A/N: Sorry for the delay. I got past the writers block, but one of my betas had an ill baby.
This chapter is an idea I had for a chapter back when I was writing The Project, but never used. I had so much fun writing it turn out exceptionally long. Therefore I had to make into multipule chapters. So let's not delay any longer. Let's find out if Alice's eggo is preggo. Thanks for the good laugh with that one school. needs to go , hey readers out there if you haven't chanced by one of her one shots, she is hilarious. You can find her listed under my favorites.
Pics for Alice's and Bella's cars, as well as Alices boots can be found on my profile. Also, the theme song for Alice's Rapid Ride. Thanks again school. needs to go.
Thanks to my beta genius's halo and Tracey. You guys are the best. :)
As we all know Stephenie Meyer owns all things Twilight, I just made up this story and borrowed her characters for their star power.
...and so the story continues...
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Previously: BPOV (Memory)
"Alice, stop," I said forcefully. "You've taken the test, there is no reason to fret about this for another few weeks. Now come on, we're going to get this over with tonight."
Alice walked as if she was doing a death march with Angela and I following right behind. We stood at the door as she retrieved the all-telling wand from the counter. She looked at us pleading before looking down for the result. As her eyes fell on the stick she burst into tears as she sat down hard on the lid of the toilet.
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Ch. 10 Braving the White Water
EPOV (Present)
"Negative, after getting herself all worked up, the test was negative. Not two days later, every girl's favorite time of the month decided to pay her a visit," Bella said with a bit of sarcasm.
"That's a story to promote abstinence if I ever heard one. It's a good thing it was negative. I 'm sure that Uncle Abner would have sought out your dad so that he could borrow his gun. With him being a crack shot, I have no doubt that Jasper would be walking around with a permanent limp right now," I chuckled thinking back on that whole incident.
"Yeah, not only would poor Jasper have gotten it from Mr. Brandon, but I could just picture his mom taking him over her knee and giving him a few good whacks for not taking her repeated, "true love waits," lectures seriously," she mused.
"At least Jasper didn't waste anytime coming to her emotional rescue when he found out about the whole incident. He surely proved himself a stand-up guy in how he handled the news, and calming Alice once he got back in town," I added. "His mom would have to give him credit for that. At least he didn't turn tail and run at the first sign of possible trouble."
"It's a good thing that it really was just her body'sway of adjusting to the change in hormone levels. I'm sure being stressed about Jasper's return to college after winter break played a roll as well. Could you imagine Alice with a baby at eighteen?" Bella pondered.
"No, it's hard enough to imagine that she will having a baby in four short months even now. At least she's sure to have the energy it will take to finish school and have to deal with all that goes along with being a new mom. I just hope the munchkin is blessed with Jasper's quiet, laid back personality." I was nowhere near ready to be a parent, nor was Bella. We had a few things we'd like to accomplish before we tied ourselves to a kid, let alone the financial stability it would take to care for ourselves without adding the burden of another mouth to feed.
"Who would of ever thought that she and Jasper would be the first of us to have a baby. I always pictured Rosalie being the first to take the leap into motherhood. She has always been the one with a soft place for kids, a natural mother. Plus, she and Emmett were so eager to be married, it seemed that would be the next step for them," Bella smiled.
"Okay, enough of this baby business. How about we get some practicing in so when the time comes for us to get down to the business of baby making, we will have all the necessary skills it will take to get the job done right?" I smirked; Bella she rolled her eyes at me. "Yes, lots and lots of practice is in order." I would personally see to it that we were attentive students, and that we did not fall behind in our lessons. Like our parents drilled into us as we were growing up, 'practice makes perfect'.
As I feasted on her neck, she moaned as she ran her nails up my back, only causing my need for her to grow.
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BPOV (Memory)
I waited anxiously for the crew to arrive to pick me up. Part of my anxiety was due to excitement of my first over night trip with Edward without the watchful eyes of my parents, and the other was nerves over the actual rafting trip itself.
Emmett and Jasper had surprised Edward, Alice, and I with a three-day, two nights, white water rafting camping trip as a graduation gift. The two of them had spent the previous summer as rafting guides for Newton's Outfitters, and had lined up summer jobs again this year to do the same. They had become quite competent, and were considered very skilled rafters after only one summer on the job.
