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So now I have more than two titles to my name! I recently added a one-shot(well, maybe not a one-shot anymore) and a plot bunny collection. Inspiration strikes at the strangest times, I swear. Like for this chapter, I had my head stuck in the fridge.
Disclaimer: Raise your hand if you think I own Twilight. *stares at people who raise their hands* Okay, you, you, and you are all idiots. Just kidding. I wish, but my plan isn't going so well. Edward stole my bazooka the other night and pelted me with marshmallows when I threw a potato at him. And I'm not having that much luck getting him into the basement.
We didn't feel the need to tell Edward what happened at the mall, although Alice decided it would be a good idea to chant, "Bella's got a boyfriend!" at random times. Edward had tried asking more than once, but we kept quiet. No one else knew, either, just that something had happened to make us paler than usual, and to make Alice say I had a boyfriend every three seconds.
Currently, she was sitting on the floor with her legs crossed, doing the monk thing with her fingers, and making typical meditation noises. All of this was for no reason at all. She didn't need to concentrate to have a vision, and she sure as hell wasn't doing very well. The rest of us were talking to each other, or in Esme's case, running around in the kitchen banging pots and pans around, trying to make me dinner. I had asked her not to bother, but she had decided to after seeing I wasn't going to feed myself until much later.
It was only my second Saturday here, and already I knew what to expect. Alice had made me over, as she did every day since I had arrived here, after waking me up at eight(which seemed to me an ungodly hour to wake up at on a weekend). Then I would go watch Rose work on her car, or Emmett and Jasper would play video games while I tried to mess one of them up. Either way, Edward was usually with me.
I couldn't help but wonder if Edward and I even had a chance together. It was obvious he held feelings for me, but those could just as easily be brother and sister feelings, as love. It seemed possible, even if it wasn't probable.
"Hey, Bella! Wanna play a round?" Emmett asked. He was playing the same street-fighting game as he had been last week.
"Sure," I replied, getting up from where I was sitting next to Edward on the couch, and plopping myself on the floor beside Emmett. He handed me a controller.
"Okay, controls are simple. You-" he started to explain the game, but I already knew how to play.
"Uh...I already know how."
He looked surprised, but pressed the start button. We picked our characters, and I'm pretty sure Emmett was trying to be funny, because he picked some Japanese person and gave it a name that sounded a lot like "tiny pony".
We began the game, and I started out by doing easy one-button moves, trying to make him feel like he was winning. Pretty soon, Emmett was smiling and I could feel Jasper watching me from a chair near Alice, who was still on the floor, but was now watching Emmett and I. I didn't feel like losing anymore, and the game was getting boring. I pressed a bunch of buttons on my controller, and Emmett turned to look at me while still furiously pressing letters.
Esme walked in and started to say something, but Emmett made a "sh" noise, and she began watching our game, too. By now I had progressed to 6-key combos, and Emmett was losing by a lot. "What the hell, Bella?! Why didn't you tell me you were a game freak?!" Emmett yelled, allowing me to KO him. "Language, Emmett!" Esme said sternly.
I turned to face him, smiling, and replied, "Because I'm not a freak." He opened and closed his mouth a few times, making raspy, "fish out of water" noises, then crossed his arms, saying, "Hmph!"
We all burst into laughter at that point, including Esme and excluding Emmett. Carlisle decided to come home from the hospital at that exact moment, and opened the door. He looked around at all of us, confused but smiling. He shook his head, stepping across the threshold.
By now all of us were done laughing but Jasper. The rest of us were sitting there with huge smiles plastered onto our faces, while he was still full-out guffawing.
"Give me a break!" he managed to say between bouts of laughter. I tried to tone down my amusement, but instead began giggling uncontrollably. Edward was wearing his lopsided grin.
Eventually we all calmed down, and Esme led me to the kitchen so I could eat. I finished as quickly as possible, and when I got back to the living room Rosalie had come in from the garage, and she was sitting on the couch with Emmett. Actually, sitting on Emmett's lap, while Emmett sat on the couch. Alice and Jasper were next to them, in the same position. And next to them, Esme and Carlisle were taking up the last two seats on the couch. Edward was on the chair Jasper had been occupying previously.
I was about to sit on the floor when Edward got up and offered me his chair. I shook my head no, not wanting to make him sit on the floor, and sat down where I was with my legs crossed. I was mocking Alice's meditation from earlier when I felt myself being picked up, and when I opened my eyes I was in Edward's arms. He sat back down on the chair, depositing me on his lap while the rest of the family looked on in amusement.
I blushed a bright red, and I could feel Edward shaking with laughter. His scent was intoxicating. Alice's grin was so wide I was surprised it fit on her face. Her eyes suddenly glazed over for a moment, and when she came back to reality from her vision, her smile was even bigger. "It's going to be sunny tomorrow," she said.
"Bella, would you like to do something with me tomorrow? I think it's time we show you what happens when we go out in the sun." Edward said to me, piquing my interest. I was finally going to find out what happened to vampires in the sun? It obviously wasn't burning, then. But wouldn't people be a little freaked out if a vampire was walking around in the sunlight?
"Where would we go?" I asked curiously.
"You'll see. It's a special place of mine, that I found a while ago." he told me.
"Wait, wait!" Alice exclaimed. "You're taking her there? Finally!"
Well, okay then. Why did Aliceget to know when I didn't? And why did I suddenly feel anticipation? Was it the idea of finding the answer to another of the mysteries of the vampire world? Or something else?