I'm really sorry that it's taken me this long to update...I added a few new classes to my schedule so bear with me here! Thank you so much for the reviews!
"I can't believe it. Poor Emily! She must hate me. And Jake..." I drifted the end of that statement. I was in his room again, with him stroking my back and kissing the top of my head when I would start to sob again.
"They should know how hard the first year is to a newborn. They shouldn't of had Emily in the house," Edward said, holdiong me out in front of him.
"What will your family think?" I asked, looking down to the floor. "I am so embarassed."
Edward laughed and let go of me. "First of all, they are our family now, and second of all, they of all people know what it's like to go through this, not to mention all of us have come close to killing a human, or actually have a few times." He chuckled again.
"Oh, right..." A chill went through me as I thought of all the struggles that they must have been through, and then I laughed at myself for realizing how much of a baby I was being.
"Now," Edward suddenly said, interrupting my thoughts. "Come downstairs. The family is thinking of going to the clearing tonight. Alice says there's a storm brewing."
"Oh...Oh!" I said in realization. "A game?"
"Exactly. Come on, let's go." And we were off.
When we got to the clearing, the storm was just brewing up. By the looks of the sky, it would be a good one. I finally noticed how quiet the forest was on the way here. Now I know what Jacob meant the day of the fight from what seemed like so long ago. Jacob...
I cringed away from the thought of Jacob. I needed to stop thinking about him.
"Do you want me to be the ref?" I asked.
"Of course not. That's Esme's job!" howled Emmet. His excitement couldn't have been more apparent.
"Oh," I said, shyly.
"Bella, love, you get to be in the game," Edward shot me that perfect smile.
Unfortunately, that didn't stop me from getting panicked. "...In the game? A-are you sure about that?" I studdered. I don't think I could take humiliating myself in front of the whole family, especially Emmett.
Edward put his head next to mine. "I know you can do it. It's just like any game of baseball," He whispered in my ear.
I laughed. "Don't forget that any sort of activity is dangerous with me around."
He laughed too, pulling away. "That was before, this is now." I smiled at him, and stretched on my tip-toes to kiss him.
He smiled when I pulled away. "What was that for?" he whispered.
"For always finding some way to make me feel better." I smiled back.
"Are you two love birds done smooching yet?" Emmett hollered in an annoyed tone.
I looked over at him. "Why so eager to lose, Emmett?" I was surprised at my own boost of confidence.
"Whoa, somebody's a little over confident!" Alice chirped in.
"Good luck, Bella!" Esme called behind me.
I walked up to the plate. Apparently I was first to bat. The teams were set up with me, Edward and Jasper against Charlisle, Emmett and Alice. I tooka deep breath and picked up the bat. There was a flash of lightning that made me jump.
"Don't worry Bella!" Alice called from the outfield. "The lightning won't hit you!"
"Oh, glad to hear it," I mumbled to myself. Emmett was pitching. He had an evil smile. I gulped.
"Take it easy on me, Emmett," I hollered over to him. "This is my first time."
"Ah, don't make it sound so important," Emmett hollered back. I bent over for the swing.
Emmett made the pitch. I was surprised I could see everything so clearly, even thought he human eye probably would even know that a ball was thrown. To me, though, it was like I was human again. Like any other ball. I just hoped that I wasn't that same human that would swing and knock somebody out. I tried anyway.
I swung the bat, making sure I was right on the target. I kept my eye on the ball, something I would never be able to do before. I surprised myself when I saw the bat swing in front of me, and then actually make contact with the ball. The ball disapeard then. Like when the ball touched the bat, it just dissolved or transported somewhere else.
I heard Edward laugh in triumph. "It's out of here!"
Emmett roared, "Not yet!" Everyone in the field disappeared. I could just barely see their figures through the trees running as fast as they could to catch the ball that I could now see was way too far away for them to get. I knew I had it until I saw Alice comming up right behind it. I held my breath.
Edward was next to me. "She won't catch it, Bella." He said it so fast. Everything was moving in slow motion. When I looked back, though Alice was stopped with the ball in her hands and running back. Time must have started back up again. Everyone was back in the field, mumbling to themselves under their breath.
"Told you," Edward whispered again. I smiled.
"I actually got a home run?" My voice rose in excitement. Edward nodded. "Yes!" I started to jump up and down.
Edward and Jasper both laughed. "Nice first home run," Jasper said.
Like I said, bear with me. I have some free time comming up really soon so it won't be too long for you!