Alice nearly flipped her lid when she found out what they had planned for us. Of course, she would have been much happier had they of given her a trip to New York or Paris. While Alice may enjoy an occasional hike, camping was just not her thing. But any ill feelings she had towards the trip were resolved later that evening after graduation when Jasper had been able to get in a little alone time with her.
The next morning she showed up at my house chipper as always in her new flashy yellow 2008 Audi TT, a gift from her parents. My parents had definitely gone the more practical route when they chose my used 1998 Chevy S10 pick-up.
As she danced her way up onto the porch I noticed she was sporting the very flashy pair of new designer boots she been eyeing for a while at Nordstrom; she visited them often online dreaming of the day they would be hers. Obviously, Jasper had seen to it the he could make that dream come true. These were, as she liked to call them, her "real" gift from Jasper. I tell you that boy knew just how to win that girl over and get her to do whatever he wanted.
"Bella, I'm here to make sure you packed appropriately for the rafting trip that has been forced upon us." She rolled her eyes. I still wasn't sure Jasper had succeeded in convincing her this was going to be a fun adventure we'd all enjoy. Something we'd look back on fondly on in years to come.
I decided if letting her have free reign on packing my duffle bag seemed to make you happy, I would not put up a fuss. I knew once she left I would just put back what she'd removed if I deemed it necessary. I mean, she tossed out my sweats as she gave me a scathing look. It was going to be cold in the evenings I reminded her, which of course only fell on deaf ears.
"Bella you'll have Edward to keep you warm. And believe me when I tell you this, he will not want to be getting snuggly with you if you're looking all frumpy." I didn't argue, there was no use ruffling her feathers. For crying out loud, the ones I had chosen to bring were the U of W set Edward himself, had bought for me. I just put them back in the bag once she was out of sight.
Now here I waited with my precious sweat suit tucked neatly in my bag, pacing in front of the living room window. Renee had come through a few times trying to force food on me. To make her happy, I had downed a piece of peanut butter toast and a glass of orange juice. I had to do something to get her stop waving the plate of eggs over easy with a side of bacon in my face; it was beginning to make me nauseous.
I grabbed up my bag as Emmett's jeep roared up my drive. I wanted to just meet them at the car in an effort to avoid another safety lecture from my mom. My dad had already left for work. Something about not wanting to see my mom feed me to the vultures. Apparently, he was not so happy about me taking this overnight trip with Edward. I'm sure they both had already figured out the sleeping arrangements; please, they had been teenagers once too. Thank God neither of them had bothered to ask. That would have been one awkward conversation.
When the jeep came to a halt, Alice threw open the door and came bounding out. Well someone had obviously had a change of heart. "Oh, Bella," she cooed. "This is going to be so much fun."
She followed me around to the back of the jeep where Edward was waiting to take my bag. I smiled shyly at him. With the sensation of heat on my cheeks, I knew I was suffering from a raging blush. Geez, what must he think is going on my head for this to be happening? He gave me that famous grin of his only causing me to blush more.
"Hey," he said gently pressing his soft lips to mine.
"Hey," I said in return, as I was at a loss of anything better to say. Good Lord, I felt like I did that first hiking trip we went on a few weeks after I first met him; the day we had our first kiss. That's all I needed is for bubbling Bella to make a reappearance.
He pressed the palm of his hand to the small of my back as he led my back around the jeep. My mom hugged me as if I was going off to war. "Be safe baby," she spoke as her voice cracked. "You bring my baby back in one piece. You hear?" She commanded, looking Emmett dead on.
"Will do, Mrs. Swan," Emmett said straight-faced trying not to laugh.
She released her death grip, and Edward hoisted me up into the jeep. Emmett smiledback as us like a mad man. He turned abruptly as he threw the jeep into first and speed out of the driveway; the tires squealing as they hit the black top. I'm sure my Renee was wishing she'd sided with Charlie after seeing that display of maturity.
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We made it to the river in record time. It had been a hair-raising ride. Emmett was wired, I'd wonder what on earth he'd had for breakfast. I mean, every time we came to a stop at ared light, he'd rev the jeep's engine and eye who ever happen to be to his right or left, as if he was challenging them to a race. I almost kissed the ground when I slid out of the jeep having arrived safe and sound, no thanks to Emmett. By the look on everyone else's faces,I was not the only one glad to be alive.
The guys quickly unloaded the rafts while the girls and I grabbed bagsand supplies from the jeep. After everything was secured in the rafts,Emmett called out riding assignments as he passed out life vests and helmets.
