Here's part two of Twilight Holidays. And I typed this listening to Twilight songs, and I'm in a really happy mood. Enjoy! This is dedicated to Honey Strawberry. You know who you are...
Christmas with the Cullens
Jasper's POV:
"Come on! Can you tell me what my gifts are?" Renesmee asked.
"Nope," I replied.
"Please? Come on! Tell me!" Renesmee pleaded… which she has been doing for the last hour.
"Renesmee," I said patiently. "I am not telling you. Can't you just wait for a few more hours? Plus, if I told you, Alice would kill me."
Renesmee took my hand. Soon, my head was flooded with images of her crying her heart out.
Laughing, I drew her hand away.
"Why did you pick me, anyway? Of all the people here, you picked me!" I complained.
"Well, you were the last one I haven't asked yet," Renesmee replied.
"OK… I'm bringing you to your parents," I said.
"Jasper!" I heard Edward yell. He must have read my mind. "You occupy her!"
"See? Your dad's eager to see you," I chuckled. Standing up, I led out of the room.
"You're no fun!" she pouted.
Using my "skill", I made Renesmee calm and happy.
"I take it back," she decided.
I heard a piano faintly playing. Grinning, I opened the door loudly.
"Mommy! Daddy! Nessie's here!" I announced loudly.
Grinning at Bella and Edward's irritated faces, I pushed Renesmee inside. Edward was playing "Bella's Lullaby" and I had just interrupted them.
"Jasper won't tell what my gifts are!" Renesmee said.
"Come here," Edward chuckled. "Now, you have to wait until tonight. OK, Nessie?"
Smiling, I shut the door quietly and left them. They were so happy together. I often wished Alice and I could have a child, but that is impossible, plus we wouldn't get any time for ourselves.
"Oomph!" Uh-oh. I bumped to the little pixie. "Jasper! Watch where you're going!"
"Hello, Alice." I calmed her down quickly. I gave her a short but sweet kiss on the lips.
"Jasper, on second thought, glad I bumped into you. I need help in gathering everyone for one last practice."
"Practice?"
"Yep. Now go!" she commanded in her high soprano voice as she whirled around and went down the stairs, lightning quick.
A few minutes later, we were all gathered down in our huge living room. Emmett inserted a disc he got from Edward and music filled the room.
"Now everyone, now, we are going to sing with the music. But when we do the actual carolling, no music, so master it, everyone!" Alice ordered. The song has been around for ages, yet she's acting as if it's brand new.
"See guys? I should have been the one to organize everything! I'm relaxed, while she's all hyper and demanding!" Emmett joked.
Alice was instantly in front of him. "What did you say?" she demanded.
"You're the sweetest and kindest pixie I have ever met, and I'm the most irresponsible person ever," he teased. Alice relaxed and walked away.
Rosalie kissed his cheek. "And you're the funniest teddy bear I ever had."
"Wow. What happened to the real Rosalie?" Bella asked innocently.
"Guys. Shut. Up." Alice interrupted. Sighing, I calmed everyone down, again. Man, I was calming a lot of people today.
Finally, we were able to practice. Alice made us sing "Joy to the World" so many times, I despised the song.
We finished singing, and Alice finally decided we were already good enough so she let us rest. Bella pressed a button on the remote, and the song started again.
"Bella," Edward groaned. "I am sick the song. Turn it off!"
"Not a chance," she grinned. Then to my surprise, she started singing.
"Joy to the world
James is dead
We barbecued his head
What happened to his body?
We flushed it down the potty
And round and round it goes
And round and round it goes
And ro-ound and ro-ound
And round it goes!"
Then, Bella bowed down, her face in a wide grin.
I clapped my hands and laughed. Soon, everyone was clapping and laughing.
"Dude! You're good! Never knew you had it in you!" Emmett guffawed.
"I do my best to hide my talents," Bella bowed smoothly with vampire grace.
"I am so proud of you," Edward congratulated her.
"Joy to the world
Rose is- OWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!"
"Now, what were you singing?" Rosalie said sweetly, cracking her knuckles.
"I wasn't planning on saying you were dead!" Emmett defended himself. "Well, technically, you are dead, but- shutting up now."
"Kids?" Carlisle called, appearing at the doorway. "Shouldn't you be going now?"
"We were about to go, but Rosalie and Emmett here," Alice paused and shot daggers at them. "Had to go kill each other like that."
"There, there." Esme chided gently. "Go along now."
We all went outside.
"First stop is?" I asked.
