Oh, Edward!

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"Oh, Edward!" called Bella.

I was at her side in an instant, kneeling beside the chair she sat in. We were in the living room, though no members of my family were there. That was odd, because as far as I knew, none of them were out hunting. But I turned my attention back to my wife.

"How can I help, dear Bella?" I asked.

She answered right away, and I could hear a hint of frustration in her voice.

"Well, we were all sitting here, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and I, when Emmett said he was bored. That launched a conversation on what we should do, and Jasper, fed up with all the emotions, suggested we play Hide and Go Seek. We all agreed – which I have my suspicions about – and they all said 'Not it' and ran off. So I'm it. And I can't find them anywhere." She pouted.

I fought back a laugh. This was what she upset about. How trivial. But if it made my Bella happy.

"I'll help you, love. We'll find them together." I flashed her a smile.

She smiled back, and I could see the relief in her eyes.

"But you'll have to tell me the rules, first," I added.

She looked shocked.

"You don't know how to play Hide and Go Seek? Edward, I'm shocked!"

I sighed.

"Bella, of course I know how to play Hide and Go Seek. But you'll need to tell me the boundaries, and if they're allowed to use their powers, and if they're allowed to change hiding spots and such."

She looked thoughtful for a second, then brightened.

"Well, no-one told me anything about that, so I guess it's up to me." She raised her voice slightly. "You have to hide in the house, you can't change hiding spots, and you can't use your powers." She paused, and turned to me. "That includes you, Edward. You can't read their minds to find out where they're hiding. Got it?"

"Got it," I replied seriously. "Let's go."

We started by looking in the kitchen. We checked in cupboards, on shelves, even in the fridge and oven. No-one was there.

"I didn't think there would be anyone here. They probably wouldn't be able to stand the smell of human food," said Bella matter-of-factly. I grinned. My fiancée was smart. I decided to put her to the test.

"Well, if you knew they weren't in the kitchen, do you know where they are?" I watched her face intently, and was pleased to see it light up.

"I don't know for sure if they're there, but I have a few guesses. Emmett will want to stretch the rules, so he'll probably hide somewhere that isn't specifically prohibited. And, since he expected me to seek alone, he'll probably be somewhere that I can't reach in my human-ness." She grinned up mischeviously at me. "That's where you come in. To the attic!" she cried. I led her there.

When we opened the door to the attic, we found the inside to be blocked by heavy boxes. Well, heavy for a human. I easily lifted them up and out of the way.

When we could both fit through, Bella put her hands on her hips and surveyed the area.

"Now, even Emmett isn't completely stupid, so…" she started.

"Hey!" came a voice from behind a box. The hulking form of Emmett unfolded upwards, and he walked up to Bella.

"What do you mean, 'even Emmett isn't completely stupid?'"

Bella grinned a slightly evil grin.

"Emmett, you just fell for my trick. Thanks for making my seeking a whole lot easier."

"What? I…You…That's not fair!" Emmett was by now very red in the face.

"Well…Jasper's hiding under the bookshelf in his room!" he blurted.

Bella smiled an innocent yet somehow demonic smile.

"And thanks again, Emmett, for completing the second part of my plan. Now, go wait in the living room like a good little vampire."

Emmett turned purple, then red, then an odd shade of crimson-burgundy. Then, mumbling, he stomped off towards the living room.

Bella and I laughed, all the while walking to Jasper's room. Just as Emmett had said, we found my emotional brother under his bookcase.

"Hey, Jasper," Bella greeted him innocently. "What'cha doing down there? Couldn't you have been more creative? Or…secretive?" She grinned.

"EMMETT!" bellowed Jasper. He took off, and a few seconds later we heard muffled yells coming from downstairs, and Jasper's hysterical screams.

This time, Bella was laughing so hard that she had to sit down for a while, and I laughed along with her, though not with as much energy. That was hard to do.

When she had finished wiping her eyes, I asked her :

"Where to next?"

She stood up and thought for a second.

"Alice's bathroom." I looked at her questionningly.

"Do you, uh, need to go?" Well, this would be awkward.

She laughed, truly amused.

"It's not for me, silly. It's for Rosalie. I can imagine her touching up her makeup perfectly even while she's laughing at Emmett and Jasper."

So to the bathroom we went.

When Bella opened the door, we found a very bored-looking Rosalie.

"I needed something to do while waiting for you to find me. Took you long enough." Then she was gone.

"Now where, ma'am?" I asked, saluting smartly.

"Outside for a second. We'll need total privacy."

"Um, I don't think this is the right time, honey…"

Bella looked at me, startled.

"Why, Edward, you certainly are drawing strange conclusions today! Come, I'll explain outside." I followed her, confused but obedient.

When we arrived outside, she shut the door and leaned in close.

"Edward," she whispered in my ear, "I'm going to need your speed. I'm going to shout to Alice from downstairs, and then I'll nedd you to bring me up to the next floor immediately. Got it? I only came out here so she wouldn't hear our plans."

I gazed at my wife in admiration. What a smart young woman! Sometimes frighteningly so…

I nodded, and we went back inside.

She winked at me, then yelled at the stairs.

"Alice, you're the last to be found. You can come out now. The game's over."

I picked Bella up and ran her to the top of the stairs just in time to hear Alice's reply.

"No way! You think I'll fall for that? You have to find me!"

Her voice came from the third floor. Bella followed it and entered my room. How strange. That was where I had thought Alice's voice had come from too. Was my super-hearing rubbing off on Bella?

Bella went straight to the couch, then knelt and peeked under it. Her face lit up.

"Found you, Alice!" she cried, triumphant.

A pouting Alice slid out smoothly from under my couch.

"Aw! How did you find me?" I was glad she had asked, becaude I wanted to know the answer to that one too.

"I followed the sounf of your voice, and then guessed that you would be somewhere odd, and that you wouldn't be in Carlisle and Esme's room, because they're in there. Then I figured that you wouldn't have wanted to break any of Edward's CDs – or cause me to break them by looking for you – so logically you had to be under the couch." She shrugged. "It was easy."

Alice sighed.

"Well, it was fun while it lasted. Did you say I'm last to be found?" she asked, her petite face lighting up.

"Yep," answered Bella simply.

Alice squealed, then left for the living room, bragging all the way,

I turned to Bella, bursting with pride. I told her how I felt.

She looked at me questionningly.

"Why?" she asked.

"You found all my siblings easily. You needed me for the physical stuff, sure…" I tapped her forehead. "But you only used this for the rest. It's one of the reasons I love you," I added.

She grinned.

"Mind showing me some of that love?"

I smiled back.

"No problem."

Then I bent down to kiss her, closing the door with my leg behind us.

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