Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Twilight characters, they all belong to Stephenie Meyer
Author's Note: this is dedicated to crimson-goth-girl…I hope your day got better! soz this is kinda delayed…
Chapter 12:Games Night
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Alice shrieked down the phone. I was taking the opportunity to call
her while Edward was making dinner. For once, I was at the same level
of enthusiasm as her.
"Ohmigosh, this is perfect. Okay, you,
Eddie, my house, 7pm, tomorrow night. Be there," Alice
ordered.
"Wait, what? Alice, what?" But she didn't hear me
because she had already hung up. I sighed, knowing that there was no
way we could back out of it as long as Alice was involved. I turned
towards the door to see Edward, leaning on one of the door posts,
taking the kitchen gloves off.
My smile opened even wider.
"Alice
has us booked for tomorrow night. Apparently we're going over to
her place," I said as I dropped my phone onto my bed and made my
way towards the door. Edward reached out and pushed me against the
adjacent wall, kissing my neck as I giggled.
"Well, then. I
guess we'll have to make up for that tonight" he said against my
neck. He slowly kissed his way up to my lips and we kissed for a
while until I pulled back, gasping for air.
"Dinner?" I said.
Edward pecked me on the lips before taking my hand to lead me down to
dinner.
As we sat there that night, enjoying a meal of pesto
pasta, I realised that everything seemed the same. It had always been
easy between us so we laughed and talked through dinner just as we
did before this eventful day. The only difference was that Edward's
foot would graze my leg under the table every now and then and at one
point as I took a sip of wine, he took my other hand in his and ever
so delicately planted a kiss on the top of my knuckles. He placed my
hand back on the table and laid his on top, continuing the
conversation as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. But
my heart was leaping out of my skin as I came to the realisation that
I, Bella Swan had got the most amazing man sitting right across from
me.
That night, I slept in his arms. Well, lay there while he
slept – I couldn't sleep, I was so excited. My back was pressed
against him as his arms curled around my waist. His knees fitted the
shape my legs made and his head was nuzzled into my neck. I could
feel his deep breathing as the clock ticked one and my eyes started
to droop, marking the end of the best day ever.
At
7pm sharp, Edward and I stood on Alice's doorstep. Edward squeezed
my hand in encouragement, giving me a quick smile before Alice flung
open the door and came bounding to hug me. I reluctantly let go of
Edward's hand to return the hug.
"Come in, come in!" she
said, pulling me through the door. Rosalie and her current boy,
Emmett, were already there and Jasper entered with snacks, setting
them down on the coffee table. I looked around, trying to get a hint
at exactly what Alice had planned as she plomped me onto the couch.
Edward looked quite relaxed as he sat beside me, putting his arm
around and drawing me close, planting a kiss on my cheek. Alice
almost blew up with excitement as she saw that but she had to get
back to business.
"OK! Thank you all for coming. And now we all
have even numbers, welcome to Games Night!!!!" she said excitedly.
Unfortunately, her energy was not matched by the rest of us as we
looked uneasily at each other. Jasper sighed and shrugged, obviously
pulled into this by Alice. She saw the looks on our faces.
"Oh
come on guys. It's not going to be that bad. At least pretend to be
excited, please?" And so the games night began. We were in teams of
our couples and as a warming up game, we played charades. Jasper
guessed every single one without fail, putting them in the lead.
Rosalie tried continuously to show Emmett Titanic, but he just didn't
get it. He guessed the craziest things from Rosalie's actions that
had Jasper, Alice, Edward and I rolling on the floor, laughing our
heads off. Then it was Edward and my turn. I went up and turned to
face Edward. I was never really good at charades, and to me, I found
this a test to see how well Edward could get me. I took the first
sheet, Wuthering
Heights. I bursted
out the actions I hoped would help.
"Book. Two words. Second
Word. High. Height. Heights…um…Wuthering Heights!" Edward
shouted out. I took the next sheet, Dracula.
Again, Edward
screamed out the answer almost immediately as I pretended to be a
vampire. Next, Harry
Potter. With so
little as a wave of a 'wand', Edward got it again. We continued
like this until our time was up, coming close to beating Alice and
Jasper's score but not quite there. I was smiling so hard as I
returned to the arms of Edward and I could tell that Alice was
beaming even more.
The
night went on with more games and fun, I don't think I had laughed
so hard since that picnic with Edward. Towards the end of the night,
the boys were outside having another drink while we girls lounged on
the couch. We sat there silently, reminiscing of the night that had
been. Then simultaneously, we all burst out in giggles and Rose and
Alice started tickling me. I reached for a pillow and started hitting
them, starting off an epic pillow fight. We fell back onto the couch
in a fit of giggles.
"You know, I always wanted to do a massive
paintball war," I said.
"Yeh, me too." Alice
sighed.
"There's actually a paintball place near my house.
Never been though, always been meaning to go." Rose said.
"Ohmigosh!" Alice gasped and started rushing upstairs. For
once, Rose and I had the same idea as her and bounded up the stairs
after her. We entered her room to see her chucking clothes at us
already. We quickly changed into them, being better for encompassing
a wide range of movement. We headed out the door to find the boys
staring at us with curious faces.
