The Phantom Wolf

Chapter 44 (A Friendly Competition)

*Pearl's POV*

The next day, me and Emmet got to hang out. I felt a little better, was able to move around more without too much pain. Still couldn't really walk on my leg though.

Bree was a lot calmer, since she could see that I was getting better with time. She decided to spend the day with Rosalie and Alice, today. She needed a break to do something fun to get her mind off of my predicament, so the girls offered to do a sort of spa day with her. They were all going to do their nails and style each others hair. Bree seemed more than happy to participate.

I was offered to join, but I declined. Doing my hair and nails, wasn't my thing. I couldn't stand it when Leah wanted to do that crap when we were younger. I'd always end up hiding behind Seth, using him as my meat shield to avoid being prettified. Seth, being the oblivious sweetheart that he is, never put up a fight and allowed Leah to paint his nails and attempt to style his short hair. This was when we were quite young. Back when I saw the world in black and white, when everything was simple and easy. When your parents know everything, school was the equivalent of death, and my siblings only job was to annoy me.

Anyway, to avoid the possible makeover, I instead, I spent my time with Emmet. We, decided to play video games. More specifically, Mario Kart.

"Dammit! You're cheating!" Emmet shouted, after I had just hit him with a green shell.

"Nu uh, I've just got really good aim! You should just get better at dodging." I teased, and pulled ahead of him, taking away his 1st place.

"I'll show you dodging." Emmet declared. And a few seconds later, he hit me with a lightning bolt! Causing me to drop all of my protection! Then I got hit by two different red shells! Consecutively! I went from 1st place, to 7th!

"You Fuck!" I shouted at him, whilst Donkey Kong passed me. His character!

He just burst out laughing and crossed the finish line. He finished in 5th and I finished in 9th! I was in 1st place for practically the whole race!

"You Cheated!" I shouted at the laughing man child.

"Nope!" He yelled. "Just get better at dodging." He mocked me and started laughing again.

I growled, about to shout at him again, but Carlisle came into the living room, followed by Jasper. They must have heard all of the commotion.

"What is going on?" Carlisle asked, in an amused tone.

"We are playing Mario Kart." I answered.

"And I'm wiping the floor with her!" Emmet proudly shouted.

"Are not!" I quickly argued.

"Are to!" Emmet shouted in reply.

"Are not!" I raised my voice.

"Are to!" He said whilst grinning, clearly enjoying this.

"ARE NOT!" I yelled angrily, all patience gone.

I suddenly felt really calm, going silent, and Emmet went quiet as well. 'What the...'

"Jasper!" Me and Emmet shouted out in unison. Realising at the same time, that the sudden calmness was the Texans doing.

Jasper just grinned at us, looking smug. Carlisle watched, clearly amused.

"You need some more players?" Carlisle asked, referring to himself and Jasper. Successfully changing our focus away from murdering the smirking cowboy.

"Hell yeah!" Emmet shouted, very excited he sped off and grabbed two more controllers. Passing one each to Jasper and Carlisle.

We started a new game of 4 races and picked our carts and characters. I chose Yoshi. 'I've always liked the green frog like dinosaur, and his voice sounds funny.' Emmet chose Donkey Kong. 'He is, the equivalent of a big gorilla. So it makes sense.' Carlisle picked Mario. 'A simple yet effective choice.' And Jasper went with King Boo. 'Honestly, no idea what Jasper was thinking for that one.'

Starting the race, our first randomly selected race track was Rainbow Road.

"Oh come on!" I complained. I hate Rainbow Road. I always end up spending more time in space, than on the actual track.

"Hah! Get ready to eat my dust Pearl!" Emmet confidently exclaimed.

"Are you forgetting that we are here?" Carlisle questioned, somewhat teasingly.

"It is obvious that we could beat you." Jasper stated, challenging Emmet.

Emmet grumbled in response. "We'll see about that." He said, focusing on the screen with the rest of us, as the countdown began.

"3! 2! 1! Go!" The TV counted down. The race is off.

Jasper ended up taking the lead, with Emmet right behind him. Me and Carlisle started off near the back, and, as predicted, I immediately fell off. So Carlisle was able to over take me with ease.

I ended up placing 10th on Rainbow Road. At least it's not 12th. Jasper came 2nd and Carlisle placed 4th. Which lead to Emmet claiming 1st place. To which the bragging immediately started.

I wanted to punch him in the face, so bad. If I was physically able to, I definitely would have. All of Emmet's bragging was really pissing me off.

"This isn't the only race." Carlisle reminded us, shutting Emmet up.

"We still have 3 more to go." Jasper said, confidently.

"And I'll beat you in every single one of them." Emmet declared.

'You are so going down Emmet.' I thought, wanting to knock him off of his pedestal.

Our next race was Moonview Highway. Where Carlisle ended up placing 2nd, after Jasper who placed 1st. I spent the whole race attacking Emmet, so I only got 6th. But he, he placed 11th. So it was a job well done, and, it was well worth it to see the look on his face when he realised what i was doing. Although all of his complaints afterwards were a bit annoying.

Our third race was Koopa Cape. Jasper and Emmet ended up arguing at some point, midway through the race, so they spent the rest of the thing, targeting each other. Which left me and Carlisle up front to take the lead. Carlisle finished in 2nd place, after I hit him with a red shell in order to claim 1st. Jasper got 5th and Emmet got 4th. Overtaking Jasper at the last second.

Our final race was Snowboard Cross. Jasper stole my horn with a ghost, and that resulted in me getting hit with a blue shell. 'Arsehole!' We all ended up loosing to a CPU. Peach overtook all of us and placed 1st on the final lap. 'Stupid computer.' Emmet beat me and took 2nd. I ended up getting 3rd. Carlisle got 4th and Jasper placed 6th.

When the podium came up, our final scores were revealed. No one was quite expecting Carlisle and Jasper to tie for 1st place, with 42 points each. Emmet got 2nd with 38 points. And I got 3rd, with 35 points. That kind of sucked.

It sucked even more when Emmet started yelling that at least he beat me.

"I'll beat you next time." I said.

"Bring it!" Emmet shouted.

We continued playing for a long time. Eventually, the girls finished what they were doing and decided to come and watch us play. At some point, Esme had joined in with the girls spa day, so when they came down to spectate, Esme was with them. Most of them started cheering for their respective partners. Bree was cheering me on, which was to be expected. What none of us expected, was for Rosalie to start cheering for me, when I managed to knock Emmet's character into lava.

"Go for it Pearl!" Rosalie cheered.

"Babe!" Emmet loudly whined in protest. Rosalie only smiled innocently at him.

I smirked at him and teasingly replied, "You may be the batter player. But I'm definitely more popular."

He gasped dramatically and held his chest. "You wound me!" He shouted.

"You two should focus on the game." Carlisle reminded us, just as he crossed the finish line and placed in 1st.

"It's to be expected that the children can't concentrate." Jasper said, as he to crossed the finish line, placing in 2nd.

"What did you call me?!" Emmet shouted in surprise. I was also quite surprised by the unexpected jab. I didn't know he had it in him.

Jasper turned to look at us directly, then smugly responded, "Children".

Me and Emmet both made eye contact. Making a silent agreement. Rivalry forgotten, and a new mission acquired.

Take down the cowboy!