Chapter 7:

Gym

5th period was really boring. It was a cool class but we only talked about drill and saw safety. This was my one, vampire free class so I intended to enjoy it. Of course it would be fun, building stuff with the most goofy brothers in the world. Soon the bell rang.

"Oh yeah, time for gym and I have a feeling our 'friends' are going to be there" Will said.

"I can't wait to see their faces when we totally kill them at sports, It'll be so much fun" Alex said happily.

"Guys, we might as well pin a sign to our heads" I said as I playfully pushed them.

"We'll behave . . . sort of" they both said as they went into the boys locker room. I went into the girls locker room and changed. On my way out, I bumped into Alice.

"Oh, sorry, oh! Nessie! Hey, we have gym too, that's great" she said as Rosalie passed us.

"Great" she said.

As soon as I we left, I saw my family in a corner opposite of where the Cullen's were.

"Bye" I said quickly and ran to my family.

"Ready to have some fun" Sophie laughed.

"Totally" I agreed. It was the only place I could get my anger out on them for leaving mom.

"Okay, gather around guys" said Mrs. Gymfit in a microphone, This was going to be by far my favorite class.

"Okay, today we are going to be playing circusport. Everyone will be split into groups and be assigned a sport and play for about 20 minutes. Then, you switch to the next station. We will be doing this all week so everyone can try out every sport. Sport tryouts are coming up in a few weeks so you should see what you good at so. . . " she said as she started to call out groups.

"The Masen's and the Cullen's, to the basketball field. The Masen's get the ball first" she ordered.

I laughed as I walked over. I couldn't help it. It was going to be so much fun pummeling them.

"I call Alice" I said.

"Emmet" called Alex.

"Jasper" called Will.

"Rosalie" called Sophie.

"I'll sit this one out" Melinda said.

"What" my mother said frantically.

"Calm down, I'll take your place in the next one" she said as she stood out to the side.

"Referee" she called.

My mom didn't call anyone so it was pretty obvious who was left.

We walked over. I took point guard. Will and Alex set up down low and mom took the top of the key.

"Bella" I heard Edward call.

"Bella? No, my name is Isabelle, or Belle" she said as pain shot through her eyes.

"Oh, sorry" he said as he let it go.

"Check" I said as I passed the ball to Alice.

She passed it back and I just kept bouncing it. I looked at Melinda.

"Oh, start" she said.

I dribbled it down. Right when Alice was about to take it, I passed her. Edward came up leaving mom unguarded. I passed and she shot but it was a little off. Alex caught it and dunked it before Emmet could react.

"Nice" I high-fived them as we ran down.

Alice dribbled it down, I decided to distract her.

"So Alice, you like shopping" I asked.

"Yeah" she said brightly while uncovering the ball.

"Great" I said as I took it and ran down the court.

I was exaggerating a little but I wanted to cream them. I stopped suddenly and Alice flew right past me. I shot a 3 and made it.

"Great shot Nessie" my mom congratulated as we went down.

Edward brought it up this time. He was dribbling pretty quick so I nodded at Sophie. Suddenly, he became nervous and his dribbling slowed. I quickly grabbed it from under. He was prepared, he just about caught up with me when I threw it back. Alex caught it and passed it to Will who shot it and made it. The game ended up being pretty fun. Even playing at normal . . . well, somewhat normal speed. We got 30 points while they got 2.

Mrs. Gymfit blew the whistle. "Switch" she called.

"Nice game" I said as we headed for the track field.

"Okay, this next one is track. Though all the Cullen's hold the record of the fastest mile, maybe the Masen's can offer some competition. Everyone get on a number" she commanded as she took out a stop watch and a clipboard.

My family got on numbers 1-6. The Cullen's filled up 7-12.

"Ready, Set, Go!" she yelled as I ran off. Just keep in front of them. I started running a little quicker. Edward was catching up. I pushed myself harder. Suddenly, all the Cullen's stopped.

"I love electricity" Will said as he caught up. I ran faster and we all passed the finish line 30 seconds before the Cullen's. Nice, new record.

"Oh, Wow! Masen's, new record. Cullen's, you're out" she said incredulous.

We basically did obstacle courses after that. So far, we hold all the records. Definitely the best class. The Cullen's looked surprised.

