I do not own Twilight!
Thank you to my beta, Nikki!
EPOV
"Edward?"
Who the hell is waking me up right now?
"Edward?"
"Emmett, what do you want this early in the morning?" I knew it was him by the rough shaking. He always underestimates his strength.
"Well, first off, it's fuckin' bright in my room with no curtains, and I couldn't sleep anymore. Secondly, mom told me to make sure that we finish painting our rooms so that we can unpack the rest of our things. Thirdly, I want to get this stuff done now, so we have the rest of the day to find something to do in this po-dank town."
"Really, Emmett? You have to bother me this early in the morning?" I still had my eyes closed and my face stuffed in the pillow. I turned around in bed and opened my eyes.
"Shit! Is the sun sitting in my room?" I said while covering my eyes with my pillow.
"I told you so," Emmett laughed.
"I can't believe mom didn't buy curtains for our rooms before we slept in them."
"She and dad already left to buy all that crap. You know just as well as I do that this whole move was pick-up and go. Mom never, under any circumstance, would have us move into a house that wasn't already decorated to her liking."
"I know. Well, I guess I should get up then. I am sure after we are done painting and unpacking, Mom will be running all over getting everything put in place," I groaned as I rolled out of bed and ran a hand through my hair.
This whole move was sporadic and happened very quickly. My parents bought a new house within a week of the call and we were moving the next day. The hospital needed my Dad as soon as possible and offered him a lot of money to move here…fast. One of their doctors has just retired from practicing medicine and was off to teach at a university down in southern Indiana. Now, lucky for Emmett and me, we moved here with my parents for the summer. We always moved home for the summer when classes were over, and we kind of wanted to stay in Chicago, but our parents gave us the 'it could be your last summer to spend with us' guilt trip, so we agreed to join them.
"I'm glad we nearly finished all of this yesterday," Emmett shouted from his room.
"Yea, I just need to finish painting the door trim and I am done," I shouted back.
"Well, once you are done with that you should come help me with the last wall I have."
"Umm, no, you are the one who wanted the bigger room and now you have to suffer the consequence of painting a bigger room," I replied
"Come on, Edward!" Emmett whined. To see Emmett whine was the most ridiculous sight to see; a gigantic guy, with pouty lips, and puppy dog eyes. I am pretty sure that shit only worked with the ladies.
"If I'm done unpacking and you still haven't finished the wall, I will help you. Deal?"
"Deal."
I finished in no time and so did Emmett.
We both got ready and were off to sight-see in town. Not that there was much to see; mainly corn fields for scenery that I have seen. Then again, we've only been here a day and a half, so there is plenty that I haven't seen.
It was really hot, and we could have used the air condition of my BMW, but we took Emmett's Jeep to stroll around town since he had taken the top and doors off, yesterday. Emmett loves when people gawk at him in his monster truck.
As we drove into town, the first thing we came across was the hospital. It was not that big, but it was one of the nation's top hospitals in cancer care and radiology technology. We saw a few gas stations, a Dairy Queen, and Subway. Then it seemed as if we were driving into downtown. I feel like I'm in one of those movies that showed a town with perfect houses, perfect grass, and the happy family. It's all cozy like Mister Roger's Neighborhood. We drove past a park that had a grand stone entrance with the American flag hanging from both sides of the archway. To the right of the park was a baseball field, and what looked like a public pool in the distance, and to the left of that was a skate park. That was pretty much it from what I saw.
I took a glance at the clock on the dash board and it was noon. I know that Emmett must be hungry because I was. Just as I was about to say something…
"Hey, what about Pizza Hut for lunch?" Emmett suggested.
"Sure."
We pulled into the parking lot and there were quite a few police cars there.
"I hope there isn't anything going on inside," I said.
"I didn't see any doughnut shops around, so maybe this is their hang-out," Emmett chuckled.
As we walked in, a lot of people looked at us, as if we were outsiders. Maybe this really is one of those towns were everyone knew each other.
