Chapter 11: The fight
BPOV
Jasper stood up so suddenly he startled me. I could almost see the light bulb glowing over his head: he had an idea.
Alice started to grin. Edward shook his head slowly.
"Um, guys? Care to spill the beans?" Said Emmet, pouting. Rose stopped looking at herself in the mirror and sat down next to him.
"Well, I was just thinking about the Civil War and how many guns it must've taken for all the soldiers. Then, I started thinking about the necessary ammunition and thought water would've been cheaper. So now, I was wondering if you guys…"
"… Would want to have a mega water fight! Yes! That is brilliant, Jazz!" Emmet yelled. He and Jazz high-fived.
Surprisingly, Rose seemed to like the idea. I thought she wouldn't, but apparently she was more fun-loving than I had given her credit for. She and Emmet were the perfect match.
"Well, I think that's decided, then. Everyone, put on your bathing suits ASAP!" Alice yelled, skipping off to her room to get dressed.
"Come on, Bella. I'll lend you something" Said Rose, leading me to her room.
I smiled at her.
I had never been in here. The room was blood red, with a huge bed covered with golden sheets. The curtains, too, were gold, as was the frame of the large mirror that covered the top half of the north wall.
"Rose, your room is beautiful" I whispered "But, why do you have a bed?"
She laughed.
"Edward is the only one without one. The rest of us don't actually sleep in our beds, though…" She said.
I blushed.
We went into her closet (which was, by the way, almost as big as Alice's) and she gave me a small pink bikini.
She grabbed a black one for herself and went into the bathroom to change. I didn't have long to wait, though. Vampire speed could be very useful sometimes.
It was my turn next. I quickly changed and looked at my reflection in the bathroom's mirror. I didn't look that bad.
I opened the door and Rose handed me a towel. We quickly ran down the stairs.
Alice wore a silver bikini which looked great on her.
All the boys' chests were bare. Needless to say, I was too busy looking at Edward to notice anyone's outfit after that.
Jasper left and quickly returned from the basement with six huge water guns. He handed one to each of us.
"OK, this is everyone against everyone. No vampire speed allowed. Edward, you cannot protect Bella. And Emmet, whatever you do we don't want to see you peeking inside Rose's bikini or" Jasper shuddered "Rose naked. Understood?" Everyone quickly nodded.
I climbed on Edward's back and we went to the river, filled our guns and were at the baseball clearing in no-time. Edward put me down. Next to a large basin of water Alice brought to refill our guns.
The air was thick with excitement. We spread apart as much as possible in the gigantic space.
Jasper raised his arm.
"Ready, set…" We all tensed. Jazz smiled.
"Go!" He yelled.
All hell broke loose. Alice shot a squirt of water in my direction, completely soaking me. II started running around in circles with my gun in front of me. I looked pretty funny, but I was getting my family wet.
Emmet suddenly picked me up and threw me across his shoulder.
"I have a hostage!" He yelled.
Edward tried to grab Rose, but she was too fast for him.
Before Emmet or I could react, everyone (and I do mean everyone) started shooting in our direction. In a few seconds we were chilled to the bone and Emmet was out of water.
"I surrender!" He laughed, putting me down. I scowled at him and shot water into his eyes while I ran away from him.
Jasper suddenly yelled.
"Hey, everyone, I've got a better idea"
We all stared at him, ready to shoot if we didn't like what he said.
"Let's use paint!" Emmet grinned. Alice thought it over and decided quickly.
"OK, but if we do we'll all have to go shopping to replace the ruined bathing suits" No one listened to my protests, and it was agreed we would use paint.
Rose quickly came back with six different paint colors that Esme had used to decorate.
"Blue for Emmet, green for Jazz, yellow for Eddie, pink for Bella, black for me and red for Alice" She listed.
Everyone nodded. Rose opened all the cans and put them on the farthest corner of the field.
"Refill!" Jasper yelled. Edward took my gun with him and brought it back full.
"Thanks" I said, giving him a quick kiss. He nodded.
"On the count of five" Emmet said "One, two, five!" He yelled.
"What happened to three and four?" I shrieked, but it was useless. I was now covered in paint.
I sighed and started shooting.
***
By the time Carlisle and Esme found us, we were extremely colorful.
"What-" Carlisle started to say, but then he got drenched with blue paint.
Everyone stopped shooting.
Carlisle took a deep breath.
"I want everyone clean and at the house in five minutes or I will have murder on my conscience" He said calmly.
Five minutes later, we all stood before him in a straight line, clean as kettles.
"You will go back to the field and clean it in less than two hours" Carlisle took out a chronometer "Your time begins now"
I guess it was the price we had to pay.
