Sun,Shoes and Sombreros
Chapter 15
Alice's POV
Ok i am now taking charge of feeding the fish.
I'm justed interested to see how long they survive.
We started a bet to see which fish they thought would die first and who would kill it.
My dibs were on Freckles no offence to Bella but the fish seems a bit weird. I know i should know but i want to be suprised.
And i was.
Well, while repairing the house and watching Emmett play Hide and Seek with
Marco and Polo i discovered the wonders of.......THE SHREDDER!!!!!!
''Emmett you have to see this!!!''
I watched as Emmett slowly pulled himself away from the fish tank and came into the study.
''Right, now watch this...''
As i picked up the paper Emmett looked incredously at me. I slowly manovered it toward the shredder-like one of those nutters on weird TV shows.
I dropped it in and watched as it was slowly eaten. I glanced over and saw Emmett was more entralled than me.
I repeated the steps over and over again just to watch as the paper disappeared and returned as thin strips.
Soon Emmett was bouncing on the balls of his feet waiting impatiently as i emptied the contents into the bin.
During this pause Emmett ran back to the kitchen and collected a clear glass cup. Staring in confusion i watched as he tipped Emo into the cup and brought him over to witness the miracle that is shredding.
But Emo had other ideas......
Jasper's POV
I came into the house met by the sounds of my wife and Dr Dolittle's laughing. I followed the noise to the study and discovered them and Emo gathered around the shredder.
Being used to their strange behaviour i just watched, contented with their emotions but wondering where the feeling of deep and unrelentless suffering were coming from.
After a moment of reflection on who could be depressed i was woken out of my trance by Alice's screams....
It seemed Emo while sharing in the shredders glory had decided that watching this every three seconds was not how he wanted to spend his life and had jumped out of the cup and into the....well you get the idea....
Edward hearing my thoughts ran in and held his hand out in payment.
At that moment Emmett broke down into dry sobs and had to be taken away and consoled by Rose and Alice.
Alice seemed not upset but angry at the loss of money.
Edward's POV
I did feel sorry for Emmett it's not everyday your fish commits suicide.
Bella after being filled in on recent events went to organise a funeral for Emo.
I think Emmett will like the idea. His thoughts were calming down and he had decided to help with the organising to distract him from the tragedy.
By mid-afternoon the funeral was ready to commence. As we all stood in mourning Emmett collected the fish into plastic cups (with lids) and arranged them onto individual chairs.
Emmett had decided the best way to celebrate Emo's life was to do it with music.
As he began the first verse of 'Let It Be' a slide-show came on the screen behind him, documenting Emo's life.
There wasn't that much considering Emmett only had him a day but the footage we did have was enough to reduce us to 'tears'.
By the chorus Emmett had got considerably carried away and had grabbed Freckles and was swinging the cup through the air.
By the looks of it Freckles was attemping to hold on but being a fish couldn't and was reduced to following the spirals in the water.
By the second verse we had to organise Freckles funeral.
Emmett was sinking lower and lower into to depression and currently is sitting in the corner of the room, rocking back and forward repeating the fishes names over and over.
Earlier Jasper and Rose had attempted to console him but were met by such a heartbreaking look that everyone burst into fresh sobs.
As the week continued the fates of the fish was not improving after the tragic suicide Emmett had recovered and had taken the fish outside (under the watchful eyes of everyone) for some fresh air (not that it does them any good).
I have to say this has got to be the weirdest holiday ever.
By Wednesday (shredder on Monday) Big Momma was met by a very mistaken and very strange monkey.
We had been sitting on the beach when out of the trees came the monkey from Pirates Of The Caribbean.
After our initial shock we watched as Big Momma was taken out of the tank and delivered to none other than Johnny Depp on a yacht (dressed as Captain Jack) waving a sword and saying to Emmett ''Sorry babes but she's the key to the treasure chest''.
''SHE'S A FISH!!!!''
''Hello have you seen Bill Nighy lately...''
While we all laughed Emmett glad that the fish was a least still alive stared toward the horizan with a look of sheer disbelief but amazement.
Well, weirder things have happened.....
(If you think this is weird you should see us watching the oscars, needless to say after the outbursts at Kate Winslet's nose we were banned from watching)
(By the way filming is still happening but this is soooooo much more fun!!!!)
''OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''...............
Bella's POV
''What have you done now???''
''Look i think before Freckles died her and Emo had a baby....Ahhhh look''
I watched as Emmett carefully picked up the baby fish and placed him....her...??? into a cup so we could see i better.
''Hello my little Squishee!''
''I don't believe Freckles and Emo had a baby that is just too weird.''
''Why???''
''God you named them, if Freckles was me and Emo was Edward than 'Squishee' is Nessie...''
''Ohhh...''
What a sponge.
Rosalie's POV
I don't know how he did it but somehow over the course of one yes one week Emmett had managed to kill most of the fish. The lucky ones were released by Jasper while Emmett had another breakdown.
After Freckles and Emo's deaths and Big Momma's kidnapping Emmett had decided that to prevent the fish version of Final Destination he would watch them 24/7. Needless to say it didn't go well.
I seemed that tragedy was inevitable for Squishee. After about two days she decided enough was enough.
As Emmett walked past he tank he saw Squishee floating upside down.
Without even bothering to check for a heartbeat Emmett went straight into weird panicked mother mode.
While we tried to explain Squishee was still alive Emmett began prodding her his shouts of ''Hey Squishee, what are you doing you stupid fish?????!!!!''''
Within the space of a few minutes Squishee got her wish.
After going over the incident we deduced that Squishee had pretended to be dead to get Emmett attention and to get him to well you get the idea.
Emmett seemed to be slowly starting to regret his adoption.
I stood and studied the tank, with Emmett's help we found that Pixie had disappeared and Calm-Calm being to distrought after her disappearence had let himself get stucked into cleaning tube.
I think except for Big Momma the weirdest end was that of Dr Jones.
Well after Sheldon disappeared (he was taken out of the tank by a very obnoxious seagull) we discovered that Polo had somehow ended up in the volleyball net.
Marco seemed very depressed after this event so Emmett being Emmett thought of possibly the strangest and stupidest plan ever.
After giving up and realizing his attempt at Hide and Seek was not improving Marco's depression he grabbed some lasers and strobe lights from the
cupboard.
Dr Jones ended up having an epileptic fit in the tank much to the dismay and bemusement of the family.
After this final incident we all agreed that the best thing to do was to release the left over fish.
So, as we watched Marco, Jude, Max, Sadie, Jojo and Blondie swim into the sunset I had an idea that would benefit everyone.
I grabbed my bag, jumped into the boat and rode to the mainland with Edward and Alice (I convinced them to help me, besides i think Jasper and Bella can handle Emmett for a few hours.
God i hope the house is still standing.
What objects symbolize us best....?????
Any suggestions welcome.
I think a piano for Edward but what about everyone else???....
I'm stuck for Rose, Bella and Esme.
Blame Coral for the deaths- don't worry Emmett gets something better next chapter....
SOS about the late update..