Sarah
We had finally arrived at the Fiji estate; it is massive, large enough for three villas, a few other buildings with purposes unknown to me, and a pool that connected the villas together. The majority of the estate was situated in a lush forest on a hillside, with a winding path leading down to the private beach. The estate was so secluded we didn't need to worry about exposure, even the private beach was surrounded by forest, it was a perfect escape, and it was perfect for Tyler to propose Tori.
I had been missing the sun; clouds and rain were not my ideal, especially when I was left alone for the majority of time. But, now I had 2 other people that were single and first pick of everything we had to share. We got the villa that was farthest from the other two, Alice and Jasper's being the most secluded. When we walked in I left my bags in the front hall, while I went to scope out my room.
The living room was decorated with two woven loveseats, with white cushions, a matching table and two armchairs across from it. On the table was a tall vase with two bamboo shoots spiralling out of it, lucky bamboo, I remembered seeing it in floral shops when I was human. Loveseats, of course, in the villa full of single people, so either one person would sit alone on the loveseat while the other two sat on chairs, or two people sit on the loveseat making the other one uncomfortable, great.
I continued walking up the hall to the first bedroom; it had a bamboo bed with a gauzy canopy, tied at each of the four posters. It opened onto a balcony that faced the ocean. The walls were light sea foam, and were accented by the neutral colours and soft orange of the bed spread and pillows. It was absolutely perfect, but there was still another two bedrooms to choose from.
The second bedroom had cream walls, with a green accent wall, that had a brown weave down the middle. It had a simple bed with a curved head board and no foot board. Pure white sheets drew your eyes to the bed as soon as you entered. At the foot of the bed, was a stool with leather top and wooden legs. It was almost as long as the bed was wide. In the corner of the room was a chair and ottoman facing the bed on a slight angle. Beneath all the furniture was a rug, with an intricate, brown and yellow design. Like the first room, it had a glass sliding door that opened to a balcony. There was a door separating a smaller hallway from the room, which led to the third and final room.
This room was farther down the hall, it had a four poster bed but no canopy and it was constructed from solid wood. The walls were panelled with wood, and on one the wall was covered in jagged lines in alternating beige and brown. The bedspread was orange and white with yellow accents.
Edward and Jason had been following me as I made my way to each of the rooms. Once I had finished we walked back to the living room.
"Well I have to say that I like the first room best, it's the most feminine, and I love the décor." I spoke first since I was able to pick first. "What about you Edward, you get second pick."
"I like the second, it had a bigger balcony." Edward flashed me a smile, before turning toward Jason.
"Well looks like I get the third room, which is just as well, I liked it the best." I swear, nothing could dampen Jason's excitement.
"Right well, I'm going to go move my stuff to my room." I hope Jason would start to mellow soon, now that we're here.
I had just gotten to my room, and the others to theirs, and had begun to look for my bathing suit, when I heard a noise, one that sounded oddly like the time Tanya was thrown threw Edward's wall-oh no! I went running to Edward's room, hoping that I wouldn't find a huge whole in the wall.
"What the hell was-"I ran in to see Jason holding Edward's door, which, of course, was off its hinges. "What happened?" We had been here no more than half an hour and already they had broken something.
"Jason why don't you explain." Edward had a smirk on his face, like Jason was about to embarrass himself, really badly.
"Well, Edward was acting like the jerk that he is and I was on my way in here, when he insulted me, and I ended up pulling the door off the hinges, and splintering some of it with my other hand." Jason spoke in a matter-of-fact kind of way, neither one was ashamed at what had happened.
"Why do I get the feeling something else was broken? That didn't sound like a door being taken off the hinges."
"I also crashed through the door." I was confused. Edward was being a jerk and insulted Jason, who then crashed through his door and pulled Edward's off the hinges crushing it in his other hand, it sounded like something out of a bad action movie.
"So I guess the real question is, why were you being a jerk Edward? And what did you say to cause this much destruction?"
"I wasn't being a jerk. Jason couldn't keep his thoughts decent."
"What? Just tell me ok?"
"Edward, shut up, don't say anything." This was getting more confusing by the second; Jason didn't want Edward to tell me?
"You know what? I don't even care. But you two will be living door less, until it's cloudy, so suit yourselves." I turned back toward my room, utterly confused about what had just gone on. "Oh, and no fighting. I don't want to be the one that has to pry you off each other, and believe me I can."
The minute I had gone back to my room, there was another crash. I raced back to Edward's room. They were moving so fast I had trouble keeping up with them; they were sure enough, fighting. I grabbed the first arm I saw, and pulled as hard as I could, trying to separate the two vampires. It turns out I had Jason's arm, which I found out when he kindly threw me back into the hall against a wall. I got back up and took a step into the room.
"STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" With that I threw Jason off of Edward and stood in between them. "What the hell? I just told you not to fight! Come on! This is my vacation too! Now both of you get you asses to the living room! And don't break anything else!" I had lost all the patience I had for them, and they were going to stop destroying this villa.
Once we got to the living room, they both took a seat in the arm chairs; I stood in front of them. "Start talking. What happened?"
"When you left, Jason hit me over the head with the door, so I hit him back and then we were fighting." Edward looked sincerely sorry for fighting, but Jason looked outraged.
"Oh yeah, because you didn't provoke me at all! Insulting jerk!" With this comment they were both on their feet again, facing each other.
"ENOUGH! I don't care whether it was provoked or not, NO FIGHTING! Do you understand that? That means no hitting, no throwing doors or other objects at each other, nothing. If you really feel the need to attack each other, use words, and do not respond physically. Have I made myself clear?"
"Yeah, sorry." Edward was the first to apologize and he looked ashamed, something that made my heart flutter, and I didn't know why.
