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Disclaimer: I do not own twilight
Lost and Found
A Twilight story
Pairings usual except for Edward/my character Bella/Jacob
It will change POV sometimes.
Senior year, Edward and Bella have split for good, but the Cullens haven't left.
alright thank you to Elijarocks for reviewing the last chapter. it means so much to me and makes me happy lol. okay so to answer your questions. How can she feel that Bella was lieing? well she doesn't exactly feel that she is lieing, it is more of a saying, a gut feeling i guess. she doesn't actually 'feel' it. i guess that i didn't word that to well. and for the second one: Does she have a part of her that is Vamp???? i guess that you will just have to wait and see i guess. she is part something, and that is all i'm saying for now ^_^
well again let me know whether or not you like it, any mistakes and so forth, some parts seem to get cut out during transfer for some reason.
Ch 17 camping weekend part 3
Carrie's POV
I could tell that they were wondering what I was up to. They wanted to learn more about me, so I'm showing them more of what I can do. Even though my life may not have been the greatest, but I have learned to do some nice things. Things that people do not do any more or some simple things.
I headed to the lake to get some reed stalks; I can use them as pipes. Bamboo would probably be better, but reeds work also, you just have to know what you are doing. I found a cluster of reeds and I waded to them. I took my knife and cut several stalks of roughly the same sizes (widths). After gathering around twelve, I got out and headed back to camp humming a tune as I went.
Entering camp I headed over to my 'work area' and set the stalks down as I sat down. I took the reeds two at a time and hit them against the log like drum sticks. I was listening to the sound that they were making. I use this to determine what order they should roughly be put in. When I wasn't listening I was humming a song to pass the time.
After I got the stalks into an order that I liked, I took my knife and cut them at certain lengths. The length of the reeds got smaller as I went. After I got them cut I went over to the tree where I got the vines and cut another one off. I took that time to look at the sky to determine the time; I guessed that it must have been going on maybe eight o'clock. I didn't have my watch on so I wasn't sure. Time wasn't all that important at the moment anyways.
I used the vine to bind the reeds together in two groups of six, in a line. I then bound the two groups; one on top of each other with the longer ones on top. After the pieces were secure, I blew across each one to hear what it sounded like. I had to tune to the higher sounding ones because I can't re-grow what I have cut off instead of tuning down like you are supposed to do.
When I was somewhat satisfied, I began to play a random tune. I didn't really put any thought into it; I just played what I felt. After a few moments I thought that the sound was too bland so I took my knife and made some holes along the length of the reed. I made no more than four, in different places but within easy reach of my fingers. The ones in the back I only made one hole in each reed where I could reach with my thumb.
After finishing my tinkering I began to play again. It sounded a bit better with more notes available for me to play. Again I didn't play anything in particular, just what I felt. Satisfied with my work I took my reed instrument from my lips and looked at the others.
Again they were staring at me. "What," I asked them. I was confused as to why they were staring at me. Again for like the fourth time today.
"That was beautiful," Esme said. She got up, walked over to me and sat down next to me with her arms around me.
"It was nothing, just something that I learned to do to keep me occupied in my small amount of free time that I have. I haven't made one of these since I was like ten or so," I told her. It seems like such a long time ago now when in fact it was only 6 or 7 years ago.
"I still think that it is impressive. I'm not even sure if the Quileutes do that anymore if they still can," Rosalie said.
"Thanks Rosalie, but it's nowhere near what Edward could do with music. I've seen him play the piano and I don't think I could play like that even if I had like fifty years to do so," I said.
I handed Esme the reed instrument and went to my and Alice's tent to get my bed roll, pillow and blanket. I unrolled the bed roll on the ground where I sat and plopped down on it next to Esme.
Esme had handed the pipes to someone else and they were looking over it. Edward and Alice even had a go at playing it. I lay on my back as we talked watching the stars as we talked. Eventually we all kind of quieted down and watch the stars twinkle.
