Chapter 7 - What Happened When the Blond Crossed the Road?
Alice, Jasper, Bella, Edward and Renesmee stepped out of the airbrush tattoo tent with Jasper being pushed out first by a smiling Alice. The thrill seekers in the immediate vicinity all seemed to have to do a double take at the amazingly beautiful, yet bizarre looking couple. Jasper tried to smile at his wife, but it faltered as whispers came to his ear.
"…All be, look at that man! And the girl too! Someone lost a bet…"
"…he's got to be gay…"
"…WOW they look hilarious, that girl looks like a weirdo…"
"..Someone call the freak show!"
Edward, who was holding Nessie as she showed him her new tattoo, gave a worried glance towards his brother. Jasper's grimace had turned to a growl; no one made fun of him, let alone insulted his wife, no one! But Alice simply held his arm and "Jazz, they just don't appreciate art. You be a good little boy and take it if you know what is good for you."
Edward had relaxed then, and putting his arm around Bella said "Jasper you already crossed Alice once today..." Edward had stopped abruptly, and turned his head incredulously towards Alice, who was stopped about six feet away, with a familiar blank stare on her face. "Alice she didn't."
Bella looked curiously at her husband, "Edward, Alice does this have anything to do with Rose?"
Alice had snapped out of it first, as Edward couldn't really fathom the why's of such an act as Alice could. She looked to Nessie and Bella, "We need to get Emmett and Jacob now there still may be time, I'll explain on the way. Edward..." Alice rapped her brother on the head, "Edward snap out of it, we have to move. Common Jazz let's move!"
They found Jacob and Emmett at a Basketball Free throw game just as they were finishing. Emmett had won, and Jake was pulling money out of his pocket, "Common 33 out of 65! I got bills to pay man!"
Emmett laughed his big booming laughter, "What bills Jake? Wolf tax? Besides, pay back is a bit…" Emmett was cut off when Alice came running up to them.
"EMMETT, JACOB forget it, this is way
more important, Its Rose, we need to go," implored Alice.
"She's
just a stupid blond, common one more game won't hurt double or
nothing," said Jake, unconcerned.
Emmett however shook his head. "We're going Jake," he said as he motioned the family onward towards the exit. "Is Rose in trouble Alice?"
Edward just chuckled, "Not in the sense of danger. Remember slowly, human paced," he said as he glanced around the throng of people gravitating in the same direction, "try not to bump anyone."
"There isn't enough time Edward," said Alice impatiently.
Edward just laughed again, "That's her fault Alice."
They made it as fast as they could to their parking spots within the human pace they were forced to go. Once they rounded the corner to their row, Alice bowed and shook her head. Bella, Jasper and Jake were all looking around confused, hadn't they been coming here to try and save Rose? Nessie, still in Edward's arms was still chattering excitedly about all the amazing rides she had gone on, and was all but oblivious that her aunt was no were to be seen. Edward however was looking with a mixture of amusement and fear, at Emmett, who had become a muscular statue, his gazed fixed at the spot here his Jeep had once been. It took two whole minutes for Emmett to finally move, "Alice, what did she do."
Alice backed up a few steps from Emmett before saying, "She didn't find any shopping here to her liking, so she decided to look elsewhere…"
Emmett's let go a furious roar, which frightened a few of the people two rows down. They quickly got into their van, locked their doors, and proceeded to the exit. "MY JEEP! She stole MY JEEP, to go SHOPPING?! Where is she Alice? I swear to God. My Jeep! She stole my jeep!" Emmett's hands were waving like a mad man above his head as he paced.
The initial shock experienced by the family was broken, apart from Emmett's when Jacob started laughing. Four pairs of eyes seemed to question his sanity before Jake put his hands up in defense, "Oh common, you got to hand it to the blond. Blondie got us all."
