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Chapter 24, Bella's Point Of view

When we reached our starting point, everybody was already gathered together in a a large circle. Rosalie and I ran to join up with them and get more paintballs for our guns. The girls were all standing next to their husbands with their arms wrapped around their waists. That's when I noticed that not everybody was here. Someone was missing.

That someone was Edward.

"Where's " I began, only to be cut off by a loud crunching noise.

I looked to my side and saw Edward running towards me with a giant paintball, one that wouldn't fit into one of our guns. I screamed and tried to manuever to my right and out of his way, but he was to quick and to close. The paintball collided with my head and I was knocked to the ground by the force of Edward's body. I felt the paint rushing down my face and heard the laughter echo through the forest.

"EDWARD!" I shouted as he pulled himself off of me. I rubbed my eyes so I could open them.

"What?" He asked innocently. I kept my mouth shut and stood up. Instead of yelling at him I pulled him into a hug moving my cheek against his. I smeared the paint all over him and he just chuckled. He didn't bother to pull away. He pulled my closer to him and kissed my lips getting red paint on his own.

"Okay, okay. We are going to pair up into two's . Rose and Bella. Jasper and Carlisle. Alice and I. And Emmett and Edward." Esme instructed.

"What for?" Jasper questioned.

"Well, one person will get on their partners shoulders. You will be paired up against one other couple and will have to try and knock your enemy off theshoulders of the one on the ground. You each get a paintball gun. Those on the top can only shoot the one on top. Those on bottom can shoot both the ones ontop and on bottom." Esme answered for all of us.

"Shweet." Emmett giggled.

"Edward and Emmett are up against Bella and Rosalie." Esme continued as if she hadn't heard him. " Which means Carlisle and Jasper, you are up against Alice and I."

"kay." We all agreed.

We paired up. Rosalie suggested that I ride on top of her shoulders. I refused at first but she won in the end. She hoisted me up there and handed me my gun. We walked back into the little clearing and saw Emmett and Edward waiting for us. The others were already out there waiting to start. Emmett was on top of Edward, Carlisle on top of Jasper, and Esme on top of Alice.

"The objective of the game.. Oh! sorry Alice." Esme began as she accidentally wacked Alice in the face. "Is to knock your opponent off like I said. No rules other than the person on bottom can only shoot the person on top. I know it's really impossible, but please try not to end up hurting yourselves alright? Now on your mark... get set... GO!" She pelted Carlisle with a paintball,nearly knocking him off because of his lack of attention.

I ignored them and began shooting at Emmett. He shot back and missed the first few times. Rosalie was also shooting Emmett, and Edward was shooting Rosalie. We kept shooting each other,getting covered in paint and nearly being knocked over. Nobody had fallen off yet, and Emmett had stopped shooting for a few seconds. Then I felt a paintball hit me in the side.

"HEY!" I yelled, looking at the others.

Jasper had his head turned and was whistling a quiet 'It wasn't me' type of tune. I shot back at him, just brushing against the top of his head, but it still splattered. Soon enough we were all attacking each other. Everybody was covered in paint when we all finally ran out of ammo. Still nobody had fallen off. There was a huge puddle of greenish redish paint covering the dirt ground.

"CHARGE!" Emmett called pointing to Rosalie and I. Edward obeyed and started running towards us, only to slip in the paint and send Emmett flying. We burst out laughing as Edward fell onto his behind in the paint, and the already covered Emmett when hurtling into a stack of hay. As Emmett got up he was completely covered in hay and paint.

"Not cool." He grunted walking back towards us while pulling pieces of hayoff his figure. "So not cool."

"Emmett! You Look " Rosalie choked on her laughs. She bent over out of instinct from her laughing and I fell face first into the puddle of paint.

"Oh my gosh." Alice, along with the others were laughing histerically now.

"I'm so sorry Bella!" Rosalie gigled.

"It's fine." I chukled as well, and helped myself up onto my feet.

Carlisle and Esme climbed off of Jasper and Alice's shoulders and came to join us. Edward stood up also and came to stand by my side. He put his arm around my neck and kissed my cheek. I haven't seen him like this in so long, no I don't think I have ever seen him like this. He was so outgoing and free now.

Esme walked over to the volvo and popped the trunk. She pulled out a few blankets and shut the lid. Walking over to a clean patch of grass she lay the blankets out neatly and gave herself a look of satisfaction at the perfection of the way the blankets were layed out. She looked back to us and motioned to the blankets.