As we were watching the stars a shooting star passed over us. "Oh a shooting star; close your eyes and make a wish," Alice said excitedly while clasping her hands under her chin and closing her eyes, making her wish.
I closed my eyes and wished that the Cullen's will have a safe and pleasant future without any trouble. I also thanked the higher beings for what time they have allowed me to spend with them for it has been the happiest time of my life. I never wanted this time to end, but I didn't want to be selfish so I made a wish for others.
I know that deep down that I never want to leave them; I didn't want to leave my … family. They are very precious to me and I would do anything for them. I couldn't ask them to change me, so I was just thankful for what time I have had with them. If I could ask for anything I would ask for one more day, even though I'll probably ask for more.
I knew there was no use brooding over it so I just turned over on my left side, facing the fire, and went to sleep.
Edward's POV
I was transfixed as I heard the music that she was playing. It was dark now and the moon was just beginning to make its appearance above the trees. The music that she played was enchanting. It didn't seem to be planned and that is what made it even more magical. The simpleness of it was another thing that made it so nice also.
When she stopped playing I looked at the others and noticed that they too seemed to be transfixed at what they were hearing. I turned back to see to see Carrie using her knife to make holes in the reed. Why would she do that? It sounds good as it is.
I was proven wrong as she brought the pipes back up to her lips. The music that she played was even more enchanting. The more notes added a bit more complexity but it still sounded so beautiful. I watched as Carrie played and the moons rays start to brush across her skin. Some strands of her hair were floating in the air, dancing with the wind.
She appeared to be a maiden of the earth, someone who was born from the ground; a creature created by nature herself, a child of the forest. I heard of these beings in stories that my mother used to tell me as a child. And now before me was one such creature.
When she finished, Esme went over to Carrie and pulled her into an embrace and she was complemented on her music. I had to agree with Rosalie about the werewolves might not being able to do what she did. There was no way that the flea bags could compete with a child of Nature.
Later that night when we were watching the stars and Alice told us to make a wish on the shooting stars I wished that Carrie would stay with us forever. It didn't matter if it was as a human or a vampire I wanted to be there to protect her for as long as I am able.
I heard what the others wished for; they like me wanted Carrie to be a member of our family. Alice was really looking for another sister, and Esme was hoping she would be her daughter and be my life companion. Carlisle and the others wished for her to be safe and hoped that she would maybe stay with us.
I was slightly surprised at what Carrie wished for. No one has ever wished something
good for us. I was also glad to hear that the time that she has spent with us has brought her happiness and I also wished for one more day with her and that I would also ask for more time.
I watched as Carrie fell asleep and didn't appear to notice that Esme was running her fingers through her hair. When I thought that she was deep asleep I spoke up, "She really is a selfless person." My voice was no louder than a whisper so I wouldn't disturb Carrie, but I knew they heard me.
"What do you mean by that Edward," Carlisle asked his voice just as low as mine.
"When she made her wish it was for us to have a safe future without any trouble. She thought that it would be a nice pay back for giving her the happiest times of her life. She also thought that she wouldn't mind staying with us for as long as she can. She would ask for one more day with her…family, but she would be content with what time she has been given," I said.
"I think that she should join the family. I wouldn't mind having her as a daughter, in fact I would love it," Esme said. Alice seconded that, the others appeared to agree as well.
"You know the rules, or at least my rules," Carlisle said. Yes I knew the rule well; no one will be changed unless they were on their death bed.
"Alice, what do you see for her," Jasper asked eyes softened as he looked at Alice.
Alice put her hand up along side of her head and concentrated. We were all quite while she worked. A little more than ten minutes later Alice came out of her trance and she had a blank look on her face which made me really uneasy.
"What was that?" I asked as I recalled the blurry images of her vision. They flew past as a speed in which I could not decipher all I could see was red, white and green blurs.
