BPOV
We were in the living room watching another James Bond movie. Just sitting there was giving me the creeps. Suddenly, Alice groaned and said, "I'm bored!" I immediately froze. How familiar did that sound? "Let's play Truth or Die!"
"No," I screamed before anyone could take in the information and that was fast, considering I was sitting with vampires.
"But Bella! It was so much fun last time!"
"No, Alice, not for me. I'm the one who was forced to get drunk."
"But it was so funny! And it gave everyone a good laugh!"
It was extremely warm today and I had a great idea that would hopefully change everyone's minds. In other words, I was going to save myself and force Alice and Emmett to behave and do what I wanted. "Why don't we go swimming?" Everyone's face lighted up at the idea then darkened.
"The only beach near is First Beach. We can't go there."
Thinking fast—for me—I quickly answered. "Build an in ground pool. I'm sure Esme won't mind. Just as long as it's away from the garden and doesn't ruin the wires or anything that has to do with the house." I blinked and suddenly, Emmett had several buckets of paint, paint brushes, water bottles, and tiles. Alice had bricks, paper, pencils, How-To books, a tarp, concrete and brick filling. (A/N that stuff that goes between the bricks. I can't remember what they're called…)
"Let's go! Bella, you can…well, you can sit and watch. Edward, books. Emmett, go grab some shovels and start digging the hole. Rose, you can go buy all the stuff you need to make a heated pool. Jasper, go grab some filters and a cleaning machine. Oh, and grab some lights, ladders, slides, and diving boards." Giving her husband a peck on the cheek, she sent him and Rose on their way. "And I will take care of the design." In a minute, she had a whole diagram drawn out for the pool with dimensions and everything. "Emmett, get digging."
"Aye, aye, Captain!" He saluted her then ran to start his task.
"While he's doing that, I'll pick out tiles and bricks. Oh, and paint! Everyone, get to work." With that, I turned to turn off the TV, Edward, opened his books, and Alice sat down to pick out colors and designs. In twenty minutes, the pool was ready to be filled.
"Um, Emmett, I don't think those water bottles will fill up the pool. You'll need a hose." Looking around, I saw something yellow lying in the grass. Further investigation proved it to be a hose. "Here. I'll turn it on and you put it in the pool so that it can fill up." He nodded. I turned the knob and the water started running into the twenty foot deep pool. (A/N not the whole thing, just the end) I heard a sigh then lids coming off. Looking to Emmett, I saw him emptying the bottles into the pool in hopes of filling it faster. "Emmett, why don't you just go get some water from the faucet or the lake," I said, being sarcastic. His face immediately lit up and in a second, he was back with the biggest bucket I had ever seen. "Emmett! I was being sarcastic!" His face fell.
"Oh…"
"Hey, Rose, how's that heating system coming?" I could have sworn I heard her grimace.
"Pretty good. It's tricky but I can figure it out." I nodded.
"Alice, pick some tiles already! You have the paint chosen and painted now choose some tiles or I will." I sighed. It took vampires twenty minutes to get a pool built but it took Alice twenty minutes just to figure out which tiles to use. And it would most likely be another twenty minutes before she made up her mind. I mentally groaned at the thought.
"Ah ha! This one is perfect!" In a mere two seconds, all tiles were put down. I sighed with relief.
"Bella! The pool isn't filling up fast enough! I think it's leaking! What should I do?" I sighed.
"Emmett, it's going to take a couple hours to fill, whether you're a vampire or not. It should be full my morning. Let's go do something," I saw the wild look on his face. "Besides Truth or Die." His face fell. Then Alice spoke up.
"We can play Spin the Bottle!" That seemed like a pretty good idea so I agreed. "No alliances, no exploding if someone kisses your mate, no cheating," at this point, Alice stopped talking and glared at Emmett. "No stripping," Again, she glared at Emmett.
