Peter and Charoltte arrived early on the Monday morning, just like Alice had told us, and I was surprised that Edward made only a brief appearance. Alice told us later in the day that he was following Bella Swan around, but staying to the shadows, as the sun was shining brilliantly. As odd as it sounded, none of us judged him for it. We all knew how hard it was to be away from the object of our affections, and that was something none of us were going to begrudge him. We took our guests out on a hunting trip while they were with us, but they were not impressed.

"How can you prefer the taste?" Peter laughed when we had finished the elk herd we had taken down. "It's positively ghastly!"

"It's not for the taste," Jasper reminded him. "Although, the lions put up a brilliant fight. Much better than humans," he joked.

"Wow, that's hilarious Jasper," Rosalie said sarcastically as Peter and Charlotte chuckled. The rest of us glared at him. It certainly wasn't the most tasteful joke, and I hoped he picked up on our moods. He glanced up at Alice who glared at him. He didn't say another word as we made our way back up to the house.

"It's been lovely to see you two," I said as they gathered their small bags together, preparing to leave. It was Wednesday, another sunny day, and Edward, yet again, was nowhere to be seen. "I hope you visit again soon." We all embraced them, and waved them off down the drive in their car.

"That was nice to see them again," Jasper smiled. "I miss them."

"They seem nice enough," Rosalie sniffed. She hadn't met them before, last few times they had come Rosalie and Emmett had been on another one of their honeymoons. This, of course, was no coincidence. It was one thing for us to have to put up with their rowdy lovemaking, but asking our guests to put up with it was one step to far. This time Rosalie and Emmett were happy to go somewhere into the woods, rather than scare our guests away.

"I like them," Emmett said enthusiastically. "Shame they didn't want to play football though. Hey!" he said suddenly, his eyes sparkling. "Let's go now! Rainer field would be perfect right now!"

I glanced around my family. They all looked enthusiastic about the prospect of a game, even Carlisle was grinning.

"I don't have work, why not?" he said happily.

Half an hour later, we were stood in the middle of the double-sized football field, arguing about the teams.

"No, you guys went in a team last time," Alice said patiently, pointing at Jasper, Emmett and Carlisle. "And you thrashed us."

"Well, we were against you ladies," Emmett guffawed, looking pointedly at Jasper.

"Who was it that pinned you fifteen times in a row?" Jasper asked with a raised eyebrow.

Emmett scowled. "That's not fair. I had a cold that day."

"Uh hu. Sure. Whatever gets you through the day, Em."

"Guys, c'mon now," I chuckled. "What about Carlisle, Rose and Jaz, and then Alice, Em and me?"

"Excellent," Emmett grinned. "Mate against mate. Hey Jaz, think you'll score?"

"Ask Alice. She's the psychic of the family," he smiled devilishly.

"Get anything like that into your head, mister, and I'll make sure you'll never score again. In both ways," Alice said dangerously. Clearly Jasper was wanting to try something more... caveman like. I shuddered.

"Anyway," Carlisle cleared his throat. "As fabulous as this conversation about your sex lives is, don't you think we should be getting underway with the game?"

"Anything you say, pops," Emmett laughed, and took his position on my left, Alice taking hers on his left.

"Flip a coin?" Rosalie asked, holding up a dime.

"We win," Alice grinned from her position.

Emmett looked at me pointedly, and I eyed the ball. Darting forwards, I started the game...

"Yes!" Jasper yelled triumphantly. "In your face, loser! You suck! Ahaha! We win, la la la la laaaaaaaaa!"

"Dude, it was one game," Emmett said grumpily as Jasper danced happily around him.

"Bro, that's all I need," Jasper laughed delightedly. He was like a little child at Christmas. It was quite sweet, really.

"Jasper. You are so weird," Alice giggled, giving her husband a mix of a wary and an amused look.

"But you love me anyway!" he boomed, jumping over to her side.

"For now."

"Well done, sweetie," Carlisle said quietly to me as the others continued with their banter. "You played beautifully." He moved a stray piece of hair from my face and gently kissed my forehead.

"I do try," I smiled, and resisted the strong urge to jump into his arms. Seeing him let loose like that did not help my self control one little bit.

"Do you know how much self-restraint it is taking not to just claim you here and now?" Carlisle whispered in my ear, and I smirked.

"Carlisle. That is like, gross," Rosalie scoffed, turning to us. The others all stared at us with disgusted expressions.

"You'd better not do that," Emmett surveyed us in horror. "It was bad enough seeing Jasper and Alice at it, let alone seeing the seemingly only sane people in my life going at it! Goodness knows what damage it could do to me!" He clutched at his heart.

"You overdid it," Rosalie told Emmett.

"You did, she's right," Jasper agreed.

"He always does," Alice sighed.

"Again?" Emmett asked disappointedly.

"You know it." Jasper looked smug.

"Emmett. You need help," Alice said matter-of-factly.

"I live with you. What do you expect?"

"C'mon, be nice Emmett, Alice is only speaking the truth," Carlisle said gently, a hint of a smile playing on his lips.

"I resent that. Old man." Emmett glared at Carlisle.

"C'mon, Em, I'll take your mind off you losing," Rosalie said breezily, taking his hand.

"Alright then babes," Emmett said, suddenly very eager. "Told you I'd score," he grinned at Jasper.

"No you didn't. I told you I would," Jasper said, exasperated. "Seriously, you're a vampire for crying out loud! You don't forget things!"

"Well clearly I do," Emmett stuck his tongue out at his brother as Rose practically dragged him away.