Alice seemed to shrink on herself and she cast a sad look toward the sleeping Carrie. "It's not good."
"What do you mean by that," Emmett asked before anyone else could. We were all worried at the forlorn look on her face.
"I saw her," she paused as if she was unwilling to continue. Jasper wrapped his right arm around her and pulled her close. "I saw … that she dies, but I was unable to see if she became one of us. She looked so terrible."
"Tell us what you saw," Carlisle said leaning forward giving Alice his all his attention.
"It was hard to see anything specific but I could see red. There was so much blood; the area around her was drenched in it. She…" Alice paused to compose herself. Carlisle came and sat on the other side of her, holding her hand.
"She was really thin. Her hair looked like it was cut off and she was chained up. I thought that she was dead until I saw slight movement. She was slowly pulling out of the shackles cutting herself up worse, but she barely bled." A broken sob made its way from her mouth as her hand smothered it.
"After she got out of her restraints she collapsed onto the ground. She slowly turned on to her stomach and managed to crawl away. After moving some distance she reached out and grabbed something out of the mud. I couldn't see what it was but she held it to her chest. She took a quick glance at it, laid her head on the ground, held the item tighter in her hand and to her chest and closed her eyes. It went dark after that," Alice said. She turned and curled up against Jasper.
"Could you tell where," Rosalie asked voicing the question all wanted to know the answer too.
"It most likely was around Forks. She was in a forest and there was snow on the ground and it was snowing," Alice replied. We were all silent for a while digesting what Alice had said.
Esme broke the silence, "Could you tell when?" Esme was worried for her newest daughter and disliked like the idea of losing her so soon after gaining her.
Alice took a deep breath before she answered, "It appeared to be within the next few months, if the snow and other things were anything to go by."
"We can prevent this couldn't we," I asked feeling my panic rise before a calm set it and I sent a grateful glance to Jasper. Now was not the time to panic we needed to figure out a way to stop Alice's vision. I was worried for I didn't want to lose her and Alice can't tell if she would become one of us. All she saw was Carrie's death, the blackness, but how that occurred isn't completely clear.
"You know that we can't interfere, or don't you remember the Bella incident," Rosalie said and even though her voice was missing the normal scorn reserved for Bella I had to ask.
"I thought that you liked Carrie," I asked looking at Rosalie with a frown.
"I do," she said, "I'm thinking about biting her now so that nothing does happen to her, but it will have to be her choice."
"She already told me that she wouldn't mind, but…" I paused before I continued. "She said that a condition for her change is that if she was dying and wouldn't be able to make it as a human." Though she won't be dying at this time she very well will be in the near future. Will that matter? Will it change her mind about being changed?
"We'll be here for her if something does happen. Now let us do some of our own hunting. We can go first while the girls stay here with Carrie," Carlisle said. We left to do our hunting and the girls stayed at camp.
When we returned, I took Esme's place next to Carrie. I ran my fingers through her hair and watched the flames' light dance across her face and the moonlight shine in her hair.
"You've fallen for her haven't you," Carlisle asked watching me with her.
"It's not the same as with Bella, but I still feel protective of her and I do feel strongly for her," I said. We were quiet when the girls came back and even after that. We were in our own little world, contemplating what has been said. I just promised to myself again to make Carrie happy.
The next morning
It was breaking dawn and we were getting ready to get started for the day. Esme had some pans out and was working on Carrie's breakfast. We have already changed our clothes and cleaned up for the day, the only thing that was left was to get Carrie up.
"Oh, oh, let me do it, can I do it," Emmett surprisingly requested. We were all sitting a bit distant from Carrie to give her some space. Emmett was given the go ahead.
I was wondering what he was up to, why would he be so eager to wake her up. Emmett grabbed a couple of bowls that Esme had brought along and took off toward the lake. He came back a short time later with the containers filled with water and stood by Carrie's head.
