I'm not sure how long we all sat in silence before we were all pulled out of our thoughts by a loud explosion followed by what sounded like bits of metal smashing through windows, furnature and walls. Then there was screams, and laughter. I knew instantly what had happened and counted to three trying to calm myself before yelling in a voice so full of authority it would have had Freddy Kreuger cowering in a corner "ALL OFF YOU HAVE 5 SECONDS TO GET YOUR ASSES DOWN HERE NOW!" the Cullens looked at me wide-eyed in shock, Emmett actually looked a little impressed too. The rest of my family were downstairs standing infront of me within 3 seconds, they know not to test my patience when I use my "nasty voice.
I looked at them all and had to try my hardest to supress the laughter just waiting to escape, Mia, Jade and Evelyne were looking at the boys with looks that said "I told you so", Adam was trying and failing miserably to stifle his giggles while Caden was looking at his shoes, and Zach was looking back and forth between Caden and Nick, giving Caden a look of pure admiration and trying to keep a straight face while looking at Nick. I closed my eyes taking a few more deep breaths trying to make sure I didnt end up on the floor laughing at Nick. When I opened my eyes it took every ounce of self control I had not to laugh, Nick was scowling at his brother while trying to remove the nails that were lodged in his body and he was covered head to toe in feathers that were stuck on by what smelled like superglue.
I turned to Caden and said still trying to remain calm "Caden... I can honestly say, I cant decide whether to be pissed off or proud" Nick growled at this comment and I grinned. Zach finally deciding it was safe enough for him to praise Caden reached up for a high five saying "Explosives? I like your style" and Caden responded with a proud smile and said "and I like things that go bang" with that everyone started laughing, even the Cullens although I'm pretty sure they didnt fully understand what had happened. After everyone had calmed down Nick who was still scowling at his brother turned to me and asked sweetly "So B, which did you decide, pissed off or proud?" an evil grin spread across my face before I said "Take a look at his chest and see..." everyone's heads snapped in Cadens direction and errupted in laughter again this time even the Cullens got the joke, Caden just look confused before realisation hit and he looked down to see he brand new C cup boobs and he looked at me his eyes wide with horror before running upstairs, which only caused us to laugh more. Emmett managed to choke out in between laughing fits that I was now his idol and Jasper mumbled something about never getting on my bad side.
There was a knock at the door interrupting our amusement. I stopped laughing and smiled at my family before saying "Lily is home" and ran to the door. The instant the door was open a tiny blur jumped into my arms pulling me into a huge hug. She pulled back from the hug giving me a heartbreaking smile and I said to her "Guess who came to visit you all the way from Italy" her eye's lit up and she leapt from my arms faster than a speading bullet and was in the process of hugging Aro, Marcus Caius and Jane and telling them all about what she did that day at her auntie Emily's. Emily and Sam got married not long after I was changed, I loved them like family, I was a bridesmaid at their wedding and when they had their two children, Isobell and Jake, they asked me and Jacob to be god parents, who would have though a werewolf would allow one of his children to be named after a vampire? I love the fact that I could stay friends with the werewolves after I became a vampire, they really were like a second family to me.
I hadnt noticed Sam and Jake were there until Jake was dangling the keys to my bike infront of my eyes. After asking how well behaved Lily had been and telling Jake at least 4 times that I was okay with the whole Cullen situation they had to leave saying they had things to do. I of course read their thoughts and knew that by things to do they meant Emily was cooking dinner, werewolves and their appetites, I rolled my eyes after saying bye then walked back to sit with my family. I sat between Travis and Chris again and Lily jumped up happily to sit on my knee. It took me a few minutes to realised that the Cullens were all staring at me and Lily confused. I hadnt introduced them yet.
