Author's Note: Sorry , you are right about the short straw thing. I won't do it again :)

Also, thank you everyone for your terrific ideas! I'll try to get them all in, but first, here's one that no one yet thought of…

Chapter 5 – Alice's Choice -or- Vampires + H2O - Not Good

Rosalie stored her spring in her purse with a wide grin.

"What's that?" Emmet asked.

"A souvenir." Rosalie replied.

"Hmm…" Emmet thought, "I'll have to get me one of those…"

"Let's pick straws now, shall we?" Alice broke in, throwing glances at Emmet.

"OH YES, RIGHT NOW!" Emmet agreed, "I know this time I'll get it for sure!"

"Right…" Rosalie said as she handed the straws to Edward, who mixed them up before holding them out to Emmet, Jasper, and Alice.

"Me first!" Emmet cheered. The other vampires and Bella watched in fascination as Emmet crossed his fingers. But he didn't stop there. He then crossed his arms, legs, toes, and even eyes.

"For luck you know," Emmet said in a conspiratorial whisper.

"And how exactly are you planning to pick one up with all your fingers crossed." Edward said, holding the straws out to him.

"Err…" Emmet puzzled over this newly found puzzle for a moment. Then he beamed, "Like this!" And he proceeded to use his teeth to take a straw from Edward's hand.

"Gross." Edward commented blandly, "We'll have to replace that straw now."

Under normal circumstances, Emmet would have shot back retort, but at the moment, he was busy mourning his long straw.

Alice and Jasper shrugged and pulled out the two remaining straws.

"Yay!" Alice cheered, "My turn! And I know just what to pick for something fun we'll all enjoy…"

"And not get kicked off of?" Bella asked hopefully.

"Perhaps…" Alice replied. Who really know what trouble vampires could get into with a water ride.

"Well, this could be fun… I suppose." Emmet said, peering at the river flowing alongside the line. Every once in a while several people in a circular raft would float by, going over rapids, under little water falls and such.

The area around the line was set up to look like a jungle with vines and trees all around.

"Of course it will be," Alice said, "I picked it didn't I?"

"Yah, well…" Emmet said. Suddenly his face brightened, causing the others in his group to watch him with suspicion. "Um… I'm going to go get a soda… you know… uh, be right back!"

He made as if to walk away, but Edward objected, "You can't drink soda."

"Oh, well, I suppose not. One for Bella than."

"That's ok, I don't really-" Bella started, but Emmet had already zoomed off.

Emmet reappeared shortly later. With no soda in hand. And a highly suspicious bag slung over his shoulder.

"What happened to the soda?" Jasper asked.

"And what's with that bag?" Rosalie asked wearily.

"Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise! And besides, you heard Bella, she didn't want a soda." Emmet shot back cheerily. Then his face dropped slightly and he said, "Isn't this line ever going to move?"

Jasper grinned suddenly. "Not by itself, maybe…" He said quietly. Then in a stage whisper he said, "Hey, Alice, did you know that to make this jungle place look even more authentic, they put real snakes in here?"

Alice grinned back, "You know, Jasper, I think I did hear that somewhere."

Some people in the crowd glanced hastily at one and other and left, leaving the line considerably shorter.

"Way to go, Jasper!" Bella cheered and the others agreed.

But, then, the ride conductor walked over. He saw Emmet and said, "YOU!"

Jasper snickered. Emmet's jaw dropped, "Excuse me?"

"You chased the line away, didn't you? I've heard of you. From the teacup, bumper car and carousel conductors!"

Emmet looked thoughtful, "Believe it or not, those weren't my fault."

"I choose not." Said the conductor grumpily, "You know… I shouldn't let you on this ride, cause of your antics."

"But sir," Emmet began, adopting a polite tone, "My little sister so wants to go on this ride, and Mama won't let her go on unless I go on with her, isn't that right, little sister?" Emmet stared at Bella who was peering at something in the distance.

