Disclaimer: I do own a copy of Twilight; however, I don't own the actual rights to said book … :(

So the scene of Twilight was pretty amazing! Is it just me or does Robert Pattinson have these AMAZING facial expressions that are just perfect? Every time I see a clip from the movie, he has at least one expression that I can't get enough of! I'm weird … I know! Anyways – I'd like to take this opportunity to recommend a story for you all to read that is being written by one of my sisters! It is called Reincarnate by Pouncing Padfoot 146 (I will post a link to it on my home page) Anyway, it is just starting out, and I think it is an amazing idea and she's a great writer so I know it's going to turn out amazingly! So go check it out! :-D Anyways, on with my story … enjoy!

Chapter 25: All is Fair in Love and War

BPOV

I heard Esme say aw, saw Carlisle smile, and then heard Alice scream "Our plan worked!" as she jumped up and down.

"Your plan?" I asked, confused.

Jasper exchanged a panicked look with Alice, who had suddenly turned pale.

"Our, um," Alice stuttered, "Well, obviously our plan to um, come here and surprise you worked." She finished, looking at the floor.

I looked at Edward who was looking at Alice, obviously not believing a single thing she was saying.

"Alice, we should just tell them," Jasper said quietly.

Alice's eyes grew wide and moved quickly between Edward, myself and finally resting on Jasper, "But they'll be mad." She whimpered.

"No they won't," Jasper assured her.

"Will you quite acting like we aren't in the room?" Edward said, annoyed.

"Alice," I said in a calm voice, "We won't be mad, whatever it is."

"We are going to um, go bring these bags up to Bella's room," Carlisle said, moving towards the stairs, Esme right behind him.

As soon as they got to the top of the stairs, I suggested that we sit down.

"So…?" I began.

Alice took a deep breath and looked at me, "Jasper isn't sick." She said.

I glanced at Jasper, who looked perfectly healthy, "I can see that Alice," I said.

"No, no," she said, "I mean he wasn't sick, ever. Well I suppose he has been sick before, but in this particular instance …"

Jasper cut in, "What she is trying to say is, that the reason we didn't come up here originally with you guys isn't because I was sick."

"Then why not?" Edward asked, truly curious.

"We wanted you guys to get together, we knew you both liked each other a lot but were to shy to admit so" Alice said nervously, "And we figured if we left you alone together for a weekend, you would get up the nerves to tell each other."

"But even if you and Jasper didn't come, Edward's parents would have still been here," I said, pointing out her logical fallacy.

"Well," Alice said, staring at her hands again, "We kind of told them our plan and they decided to go on a trip this weekend. Didn't you think it was weird that they suddenly disappeared for a weekend? Especially a weekend when Edward was home from college?"

Everything was starting to fall into place, how Alice had set up this entire weekend, just so we could get up the courage to finally become a couple. "Have you been talking with Emily? You know, planning everything together?" I asked.

"Nope," she said, "That was all her, very impressive work, I can't wait to meet her," Alice's eyes shinned, "So you aren't … mad?"

"Mad?" I laughed, "Of course not Alice. I mean, now can I be mad when you gave me an opportunity to be with the most amazing boy ever for an entire weekend." I squeezed Edward's hand and he smiled at me, "Although… I am a little angry you burned all my clothes."

Alice smiled at that, "You won't be after you see what I bought for you instead, want to go look?"

I stood up and smiled at Edward, "I'll be right back."

"I can't come?" he asked.

"I'd rather you not see the fit I'm about to throw … and who knows what Alice is going to try to make me wear!" I joked.

Jasper laughed, "I'll stay down here with you Edward, I am in need of some major testosterone after two straight days with this one," he said pointing at Alice.

"Hey!" Alice laughed, "You didn't seem to mind it too much, especially when I-" Alice stood on her tippy toes and whispered in Jasper's ear, causing him to blush.

"Ok, gross," I said, imagining what Alice told Jasper "Let's go" I said, dragging Alice upstairs.

"Wow, who knew you were so anxious to try on your new clothes," Alice said.

"Yea, yea," I rolled my eyes and opened the door to my room.

The entire floor was covered in bags, small ones, large ones, representing practically the entire mall, "Someone had a little too much fun." I joked.

"Oh, this isn't even a quarter of it" Alice assured me, "I bought some and already put it in your closet back in the dorms when I was there, and I shipped a lot I bought today back there too, since it would be completely impractical for us to drive back with all of it."
"Even though we have two cars so you can store your luggage?" I joked, paraphrasing what Alice had told us in order for us to take two separate cars at the beginning of the trip.

"Even then," Alice winked and started to pull the clothes out of the bags, showing them to me one-by-one.

