Pillow Phantom
BPOVTonight was another one of those nights when Edward left with the guys, leaving the girls in the family to take care of me. I don't mind it too much because we usually have fun, with the occasional disastrous mortification. For example, when they ambushed me with lovely lady talk. I still shudder about that one.
Edward left about an hour ago. It was quite comical hearing Jasper and Emmett whoop outside as they drove off. They were howling like wolves, which I'm sure was meant as an insult considering they did it loud enough for the pack to hear. I was curled up in a pair of flannel pajama bottoms and a tank top on the couch. Esme, as usual, was banging around in the kitchen making me some sort of baked snack. She and my mother were alike in many ways, with the exception of cooking skills. My mom could make cookies, but somehow there would end up being an eggshell or two…or five in each cookie. I could actually picture my mom throwing whole eggs in the cookie dough and taking the electric mixers to them.
Surprisingly, Alice had left me alone tonight. She didn't force me into her beauty chair; even better, she didn't make me into her human mannequin. I could hear music coming from Rosalie's room, but I didn't think she would utter a word in my direction. I sank lower into the couch. My skin was a little bit sticky from the shower that I just took, yes; I was spending the night again.
Out of nowhere, something plowed into my head, knocking me off of the couch. It didn't really hurt, it just had a lot of force behind it. "What was that for?" I shrieked into the air. I looked up to see Alice giggling above me. She was standing in a competitive stance on the couch with a pillow crunched in between her hands.
She tossed me a pillow and said, "are you ready to die?" I laughed at that. I knew in my head that Alice could literally kill me with the flick of her wrist, but she looked so tiny above me.
"Alice, I don't think this is a good idea," I said as soon as I stood up. She chuckled darkly and tossed me the pillow. As I reached out to grab it, she flipped me in the head again, knocking me onto the couch. "Ouch! Alice, that really hurts!" I wined. She didn't back down. I picked up my pillow and stood to face her.
Alice and I walked in a circle, waiting for someone to make a move. I pretended to move, trying to find a weak spot. She didn't take the bait. Of course she wouldn't, Alice was flippin psychic. I sighed and slammed my pillow at her with as much force as I could. She blocked it easily and laughed. Loudly. The entire ruckus we were making made Esme come out of the kitchen, her hands on her hips.
"Girls, what is going on?" she asked.
"Esme, Alice is forcing me to pillow fight," I said. Alice laughed some more.
"We're just having some fun, wanna play?" she asked. No way. She was getting Esme out here to beat on me too. She smiled sweetly.
"I guess so, it looks like fun. Let's try not to break and furniture, alright?" she asked. Alice nodded and tossed her a pillow. Apparently she had a secret stash, because beside the three that we were using, I couldn't see any pillows lying around.
Then the three of us engaged in the 'circle walk' and waited for someone to make a move. No body budged. Or at least I didn't see it. Something hit me square on in the face. "Ah!" I shrieked.
I hear a chuckle and turned around. Rosalie was standing there with her own pillow. Good lord! What the hell is this! Did I even want to be playing this game? No.
"Rosalie!" Alice said playfully. "Care to join?" she asked. Rose nodded her head and joined the circle.
"Wait a minute, that's not fair, three vampires to the human!" I protested. "Can't we at least do teams?" Alice pondered this for a second.
"Alright, we can do teams," she said. I sighed.
"Esme, will you be my partner?" I asked.
"Hey, what's wrong with me?" Rose asked. I turned to face her.
"I didn't think you would want to be on my team," I said. "Do you?" I asked.
"Why not?" she said with a shrug. Alice and Esme stood next together and Rosalie came to my side. And so the games began.
EPOV(Emmett)Carlisle pulled over in the trees and we all got out. Edward, considering the circumstances, was tenser than hell. He always was when Bella wasn't with him. I would be too, and sometimes I am. Bella always gets into some sort of trouble. Hah, I'm usually the cause of it, but it's not like I mean for things like that to happen. Bella understands me; she's my little sister.
We disappeared into the trees. Edward ran off in a hurry. Probably trying to take his mind off of things, trying to get things over with quickly. Everyone else disappeared; then it hit me. What are they doing right now?
BPOVI quickly got over the shock of Rosalie wanting to be my partner. Everything happened so quickly, flying movements. I got hit several times quickly. I suspected it was by Alice because Rose went up against Esme automatically. Had it been me in Rosalie's position, I would have been afraid to even move my pillow. She was so gentle, and kind. Alice seemed to slow down and I took this chance to run away. I sprinted around the other side of the couch.
"You can't run away from me Bella!" she shouted as I tried to get away.
