Hola!! Here's a fluffalicious family treat! There is jalice, but also 'bedward' and 'remmett' (...?) haha well please do enjoy, there's something for everyone!
The Cullen siblings go on a roadtrip.
-Light Life-
Emmett switched off the television, making us all stir. It seemed maddeningly quiet all of the sudden, and I strained my new vampire ears to check out any threats. There were none. Before I could ask, Edward was ahead of me. "What's up, Em?"
Emmett looked thoughtful. "I say we get out of the house."
After a confused beat of silence, Jasper asked, "Hunting?"
"No. Let's do something…normal. As a family, you know?" Emmett said, his eyes bright.
"Our 'parents' aren't even here." Rosalie interjected.
It was true--Carlisle with his never-ending job and Esme out shopping for the rare flowers the Forks greenhouses had to offer. Even Jacob had Nessie, too, another day of baby-sitting, or 'courting'. "Well, what do you suggest?" Edward asked, moving slightly so I was no longer lounging against his now-warm, long body.
"Shopping!" Alice chirped. There was a collection of groans. "What? Jasper is the only one that will come with me, you meanies!" Jasper looked like he'd be blushing slightly. Alice pecked his cheek and rubbed his chest reassuringly.
"No…but how about a road trip?" By the time it was out of Emmett's mouth, and how everyone's eyes sparkled, I knew what we were doing today.
Everyone bounced up in a flourish, knowing just where to go. Alice went to the closet, pulling out an old shoebox brimming with sunglasses.
Emmett snatched a key ring off the counter, laughing with Rose.
Jasper was scribbling a note to whoever would arrive home to our absence.
Edward was pulling my hips until our bodies touched. I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"This is exciting. I've never really had a day with just my new siblings, out in the world, you know? At least we aren't running from vampires anymore." I said.
Edward laughed. "We don't do this often. I guess your humanity is rubbing off on us."
"Come on, you guys!" I was shocked to find that Emmett and everyone else was already in the garage, waiting. Edward was ahead of me, warning, "There's only five seats, you know."
"Alice can sit on someone." Emmett laughed. Alice shrugged, her golden eyes flashing on Jasper.
"I don't mind." His casualty sort of startled me. Jasper was always uptight--only slightly loose around Alice. I was curious to see what I would see of him today.
We got into Rose's convertible--Edward was driving, me at the passenger seat, while Rose and Em sat by each other while Alice stuck true to her own seat: Jasper's lap. I watched shyly at how Alice sat there like it was simply a chair, but Jasper looked slightly uneasy--and I looked away before he could stare back at me. I would have blushed--I was glad I could no longer.
The next time I looked over there was when Edward was backing up, like I was double-checking his automobile abilities. That was pretty dumb, but it was better than staring right at the two. I was happier to see Jasper was resting his cheek on Alice's collarbone, a smile faint on his lips. His arms were her seatbelt, though no other Cullen needed one. I looked away.
The top was down, so I was startled when we pulled out into sunshine. I hadn't been looking outside--and I was wide eyed and frantic. "Edward! The sun--" I was cut off by his beauty, as always. He would never seize to amaze. His hair was shimmering bronze, swept over his pale brow. His golden eyes flecked like mischievous gems, and he smiled that crooked smile that always tied my tongue in a knot.
"Relax, love. We won't go near a soul."
The road we were now on was smooth--probably from the Cullen's slick driving habits, I mused. I didn't really hide my next trip to the backseat. I awed at my glittering family. Had I ever seen them sparkle this way before? Together?
It was like seeing them all for the first time, in a heart-swelling way. It just gave you this amazing feeling, like when you tilt up your head to see a rainbow once the rain has cleared, or how you get goose bumps at a really powerful song--your favorite song.
Emmett was looking out at the trees that whizzed by with a satisfied, boy-like amusement that dimpled one cheek. His eyes looked like the color of rum in the light, and his thick black hair ruffled in the wind. It contrasted to his sparkling skin like ink to paper. Streaks of gold and green from the trees mixed in the diamonds.
I didn't let my eyes linger on Rose too long--to keep my heart from breaking. Her golden spun hair caught light and reflected it just as well as her luminous skin. Her skin was somehow different, in a pearly, milky way. Her red lips looked like a huge ruby on her calm face. She watched Emmett, not the world that blew past her.
Alice made me smile. Her mouth was open into a joyous grin, her eyes twinkling with awe at the trees that nearly brushed her. She raised one arm and let the blue-emerald needles touch her white fingers. Her skin seemed to light up from within, and I wondered if she always sparkled--just in a less obvious way. Her spiky hair rippled, losing its innocent edge to an angelic quality.
