Disclaimer: The characters from the Twilight Series belong to the absolutely talented Stephenie Meyer. Thank you for creating such fun personalities to play with! We hold no rights to them otherwise. DARN!

A/N:

Thank you for the reviews!! Everyone was so worried about Jasper. I had to give him some extra attention since he seems to be the quietest one in this story. I am glad that I was able to catch bringmeback and serenalynn023 by surprise last chapter. Oh and serenalynn023...only in fanfic can Edward and Bella be interrupted so many times LOL! Seriously though, it will be well worth the torment when they have their moment.

Staceymarie195, you had me rethinking the word transformer! But yes, it is the correct word (not a transformer like in the Shia LaBeouf movie though) if you look on power line poles you will see the big cylinder shaped metal thingy up there. That is a transformer. They are pretty loud when they go out or get hit by lightning. Quite the light show actually.

Well, on to the good stuff…

Previously:

I pulled her mouth tighter into mine and stroked my tongue across her lips. She opened her mouth to me immediately and I felt her need wash over like a tidal wave. Alice meant so much to me and in that moment I felt how much she needed me too. She was scared of losing me and I knew just what to say to relax her fears.

I pulled back slightly letting my lips brush hers as I told her, "I love you Alice."

BPOV

I watched as Alice and Jasper clung tightly to each other on the couch. After a long kiss, they whispered quietly together. Something that Jasper said brought tears to her eyes. He must have known because his hands carefully touched her face as he brushed the tears away. Alice placed her hands over Jasper's and pulled them to her lips. I heard her next words as she leaned into him. Jasper, I love too.

"Bella, are you comfortable?" Edward asked as he leaned his head against my shoulder. He had piled a bunch of pillows on the floor for us to lie on as we snuggled up together.

"Very much, thank you." I answered him as I pressed my back against his chest.

We had opened some windows to let in a breeze and the sound of the rain was a very relaxing bonus. If it weren't for the situation, the flickering candle light would have made this a very romantic evening. Edward's arm was securely around my waist and I couldn't help but feel safe. We all slowly drifted off to sleep.

When we awoke the next morning our attention was on Jasper. Everyone was anxious to know if his eye sight improved. Alice warned him not to try and open his eyes yet until Carlisle arrived. Rose was able to reach him on her cell phone and he was coming right over. We still had no electricity which was not a good thing when you were used to having coffee in the morning. Edward and Emmett decided to go outside to check around the house for any wind damage. It was two minutes later when Carlisle arrived.

"Rosalie, I am so glad that you were able to reach me this morning. I wish I could have known somehow last night." Carlisle was frustrated. "It seems the entire area is without power."

"It's okay; we know you would have been here if you knew. We made sure Jasper was comfortable." Rose said.

"Well, let me take a look." Carlisle walked over to the couch and placed his hand on Jasper's arm. "Jasper, how are you feeling this morning?"

"A bit uncomfortable, but better than I was last night." He answered and then said with a smile, "Alice wouldn't let me try to open my eyes this morning."

"It must be nice to have someone to take care of you like Alice." Carlisle smiled at her as he said this.

"You can check him out now Doc." She said. "I just know he'll be okay, but I would like your second opinion."

"Well gee Alice, I'll try not to let you down." Said Carlisle, as we all laughed.

He proceeded to listen to Jasper's version of events and check him over. Carlisle spent many years as a doctor before finally settling down in Key West with Esme. They were able to retire at a younger age. This gave them the opportunity to start their tour boat and tourist shop after taking a year off to relax. It was something they always wanted to do and they enjoy it very much.

Rose and I went into the kitchen to find something to fix for breakfast. I thought I could smell coffee but I wasn't sure where it could possible be coming from.

"Do you smell that?" Asked Rose. "Am I dreaming or is someone magically making coffee? It smells like heaven."

"No, I smell it too. It's coming from outside." I looked at Rose and we both headed to the patio.

Standing in front of the gas grill was Emmett. The biggest grin plastered on his face with the smell of coffee all around him.

"Emmett, are you actually making coffee?" I asked. "How are you doing that?"

"Well, me and Eddie Spaghetti were cleaning up the yard a bit and when we opened the shed to get out the nets to clean the pool, I noticed some camping supplies. There was a stove top percolator and I figured we could just use it on the gas grill to make some coffee. It works!" He nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Wow, sometimes you amaze me Emm. I don't know how you do it but you still amaze me." I laughed then gave him a serious look. "And his name is Edward. Maybe you can try real hard to remember that next time." We stared each other down for a few seconds.

