Author's Note: I'm Baaaaack! And because it's been such a long wait, I'll give you a nice long chapter! Hopefully I will be able to get up updates more frequently now, but it's hard to promise in the summer, so I'll just try.

Because of my temporary pause from writing this, I had to use some writing time to organize this story. Who knew you need organization for a story like this. Oh well.

Again, thank you, all reviewers, for all the terrific reviews you all leave. I love reading them. You're suggestions you give for rides are all great and I'll try to get them in. I apologize if they don't get in right away, but sometimes it takes a while to come up with a plot for a particular ride. Keep the suggestions coming!

The Ever Vital Disclaimer of Utmost Importance: I don't own anything relating to Twilight. That honor belongs to Stephanie Meyer. Yay Stephanie Meyer!

A Second Disclaimer, just for fun: I don't own anything relating the Little Mermaid. That belongs to… Disney?

Chapter 11 – Edward's Choice or What does a crab have to do with anything!

Or The Rubber Band that Could

(A/N: Whew, long chapter title, but definitely crucial)

After narrowly escaping the scene of the crime, err… paddle boat ride, and a quick redoing of Emmet's disguise, the Cullens were ready for their next adventure, but Bella wasn't quite sure.

"Come on, Bella, hold out the straws!" Rosalie demanded.

Alice noticed the wary look on Bella's face and tried to reassure her. "Come on, it can't be worse than 'The Drop'".

"Well, at least if you rode the drop, you're hair would dry out." Edward suggested helpfully.

Bella attempted a glare at him before trying to wring more water out of her hair.

Meanwhile, on the edge of the group, Emmet was having a whispered conversation with Jasper that the other vampires were to busy to eavesdrop on.

"So, Jasper." Emmet started.

"Yah?" Jasper replied indifferently, concentrating more on the conversation of the others.

"I've been thinking." Emmet continued.

"Well, that's odd," Jasper said, smiling.

Emmet glared, but decided to ignore this, as he had a plan to fulfill: turning Jasper to his own side.

"Let me get to the point: I think you should be my partner in crime."

Jasper's, whose attention was now completely on Emmet, felt his jaw drop. "Say what now?"

"Must I repeat it?" Emmet said with a dignified air of impatience.

"But you don't commit any crimes on purpose right? So why would you need someone help?"

Emmet knew all this, but if word got around that Jasper was helping, then at least the blame wouldn't be all put on him and he wouldn't be the only one who had to wear makeup. Besides, Jasper needed more excitement in his life.

Now to answer Jasper's question…

"That's not the point," Emmet said hastily.

"Well, then the answer's no." Jasper said turning away.

"But… then… Fine no cotton candy for you! That was going to be your surprise payment!"

"Dude, I can't eat."

"Shoot!" Emmet muttered to himself. He would just have to put the issue on hold for now, so he returned to the conversation going on in the other group.

"Bella, do you need to eat again?" Edward was saying.

"No." Bella replied firmly, knowing that the next ride was going to be picked by a vampire.

Emmet eagerly joined the conversation, "Sure you don't want some cotton candy?" He asked, shooting a look at Jasper, who rolled his eyes.

"Positive," Bella said, then held out the straws.

Emmet made a great show out of picking a straw, which ended up be long.

Edward picked next, and let out a "Hooray!" showing he had either gotten the short straw or he just remembered something of vital importance.

It turned out to be both.

"I remembered a ride I went on a long time ago!" Edward exclaimed. At Bella's curious look he added, "Not long ago as in fifty years, more like ten, five. But anyway! It's really fun! You'll all love it, even Bella!"

The others shrugged, satisfied that they hadn't had to wait in suspense for a while.

Edward led the way to ride, trying to explain to Emmet what it was, for oddly enough, Emmet had never seen one. Jasper and Rosalie amused themselves by listening, while Alice and Bella took up the rear.

Suddenly, Alice stopped in her tracks and stood, staring into space. The four ahead didn't notice and kept walking.

"Alice?" Bella asked cautiously. She was about to call the others back when Alice blinked and started walking forward once more, a secretive smile in place on her face (teehee, that rhymed).

"What'd you see?" Bella asked.

"Let's just say, I hope Emmet disguise stays in place," was all Alice replied.

"Oh, come on, Alice, you've got to give me some better details then that. Did Emmet cause trouble again? Or was he being blamed for something someone else did?"

"Oh, it was Emmet all right." Alice responded grinning.

"What did he do?" Bella asked, but Alice merely shook her head.

"I will tell you though that I actually had two visions. The one that took place before was Emmet singing something; I couldn't make out what though." Alice had recently started learning to read lips. "Then you said something about a crab, Bella."

"What a crab got to do with anything?" Bella asked.

Alice shrugged. "No idea."

They walked in silence for a moment then Bella said, "Think we should warn them there'll be trouble?"

The looked seriously at each other, before saying in unison, "Nah!"

Bursting out laughing to two ran to catch up with the others waiting in line.

WHILE WAITING FOR ALICE AND BELLA TO CATCH UP

The four Cullens were now in line, waiting for the line to move and for Bella and Alice to catch up, for the twosome were having a discussion and walking rather slow.

While waiting, Emmet heard a familiar voice call out, "MOMMY! I'll save us a spot in line for the octopus!"

No. It couldn't be. It shouldn't be. It was even possible, was it? It was.

The kid was truly a stalker, and now, truly right in line behind Emmet, where Alice and Bella were supposed to go.

So, Emmet did the first thing that came to mind. He popped the plastic fangs into his mouth and grinned widely at the kid.