He then dumped the water right on her head. Carrie shot up sputtering with a couple of coughs. Emmett burst out laughing. Carrie slowly turned toward Emmett glaring, he just continued to laugh.
Carrie's POV
When I saw Emmett laughing at me and I noticed that he was standing near where my head was a short time again. I moved toward him to smack him for making me think that I was drowning, but he quickly dodged. I chased him around the camp for a short time. I could hear the others laughing at us. I jumped and landed on his back but he rolled before I could get my arms around his neck. I was able to land on my feet and I turned back towards him.
"Emmett! Why did you do that," I asked indignantly.
"Because I wanted to see what your reaction would be; you could also call it payback for hitting me with those water balloons yesterday," he replied. I crossed my arms and placed my left hand under my chin in contemplation before I slowly stalked toward Emmett until I was right in front of him.
We stared at each other before I motioned with my finger for him to bend down to my level. He came down so that our faces were just inches apart. I then smacked him along side of the head and turned around in such a way that my wet hair would hit him just right to cause a little sting. The others had another laugh at that.
'You do realize that this means war,' I thought. I looked up and I could tell that Edward heard me because his eyes locked with mine and a smile spread across his face. I sent him a return smile and turned toward my bag to get a new set of clothes. Then I walked into the forest a small distance and behind a tree to change.
I changed into a pair of black denim jeans, white long-sleeved tee with a black T-shirt over top of that. The pants had silver nubs along the pockets and outer seams of the legs; the shirt had 'Those that think that they know EVERYTHING annoy those of us that do' in big bold white lettering written across the chest.
As I walked back into camp I sat down next to my bag, combed out my hair and pulled it up into a ponytail. After I put on a pair of black combat boots that I had in my bag then I went over and sat next to Edward and leaned against his side with my forehead on his shoulder. Edward moved so that he could put his arm around me and he placed a kiss against my temple.
"How did you sleep Carrie," Carlisle asked kindly.
"Fine I guess. I forgot how hard the ground can be, so I'm a little sore. You guys have spoiled me with the soft mattress," I replied.
"But we enjoy spoiling you," Esme said as she handed me my breakfast. I thanked her and began to eat.
"So what are we going to being doing today," I asked eagerly.
"Well I figured that we would enjoy the lake. We could fish and canoe, stuff like that. Maybe do some more hiking later," Carlisle said. I said that that sounded like fun and finished my breakfast.
After I finished eating and Esme cleaned up we headed to the lake. Carlisle wanted me to wait an hour before I headed on the lake, so I walked around it gathering skipping stones. After I got a pile I began to try and skip the rocks. I tried to throw them like I have seen people do it before, but it didn't work. So instead I threw them like Frisbees; that was something we could do but I don't think that anyone brought one.
"You're not very good at that are you," Edward asked as he came up beside me.
"Not really, but what do you expect, I've never done this before," I said turning my head to glance at him for a moment.
"Then allow me to help," he said as he reached down and grabbed a stone. Edward then moved behind me, moved me so that I was at an angle to the lake, and used his foot to move my feet shoulder width apart. He grabbed my left hand with his and stepped right up behind me. Edward placed his feet on the outside of mine and we stood flush against each other. My back pressed against his chest.
Edward took his left hand which was holding mine and placed it against my stomach. He took the stone that he was holding and placed it in my right hand and wrapped his own right hand around mine.
"First you have to establish a rhythm," Edward said as our bodies began to sway side to side. He moved his head so that it was to the left of mine and over my shoulder.
"Once you get a feel for that you can add a little hip roll," he whispered in my ear. He removed his hands from mine and placed them on my hips. "As you sway to the left, lead with your left hip. Your hips will be slightly tilted with the left slightly higher, and vice versa with the right." He used his hands to guide my hips in the way that he mentioned. I could feel him moving along with me as I moved.
