Chapter11- Guests.
Everyone was scattered around the house doing various pastimes activities when Jasper and myself had returned from our hunt, it was Monday afternoon and we couldn't go to school because it was unusually sunny, so I spent the day at home with Jasper waiting for a guests to arrive. Peter and Charlotte would be here in an hour so Esme was tidying up, again, though there was no mess anywhere not one strand of hair out of place- not one cobweb on the ceiling. Basically, everything was perfect.
I noticed that Edward hadn't come home, his scent was days old, the last time he'd been here was when he and Emmett had left for their hunting trip- Emmett was upstairs with Rosalie so Edward must have been stalking Bella around school or something. That brother of mine was getting slightly crazy.
"So, what time did you say Peter and Charlotte would be here?" Esme wondered casually, stroking the arm of the sofa absently.
"They should be here in an hour, they're driving." I told her and saw Jasper smile- he was delighted that his long lost brother and his companion were coming to visit, they hardly ever came but they're visit's were so special to Jasper- those two young vampires were the ones who pulled Jasper out of the misery of his life with Maria and showed him the world.
An hour later- as I said- Peter and Charlotte arrived with a quiet knock on the door.
"Ooooh Petey boy's here!" Emmett boomed and ran down the stairs to open the door.
I rolled my eyes at him and Jasper raced Emmett to the door, shouting a loud gesture of, "Peter! Charlotte! It's been too long!"
"Jasper, it's good to see you." Peter said politely tapping Jasper's shoulder with a smile and turning to me and the rest of my family who were now stood in a line behind Jasper and Emmett.
"Oh and Alice, Lovely, lovely!" Peter smiled, teeth gleaming as he gave me an awkward one armed hug and then continued, "Emmett- I forgot how huge you was!" and then turning to Rosalie, Esme and Carlisle, "Rosalie of course, how I've missed you're strong personality and attitude! Oh, and Esme, how sweet do you look- Mr Cullen! I've heard you're doing great at the hospital, so much effort though I hear, what with all that blood." Peter shivered.
"Please, call me Carlisle." Carlisle told him, shaking Peter's hand.
"But where is Edward?" Charlotte wondered speaking for the first time, her crimson eyes bright and wide. "He's usually the first one to greet us with a song..."
"Well, that's a long story." Jasper told the small girl.
"More like a crazy one." Emmett suggested.
Peter and Charlotte looked worried, "Oh, he's not hurt is he?" they asked worriedly.
"No, no, come through and I'll tell you all about it." Jasper told them, gesturing towards the front living room.
Charlotte and Peter swiftly walked into the living room and took seats on Esme's chairs as Jasper told them about Edward and his 'addiction.' Also, asking them not to hunt in Fork's or go near the town. At that point Charlotte has shook her little head and whispered, "But does he not know? We never hunt in Fork's or anywhere our friends live- we wouldn't do that to him."
"Edward's just a little bit overprotective." Jasper said, choosing his words carefully.
"Obsessed, you mean." Rose grunted and floated into back up the stairs.
"He just worries about her" Emmett muttered defensively, which was a bad idea if he wanted to stay on Rosalie's good side, "He told me all about it."
Charlotte shook her head and Peter murmured, "Poor boy."
I didn't say a word, even to me; it was all getting out of hand.
~O~
Later that day, Jasper, Peter and Charlotte were still in deep conversation in the front room, I had wondered off after an hour and went on the computer, but I was bored of that now, I needed something exciting to do- my sunny days were useless when Edward wasn't about. And when Edward wasn't about, Emmett and Rosalie were second best but Rose was in a mood, again, as she always was nowadays- which reminded me of the other night with Edward and the piano- what had been in Rosalie's self-centred thoughts to make Edward laugh like that? I desperately wanted to know.
And Emmett was sitting upstairs with Rosalie for company as she moaned at him about things that weren't even his fault or anything to do with him. It was then that I had a good idea. Football! We didn't need thunder for football- I decided I wanted to play football, but would everyone come? My vision answered that…
Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, Peter and Charlotte playing four v four football on the Rainer field.
Great! My mood was suddenly happier and more excited; I ran up the stairs to Carlisle's office and tapped on the huge wooden door lightly before stepping in.