The hostess sat us and gave us our menus.
"Pizza Buffet just opened so all the pizza is fresh. Tara will be your waitress," the hostess informed us.
"Thank you," both Emmett and I replied.
Before we even had our menus open, Tara, our waitress I assumed, came up.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am Tara and will be serving you today. What can I get you to drink?"
"Iced tea for me," Emmett said.
"The same for me."
"Okay, will you guys be having the buffet or will you be ordering from the menu?" Tara asked.
"Well, I don't know. This is the first time that I have ever been to a pizza buffet at Pizza Hut," I said a little confused.
"Basically, it is all you can eat. We have a variety of pizza and dessert pizza, too. If you don't see a particular pizza that you like, let me know and I will have it made for you. It also includes the salad bar."
"Well, that sounds like it's just up my alley!" Emmett nearly shouted.
"Sounds good to me."
"I'll bring your drinks. Please help yourselves," Tara said, and waved towards the buffet.
We skipped over the salad bar and went straight for the good stuff.
"Do you think they would mind if I just took this whole pizza back to the table with us?" Emmett asked me.
"Yes, Emmett, I do think they will mind. Just grab a plate like everyone else," I chuckled. He really looked serious asking me that.
They really did have a variety of pizza. One of them that looked good had lettuce, tomatoes, and Doritos on top from what I could see, but I was never one to go out of my realm and try something new without someone else recommending it to me. I stuck with my usual pepperoni pizza with green peppers. It even had my favorite thin crust. I headed back to our table and Emmett wasn't far behind. His plate nearly had a whole large pizza stacked on it. I promise that this restaurant will regret offering a pizza buffet with Emmett in town.
Tara had already placed our drinks at the table when we returned.
"This pizza is the shit. I swear this is one of the best Pizza Hut's I've ever been to," Emmett said in between scarfing down slices.
"It is good."
"How is the food gentleman?" Tara asked coming up to our table.
Emmett had his face stuffed and could only give a thumbs up.
"It's great, Tara. Thank you," I replied
"Is there anything that you would like to request?"
"Yea, an apple pizza for dessert," Emmett was finally able to speak.
"Okay, coming right up."
"Emmett, you are only on your first plate, don't you think that it is early to be requesting dessert?"
"I just want to make sure that by the time I finish my third plate dessert will be here."
Before I could say anything else he was up getting his second round and before Emmett even made it back, Tara was at the table with half of an apple dessert pizza.
"Wow, is that even possible?" I asked shocked while she placed it in the middle of the table.
"We pride ourselves on fast, quality work, so most of our pizzas are ready in no time at all, especially during lunch."
"What? I haven't even finished my second plate," Emmett said loudly.
"It's really hot, so I'm sure by the time you are done eating that plate of food, it will be the perfect temperature to eat," Tara told Emmett.
"You guys are good," Emmett grinned, and gave Tara a wink.
Tara got back to her other tables and we finished eating. It really was the best Pizza Hut I've ever been to. I had a feeling that we would be coming here frequently.
Tara came back to our table and shoved Emmett over a bit to sit down with us.
"So, I have to ask," Tara sat the bill on the table and pulled some suckers out of her apron. "Are you guys new in town? Almost everyone knows everyone in town, and I have not seen you here before."
"Yes, actually. We just moved here yesterday. My dad started working at the hospital," I said.
"Are you talking about, Dr. Carlisle Cullen?" Tara asked.
"Yup, that's him," Emmett said.
"So, that would mean you two are Edward and Emmett," she waved between us.
"How did you know that?" Emmett asked.
A small town for sure.
"You're in a small town, and Dr. Cullen would actually be mine and my son's new doctor. There was an informational letter sent to most of the town about your father and, well, you guys; your family. I actually knew about, you, Emmett," Tara said and poked him on the arm. "I follow all sports, thanks to my dad and husband. So, Welcome to Plymouth. I hope you guys have a good summer."