After moving like that for a few minutes he let go of my hips and grabbed hold of my hands. "Now as you move to the right you want to bring your arm back," he said as he moved our right arms back. "And as you move to the left, you bring your arm forward to throw the stone. You will want to kind of roll your wrist so that the stone gets some spin to it." He moved my arm with his demonstrating.
We practiced the motion for about a minute before he spoke up again. "It probably wouldn't hurt if you leaned into the throw a bit either," Edward said. As we went to move as if to throw the stone he slightly bent his right leg, which due to its position, caused mine to so the same.
After getting the feel of the movement, Edward's mouth moved down to my shoulder and then as he brought his head back up I could feel his nose and lips slightly brush up alongside my neck and come to a stop at my ear. "Are you ready to give it a try," he whispered, his breath tickling my ear and his lips slightly brushing against the shell. I nodded an affirmative.
We went through the movements again, but this time the rock was thrown. When the rock was released we stopped our movement, the only time during the entire process that we did so. I watched as the rock moved toward the lake and made ten jumps before it sunk into the depths of the lake.
"You did it, congratulations," Edward said with a crooked grin.
I turned my head to left so that I could see him. "All thanks to you, so thank you," I told him looking into his eyes, getting lost in their depths. Edward moved down slowly and placed his lips on mine to which I responded in kind.
I felt the tip of his tongue run against my bottom lip, asking permission for entrance, which I gave. I felt it enter my mouth and gently brush against mine, I shyly responded with my own hesitant touch. I barely felt as he turned me around so that we were facing each other. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my right hand found its way into his hair. I felt his right arm around me with his hand in the small of my back. I felt his left hand work its way to my hair and pulled it down gently from the pony tail. After my hair was free his hand buried itself at the back of my head.
He pulled me even closer to him so that we were pressed tightly against each other. He released my lips so I could breathe, but he was back just as soon as he was gone. When he finally did pull away I could feel that my lips must have been swollen and red, but it didn't matter.
"Come on the others are calling for us," Edward said. I listened and I could just barely hear someone yelling on another end of the lake. I nodded and he pulled me to his side as we started our trek around the lake with our arms around each other.
Edward stopped walking and I turned to look at him. "You like going at fast speeds right," he asked. I nodded hesitantly for I wasn't sure where this was going. He smiled then picked me up and placed me on his back. He was holding my legs under my knees and my hands were gripping his shoulders.
"You better hold on tight then," he said. I tightened my grip of my legs against his sides and placed my arms around his neck in a way so that I wouldn't choke him. Before he took off I felt his hands slide higher onto my upper thigh to almost my butt. I gasped involuntarily and heard him chuckle as we took off.
I loved the feeling of the wind flowing through my hair. I laughed as Edward jumped over the fallen trees that I climbed over to get where I was. When we landed it felt as though Edward put on another burst of speed. Before I knew it out little trip was over and we were standing on the dock with the others.
"So what have you two been doing," Rosalie said looking us over as Edward sat me down on my feet. I noticed that Alice's smile was a tad brighter than usual, as if she knew something that I didn't know.
"Edward was teaching me how to skip stones, since I was having trouble doing so. Thanks to him I was able to get a stone to skip ten times instead of just plopping into the water," I said. "So what are we going to do now, canoe races?"
"That sounds like an idea," Alice said as she dragged me into a canoe that was nearby. She took a seat in the back so that left the front to me. We paddled out to the front of the dock to wait for the others. Edward paddled up on my right; he was in the front with Rosalie in the back. Carlisle was on my left with Esme in the back. Jasper was on the other side of Carlisle with Emmett as his partner.
"The first ones to the other side of the lake and back wins," I said. "On your mark, get set, go!" I was paddling as fast and hard as I could on my right side and Alice was paddling on the left. I was trying to use long, strong strokes since that would be more affective then short strokes.
I looked to see how everyone was doing. Emmett and Jasper was slightly ahead of us; Emmett appeared to be riding a little lower in the water than Jasper. His build might have been slowing them down. Edward/ Rosalie and Carlisle/ Esme were a bit farther ahead of us; it was hard to tell who was winning.