I looked at them smiling and said "This..." I hugged Lily closer to me before continuing " is my daughter Lily." Lily smiled sweetly at them all. Esme looked at me happily and asked "How old is she?"... I sighed knowing I may aswell tell them pretty much the whole story to save them asking the questions "She is a 4... a little while after I joined the Volturi we were out hunting a vampire that was causing alot of trouble, when we finally caught up with him I found Lily, she was only a few months old and had been bitten-" most of the Cullens gasped but I continued anyway "- she was screaming and as I was holding her I developted a new power, I have the power to heal, after I healed her I decided to adopt her... Lily is sort of a half vampire, because I healed her before the venom changed her completely but she has vampire traits, like the speed and strength aswell as her human ones, she needs blood every 4 or 5 weeks, I had Mia look into Lily's future and she's saw that when Lily is 17 or 18 the venom still in her system will turn her into a full vampire". When I looked up at the Cullens again Alice was practically bouncing on the spot with the biggest smile on her face "Bella! she is sooo cute! please let me take her shopping? please please plea-" I interrupted her quickly "Alice..." I sighed shaking my head at her and she smiled almost embarressed. Lily chose that moment to start with her own questions "Mommy, is that auntie Ally from your stories?" I laughed and nodded and Emmett and Alice both spoke at the same time Alice asking "What stories?" and Emmett sounding confused "Auntie Ally?"... "Lily prefers real stories to fairytales so I told her about all of you, she likes to call you Auntie Ally" I said looking at Alice I could tell it took almost all her self control not to dance happily around the room at that information. Jasper spoke this time asking "Does she know who all of us are?" I nodded my head and continued "She's seen pictures of all of you, her favourite story when she was little was the one about how Rosalie saved you" Rosalie didnt even try and hide her happiness at that, I liked that Lily had chosen that story as her favourite because I didnt want her growing up thinking that it was only the men that could be the heroes.
We sat there for about an hour talking, the Cullens asking questions about Lily and my life, my family and I answered. Lily yawn and I looked down at her to see her eyes drooping closed and said "Time for bed little one" and she pouted saying "but I'm not sleepy yet" I laughed at her and asked "then why are your eyes closed" she smiled and almost whispered "I'm just blinking slowly" and after that she was fast asleep everyone laughed quietly and I carried her upstairs to her bed.
I went back down stairs to find that Aro, Caius, Marcus and Laurent had all left the room, they would be in their favourite room in the house, the library. The Cullens were all beaming at me as I sat down again. Esme was the first to speak "She's beautiful Bella, thank you for telling her about us". I smiled at her. A few seconds later Caden came down the stairs again frowning... cue the laughter again. He did look rediculous with boobs, he scowled at us all then waited patiently til we stopped laughing before he spoke, well... begged "Pleasepleasepleaseplease! B I'm soooo sorry, I wont hide a bomb filled with nails, superglue and feathers in Nicks room again just pleeeeeeeeease get rid of these-" he looked down at his chest "pleasssssse" his pleading with me started everyone laughing again I managed to choke out "Fine" before losing it completely and relief replaced Cadens sad expression as I changed his body back to normal...
When everyone stopped laughing for what felt like the hundredth time today, not that I'm complaining I looked at my family an mischievious smile on my face and said "Soo, who wants to play a little game?" my familys eyes lit up while the Cullens were once again left confused...
Zach and Caden were practically bouncing in their seats before shouting together "What did you have in mind B?" those two really spend too much time together I thought laughing at their enthusiasm.
The Cullen's were all looking at me waiting for an explanation while my family were all grinning stupidly eagerly waiting to find out which of our crazy games I wanted to play.
"How about…. DODGE BOMB!" I said enthusiastically, in reaction to my words my family all stood up at vampire speed and ran upstairs to get ready while the Cullen's just continued to stare at me, I know its mean… but I really really really was enjoying my new found ability to confuse the hell out of them.
Emmett spoke first saying "Um, Bella… don't you mean dodge ball?" putting extreme emphasis on the word ball. I giggled and answered "No Emmett I don't… regular dodge ball was a bit boring, so we added a little twist…" I hadn't even noticed my family starting to enter the room again until Caden finished my sentence "an explosive twist" he said while he indicated to what him and Zach were holding in their hands.
I didn't think it was possible but I swear the Cullen's turned even paler than they already were, causing my family to grin evilly.
I turned to the Cullen's and asked "So… are you guys in?"
After a few seconds Alice's eyes glazed over and I watched her vision knowing Edward would see it too. When it was over Alice grinned up at me before saying "Oh I am so in!" I laughed as Edward found his voice after the shock of seeing our "game" in Alice's vision and he half choked- half roared "YOU THROW EXPLOSIVES AT EACHOTHER? ARE YOU INSANE?" I nodded while my family were laughing and Emmett, Jasper and Alice seemed to finally join in with their excitement.
