A/N: Here is another part of my Hyde series. Esme's up to bat, so to speak. To be honest, it took a bit for me to work out how to make her awful because she is so great in the books. Anyway, R&R if you so please. Enjoy!

I do not own Twilight, I just play with the characters.

ROSALIE

I met Emmett on a blind date. He is warm and caring and easy going. I know that I can be a little self-involved, but he eases that characteristic. The only hitch in our relationship is Esme, his mother. Emmett, Jasper, and Edward are all adopted sons of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. Carlisle is in charge of some supposedly 'renowned' hospital near us. Esme is really a homemaker, but she does some restoration and interior design work on the side. All three of the guys still live at home. Not one of us girlfriends has any ideas why though. Don't get me wrong, Carlisle is great. He treats his adult sons like adults and lets them live their own lives. Esme is not great, at all. At first I thought she was amazing, but then things started going crazy.

Emmett took me on a picnic for our three month anniversary. Esme prepared the basket and everything was wonderful in it. There were a few note cards in addition to the food. They timed everything out. Now, I'm the kind of girl that likes a little spontaneity. Emotions are best expressed when they happen, not according to some bizarre schedule. I do mean bizarre. These cards had the picnic planned down to the minute. Emmett seemed embarrassed by those cards, but he used them nonetheless. That confused me, until I looked around. I kid you not, I saw her. Sitting on the closest bench to us sat Esme with her face hidden in a newspaper. She followed us to make sure Emmett used her cards.

Suddenly I started analyzing every date we have ever been on. I even thought about how Emmett and I met. The more I thought about those dates, the more I realized that she had been everywhere. I started to get a little annoyed at this line of thought, but I didn't want to make a big deal about it on our anniversary. I did decide that I would have a discussion with Emmett about it later.

Once the picnic was over we got into Emmett's Jeep. I spied Esme getting into her own car. That was my chance to talk to him and I took it.

"Emmett, why is Esme here?" I ask him.

"What do you mean?" he tries to play everything off.

"You are right. I should have asked something else. Why does Esme come with us on our dates?" I push him for an answer.

"Well, Rosie, the thing is… mom likes you?" he says that like a question.

"So she should take me out to lunch or go shopping with me, not join us on our dates. I thought dates were personal affairs between the people dating," I say quietly and turn to look out the window. Okay, I know it's a dramatic move, but come on he had it coming. Seriously, letting his mommy go on his dates with him, no wonder he was single before I met him.

"Aw, Rosie, they are. I love taking you on dates," Emmett tries to soothe my feelings.

"Then why do you need your mother to go on our dates with us?" I add a little whine for effect.

"Baby, I don't need her on the dates. She needs to be there to make sure that I don't screw things up with you. She thinks you are so amazing and she just wants to make sure that I don't do anything stupid," he rushes to explain.

"Her being there is not going to work for me. How can I know that what you say in her presence is real? How can I ever know if you truly love me if you only say so around your mother?" I ask the important question because I really need to know if he loves me.

"Rosie, I do love you. You have to know that. I will talk with my mother about the matter after I take you home tonight," he assures me.

"Do you promise to talk to her about it?" I press him to make sure.

"I promise that I will talk to her about it," he states firmly.

A few weeks pass and Esme tries to be more subtle about her presence. I still notice though. Emmett is getting more and more frustrated with his mother. He tries and tries to get her to leave us alone, but she will not budge. Her answer is always the same. She loves Emmett and wants to make sure that he gets a good wife of the same class that they are in. I will grant you that my family is in the same neighborhood. The houses are all very swank and expensive. However, as much as I love being affluent, I don't think that class has a lot to do with anything. My two best friends are not from wealthy families and they are dating Emmett's brothers. I just don't see her logic.

Emmett and his brothers got a place of their own. It would seem that they all had money of their own. Okay, so they had some money that they earned and a lot of money from their trust funds. I don't know why they didn't do this before. Oh, well, the point is that they are out of their parents' house now. It would appear that Jasper and Edward were having issues with Esme's 'helpfulness' too. I know that poor Alice and Bella have had it much worse than I have. I feel so bad for them.

Esme knows where the boys live, but neither she nor Carlisle has a key. The guys want their place to be their own space. Esme shows up almost daily anyways. She brings them huge meals so that they have leftovers until she shows up next. While she is there, Esme cleans the whole place, does all the laundry, and rearranges furniture. The boys do a lot of the laundry, cleaning, and arranging furniture back the way that they like it. Esme just hunts around grabbing every article of clothing that she thinks the guys might have possibly thought about wearing one day.

Things have become strained between the guys and Esme. I don't want Emmett to completely shut his mother out of his life. I am sure that she means well. I just don't want her following us on our dates. What would happen if we got married? Would she follow us on our honeymoon? I just made myself gag.