Against my better judgement Jasper convinced me to continue with my plans to prank Emmett with Bella on New Year's Eve, saying whatever bee Bella has in her bonnet would likely have stopped buzzing by then. I am not so sure, and sadly today did not assuage my fears.
I made an alien eggshell by pouring wet plaster from a bottle into an inflated balloon, sealing it and rotating it until the plaster had set, so that it made a smooth but hollow shell after a little sanding. I cut off the balloon, cracked the eggshell and applied a latex inner membrane and paints to make it look organic but alien.
We had to hike a few miles and Bella found this quite daunting. She has only recently recovered from her cold and I was worried she would over exert herself, she has also been very quiet since I played her the lullaby on the piano. She just snorted and carried on hiking when I asked if she wanted me to carry her. It is a shame. I should very much like to hold Bella that way. In any way really. She is always so warm and I feel all tingly when she touches me, especially on my scalp. It is even better than when Esme strokes my hair. The best was at the Halloween party though, when Bella put her fingers in my hair. I wish somehow she would do that again, she has been so distant of late. Of course that is all my fault.
Bella made some kind of gooey greenish grey slime that I very much did not want to touch. Bella and I drove out to where Jasper had agreed to hike with Emmett later and set up the egg with the slime to make it look like an alien had hatched and crawled away.
The egg was placed a little way off the trail and we arranged leaf litter around it to make it look like there had perhaps been a nest of some sort. Bella laid a trail of slime away from the egg. Some slime splashed on me and I shrieked very loudly making Bella jump. I shook and wiped my hand a great many times to get rid of the feeling and definitely hissed at least a little bit about it, as Bella was rolling her eyes and called me a wuss. I do not like slimy things.
Before we left I covered our scent with a stink bomb liquid ordered online. We were both gagging when we set it off and had to hurry away, luckily Bella did not fall down, I was quite worried that she would, but also felt very much attracted to the idea of her falling on top of me.
Jasper was set to lead Emmett along the trail at an appointed time, so I had to move Bella away because of her heartbeat being audible to Emmett. I said that he might spot us if he searched the area, ruining out New Year's Eve plans, so not a lie, I have avoided lying to her directly for some months now, though I always feel guilty nonetheless.
I made sure Jasper was ready to catch the moment on his phone for Bella and I. We had both just arrived in our respective homes when we got a text from Jasper saying 'BINGO!' and another saying 'what is that fucking awful smell?!'
A minute or two passed in anticipation and then a video came through from Jasper. Emmett was traipsing around the site of the eggshell, raving about aliens and brandishing a stick, poking at the slime. He was upset that he didn't have any note paper and Jasper told him he was filming, so he spoke directly to the camera:
"We have come across an alien egg in the woods near our house. It's close, too fucking close! They have definitely landed and this bastard has hatched! So there is something out there. It smells like ass! Somewhere there is a baby alien in these woods and probably a mommy and daddy one too!"
"I wonder if Edward could hear it."
"Good luck getting him out here near something slimy that smells that bad!" replied Jasper (nice work Jazz!)
"We need to take it home"
"Esme would have a shit fit, she's already tense enough. Not to mention Rose, Alice and of course Edward."
"Well we can't just leave it here! This is vital evidence!" Emmett was shouting now and I could hear him pacing about off camera.
"I'll stay here, you go back, get a plastic box with a watertight lid and trash bags, we'll put it nearby, we're on our land so nobody outside the family will come here and the box will stop any animals from getting to it."
"Right, right, we don't want them turning into aliens!" (? However does he imagine these things to work? That is the true mystery at play!)
The video cut out here as Emmett went off towards the house.
Jasper and I texted a little more, celebrating our success and congratulating Bella on her gooey slime mixture. Bella seemed happy that the prank had been a success and made me send her the video so that she could watch it again. I probably would have laughed myself, but I found I was more worried about how Bella's reaction seemed only lukewarm and how she had been hesitant to chat while we were together earlier today. She must still be very scared of me, especially in the woods, she is most brave to even consider stepping into a secluded area alone with a monster like me and she doesn't even know the worst parts.
Emmett has fallen for this hook, line and sinker. He is still working on cracking the 'alien code' from our fake crop circle, two weeks of near-24 hour focus on it and he still has not solved the simple Morse code message. If he doesn't get it by Friday, Jasper is 'solving' it for him.
I hope the next stage is a success and that Bella has a better time on New Year's Eve. I think I shall enjoy spending the evening with her, even if she is still standoffish.
A/N: Please leave a review! Thanks so much to my wonderful beta wh1teow1, please show some love and read Moirai, a reimagining of Twilight for the new decade! Do you think the new year's prank is going to go off, or will it backfire?