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Chapter 13: Ghost stories and Marshmallows
BPOV
The ride from Wal-Mart to La Push was quiet. I hadn't said a word to Edward all day, and he seemed just fine with my not speaking. So I went with it even though I was pretty much over what he did to me the night before. I deserved it, even though I hate him for using me to win a bet. Jasper and Emmett owned up to the bet, why couldn't he?
I couldn't wait to get this camping trip started. I have always loved camping. Being Charlie's daughter, outdoorsy stuff was bound to be ingrained in me. Thankfully I didn't pick up Renee's weirder ways.
We pulled into La Push and parked at the beach to find everyone there waiting for us.
"What took so long?" Jake asked running up to the vehicles.
"The children took longer at the store then we expected." I explained.
We all grabbed the bags and equipment and walked down to the beach then onto the worn path that led to the camping spot Jake and I have been using for years.
"Let's set up the tents, and then we can gather wood to start a fire." Jasper instructed.
Jake had his tent set up in a matter of minutes while Lauren watched him, saying she was helping. I was setting up a tent while Edward was trying to help me. I was just getting irritated with him because he kept trying to do it himself. I may be a girl but, I'm not an idiot.
Once everyone finally got there tents set up we stood back to watch Mike and Ben setting up there tent. They were so confused it was comical.
"I think your using the wrong poles." Ben said to Mike.
"No, I'm not. I know what I'm doing." Mike said getting irritated.
"Look, your putting your pole in the wrong hole." Ben stated.
"That's what she said." Emmett mumbled.
"Shut the fuck up, Ben. This is where it goes."
"Fine." Ben said throwing all the poles he had in his hands into the air and walked away.
We all set out to gather wood for the fire while Mike went about putting together his tent. Well, actually, I went and gathered wood with the guys while the rest of the girls sat around watching. God forbid someone should break a nail.
About thirty minutes later, we were done collecting wood and Emmett and Edward were starting a fire.
"All done." Mike said proudly taking a step back to look at the tent he set up.
We all tipped our heads to the side to look at his tent, which was clearly sideways. "What's wrong with it?" Emmett asked.
"Mike you used the wrong poles." I said. He had the shorter poles that were suppose to be used for the top, holding up two of the sides, causing it to look as though it were about to fall over. He even had poles left over.
"See I told you!" Ben yelled.
"Whatever. It's fine." Mike waved his hands dismissively and sat down next to Jessica.
All of us girls put all of our stuff in the tents while the guys fought over how to build a proper tepee with the wood to start a fire.
Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett were all sharing a two room tent. Jessica, Mike, Ben, and Angela were all sharing the sideways tent. Jake and Lauren were sharing another tent. I thought that was kind of weird but hey, the heart wants what it wants, and Jake definitely wanted Lauren. To my dismay I ended up with Edward. I could easily sleep in Mike and Jessica's tent but to tell you the truth, there tent didn't look to safe.
"Did you guys buy an air pump for the mattresses?" Jake asked as he was pulling them out of there boxes.
"Shit. No. Do we have to blow them up by mouth?" Emmett asked looking terrified.
"Nah. I can run over to my house and get one. You want to go?" Jake asked looking at me.
"Yeah." I agreed jumping up and grabbing his arm. I noticed Lauren looked disappointed that he asked me instead of her, and Edward was glaring at Jacob.
"What do you think of Lauren?" Jake asked as we walked along the beach towards his house.
"She's nice. I like her."
"Do you think she's good girlfriend material?" He sounded nervous asking.
"I have no idea. I haven't known her very long." I didn't quite know how to answer that question. "Just be careful." I said with heavy emphasis. He knew I meant in everyway possible.
"You know I always am." He laughed. "How are things going with Eddiepoo?"
"Ugh…I don't know. I'm kind of bored with messing with him." I confessed. "I wish he would just move on to his next unsuspecting victim."
"Are you sure about that?" Jake raised an eyebrow in question.
I just nodded not really understanding his question.
"I think your starting to have feelings for him. And I know he has feeling for you." Jake said matter-of-factly.