"If you have to kiss Bella, you must do it lightly and remember, she needs to breathe and she will most likely forget to so no more than five seconds," Edward added. I blushed and looked down. Why did he have to bring that up? As we ambled upstairs, I noticed Esme and Carlisle were no where to be found. So much for not leaving us alone… WE arrived at the attic door and Alice quickly went in and cleaned things up.
"Alright, it's good now!" We all shuffled inside. That's when I started regretting my decision. I didn't know why though. I sat down. Well, fell down. I looked to see what I had fallen over and found Emmett's foot. Well, I found him on the flooring, laughing. I let it go and grabbed the bottle.
"I'll go first and get this torture over with." It spun and landed on Edward. Phew! I was afraid it would land on Jasper. Or even worse, Emmett. We kissed for five seconds. Not fair… Now I really hated this game. We played this for a couple of hours until it was time for me to eat. (A/N sorry if you wanted to know how this played out. I just decided that since this is about Truth or Die, I wouldn't go into detail. Just staying on topic. Hey! That's a first… XD Back to story!) I slowly walked downstairs, trying to get the taste of Emmett out of my mouth. Ick… Grabbing a plate from the cupboard, I searched for some food. I finally settled with ordering pizza. A thirty minute wait seemed okay so I settled in to watch some TV while I waited. I must have dozed off because I felt Edward's cold hands gently shaking me.
"Love, your pizza. It's going to get cold, love. You better eat it."
Then louder. "Bella!" Wait a second, that's not Edward. That's Emmett. My eyes popped open. The pizza was sitting on the coffee table. I opened the box and found a slice missing. "Emmett," Edward told me. I nodded then dug in. I hadn't realized how starving I was. (A/N sorry for taking away your story time! Anyway, how many times has THAT been used? Huh?) The pizza burned my tongue. As I was putting my sixth piece in my mouth—I said I was hungry—someone caught me by surprise and yelled "Boo!" My pizza missed my mouth and landed on my shirt. My favorite shirt! My mind stopped. I was starting to sound like Alice and that really scared me. Emmett's booming laugh filled the room and soon, everyone else joined in. That's no nice, I thought to Edward, then remembered he couldn't read my mind so I just scowled. Stupid, idiotic, childish vampire. Then, I had an idea to get back at Emmett. To make sure Alice didn't see my plans, I called Jacob (A/N Sorry! OME! I can NOT believe I just said its name! Grr…) up and told him to come over, ASAP. He wasn't too happy but agreed anyway. When he was here, we picked up the pizza box and got rid of everything—except four pieces which I gleefully ate. With his werewolf speed, we had the pizza taken care of in minutes. Rose's face was in shock and Alice was about ready to break down. "That was my favorite shirt! And you got pizza sauce all over it!" She started towards me.
"Hey, hey now! I didn't do it! Jacob did!" I could literally here his mouth drop open and hit the floor. That was funny. I was on the ground laughing. I must be a genius or something and oh my Edward, Emmett is contagious! I shuddered then quickly recovered. "Well, this was fun but, I must be getting to bed now. Good night, children." I sounded quite formal. But, of course, I could never match Edward. I swiftly climbed the stairs—another first—and was soon in bed. Teeth clean, hair brushed. I snuggled into the covers and waited for sleep to come. Soon, I was on my way to sleep land. *Then, I heard it. The worst sound in the entire world. Emmett's laugh. I froze, my eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. That didn't sound good. I immediately tried to figure out a way to prevent whatever he was going to do to me. I considered asking Alice for help but then I heard her laugh. Edward was next. Yep, I heard his laugh. I almost considered going to Rosalie but decided the result would be the same.
"Aw! I didn't get to 'laugh," I heard Rosalie say. What was that supposed to mean? They weren't practicing evil laughs, were they? I didn't think so.
"Haha, she thinks we're practicing evil laughs," I heard Alice say. What a weird dream. I shrugged it off.
"She thinks she's dreaming," Edward chuckled.
