Chapter 11

Games

Fortunately Rosalie had already heard the news. Emmett wanted to meet Bella but knew that he had to stay with Rosalie so they went out hunting instead.

Carlisle and Esme also knew and so did Jasper. Pretty soon Esme was trying to make the house as "human and comfortable" as possible.

Carlisle told her none of it was necessary but Esme insisted. Esme told us to get ready. Although Alice was already so I'm pretty sure she was just gesturing to Jasper and I.

I went upstairs to my closet and picked out a pair of jeans, and a plain medium blue t-shirt.

I tousled my side bangs to get them in order since they were a little messy. I hated it when they got in my eyes so I moved them over. They used to cover one of my eyes all the time but I got annoyed by it so I moved it over.

Alice of course had to get all annoying about how I should wear my hair down but I said "no" and Jasper just stood there trying not to laugh. I could tell he was somewhat uncomfortable by the whole "Bella thing."

"They're going to be here in about five minutes" I said.

"Alright you three can do what you want Carlisle and I will be here and you can come down when you're ready" Esme said.

"Got it" Alice said before any of us could speak.

I went to the den and decided to watch South Park also I wanted to see what would happen.

As they all introduced themselves I heard Edward ask "So where are Alice, Jasper and the little rascal" I rolled my eyes at the term he used to refer to me.

"Hello" I said getting off of the couch and going to the foyer room.

"Nice to see you again Hazel" Bella said laughing.

"Nice to see you too" I said and Edward just shook his head.

"Sometimes I wonder where you got your…strange ways from." He said.

"Probably from you" I thought in my head and smirked.

"Hey Edward!" Alice said coming down the stairs.

Alice stopped suddenly in front of Bella and Carlisle and Esme shot her a warning glance while I looked at her like "don't scare the poor girl."

"Hi Bella!" She said and turned forward to kiss Bella's cheek. I almost whacked my head since she absolutely wasn't thinking about how Bella felt but that was totally Alice.

"You do smell nice, I never noticed before" she said and Bella turned a slight shade of red.

Maybe it was because I tended not to pay attention but now that Alice brought it up Bella did smell really good. I then switched my mind back to South Park since I never liked to think of how people's blood smelled. Especially if they were standing right in front of me.

"Hello Bella" Jasper said.

"Hello Jasper" Bella smiled "it's so nice to meet all of you. You have a very beautiful home" she added.

"Thank you, we're so glad you came" she said.

Bella eyed the piano that was in the center of the room.

"Do you play?" Esme asked.

"Not at all but it's so beautiful. Is it yours?" Bella asked.

"No, Edward didn't tell you he was musical?"

"No, but I guess I should have known." Bella said.

"Has he been showing off again?" I asked giving Edward a look.

Bella shrugged.

"Edward, how many times to I have to explain showing off is rude?" Esme said sounding very motherly.

"I don't know" Edward said.

"He's been very modest actually" Bella said.

"Well, play for her" Esme said.

"You just said showing off was rude" Edward objected.

"There are exceptions to every rule" she said.

"I'd like to hear you play" Bella said.

"It's settled then" Esme said and then she gestured to me and I nudged Edward towards the piano.

I went back to watching my South Park it was another rerun where Kyle's cousin Kyle comes to visit and Cartman keeps making anti-Semitic jokes. I felt bad for Kyle because his cousin was taking over everything.

"Hazel!" I heard Alice calling me.

I turned and she motioned for me to follow her to her room.

"OK so I probably should've told you this earlier but remember James…right?" she asked quivering as she said the name

"The vampire that was hunting you when you were human right?" I asked.

She nodded "well him and his coven are going to be coming soon…can you…can you track them?" she asked.

"Yeah. He's a tracker too right?" I asked.

"Yeah" she said "but he can't get visions of what the people are doing like you can. He's more of a sensory tracker" Alice explained.

I nodded and said "I need to see some sort of photo of him. I don't know what he looks like."

Alice pulled a piece of paper out of her drawer from one of her visions and handed it to me. The picture was clear so I could easily see it. I concentrated on the image and shut my eyes.

"They're several hours away…in Canada. Hunting…pondering what to do." I said.

"About us right?" Alice asked.

"Yeah I think they're debating about paying us a visit or not" I said.

"James knows you're a more powerful tracker then he is…he wants to know how you do it" Alice said.

"I don't even know that. Maybe I have a different type of tracking ability than him."

Alice nodded seemingly to think I was sounding logical. "A storm is coming…we're going to play baseball later" she said trying to go off topic.

"Sweet" I said.

"Hopefully Edward will bring Bella" Alice said.

"Are you sure that's a good idea I mean what if that's when they show up?"

"He will want to keep her in his sight anyway" Alice explained and I nodded since she was right. I was only all too familiar about how overprotective Edward could get.

