"Rosalie, just go talk to her." Alice pleaded , again.

" Alice, do not start this ." Rosalie whispered back in a clipped tone glaring at her sister.

"You've ignored her for almost two months now Rose . It is making us all miserable." Alice wined more.

"Well, how terribly inconvenient for you four." Rosalie stated smirking " I have rather been enjoying myself."

Alice was becoming irritated by the nonchalant attitude her blonde sister was displaying. She very well knew Rosalie was putting up a front trying not to let them see how deeply avoiding the girl was effecting her. Maybe she was trying to convince herself. Any way you looked at it the situation was becoming ridiculous . There was no good end for Rosalie or the family.

" I've seen it . It's already done. Inevitable. You will give in!" The pixie harshly whispered.

Rosalie pinched the bridge of her nose, shutting her eyes tightly, as if she had a head ache. She was absolutely positive if vampires could have head aches Alice would have sent her into a permanent migraine over the past two months.

What she chose to do with her choices was exactly that – her choice. She was growing tired of her family assuming they knew best for her, or had an authority in her personal decisions. A decision that quite frankly did not effect them in the slightest.

"That is not possible Alice, seeing as I have not changed my decision in the slightest." The blonde let her elbows rest on the cafeteria table , keeping her hand the same and eyes shut. She felt her siblings shift just ever so slightly, uncomfortable with the tension.

"Rosalie, I know you feel it . I can sense you feeling it. I know what it is doing to your emotional state fighting the.."

" Jasper, please." Rosalie whispered barely audible for even the vampires to hear. " This is not a matter of what I feel . It is a matter of what I have decided.."

" You can't decide this Rosalie. It is preposterous and dangerous. I have seen it. Some things cannot be changed." Alice interrupted heatedly. "Something disastrous will happen to one of you."

Rosalie huffed in response, shutting her eyes even more tightly.

" God, you are so stubborn!" Alice spat out angry.

" Says the person who continually picks the same argument to have every day." She couldn't stop the smirk pulling at her lips knowing this would make her tiny sister's temper rise more. " Even worse for you is knowing your argument will fail time and time again. Seems like sheer stupidity to me." She finished with sarcastic chuckle.

Rosalie didn't need to look at her sister's face to sense her anger. She could feel it rolling off her in waves across the table. She almost felt bad for Jasper and Edward having to deal with the uncomfortable argument on a whole other level. Almost.

" Alice, don't. Please don't." Edward started.

Rosalie couldn't wait for the remark about to roll off her sister's lips.

" I am honestly begging Alice." The bronze haired boy pleaded once more.

" I am not going to baby her for being an idiot!" Alice all but shrieked " What kind of person throws her mate to the side?!" The small vampires eyes were black with fury now and hands clenched into fists.

Rosalie's body stiffened at the words.

The male vampires all groaned at Alice's choice of words knowing this would set Rosalie off. Jasper especially looked put out taking in the abundance of anger from Rosalie and Alice.

" Dam it Alice!" Rosalie hissed. She was now furious. Even contemplating dragging her sister out of the cafeteria in front of every human just to kick her ass. "Contrary to what everyone lets you believe ,to inflate that ginormous ego you carry around, you are not all knowing. She is not and never will be my mate in any sense."

Just as Rosalie said her last words she heard a perfect sound in her ears. A laughter so sweet and undeniable she had committed it to memory after hearing it the first time.

Her eyes snapped open to the sound.

It was involuntary. She was incapable of stopping tiny responses such as this. She cursed herself internally. She looked at her family and their knowing , almost taunting gazes. No doubt from her response to the irresistible laugh. She was ever grateful she was unable to blush, her face would have been red as a strawberry.

Alice smirked and raised a smart-alack eye brow at her blonde sister.

"Screw you Alice!" Rosalie yelled jumping to her feet. Slamming her hands on the table a little too hard causing several students to jump and stare at her outburst. She shot them icy glares silencing the snickers around her. This only made her siblings shake with quite laughter.

Abruptly the blonde stormed out of the cafeteria doors all eyes still on her. She couldn't help the split second glance she gave Bella feeling her eyes also on her.

