AN: 2/25/13 So this was my first story, and like all first tries, it had mistakes. This story is being edited and fixed(and rewritten into past tense), so if you see a mistake, don't hesitate to point it out. I finished doing the odd-numbered chapters, and now I'm working on the even-numbered chapters. Enjoy and please review. :)
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Chapter Fourteen
Pain Ride
Emmett's POV
"Melissa calm down," Esme told her, picking her up again. The girls were very...uh frankly annoying now. This plane ride was smoother than the others we've been on, but the girls still had a hard time falling and staying asleep. Result: very irritated and annoying two-year-old's.
I loved the girls; they were fun. As soon as they understood English more, I was sure I could use them in a prank. I liked having them around. Plus, taking care of them makes Rosalie and Esme happy. But now, I wished they would shut up. Adriana wouldn't stop crying and squirming. Even Bella started throwing a tantrum when we put her down.
"And we still have another six-hour plane ride to look forward too," Edward said, grabbing some of our luggage from the baggage claim. I picked some of it up too. Our plane landed in New York City. We had an hour until we boarded the plane that will take us to Fairbanks, Alaska. It would take about six hours, with all things considered.
"At least they're acting like normal human two-year-old's," Richard pointed out. It was true. 'I think they're too tired to move faster than human speed.'
We went over to the counter, so we could pack our luggage on the plane. The airport workers checked the luggage and our tickets. Esme, Alice, and Edward took the girls to get breakfast. Rose tagged along.
Once we put our baggage in the cargo area of the plane, the rest of us headed over to the cafe area.
"No!" Adriana shouted, hitting the spoon away. Of course, she hadn't knocked it out of her hands or anything.
"Adri, just try to eat," Esme told her. She shook her head and hit the table.
"No!" 'Wow. Little girl, bug voice.' Melissa and Bella weren't really eating either. Bella had her head down, probably trying to sleep. Melissa was grabbing the food from the spoon and throwing it away. It looked like oatmeal, sort of. It smelled disgusting.
Edward woke Bella up, and tried to feed her. After they eat a reasonable amount(45 minutes later), the girls fell asleep in the arms of whoever was carrying them. Richard, at Adriana's insistence, picked her up. Edward was still carrying Bella, and Esme was still carrying Melissa. '15 minutes until we board another plane. I can't wait to get back home.'
"Teddy bear!" Adri exclaimed. Adriana threw it. 'Why? Who knows.' Rosalie snugged more into my side and sighed.
Esme, Carlisle, and Adriana were sitting behind me. Rosalie was to my left, and a stranger was to my right. Edward was sitting with Bella and Richard on the other side of the aisle. Alice, Jasper, and Melissa were sitting together behind Esme and Carlisle. Eric was sitting next to two humans on the other side.
"Excuse me sir, could you hand me that toy?" Esme asked the man sitting in front of Adriana. The man smiled and nodded, leaning down to get it. Esme thanked him, and gave the toy to Adriana. She calmed down instantly. I was surprised none of the humans complained about them. This was the first time all three of them were quiet.
"Cute child. Is she yours?" the man asked.
"No. She's my cousin," Esme said. It was the easiest explanation we could come up with.
"What's her name?" the man asked.
"Adriana," Esme told him. I felt something soft hit my head. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, before turning to look at Adriana. She was staring at the floor with empty hands.
I shake my head and pick up the bear from the floor. This is the 15th time she's thrown something at me. I handed it back and returned my attention to my wife. A lot of us were going to have to go hunting after this.
"She sure is cranky," the man commented. 'Understatement.'
"Didn't get a good night's sleep," Esme informed him. Adriana threw her toy again. I glared at her, as I return the stupid toy.
"I'm Dan Smith," the man said.
"Esme Cullen," Esme said shaking his hand. 'Damn it Adri! Stop aiming for my head. Aim for Edwards head.'
"Here Adri," Edward said, handing her a bag of peanuts. 'Really Edward? Really?'
"Mom," I say turning around, "make her stop." Adriana was throwing peanuts. 'Why doesn't she stop this?'
"Adri," Esme started. The throwing stopped, but crying soon followed. I sighed. 'Can't win, can I?'
"Give her back the peanuts," I say. I prefered that to crying.
"Down! Down!" Bella demanded. She was pulling on her seat belt. Adriana fell asleep a while ago. So Bella decided she was the difficult child now.
"Bella-" Edward started. Bella screamed. 'Oh, that's loud. Didn't know she had it in her. ' Edward looks over at all of us. 'I don't know what to tell you. You can't set her down. Find something shiny to distract her.'