"Sure, sure" He said and turned his attention to Rose. I looked around for Edward and saw him skimming the pool.

"Oh pool boy, you missed a few leaves." I giggled as I walked over to him.

"You should have seen how many were in here to start with!" He smiled at me then set down the net. "Is the coffee ready yet?"

"I think so. You have a leaf in your hair." I said as I reached up to take it out. I stared into his eyes then gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Let's get a cup."

"Hey, not so fast!" He growled and pulled me into him. His lips found mine and gave me a nice, long kiss. I thought I heard someone clear their throat, the sound of a slap and Emmett say ouch! This made both me and Edward giggle.

"Thank you Rose!" I yelled over to her.

"It was my pleasure." She laughed.

"What the flip! Let's all gang up on Emmett. I see how you are." Emmett groveled. "See if I ever save you from the caffeine demons again!"

"Yum, coffee. Let's get some before he drinks it all." I smiled at Edward and we hurried to the patio hand in hand.

Edward and I fixed our cups and then filled three more to take into the house. We gave a cup to Alice, Carlisle and Jasper.

"Thank You!" Squeaked Alice. "How did you make coffee with no electricity?"

"This is really good!" Said Jasper carefully drinking from his cup.

We explained how Emmett came up with the idea and Carlisle was impressed. He then told us that Jasper was going to be just fine and that his eyes would be back to normal in the next day or two. Jasper was wearing a pair of sunglasses and needed to keep them on until his eyes were less sensitive. He was able to see, but since his eyes were still very dry it was uncomfortable to keep them open for a long period of time. Alice volunteered to be his seeing-eye dog so to speak. Emmett and Rose walked in quietly and listened in.

"We are not going to be able to do a lot with the power out like it is. Edward, I would like you and Emmett to come out to the boat with me and we can do any necessary work there. We won't be taking out the tour today, so we will need to reschedule them. Bella, if you and Rose can go in to the shop to help Esme for a few hours that will be wonderful. It will be a short workday. You kids can then come back and enjoy the pool if you would like. Esme suggested we should cook up some of the steaks that are in the freezer for dinner. We don't know how long the power will be out and we don't want any of the food to go bad. There is a generator out back in the storage shed in case we will need it tonight. Then you kids will be on your own again for one more night." Carlisle informed us. "I am continuing to keep an eye on the upcoming weather. It looks like that tropical depression is still heading in our direction. We will know tonight if it strengthens into a tropical storm. If we end up dealing with a hurricane, it will put last night's storm to shame!"

"Is there anything we need to do to prepare?" I asked.

"There are a couple big totes in the kitchen pantry with Hurricane emergency written on them. They should be stocked with things we would need. Esme is real good about staying up on that kind of stuff." Carlisle smiled. "We will bring back some cases of water after we leave the boat today. Other than that, it's a wait and watch game."

"What can we do here to help today?" Asked Alice.

"The workers will be here to finish up the roof. They should be done today. Just keep an eye on things and take care of Jasper. That should be a big enough job." He laughed. "If there are any problems at all you can reach me on my cell phone or just call the boat. I will have Jack pick up some eye drops and bring them to you on his way out to the boat. Make sure Jasper uses them 3 times a day for now."

"Okay. I think I can handle it." Alice nodded and Jasper smiled kissing her on the head.

"Thanks Carlisle." Jasper said.

"You're welcome. If everyone else is ready to go you can meet me out by the car." Carlisle said as he got up and exited the room.

"Hey Alice, make sure Mr. Magoo doesn't wander out into traffic while we're gone." Emmett laughed loudly at Jasper, who managed to very accurately nail him with a pillow.

"Damn! How can you tell where I am with your eyes closed?" Emmett asked confused.

"I can sense the presence of everyone around me Emmett. I just aimed for the biggest ego in the room." Jasper laughed back at him and we all joined in. Even Emmett had to laugh.

Alice hugged me and Edward before we left. We followed Rose and Emmett out to the car where Carlisle was waiting. When he dropped me and Rose off at the shop Edward gave me a chaste kiss before I left the car. I watched them drive off and hurried in to see what needed to be done. Esme was getting things ready to open up for the day.

"We are going to open up for a half of a day today. Since there is no power we will have to cash out the customers and write our own receipts. Tourists usually wander around the open shops on days like this." Esme told us.