"Hey Alice, do you think we can get up there to the leaders? We don't have to pass them, just get close behind them," I said. She grinned and nodded; we both put on more speed. We passed Jasper/ Emmett and closed in on the others. When we got closer I motioned for Alice to position us so that we were between them and to get closer. I placed the paddle across my lap and leaned forward, hands out stretched and I grabbed hold of both of the canoes.
Both Esme and Rosalie turned to look at me. "You're cheating," Rosalie said in a chastising tone. Esme was shaking her head side to side with her eyes closed almost as if she is use to the never ending ways that we pick on each other.
"No I'm not; besides, Alice is still rowing," I said as I motioned to her with my head. Rosalie and Esme looked at each other, nodded and started to paddle faster. I could tell that they were hoping that I would lose my grip, but I held on hard and Alice paddled faster to keep up with them.
We were traveling as fast as a motor boat, I was smiling at the speed since I'm a little speed demon. When we came to the last quarter or eighth of the lake I looked back at Alice and nodded; I let go of the canoes and started paddling to get us turned around. As I expected, our speed slowed a bit but we were able to turn like we were on a pivot. We were now traveling backwards, but paddling forward to slow our speed and to get going in the other direction.
Jasper and Emmett looked at us funny as they passed us but we just smiled at them. As planned we slowed and started heading in the opposite direction as the others were turning with some difficulty. I positioned myself so that I could use more of my body to make longer, stronger strokes and Alice put on more speed.
When we crossed the halfway mark I turned so I could see behind us. Everyone else was a distance behind us but they were quickly catching up. I turned back around and tried to paddle stronger and shortened my strokes a bit so the paddle wouldn't have to travel as far and cost us time.
As we were closing in on the finish line to check the others; they were practically on our tails. I analyzed all our speeds trying to come up with a plan which I put into effect during the last distance of the lake. I turned and nodded at Alice who got my idea, I love how we can communicate without speaking.
We did roughly the same thing that we did earlier; we turned so that we were perpendicular to the others and effectively blocking their path. We were still paddling so that we didn't slow down too much and I was kind of steering. I tried to prevent the others from going around us which they didn't really try for that would take some time. I would also distract them by occasionally splashing them with water.
With my tricking and slightly underhanded tactics, Alice and I won the race. The others collided with us a tipped the boat to the side. We didn't fall in…until Jasper/Emmett collided with us as well. The boat tilted the rest of the way and rolled over causing us to fall in. Alice grabbed a hold of me, but I stopped her from pulling me up and swam over toward Emmett direction, motioning her to follow.
I could hear the others start to call for us, but I ignored them for now. I held my hand up to Alice and did a countdown. After the countdown I started to swim upwards with Alice giving me a little push so I got out of the water. When I shot out of the water behind Emmett I latched onto his neck and when gravity took over I pulled him, and unfortunately Jasper, into the water.
Emmett broke out my hold and broke through the surface and I came up shortly after. "What did you do that for," he asked.
"I just happen to really like what I'm wearing, in fact they happen to be some of my favorites," I replied. Speaking of which I reached down to take off my boots because they were weighing me down and I took off my socks so that I wouldn't lose them. I tossed them into their canoe which didn't turn over during my little payback.
The water was cold and I was slightly shivering. My heart was beating slightly faster and my breathing was a bit different also. I was glad that I brought a swim suit and some older clothes because later in the day I was going to try fishing my way. Hopefully it will be a tad warmer then, but I doubt it; it's nothing that I'm not used to.
I started to swim my way toward shore, but someone pulled me out of the lake into a canoe. I was sitting in between Esme and Carlisle; Alice, Jasper and Emmett got back into their respective canoes and we all headed to the shore.