"Hey Bella, look at the pictures," Edward said, taking out a book from one of the bags we packed for the girls.
"No!" Bella said. Her grabbed the book and threw it to the floor. What was it with them and throwing things on airplanes?
Edward picked up the book, just to have her hit it down again. He picked it up again, same thing happened. 'At least she's being quiet.'
"No." Melissa said. Alice had kept her busy with paper and crayons. She wanted a new crayon, but didn't know her colors. So, Alice was showing her every crayon. At first she'd get upset when Alice couldn't give her the right color, but now she didn't seem to mind. It was kinda entertaining to watch the trial and error.
"No."
"No."
"No."
"No."
"No." Alice put down the crayon. She looked annoyed. She set the pack of 64 crayons down.
"That's all the crayons," Alice said. Melissa just smiled and asked for a crayon again. Alice picked up a crayon again. A red one.
"That one," Melissa said. Alice handed it to her with a tight smile.
"That was the first crayon I showed you," Alice said. Melissa's did that four times. The exact same pattern. Melissa continued drawing.
"I know," Melissa said. I loved that kid.
"New one," Melissa said, handing the crayon back. What was she even drawing? Alice held up a blue crayon.
"No."
"Melissa, what are you drawing?" Alice asked. She was looking at the paper. Melissa held it up. It looked like a blob of colors. It faintly resembled a person whose head was on fire.
"Adri!" Melissa answered happily. At least she was trying.
"How nice. Are you done?" Alice asked. Melissa nodded and handed the paper to Alice. Alice gave her a new paper. Melissa stared at it for a while, before handing her crayon to Alice.
"New one," she said.
"Finally, we're almost home." I exclaimed. The plane ride was over and all that was left was the car ride home. And the girls were asleep. Thank God.
"Emmett! Go get some of the luggage. The faster we can get our stuff the faster we can leave," Rosalie said. She took Melissa from Alice's hands, so Alice could get the taxis.
"Wha?" Melissa woke up a little. Rosalie rocked her a bit.
"Go back to sleep," Rosalie said. Melissa laid her head down again. I grabbed some of the luggage. This would be faster if we didn't need to pretend to be human.
"Let's go," I told everyone. I really wanted to leave.
"What do you think the girls will say when they see the house?" I asked Eric. He shrugged.
"I have no idea. But seeing their faces will be fun," he answered. 'Yeah, I guess. I wonder if I can trick them into helping me with a prank. I could make it into a game. Those girls love games.'
"Stop talking, and put the luggage away." Alice commanded. 'Calm down pixie.'
"Alright," I told her. I finished loading in the bags.
"Big," Melissa said, after a few seconds of thought. I asked her what she thought of our home.
"Just big?" I asked her. She looked around and shrugged.
"Big," she stated. Compared to the hotel suite, it wass big. We had nine people living here, we needed room. Our next house might be even larger, considering we have 12 people now. Even if we all didn't need a room, it was nice to have a space to call your own.
"Here! Where you going?" I asked her. She started to run away. Bella and Adri were eating still.
She ran into the music room. It held Edward's piano, Jasper's guitar, and a few other instruments we kept. She slowed down and looked around. She walked to a violin and started plucking the strings.
"Don't do that. You might break the strings," I told her, moving her hand away. She pointed to it.
"What?" She asked. I smiled at her.
"It's a violin," I told her. She looked back at it.
"Come on, want to see the rest of the house?" I asked her. She nodded her head and grabbed my hand.
"Well, this is the music room," I started. I walked away into one of the other rooms.
"This is the game room," I told the girls. Awhile ago, Bella and Adriana joined in.
"Toys," Adriana said, running toward the train set Richard had set up here. The other two walked up to some of the other things we have here, mostly model planes, trains, and cars. We have a movie projector in the corner.
They seemed distracted, so I sneaked away to see my Rosie. Our room wasn't too far away from here.
"Hey honey," I told her, wrapping my arms around her. It was nice to spend time with her.
"Hey," she turned around in my arms and gave me a quick kiss. 'Aww... Is that it?'
"You really shouldn't have left the girls alone," Rosalie said. I shrugged.
"I don't own anything in there," I answered.
"Melissa! Give that back!" Richard yelled, chasing the blue-eyed toddler. She grabbed one of his train cars when he wasn't looking. Been playing keep away for five minutes now.
Rosalie and I came downstairs about 15 minutes ago. Right now we were listening to a radio program. Alice and Jasper were upstairs in their room. Edward and Eric were in the living room with us, and Esme and Carlisle were in the kitchen. Esme was making the girls dinner.