The day went by rather quickly. We stayed busy straightening racks and helping customers. Being without power didn't seem to slow down business too much. Esme drove us back to the house when we were finished and we helped her get things ready for dinner. Alice joined us in the kitchen while Jasper was taking a nap. She had managed to get him up to his bedroom.

"How is he doing?" Esme asked.

"He's getting better. I don't think he slept well last night so he's really tired. I made him take a nap." Alice answered.

"Even if he wasn't tired he would have taken a nap if you told him too." Rose giggled. "He's wrapped around your little finger Alice."

"Kind of cute isn't it?" Alice agreed with her.

"Carlisle was like that when we were going out." Esme admitted and giggled with us. "Actually, he is still like that. It seems you girls have won over the hearts of these boys."

"I can get Emmett to do anything as long as I let him think it was his idea to begin with." Rose smirked.

"You figured that out pretty quick!" I admired her ability to read my brother. Rose was a great match for him.

"I don't think I've ever seen Edward so happy." Alice smiled me. "Did you two break free from your virgin status yet?"

"ALICE!" Rose, Esme and I all shrieked at same time.

"What? He's my brother after all. I'm not asking for details. It's just that I'm aware of his history or the lack there of. I couldn't help but ask." She shrugged her shoulders at us. "I was wondering if you two have been able to shake off Emmett long enough to kill some of that heated tension that surrounds you two."

"Heated tension? Is that something visible?" I knew without a doubt I was blushing by now.

"Well, Bella sweetheart," Esme joined in. "It is quite obvious even to me, that you are both very smitten with each other. I often wonder if you even notice that anyone else is in a room besides the two of you."

"Oh, umm…Edward is more wonderful than anyone I ever met. And yes Alice, we are still holding our status. Edward said Emmett is trying to relax to the idea of us as a couple but he is still worried and is making sure that if we decide to change our status, we…umm…take proper measures. He has been very pushy about giving Edward some small reminders, if you know what I mean." I felt funny talking about this in front of Esme. I have been meaning to get back at Emmett for that and I just thought of a great idea of how to do it.

"Girls I know what teenagers are like. Just always remember to stay safe." Esme said to us. We nodded at her as she gave us each a hug. "Now Rose heat up the grill and put these potatoes on so they will start baking. Bella, you can fix up a big salad. Alice, cut up the fresh fruit and I will marinate the steaks." We continued to work on dinner, talk and laugh for the next half hour.

Alice took a break to go up and check on Jasper and I took a moment to run up to Edward's room. I found the rather large stash of small foil packages that accumulated from my brother hiding them in almost everything Edward owned. I gathered them all together in an extra pillow case and carried them down to Emmett's room. I had to work quickly before he returned.

The boys arrived home not long after. They carried in 10 cases of water and stacked them in the back of the pantry. Along with all the canned goods and non-perishables, we were pretty much set with hurricane supplies. When they went to take a shower before dinner, I helped set the table on the patio while Esme lit candles all around. Alice helped Jasper outside. He was able to keep his eyes open as long as he kept the sunglasses on. I think the two of them enjoyed having an excuse to keep their hands on each other all the time. No one even tried to give them a hard time about it. They sat in one of the lounge chairs by the pool. I walked over to the edge of the pool and sat down letting my legs dangle in the water.

"Don't fall in Bella" Emmett laughed as he snuck up behind me and pretended to push me in.

"Grrr" I growled at him as he walked away and sat with Rose.

"Hello my love." Edward slid down beside me and grabbed my hand. "I would have saved you."

"I know." I smiled at him, lost in his gorgeous green eyes.

"Still want to swim tonight?" He asked. "The water feels nice."

"I'm looking forward to it. It'll be pretty dark out here though with no power." I said.

"That should make it more fun." He smirked then pulled me closer to him.

"Dinner's ready!" Esme's cheerful voice sounded from the patio. Carlisle was right there at her side helping her put the steaks on a plate. He watched her work with such admiration in his eyes. Yup, he was wrapped around her finger for sure!

We gathered around the table and had a very pleasant dinner together. The food was delicious and everyone talked and laughed about our time here so far. Edward sat next to me and made sure to place his hand on my thigh whenever possible. I enjoyed doing the same back to him. I made sure to slide my hand as high up on his thigh as I could just to see him jump. I was glad no one else noticed. After dinner we had fruit with dip for dessert. I wasn't sure if I could eat another bite. We all help to clean up as the sun began to set.

"They have been working on the power lines and should have them working again in our area sometime this evening." Carlisle told us. "We shouldn't need to pull out the generator."