"No, I don't." I laughed at his idiocy. "How do you know he has feelings for me?"
"He talks about you in his sleep." He stated. "Nothing sexual. He just…talks. He says you are beautiful. He is always saying something about chocolate brown eyes. And he calls you 'Bella, my Bella."
I tried to ignore it and definitely would not admit it to anyone but there were prominent butterflies fluttering in my stomach as Jake was telling me this. The only coherent thing I thought was what I voiced, "Weird."
I can admit Edward was extremely attractive, but there was no way I could ever let myself feel anything for him. Once a player always a player and I couldn't afford to take that risk on someone who would never change. I already made that mistake once…I wouldn't do it again.
EPOV
Watching Bella jump up eagerly and walk off arm in arm with Jacob was depressing and angered me. Bella started as just a bet for me, but she was more now. I couldn't care less about the bet now. I would get the money I needed another way. I never felt this way before, but I wanted Bella, all of her.
"Are they really just friends?" Lauren asked sounding sad that Jacob just walked off with Bella instead of her. I found that weird since Lauren has never seemed jealous about a guy before.
"Best friends." Alice said absentmindedly.
"Yeah, best friends with benefits." I mumbled.
"What?" Lauren asked looking brokenhearted. "Jacob said he has never been with Bella. He said she is like his sister."
I looked at Alice and Rosalie in question. They suddenly looked very uncomfortable. "I know nothing." Rose said.
"Ditto." Alice added.
That was something I needed to ask Bella about. I wondered why she would lie about Jacob, but then again this was Bella we were talking about, there was no rhyme or reason to anything with her it seemed.
Bella and Jacob got back just as we got the fire roaring. Jacob sat down next to Lauren, who wrapped her arms around him. Bella sat down next to me without looking in my direction.
"Let's eat." Emmett boomed.
The girls brought all of the food over by the fire and Angela started frying Hotdogs and hamburgers on the grate we rigged to sit on top of the fire. Bella grabbed a hotdog and started cutting the ends of it.
"What the hell are you doing?" I asked confused.
"It's called a spider dog. You cut both ends open then put it in the fire and the legs bow, making it look like a spider." She explained shoving the hotdog onto a stick and putting it in the fire.
"Oh, I want one of those!" Emmett said.
Bella finished cooking her weird hotdog on a stick and handed it to Emmett, who looked like he was getting the greatest gift in the world.
"It looks like a spider. That's fuckin awesome." he said as we all laughed at him.
"How the hell do you get it in the bun?" Emmett asked while holding the hotdog in one hand and the bun in the other looking confused between the two.
Bella showed Emmett by example of her own. She just squished the legs together and folded the bun around it.
"I don't want to break its legs." Emmett whined.
Emmett chose to put ketchup and mustard right on the hotdog and eating it, foregoing the bun.
Once it got dark and we were done eating we were all randomly chatting until Ben chirped up and said, "Let's tell ghost stories."
Emmett suddenly looked very uncomfortable and said, "Nah, how about a sing-a-long?"
Everyone groaned as Emmett started to sing "Kumbaya my Lord".
"Oh god." Mike groaned.
"You can't say 'Oh god' while singing about the Lord, douche bag." Emmett grumbled.
I know a scary story." Ben said moving closer to the fire.
"What happened to the sing-a-long?" Emmett asked.
"I will protect you." Rosalie said trying to comfort the big baby.
"Once their were two girls who shared a college dorm together. Their names were Meg and Venida." Ben said starting his story.
"The girls were out partying one night. Meg noticed she forgot her purse and went back quickly to the dorm. With out turning on the lights she walked in and grabbed the purse. Then she returned to the party. Later on in the night, Venida got tired. She left to go to the dorm to go to next morning, Meg went back to the dorm. The police officers were outside."Officer, what's the problem?" She asked."There has been a murder." "Oh my god. Please let me see.""No. It's a bit to sloppy." Said the officer."Please." Finally, the officer let Venida upstairs. When she walked in the room she saw her roommate covered with a clean white sheet. On the mirror in big, red letters words said: "AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU DIDN'T TURN ON THE LIGHT?"