Emmett asked grinning "So Bella, what are the rules of dodge bomb?"
I sighed and nodded to Nick to explain the rules, Nick was best at explaining things because he was the "serious" one out of our family.
The Cullen's listened curious and excited, well with the exception of Edward and Lucy. Edward had a scowl on his face, obviously still annoyed at our reckless idea of fun while Lucy just sat pouting on the corner of the couch glaring at me every so often, someone didn't like not being the centre of attention. I smiled at that and listened to my brother explain our game to the Cullen's "So basically, dodge bomb is similar to dodge ball… we have two teams, only instead of balls we use these little bombs Caden made-" the Cullen's looked a bit worried by this so he continued quickly putting their minds at ease "- don't worry, they don't do any serious damage, they just have enough force to knock a vampire a few feet in the air" my family were grinning like idiots as he finished "its basically the last team standing wins".
Evelyn said to me with her thoughts "B can you please give us thunder without the rain this time, I'm having a good hair day" I rolled my eyes and nodded while replying with my mind "You're a vampire, everyday is a good hair day" she shrugged and smiled and I took over from Nick explaining "Okay we play in a clearing we made not far from here, it'll only take a few minutes to run there… when we get there we'll sort out the teams" everyone nodded. Carlisle, Esme and Victoria had decided to stay here and went off to join Aro, Caius, Marcus and Laurent in the library while the rest of us set off running to the clearing the Cullen's following our lead.
We made it there in about 2 minutes once everyone had arrived I said "Okay, I think we'll let Mia and Adam choose the teams this time" they grinned at each other while Rosalie spoke "They're playing? You've got to be kidding me, they're just children!"
Mia glared at Rosalie while Adam shouted outraged at being called a child "You do realise that I'm older than you don't you!" she looked like she was about to argue when I stepped in and said "Yes they will be playing, they are just as strong and fast as the rest of us now can we please get on with sorting out the teams" Rosalie crossed her arms across her chest and pouted and Adam gave her a smug grin.
Adam and Mia shouted at the same time so fast that if we weren't vampires we wouldn't have understood "I CHOOSE BELLA!" then they started arguing over whose team I would be on I rolled my eye's before Jasper asked "Why are they both so desperate to get Bella on their team"
Travis answered smiling "because Bella's team always wins, even when she doesn't use her powers she's the fastest and strongest vampire out of all of us, including you guys" he pointed to the Cullen's, Lucy snorted and scowled at me while the rest of them with the exception of Alice looked like they didn't believe it and mumbled things that sounded a lot like "Yeah right" and "as if".
I pouted and said slightly insulted "It's not that hard to believe! Is it because I'm a girl!" I continued my rant making myself angrier by the second "or is it something else? It's my name isn't it! I mean Bella doesn't exactly sound like a name that should be feared-"
My family all groaned but before I could rant anymore Christ put a hand on my shoulder and said "Come on B, do we have to have this discussion again". I glared at the Cullen's before snapping "Fine! But just so you know… if I had a name like The Terminator we wouldn't be having this discussion at all…" my family laughed at that and I couldn't stay mad any longer and joined in. What can I say, I hate when people doubt how strong I am… that probably has a lot to do with the Cullen's, when I was human they always thought of me as weak, well things have changed now… I've changed I thought smiling now as we sorted out the times and got ready for the game.
Mia won the argument, so I was on her team now with Travis, Chris, Evelyn, Jasper, Alice and… Edward, but it was either him or Lucy. I had to laugh when she was the last one picked, well, she wasn't actually picked at all, Adams team was just stuck with her. His team was made up of Zach, Caden, Josh, Jade, Nick, Emmett, Rosalie and Lucy. They agreed that Adam's team should get the extra player because Mia got me.
We stood on opposite ends of the clearing, bombs in hand waiting for me to start the thunder that would indicate the start of the game. The members of my family on Adam's team were all grinning at me; every time we played I was always their main target. The Cullen's looked a mixture of excited and anxious, although their minds were eased a bit when Caden decided to demonstrate that the explosives weren't that bad throwing one at Nick who didn't move out of the way fast enough. We all laughed as Nick was knocked back about 5 feet through the air after a loud bang and landed on the ground with a thud, we laughed even harder at the Nick shaped dent that was now imprinted in the ground.