When we hit the ground Esme picked me up and ran back to camp. She handed me a towel to dry off and went to get me some dry clothes. I went to my bag and pulled out a swim suit; it was like the other one just brown with red roses and red shorts, and I pulled out my old shorts and tank top.
After I changed Esme handed be some sweats which I remembered seeing Edward wearing a couple of times around the house. I pulled these overtop of my old clothes and allowed Esme to comb my hair and pull it back into a French braid. I gathered up a towel and blanket and my spear in my arms to take with me for I'll need them later. Esme picked me back up and carried me back to the lake.
I looked at the others who took a dip with me and noticed that they were still wearing their wet clothes; of course they don't have to worry about getting sick. Emmett and Edward were throwing a football back and forth. "Sweet, someone brought a football, we can play a game of some sort," I said.
We played touch foot ball for a while; the teams were me, Carlisle, Rosalie and Jasper against Edward, Alice, Emmett and Esme. The other team won by two touch downs. We paused for lunch and afterwards we tossed the football around then played another game which my team actually one by one touchdown.
Carlisle left and came back with the fishing gear. It was a funny picture kind of, vampires fishing. Edward and I sat at the end of the dock; Alice and Rose were both further down the shore on our right; Carlisle and Esme were in a boat around the middle of the lake. Emmett was in his own boat around a hundred yards out and Jasper was sitting on a rocky outcrop on the left side of the lake.
It was a little after four o'clock in the afternoon and none of us have yet to catch anything. I know that fishing is all about patience, that's what I love about it. But we've been fishing for like four hours, and I was going to have fish for dinner. If I waited any longer it was going to be too dark and too cold.
"You want to come with me or are you going to stay here," I asked Edward.
"What do you mean," he asked.
"I'm going in there and I'm going to try it my way," I told him. He seemed to think it over before he nodded. I smile and gave him a kiss. Then I reeled in my line then got up to take off the sweats I was wearing.
Edward's POV
When Carrie started to take off her clothes, which were actually mine, I looked away. I took off my shoes and socks then stood up with my back toward her. I pulled my shirt off but I kept my jeans on. When I turned around I noticed that Carrie was wearing her old tank top and shorts, the same ones that we've tried to make her get rid of but she kept them anyways, overtop of a swimsuit.
Carrie smiled at me and held her hand out to me, in her left was her spear. I grabbed her hand and she turned jumped off of the end of the dock, dragging me with her. Carrie surfaced taking a gasping breath of air.
"What are you doing," I heard Rosalie shout.
"Carrie is showing me her way of fishing," I replied. I turned back to Carrie, I could tell that she was cold but she seemed to work past it. Her breaths were shorter, she was shivering and her teeth were chattering.
"First I have to get myself acclimated to holding my breath for a long period of time and diving at different depths and do some scouting," she said. And she did just that, it took about half an hour but she got to the point where she thought that she was ready. I observed her as she was swimming. She looked graceful as if she was really in her element. Again with her movements I was wondering if she was a vampire of some degree.
When we came across a small school of fish she handed me her spear to hold. I watch as she pulled some fabric from her pocket; it looked like some of the stuff that she used to make Rosalie's Halloween costume. She slowly made her way toward the fish and when she got really close she slowly made a wall around them with the fabric. She made sure to move slowly so as to not frighten the fish. Then quick as lightning she tried to encase one of them within the fabric by pulling the wall closed. When she went to inspect the fabric we discovered that she did indeed catch a small fish that was about the size of her hand.
She wrapped it back up in the fabric then she looked at me. A smile came across her face. 'I think that it's time for some payback from this morning,' I heard her think as she slowly swam up towards what I recognized as Emmett's boat. I followed closely behind her, curious to what she had in mind.
We broke the surface three feet to Emmett's right. "Why did you come over here? You're scaring away all of the fish," he said slightly angry as he saw us approach his boat.
"Sorry Emmett," Carrie said. "I just need a quick breather before I did another dive and your boat was the closest thing."