"Should I warn Bella?"

"He probably already did." Alice said.

"Alright well…do you want to watch South Park with me?" I asked.

"Why not" Alice said and followed me back to the den.

After a while I heard the piano stop playing in the room next door and I heard Edward and Bella walking out.

By this time Alice went to go hang out with Jasper and I was watching the episode of South Park where a towel named Towelie (that likes to get high) is being chased by the government and the boys' video game system is taken from them unless they turn in Towelie.

I was right in the middle of it when Edward came with Bella who asked "what is she watching?"

"Why don't you ask her" Edward said.

"What are you watching Hazel?" Bella asked.

"South Park" I replied.

"You like that show?" Bella asked.

"Yeah and so does he" I said pointing to Edward.

"Seriously?" Bella asked.

"Yes" I said and to Edward "don't try to deny it."

"She's twelve and she's watching South Park!" Bella said.

"Emmett showed it to her…not me" Edward said.

"That part is true" I said.

"Is it any good?" Bella asked.

"Best show ever" I said and she laughed.

"Maybe but I don't think I'll ever watch it anytime soon."

"Come on love I'll show you the rest of the house" Edward said and he saluted me with two fingers while I did the same back.

I decided that on my list was I had to show Bella at least one episode of South Park and I would do it when I knew Edward would help me with it.

After watching South Park I went to go see what Jasper and Alice were up too. Carlisle had just left for another shift at the hospital and Esme was working on another architecture sketch.

Alice and Jasper were talking quietly and I knocked on the door.

"Come in Hazel" Alice said immediately.

"How did you know it was me?" I asked pretending to be dumbfounded.

"I have my ways" Alice said.

"Sure you do" I said and Jasper just laughed.

"Let's go see if Esme wants to go play baseball later" Alice said "I just got a text from Rosalie who said she and Emmett were definitely up for it."

We went to ask Esme and she said she was up for it as well. We stayed and chatted for a while.

We then set off to go see if Edward was up for playing tonight.

"Can we come in?" I asked when we got to his door and knocked.

Alice didn't wait for an answer she just walked in and took Jasper's hand pretty much dragging him along while I just walked in behind her.

"It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch and we wanted to see if you would share" Alice said.

"Smooth Alice" I said in a voice too low and too fast for Bella to hear.

Alice pretended not to hear me and Edward smirked.

"Actually I don't have any more to share…sorry."

Jasper rolled his eyes "actually we were wondering if you wanted to play baseball with us later. Emmett, Rosalie and Esme are all up for it."

"Of course you should bring Bella!" Alice said enthusiastically.

"Do you want to go?" Edward asked.

"Sure" Bella replied "will I need an umbrella?"

Without meaning to we all laughed and Bella stared back impatiently (more at Edward).

"Let's go see if Carlisle will come" Alice said.

"You already know the answer" I muttered.

Jasper smirked and said "does he?"

Alice whacked both of us and said "stop being smart with me."

After that whole episode I went to my room and went to do some research on other vampires that were maybe around my age. I didn't find anything so I settled for just playing computer games which I did when I was only REALLY bored.

"Hey did you know that my favorite day is June Ninth nineteen sixty nine?" Emmett said storming into my room.

"You could knock first" I said.

"The day is 6/9/69" Emmett said.

"You're so mature" I said sarcastically.

"Stop acting like a misery" Emmett said.

"Sorry but it's kind of hard not to when your older brother walks into your room without knocking and starts talking about sixty nine because he's so mature." I said Emmett rolled his eyes.

"Later dwarf."

"Goodbye." I said shoving him out of the door.

"You handled that very well" I heard a voice behind me and saw Edward sitting on my windowsill.

"Why is everyone just appearing out of nowhere today?" I asked.

"Nice to see you too" Edward said.

"You just saw me" I said.

"Yeah and…" Edward said obnoxiously.

"Where's Bella?" I asked.

"Home with her dad" Edward replied.

"Aren't you going to meet him?" I asked.

"After they eat" Edward said.

"You ready for baseball?" I asked.

"Yeah and when we play I'm going to kick your sorry ass" Edward said picking me up holding me upside down.

"Put me down please!" I shouted.

"Never" Edward said.

"You're going to have to eventually" I said.

"Nope" Edward said.

"OK then I guess I'll have to tell Bella" I said.

"Bella will never fall for your lies" Edward said.

"You're the liar" I said.

"Oh I am huh?" Edward asked.

"Yes sir" I said and Edward dropped me so I landed on the floor headfirst.

"Are you OK?" he asked.

"Yes" I said laughing.

Edward kissed my hair and said "see you later."

"OK...bye" I said and he smirked before jumping back out the window.

As I waited for Alice to tell me we were leaving I went to get my notebook and write some songs. I figured I would play them on my guitar later.