" Did we really have to do that again?" Emmett asked , eyeing Alice accusingly.

The pixie's eyebrows shot up in semi fake surprise at the accusation.

" She deserves the humiliation for being so stubbornly dense." Alice protested.

Jasper's southern draw interrupts her before she can defend herself more "guys we are drawing attention to our selves." His eyes briefly pointing to a table across the room.

They all look at once to see a familiar faced brunette staring intently at their sibling squabble. Alice waved openly , a huge smile plastered on her face. Confusion paints Bella's face before she gives a small hesitant wave.

"You're just asking for Rosalie to burn your clothes." Edwards sighs rolling his eyes at his sister's now panicked face.

Rosalie had made her way to the student parking lot in no time at all. Even risking to walk what could have been considered oddly fast.

Still fuming from the conversation that happened only minutes ago she stormed to her cherry red BMW . She pulled the door handle a little too rough hearing a small crack from her baby. She sat in her polished leather seat gripping the steering wheel roughly. She needed to calm down before she hurt her prized car.

But who did Bella think she was? Coming into Rosalie's life and throwing it off its axis as if she ruled the universe? Bella was nothing more than a human. She was below Rosalie , average. There was no reason this person could be her.. . No she wouldn't even let herself think the word. It was a ridiculous thought she had no time to entertain. How dare Bella make a fool of her in front of her siblings and most of the Forks student body.

She was Rosalie Hale.

No one bothered her. No one cracked her icy exterior. She felt her anger burning hot once again. Annoyed could not begin to describe the current emotion flowing through her.

Pop

The blonde groaned seeing the crack her death grip just made on the wheel.

She closed her eyes taking unnecessary deep breaths. She reached out with all her senses searching to find anything to calm her. She could feel her body trying to move , but fought the action. Her internal beast grew again causing another crack.

Damn it , she was going to have to replace the steering wheel now.

"Calm down" she growled to herself.

Squinting her eyes ever tighter she gave over to her mind's instincts finally. She felt her legs carry her across the parking lot eyes still closed. A familiar sent hit her.

Rain, sunflowers , and a hint of coconut.

She took a deep breath inhaling all she could of the heavenly smell. She instantly felt some of her anger diminishing, the light sent minutely warming her ever frozen body. Rosalie opened her eyes to the familiar rust colored ancient truck. She wanted to run straight back to her car head to another state and never look back. Instead she found herself unlocking the door with her finger nail and climbing inside.

She rested her head on the steering wheel, blonde hair making a curtain for her face. She took in another deep breath and released it shakily.

Bella's sent was so consuming in the truck it set Rosalie's senses on fire and centered her all at once.

Why did Bella have to be human? Why couldn't she have meet the captivating girl as a vampire? Life sure had a funny way of sticking it to Rosalie Hale. Hadn't she been through enough in her decades of life? Did she not deserve something easy for once?

She would never admit it to her family but rejecting Bella was taking a deep toll on her. Not just on her emotions, even though her mood swings were wild now, but something deeper inside her. Her soul maybe? She wasn't sure. Whatever it was grew increasingly painful ever day she fought against it.

Unknown to Bella Rosalie had sat in this very spot more times than she would ever admit over the past two months just to get a hint of the relief Bella was to her. The rusty, bad excuse of a vehicle had become a haven of sorts for the blonde vampire.

Sadness slowly replaced the relief Rosalie was afforded for a moment. This was as close to Bella as Rosalie could ever allow herself to get. She could deal with the internal suffering if Bella would have a life the way it occurred naturally. She would do all she could to keep her safe and happy from a distance.

Her body ached as she reaffirmed to herself what she already decided the first time she laid eyes on Bella. Her only fear was that Bella felt the same pain she experienced daily. The girl seemed to be doing fine. The first two weeks she had really tried to friend Rosalie , but gave up after so many failed attempts. She knew Bella felt the pull to some extent. It was laughable though when compared to the magnitude the bond had on Rosalie.

" It's for h-er. All for her." The vampire whispered to herself.

The sound of a bell buzzing pulled Rosalie out of her internal struggle.