"We are not going home in those cars covered in wet paint. So I figured we could all watch the sunset." She smiled warmly. " The blankets can be replaced, but I don't see a need to have to replace the interior of the cars."

"Oh come on Esme." Emmett said walking over to her and giving her a hug.

"Emmett dear, do you really want to ruin your jeep?" She laughed.

"No."

"That's what I thought."

We all layed down on the blankets and stared up at the sky. The sun was beginning to set and there was still not a cloud in the sky. It was Twilight. "It's the safest time of day for us." I remember Edward saying a few nights after the port angeles incident. "The easiest time. But also the saddest, in away... the end of another day, the return of night. Darkness is so predictable."

"What time is it?" I turned to Jasper who was laying to the side of me.

"8:36" He answered looking at his watch.

"It's Twilight." Edward whispered next to me. Sometimes I don't wonder if he can read my mind. I turned back around and layed my head on his chest. I could hear his breathing as it matched the pace of mine.I smiled and drew letters and figures with my fingers on his stomach. He smiled down at me and kissed my hair.

"Thanks again you guys, I really did need this." I breathed.

"No problem Bella. We all did. I am just glad that you were able to be here to spend it with us." Esme chuckled.

"Next time it's water guns." Carlisle said.

"And water balloons." Jasper added.

We lay there for another hour or so before even bothering to get up. Finally we decided we should go.

Edward drove his volvo home and I rode in the front. When we got back to the house we all showered again. I had to wash my hair three times to get the paint out. When I finished Edward jumped in while I went downstairs. I was greeted by Emmett and Jasper who were fighting over a video game. They were playing some car racing game. It sounded like they were accusing each other of cheating. I walked over to them and held out my hand.

"Let me try." I said.

"What?" They gasped.

"Emmett, let me see the controller. And quit fighting please, it's a game."

He smirked and willingly handed me the controller. I sat down and Jasper started the game.

"You know how to play? Do you know how to use one of these?" He asked,wiggling his controller.

"Yes, I do." I stated.

"Alright."

The race started and we were in racing through the Namib desert. The first round Jasper beat me. He was a good sport about it, he didn't rub it in. We laughed and talked about the game, the moving, and me being a vampire now. He kept saying he was sorry about my birthday, and that he was going to make it up to me.

"So, Esme is having me stay with you tomorrow. She doesn't think I can handle all the people at the funeral . The tears, the blood rush, all of that.So tomorrow we have some bonding time." He said.

"Finally." I giggled.

"Sounds like fun."

"Ya, She also said that it would be okay for us to get close enough to see everything going on outside, without being seen."

"How close?"

"Fairly close."

"Good!"

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Anonymous point of view

9:15 A.M.

I sat in the shadows... waiting for her to appear. I knew that she would be here. This was probably the best spot for her to hide. Hidden away from the world that thinks she is gone. Yet she could see that world, and hear it.

It was here that I had decided to make my appearance. I knew she would probably be frightened. I know everything. They told me. Those voices in my head. I believe it all now. I really don't have a choice.

I could hear her coming. I was crouched down, hopefully far enough away that she wouldn't be able to see me. I waited impatiently for her to become visible. When she did, I noticed she was not alone. There was the tall skimpy blonde. He was with her. That only made matters worse. I had thought she would come alone.

"Jasper?" She asked him. That's what his name was.

"Yeah Bell?" He replied.

"Do you smell that?"

"No... I don't."

"Mmm. It smells delicious!"

"I can't smell a thing."

What were they talking about? I started to lean forward, but automatically stoped when I saw her long brown waves blowing in the wind. Turning towards me. She looked for a long moment. I stayed still, but somehow I had the feeling she knew I was here. My heartbeat sped up when she looked straight at me, or so I thought she did. I stared into her brown eyes. completely unaware that she did't have any idea I was here.

Finally though, she turned back around and made a small "hmpf" with a shrug of her shoulders. I realized that now was the time to make my appearance.

I stepped slowly out of the forest and into the clearing. They both turned at the sound of my movements ad stared, wide eyed at me. The blonde looked outraged and afraid. But Bella looked sad, afraid, angry, beautiful. All at once.

"No!" She quietly cried, covering her mouth.