12-Care Bears and Quileutes....

The next morning I woke up to Josh laughing. I rolled over to find him sitting in my rocking chair, on the phone with someone. I mouthed to him who is it? He replied Megan, his girlfriend.

She's a sweet girl, and she understood our relationship. She never got jealous of me, or felt the need to tell me to 'back off'. She knew we were family. I'm sure Josh is anxious to get back to her soon, but I'm sad to see him go.

I got up and got dressed. I didn't bother taking a shower, since we would be swimming soon, so I just put my suit on with some shorts and a tank-top over it. I couldn't find my converse so I settled for some cute slip-on vans that Josh bought me a while back. I trudged into my bathroom in an attempt to tame the wild beast I sometimes call my hair. Needless to say it didn't work. I groaned in frustration.

"Hey B. Need somehelp in there?!" Josh yelled to me.

"Please?" Despite his manly appearance, Josh could do my hair better than I could. I heard him chuckle as he entered the small bathroom and stood behind me with his hand held out for the brush. He worked his magic and in no time had my hair brushed silky smooth and plaited in 2 low pony tails. It looked cute, and I mentally cursed him for being able to do my hair so well.

"Thanks!" I gave him a quick hug before going to Emmett's room to wake him up.

"EMMETT!! Come on! Wakey-wakey! Time to jump off some cliffs!!!" I jumped on his bed and started bouncing on him.

"Ugh! Bella.....I'm up! Go away now!!"

"Out of bed Emmett!!" I tried, unsuccessfully, to get the giant out of bed so I settled for ripping away the covers. I soon saw why he was so reluctant to exit the bed. Emmett, my big monster of a brother, was wearing pink and light blue Care Bear boxers. I busted out laughing.

"Come on little sis! Rosie bought them for me....and they feel nice! They're all soft..." He whined at me. I just left the room giggling like crazy.

When I got back to my room Josh was standing in front of my bed looking perplexed.

"What's up Josh-O?"

"I don't know what to wear. Pick please?" He held up two shirts in front of him.

"Seriously dude.....stop being a girl. But wear the green one! Meet me downstairs in 10!" I hopped out the door and down the steps, almost tripping on the last one.
We were all eating before and meeting there and I figured the guys could deal with cereal today for breakfast. I got the cooler from the garage and filled it with some apples, chips, drinks, and sandwich stuff for later today, and texted Alice to remind her to do the same. Jasper and Rose stayed with them last night, so they would get the message too. I heard Emmett's steps bounding down the stairs just as I was finishing with the food.

"What's for breakfast!" He bellowed.
"cereal!" I replied with just as much enthusiasm. I got 2 bowls and spoons from the cabinet and set them on the table along with some Captain Crunch and milk. Josh joined us and we all sat down to eat. Charlie was ,once again, already at work. When they were done I quickly washed our dishes and ran upstairs to brush my teeth then met the boys at Emmett's jeep. Josh helped me in and I looked in the back to see they had already loaded the cooler, and we had our towels and extra clothes in there already.

"Okay Em! All set, let's GO!" I turned on the stereo and put in a MotionCity SoundTrack CD with the volume on full blast. We backed out of the driveway and sped off.

Once we were in La Push I called Quil to make sure he would be there soon. We parked by first beach and the cliffs to wait for the others. I could see 3 russet-skinned giants coming at us in the distance, and figured they were Quil, Seth and Embry. Paul was busy and Jacob wasn't invited. They made their way to the Jeep and said hello. Quil and Seth introduced Josh to Embry, and they all started talking about some football game. Boys.... Soon the shiny silver Volvo and Red BMW pulled up next to us and our friends got out. I greeted Edward with a huge hug and not-so-chaste kiss. We unloaded out cars and set up around a campfire that we would light later on and prepared for a fun-filled day at the beach.