A/N: Thanks for the wonderful reviews!! Here's the next chapter. It's the guys bonding time. :) I hope you guys like it!!
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters!! And the title is from "Foolish Games" by Jewel.
A Lost Bet
Foolish Games
EPOV
"Touch or tackle?" Emmett smiles at Jasper and I. Jasper looks at me. Tackle. I smile and nod.
"Tackle." I respond, and Carlisle inwardly groans. As much as I like playing with the boys... I chuckle at Carlisle's thoughts.
"Great, so the goal posts..." Emmett takes a look around. Our yard isn't exactly as big as it was back in Forks, but it is close enough. "... Your guys' goal is over there by those two trees, and ours is over here by the rock and the tree."
Emmett points to where the end zones are and we all nod. Sounds reasonable enough. "So who gets the ball first?" Jasper asks raising his eyebrows. Emmett taps his finger on his lips to make it look like he's thinking and smirks.
"You guys can since we have the advantage." Jasper and I mimic Emmett's smirk.
"Sure, that's fine." We both say at the same time. Jasper gets down to snap the ball to me. I'm going to fake right and go left. Carlisle is going to be focused on me, and Emmett wants you all to himself. So watch out. I nod.
"Set... hut!" The ball comes flying to me, and I watch as Jasper flies past Carlisle. Emmett comes crashing towards me with all his strength. I step a couple feet to the right and toss the ball at the spot that Jasper is going to end up at. In a blink of an eye, Jasper catches the ball and scores a touch down. Emmett scrunches up his forehead in confusion and looks at Jasper and me for a slight second.
"NO FAIR! You can't use your stupid mind power!" Emmett pouts as Jasper comes up to me for a high five.
"You didn't state those rules in the beginning." I remind him and Emmett pouts again. Carlisle shakes his head.
"Emmett, just continue with the game it's our turn. Do you want to be the quarterback or the center?" Emmett thinks about it for a few seconds and then smiles.
"Center." I look at Jasper. I'll get Emmett, and you can take Carlisle. He thinks to me and I nod. I wish I had Bella's power where I can speak in to his mind...
"Okay, ready?" Carlisle looks at the two of us, and we get in to positions. "Set... hut!"
Emmett snaps the ball and Carlisle waits for Emmett to make his move. I disappear to the side where Carlisle isn't paying attention and I sack him before he throws the ball. Emmett growls in frustration. "Ugh, come on! This is supposed to be my sport!"
"Emmett, we barely play football." I roll my eyes. "We only watch it on tv."
I help Carlisle up from the ground and he chuckles. "You got a mean tackle there Edward. I didn't even sense you coming."
"Thanks. I think." Carlisle brushes off the grass that is all over his back. "So is this game over?"
Emmett pouts. "I think we should change teams."
"I think we should go inside, and you boys find something else to play." Carlisle chuckles. "I have a lot to work to do, considering I just transferred to a new hospital."
We all agree and walk in to the living room. Emmett gets another gleam look in his eye and I tap in to his mind to see what he's thinking. I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee won't my daddy be so proud of me... I groan, knowing that it's going to be something really boring.
"Let's play Pictionary! Only with a twist, we have to draw with our eyes closed." I smile to myself, knowing that I'll be able to guess each and every picture by reading his mind, but I won't let him know my secret.
"Sure that sounds like fun. Jasper?" Jasper looks at me with a bored expression on his face but nods.
"Yeah, okay if you want to, Emmett."
"Yes!" Emmett pumps his fist in the air and runs to grab a bunch of printer paper.
"You know you're going to win the game." Jasper chuckles.
"Yeah I know." I smile at him, "It's all the more reason I want to play. Just to screw with Emmett's head."
Jasper and I start laughing as Emmett comes back in to the room with the papers in his hand. "What's so funny?"
"Inside joke." Jasper says in between laughs and Emmett scrunches up his forehead.
"Really?"
"Really, man." Jasper replies. "So who's going to start. Me? Edward? Or you?"
"Edward." Emmett points to me and I stand up and grab a pencil and a piece of paper. I turn and face the guys, close my eyes and start drawing a picture of a piano. I can hear all their thoughts as to what it is...
A table. (Jasper)
Something with four legs... (Emmett) I chuckle to myself about Emmett's obvious thought.
A piano? (Jasper) I almost shot my head up and looked at Jasper, but I didn't. I can hear Jasper smile. "A piano."
"How did you get a piano out of that?" Emmett points to my perfectly drawn baby grand piano.
"Because it looks like a piano, Emmett." Jasper replies to the stupid question.
"It was meant to be rhetorical. Geesh. Okay, my turn."
"Hey! I answered first!" Jasper grabs the pencil from me. Emmett glares at Jasper.
"No, we're going alphabetical!" Jasper rolls his eyes and hands Emmett the pencil before he makes a fit.
"Okay, try to guess this one!" Bear. He thinks in his head and I chuckle. Does he forget that he has a telepath for a brother? Emmett closes his eyes and actually starts drawing out a bear. Once he makes the muzzle I smirk.
"Bear."
"WHAT?! I didn't even finish the head!" Emmett's eyes open lightening fast.
"It was obvious." I say hoping he doesn't point out that I was listening to his mind. Emmett frowns and hands over the pencil to Jasper.
"I guess I'm a little obsessed with bears." We all chuckle and Jasper takes a quick look at me and shakes his head. You won't be able to guess what I'm drawing from my head, bro. I frown knowing that Jasper is going to be a little trickier.
Jasper closes his eyes and starts drawing something... I don't really know for sure what it is because all he has so far is four legs. "A piano!" Emmett exclaims, and Jasper just shakes his head.
He continues on making the rest of the "body" and a tail. So it's an animal... the tail doesn't look like any animal in the forest. I watch him start to make the head and then it hits me. "A horse." I say quickly before Emmett can recognize what it is.
"Right." Jasper says as he places the pencil down. Emmett pouts.
"This game isn't as fun as I thought it was going to be. I want to play video games." Emmett goes over the game console and starts setting things up. "You guys can play if you want, but I'm done with this male bonding stuff."
Jasper and I high five each other before walking out of the room. "That didn't take long."
"I know, I'm actually shocked we lasted this long." I agree with Jasper. We both go our separate ways and I end up at my piano. I start to play a sweet melody that reminds me of my angel.
Bella's lullaby. I hope she's having fun right now.
A/N: Please review! The next chapter is going to be more of NYC.
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