"Alright that was fun. Now a sing-a-long!" Emmett cheered.
"I have a better one." Jacob said eerily. He looked almost scary with just his face being lit up by the fire in an eerie way. The flicker of the fire lighting up the dark features of his face. The reflection of the fire shining back in his dark eyes.
"Once there was a little girl whose name was Rose Marie." Jacob started.
"Does she have to be named Rose?" Emmett whined.
"Will you…shut…up." Jacob said. "As I was saying." He continued.
"One night Rose woke up about midnight because she heard someone walking across the floor downstairs. "step...step...step...step...step She quickly pulled the covers up over her head and shivered, holding her , she hears a spine-chilling voice "Rose Marie - I'm on the first step and I'm coming to get you!" Suddenly we heard a branch breaking behind us. Everyone turned to see nothing. It was to dark to see anyone even if they were standing right there."Then, Rose Marie heard another step and then the voice said"Rose Marie I am on the second step and I am coming to get you!" Jake continued in a deep menacing voice."Well every step, the voice called to her until the voice was right beside her bed." We heard the noise in the woods getting louder. Emmett was beginning to freak out holding Rosalie tight to his side.
"Rose Marie I am right beside your bed!" "Rose Marie!" Jake said crouching down by the fire and pausing."I GOTCHYA!" Jake screamed at the same time as three guys jumped out of the woods at us all screaming, "I gotchya," along with Jacob."
"AHHHH!" Emmett screamed grabbing Rosalie and holding her in front of him.
Jacob and Bella were laughing along with the three newcomers as everyone was trying to catch there breath and get our heart rates back to normal.
"That never gets old." Bella laughed.
"How's your camping going, kiddies?" One of the guys asked.
"We're having a ball." Jake laughed. "Everyone this is Sam, Jared, and Quil."
"That was not cool at all." Mike said.
"Did you pee a little?" Jared asked. "It happens sometimes."
"What? No, I did not pee." Mike defended himself.
"City boy." One of them mumbled.
"You guys should have seen your faces." Quil laughed. "Priceless."
"Emmett, what the hell was that? Pulling me in front of you to use me as a shield." Rosalie sneered at him.
"I was trying to protect you." Emmett feigned innocence.
"To make up for it, we brought you beer." Sam said holding up a case of beer then handed to Jacob. "Well kiddies, have fun, were off to a party."
"Not in the woods I hope." Emmett said.
"No, you guys are safe, we won't be coming back." Paul added.
"Let's do s'mores now." Emmett said excitedly. "How about some funny stories?" Emmett truly is the biggest baby I have ever seen.
"How about some nursery rhymes, baby Emmett?" I laughed.
"That sounds perfect." Emmett said absentmindedly while spearing a marshmallow on his stick.
"I was joking, Emmett."
"No, it was a good idea. I will go first." He said as he stuck his marshmallow in the fire.
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
Her father shot it dead.
Now it goes to school with her,
Between two hunks of bread."
"Ohh, I know one like that." Alice said excitedly.
"Mary had a little pig, she kept it fat and plastered; and when the price of pork went up, she shot the little bastard."
"That's a good one, Alice." Emmett said spearing another marshmallow.
"JACK AND JILL Went up the hill to have a little fun. Stupid Jill forgot the pill, and now they have a son." Rosalie said in a sing-song voice.
"You're on the pill, right?" Emmett asked with raised eyebrows as Rose turned red. That was a weird fucking question to ask.
"My turn." Ben said. "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, but Jill prefers the candlestick."
"I know one." Jessica said. I was not ashamed to admit that I was expecting something stupid from her.
"There once was a man from China,
who wasn't a very good climber,
he slipped from a rock,
and chopped off his cock,
and now he's got a vagina."
"That was much better then I was expecting." I laughed.
"I know one, but it is kind of dirty." Angela said shyly.
"Oh, do tell." Emmett said watching his marshmallow in the fire.
