Note from Nia:

Sorry this is late guys! Sarah and I usually write the chapters when we're both on MSN, and I haven't been on for a while, so I take thorough responsibility with the lateness! I hope you enjoy this chapter – Sarah had me in stitches!

Sarah: Yeah so Nia pretty much explained it all.. But yeah enjoy :)!

Bella's POV

I looked up at the sudden voice. Rosalie was standing there, looking shocked.

"Rosalie!" I shouted, so relieved to see her.

"Where were you? We've been looking for you guys forever! Where's Emmett?" Alice asked, not pausing for breaks. The girl had lungs of an opera singer.

" Well, Emmett decided it would be romantic to bring us to the place were we kissed last time we were here, and then we got lost on our way back to camp." Rosalie explained.

"Rosalie!" A voice panted, sounding winded.

All heads turned in the direction where the voice came from. Bushes were being knocked down full force; if we didn't know any better, Alice would probably scream 'Bear!'. Emmett emerged from the trees, panting like a dog that just came back from a long run. Once Emmett caught his breath, he looked at all of us.

"Oh, hey guys!" He said.

"Told you I heard their voices." Rosalie muttered.

Emmett walked towards us.

"Why are you guys in that swamp?" Emmett asked.

Edward and Jasper burst into laughter, again.

"Bella pushed me in." Alice said, glaring at me.

"Well, you wouldn't shut up about going in, so I decided to help you out." I defended myself.

"Alice, I though you hated mud!" Rosalie said.

" Well, after reading what I read in Cosmo, mud doesn't seem that bad."

" How is it in there?" Edward asked once he finally stopped laughing.

"It's not that bad." I shrugged. "Other than the fact that its mud."

"Well, now that you guys have been found, guess I can take a mud bath!" Alice said. We all watched as Alice started moving in the mud, unsure of what she was doing. Soon she pulled something out of the mud, her shorts. All eyes widened.

"Alice love, what are you doing?" Jasper asked.

"Taking a bath." She replied. Soon she was only in her bra and underwear. "Ah, this feels nice."

"Alice, your a freak!" Rosalie said.

"Oh come on Rose, it feels nice!" Alice said. Alice stared at me, and I knew what she meant. We both started swimming towards the edge where Rosalie stood. She knew what we were planning.

"Don't even think about it!" She said, backing away. Alice and I climbed out of the swamp and ran towards Rosalie. Once we had a good grip on her, we dragged her towards the swamp, and jumped in. Rosalie's screams filled the air.

"ALICE! BELLA! I HATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!" She shouted. Alice and I laughed.

"Come on guys!" I shouted.

The guys just stared at us.

"What? You guys aren't chicken...or are you?" I said, knowing that they couldn't refuse a challenge.

I was right.

Soon enough, our faces were covered in mud. Emmett had decided to prove us wrong by cannonballing into the swamp. Only Edward and Jasper were left.

"Jazz, wont you come in?" Alice asked, her tone as sweet as chocolate. Jasper winced. Alice knew how to make him do anything she wanted.

"Yeah, come on Jazz. Go in." Edward mocked jokingly. Edward pushed Jasper in full force, but Jasper was a quick one, and managed to grab Edwards arm, bringing both of them down. We all laughed as Jasper hit Edward.

"We should play a game! Since we are all in now." Alice suggested, swimming towards Jasper.

"What game?" I asked. Edward swam towards me, and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Marco Polo!" Emmett boomed. Alice's face lit up.

"Yeah!" She said, clapping her hands. "Not it!"

A chorus of "Not it" started, only Emmett hadn't said anything.

"No fair! I wasn't ready!"

"Emmett you lost fair and square." Rosalie said. "Now stop being a baby and start counting."

Emmett huffed and closed his eyes. We all scrambled around the swamp. Edward and I swam towards a sunken tree.

"Even in mud you look gorgeous." Edward whispered before kissing my forehead. I blushed.

"Marco!" Emmett shouted. Edward's head snapped in Emmett's direction. Emmett was wondering aimlessly, his hands stretched out in front of him. I covered my mouth and laughed. He looked like a zombie. I waded towards Alice.

"Hi." I whispered.

"Look at Emmett, he looks like a zombie." She said, giggling lightly.

"That's for sure." I said. Alice turned around and started to flick a tree branch. The girl needed something to keep her busy, or else she'd start talking about the latest fashion in Paris. Emmett started going towards Edward.

"Oh. My. God." I heard Alice whisper. She was probably staring at the scene in front of me.

"Bella.." She whispered.

"What?" I asked, still staring at the boys. She didn't answer. I turned around, only to see Alice staring up at a tree, pointing at something. I looked up. A squirrel was sitting, eating a nut, facing our way. I looked at Alice, her chest rose, filling with air.