"What's with the wardrobe?
Need a little exercise? I have a better idea than a run," Emmett
joked. Alice disregarded his raunchy humour.
"No. We're going
paintballing. Boys versus girls. And we're heading out now to the
place near Rose's. We'll pay for you boys but don't expect any
mercy or fair play just because you're coming late. Tata." And
with that we left out the door. The last thing I heard as I shut the
door behind us was a mad rush for sneakers and clothes. Stepping into
the elevator, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.
"Wait, the
place would still be open at this time right?" An evil grin spread
across Rose's face.
"They'll be closing up as we arrive. But
I can get the boys to let us have our personal midnight game."
OK.
Think the Greeks vs. the Trojans, Paris and Nicole (pre Madden
twins), Angelina vs. Jennifer, even werewolves against the vampires,
all in one epic battle and you've got the scale of our paintball
war. This was the ultimate battle between good and evil except it was
just the three of us, it was pitch black and, theoretically, no one
would die tonight. Our game plan was to stick together so we had each
other's backs at all times. The boys, apparently had decided to go
with the divide and conquer attack because we kept catching the odd
movement, sending paintballs firing in that direction until we saw a
lone figure run off into the distance. Through super stealth and
incomprehensible code signals we moved around the park, trying to
find the flag and shooting at any sign of movement. Sticking together
also meant that we didn't have the added risk of shooting each
other and, personally, helped with the nerves of running around
practically blinded by the darkness. We made steady progress, without
getting hit too many times and we made it to the flag. Alice took it
and hid it in her jacket and we began sprinting back to our station.
The shots were firing immediately from every direction.
Incomprehensible commands were being shouted between the boys but
Rose and I just kept running. Alice was ahead of us, always being
light on the feet and we saw her disappear into the distance. Rose
was going faster, and me, not naturally athletic, fell behind more
with each second that passed. Suddenly, I tripped over my feet and
fell right on my face. I started to clamber up to run after Rose but
I could feel the shots being fired right in my back. I fell back to
the floor but I felt a hand on the small of my back, then one grab my
arm, pulling me up. I got up and followed them behind one of the
covers. I thought it would be either Alice or Rose, coming back to
save me but then they took off their helmet and it was Edward. I took
my helmet off too. He immediately crushed his lips to mine.
"Isn't
this kind of defeating the purpose of the game? You're supposed to
be my enemy," I said as he kissed my neck.
"Oh, all is fair in
love and war. And so let's take a break from the war and explore
the love instead," and he brought his lips back to mine. But then I
pulled back to look in his eyes.
"Wait, did you say?" I had
barely registered it but he'd used the word love. Did that mean he
loved me? Already? Why? But I decided not to pursue that or it would
provoke a very awkward conversation. I could almost imagine it…
Did
you say love? Do you love
me?
Um no…Bella…It's just a figure of speech. Oh gosh! You don't think I love you do you?
Yes,
awkward in every way and to be avoided at all costs.
"Never
mind," I whispered against his lips, indulging in another kiss. His
hands became a little more adventurous, one hand reaching to undo my
zipper. I completely forgot about the paintball war and everything
around me as I brought Edward closer. His hands ventured from my
stomach around to my back, crossing over and he broke the kiss,
nuzzling his head into my neck so that he was now giving me a big
hug. He whispered in my ear, "I'm so sorry, Bella." And then he
let go and ran off shouting, I would assume, to the boys, "She's
clear. It's not on her."
It was then that I realised that this
little…episode was just a tactic to try and find the flag. All is
fair in love and war, was it? Well, Edward better be ready because
now the wrath was upon him.
I
came out from behind the cover and saw Edward running across a bare
expanse. I held up my gun and aimed, shooting dozens of paintballs
right into his back. He turned around, stunned, seeing me with my gun
still poised. I shot a dozen more, hitting his stomach and he turned
and ran. I went the other way, hoping to get back to the station and
warn Rose and Alice if their boys tried something on them. I kept
running, with gun ready to shoot anyone in my path namely Edward and
could see that the station was only about 20 metres away. With a
slightly evil smile on my mouth, I turned around to see Jasper in
pursuit of me, spraying him with half a dozen shots before sprinting
forth. I could hear Emmett shouting off to my right and I shot a few
shots in that general direction while I kept running. I could see
that Alice and Rose were both safely at the station already. With
less than 10 metres to go, I sprinted, faster than I had ever thought
could be possible of me and reached the station with a relay of shots
following me. I ran right into Alice's arms.
"What took you so
long Bella?" Alice said, mock crossly.
"There was a slight
complication. But that's been taken care of. You still have the
flag?" I managed to say between pants.
"Well, Jasper did come
to take it off me. But he doesn't realise, that I know him much
better than he thinks and let's just say he won't be trying to
cross me some time soon." And with that she pulled the flag out
of…somewhere…and waved it high in the air as we all screamed in
victory. Suddenly big stadium lights turned on all around the field,
illuminating the field we had spent the last hour or so trying to
navigate in the dark. The boys were scattered near our station,
ripping off their masks in disappointment as we did our happy,
victory dances with the flag.
