Chapter 25

"Where the heck were you guys?" Emmett boomed as Matt and I walked in to the house- holding hands. "There's a storm coming! It's game time!" I was guessing that Emmett was a little more disturbed about the hand holding thing then us being late.

I scowled at the thought of a storm. The sun was making my day even better, it would be gone soon.

"What 'game' exactly?" Matt asked. Alicia and I were confused too.

"Baseball!" Alice jumped.

"But it's going to rain." Alicia raised one eyebrow. She was still confused.

"You've never played our kind of baseball before." Angela smiled.

"Care to explain?" I asked sarcastically. Edward was standing behind Angela. He smirked.

"It's normal baseball. Being vampires, we hit so hard that without the thunder we'd raise suspicion."

"Thanks. Where do we play? Surely the local baseball fields have houses around them." Alicia asked.

"There's a clearing by a meadow." Alice answered.

"Meadow?" Matt asked.

"Um. Yeah." Angela smiled sheepishly and looked to Edward. "It's nothing special. Don't worry about it Matt." She took Edward's hand. If she were human she'd be blushing.

Emmett took note of the way they were looking at each other. "Ugh, not in public! Seriously!"

"It wouldn't kill you to be a little more romantic, Emmett." Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, whatever. Anyways! Baseball! Now! Let's go! Esme, grab the hats. Alice, Jasper, go get the bats and the ball." He ordered. Rosalie gaped at him.

"What are the teams?" I asked Edward on the way to the clearing.

"Angela, you, Emmett, Alice and Carlisle are one team. Esme's our ref." I'd be playing against Matt…with Emmett on my team.

"Emmett gets competitive by the way." Edward said. "Esme calms us down though. She thinks we cheat."

"Oh I know you cheat." Esme smiled.

Once we had gotten to the field everyone had split up in to their teams.

My team was up to bat first. I was lucky I had Emmett on my team. He hit the hardest.

"Emmett may hit he hardest, but Edward runs the fastest." Esme smiled at me.

"We'll see. I'm pretty even in the running department." I grinned.

"Well I think we can handle that." Jasper grinned.

"It's time." Alice looked up at the sky. The thunder roared across the sky. Maybe my day wasn't ruined.

Rosalie was pitching for the other team and Emmett was up first. She threw a curve ball that any human professional player would have missed. Emmett hit it with what looked like as much force as possible. It flew in to the trees, Edward bolted at full speed in to the forest. When he emerged, the ball was in his hands. Emmett growled.

"Emmett, what'd we talk about? Anger management?" Esme scolded him.

Ang was up next. Carlisle said that Angela was best for hitting the ball at angles. Even Edward couldn't get some of her hits

She hit the ball and it flew higher then it moved in length. Jasper jumped for it but fumbled. Angela ran gracefully to first base. She stuck her tongue out at Jasper.

Carlisle was an all around player. He could hit, run and catch. We were lucky to have him on our team. His ball was caught by Matt. He was more athletic then I expected.

Alicia caught Alice's ball as well. I was up next. Angela was on 3rd base. It was up to me to get her back to home. I had to shoot one so far and so hard that Edward couldn't catch it.

"Ready Scarlett?" Rosalie smiled. Her lips curled back over her teeth as if to smile, but she was snarling.

"Rosalie!" Esme scolded.

"Oh relax Esme, it's just a game." She rolled her eyes. Striking out to Rose would be embarrassing. Hitting a home run would make her angry. Winning was more important, I thought to myself. She was always mad anyways.

"Strike one!" Esme called. She threw the ball before I was ready.

"Don't choke!" Edward teased. Real supportive family eh?

"Good luck Scarlett." Matt called from across the field. That was sweet.

I was planning on using all of my force for this next ball. I had to hit it high and far. Just like Emmett and Angela. This shot would fly over the trees…And it did. Not even Edward caught it. There was just enough time for Angela and I to both run passed home plate. Jasper insisted that Rose caught it before I got there, but Esme said that I'd made it through.

2 points for my team. Matt's team none.

We had switched now for the second inning. Alice was pitching. No one covered any bases, it didn't really matter.

Alicia was up first. Alice grinned and threw the ball faster then 100 mph. Alicia missed. She threw it a second time. Alicia managed to hit it right towards a tree. It looked like it would ricochet off and fall to the ground. As Alicia ran to first base Emmett climbed up the tree and held on to the branch. It looked like it was a scene from a movie, he caught the ball before Alicia made it.

"My monkey man" I laughed.

Rosalie snarled. Matt looked away. What did I say? I called him a monkey man.

