Sun,Shoes and Sombreros

Chapter 14

Alice's POV

Only Emmett.

We began to swim around the reefs, as we explored the inner caves Emmett decided to go off and get a pet.

After taking pictures of various different fish and coral we headed back to the beach, in search of Emmett.

We found him sitting cross-legged on the sand, staring at what looked like a fish tank.

''Where did you get a fish-tank???''

''I found it.''

''Last time you found something i ended up floating out to sea!''

''But i did find it-it was in the cupboard with the chicken coop....''

Okay i know this sounds weird but last year Emmett ate too much chocolate and decided we should re-create Sims Castaway. Needless to say it didn't end well.

Anyway his lastest plan is to adopt fish that he found when we explored the reef.

No-one really minds-it keeps him busy and stops him pranking us and breaking various things.

As we went back to the house Emmett collected up his newly found pets from the plastic bucket he was storing them in and transferred them into the fish tank.

When we were back to the house he asked for me and the girls' help to customize the fish tank.

When we were done it did look amazing, it was kinda like the tank of finding nemo except they don't try to escape..yet....

Edward's POV

I have to admit Emmett does have some good ideas. I think he should have a pet-at least he might not try to eat something that's stuck in a tank.

He seems quite happy with the fish so we just let him keep them. As long as it keeps him busy we don't mind.

So after the girl's had customized the tank for Emmett he decided the fish needed names.

We all watched as he sat and wrote a list of names for the fish when he was done he put it in the middle of the table so we could all see their chosen names.

The names were as follows (+ plus the resons for the names)

Well there are actually 'fish versions' as Emmett calls them of us so he named them like this-

-Rosalie: Blondie (As long as Jacob doesn't say it she's not that bothered)

-Bella: Freckles (He would have called her Red but he prefers this)

-Jasper: Calm-Calm (He got the idea from Carmen-Tanya calls her Carm-Carm when Eleazer isn't looking (or listening))

-Alice: Pixie (It's obvious but it goes with the other names and Alice doesn't mind)

-Carlisle: Dr Jones (It's only so he can sing the song by Aqua)

-Esme: Big Momma (It's not an insult to Esme but the fish is fat and he needed to link it to Esme)

-I am unfortunately: Emo (I didn't even comment on it)

-And Emmett he named his fish self Frazzles (i think he only chose it because he likes to say Frazzles over and over and over again-trust me it's annoying)(but funny)

And then there are the random ones-

-Jude, Max, Sadie and Jojo from Across the Universe- it's our second favourite movie apart from Mamma Mia.

He would have picked Lucy but we all agree that she sucks. To be honest Jude deserves better and she should have just stayed with her mother and let Jude get on with his life.

-Then there's Marco and Polo-the only reason their there is because he can play Hide and Seek with them.

-And finally there's Sheldon, i know it sounds like a turtle but our old Science teacher is called Mr Hetherington and he lied to Alice about his first name being Sheldon when it was Stephen anyway from that moment on the name stuck.

Since there are 14 fish i think it would be better to call it an aquarium.

But Alice and Rosalie (tree-huggers-not literally more like tree-crushes) insist that it's a fish sanctuary.

Bella's POV

I agree with Edward the fish are a good idea.

The only thing in danger is his own sanity.

Since we were already in the house we decided that we would stop filming for today and just stay in the house.

We decided to randomly go pick movies to watch.

Alice went first and out came 'Shaun of the Dead' no-one had any objections and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are legends in our household so in went the DVD and out went Emmett's mind.

As Alice went back to take her seat she went of to the aquarium and pointing at a fish that went by said ''Hey Jude.''

In an instant Emmett turned to her growling and said ''It's Sadie!!!'', after the window stopped shaking Rose turned round to Emmett and asked how anyone could tell the difference when they were all identical.

Emmett gasped, picked up the tank and told Rose something i never imagined i hear him say-

''I am their mother and therefore i understand their individuality'

After the initial pause for laughter we all began questioning Emmett on how he could be the mother of 14 fish.

The results were unpredicted and amazing he calmly explained that he adopted them and that as there guardian he would not tolerate blasphamy from his own family.

He didn't seem bothered that he was the only one that claimed to know exactly which fish was which.

So, after a very awkward silence we went back to watching the movie.

However, the peace was short-lived as Emmett began ranting to his fish.

''Jude what have you done to Max, and why is he swimming away from you. It's not Max's fault he was drafted into the army and then your girlfriend went postal because Paco told her to.''

I still wonder if the Paco from Across The Universe is the same one from Definitely Maybe, but then 'No-one walks away from Paco!!'

(Just so you know Edward has installed hidden cameras to capture Emmett's moments with his fish)

After a long drawn out silence Emmett uttered a long 'ohhhh..'' then he began to tell us what was going on.

''I think this is when Max sings 'Hey Jude' and then they meet up towards the end then they meet up with Sadie and Jojo.''

Soon the DVD was forgotten and we had taken watching Emmett sing 'Hey Jude' to the had decided to tell us what the fish were doing. So in his mind Max is in a bar singing through a mirror to Jude then they'll meet up at Ellis Island and go off and sing with what next....actually...

Rose had started to draw a anime comic strip of the fishes each with their own identites and objects.

Rosalie's POV

Soon i had drawn all the fish in various different atmospheres and with objects that matched them. I showed it to Emmett to get his approval and after he roughly snatched it from my hands he stuck it to the fish tank.

Everyone clustered round to see their own little fish cartoon, the reactions seemed to be good so i added a my second copy to the cartoons i had made of my family and various other people i had drawn over the years.

As i collected my file (ok it's actually a box, a very big and heavy box) i realized the one thing Emmett had forgot.

''Emmett when are you gonna feed the fish???''

''When ever i remember''

Well i can see that idea going badly......

Thanks to:

Coral for helping me find max

Mahsa for putting up with the singing

Grace for the regular reviews and

Ami for helping fool PCB and helping choose the names. xx