Before starting the game I gave my team instructions using my thoughts. Mia was particularly happy when I told her she would take out Rosalie; I thought it'd be fun to let her prove a point. Alice was beaming at me before my eye's moved to Edward, he looked anxious and his thoughts told me he was worried I'd get hurt. He still saw me as breakable, although I did wonder why he even cared… I ignored that thought and rolled my eyes at him smiling before starting the thunder… I really liked the fact I could control the weather.
The second the first roar of thunder started, there were blurs zooming all across the clearing and a few bangs that blended in with the thunder. At least 3 of those blurs were racing closer to me, but I ignored them and sped off in the direction of my first target… Lucy.
She stopped running as she reached the beginning of the trees that surrounded the clearing, she spun round quickly her eyes darting around taking in the chaos of the game. I could still hear three of the other team chasing me but like Travis said, I am faster than all of them. I grinned at that thought and then my grin widened as the stupid looked on Lucy's face turned to horror and she noticed me racing towards her. She tried to run but not fast enough, I'd pulled the pin out of the small explosive in my hand and launched it at her before she'd even taken the first step. It hit her directly in the chest with a bang and she flew backwards through the air crashing into one of the trees causing it to snap in half as she fell to the ground, the top half of the tree then fell down on top of her before she had a chance to get up. I could barely control my laughter at the annoyed look on her face as she pushed it off her and stormed to the edge of the clearing, to join the rest of the people who were now out.
I sped off giggling, looking for my next victim dodging the bombs easily that Zach, Caden and Emmett were now tossing at me. Before they had time to react I quickly spun around, pulling a pin out of two of my bombs and tossed them at the three vampires chasing me.
They hit their targets at the same time sending Zach and Caden crashing backwards, I laughed again turning quickly running from Emmett, I could've taken him out too without much effort but I was having too much fun messing with him. The stunned look on his face when I spun round was priceless…
The game continued like that for a while, me running taking out members of the other team when I came across one allowing Emmett to continue chasing me trying to hit me with his bombs. Everyone stopped running, to see who was still in the game. I turned to see that on my team only me, Mia, Travis and Alice were still in the game. While on Adams team Josh, Jade and Emmett were left. I laughed when I looked to the side of the clearing where the others stood, Rosalie looked shocked, impressed and pissed off all at the same time, I turned to Mia and she winked at me and I told my three remaining team mates with my thoughts to go after Josh and Jade and leave Emmett to me before the chaos started again.
I was quite proud of myself as I ran at Emmett; he looked terrified and shocked before snapping back to his senses and running from me. Three years ago if you had told me that Emmett could be scared of me I would have called you insane.
I chased him around the clearing for a while before I decided to stop messing with him, however fun that was and just put him out. I caught up to him easily and chased him into a corner of the clearing and he spun to face me his back to the trees. His eyes darted everywhere trying to find a way to escape.
I smiled innocently at him and said "Aww, is little Emmett afraid of Big Bad Bella" before pulling the pin out of the bomb in my hand and tossing it at him.
It hit him square on the chest; he was too shocked to move out of the way at all. Because Emmett was bigger than your average vampire the bomb's impact wasn't as impressive but it still knocked him backwards and he fell on his ass with a thud and looked up at me, eye's wide with horror. I was soon on the ground too, rolling around laughing and I heard everyone else erupt in laughter at what had happened too. I was having so much fun chasing Emmett I hadn't noticed we were the only ones left playing and everyone was watching us.
Once I got my laughter under control I went over to Emmett offering him a hand and helped him up.
We walked over to everyone else who were all grinning at me, except Lucy, turns out the game hadn't softened her opinion of me at all. Not that I cared of course, I hated her too. I'm only tolerating her for Edward, if she can make him happy, that's enough to stop me tearing her apart. I grinned back and asked the Cullen's "Did you enjoy the game."
They all spoke at the same time excitedly I only caught some of the words they were saying like "Awesome", "insane", "oh my god", "so much fun" I laughed and they all stopped realising they were all talking at once and Jasper spoke "So this is the kind of thing you and your family do for fun" we all nodded smiling and he continued "That game was insane, but it was the best game I've ever played… next time you're play we are so in"
I stole a glance at Edward to find him staring at me with that look in his eyes again. I really wish I could figure out what emotion that was… I sighed and we all started to run back home.