My eyes narrowed. Rosalie was talking to Matt behind Esme. She was flirting with him. I heard her laughing and giggling as well. She put her arm on his shoulder. At least I didn't go after Emmett like that. So blatantly! Matt was MINE. Of course…Rosalie must have felt like this when I was around Emmett.

Edward was rolling his eyes at Rosalie in disgust. Jasper was oblivious. As per usual.

"Let's get on with it!" Alice called. Emmett, pass the ball!"

The game continued much the same. They'd get 2 points for every one of our 2 points. Eventually in the last few minutes of our ninth inning, my team managed to win.

"Don't feel bad losing to Scarlett Matt." Rosalie hugged him with one arm. "I lose to Emmett all the time."

Matt seemed to be cringing away. That was good.

"Rose! Help me get all the equipment back home." Carlisle called. He was getting her away from Matt. I smiled at him, gratefully.

"Close game." I smiled at Matt. I took his hand. It was my way of apologizing for what ever it is I did. What did I do? Oh yeah, chase after Emmett all those weeks ago.

He was about to open his mouth to speak when Emmett interrupted. He wrapped his big right arm around me and pulled me away from Matt's grip. Why was he hugging me? I wasn't even talking to him!

"Good game Scarlett!" His free arm extended out for a high five.

"Mhm. Oh look! Rosalie needs help!" She was standing a few yards behind everyone carrying all the equipment. Not even Esme or Carlisle were helping.

"Rosalie's independent. She can handle it." He rolled his eyes.

Matt was still walking beside me. He looked upset. For once I actually wished Emmett would go away.

"Hey Rose! Let me help you!" Matt turned around and jogged to where she was standing. I turned around to see her reaction. She was rolling her eyes and Emmett and I. Mostly Emmett.

I needed a distraction. Emmett's arm was still around me as we walked. Alice saw my distress and called me over to her. Thank god!

"Hey Scarlett! Come here!"

"Sorry Emmett. Gotta go. Bye!" I raced off to Alice.

"Thanks." I said after we had wandered away from the family. No one but Edward was at hearing length.

"Emmett and Rosalie are really getting in the way." Alice growled.

"I know. They need to make up already. Rosalie keeps hitting on Matt and Emmett keeps…being Emmett!" I complained.

"Well, we could always make them." She smiled.

"Could you?" I asked enthusiastically and sarcastically. We had reached the house before everyone. The sun was coming back out. The storm was over

"It's Emmett." She said blatantly.

"True. Imagine the horror he'd be in if you started bugging him like you bug Edward." I laughed.

She laughed too.

"Thanks Alice. I do feel the need to bug Rosalie some more though. She's provoking me so I might as well give her what she wants." I grinned.

"I have no problem with that." She whispered. Everyone had finally caught up to us. Matt was still walking with Rosalie.

"Matt? Do you want to play some music for a little while? You can help me with guitar." I skipped over to him.

"Sure. I'll be there in a minute." He smiled. Rosalie gaped at him.

"But I needed you to help me with trumpet!" She whined.

"Angela or Edward could help you." He looked over to them. Both of their eyes went wide at the thought.

"Sorry Rose. We were going to go watch the game with Emmett." Angela smiled apologetically.

Matt had come back from putting the baseball things back in the house. He had both of our guitars.

I took mine from him and we started walking to where we were earlier on today.

A few seconds had passed and Matt and I had just began to enter the path when Edward and Alice both shouted "Scarlett, stop!"

"What's wrong?" Emmett and Matt asked protectively.

"Jason." Alice whispered.

Demetri

Jason could abandon the mission, but I wouldn't. Scarlett had to come home. I just hoped they hadn't signed anything yet. It was so like Carlisle to steal the greatest vampires from the Volturi. He wouldn't have her for long. Scarlett would come back whether she liked it or not. Wives and husbands should live together. It wasn't right to be on separate continents.

I wondered what Jason was doing. Where would he go? Home? Yeah right! Aro would crucify him for giving up. Maybe he went to Denali. Living with that family would have to be tough though. All those annoying nagging girls to deal with? Ugh! I'd rather fight Felix.

I had to take my time in getting to Forks. I had taken a detour on my last flight. Jason had a long way to run if he was going to Denali seeing as how we were in Brazil.

Jason or no Jason I will get Scarlett back. I had to tell her how much I loved her and how much I needed her. That would be enough to bring her to me. She loved me too. Matt was probably just a decoy to make me jealous.

"Yeah. Stupid Matt." I mumbled to myself.