"Alice.." I cautioned. " Don't do it."

But it was too late.

"PERVERTED SQUIRREL!" Alice screamed. I looked over at Emmett, only to see a huge grin on his face. He started to wade smugly towards us. Alice waded full speed as fast as she could to the edge of the muddy swamp. Emmett and Alice collided. But it didn't stop Alice, she just kept going until she was on the shore. Jasper emerged from the place where he'd been hiding and joined Alice.

"Alice, honey what's wrong?" Jasper asked.

"JAZZ! THERE WAS A PERVERTED SQUIRREL IN FRONT OF ME!" Alice bawled. Jasper wrapped his arms around Alice and whispered comforting words to her. Emmett started to laugh.

"Emmett, it isn't funny" Rosalie said, swimming towards Emmett. She slapped the back of his had once she reached him.

"Well, I think I've had enough swamp swimming for one day." I said, dragging myself towards Alice and Jasper.

"I agree." Edward said. We all got out of the swamp, covered in mud. The light breeze made me shiver.

"Let's get back to camp and change, its freezing." Edward said, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me close to his side. We all walked back towards the camp.

After fifteen minutes of walking, we arrived at camp. I felt utterly stiff, the squelchy mud We walked towards our tents and got new clothes.

"Bella, can you come to the showers with me?" Alice asked.

"Why can't you go alone?"

"Because.. I'm scared. And I feel raped."

"How?" Edward asked.

"That perverted squirrel... It was watching me. Undressing me with its eyes."

"Alice, its a squirrel, it can't undress you with its eyes. It's not some creepy forty year old man." I said, rolling my eyes.

"Whatever, I know what I saw." Alice said.

"I'll come." Rosalie said.

"Why don't you girls go wash off, and we'll go after." Jasper said.

"Why can't we go with them?" Emmett asked. We all glared at Emmett.

"Alright!" Emmett said, lifting his hands in defeat.

" To the showers!" Alice said, pointing in the direction of the shower house. Alice started to run, singing the batman theme song.
"Damn pixie." I muttered before running off after.

Once we arrived at the shower house, we took off our clothes and got in. I was happy I was able to take a nice shower. The warm water burnt my skin, but not so much that it was uncomfortable.

"This feels nice." I sighed.

"Amen to showers." Alice added.

"I could stay here the whole trip." Rosalie said. Alice and I laughed at the statement.

"Never move..." Alice agreed.

"No, I couldn't stay here for the entire trip. It's not perfect." I said, thinking of Edward.

"You're right." Alice said, after a split-second of thinking. "I can't imagine not getting a chance to wear Prada sunglasses again..."

"Oh, I feel so much cleaner.." I sighed as we walked back to camp, dressed in clean clothes. I was wearing denim shorts with a plain white tank top and white sandals, with a bikini underneath. I relished wearing the lovely, crisp, clean clothes...

"Oh, God..." Rose groaned. "I think Bella's having her 'I love my clothes' fantasy again..."

I snapped out of it. "Hey!"

"Boy, you're good Rose!" Alice laughed. I huffed, but walked to my tent anyway, digging around for a pair of sunglasses.

"Where are the guys?" I asked the girls, once I got back out of the stuffy tent.

"No idea..." Rose said confusedly, looking around.

"Well, they probably wouldn't appreciate the showers anyway," Alice said dismissively. "The water's cold now!"

We giggled almost hysterically, before I suggested going to the edge of the cliff, where Edward and I had gone the night before. The girls were eager, so we staggered towards it, giggling stupidly.

"Avast! Sea air!" Rosalie said, sticking her nose in the air like a golden retriever.

Alice laughed. "Indeed, Cap'n! Sea ahoooooy!"

I chimed in, "Arrrrrrr!"

We fell about giggling, and then I heard splashing from down below.

"Did you hear that?" I asked, raising an eyebrow comically.

"Och, aye." Alice answered, in a distinct Scottish accent. "I believe it was the great beast that is the Kracken, Cap'n!"

"Why are you Scottish?" Rose asked, as confused as me.

"Was I?" Alice obviously had no idea of her mishap. "OOO, ARR!"

"Can you hear pirates?" I heard a familiar voice asking from below us.

"Me hearties, I be thinkin' there's some peoples down below!" I said quietly.

"Yea, methinks so. I bid you, who be these good gentles?" Alice asked.

"Olde English." Rose hissed at her. "Make your leave, sirrah!"

"Dammitt!" She cried. "I be a thinkin' that I be gett'n it on the spot now!"

"'Tis most splendid!" I joked.

"Okay, I've got to be going crazy. I just heard Old English!"

"My gentle ladies," I whispered. "Methinks that there be some good men below us in the sea. What say you to surprising them?"

"AVAST, PRANKING AHOY!" Alice whisper-yelled.

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