"Okay, let's load up. Edward, you are going to ride with Jasper so that all the supplies arrive at our intended location safe and dry; and ladies, you all will be with me," he said matter-of-factly.
"No," Alice said plainly.
"No? What do you mean no?" Emmett asked confused.
"No, I will not ride with you. Jasper promised I'd have a good time. And me riding with a maniac like you does not equal fun, it only equals disaster. So, NO, I will not be making this trip down river with you," she walked to Jasper, and clung to his side refusing to budge, tempting Emmett to try her.
"Well if that's how you want it. Just remember if your precious make-up bag ends up floating down river because your distract Jasper, you'll only have yourself to blame," he said offering his hand to Rosalie as she got into the raft.
First we have crazy Emmett, now whiney Alice has made her presenceknown. Geesh, we couldn't get to the meadow, where we'd be camping, fast enough. The next two hours were going to be long.
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We arrived at the meadow that butted up to the river without incident. Alice had even taken Emmett's warning about her make-up bag seriously. I had been thankful that Emmett and Jasper had chosen a portion of the river that was mostly Class III rapids. We only had one scary Class V rapid we had to maneuver through. Rosalie and I were attentive to everything Emmett instructed us to do, and we had made it over in one piece, raft upright. While frightening, it had also been thrilling. Watching Edward and Jasper come down the rapid had been quite entertaining. Alice was nowhere to be seen. Apparently Jasper had thought it best if she just sat balled up in the bottom of the raft with her lips sealed. With her make-up at stake, she readily complied.
Once at the meadow we all stripped off our dripping clothes down to our swimsuits. And yes, mine was showing a bit more skin then I would have liked; but seeing as I had went behind Alice's back on the sweats, I figured I would give her this opportunity to prove herself right. I had no doubt the Edward would appreciate her insistence on this particular article of clothing.
After unloading the supplies, and duffle bags from the rafts, we set to work assembling tents. The meadow was beautiful and the park service had even installed a few picnic tables. Once everything was organized, we sat down and had a relaxing lunch. We casually discussed possible things to do over the next day and a half. Today we decided to just hang out around camp and tomorrow the guys would do some fishing and we'd all go hiking.
Alice, Rosalie, and myself cleaned up and put everything away when we finished lunch. The guys had gone off to hoist the food up onto the bear safety line a ways away from the camp.
"I'm actually enjoying myself," Alice said as she arranged the captains chairs we had brought around the fire pit.
"Alice if I thought anyone wouldn't have a good time, it would be Rose, not you. You know how she is in the great outdoors," I smirked at Rosalie.
"Hey. I resent that. I function much better in the outdoors then I used to. I really have no choice being with Emmett, he lives to be outside. I'd be alone half the time if I didn't force myself to join in on some of his activities." That was true, since Emmett had come into her life; she was much more laid back about bugs and critters. He had definitely opened her up to a whole new world she'd shied away from for most of her life.
When the guys had returned from securing the food, Emmett brought out a couple of Frisbees and a football. The guys talked us into a round of football and we divided up into teams. Us girls decided in an effort to avoid a wardrobe malfunction, it would be best to put a bit more clothing on to play, receiving loud protest from the guys.
"Aw, Rose, don't go covering up that glorious form of yours. I'll be sure to protect you from any bumps or bruises," he said in an effort to convince her to strip back down to her barely theretwo piece swim suit. She just shook her head, elbowing him as he tried to remove her shirt.
"Uh, Emmett if anyone should be complaining it's Edward and I. Really you live with Rose. You can see her day in and day out. But the two of us, we don't have that luxury yet," Jasper winked at Alice who giggled. He pulled Alice to him with a searing kiss as his hands made their way under her shirt and up her back.
"My eyes, my eyes," Emmett chanted and Rosalie giggled.
I rolled my eyes as I turned towards Edward. "Edward, thank you for keeping your less than proper comments to yourself," I whispered tenderly kissing the side of his neck.
"Who said I'm keeping them to myself? Believe me when I tell you, I will be sharing them, but being that you're my only intended audience is you I'll have to wait until I get you alone." His warm intoxicating breath below across my face, as his words made me shuddered with anticipation. Yes, I decided, this little trip was the best idea Emmett and Jasper had ever come up with, and a special thanks was definitely in order for the both of them.
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A/N: Oh...that naughty, dazzling Edward. So what kind of crazy things could this fabulous six get into on an unsupervised camping trip?
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