She sighed heavily knowing she needed to leave the truck before someone caught her. She seen something black in the corner of her eye. It was a long sleeve t-shirt she had seen on Bella many times. Bringing it to her face she inhaled a concentrated dose of Bella's smell. Rosalie fought within her own mind for a second before she inhumanly dashed to her car; Bella's shirt clutched to her chest.

Bella walked to her truck after the bell rang ending her last class of the day. To her surprise she had come to like gym class. Not that she had managed to become even remotely coordinated, but she did have several people she would call friends in the class. Forks was turning out to not be as gloomy as she once worried it would be. She had more of a social life in the small town than she ever dreamed of in Phoenix. Heck, she even had plans for a Thursday night. Bella chuckled to herself at the thought.

Her mother , Rene , was ecstatic Bella was becoming a "little social butterfly" . She had squealed with excitement every time Bella told her of new friends or plans she had for the week. She had definitely taken to Forks more than Rene ever could. That of which also had eased any anxieties Charlie had before his daughter's arrival.

Still, Bella couldn't shake the feeling something was missing in her life. She didn't think living in Forks was the problem. The rainy town was her home. She knew this is where she was meant to be. It was more like this new sense of belonging also brought with it a longing she never knew she had before. A constant almost ache she had grown accustomed to over two months. Her heart had become so full it must have cracked and left a small hole in its wake.

" Hey Bella."

The brunette jumped at the sudden appearance of someone next to her having been lost in her thoughts. She turned to see the raven haired Kaylin next to her.

" Hey Kaylin." Bella laughed, embarrassed by being startled.

" Day dreaming again I see" the other girl giggled " You're still coming down to La Push tonight for the bonfire right?"

" Absolutely" Bella grinned.

She loved going to the beaches on the reservation and once more to her surprise had made many friends there too.

" Excellent!" Kaylin exclaimed. " Do you need a ride there or ?"

" It wouldn't make much sense for you to drive from La Push and then go right back now would it?" She teased her friend.

Kaylin lived on the reservation, but had persuaded her parents to let her attend Forks High instead of the school on the Res. La Push High was a decent school , but Kaylin had wanted a little more than it could offer. Not that Forks had very much, they did have honors classes and a few more sports teams than the even smaller community school.

" I will most likely drive myself, but I might end up catching a ride with Angela or Jessica." Bella said. " I might even get Lauren to bring me"

She nudged Kaylin and winked at her causing the other girl to roll her eyes and groan. She was not particularly fond of Lauren Mallory. The blonde was too nosy and bossy for her taste.

" Ha ha" Kaylin dead panned at Bella earning a small laugh.

The pair arrived at Bella's trusty old Chevy and Kaylin reached and opened the door for her friend.

Bella made a face. She thought for sure she had locked her doors before going into school. Not that she was worried any one would break into or try to steal her truck. Most of her friends didn't understand the love she had for the ole rust bucket. She threw her back pack into the passenger seat before turning back to her Native friend.

" I'll let you know if anything changes for tonight. I have to get Charlie fed before I get ready ."

" Can't wait." The tanned girl smiled before giving Bella a big hug.

Bella was slightly taken off guard by her friends enthusiastic hug, but smiled and returned the gesture . After breaking away Kaylin headed to her car with a new beat to her step.

Bella climbed into the cab shutting the door when the longing feeling came over her again. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She smelled a faint scent and the ache grew as it always did whenever she came across this particular smell. It reminded her of sunshine and warm days. Hard to describe but irresistible.

Every now and then since her time in Forks Bella would catch the scent. Appearing in the oddest places; the grocery store, the library, her truck frequently, and even once in the woods outside her house. Yet, she still hadn't figured out what it exactly was. Her heart burned a little at the longing it caused.

Bella shook her brown hair trying to rid herself of the uncomfortable ache in her chest. She felt stupid at the ridiculous thought some almost invisible smell was causing her actually physical pain. With that she put the old Chevy in drive and headed to the grocery store. She didn't notice the strangely beautiful Jasper staring intently at her with her own ache in his eyes.