"Thanks. You seem to know a lot about what goes on in this town. Please let us know what there is to do?" Emmett asked in a pleading voice, and put his arm around Tara's shoulders.
"Ha. There's no fun, exciting things that go down in town. It's mostly hanging out on the lake, bonfires, and drinking out in the country with friends. However, there is a party at my brother's house tonight. I would be more than glad to take you guys out and introduce you to some people. Everyone there will be your age. I usually only go for a quick drink then I head home to the family. If you are interested that is?" Tara asked.
"Yea, I'm in," I said.
"Well, how much do you know about town? Do you know where Subway is?" Tara asked.
"Yes, we actually passed it coming into town," Emmett said pointing in the direction of where we came in from through the window.
"That is the center of town; the Subway. Why don't we meet there around eight tonight when I get off of work?"
"We'll be there," Emmett and I said in unison.
Tara shifted to get out of the Emmett bear hug and stood up.
"I'll see you later tonight. I gotta get back to work," Tara said.
"Later."
"I knew coming into town we would find something to do," Emmett said.
I paid the bill and left a nice tip for Tara. She was an excellent waitress.
We returned to the Jeep and I really didn't know what we were going to do now.
"So…do you want to cruise around town some more?" Emmett asked.
"I don't care, it's not like we have anything better to do."
"Okay, why don't we check out the park some more," Emmett said.
Emmett started the Jeep and drove in the direction of the park. As we pulled into Centennial Park, to the left of us was a skate park and full of teens doing all kinds of crazy stunts. Directly ahead of us was a gigantic children's play park; there were lots of kids running around and having a good time. To the right of us, as we were still driving, was a small baseball field with a few kids playing ball. Directly behind the baseball field were a few beach volleyball courts and then low and behold was a pool. Music was playing loudly and was completely packed. Lifeguards in their stands, kids horsing around, and people in line to go down the slides and jump off the diving board.
"Lookie, lookie. We are most definitely going to be making a return trip so we can check out all the lifeguard babes here," Emmett said with the biggest grin on his face.
"Emmett, you do realize that we have our very own pool in the backyard right?" I asked.
"Yea, but do we have lifeguard babes to be watching us?"
"No, I guess I get your point," I chuckled.
As we continued our way through the park we passed another small baseball field. Then we were stopped by a straight line of kids crossing the road from an outdoor building resembling a horse barn. The kids were guided by a few adults. All of the kids were in swim suits and looked like they had been rubbed down with sun block. I guessed they were walking to the pool, as it was not but only a few steps away.
"Hey, thanks for waiting for all the kids to cross the road!" one of the adults shouted towards Emmett.
"No problem!" Emmett yelled back.
Once all of the kids were across the road and headed towards to pool, we were driving again. We drove through a covered bridge that had a small river beneath it. A few yards ahead of us was another baseball field. This really was a perfect town wasn't it? I mean they must really like the All-American past time. The stadium was large, completely fenced in, and had a grand entry way just like the park. The field was a rich, green color and was obviously well taken care of by the lawn crew.
"What the fuck!" Emmett shouted.
As we took a left turn in the fork in the road, I looked ahead and to the right of us there was another baseball field.
"How many baseball fields does one town need? Seriously, it doesn't even look like there are that many people in this town to need four baseball fields," I said.
"I don't know, but look there to the right." Emmett pointed as we were still cruising.
Another field. As we started to approach it, I noticed that there were girls playing softball. Then I saw a small concession stand building that said 'Plymouth's Lady Rockie Softball Field.' Wow. The ladies have their very own softball field.
Just to the left of us were two basketball courts. Only one of them was being played on.
"Hey, wanna shoot a few hoops, Edward? I have a basketball in the back," Emmett looked at me expectantly.
"Sure," I said.
Emmett parked and I grabbed the ball from the back. We played for a bit and then decided to get back home to hopefully take a nap and get cleaned up before meeting with Tara.