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I woke up a little after noon and found everyone on the lower deck changing into wet suits. Esme was preparing a scuba tank which I assumed was for me since vampires didn't need to breathe.
"Don't tell me you have to ask," said Alice as she handed me my own wet suit. I laughed and took it from her and changed. Esme gave me a crash course in scuba diving as we headed to the back of the yacht. She and Rosalie helped me get the tank on. It was a little heavy but they promised it would become lighter once I'm in the water.
"Just hold my hand, Bella," Alice instructed. "We have exactly twenty minutes until you run out of air." I nodded and watched as the others dove gracefully in the water. I looked clumsier than usual with the tank on my back but I didn't mind. I placed my mask on and waited until I was comfortable with breathing through it. Alice gave me the signal and we both jumped in together.
I stared in awe at the wonder of the sea. Hundreds of colorful fish swam everywhere. The seabed was riddled with corals and rock formations. This was the kind of place you only saw on National Geographic. The others swam ahead while Alice led me to follow them. Over the underwater ridge was a sunken ship. It looked like something out of the pirate movie. I half-wished that Johnny Depp would swim out of one of the portholes. I saw Alice smile as she led me over to it. The others were playing tag through the wreck. I wished so bad that I cold join them. Maybe when Edward changed me, I'll ask him to take me here again.
Suddenly, Alice swam in front of me as if blocking me. Before I knew it, Rosalie and Esme swam over to us and helped Alice pull me away from the ship. I looked back at the ship and saw blood spreading through the water; lots of it. Once we were out of the water, I took off my scuba mask while Esme helped me get the tank off.
"What were they thinking?" said Rosalie. She sounded exasperated as she said this.
"What happened down there?" I asked them. I was worried about the others. Why was there blood in the water? Were they hurt?
"Tanya and Irina decided to have a snack," alice growled.
"What's wrong with that?" They looked very upset and it must have something to do with me because they were very adamant in getting me out of there.
"They shouldn't have done it while you were in the water," Esme explained. "We were starting to taste the blood. We could have lost control in there."
"If we lost control, we might have hurt you, Bella." Rosalie said gently. She looked devastated at the thought. I remembered what Edward said about having me around while he hunted. He told me once the animal instinct took over; they lost complete control over themselves.
"Oh my God," I exclaimed. I couldn't even have a peaceful bachelorette party without being a danger magnet. Just then, we heard some splashing behind the yacht and the Denali joined us immediately.
"Who said you could do that?" Alice yelled at them. I had never seen her so angry. "Don't you know Bella could have gotten hurt?" Carmen and Katrina looked apologetic but Tanya and Irina just shrugged.
"We never get to eat seafood," said Irina. "Who would want to pass up a great white shark?"
"They're right, Irina," said Carmen. "We apologize for our behavior. It won't happen again." We accepted their apology and decided to spend the rest of the afternoon lounging in the sun. That night Alice arranged for a luau. We wore our bikini tops and grass skirts. Rosalie taught us how to hula and I was surprised that I could do it without breaking my hips.
After the party, Edward called me again. We exchanged stories about what we did the whole day. I left out the part about his family almost killing me in the water. I even resisted the urge to tell him I was right; I did get to swim with sharks. He didn't need to find out, unless someone thought about it when we got home. Having a mind-reader for a boyfriend isn't all it's cracked up to be.
The next day we traveled back to the mainland. Alice forced us all to go souvenir shopping but I was glad because I had the chance to buy something for Edward and Charlie. I bought a handmade fishing lure for Charlie while I got Edward one of those dancing hula girls that people put on their dashboards. It was very tacky but I bought it more as a joke. What I really bought for him was a silver ID bracelet that had "Kuuipo" carved in it. It means sweetheart.
Rosalie bought Emmett a ton of Hawaiian print polo shirts while Alice bought Jasper a surfboard. She told me that he loved surfing and had a collection of surfboards behind all her clothes.
The same limo drove us back to the airport and we boarded the plane. When we returned to Forks, Edward and the guys were already there. We spent a little more time time together before he had to drive me back to Charlie's. We were in his room listening to an old jazz CD of his while lying on the bed.
"Did you miss me?" I asked him while I snuggled close to him.
"Very much, actually," he answered. "When Alice sent us the picture of you girls in your bathing suits, we all but locked ourselves in our rooms just to keep from flying in to join you."
"What? What picture?" I asked. I was mortified to know that Edward had seen me in that microscopic bikini that Alice made me wear.
"These pictures," he said as he handed me his cell phone. True enough, there were a dozen candid pictures of all of us. The prettiest one I was in was of me and Tanya while we sunbathed. I didn't really grab the attention of the camera because she was sparkling so much. I scrolled down and saw a picture of Alice and Rosalie smiling happily in the camera. I remembered then, that they were taking pictures but I never saw them take one of me.
"Your sisters are very sneaky," I told him. He chuckled as I handed him back the cell phone. I suddenly remembered my presents and ran over to where my bag was. I took out the box of the hula girl first while holding the other box with the bracelet behind me. He looked inside the box and smiled at me.
"Thank you," he said while holding it up. "I've always wanted one of these."
"You don't have to put it in your car," I told him. "I just thought it looked cute and would make you laugh. Apparently, I was right."
"Of course I'll put it in my car," he said firmly. "If you had given me a bobble head of Aro I would still put it in my car because you gave it to me." I felt warm and tingly at his words. Then I remembered my other present. I gave it to him and he looked at it lovingly.
"What does it mean?" he asked referring to the engraved text.
"The old man at the shop said it meant sweetheart, beloved one or dear" I explained to him. "I hope he wasn't lying or else you might be wearing a bracelet that says monkey or iguana in Hawaiian." Edward burst out laughing and kissed me on he lips. I almost lost myself in his arms when I remembered I had to get home.
"We'll pick this up later tonight, okay?" I told him. He groaned like a child who wasn't given any candy and then helped me with my things. He drove me back home to my house and I stayed with Charlie a little longer watching TV and telling him about Hawaii. All I could tell him was that we went paragliding and shopping. After we talked I went upstairs, got ready for bed and waited for Edward.