Little Bella

Chapter 23

"Hey guess what?" Emmett boomed as we walked into the living room.

I jumped, cowering back into Esme.

"Emmett," she scolded.

"Anyways, we got BEAN BOOZLED FOR BELLA!" he started doing a celebratory dance.

"What's Bean Boozled?" I asked timidly, peeking out from behind Esme.

"It's a risky jelly bean box!!" Alice squealed, jumping up and down.

"Okay, great, but are you gonna eat it?" Carlisle stepped in calmly.

"Oh yeah..." Emmett trailed off, thinking.

"We will!" Alice cried, hugging Jasper (idk why but yeah.).

"Wanna play?" Rosalie stepped forward, taking my hand.

"Yeah..?" I looked up at her, confused and nervous.

"LET'S GO TO THE DINING ROOM!" Emmett screamed, making everyone jump and cover their ears.

"Idiot," I heard Edward mutter under his breath.

"Hey, I heard that, you know," Emmett complained.

In the kitchen, everyone sat around the table, with the box of jelly beans open in the middle. There was a spinner, and various interesting jelly beans.

Edward picked the box up, closed it, turned it upside down, and began to read. "Caution: These jelly beans may look the same but they could not taste more different. Think you can tell them apart?"

"CAN WE JUST START?" Emmett yelled, snatching the box from Edward and slamming it down on the table, opening it somewhere in the process.

"Emmett?" Carlisle looked at him.

"Yes?" he smiled.

"Shut up."

"Let's just play," I intervened quickly, hoping to avoid further arguments.

"OKAY!" everyone chorused.

"So Bella, you're going first," Emmett pointed at me. "Spin the spinner."

So I reached over, flicked the spinner, and watched it slowly come to a halt. It was peach or barf, this orangey-red bean. Everyone collapsed into peals of laughter.

"NOOOOO!" I wailed.

"Here, this one," Emmett picked a peach or barf bean and held it out for me.

"No thanks, I'd rather choose my own," I smiled angelically and hovered over the box, trying to choose one.

Eventually I got one, and, after a quick prayer, I threw it into my mouth and bit down, shutting my eyes as it did so. At first nothing happened, but after a second a purely rotten flavour entered my buds and I made a wild dash for the box of tissues. In the background, I heard everyone burst into peals Of laughter. Once I got the tissue, I didn't hesitate to spew it out.

"Eeew!" I made a face.

"We know, honey, we can smell it," Esme said calmly.

Then they all giggled again.

"Here, Emmett, your turn," I told him quickly, passing the box to him.