"Fine, but what are you doing in there anyways the water must be freezing," he asked as he helped Carrie into the boat. After she was in he turned around so that his back was to her.
"I was doing some fishing of my own and Edward tagged along to watch. Your right it is pretty cold but I got tired of fishing with the rod so I'm taking a more hands on approach," she replied. The boat rocked a little bit as she got settled. She looked at me and gave me her smile that she gives when she was up to no good. I looked toward Emmett; (he was wearing a green long sleeve tee that was tucked into his blue jeans.) he didn't seem to notice a thing.
Carrie quickly removed the fish from the fabric. It was flipping so bad that she had to keep a tight grip on it. Emmett was watching his bobber so intently that he didn't see Carrie's reflection in the water.
She held the fish so that its face was pointed down and slowly reached toward Emmett's shirt collar. The fish was still wiggling in her hands. Carrie crouched forward and moved closer to Emmett. The boat rocked but Emmett dismissed it, keeping his attention on the bobber.
Carrie had the fish in the perfect position so she quickly pulled the shirt collar back and dropped the fish. Emmett moved so quickly that the boat tipped over and they both went into the water. Emmett came up and was struggling to get the fish out of his shirt but he couldn't get it out so he quickly swam to the shore.
When he got there Alice, Rosalie and Jasper were there to see what was wrong. Emmett was moving around trying to get the fish out of his shirt. I felt Carrie come behind me and wrap her arms around my neck. I could hear her giggles and feel the laughter that she was suppressing.
I could see the fish flipping around in Emmett's shirt. Rose went forward and pulled his shirt out in the back. They watched as the fish fell and flopped its way back into the lake. Carrie let forth her laughter then. She floated on her back, clutching her sides laughing to the sky.
I looked back towards the shore and sure enough they were looking this way, Emmett with a glare on his face. Carrie stopped her laughing and took her spear back. "That was for this morning," she shouted then dived back into the water. I looked back and I could tell at least Alice was laughing. I turned around and saw that Esme and Carlisle saw what occurred and were laughing also.
I then followed Carrie back into the water. It was a little after five now. We swam around looking for a decent sized fish. Carrie just came back down after getting some air when she tugged on my arm. I turned toward her and she pointed down and to our left. There I saw a fish that was about a foot and a half in length and as tall/wide as the length of my palm.
We slowly swam toward it so as to not frighten it. We watched as it swam into a hole in lake bed. As we approached it Carrie shifted her spear so that she could throw or jab it more easily. When we came upon the fish we found out that we blocked its only way of escape. It side was to us making it impossible to miss.
Carrie quickly jabbed her spear forward. After pushing some more she slowly pulled it back. There, impaled by the spear was the fish, about an inch behind the gills. To congratulate her I gave her a kiss, which was a bit difficult to do under water. I grabbed her hand as we swam back to the surface, then back to the shore with her hanging onto my back. Her thoughts were on the foggy side, letting me know that she was worn out from her time in the lake. Of course she would never admit that, being afraid as she was of us seeing her as weak.
The rest of the family was waiting on the dock for us. "Did you dears catch anything," Esme asked. Carrie held out her spear showing what she had got. Esme took the spear from her so she could get dried off and we walked back to camp. Actually I carried her back, which she complained about the entire time.
I set Carrie down and she left to get changed and came back wearing my sweats that she had on earlier while Esme started working on her fish; she even used some of the herbs that Carrie picked yesterday. Her clothes were hung with the others to dry. She sat down on her bed roll and wrapped herself in her blanket. I saw that she was still shivering so sat behind her with my arms around her. I know that with my cool body I wasn't helping any but it is the thought that counts right? Besides the coolness of my body has never seemed to bother her in the past.
As she ate we took turns telling ghost stories. The only one able to scare her was Jasper but that was probably because he could control what she felt. That night we had to stay in our tents because it began to rain.
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