BPOV

A while later Charlie arrived in the police cruiser. He stepped out and went over to examine the jeep.

"It's perfect!" he grinned, then turned to Carlisle, "Are you sure you don't want a price for it?"

Carlisle shook his head.

"Okay then, Bella, what do you think of your new jeep?" asked Charlie, glancing over at me.

My new jeep?

"What?"

"Bella, it's yours!" explained Charlie. Carlisle dropped the keys in my left hand.

"Really?" I asked, unsure. They both nodded, watching my expression.

"That's awesome!" I squealed, delighted. Edward chuckled.

"If I had known you would react like that, I would have bought you a much better car ages ago," he joked.

"Dad, what happened to Nick and Mike and Mr. Newton?" I asked.

"Oh, they left a while ago," he said, looking at his watch, and then he looked at Edward curiously.

"Weren't you supposed to be out with your brother?" he asked.

"We just went to pick up my new cell," explained Jasper. I hadn't even known he was back!

"Oh, well… well… you girls have fun tonight," he said, nodding towards Alice and I. Then he jumped in the police cruiser and we watched him reversing, and then driving down the long sloped road that lead up to the Cullen's house.

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The next morning, it was time. I had been preparing for this moment all night while I slept. It was time to get out of bed.

"Bella, Bella, wake up," muttered Edward's soft voice.

"Why?" I groaned, hiding myself under his covers.

"Because we've got to go and prepare for paintball."

"Fine."

He pulled back the covers and lifted me off of the bed. He carried me in his arms, bridal style; with my right arm around his neck, down the stairs and into his kitchen. He sat me down at one of the chairs and pushed a bowl of cereal in front of me. It was hard trying to keep my eyes open; what a rude awakening.

I sat down and began to eat my cereal, looking at Edward's appearance. He was shirtless with jeans on his legs.

"Shouldn't you be wearing protective gear or something?" I asked.

He shook his head and grinned when he saw me looking at his chest.

"It's not my fault; I can't concentrate if you've got no shirt on!" I joked.

"Shirts are for humans."

"Maybe you'll dazzle the others so much today that they won't be able to hit you."

He grinned and held up a pair of long black leather pants, a black T-shirt and a big black leather jacket.

"You don't expect me to wear that jacket! It's huge! What if I get hot today?" I protested, angrily.

"It's going to be a cold day today. There's no way you'd get hot. That jacket is for protection."

"But what if I get paint on them? Huh? Is Alice going to grab her gun and attack me?"

He chuckled as Alice danced into the room holding a black furry jacket.

"This one won't be so baggy on you. And no, I won't kill you if you get paint on that jacket, seeing as I don't let anyone wear anything twice," grinned Alice. I sighed and grabbed the pants, shirt and jacket and ran up to Edward's room to change.

*

When we arrived at the edge of the forest, we decided to make it look as though we had no idea they would be coming, so we tried to make it look like we had already started. The others ran off to hide whilst Emmett and I crouched behind a bush.

"Why are we hiding?" I asked Emmett in a whisper. He grinned at me and pointed out at the road.

"Look."

I looked over at where he was pointing to see Jacob's rabbit coming into view. Jacob was driving and Nick was in the passenger seat. Mike and Jessica were in the back kissing furiously while Eric watched them, a frown on his face. Jacob pulled up right in front of us and we heard them all getting out.

We jumped up and pointed our paint guns at them. I halted fire, but Emmett managed to get Nick Newton right in the face.

"Bella?" gasped Mike and Jessica.

"Bl… Emmett?" gasped Jacob.

"Oh, sorry. We thought you were Alice and Jasper," lied Emmett. I bit my tongue to stop from laughing.

"What are you two doing out here?" asked Jacob, rather rudely, throwing Emmett a cold glance.

"Edward, Alice, Rosalie, Jasper, Bella and I are paint balling today," explained Emmett.

"Really? So are we!" grinned Eric.

"Want to join forces?" asked Mike.

"Sure!" I grinned as Edward, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice jumped out from behind the trees, pointing their guns at the others.

