Bella's POV
Emmett is the master at throwing all things snow. We made at least fifty snowballs before we took off and started throwing the snow at our friends. It ended up turning into an all out war.
Edward threw a snowball right in my face and Jasper took advantage of my haze and grabbed my hands from behind. Edward was about to throw another snowball, but was hit by a pile of snow thrown two feet from him by Alice. She simply stuck her tongue out. Rosalie dropped snow on Jasper's head and I wiggled free from him, but was thrown snow on by Emmett.
Edward came to my rescue and threw a snowball at Emmett. I then threw a snowball at Rosalie who thought Emmett threw it and ended up firing away at him. Alice was now on Jasper's back and was dominating everyone while Jasper took all of the shots for her.
I laughed at the scene playing in front of me. Edward grabbed my hand with his cold one and led me behind his car. He began forming snowballs with me, but I had an evil mind and I nudged him with my shoulder and he turned to look at me. We were only about two inches away at this moment, and he leaned in to close the distance, just as I planned.
I threw a snowball in his surprised face and he coughed. "Not fair." He mumbled. I smiled timidly at him, happy he wasn't mad.
I turned back to Edward and we were still only inches apart. I was about to close this distance, but Emmett interrupted by throwing a snowball on our heads. Rosalie snickered.
"Enough, enough!" Alice shouted and Emmett dropped the snowball he had in his hand. "I can't go to the supermarket like this."
We all laughed. All of us were soaked. Our clothes were drenched and our hair was ratty and had snow in it.
"I might have some supplies for you at my house." I offered Alice. She smiled at me.
"I left my history book there," Jasper said. "I'll go to your house, too."
"Anywhere, but in this snowy wonderland!" Alice said. As it was still snowing.
"Aw," Emmett said, "Rosie, will you stay outside with me?"
"And risk getting a cold for the Valentine Princess? No way, Emmett."
"Thirty minutes?"
"Fine." Rosalie said and left with Emmett toward the snows. They waved back at us.
"What about you, Edward?" Alice asked.
"I should get back home for dinner." Edward sighed.
"It's sort of dangerous out." I told him.
"The plows haven't even started doing the streets yet." Jasper said.
"My Volvo can handle it." Edward said.
I rolled my eyes, "It's not the Bat mobile."
"The what?" Alice asked.
"The car Batman drives." Jasper smiled.
"Oh." Alice said. "Whatever, let's get out of the snow!"
We all got into our separate cars and went to my house, excluding Edward. I opened the door with my key and saw that nobody was home. I led Alice and Jasper inside and they made themselves comfortable on the sofa. I went up to my room and grabbed a few different materials that I thought Alice could find useful.
When I got downstairs the news was on and Jasper and Alice were intently watching.
"It seems like we may be getting twelve or more inches." The newscaster man said and there was a helicopter view of our town. "The police have deemed that no one can drive on the roads after 9 P.M. They're taking it easy and so should you. Now, Wendy, back to you…"
Jasper turned the television off. "Bella, I'm staying over." He said easily. I shrugged. This wasn't new. We'd done this before.
"You're…what?" Alice asked.
"I can't drive home in that." Jasper said. "And either can you. You're staying here, too."
"No way." Alice said. "I have schoolwork."
"Alice," I said, "We're not going to have school tomorrow. Just stay here. You can call your parents. The roads are really bad and just getting worse."
Alice sighed, "But, you don't even have any of my clothes here and I'm still wet."
"I'm sure I can find something." I told her.
"What about that suitcase? You told me about it the other day." Jasper said.
"Oh!" Alice said. "Yeah, I'll go get that now!"
She hopped out of the room and ran out into the cold for her suitcase.
"She's prepared." I laughed.
Jasper smirked.
Minutes later, Alice hobbled back into the house with Rosalie.
"Guess who is staying over!" Rosalie said.
I laughed. Rosalie lived way up on a hill and it would be stupid to drive up there.
Jasper and Alice were sharing the sofa and doing some homework, while Rosalie and I watched the television. All of us had showered and changed into clean, dry clothes. A loud knock on the door rattled the whole house. Whoever it was didn't wait for us to answer, but walked in. It was just Emmett.
"I thought you were driving home?" Rosalie asked.
"Oh my God!" I said taking in Emmett's appearance. His face was wet and red. He was drenched. "What happened?"
"I got a flat." He said flatly, and then laughed, "I was avoiding a damn squirrel."
Rosalie laughed, "Aw, you big tough guy."
"Hey," I said, "I can put your stuff in the dryer and you can borrow some of my dad's clothes."
"Well, thank you, Bella." Emmett while turning away from Rosalie smirking, "but I brought my gym bag. So I have some sweats."
"Noooooo!" Alice screamed.
"What?" Jasper, Rose, and I said at the same time.
"Alice," Emmett said, "They've been washed."
"That sort of smell never comes out!" Alice said.