"If it doesn't come on before morning, I can pull it out and get it set up." Emmett said.

"Thanks Emmett. We are off to stay one more night with our friends but we will be back tomorrow. The roof is fixed and you can all feel free to move back to your rooms if you would like. I will leave that up to you." Esme smiled at us all as her and Carlisle said goodbye.

"I'm going to get my bathing suit on. You better hurry if you want to join me." I said and ran for my bedroom before Edward realized what I said. He caught up with me at the top of the stairs and followed me into my room. "Edward, the girls will be in here in just a minute!"

"You said to hurry if I wanted to join you." He looked at me sweetly and placed his hands on my hips pushing me toward a bed.

"I meant in the…" It was hard to talk with him kissing my neck. He dipped me down till I was lying on the bed and he was over the top of me. "…in the pool. Oh hell!" I gave into him and kissed him back passionately, our arms and legs getting tangled up with each other.

"Edward Anthony, get off of my bed! Use Bella's bed if you're going to be doing that stuff." Alice's voice made him jump. Her and Rose laughed uncontrollably at him.

"Bella," He whispered and gave me a wink. "Hurry up and move out of the way."

I rolled off the bed quickly as I watched Edward get up in a flash and grab Alice by the waist. She screamed with laughter when he dove back onto the bed with her. Then he hopped up quickly and kept jumping on the bed so Alice was being bounced all over.

"Come on pixie, can't you get up?" He was laughing as he watched his sister try to sit up. She was laughing as she crawled toward Edward trying tackle him by his legs. He was too quick. He jumped over the top of her and landed on the other end of the bed.

"Edward you're messing up my bed!" She shouted between the laughter. "Stop, please!"

He plopped down on the bed sitting next to her and gave her a big hug. "Love you Alice"

"You're lucky I love you too." She said sticking tongue out at him. "Now go play with Bella!"

"Gladly!" He smiled a devilish grin as he walked up and kissed me sweetly on the lips. "I'll meet you by the pool." I watched him as he left the room.

"Cute little butt he's got there." Rose commented and we all burst out laughing again.

"Where are you girls sleeping tonight?" Alice asked.

"I'll be with Emmett of course." Rose winked.

"I'm staying with Edward again." I answered shyly.

"Well, I will be with Jasper too, but I will probably have him sleep in here with me then. I really don't want to sleep in his room again just yet. I'm still creeped out since the accident." Alice shivered.

"No problem Alice. Just stay on your own bed though okay?" Rose and I giggled at her.

We changed into our swimsuits and met the boys out back. They had moved Esme's candles so they were positioned around the pool. It felt rather romantic except for the two year olds playing in the pool. Emmett and Edward were racing laps and Jasper was standing by the ladder waiting for them to finish. I couldn't help but smile at the whole scene.

"Jasper honey, why is your bathing suit on inside out?" Alice asked him.

"Emmett you suck! You told me it looked fine. I thought it felt funny!" Jasper yelled.

"You have known me for how long? And you are actually going to trust me to tell you if your clothes are inside out?" Emmett roared with laughter until Edward jumped on his back and pushed him under the water.

Their race turned into a chase around the pool. Once again, Edward was just too fast to be caught. I bet it wouldn't be hard for me to catch him. Alice hugged Jasper and helped him into the pool with her. They tried to stay in the corner away from all the splashing. Rose winked at me and headed over toward Emmett causing him to stop and stare at her as she removed the robe that covered her swimsuit. Or what little of a swimsuit there was.

I walked over to Edward and he waited by the shallow side of the pool for me to get in. I sat down on the edge and dangled my feet in the water as our eyes lock. Moving in front of me, he grabbed both of my legs and I wrapped them around him. I put my arms around his neck as he pulled me into the water and I slid down around his waist. His arms wrapped around the small of my back.

"Hold on tight." He told me as he walked us backward toward the deep end. The warm water felt like silk around our bodies. His hands slipped down until they were cupping my bottom and then he moved them back up to the middle of my back and pulled me tightly into him. I didn't even realize at first that Edward was holding me as he tread water in the deep end. He let go of me when he needed to use his arms to keep us afloat. It was fun. I had my own personal air mattress, except it was way better! I breathed in his ear and started kissing the top of his neck.

"Bella, it's getting hard to concentrate." Edward gasped.

"You don't like when I do this?" I asked him innocently.

"Oh, I do, but I'm trying to hold us both up." He started panting as I licked the lobe of his ear.

"You're doing fine." I whispered then traced my tongue down his jaw line.