"Jessica's house?" Edward suggested, a twinkle in his eye.
"Déjà vu much?" Rosalie snorted. She paused. "Sure, let's go."
We were there for a short while, just like during Halloween. Mike was there, because they were engaged. First Bella, then Angela, now Jessica? Lauren's the only one left. Though who'll marry her will surely regret it.
We visited two more houses, by the order of Alice.
"Let's go to Charlie's," Bella said. "He's bound to be lonely."
"Yeah! Grandpa Charlie!" Renesmee squealed.
"Oh yeah! I forgot about his gift!" Alice smacked her head. "Wait- I'm getting it."
Ten seconds after, she was back. "Sorry it took so long," she apologized. "I had to look for it."
I placed my arm around her neck and pulled her closer. I ruffled her hair fondly.
"Hey!" she complained, smacking my hand. "Don't touch my hair!"
Few minutes later, we were at Charlie's house. Instead of entering, we started singing in smooth voices.
A surprised Charlie came out, and became even more surprised.
"Wow, my favorite vampires! You guys can sing? Hello Nessie, Bella, Edward, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie! Merry Christmas to you all!"
"Hi Charlie, and a Merry Christmas to you too!" we chorused.
"What about me?" a voice piped up.
"Jacob!" Renesmee said happily.
We gave Charlie his gift, a new fishing rod he really wanted, except he didn't want to buy it because of its expensive price. I know, because of Bella. He was extremely happy. He didn't stop thanking us for a long time. But Jacob didn't mind he received nothing. Hey, we didn't know he would be there! Though I think seeing Renesmee was enough for him.
An hour later, we had to leave. Renesmee didn't want to, because of Jacob. But we had to, since we didn't feed, because of too many preparations, and we were all extremely thirsty.
"Guys, let's go!" Alice said.
We raced to the forest, and we let our senses loose.
I found a mountain lion first, and drank its blood. I felt…refreshed. Edward found his own. Renesmee caught a deer and drained it. Emmett, to his delight, found a grizzly bear and took childlike pleasure in drinking its blood. Alice drained an elk, and Rosalie chose a lion.
A few more animals later, we were all refreshed. We were spotless, not a drop of blood on our clothes, not a hair out of place. Well, except Edward, his hair was everywhere, but that's normal.
"Dinner's finished, now can we go home and open our gifts?" Renesmee whined.
We all looked at each other.
"Well-" I began.
"I don't know…" Alice said.
"Maybe," Emmett shrugged.
"I guess, but…" Rosalie trailed off.
"Now?" Bella pouted.
"Oh guys, stop it," Edward said.
"Hey!" I complained.
"She's about to cry," he whispered quietly, so only I could hear.
"Oh." I shut up.
"We're going home now," Edward said.
"YAY! I can finally find out what my gifts are," she sang.
We ran home, in a blur. But it was okay, not so many people were out.
Edward reached the Christmas tree first. "Where did all the gifts go?" he gasped.
Emmett followed his lead. "They are all… gone!"
"What?!?!" Renesmee shrieked.
"You heard them," Rosalie said. "They're all gone. Except for yours!"
"You guys are evil!" she said, finally realizing she was tricked.
"We shall open our gifts… now!" Alice yelled.
Everyone scrambled to start ripping wrappers apart. I may have something to do with the excitement… Controlling people's emotions sure come in handy.
"Hey, you know what your gifts are, don't you?" I nudged Alice.
"Duh," she rolled her eyes. "Well, except for yours. I made sure not to look, so that I would be extra surprised."
"Smart little psychic," I murmured.
Soon, Renesmee started shrieking happily. "I love this dress! And this skirt is sooooo cute! So is this top! Thanks everyone! This was sooooo worth the wait!"
We chuckled. Alice had forced us to buy outfits for Renesmee. Everyone followed, except for Bella and Edward.
"Oh, Mommy, Daddy, this necklace is so pretty!" she squealed happily.
"Glad you like it," Bella grinned.
"Jasper!" Alice exclaimed. "This locket… it's so beautiful. Thank you."
"It is beautiful," I agreed. "Just like you."
Beside me, Emmett made sniffling noises.
"Emmett," I growled. "Shut up dude."
"Whatever," he laughed.
"Edward, is this disc from you?" Bella interrupted.
"Yep, including your lullaby- isn't that right, Jasper?"
I ignored him and opened my own gift. A photo album, filled with pictures.
"Alice, thank you," I said sincerely. I started flipping through it, but Alice stopped me.
"We scan that later," she said firmly.