"But I can try!" I shouted back. I thought about going up the stairs, but then I thought twice about it and turned back around to find somewhere else to go. Alice was standing right in front of me with a grin. Now I had no choice but to act. I stepped forward and 'slipped'. I landed hard and winced. "Oh god," I said. "Owwww. Oh My God, Alice," I made my lip quiver. She was at my side in a second.
"Bella, what did you do? What hurts?" she asked. She started to help me up and I took this chance to strike. I hurled my pillow at her, hitting her square in the face. Since Alice is so small, the force of the pillow not only mauled her face, but it smacked at her chest too, a woman's weak spot. She stopped, stunned for a brief second and then she glared at me.
"Oh, it's on now bitch," she hissed. I shrieked and ran off, trying to find some place to go. As I was running around, I heard Rosalie laugh.
"Nice one Bella!" she sang in between hits. She and Esme were now getting pretty violent. I hid behind a bookcase. Not very smart. Alice was in the room in a second and looked around, obviously stalling for effect. As she walked closer, I sprang out from the bookcase and threw myself, and the pillow, at her. This seemed to take her by surprise. She would be surprised because I made that decision while I was pursuing it. Her marble arms locked around me and we both landed on the ground with a 'thud'.
We began to roll around, grunting and clawing at each other. "WAIT A MINUTE!" I shouted. She froze instantly. "We are supposed to be using pillows," I said. She let me go and we both walked over to where our pillows had been thrown. When we both had them, Alice turned to face me.
"Ready?" she asked.
EPOV (Emmett)
I ran as fast as I could. We were maybe thirty miles from home. It took me about ten minutes to get there. It would have taken Edward five running at his fastest. I quietly climbed into my room a peeked out of the door. The girls were having a pillow fight. Wow, they picked the best fantasy to fulfill tonight. I had another idea. I rummaged around in the closet, looking for a spare video camera. Edward destroyed the last one of mine when Bella and I spent the day together. I found an empty tape in Jasper's desk and then I perched myself at the top of stairs so I was hidden. Then I positioned the camera at the perfect place and pressed 'record'. This was going to be good.
BPOV
Alice flew at me. I hadn't expected her to do that. "Whoa! Alice!" I screamed as she knocked into me. I knew for certain that I would have several bruises in the morning. I use my pillow almost as if it was a sword and I hacked at her head. She started to laugh. This probably wasn't even hurting her.
"Die!" I screamed with each bash. "Fall at least!" I said before I collapsed myself. She slammed her pillow down onto my back. "ALICE!" I shrieked. "Don't do it!" she laughed and brought it back down again. "AHHH!" I shouted as she brought it back down several times more. She was laughing maniacally. When she brought the pillow up again I took the chance to roll out of the way.
"YOU HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES!" I screamed and hurled the pillow at her. I actually hit her. I guess she was just taken aback from my comment. I got up and sprinted out of the room. There was mass chaos going on in there. Thankfully, neither one of them turned on me. Alice tapped me on the shoulder.
"You have issues my friend, you are the one having a pillow fight with a vampire," she said with a smile and smashed me in the face with a pillow once more. Basically, it was an all out war in the living room. A loud 'ding' rang through the air, making all of us freeze. Esme ran into the kitchen shouting.
"My cookies!"
EPOV(Edward)
I could hear everyone's thoughts. Everyone's but Emmett's. That could only mean one thing. Emmett wasn't here. I stopped dead in my tracks and shouted out. "Guys! We need to go back!" and began to sprint towards the car. They understood exactly what I meant and met me there. I didn't allow Carlisle to drive, as soon as Jasper closed the last door, I floored it and raced back home. We got there in almost twenty minutes.
I burst through the door and found Bella in a heap on the couch, panting. "Bella, are you okay?" I asked, pulling her into my arms. She was so out of breath, she couldn't answer me. The others were nowhere to be found. Chances are they all high tailed it out of there as soon as they heard me coming.
Emmett came down the stairs laughing. "Emmett. What. Did. They. Do." I said through my teeth. He handed me a video camera. I rolled my eyes. How many of these things did he have? I pressed the play button and watched in horror as Alice beat Bella relentlessly with a pillow. Bella's voice came out of the tiny device.
"NO! YOU HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES! OUCH! AHHH!" amongst a mesh of other words. I pulled Bella into my arms and stroked her hair.
"Darling, are you alright?" I asked. She looked up at me. There were circles under her eyes.
"Alice. Must. Die." She said and then collapsed.
(AN: no, there won't be a chapter about Bella and Edward getting revenge on Alice. I don't have the heart to do that to her.)