Chapter Seventeen: Thank You Alice!

A/N: I was done writing tonight, I was going to do the Bella Edward chapter next with Aro, but...... Then I got a couple of reviews..... One asked for longer chapters, I replied personally, the other, ALICE!!!!! OK, Alice, you should create an account here even if you don't write just so when you submit a review, the author can thank you or ask questions, (like are you really Alice Cullen, and if you are not still with Jasper, how about me? Or if you are can we at least be friends? LOL) Well, This chapter is Dedicated to Alice, she wrote a couple of anonymous reviews, the last one had a couple of requests. So I am going to do them since she has been sweet and reviewing a couple of chapters! This chapter would have been Baseball Prank, but since Alice is the reason for the chapter and her Idea....... If you like this chapter review and thank Alice!

(Emmett POV)

"Oh, hey Demetri, Edward!" "Emmett, Edward and I would like your help with something." I was surprised, usually when someone needed my help it was with building something, or lifting boulders but here I have been on virtual vacation with Rose, having lots of free time for what we like best!

"Uh, sure, what can I do you for?" Edward pinched the bridge of his nose like he does when he is stressed. "We, uh, need to get back at the mad prankster, and you are the master." Now, that was unusual, usually Edward, called my pranks lame and juvenile. This was something I was going to hold over his head for a very long time!

"OK, fill me in what has she done now?!?" I asked. Demetri spoke next. "She filled the great hall with mannequins, and drenched them in donated human blood. Then she stood back and filmed it when we came in for our morning meeting, and several of us lost it and pounced on the mannequins......" I did not miss him saying several of us "OK so who all is in?" I asked. Edward said "Everyone, except Jane, Felix, Alice, Jasper, and of course Bella. Carlisle and Esme are playing Switzerland, as are Aro, Caius, and Marcus, but Aro seems to like watching us all play with each other since it has all been harmless fun.

I had a flash of genius "Baseball!" Demetri looked puzzled so I explained "Our family likes to play the sport Baseball. So we get everyone together to play, guys against dolls, arrange it so Jane is umpire, Alice is Catcher, I will Pitch and When Bella gets up to bat I spring the surprise!" I was forming ideas in my head skipping from one to the next so I would give nothing away for Alice to see. All she would get is we were going to play baseball and she would catch for the dolls, and Jane would umpire.

They agreed it was a great idea, and to trust in my idea, because if they shared Alice would see, and blow it so Bella would know it was coming!

The next evening, we were all assembled in the athletic field where they normally played soccer. A baseball diamond was laid out and the vampire rules were explained. Everyone here has at one time or another watched American Baseball so they knew the basics, vampire rules simply that no using of gifts, like Alex couldn't blind a player, or, Alice signal the fielders where the ball was going to be hit.

I set it up that everyone would fight over who should be umpire, who could be the most fair. Of course since I stuffed the ballot box Jane won. And since most of the players had not played before I had Alice catch, and I volunteered to pitch for both sides, everyone else could easily get the hang of batting, and base running and fielding quickly. Plus it was arranged in advance that everyone would act like this was all a great idea!

Everything was in place. The guys won the bat toss, so they elected to bat first. A decent showing, but the best was my Baby got 2 of the three outs! Girls up to bat now. My Rosalie was so very beautiful, and very girly girl, but nothing got me going like watching her be all sporty! Her competitive side was very attractive. I guess I zoned out for a bit lusting after my baby, when a baseball hit me in the side of the head. It was Alice "Wake up dodo bird! You can fantasize about Rose LATER!

I spun around and there was Bella at the plate ready to hit! PERFECT TIMING! I grabbed the special ball from the ground at my feet. Before Alice could see I lobbed a perfect strike toward Bella. There was no way she was going to miss this one, She was going to swing for the stars! As her bat came around to send the ball into orbit, Alice had a vision. She saw the paint filled skin exploding covering Bella, Her, and Jane the umpire standing directly behind her! She shouted "NO BELLA!!!!"

Of course it was too late! When Bella connected with the trick ball, it burst at the seams into a cloud of green paint which covered everything in a 2 meter circle, which was Bella, Alice, and Jane. The flashbulbs went off like it was a stadium, and Demetri and Edward had it all on camera from the bleachers.

Everyone was rolling on the ground laughing! Then I looked up clutching my sides and Alice, Bella, and Jane were not at home plate anymore! They had me surrounded.........

I knew I was doomed! I tried weakly "Uh, somebody must have switched those balls?" Alice wasn't having it. "Nice try, how about batting practice tomorrow at noon? We three are going to take turns pitching to you! And say, how about you tell us where you bought those balls, so in case we would want to buy a couple hundred of them?"

Demetri came to my rescue with Heidi. "Now, ladies, don't blame Emmett, it was a group effort! Poor Heidi here almost broke a tooth when she bit that mannequins neck...." Heidi ran her tongue over her teeth "Yeah, that hurt! It was funny, but it hurt! Turn about is fair play! You three all had a hand in setting that up."

Alice got an evil look on her face "Yeah, I guess this was a pretty funny way to get back, I forgive you Big Brother!" But she didn't really look or sound like she forgave me, she gave Bella and Jane a look they said in unison "OK, We forgive you too!" Then Bella said "GROUP HUG!" and the three of them pounced on me hugging me and covering me in green paint too! I gave up trying to fight them off...... It was a losing battle, instead, I just hugged them back, letting them get me back. I was only going to delay the inevitable anyway!

Everyone just laughed, and Aro came down from the stands applauding. "That was an excellent game! I think we should make this a regular event here in Volterra! Minus the special paint balls of course..."

We all walked back indoors. As we approached the building the mirrored glass of the lobby doors showed Alice, Bella and Jane what they looked like, they turned to get me, but I was already gone! I did not have to be psychic to predict what they would do when they saw those doors! When I saw them I took off! It was night. I would just climb the building and come in through our window.

Thank you ALICE! I hope you liked your chapter!