"Umm…okay." She was clearly nervous. "Humpty dumpty sat on a rock, little Bo peep was sucking his cock, when he came, she started to weep, she knew by the taste he'd been fucking her sheep."
Everyone started laughing. The joke would have been funny coming from anybody, but it was better coming from quiet, shy, Angela.
"That was funny." Emmett said doubling over in laughter.
"Don't forget about your marshmallow, Emmett." I said as I noticed his stick had dipped into the fire.
"Oh, shit." Emmett said pulling his stick out of the fire to find his marshmallow on fire. He started waving his stick around like a lunatic screaming. "Blow it out. I don't want it to burn."
"Hold it still!" Rosalie yelled. Everyone was ducking down as his stick came near them. "Someone is going to get hurt if you don't stop."
Before Emmett could stop it, the marshmallow flew off the stick and soared threw the air landing on Jasper's bare arm.
"God damn it." Jasper screamed jumping up from his log he was using for a chair. "Oh, shit it's fucking hot!"
"Well, duh it's hot. It was on fire." Emmett said trying not to laugh.
"This isn't funny, asshole!" Jasper continued to yell while Alice was trying to carefully remove the marshmallow from his arm. "How come every time you do something stupid, I end up with an injury?"
Emmett seemed to think about it for a second then said, "You're always in the wrong place at the wrong time?" It came out more of a question then a statement.
"Your unbelievable, Emmett." Jasper threw his arms up in exasperation. "I'm going for a walk."
"In the woods? Are you insane?" Emmett asked with his eyes bugging.
"I would be safer in the woods with wild animals and crazy knife wielding murderers then here with you, Emmett." Alice grabbed Jasper's hand and they walked off into the dark together.
I heard Jasper mumble; "Now he's not allowed around golf balls or marshmallows." I snorted remembering the golf game we all played and Jasper was almost put out of commission by Emmett.
I could tell by the look on Emmett's face and his somber manner that he was riddled with guilt for what happened to Jasper. He should feel guilty, I mean it was his fault, but I felt bad that bubbly Emmett seemed lifeless while he waited for Jasper to return.
We sat around drinking, eating s'mores, and telling more dirty nursery rhymes and dirty jokes for over an hour waiting for Jasper and Alice to return.
"What do you think is taking them so long? Do you think they are alright? Do you think there hurt somewhere?" Emmett asked panicked.
"I'm sure there fine, Emmett." Jacob said. "There's nothing to bad in these woods. Just wolves." Jacob mumbled the last part.
"Wolves?!" Emmett shrieked. "What if they got attacked? What if they have been eaten?"
"Oh, my god, Emmett. There fine." I said.
"You don't know that!" Emmett bellowed.
"You know what? I will go find them just to make sure for you." I said standing and walking away from the campfire. I would rather walk through the dark woods alone then listen to Emmett whine until they came back.
"Hurry back with Jasper and Alice." Emmett yelled after me.
I rolled my eyes at the fact that he didn't seem to care if I got eaten by wolves.
I walked through the woods not hearing a sound. I didn't know where the hell they went. I thought to myself that maybe they went down to the beach. Just as I was about to exit the woods and onto the beach was when I heard it, moaning. I peeked onto the beach without being seen and sure enough, there was Jasper and Alice almost completely naked at the edge of the woods, having sex.
"Son of a bitch." I whispered to myself thinking I had now lost the bet. Suddenly Emmett's earlier comment registered in my mind. "You're on the pill, right?" Now it made sense.
Damn it! I thought to myself. They have been having sex all along. I turned around and started stomping my way back to where we were camping all the way mumbling to myself.
"These fuckers ended the bet; lord knows how long ago and didn't say a fucking word to me. They did this shit on purpose just to watch Bella fuck with me!"
I stopped when I saw the glow of the fire and screamed, "Emmett! Come here…right…now!"
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I spent most of yesterday reading scary stories to find the perfect one for the camp fire. Most of them were to long for me to use though. I was surprised I was able to sleep last night!!
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