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Chapter Ten: Baseball

Two weeks had gone by and I was all set to head to Denali. Alice had packed my ridiculous wardrobe up for me in about ten suitcases.

I was worried that it wouldn't all fit in Edward's Volvo but he assured me it would.

Edward and I were going to leave tomorrow morning but right now all the Cullens and I were relaxing in the living room.

I was a little worried because they all had devious expressions on their perfect faces. To make matters worse every time I felt particularly anxious Jasper would send waves of calmness at me and when I would look at him he would shrug, wink at me and then turn back to Alice.

Finally I couldn't take it anymore I had to know what they were hiding from me.

"What's going on?" I asked

"Whatever do you mean Bella?" Emmett asked innocently

"Why do you all look like you are hiding something from me?" I asked frustrated.

"Bella we were going to surprise you and have you participate in one of our favorite family activities." Edward said.

"Oh" I said feeling bad that I ruined their surprise "What is it?"

"Baseball" Edward answered with a grin.

"Baseball" I repeated not sure I heard him right I mean what vampires play baseball.

"Yes, we can only play during storms and Alice says one is coming tonight and since it's your last night we thought you would enjoy one last family activity with us." Edward said.

I was a little worried because even though I don't remember much about my human life I knew that I wasn't the most graceful person and I didn't want to look like a fool in front of everyone.

"I don't know I'm not the most athletic person." I said voicing my concern.

"Silly Bella you are a vampire that makes you athletic." Emmett said.

"If you say so" I said still not entirely convinced.

About an hour later Alice said it was time to go so we all went outside.

It was then that I realized I had no idea where we were going.

"Where are we going?" I asked

"A clearing in the woods" Edward said "Don't worry I will run with you so you don't get lost."

"Ok, thanks." I said gratefully although I felt a little bit bad about slowing Edward down.

I was excited about getting to spend a few minutes alone with Edward because we rarely got any alone time together.

Every time we were alone we always seemed to get interrupted by someone. I so badly wanted to kiss Edward again and I could tell he wanted to kiss me too but whenever we got close someone would magically appear and ruin the moment.

Edward took my hand and we ran in to the woods together.

"Why do you have to wait for a storm to play?" I asked

"You'll see" He replied.

After running for about five minutes we came to the clearing where the rest of the family was waiting.

"Finally, we thought you two would never get here" Emmett said.

"Oh shut up Emmett" I shot back making him laugh.

We split up into two teams: Edward, Carlisle, Esme, and me against Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice.

Alice looked up at the sky then looked back at us and said:

"It's time"

Our team was in the outfield and I was pitching. Emmett walked up to the plate first and I wound up my arm to pitch while praying I looked like I knew what I was doing.

I let the ball go surprised by how hard I actually threw it and watched as it connected with Emmett's bat. As soon at the ball and the bat connected I knew why they need to play when it was storming, it was because it when Emmett hit the ball it was so loud it sounded just like thunder.

Emmett hit it right into the woods and I was sure he had gotten a home run until I noticed Edward missing.

Two seconds later Edward emerged from the woods with the ball in his hand and Emmett was out.

The game continued and Rosalie hit the ball as hard as Emmett had but Edward again caught the ball and she was out.

Alice hit next and she was smarter because she didn't hit the ball as hard so it bounced to me and I threw it to Carlisle but by the time he got it she was already on first base.

Jasper was next and apparently he hadn't been watching the way his wife hit because he hit the ball as hard as the first two and Edward caught it and Jasper was out.

Since that was their third out it was our turn to bat and their turn to be in the outfield.

Edward was up to bat first and he hit it hard; by the time they got it he was on third base.

I was up next and I nervous because I kept thinking I was going to strike out and that would be embarrassing.

Alice was pitching and she wound up looking way more professional than I had when I pitched and let the ball go.

As soon as the ball came close I swung at it with all the power I could. Apparently I had more power than I thought because the ball went farther into the trees then I thought it would.

As soon as the ball went into the woods I started running at vampire speed as fast as I could. I was rounding third and I noticed Edward was on home plate waiting for me to join him.

As soon as my feet touched home plate Edward swept me up in his arms and spun me in a circle.

"You got a home run Bella" He said as set me on my feet.

"I know" I said surprised. I was still in Edward's arms and he leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. I reacted without thinking by putting my hands in his hair and pulling him closer. He moved had his hands on my hips and he pulled me closer too.

All the sudden I heard clapping and I reluctantly pulled away from Edward to see everyone else clapping for us with big smiles on their faces.

Just then the smile left Alice's face and her expression went blank; I knew she was having a vision.

A minute later the daze left her face and she look scared; I noticed Edward had the same scared expression probably because he had seen the vision too.

I was about to ask what was wrong when I saw three vampire emerge from the woods.

The first of the three had darker skin and long dark hair he appeared to be the leader.

Behind him was a female with wild eyes and fiery red hair.

I wasn't concerned with the first two because the third one was the one that had captured my attention right way.

I had recognized him instantly because he was the one who had bitten me.

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