"Bell…" That was all he was able to get out before we sank like a rock.

I let loose from Edward when I realized what was going on and then felt him tug me back up from under the water. I must have looked like Cousin It when I lifted my head up because my long hair was hanging in front of my face.

"Bella are you all right?" He giggled as he moved my hair out of my eyes. "I tried to warn you, I'm sorry."

My lips were pursed but not out of anger. I had a mouth full of water and I spit it into his face as I started laughing and tried to swim away from him. He gave me a head start then caught up with me back at the shallow end of the pool. We tossed a beach ball around for a while till the candles started burning out. Then everyone dried off and heading back in to get some sleep. We were pretty worn out from not sleeping well last night and the water just made us even more tired.

I stopped at the bathroom to change into underwear and one of Edward's shirts. He was getting changed as I sat on his bed and tried to brush out my hair. I almost gave up because I was just too tired to get out all the tangles.

"Let me help you." He said as he slid on the bed behind me and took the brush from my hands.

He pulled us both back to the middle of the bed and I sat between his outstretched legs. I closed my eyes as he carefully brushed my hair. It was so relaxing; I felt my head starting to nod. I don't remember him finishing. I was barely aware of Edward laying on his back and carefully pulling me down next to him. I curled up against him and draped my arm over his chest as he held me tight. He turned his face to mine and kissed my lips softly.

"Goodnight my love." He whispered.

"Mmm…" I started drifting off to sleep. I barely noticed that the electricity came back on until I heard someone shout my name. "Oh yeah, it must have worked." I smiled at Edward's puzzled expression.

EMPOV

I was lying on the bed waiting for Rose to join me. She always had to make sure she looked just right even before she went to sleep. Although, I hadn't planned on letting her go to sleep just yet.

"Come on baby, you already look perfect." I whined.

Rose walked over to the bed very slowly. She ran her fingers through her hair and trailed her tongue slowly across her lips before she crawled in next to me. I grabbed her hands and gently pulled her on top of me so she was straddling my waist. The silky white tank top and matching bottoms looked so sexy on her but I knew she wouldn't be wearing them for very long. Rose leaned down to kiss my lips and I pulled her mouth hungrily to mine. Her fingernails dragged down my chest and then slowly back up again.

"Oh Rose, I want you so bad." I moaned against her lips.

"Well get your little monster suited up and we can get down to business." She teased me and nibbled my bottom lip. I reached over the side of the bed but my hand was not finding what I needed.

"Hold on sweetie." I moved myself closer to the edge of the bed and looked down. There it was! I felt inside the box and there was nothing there. "What the hell?" I groaned. "Oh shit, I must have given them all to Edward. Dammit!"

"Well, it looks like the jokes on you then baby. You're going to have to wait for the good stuff until you're more prepared." Rose said with a smirk.

"Shit." I groaned. I knew I just screwed myself and it wasn't exactly my original plan. "I'm sorry Rose; I promise I'll make it up to you."

"It's okay Emmett. I'm pretty tired anyway." She said and slid down next to me kissing me sweetly.

All at once my bedside lamp flickered on. The electricity was back! I leaned over to turn it off. It was nice to have the ceiling fan back on to circulate the air. As the blades started to spin faster overhead, I felt something land on my chest. I sat up to see what it was and saw a small foil package fly across the room. Then another. And suddenly, It was raining little foil packages.

"Rose look! It's a gift from heaven!" I grabbed at a foil square and then realized it was empty. They all were! "What the flip is going on?!"

It was only a moment or two after that before the rubber rings started flying off the top of the fan in all directions. I was being pelted by…HOLY SHIT! I was being pelted by flying rubbers! Out of the package, unusable, flying rubbers! Rose pulled the covers over her head as I heard her giggling beside me.

"BELLA!!"

A/N:

Just a moment…I'm still laughing picturing this! LMAO! Okay, so Bella got a bit of revenge. I guess she knew just how to cripple Emmett. Hope you all enjoyed it.

I may have dated myself with the Mr. Magoo comment. Hmmm?

I'm carefully watching the weather with Carlisle. Depending on how Hurricane Fay affects Key West, I will continue that aspect of the story appropriately. I had lived in North Carolina for 15 years and dealt with a few hurricanes so I know what the outcome could be like. I don't want to write anything into the story that hits too close to home, so to speak. If anyone reading this lives in the Florida area. Please…Be Safe!

Let me know what you think of the chapter. Look forward to your reviews!!