I felt her little body twist and turn in my grasp as we fell back down to the earth. I smiled and looked down at her as she stared up from under me in shock. It took less than a second for the shock expression on her face to wear off before she flipped me off of her, jumped onto her feet and leaned into her crouch. Jumping onto my feet and leaning into my crouch, she flashed a brilliant smile at me before we started to circle each other.

After a while our circling, we came to a stop as she lunged toward me, her eyes sparkling in excitement. I watched her little body fly in the air toward me as I stood in the same position I was in before she made her move. Before her body came into contact with mine I decided to move to my left making her miss me by an inch before she turned and lunged at me again.

We clashed in mid air as she met her mark this time, I felt her small hands grab onto my arm before I broke away. I looked up at Alice who had a look of confusion on her face and couldn't help but smile at her before we started to circle each other again.

I watched her muscles as she shifted her weight to the left and lunged at me from the right. I took my chance to finish this as I stepped away from her grasp once again making a last minute decision. I turned around and caught her arm as she missed me again by a mere inch and pinned her to the ground while placing my teeth near her throat. I could feel her wiggling under my gasp before she sighed in defiance.

"Okay; you made your point you can fight Bella!" She sighed.

I laughed out loud, "I told you, I could take you any day any time."

I lifted myself off of her and turned around to find the rest of the Cullens staring at me with shocked and awed expressions on there faces.

Confused by there expressions, I decided to apologize.

"I'm Sorry," I said quietly as I stepped away from Alice, who was standing next to me.

"Why are you apologizing?" Jasper asked; staring at me with complete fascination etched on his face.

"I knew this was a family activity, I didn't mean to tackle Alice and start a fight with her. I just didn't want her to feel left out." I said.

"That's not why we are shocked," Emmett said laughing. "You just pinned Alice. You pinned the unbeatable pixie!" he said grinning as Alice glared at him. Looking down at her small stature I could understand why she would hate the word 'pixie'.

"How did you manage to dodge her attacks with out her seeing them?" Carlisle asked showing his eagerness for learning anything and everything that was new. I wasn't surprised by the expression of pure interest that lit up his features.

"Well, actually I got the idea from Esme." I said nodding at her, "She had explained to me why the others were hesitant to play with Alice because of her 'gift'. I had actually no intention of fighting her but then she looked so sad when she was walking back to Jasper. So I made the last minute decision to make a move."

"I thought she would have seen my decision, but when I actually pinned her I came up with a theory. If I constantly change my mind, she wouldn't know what I was going to do."

" Since she sees' the decisions people make, if I made the decision to stay still or think about changing my mind to move left or right or back, she wouldn't know until I actually did it. It's all based on chance."

"It wasn't perfect though, Alice is fast, so she got some hits off on me too." I said smiling down at her as she rolled her eyes at me. She wasn't taking loosing so well.

I didn't think it would matter so much that I had beaten Alice, but I was wrong as all the Cullens started to ponder on my latest theory. It was Alice though who broke the silence after she grabbed my arm and pushed me toward Edward's' side.

"If you can beat me, then your next opponent is Edward since he has a disadvantage against you and not the rest of us." she said smiling wickedly.

"What disadvantage?" Rosalie said her eyebrows climbing in confusion as her eyes went from me and Edward.

I had forgotten the rest of the Cullens didn't know about how Edward couldn't hear my thoughts, so I was shocked when Alice told them and Emmett grabbed the collar of my shirt and dragged me into the middle of the clearing.

"I have to see this."

Behind him I could see Jasper tugging Edward along. They faced us together and ran back toward the sidelines with the rest of the family.

"We don't have to do this . . ." Edward said to me quietly, "Jasper and Emmett both have horrid gambling problems, so they're betting on who will come out on top. Neither will be disappointed if we don't commence . . . Well Emmett will, he doesn't want to miss a chance to see me lose at something!"

"We have an eternity," Emmett boomed across the field to us. He grinned at me before settling down in the grass crossing his legs, resting his elbows on his knees and putting his chin in his hands. After finally watching me for another minute he waved his hand to commence the fighting.