"We'll break up into teams of two," said Emmett. Nick grinned and wiggled his eyebrows up and down at me. Ugh… if he thought I was going to pair up with him…

"But we have eleven. The numbers will be odd," protested Jessica. Emmett looked over at Nick, grinning.

"You don't mind going on your own, do you, Natasha?" he asked Nick.

"It's Nick," he grumbled back.

"Well that settles it!" cried Mike, "Let the war begin!"

Jacob immediately pointed his gun at Emmett.

"TAKE COVER!" he yelled, stupidly, seizing my arm and running into the forest at human pace.

"What's the plan?" I whispered to Emmett.

"The others will keep everyone busy. It's up to us to 'deal' with Nick. We might have help, I don't know."

I peered around the tree to see Nick firing his gun at us. That was it. I would take action. I stepped out from behind the tree and grinned at Nick.

"Hello, Nick!" I yelled turning and heading deeper into the forest, desperate not to fall. He fell for it. Thinking I was alone, he dropped his gun and ran after me. I hid behind a bush as he approached.

"Come out, come out, Bella," he called, "You can't hide from me."

I stood up and he grinned at me wickedly.

"Nick Newton," I said, coldly, pointing my gun at his paint-covered body.

JESSICAPOV

Where was Mike? I thought we were supposed to be doing this together.

I screamed as I saw Edward and Jasper pointing their guns at me. I turned and ran through the forest, tripping over a loose tree root. This was it. I was going to die! I didn't even get a chance to sleep with Jacob… or Edward for that matter…

JASPERPOV

As we approached Jessica, who was lying on the forest floor, Edward burst out laughing.

"What?"

"Jessica has a… crazy mind," he explained, pointing his gun at the back of Jessica's head.

"You're going to…" he started.

"I KNOW! I KNOW! JUST GET IT OVER WITH!" screamed Jessica. Edward shrugged and beckoned for me to aid him. We both pointed our guns at the back of her head and pulled the trigger. Paint exploded all over her head and she screamed.

"MY HAIR!" she shrieked, getting to her feet as she was bombarded with paint from both left and right, "MY HAIR!"

BPOV

Nick laughed as he saw me standing there, pointing my gun at him.

"BELLA! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HOLDING A GUN?"

I gasped as Charlie approached, in police uniform.

"Ch… Charlie."

"Who gave you that gun?" demanded Charlie.

"It's a paint gun, Charlie. We were paint balling," cried Emmett, jumping to his feet and walking over to us. Charlie frowned and placed his hands on his hips.

"Paint ball?" he grumbled.

"Dad, its just paint. Just a… just a game, you know?" I said, trying to calm him down.

"Bella…"

"Jacob is here too! He's warring against Jasper and Edward… or was it Rosalie and Alice?" I argued.

"Bella…"

"Dad, please…"

"BELLA! I'm not angry with you! I was just out hiking with Sally-Anne. My shift finished early," explained Charlie. I glanced over to his left to see Sally-Anne Yorkie smiling at me. She was very pretty, but she was Eric's mother! That just… ugh. I would be Eric's step sister. Ugh…

"Hi, Bella," greeted Sally-Anne. I forced a smile.

"Hello Mr. Swan. There's a cubs game on tonight," came Nick's voice from behind me. I gritted my teeth. What a suck up!

"Yes. You and your dad should come over tonight to watch the game. You can bring Mike, too," grinned Charlie. How typical of him. The last thing I needed was Nick in my house, let alone Mike! And Sally-Anne would probably be there, too.

"Sure, but dad's working tonight, so I'll just bring Mike. I guess I'll see you later, Bella?"

Later? There was no way I was going to sit around playing lovey dovey with Nick Newton all night.

"I can't, sorry. I'm having a sleepover with Alice and Rosalie," I said quickly. Charlie raised an eyebrow at me.

"Again?" he asked, annoyed.

"Yeah, we were going to head over to Port Angeles for a bite to eat and a movie," I lied, hoping my face wouldn't give me away. Nick smiled evilly at me from behind Charlie's back.

If this was how he wanted to play, then he had better watch his back.

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I apologise for not posting this chapter up sooner. I've been preoccupied. I'll probably update again tomorrow. :) And remember, I LOVE REVIEWS!!! :D

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