"I said, isn't that right, little sister!" He elbowed Bella lightly, and received a glare from Edward. Emmet whispered to Bella, "Play along and I'll let you pick which roller coaster."

Bella nodded. Her eyes widened hugely and she looked as though she might cry. "Please. Let him ride…" She said, making herself sound like the ten year old Rosalie had beaten to the red car.

"Well… I suppose. But no funny business got it?" The conductor growled.

Emmet's eyes widened. "How could you think that?" He shook his head. "How tragic I now have such a false reputation…"

The conductor shrugged and walked away, as Emmet had hoped.

When they got to the front, like the teacups, they divided into two groups. Not the same groups though.

The new teams :cough: I mean groups, were

Yellow Raft:

Edward

Rosalie

Emmet

Blue Raft:

Bella

Jasper

Alice

Edward had wanted to be on Bella's raft, but Emmet had insisted.

The Blue Raft was launched first, and though the Yellow Raft was supposed to wait five minutes before following, but by ways unknown, Rosalie got it to launch early. The conductor wasn't too happy about that, but by the time he noticed… well, it was too late.

Emmet, Rosalie and Edward paddled with their hands and caught up with them as they were going over the first set of little rapids.

Emmet unslung the pack from his shoulder and opened it. And then, he pulled from inside of it… WATER CANNONS! (A/N: For anyone who doesn't know what there are, they are a variation of squirt guns.)

"Emmet! Where did you get those and WHY?" Rosalie yelled.

"Where did I get them? It's best you don't know. Why? Well, I thought that was obvious, Rosalie." Emmet said breezily as he tossed three of the water cannons to the Blue Raft.

"Oh dear." Rosalie said, though she didn't look too worried.

The raft crews now took up their water cannons and prepared to do battle.

"Are you READY!" Emmet shouted professionally.

"GO!" Jasper bellowed and the water began to arch from one boat to the other.

On the Yellow Raft, Edward took careful aim not to hit Bella.

"Come on, Edward! She's isn't giving you any quarter!" Emmet yelled over the roar of an approaching waterfall.

Edward shrugged but continued to 'miss' Bella. The times he didn't hit her were compensated for by Rosalie, however.

"EEK!" Alice and Bella squealed as the passed first under the waterfall, now wetter than ever.

Now they were inside a cave. The Yellow Raft had not yet come through.

Alice grinned evilly. "Here's plot." She coughed. "Err, plan…"

The Yellow Raft had gotten temporarily stuck on the edge but were now moving swiftly again.

"Paddle, Vamps, Paddle!" Emmet shouted.

They passed through the waterfall into the cave.

"Uh, where are they?" Rosalie asked.

"BELLA?" Edward shouted into the cave. It echoed back.

"Eh... probably didn't wait cause they were afraid of us." Emmet said confidently. "Guess we won!"

They came to a bend around and just as they passed, they were hailed with much, much water.

"Ahhhh!" The Yellow Raft yelled in surprise. (A/N: Yes, Edward too. He uh… was too busy wondering where Bella was to read Alice's mind)

"I guess that means WE WON!" Bella crowed.

"Heard that, huh?" Emmet replied.

"You bet!" Jasper said happily.

"Well, this isn't over!" Emmet said, already refilling his cannon.

They passed out of the cave near the end of the ride. Emmet took aim at Jasper and fired.

Jasper ducked and the water continued on its way… to the conductor.

"ARGH!" Screamed the conductor. "I knew I shouldn't let you ride! HEY! Water cannons aren't allowed!"

"Uh oh." Emmet said. Then he turned to his Family and Bella and said seriously, "I believe we'll have to cut this ride short."

They nodded just as solemnly and paddled to the edge. Jasper lifted Bella onto the edge and everyone else climbed out. Then they scaled the fake rock hill border and disappeared wet, but happy into the crowd once more.

Author's Note: And there's chapter five! Hope you enjoyed.