After doing that for several minutes I took out my guitar and some old sheet music and started playing some of the older music I had written. It was a slow paced song that sounded like it belonged on piano but I didn't really care.

After a little while it seemed Alice came to get me.

"Are we running?" I asked.

"Does Kenny always die?" Emmett asked.

"Not always" I said and he rolled his eyes.

"I swear if I hear one more reference to Sport Prank I will kill someone" Rosalie said glaring at Emmett.

"What? Oh and it's called South Park" he said and Rosalie scowled but came back after being calmed by Jasper.

"Let's go" Carlisle said softly and with that we all ran towards the clearing.

I saw as the blur of the trees went by. I could smell the sweet pinecones as I ran by. We eventually stopped at the spot and I went to go help Carlisle set up the bases.

I put on my baseball cap backwards. It had a C on the back for Cullen.

"Hazel! You look like a boy please put your cap on the right way!" Rosalie shouted.

"Nah" I said back and my brothers laughed.

"You don't look like a boy Hazel" Esme said trying to reassure me.

"Thanks" I said and she smiled at me.

I found two twigs and started rubbing them together for the sake of it.

I heard a strange sound and then laughing. It was Edward and Bella. We all got up as soon as we saw them.

"Was that you we heard Edward?" Esme asked.

"It sounded like a bear choking" Emmett said and I shook my head while Rosalie glared at him.

Bella smiled "that was him."

"Bella was being unintentionally funny" Edward explained.

Alice came skidding over to us and said "It's time" and with that a crack of thunder was heard.

"Eerie isn't it" Emmett said.

"Let's go!" Alice said grabbing Emmett and I and raced towards the field.

"Hey Hazel!" Edward called.

"What?" I asked.

"This is like the episode of South Park where they play baseball!" Edward said.

"I'm the best around…nothing's gonna ever keep me down" Emmett said singing in a high pitched voice like how it was in that episode.

"Thank you for that" I said turning to him.

"Aha we must lose!" Edward said.

"Or not" Alice said getting impatient.

"Sorry" Edward said.

"The game" Rosalie said impatiently.

Edward turned to Bella "are you ready for some ball?" he asked.

"Go Team!" Bella said and I couldn't help smirking.

Edward tousled Bella's hair and went off to join us…of course since he was the fastest he got over here in a quicker amount of time.

We formed the teams. It was Edward, Carlisle, Alice and I. Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper.

I was playing catcher since I was the smallest one and it was the only position I wasn't so bad at.

Emmett was swinging the bat around and it looked like he was going to hit someone.

"Batter up!" Esme called and Emmett walked up to the imaginary hand. Alice flicked the ball and it came into my waiting glove.

"Strike" I muttered and Emmett turned around to glare at me before slugging me in the stomach with the bat.

"OW" I said.

"Emmett! Be nice to your sister!" Esme said firmly.

"She started it!"

"Oh stop being such a bad example" Rosalie said and I smirked smugly at him as he shook his head.

I hurled the ball back at Alice and the next time she threw it Emmett hit it and it was going far out.

I saw Edward dart for it.

"Get it Eddie!" I thought to him.

Edward came back and had the ball in his hand.

The game went by pretty quickly and when it was our teams turn Edward let me go first.

"Line Drive" he whispered in my ear.

"HEY STOP CHEATING!" Emmett shouted and Edward rolled his eyes.

Rosalie pitched the ball to me and I had my eye on it. Good thing I was small since I could slide the easiest.

I made it to third base before Emmett got the ball back in play.

"Cheating dwarf" he shouted.

"Oh Emmett stop being such a sore loser!" Edward shouted back and Emmett scowled.

Edward hit a double so I got a run and then Carlisle batted a home run.

After a few more runs. Alice's eyes flashed up at me "track James" she mouthed and I did.

I was instantly horrified. This was so not good for Bella.

Edward's head snapped up as he heard my thoughts and saw what I had seen and he ran over to Bella.

"What's going on?" Jasper asked.

"They changed paths" Alice said.

"They're coming" I said.

"How far away?" everyone asked and Alice looked at me.

"Five minutes tops. They're running they want to play" I said.

"How many?" Emmett asked.

Alice looked at me again.

"Three" I said.

"Three! Let them come." Emmett said.

"Emmett" I said through gritted teeth.

"Can you make it?" Carlisle asked Edward.

"No…not carrying" Edward said.

"Let's continue the game" Carlisle said quietly.

We continued playing but Edward switched out so he could be with Bella.

I couldn't not track them so every few seconds I would do updates in my head.

Instantly I saw them coming through the clearing. I was sure no one else could see…yet.

"THEY'RE COMING!" I thought to my brother and I knew he heard me.

He turned to look at everyone else and by that time we could all hear them closing in.