"Dang, Edward! You were right! This is a good idea! Now I see how you managed to amuse yourself when she was sleeping! I would have never lived!" Yes, because Alice needed to talk to someone twenty-four seven. Of, course. I sighed. Then, I remembered something. Charlie didn't know I was staying another night at the Cullens'. "Already taken care of, Bella," Alice said. Wait, Alice said? She couldn't read minds! And even if she could, she wouldn't be able to. What kind of a dream was this?! I sighed again. Nothing to worry about, Bella. Just enjoy you're sleep. Emmett will be annoying the crap out of you tomorrow and you'll need this.
"Hey!" The rest of the Cullens chuckled. Then, I realized something. My eyes weren't even closed. Oh, no! Don't tell me…*
"Yep, Bella! You're talking in your sleep." I groaned. Great. Just great. I sat up.
"Good night! Leave me alone!" And with that, I closed my eyes and forced sleep to come.
The next morning, I felt a jackhammer. Not a good sign. They better not be doing things to the house or they'll—wait, probably just Alice. I looked up. Emmett's face was right in mine. "Emmett! Go away!"
His face looked hurt. "But, Bella, the pool is full! Don't you want to go swimming?" He gave me puppy dog eyes and strangely enough, they worked. Damn vampire powers.
"All right, Emmett. I'll be down in a few. Now, get out!" I ushered him to the door then slammed it in his face which was quite funny. Grabbing a swimsuit at random from Alice's closet, I threw it on, grabbed a towel and ran outside. Sure enough, the pool was full. But the air was chilly. "Um… Emmett, it's really cold. I think I'll just wait a while before I get in. Have fun!" The rest of the Cullens ran outside to join me.
"Emmett, you can try it out first." Something was up… Emmett cannonball in and splashed everyone. I was sopping wet and cold and there was no one to warm me. Damn… Then, Emmett surfaced, screaming.
"MONSTER! THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE POOL! AND IT'S OUT TO GET ME! SAVE ME!" I gave Emmett a questioning look. Here was a very muscular vampire who hunted bears yet he was afraid of a monster. And we didn't even know what this 'monster' was. I pondered the possibilities. Knowing Emmett, it could either be his imagination or something real. I didn't want to think of it as real but his imagination could get really wild. There was no safe port in this. Then, Alice was up behind me and suddenly, I was in the water.
"Alice! No fair!" Then, I heard something coming my way. I slowly turned around like how they do it in the movies when something scary was coming and saw the cleaning machine.
"BELLA! PROTECT ME! IT'S GETTING CLOSER! SAVE ME!"
I exploded into laughter. Emmett was afraid of a cleaning machine?! That was hilarious! Then, I had an idea. "Edward! Get a camcorder! We're going to post this on YouTube!" He laughed and returned with a small device which already seemed to be running.
"I can see the title now, Bella! Strong man hides behind puny girl!" I scowled at her through my laughs. I would get her back. Actually, I wouldn't. Shoot… She could see my—well, almost—every move! I scowled at that as well. Well, I'd find a way. In the mean time, I would enjoy our new video. I quickly got out of the pool, dried off, and ran to Edward's side. This went on for about twenty minutes when finally, Emmett realized he was running away from a cleaning machine. We all laughed. He scowled.
"Why didn't you tell me? I'm going to look like a freak!"
"Um, Emmett, you are a freak," Rosalie said. I smiled and went to sit back down at my tree. This was one of the best days ever.
Haha! This was my brilliant idea that I had while I walked my dog! And now it's 2:21 AM and it's storming! Anyway, I wanted to say something. Okay, incase you haven't noticed, I'm starting this thing with this story. Goes tike this: I miss a day, I update more than once the next. Ex: a couple days ago, I didn't update for four days so, I updated four times in one day. Make sense? So, this is so that you guys won't get ripped. It'll be like I updated everyday! I will be getting back to the ToD game soon but for now, we're going to keep the Cullens out of trouble. XD Dang! You guys should SEE the spell check I go through before I finish this and all the mistakes I make! Oo! I'll post a rough draft sometime maybe! Four pages this time, guys! Oh, and the * mark where Bella was having a conversation in her 'sleep.'