At that very moment, the door to the villa flung open, instantly Jason and Edward were on their feet, facing the door. Alice, Jasper, Tori and Tyler ran in.
"Got into a little fight, did you boys?" Alice was the first over to the living room, she obviously had a vision. As Edward and Jason sat back down into their chairs, Alice walked directly in front of them slapping them both on the head. "That is for throwing Sarah into a wall-And that is for being an idiot!" Oddly it felt like Alice was talking about more than just the fight when she slapped Edward, I'd have to ask her about that.
Tori walked up to me and gave me a hug. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm practically indestructible. Plus, they wont be fighting anymore, they will, most likely, be insulting each other though." Jasper had come back to the living room after surveying the damage in Edward's bedroom.
"At least it's only two doors and a few pillows."
"Well that's good, they aren't too hard to find, not that we can leave until it's cloudy, or dark. Just please, don't make me pull you off each other again. Now, let's go swimming!" I couldn't wait to get in the water, I could use a relaxing swim, especially after the fight I was forced to referee. Maybe next time I should just let them fight it out, they would stop eventually, hopefully before someone died.
"Well we already changed; we'll meet you out there." Alice skipped from the room, followed by Jasper, Tori and Tyler.
"Remember no more fighting." I smiled at them, this was a crazy first day, surely it couldn't get worse. The thought had come out of no where, and it was followed by something I had discovered early in my human years, never say that! Only bad things come when you say that! Everything could be worse.
"What are we going to do about the door, how are we supposed to change?" Edward looked genuinely worried.
"Like I said before, you two are just going to have to live with it. As for changing, there are such things as bathrooms. I believe there is one in the hallway connecting your rooms, and there's another beside the kitchen." I couldn't help the amused smile that crept onto my face at their expressions, disgust, hate and contempt, openly displayed on their faces.
"What about like at night, when we want privacy." I felt as though Jason was implying something, as Edward had mentioned, indecent.
"Maybe you should have thought about that before you destroyed the doors. You can find a curtain or something, but first we need to go swimming, and Edward you are coming." I turned and walked back to my room, where I pulled on my bikini and towel, before heading out to meet them in the living room.
"Are you guys ready? They were both standing in the living room, far apart, glaring at each other, but at least they weren't fighting.
"Of course, I'm always ready to be tossed into a pool." Edward gave a sarcastic smirk, I definitely hadn't forgotten about the threat of throwing him in the pool, hoping dearly that I wouldn't have to actually do it.
"You're only getting thrown in the pool, if you refuse to go in. So just go in, and everything will be alright."
"And admit defeat? I don't think so. I have too much pride for that; you'll have to throw me in…Of course that means you'll have to catch me first." After he said this, he bolted out the door. This might actually be fun, catching and throwing Edward in the pool, almost like Manhunt.
I dashed to my room, grabbed a drawstring bag from my bed, and then I ran out the door after him, leaving Jason gaping behind in the living room. I saw Edward running past the pool, toward the surrounding forest. I took my path along the poolside so I could recruit the rest of my family.
"Come on! We have to catch Edward and throw him in the pool!" Instantly I saw Alice, Jasper, Tori and Tyler spring up and follow me in to the forest.
"Keep your thoughts guarded, we don't want to tell him what we are planning to do. Alice, Jasper…" I signalled the direction for them to go with my hands and did the same with Tori and Tyler, "I'll take point."
We arranged ourselves in an arrow formation, spaced far apart, and ran as though we were a well trained unit. We had come to a clearing where Edward's scent disappeared, up the trees; he had been leaping from one to another.
"Alright, we need to split up. Alice, Jasper head slightly north, he won't go too far, Alice keep checking your visions, Tori and Tyler you guys do the south, I'll take the center." As they turned to go, I grabbed the small box I had in my bag. "One more thing. To help us stay in contact." I handed a small earpiece to each of them, this way we would be able to hear what was happening to every team member.
"When did you get these?" Alice was clearly surprised I had anticipated this; Edward apparently hadn't thought about it, she didn't have a vision.
"While you were in, um, shopping." I didn't feel like mentioning Victoria's Secret in front of Tyler, in case he got the wrong idea. "I like to be prepared. I didn't plan for this to happen, but I like to be prepared, or have something to improvise with, but I always loved Manhunt as a human, I thought as a vampire it would be even more fun. Especially with earpieces, it's only logical to be able to contact your team." I answered all the curious looks from the group; Jasper's by far was the most penetrating.
With that we took off, each group running in a different direction. Something told me, that although I was alone, and could never outrun Edward, I would be the one to find him, and he would most likely give up. Although it would be more fun to tackle him, I don't really know how to fight, and would just get myself into an embarrassing situation.
Then I came into a clearing, and caught Edward's distinct honey scent, he was in a tree. It's probably best if I let him come out of hiding on his own, then again, it couldn't hurt to sneak up the tree. Problem is how does one sneak up on a vampire?
I turned toward the tree Edward was undoubtedly sitting in and walked a couple paces toward it, I decided to give up on sneaking over, he knew I was there.
"Hello Edward, nice view from up there?" I looked up at the tree and saw Edward jumping down from one of the highest branches.
"It was a good view. Did you have a good run?" I could see the humour in his eyes, it was quite contagious, I mean, we chased him all the way out here just to throw him in a pool.
"I did thanks. Are you ready to go swimming now? Or are you going to run off again?"
"I think I could use a swim right about now. Too bad you'll be the one to get thrown in though." He gave me a humour filled smirk, and before I could process his remark he picked me up, and threw me over his shoulder, running back toward the pool.
"Aahh! Edward! Put me down!"
