In any other house, we would be surrounded by junk food. We'd also smell, I bet.
"Hello, you guys?" Rose calls from the hallway.
Rose enters the living room finding Bella and I glued to the couch.
"Seriously… you have been sitting in front of the TV for two days," Rose complains. "What are you watching now?"
"Clueless," we say at the same time, still staring at the scene.
"Sheesh, at least it's not the Lifetime channel anymore. Maybe you guys should go outside for a little while. Fresh air?"
"Shh! Dang Rose, you keep yapping through all the good parts!" I bark. Bella laughs next to me at something I just missed and I glare at Rose while throwing my arms up in frustration. I then gesture to the screen. "Now I just missed that too!"
I give her a questioning look, but she just shrugs and then plops down on the couch next to us.
By the time we are halfway through Romy and Michele's High School Reunion we have accumulated more couch potatoes. The Denali bitches have joined us and are spread around the living room as well.
"Who redecorated the living room with all these statues?" Emmett's voice bellows around us.
None of us acknowledge him. Or move.
"Welcome to la casa de Castel Sant'Angelo!" Jasper adds. God, he is so sappy.
Emmett claps his ginormous hands together to catch our attention. We still don't move.
"So, don't you think maybe we should talk about things… or something?" he asks.
"Talk about what?" Bella responds. She still is staring at the TV.
"That's it!" Jasper yells. He grabs the remote before we can react and turns it off. Damn, if I wasn't such a TV zombie I would have seen it coming.
"Hey!" we all shout.
"They were just about to do that cheesy dance," Tanya whines.
"You should be thanking me," Jasper quips.
"Ladies, come on. You know what I am getting at," Emmett says.
"Don't, not yet," I plea.
I search my visions and see them shifting. I did (until Emmett had to go and change his mind) have a couple days before Esme was to let her guard down (which I don't really blame her for because she just misses us). Edward was going to find out then that his siblings have been hiding in Alaska, which would make him demand to know why, which would lead to him catching a snippet of her thinking about Bella, which would make him freak out and demand to know what Bella had to do with us being in Alaska, which would crack Esme's resolve resulting in the truth, which would cause him to run his ass up here to beat my ass, which was one of the reasons I was so engrossed with escaping through bad television. It is easier than worrying about what was coming.
But now Emmett is changing all this by deciding that we should tell Bella and to call our parents. He feels it's best to reunite the family. He is such a mama's boy!
"Alice, he's right," Rosalie says softly. I roll my eyes. Of course! She's such a traitor.
"Um, what are you guys talking about? What is Emmett right about?" Bella asks.
Tanya is grinning like a loon. Kate and Irina are all ears. If they were human I bet anything that they would be shoveling popcorn down their throats. They are enjoying this show way more than the movie we were just watching.
"I'm calling mom and dad… and Edward," Emmett states proudly. I noticed his hesitation when saying his name. I know he's not as confident as he's trying to make himself appear. He doesn't want to upset Bella anymore than me. He is just more homesick.
"He should know," Rosalie adds. It's times like these I wish vampires could bruise, because I really wanted to give her a shiner.
Bella is staring at the TV like it's still on.
"Bella…" I sigh.
"I need to hunt," she claims and then stands up suddenly. I rush over to stand at her side. Before she can protest, I take her hand and we dash out of the house.
I know she doesn't really have to hunt. For a newborn she has adapted faster than anyone I know, not including me of course. It's part of her laid-back personality that I dig so much. She's just too lethargic to be bloodthirsty. She'd rather just chill. Plus, she just ate yesterday.
I can hear Emmett dialing as we flee. I can hear him tell the person on the other end that it's time. I can feel Bella's hand tighten around mine.
"Alice, what do you see?" Bella whispers. The wind almost washes away her voice.
What I see is a very pissed off older brother. Oh, brother! Literally. He's coming.
"I see him making an appearance soon." I gulp. I think I instinctively built up excess venom. I know she is waiting for more information, but she doesn't ask. I think about what to say next. I don't really know what to say.
"There are many ways this can play out, but there is only one constant. He's gonna kill me."
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