"Alice- what can I do for you?" Carlisle asked looking up from the papers on his desk.
"Oh… are you busy?" I wondered.
"No, not at all- what's wrong?"
"Nothing!" I chimed, "I'm bored, can we go the Rainer field and play football?"
Carlisle's face lit up, "As if you don't know my answer."
"Yay!" I squealed, "Be ready in ten." And then I skipped up to the third story floor and charged into Rosalie's and Emmett's room.
"Football at the Rainer field?" I asked.
"Yeah- Let's go!" Emmett yelled, but Rosalie frowned, "I don't want to play football, I'll get all muddy…" she complained.
"Rose! It's sunny, that's green grass and a bit of dirt, stop whining- you're coming whether you like it or not!" I laughed and went to drag her of the bed when she made no move to get out of the room.
"I've got it." Emmett said seriously- I saw his idea in my vision half a second before it happened- and then Emmett roared, and was pouncing on top of Rosalie, grabbing her around the waist and chucking her on his shoulder before sprinting down the stairs, his booming laugh echoing off the walls whilst Rosalie's delighted squeals slipped out her mouth on every jostle of movement. I laughed at the sight and ran down after them.
Carlisle had already told Esme, Jasper and our guests so everyone was ready when I got down the stairs, everyone walked out the door but Emmett stayed behind a moment, he was writing a note- I looked over his shoulder to see the words, 'football at the Rainer field- c'mon! please?' on a sheet of light green paper.
"He won't come." I told Emmett.
"He might-"
"I doubt it." and Emmett knew It was true, right now Edward was with Bella- or rather, watching Bella from her back garden and she didn't know about it.
~O~
We arrived at the Rainer field and chose two team leaders, Emmett was one leader and Carlisle was the other, normally It was me and Edward who were captains because no one thought it was fair if we were both on the same team, but today, Edward wasn't playing.
"I'll have Rose, come on baby." Emmett said, taking her hand and pulling her to his side. She smiled up at him and squeezed his hand.
"Esme, come on." Carlisle said, choosing his first player.
"Oh, I was going to be the ref…" she trailed off, her statement a question.
"We'll play fairly, and besides it's equal teams if you play, too."
Esme didn't argue, she just agreed and in the end, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper and Peter were a team and Emmett, Rosalie, Charlotte and I were a team.
And then I had a vision-
Edward going home, seeing Emmett's note and writing the word 'sorry' on it.
"Edward's not coming, let's play!"
The game started and Emmett raced for the ball, tackling Jasper and sprinting non stop towards the goal where Carlisle and Peter stood defending the goal, with a backwards pass to me, I sprinted towards the ball, angling my body just right I kicked it straight into the back of the net!
"WAHOOOOOOOOOOO!" Emmett yelled, "High five sis!"
"That's how we do it." I giggled slapping his hand.
When the game continued, Carlisle kicked it so hard it flew to the other side of the field, faster than I could run, but Rosalie was faster than me and she raced towards it, but the ball landed and rolled over the goal line before she could stop it. I sighed and continued to run.
At one point Esme was tackling Emmett- and that was a funny sight, she was so small and thin compared to my monster of a brother, but Emmett's beasty right leg got in the way and Esme kicked the ball to Carlisle from under Emmett's foot, Emmett went flying and there was a huge echoing 'THUD' as Emmett fell on his back cursing words to rude for me to mention…
Everyone fell about laughing as he stomped off brushing dry dirt of his back, he had a dark green grass stain on his back, too.
Two hours and a half passed and of course none of us were tired or needing rest, the scores stood at thirty-three to twenty-eight and my team was winning, Jasper says I was a cheat and I knew where the ball was going to go, but I didn't really, I just knew where people were planning to kick it, and it was always snap decisions so I didn't always catch them but I'd shrugged of his comment, I didn't want to get into an argument after a fun night.
On the way home I ran with Emmett,
"It was a shame Edward didn't come." Emmett muttered.
"I know, he would of enjoyed it, especially when you fell over." I laughed,
Emmett pushed my shoulder and looked back at Esme behind us, "It wasn't funny- it was embarrassing."
"And you're supposed to be the strongest" I giggled,
"I guess big muscles aren't always that useful then huh."
"I guess not."
Emmett laughed and then we arrived home.
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