"Switch" she said after she blew the whistle. The next game was Tennis.

We decided to make it interesting and played 5 at a time. Mom sat this one out. It was a piece of cake. Emmet started getting agitated so he threw harder and harder. Once, Will got really mad so we tossed an electric ball over to Emmet. It was one big shock. he stumbled back, twitching.

"Oh my gosh Emmet! Are you okay" I said with fake emotion. My family looked at me with disbelief and but I winked and they got the message.

"What happened" called Alice.

"Maybe a wire was lose or something, let's just get back to the game" he said. He turned to me. "I'm fine, thanks" he said. I crossed back over with a smirk on my face.

The game ended pretty quickly after that, we won. The bell rang . . . the end of school.

"Hey guys, anybody up for some exploring after school" she asked.

Exploring was our secret name for hunting. We had others but this one seemed the most fitting.

"Sure" we answered happily. We all went back to locker room to change.

"Come on" I said as we half ran to the cars. We got in and sped away.

"Where are we going" I asked.

"Just in the woods around the house. We should see our variety before we go anywhere else" she answered.

"Variety" I repeated as I laughed.

"What"

"Nothing, it just seems so out of context yet still in . . . if that makes sense" I said.

"I don't think so" Alex said.

"Yes it does" contradicted Melinda.

So we mostly spent the whole time arguing if it made sense.

"Come on guys" my mom said as she pulled up to our house.

We all dropped off our backpacks. Melinda grabbed her camera to take some pictures once we were done. I had this sense of uncertainty. Like something was about to happen. I decided to pack a couple of waters and extra shirts in a backpack.

"Let's go" I said as I ran off for the general area of the woods.

I felt them following. I stopped as they continued and let myself go. I heard paws about 30 yards away, 3 maybe 4. Mountain Lions and maybe a female. I stalked quietly. I was about to lunge when a little cub fell into my line of sight. I made a scene of coming out. The cub was grabbed by a lioness and they ran off.

A lion came to me braced for attack, obviously the dad. I tried to attack the others but that one kept clawing. I climbed a tree and eventually, he left. I dropped down and sucked the lion clean. I caught a couple more deer before I caught up with my family.

BPOV:

"Wow Nessie, your all torn up" we commented. What did she do? Wrestle a lion?

"Really" she said as she looked down and was surprised by all the cuts in her shirt.

"Oh! Wow" she said as she grabbed another shirt out of her backpack and put it on. When did she bring a backpack? Why?

"Why did you bring that" Sophie asked.

"I don't know. I had a feeling that we might need it" she admitted. Well, she did, weird.

"Oh, okay, let's go" Sophie accepted as we ran back to the house.

As we passed the river Alex pushed Melinda in and she got really mad.

"Now I'm all wet. Why you!" she said as she squirted him with a cannon of water. He ducked and it hit Nessie.

"Melinda" she screeched as she threw mud at her face.

Then, a big water/mud fight broke out. Will tried to protect Melinda but Nessie wouldn't stop hitting him with mud. He ran to Alex and they whispered about something

"Get it, yeah, okay, Go!" they whispered.

Alex jumped on Melinda and took her camera. William shocked Nessie and took her phone. Together they ran off with the girls close behind.

"Guys" both Sophie and I yelled.

They were so immature sometimes. As we walked closer, everyone froze as the vampire scent hit us. It was extremely strong. About 6 or 7 by the smell of it. I gave them different eye colors immediately. I motioned quickly for them to continue

"Slow down, go at normal pace, but continue. Don't you recognized that scent" I whispered to Nessie.

Her eyes bulged but she ran to everyone and showed them the same thing. She gave them each a shirt so they were not at dirty or wet. They started off again but ran at normal speed.

"Will! Give me my phone" Nessie yelled.

"Alexander John Masen, give me my camera before you ruin it" yelled Melinda.

It was hard shielding all of them since they were moving so fast. Once we broke through the clearing, we all froze. Yep, I was right. There were 7. All our classmates and Carlisle and Esme. Oh how I missed them. Sophie found her voice first.

"Oh! Hi, you are?" she asked with innocent surprise.

"Hello, I'm Carlisle, and this is my wife Esme, I believe you've already met my kids" he said as he extended his hand.