Alice took pity on me half an hour later, and told me we could finish later, that she wanted to get out and meet my old friends.

I didn't question it, I just ran out of the room and down the stairs, straight into Edward's open arms. "I missed you," I said, kissing him on the lips.

"I missed you too," He told me, placing his arms gently around my waist.

"Ehem?" Alice said, walking over to Jasper.

Edward twisted me around so my back was now to his chest, never letting his hands drop from around me though. "Yes?"

"Alice wants to go meet our friends," I told him, "That was our deal to let me out of that horrible, horrible room." I fake shuddered.

"I'll text them all right now, and tell them to meet us in ten minutes," Edward said, pulling out his phone and quickly sending out the message.

"Danny," I said, "Oh no."

"Actually, the name is Edward," Edward joked.

I smacked him arm gently, "No silly, I was supposed to talk to Tanya for Danny."

"Oh, that is already taken care of." Edward told me.

"How?" I asked.

"When I talked to him, we sorted everything out and then I called Tanya and told her about Danny … and they are going on a date next weekend." Edward said, shrugging.

"You are quite possibly the most wonderful man on the face of this earth," I told Edward, kissing him again.

"Hey!" Jasper protested.

"You're a close second," I told him.

"You're my number one, Jasper," Alice told him, "Even if I am a little biased."

"Well isn't this a cute picture?" Esme said, walking into the room.

I looked around, Alice was sitting on Jasper's lap while I was still intertwined with Edward next to their chair. I blushed, and tried to move away but Edward pulled me right back, "Don't leave, love." He whispered in my ear.

"Carlisle, look how cute they are," Esme told her husband.

"Ah, young love, I remember when we first met…" Carlisle began.

"Oh, look at the time, I think we should be leaving now," Edward said, pushing me towards the door.

Carlisle just laughed, "Have fun."
"Oh, we will." Alice said, following behind us.

We walked towards the fort, which was the assumed meeting area.

"Oh, I just can't wait to meet everyone," Alice gushed, "Especially Emily… she just sounds so cool."

I rolled my eyes, "Yea, she's really cool, they all are." I said as we walked up towards everyone. "Hey guys, this is my friend Alice and her boyfriend Jasper." I introduced.

Everyone greeted them and I then proceeded to name all of my other friends and introduce them, "…And then, where is Emily?" I asked, noticing she was missing.

"Oh, she's running a little late as usual," Danny said offhandedly, "Something about changing into the perfect outfit she just bought."

Everyone laughed while Alice said, "Completely understandable."

"Hello!" Emily said, almost on cue, walking up quickly to everyone.

"Hey," I said to her, "Emily, Jasper, Alice," I said, pointing to each as I said their name.

Then I heard a high pitch squeal and looked to see what the commotion was about. I looked at Alice and then at Emily and started laughing. "You have got to be kidding me," I managed to get out between laughs.

Alice and Emily were wearing the exact same outfit. Dark blue, almost black, shorts and a white shirt that was tied around the middle and then flowed down almost like a dress that stopped about half way down the shorts.

"Stella McCartney top?" Alice asked, mouth open wide.

"Of course! I saw in it Vogue a couple days ago and just knew I had to get it. I thought these shorts went well with it." Emily said.

"Me too! I wasn't quite sure, you know if I should wear leggings or shorts … but I figured since it was summer and all, I ought to go with shorts." Alice said.

"I had the same dilemma, I was worried you wouldn't approve, Bella has told me you are quite fashionable." Emily admitted.

"Well I definitely approve," Alice laughed, and then hugged her. "So how exactly did you get Bella to go voluntarily shopping?"

Emily laughed and grabbed Alice's hand, "Well…" she began and walked away to talk.

"I'd say they hit it off," Jasper said, staring after his girlfriend with a smirk on his face.

"Yea," Edward said, "I don't know if I can handle two Alice's in one place though."

"Me either, especially if they go shopping or something," I said, then grew wide-eyed, "Ohmygosh, I can not go shopping with them, no, no, no! That would be horrible … Edward!"

"Don't worry, I said I'd protect you and I will," Edward said, putting his arm around my waist and pulling me towards him, "Don't worry, love."

I nodded, and kissed him on the cheek, "Thanks, so what do you all want to do?"

"Well … since it is your last day here, why don't we bring back some childhood memories and play a game?" Nick suggested.

I smiled, "Alright, Capture the Flag?"

A round of "of course," and "yes," and "oh yeas" went throughout the group.

"Boys vs. Girls rematch," Danny said.

"Alright, I smiled, same rules as last time?" I asked.

"Of course and same rewards for the winning team." Edward said.

"Bragging rights and one wish?" Courtney asked.

"Yep," Edward responded.