I laughed at the seriousness on Alice's face. Rose rolled her eyes and Jasper put a comforting arm around Alice to distract her as Emmett made his way to the bathroom to change.
We had run out of school work and the television was just plain boring. We settled on playing some scrabble. We had it all set up and we were doing teams. I felt a little left out. Rosalie and Emmett were a team and Jasper and Alice were a team. I was the lone person. But, then the doorbell rang. I hopped up and opened it and Edward walked in. He was soaked. Even worse then Emmett was.
"What…what happened?" I asked.
Edward dropped a duffle bag on the floor.
"Edward…" I said.
"My car…" He said miserably. "I skidded into a snow bank."
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah." He said.
"Your car?" I asked.
"No damage, just stuck. They're sending someone out there as we speak."
"Come with me." I told him leading him up the stairs, through my bedroom and into my bathroom. Edward stayed at the doorframe as I turned the shower on.
"Bella, what are you do-doing?"
"I'm not letting you get sick!" I told him. "Plus, all of us have already taken showers. Have you been stuck all this time?"
"No. Well, yeah. It's not a big deal. I just wanted to make sure my car was taken care of."
"Take a shower." I said. "There are towels in this closet and your duffle bag is right here, okay?"
"Yes, ma'm." He laughed.
I rolled my eyes and walked out of the bathroom as Edward walked into my bathroom and shut my door.
I walked back down the stairs. I recapped the story to everyone and they all had weird smirks on their faces. I retook my seat and began playing scrabble with everyone. I was winning even one player short, but it was my turn and I had no clue what to do. I'd been stuck with an 'S', 'Q', and a 'T'. Edward bounded down the stairs then and took a seat next to me. He scrunched his eyebrows and turned to Emmett.
"Empty your pockets."
"What?"
"You heard me."
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Just watch." He said.
Alice reached over and reached into Emmett's pocket and had a handful of chips, mostly vowels. Rosalie smacked the back of his head, although, I had my suspicions she knew he was cheating.
"Wait." Jasper said. "How'd you know he was cheating?"
"Oh, believe me," Edward said, "this isn't the first time."
"Calm down," Emmett said, "You just need to get-"
"Emmett!" I stopped him.
He looked at me and narrowed his eyes. I threw my letter 'Q' at him. He laughed, "I want some popcorn!"
Emmett dragged Alice out of her position in Jasper's lap and into the adjoining kitchen. He said she was a master of popcorn. When I laughed, I was instantly shut up by the piercing stares of Alice, Emmett, and Edward.
Apparently, she was a popcorn genius.
The phone rang and Emmett grabbed it.
"La casa de Bella." Emmett said in a bad Spanish accent.
I rolled my eyes.
"¡Un minuto. Bella consigue el teléfono!"
"Ugh," Rosalie sighed, "No spanish, Emmett!"
I hopped up and grabbed the phone from Emmett and walked away from everyone and into the laundry room.
"Hey, Dad." I said.
"Bella, who's at my house?"
I sighed, "My friends, they got snowed in."
"That didn't sound like Jasper, though."
"It's not. It's Emmett."
"Who?"
"A friend."
"Bella…"
"Look," I said, "Jasper couldn't get home and either could Alice. Rosalie couldn't either. Emmett got a flat and Edward ran off the road."
"It's nice of you to host them." Charlie said. "But, I'm not going to be home at all tonight."
"Oh."
"Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah," I shrugged.
"I trust you and I love you, Bella."
"Thank you." I told him.
I stepped out of the laundry room and all eyes were on me, they were all silently waiting to get kicked out. I pulled the best trick I could possible play.
I turned sad and said, "I'm so, so sorry."
"Aw, I'll just drive home everyone in Rosie's car." Emmett said.
"No way!" Rosalie said.
"You don't like my driving?"
"No."
"Come on, everyone knows woman drive worse than…"
Alice threw the hot bag of popcorn at Emmett and he yelped and stepped back in surprise.
"I'm not kicking you out." I said, still sadly. "My dad's sending the guy's to Gina's house."
"Who's that?" Edward asked.
Jasper started laughing. "Some old lady who wears green jumpsuits…" His laughter then stopped immediately. "You're sending us there?"
"Sorry…"
"It's alright." Edward said.
"Bro," Jasper said, "I'd rather sleep in my car."
"Gotcha!" I said quietly.
"What?" Emmett asked coming closer.
"You can stay." I laughed and Emmett charged at me and pulled me into a bear hug and turned me into circles.
"That was mean." Jasper said.
"I'm rubbing off on her." Rosalie said proudly.
Hours passed with our silly banter. I was surprised that there was never an awkward moment between all of us. No matter what set of people were in the room. When it came time for sleeping arrangements, though, things got messy. I had grabbed every available blanket from the house and then we decided it would only be fair if we all slept on the floor. Alice and Jasper slept close to one another right in front of the television. I was next to Edward on the right of Alice and Jasper. Rosalie and Emmett were to the left of Alice and Jasper. It found it funny how we all ended up paired.