"No! Never!" she yelled back. She slid under a table and continued on. We really shouldn't have left her in socks. Though, I was surprised she hadn't fallen yet.
She ran over to Adri and handed her the train car. Richard started chasing her and Melissa went back upstairs. I put my attention back to the radio program. It was called the Ugliest Man in the World.
"Paul: Get away (IN LOW SEMI-MONOTONE) Yeah, got away... good and far away... fields... grain... a farm... they didn't care what kind of face... just work hard ... work... work... work, hour after hour, sweat salt on my lips, work, keep working, you don't think when you work, hour after hour, day after day! The sun over the fields frying your brain... EXULTANTLY and I couldn't think, I couldn't think it was good I couldn't think! But I'm thinking now... gun in my hand... stop that thinking... gun in my hand... no! Got to think out my life... think it out clearly... Think of that day ... she waved at me..."
"Emmie," Melissa whispered. 'I'm going to let that nickname go.' She had two train cars in her hands. I shook my head. Aside from his movie projector, these trains were his prize possession. She handed the train cars to me.
"Hide," she whispered. Richard was too busy chasing Adriana to pay attention to this. Plus, Adriana was making a lot of noise, mostly shouting and squealing. I took the train cars and hid it behind the cushions on the sofa.
Melissa went back upstairs, this time taking Bella with her. I heard Melissa whisper Alice's name from upstairs. Of course, I was paying attention to her. Between the radio, Adriana, and Melissa's volume, you had to pay close attention to hear her. I turned back to the radio.
"Paul: So she waved at me ... and I waved back ... and soon I was waiting for that moment in the day when she'd pass in the distance and her arm would lift toward me... I waited for that ... just waited... Then I was thinking about her all the time... I had so much time to think in my loneliness! What did she look like... what did she look like? I... I don't remember how... in spite of myself one day I was hiding in the grain at the edge of the road-waiting-for her..."
"Rosie," Melissa whispered. This time she was carrying five train cars. She handed two to Rose and gave two to Eric, who was sitting in a chair. She gave the last one to Edward. She tiptoed back upstairs. How was Richard missing this? I looked over at him. Adriana was good at keep away.
I turned back to the radio program.
"Girl: (LOVINGLY) Paul...
Paul: Do you know me now?
Girl: You're the only one I've wanted to be with me...
Paul: Do you know me now?
Girl: You know so little about me to ask me that...
Paul: You're ... lovely...
Girl: My family... why I came to live out here alone...
Paul: So very lovely...
Girl: Paul... Paul, listen to me! I know you now better than I could if my eyes were open and twice as wise as they ever could have been!
Paul: You're lovely...
Girl: And so are you...
Paul: (SLOWLY) You've never seen me...
Girl: When people have talked together as much as you and I ... every little hope and hurt, dream and plan ... don't they know more than if they looked at faces? And what do you look like, Paul?
Paul:I...
Girl: No, let me guess! I've sat here in the dark and seen your face so many times before me!"
"Eddie," Melissa whispered. She handed him two more train cars, before hiding the rest under the sofa. When she climbed back to her feet, she walked into the kitchen. Bella and she left the kitchen a few seconds later. Melissa gave Adriana a thumbs up, and Adriana 'tripped'. She dropped the train car on the floor.
"Yes! Finally!" Richard said, grabbing the train car. He ran back upstairs, probably to put it away. 5...4...3...2...1...
"Ahh!" There was the scream. I had to give it to these girls. They were good. And they have the element of surprise. You wouldn't expect a two-year-old to pull this of on a vampire.
"Where are my trains!" Richard demanded. He walked into the living room. Melissa and Bella were hiding in the kitchen. Adriana was picking herself of the floor.
"What makes you think we know?" I asked, "None of us have moved from the living room." Richard looked angrier. He lingered for a bit, before running upstairs. I could hear him approach Jasper's and Alice's room and then promptly turn around when Jasper threatens him. You didn't approach Alice angry.
He ran back downstairs.
"Who took my trains?" he asked angrily. Adriana walked over to us and looked at Richard.
"What?" she asked. She looked at all of us inquisitively.
"Some took Richard's trains. Now he's angry." I told her. Adriana looked at him. Then back at us.
"Hungry," she stated. I pointed to the kitchen and she walked away.
"Seriously! Where are my trains?"
After Adri, Bella, and Melissa finished eating and took a bath, Melissa grabbed a train toy from under the sofa and handed it to Richard with the command 'find them'. Then she went upstairs for bed time.
"Wait... She hid my trains?" Richard said incredulously. I nodded and pat him on the back.
"We have our hands full with these girls." I told him. I left to go spend time with my Rose.
It really was good to be home.
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