"Ok, I just can't wait to see you get beaten, again," I said, "Hm, I wonder what I'll wish this time." I said, looking over at Edward purposefully.

"I wouldn't get to cocky," Edward whispered into my ear causing me to shiver, "I've been training for this moment for years, and I know exactly what my wish will be once I win."

"Oh, really?" I asked, turning towards him so our faces were only inches apart.

He grabbed my face and kissed me passionately but drew away all too quickly, "Yes, I know exactly what I want." He said in a husky voice, and ran to his side of the boundaries to meet up with his team.

I watched him go, frozen. "Bella?" Kelsey asked.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts, "Sorry, minor distraction." I laughed.

"Should we get Alice and Emily back here?" she asked.

"Yes, we'll definitely need them if we plan on beating the boys again." I said, and called Alice.

"Hey," Alice said into her phone.

"Hi, we are about to have a rematch Capture the Flag game, you guys in?" I asked.

"Hell yes!" I heard Alice say as well as Emily, she must have been listening near the phone.

"Well get your little butts back here then," I responded.

"Ok, we'll be there in a minute, have to stop by the house real quick." Emily said, taking the phone away from Alice.

"We won't start until you get here." I said, and shut the phone, "Alice and Emily are coming back so can we wait for them?" I shouted over to the other side.

"I guess… I mean you'll need all the help you can get," Nick said, high fiving Jasper.

"Boys," I mumbled and rolled my eyes.

Alice and Emily showed up shortly later, wearing a t-shirt and plain jeans which they still managed to make fashionable, "We didn't want to ruin our clothes" Alice told me.

"Alright, we are all here," I shouted over to the boy's team, "Five minutes to make plans and hide the flag then the games begin."

"Ok," Edward shouted back and ran off with his team to hide the flag and talk strategy.

"So," I said turning to my team, "Same plan as always? Hide the flag up high and hope they don't reach it?"

"Bella, Bella, Bella," Emily said shaking her head, "We have new advantages we didn't have when we were children, we should take advantage of them."

"We do?" I asked, looking around for what had changed.

"Yes Bella," Alice chimed in, taking off her t-shirt to reveal a bikini top.

"Oh no," I said, slowly realizing their plan.

"What?" Emily said, taking off her shirt as well to reveal a black bikini top, "Just think of it as an advantage we have."

"We are going to … seduce them?!" I asked, warily while the other girls giggled.

"It'll be fun, we'll just stay back here, hide the flag and then when the boys come over, we'll distract them a little bit… you know have a little fun," Emily said, winking.

I shook my head, "I'm not sure about this guys…"

"You and Kelsey and Courtney can look for the flag on their side, we'll stay back and work our magic," Alice giggled.

"Ok, I guess," I said, walking towards the meeting point, "I'd say have fun, but I don't think that will be a problem."

They just giggled and hid the flag in a nearby bush and went to lie down on the grass near the back of the house.

"You go for the flag, Bella," Kelsey told me, "We'll look for it too, but mainly we'll be distractions, yell if anyone of us gets captured, alright?"

"Sounds good to me," I responded and Courtney nodded in agreement.

When we reached the division line some of the boys were already back, "Everyone here who is coming?" Danny asked.

I nodded, "You?" I asked, noticing that Edward and Nick were both missing from their line up.

"Yep," he said, a smile slipping onto his face.

"What?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing, this game should just be interesting, that's all." He said, "I think you'll quite enjoy it Bella."

I looked at Kelsey then Courtney who both shrugged, clueless, "Um, alright?" I said, making it a question.

Danny laughed and then said, "Ready?"

"Set," we responded.

"GO!" we all shouted and the game began.

We strategically made our way across the border line and over to the boys side, keeping watch out for Edward and Nick as well as the blue flag that symbolized victory. We walked carefully, quietly, expecting a sudden ambush from the hiding boys, but were greeted with silence.

"This is weird," Courtney said as she searched through a bush, "I wonder where they are."

"Me too," I said, checking the trees in the front yard and finding nothing.

"Maybe they are in the back?" Kelsey suggested as I walked around the house towards the backyard.

"I'll go check," I told them, "You guys stay up here and keep looking and if I see them I'll shout and give you a warning as to where they are."

"Alright," they both replied.

I walked around to the back of the house carefully, trying to be as quite as possible. I made it to the backyard with still no sight from either Danny or Nick when I heard a shout come from the front yard. "Nick, where did you come from?!" Courtney yelled.

"Well that takes care of where Nick is," I said to myself, "But where is Edward?"

I continued walking, checking my surroundings for the missing boy, when I saw the deck. "They wouldn't hide it there again," I muttered to myself again, "Would they?" I wasn't sure so I made my way towards the deck when I saw a tall figure's shadow on the ground.