"Thank you for this awesome stereo!" Edward said. "My old one's starting to suck."
"You're welcome," we all chorused. Except for Renesmee, she was playing dress-up.
I opened Emmett's gift for me. "A baseball cap and bat?" I asked, genuinely baffled.
"What? You needed new ones," he defended himself.
Emmett is still Emmett. And Emmett is weird.
"Em! This teddy bear's so cute!" Rosalie said happily. "It reminds me of you! Thank you thank you thank you!"
"Glad you like it so much," Emmett grinned. "Hey, Bella, Edward, is this video camera from you guys?"
Bella nodded. "With that, you can capture every silly moment you have."
"Aw, thanks guys!" Emmett stood up and wrapped Bella and Edward in a crushing bear hug.
"Emmett," Edward wheezed. "I may be a vampire, but I'm not as strong as you! Let go!"
"No way. Group hug!"
We stood up and hugged them.
"Guys, let go," Bella choked out.
"Hug harder!" Renesmee cried.
"That's it," I heard Bella mutter. "Get off."
She pushed- hard. Next thing I knew, we were all falling.
"Ouch. Bella, you should have told us you were doing that. Now look, my hair's ruined," Rosalie huffed.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Bella apologized. "Here- let me make it up to you."
She went to Rosalie and hugged her again. She ruffled her hair- basically ruining it.
"Bella! You are impossible!" Rosalie shrieked. "Payback!"
So, it turned out that we spent the next few minutes hugging someone- and messing up their hair.
"Wow, Edward, your hair sure is messy," Bella giggled.
"You like it?" he grinned.
"Yep."
"So…" Edward went to Bella and rubbed his hair on her face.
"Eew! Pfft, Edward! I don't want to eat your hair!" Bella spit a few times. Edward pretended to look hurt.
"At least there wasn't any gel," Rosalie pointed out.
"Yeah. It's all dandruff," Emmett chimed in.
Edward glared at him and tackled him to the ground.
CRASH!
"What did you say? Huh? Huh?" Edward demanded.
"You are the best person in the whole wide world. And you have the best hair," Emmett said quickly.
Edward shoved him away and step back. "Got that Alice?"
"Yep, sure did."
I turned around to find out that Alice had been videotaping the whole scene.
"You planned that whole thing?" I asked. Everyone ignored me.
"Alice! Let me see!" Emmett said eagerly.
Shaking my head, I went over them to see it.
Emmett looked scared the whole time- comically scared.
"Bella, Edward, good idea on giving him that gift," I said.
"Thanks," Bella grinned. "But it was all Alice's idea."
"I saw it in a vision," she explained. "And it just had to happen."
"Evil little pixie," I shook my head.
"But I'm your evil little pixie," Alice smiled slyly.
"True," I shrugged.
"Come on," she called. "Don't you want to look at the pictures?"
She went out, and I followed, leaving the noise.
I followed her to our room, where she flopped down the bed and patted the space next to her.
"Sit."
I sat down and she got the book from me. She opened to the first page and pointed to the photo with a perfectly manicured finger.
"I saved all the pictures I had, ever since we met, years ago. Somehow, I have already seen of this day, and like I said earlier, it had to happen. This is the first time we celebrated you birthday- together. And here's mine. Our first family photo… and this is the first time we graduated high school- as vampires, anyway."
Soon, I was engrossed with our history together. She sure had taken a lot of pictures.
"Wait- that was Bella's birthday," I suddenly said. "When she had the paper cut, and I almost attacked her."
"Yeah, but don't think about that," Alice said. "That was a long time ago. She was still a human and you were still our newest "vegetarian". Now she's the newest one- though she does have the best control- anyway, I want you to forget about that. It's Christmas, Jasper! I want you to enjoy this!"
"The whole day, I never told you that," I suddenly realized.
"Told me what?" Alice asked puzzled.
"Merry Christmas, Alice," I said softly.
Her gaze softened. "You too, Jasper. Merry Christmas."
She set the book aside. Alice kissed me, and I knew everything was going to be alright. It was Christmas, and I was going to enjoy it- with my family, especially Alice. For how was I going to live forever without her?
Aww… I typed the last part listening to Bella's lullaby, and I really felt happy and free. This song is great to listen to when you're about to sleep. Part three is about to be posted soon, and I hope you will read it. Please review! Edward wants you to! :D
And my little sister keeps on singing the Joy to the World song. It's annoying, plus she uses my name. Evil… Well, press the button!
Jen
P.S.- MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!