Hunting
Hunting with the girls always made me feel so clumsy, even though I wasn't, because compared to them I was like an elephant in a tutu. They all made their feed with such elegant precision and then I always seemed to tear something or stain something. I don't have a clue why I keep going but it's something about the company that I just love, MY girls, MY family. Alice always brought something extra along for me to wear anyway so once I was changed I felt better.
As I sat on the grass by the river in my third outfit of the trip, which was a white dress and grey cardigan combo, with the sun shining, I couldn't help but admire the sparkles, of my family's skin, I had seen a million times and would never got tired of. I would feel jealous if it weren't MY sparkling family, which I loved.
"Ness" I heard the tinkling voice come from behind me. I turned and smiled, I don't think there would ever be a day that I wouldn't be happy to see Alice, my little pixie of an aunt. The sun shattered off of her skin into a million different little rainbows, her hair spiked out in every direction, and her smile lit up her entire face, she was so beautiful, and so lovely.
"Alice" I smiled in greeting and she took a seat on the grass next to me. For a moment we sat in silence just watching the others.
"Are you alright Ness?" I looked up to see Alice watching me curiously, her eye brows furrowed in the middle and her eyes were questioning.
"Yeah" I smiled reassuringly "I'm fine" She wrapped her little arm around me and despite her size, I felt comforted and safe.
We sat on the grass for hours and when the sun went in I climbed in the tent which was set up specifically for me, because I was the only one who slept, and curled up in my sleeping bag.
I woke up early with the sun and just lay still taking all the sounds of my surrounding, the birds singing a morning song, the leaves rustling in the light breeze and my family sat talking quietly.
"Please Bella" Alice pleaded; I could imagine her using her puppy dog face to get whatever she wanted. My mum was a sucker for that face.
"Alice, you've already taken me shopping once this month! That was our deal, once a month" It figured it would be about clothes, it always was.
"But Bella, this is a special occasion! Rose and Esme have agreed" she hadn't asked me to go, but that could be because I was always busy and when I did rarely go, I moaned the whole time. I wasn't complaining.
"I have plenty to wear from the last trip that I haven't worn yet" She moaned as if it would make a difference, Alice always knew which strings to pull for my mum, she always gave in.
I tuned out of their conversation and drifted in and out of consciousness for about an hour before finally rising to joining the others for the last day of our trip.