"Hello Bella," the velvety voice said.

"Edward," I said talking to the shadow, backing away quickly.

"You won't look at me Bella?" he asked, sounding hurt.

I looked up and froze, in front of me stood Edward, my boyfriend, in only a pair of khaki shorts that were riding quite low, showing off his hip bones and the slight imprint that surrounded them, as well as his impressive six-pack and toned arms. His hair was messy as ever, flopping into his eyes and I had the sudden impulse to walk up to him and push it back. I started to walk forward when I remembered the game, we were playing a game and Edward wasn't fighting fair. "Cheater," I said, looking back down at his shadow.

"Cheater?" Edward asked, "How so Bella?"

"You… you know how," I stuttered.

"I don't think I do," He replied, his shadow getting closer to me, slowly, "I don't believe I've cheated at all." He said, stopping right in front of me.

I took a deep breath and looked up at him again, he was even more stunning up close, "You aren't fighting fair," I told him.

"And who ever said this was a fair fight?" he asked, rhetorically, "All is fair in love and war, right?"

"Is this love? Or is this war?" I asked, getting lost in his deep green eyes.

"Who says it can't be both?" he replied, and then reached up and cupped my face with his soft hands. He brought his face close to my own, and his lips instantly found mine, kissing me gently. I moved my hands up to the back of his head, lacing my fingers in his hair, and pushing the strands back that were calling to me earlier. Edward stroked my cheek with his hand and pulled back, leaving me breathless and in a daze. "Bella," he said in a low voice.

"Yes?" I responded, looking up at him.

"Go to jail," he said gently, snapping me out of my dream-like trance.

"W-what?" I stuttered, while his patented half smile crossed his face, "You tricked me!" I shouted.

"All is fair in love and war," he repeated, his lips brushing mine quickly.

"I hate you Edward Masen," I told him as I stormed off to jail.

"I love you Isabella Swan," he shouted after me, knowing I didn't mean it.

"Yea, yea," I muttered as I walked into jail where both Courtney and Kelsey were already sitting, "What happened?"

"Nick came out of no where and tagged us," Courtney signed, slouching down, "We've been shouting for you for like five minutes, where have you been?"

"Sorry, I was a little distracted," I told them what happened.

"Well, was it worth it?" Kelsey asked, smiling.

"Oh yea," I smiled back.

"So now what?" Courtney asked.

"I guess we either wait for someone from our team to realize we are all in jail and tag us out, or we wait for the guys to win," I sighed, sitting back to get relaxed.

"This sucks," Kelsey said, looking at our side to see if any of our team members where in shouting distance. "Think they would hear if I yelled?"

"Might as well try," I said.

"Alice, Emily, help! We are all captured!" Kelsey shouted repeatedly and then sat back down when there was no response, "Darn."

We all exhaled a deep breath, "Well, hopefully they won't make the wish too horrible." Courtney mused.

"I have a feeling it will be, revenge for what we made then do oh so many years ago," Kelsey stated sadly just as we saw Danny start running across our side towards his with our flag.

"Nooooooo," We all shouted dramatically as he crossed the border line with Emily on his heals, not quite fast enough.

"Sorry guys," Emily said to us, panting.

"It's alright, where are Jasper and Alice?" I asked.

"Do you really want to know?" Emily asked between breaths.

"Not really," I responded, looking over at the guys who were now huddled in a group shouting and smacking each other's backs, congratulating each other on their 'brilliant plan' and 'great strategy.'

"So what happened to you guys?" Emily asked.

"Nick found Courtney and I," Kelsey explained, "And Edward happened to Bella."

I blushed slightly, "No need to be embarrassed" Emily told me, "You should have seen Jasper when he saw Alice. First he was mad because Danny was talking to us and he claims Alice was flirting with him, but she totally wasn't, and then he get's all defensive and then before I knew it they were interlocked, on the ground, in a full out make out session… I've never seen anyone move that quickly before in my life." Emily said, amazed.

"That explains why they are still missing," I said.

"Oh yea," Emily said, "I wouldn't expect them back for quite a while."

"Alright," the guys said making their way over towards us, "Now that we've celebrated our win, and have official bragging rights, we get to make our wish."

We all groaned.

"But we've decided to use our wishes separately, to get more use out of them," Danny continued, "So we'll be letting you know when we want to use our wishes in the future."

"After all, they have no expiration date," Edward said, looking at me and smiling.

A/N: So sorry it took me a while to update, started my job last week and it's been keeping me busy! But I'll do a better job with time management and hopefully update more quickly! I added a new poll to my homepage so please go and vote and then check out the story that I recommended (the link is also on my homepage!) but before you do any of that … review! :-) What do you want the wishes to be? What do you want to happen? Let me know in a review!