The kid stared blankly for a moment, then yelled out, voice growing in pitch as the word stretched out, "mooOOOOOMMYYYYYY!" The kid started to dash away yelling out words that blended with the noise of the park, but, listening carefully, Emmet could make them out, "MOM! Mom! There's a person with fangs! I BET he's in league with the evil guy who tried to bite the girl on the drop!"

Grinning, Emmet tuned the rest out, knowing "mommy" wouldn't buy it. Jasper gave Emmet a suspicious glance, but Emmet merely gave him a shrug.

Bella and Alice appeared then, laughing hysterically.

"Care to let us in on the joke?" Emmet as dignified as he could manage.

The two glanced up at him and began fresh laughter, though Bella managed to say, "No," quickly before laughing once more.

Emmet gave them a look of disapproval, which they ignored.

While they are waiting in line, I'll try to give a brief explanation of the Octopus ride. There are three little cabs on each branch, and the whole ride has four branches. The center is at an angle so that while half is in the air, the other half is down. The center spins around, as does the sections of three cabs, as do each cab individually. Sorry if the explanation is weird, but it's the best I could do. Oh good, the Cullen's and Bella are loading now.

Predictably, Edward and Bella got in one, Rosalie and Jasper in another, leaving Alice and Jasper in the third cab on the branch.

After each made sure their seatbelts were fastened (Much to Bella's annoyance, Edward checked her seatbelt four times) the ride started to move, but alas, it was only so more people could load.

Emmet came up with an idea to pass the time. Much to everyone's horror, he started to sing.

"The Seaweed is always greener,

in somebody else's lake,

you dream about going up dere,

but dat is a big mistake!

Just look at the world around you,

Right here on the ocean floor!

UNDER THE SEA! UNDER THE SEA!

Emmet paused and there was a stunned silence.

Bella broke it by saying, "Well Alice, does this fit? He sang a song by a crab." She emphasized 'crab' and they both broke out laughing.

Emmet started singing again, bored with the usual version.

"The rides all always brighter,

In somebody else's park,

You dream about going over there

But that is a big mistake!

Just look at the joy around you

Right here on the concrete floor!

IN DA PARK! IN THE DA-"

"ENOUGH!" Jasper burst out. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

Emmet looked highly affronted.

"You watched The Little Mermaid?" Bella questioned.

Alice nodded. "About five years ago. Rosalie and I decided to try a babysitting job just for fun."

Bella glanced at Rosalie and saw her eye twitch.

"Yah," Rosalie picked up the story. "It was bad. We had to call for reinforcements."

Emmet, Jasper, and Edward all twitched in unison.

"We called in Emmet, Jasper and Edward." Alice explained.

"Yep, nothing worked to get the kid to be quiet." Emmet added.

Jasper glared daggers at Emmet before concluding, "And then, EMMET said, 'Hey kid, how about a movie?' And the kid shrugged, so then Emmet pulled out the Little Mermaid and got the kid to sit and watch it. We thought our troubles were over, but when the movie ended, the kid wanted to watch it again. And again. And AGAIN! AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN-"

"JASPER! It's ok!" Rosalie called to him. "Take deep breaths."

Jasper did so and looked much calmer for it.

"As you can see the babysitting experience affected Jasper greatly," Alice said.

There was more silence then Emmet got a mad glint in his eye and said, "Under the sea!"

Jasper let out an indescribable noise and lunged toward Emmet. Alice only barely managed to restrain him.

"Apologize, Emmet." Rosalie chided.

Emmet looked at his feet, "Sorry, Jasper."

"NOT forgiven." Jasper said, and then yelped as he received an elbow from Alice. "Forgiven," Jasper said with a sigh.

Five minutes later, the ride started, and by then Jasper and Emmet were chatting happily.

Bella squealed at the fast turns, while the vampires laughed at her reactions.

Soon though, as expected, Emmet got bored. Big Uh Oh.

Emmet then proceeded to pull something out of his pocket, but no one really noticed or cared until…

"Ouch!" Jasper yelped yet again, grabbing his wrist. "What hit me?" he demanded.

Alice shrugged. "A bug?" She suggested, but she had a knowing glint in her eye.

"Ack, No!" Jasper said as something else hit him. Then he looked up. And saw Emmet aiming another rubber band at him.

"Hey!" Jasper shouted. Emmet grinned and let the rubber band loose.

Jasper ducked just in time and by some bit or really bad luck (or good luck if you're Emmet) hit the Conductor controls.

Alice was grinning from ear to ear now as she prepared for what she knew what would happen next. Pity Bella didn't know.

The ride speed doubled, gaining speed till everything was a giant blur, with no colors distinguishable.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Filled the air from all parts of the ride. Edward found himself clapping his hands over his ears in an attempt to drown out Bella.

"Stop it now!" Edward tried to shout above the noise.

Emmet heard and replied, "Shan't!"

"DID YOU SAY SHAN'T?" Edward snarled.

"Err, no," Emmet amended and added cheerfully, "I meant can't. I can't aim it at this speed."

After a minute that felt like eternity, the conductor managed to get the machine to stop.

The Cullen's branch unloaded first. Bella hopped off gratefully and very dizzily.

Edward grabbed her before she fell.

"WHERE IS HE?" The conductor bellowed. "THAT KID MUST BE ON THIS RIDE! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE, SHOW YOURSELF!"

Emmet had absolutely no intention of doing so and darted off before the conductor could notice him. The other followed Emmet hastily.

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed! I think this is my biggest chapter yet. Yay!

If anyone finds the references to other stories and movies annoying, please let me know and I'll stop.