Jasper pressed his chin to Alice's shirt, watching her. Whenever I caught Jasper looking at Alice this way, my heart yearned for them, made me want to be at their first, long-ago wedding. They were like lovers that were so deeply but privately in tuned, they put Romeo and Juliet to shame. His butterscotch curls waved in the breeze, blowing away from his face, which looked more innocent and more happy than when it fell over his brow, nearly covering his always tense gold eyes.
Edward was playing with the radio when I settled back to my seat, unnoticed by the others. I was thinking he'd tune in something classical, but Emmett barked out when we arrived on a country station. I giggled to myself--I had heard this song. It reminded me of summer barbeques and--well, long drives into sunsets. The sun was already lowering, making our shadows darker, the sun more orange spun gold.
The song was full of guitars and clapping and happiness--it sang about the open road, how life was much like it. I listened with a faint smile to the lyrics, and smiled wider when Edward's hand met mine.
Emmett began to sing, and I used my free hand to stifle a laugh. He sang tonelessly, as if he were speaking, instead, but after a while of snickering himself, Edward sang along. I watched in awe as he spun beauty with his voice, his face as happy as I'd ever seen, his skin sparkling like some unreal god.
Emmett was encouraged and sang louder, and I wasn't surprised when Alice chirped in. She swayed her shoulders and smiled towards the heavens. My eyes fell closed as I listened, and soon enough, Rose's voice was soft behind Emmett's. I hadn't noticed Jasper was softly muttering the words until I spied on him once again. He had his head craned to Alice as he whispered the words, and her own tones died in her throat when she kissed his forehead, brushing away his whipping gold curls.
"Hey, Edward! Stop here! Let's sit a while." Emmett seemed to be the leader of this trip--but I didn't mind when I saw the bright green clearing just past the road shoulder we rolled upon. I hadn't seen it before, but I supposed my distraction plus Edward's speed added up.
In a flurry of long sparkling limbs, my family headed to the clearing. Edward seized me gently, an arm wrapped around my waist, his lips pressed to my hair.
I hadn't noticed that Rose was carrying a blanket under her arm--you'd think I would be more observant given my new species status. I was also pleased--this was like a real picnic! It brought a smile--the last picnic I'd had was with Renee and Phil, still years ago. It seemed so long ago when I was human, when I would eat my mom's delicious cucumber mayo sandwiches with a swig of lemonade. The past stung me, but washed away quick when I thought about sitting on a big blanket with teenage vampires. I was one. I was a teenage vampire, too.
The blanket was huge and black and plush--one you'd expect from a vampire family, I supposed with a smirk. We all sat, our limbs graceful.
I was slightly taken aback that Jasper moved Alice with gentle fingers on her hips, the slightest misdirection from me. She swiftly sat as if it hadn't happened, and Jasper sat by me. Again, my blank blush appeared. Jasper seemed to want to break the awkward barrier between us ever since my birthday accident.
Edward sat on my other side, and we faced Em, Rose and Alice in a lopsided circle. I was watching Alice, how she thoughtfully twirled a dandelion in her fingers, as if it were a rare bloom, not a weed. I envied her ability to find beauty in the simplest things, but with vampire eyes, I supposed it wasn't always too difficult.
Emmett was nuzzling Rose's neck in such a way that I averted my gaze. I actually, unintentionally, averted it right at Jasper, who glanced back at me. I felt Edward's eyes, too, and a sudden pressure.
"Enjoying the sunshine, Bella?" Jasper asked formally. I smiled--it wasn't forced at all. Now, he seemed like such a handsome gentleman, with his hair windblown and carefree, not carefully placed. His sparkling skin that blotted away from his scars, making them obvious. His teeth showed, for his lips were pulled over them innocently. His eyes sparkled in the light, and I savored the happiness in them, the comfort, unlike when I would see him in class.
"Very much." I gazed down at my own sparkling arm, entranced by it. Edward chuckled and stroked along my wrist, too. I still felt Jasper's eyes on me, studying me as I sparkled as I had studied him.
Something hit my face, something soft and cool, and I found it was a dandelion head. Emmett chuckled, and a floral battle ensued. I enjoyed it, this humanity, as Edward had said. After a while, we were all giggling and pulling blades of grass from our hair and dandelion heads from our laps.
I'd thought Edward had gotten them all, until unfamiliar fingers explored my hair curiously. "May I?" I clenched my jaw and watched Jasper quickly pluck a full stemed flower from my hair. He looked at it thoughtfully, but it was soon snatched from his hand by Alice and placed behind his ear. He laughed awkwardly while Emmett bellowed loud enough to shake the mountains. Alice pulled Jasper close and kissed his cheek, and offered him a flower of her own with a knowing smile. He placed it in her ebony hair, then.
As we all walked to the car, we all felt the moist coolness of a dandelion stem behind our ears, even the guys. Looking at Emmett with his, I giggled lightly.
Nestled in our appropriate seat, Edward started the engine, and we drove off just as night began to fall.
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