I turned my attention back to Edward and inhaled deeply. I was dazzled again by his beauty as he frowned across the field at Emmett. I bit my bottom lip as I contemplated on ways to get out of the situation my freak of a mind put me in. How does one attack an angel? I was sure this was one question that Jeeves wouldn't be able to answer.

"Bella," he said softly bringing me out of thoughts "Shall we?"

I nodded in agreement and watched in fascination as he slid into his crouch becoming a lion. Everything about him was beautiful, if my death had been from him, I think I could have been completely happy, his body moved so gracefully that I was practically mesmerized.

"It's not really a fight if the other person doesn't participate," Edward said mockingly at me, his eyebrows were raised in playful instigation. I was still standing in a casual stance my eyes completely locked in on him; I shook myself out of the trance he unintentionally continually drags me into every time I witness his beauty.

Narrowing my eyes at him I slid into my crouch and watched him as we circled. I could tell he was frustrated by not knowing what I was going to do as he tried to copy my movements. His eyes watched mine closely as I tried to keep myself graceful.

After seeing a opening he lunged at me, I didn't even try to protect myself from his attack, I was to distracted by his grace and beauty the way his muscle rippled under his shirt, they way his thighs tightened as he sprang, it didn't even occur to me what all of this meant until he crashed into me pinning me into the grass.

If I was able to blush, I would've have been scarlet as he straddled my hips and looked down at me with that perfect crooked smile that I was beginning to love. I was distracted by how close we were, so I didn't consider moving until Emmett's loud voice reached my ears across the field "At least try, Bella," he said glumly.

Taking the opportunity of having a clear mind, I rolled over and pinned Edward underneath me taking the place he just occupied. I was mortified at the position I just put us in and hastily jumped off of him ignoring the giggles and snickering which I could only think were coming from Alice and Rosalie. I felt transparent as my movements betrayed me.

Edward looked frustrated that I could pin him so easy, I smiled at him as I slid back into my crouch.

"I can tell this is not going to be so easy," he said more to himself as he slid back into his stance.

Being on guard I was prepared when he lunged at me again aiming at my side. We had clashed at each other, the other always blocking the others movements, neither one of us coming out on top for more than a second before the other countered the attack.

I ran toward him aiming for his arm so I could pull him over my back leaving him on the ground and unguarded. I grabbed his wrist and the collar of his shirt to try to heave him over but he was to fast – way to fast. So when he moved out of my grasp his shirt tore right down the middle showing his fantastic chest. I was almost completely distracted by the sight.

I dropped the torn piece of fragment in my hand in shock as he laughed at my expression.

"No worries, there's plenty more where that came from, Bella, and I'm sure Alice can replace it if not."

I watched as he took the rest of the torn fabric off of him and threw it somewhere. I bit my bottom lip as I tried to keep my eyes desperately away from wandering over his exposed chest. He was Adonis; there was no question about it.

"Bella shall we continue?" he asked, his velvet voice flowed through me, causing me to stifle a shiver.

Nodding slowly I slid back into my crouch. I had little time to react before he lunged at me again, my reaction time had drastically slowed, some how he was behind me and I was pinned face to the ground, his teeth at my throat. It was too much he was already half-naked, and now his lips were an inch a way from neck.

While Emmett complained about how Edward cheated by the 'shirt act' as he called it, I wondered did this man know the reactions and emotions that stirred within me. I stayed on the ground until I heard Alice come up to me and laughing my ear.

"Well that was interesting, I find it odd how I saw that you were going to win until his shirt was removed and then you automatically stopped trying . . . care to explain?" she said, a fit of giggles trying to burst out of her.

I glared at her from beneath my hair that had came out of it's ponytail before I jumped up and started to dust off the earth that was on my clothes.

"Well, I beat you, which has to count for something." I said smiling as the smile slid off her face as when I pulled out my victory over her.

"But still…." she said "You should've seen your face when you rolled on top of him, it was priceless" She was still snickering at me as we all made our way back to the house.


AN: so it might be moving a tad bit slow but more excitement is on the way ...leave me some reviews helps me not to procrastinate