Chapter one: The Run in
"Rose!" Al Screamed from the bathroom. "Rose we are going to be late!" She screamed even louder than the first time.
I sleepily walked toward the bathroom. "What?" I said angrily.
"Morning sleepyhead" She smiled combing her hair. Only Al could yell at me at the top of her lungs than smile at me.
"Urgggg" I groaned. I was half asleep, but did she care? No not one bit.
"Hey you know you should smile?"
"Why? it is the first day of our sophomore year in college. I should be happy because?" I asked
"Well there may be a guy" she added. Al always tried to be happy and upbeat. She always wanted me to have what she had with her boyfriend Erik.
"Yeah talk for yourself Ms. Have a Senor Boyfriend" I said crossing my arms
"Rose there could be a guy for you" Al smiled
"Um well" than someone knocked on the door I answered it.
"Oh Erik" It was Al's Boyfriend. He walked in.
"Hey Rose" I smiled flaky at him. It's not like I hated him I like him like a brother he is nice but coming this early bugs me. And for some reason he seemed like a snake. Like the a brother you just could not trust no matter what they told you about themselves.
"I am going for a walk Al" I yelled
"K and Rose meet me at the café at 2 mmk" She yelled. I heard her giggle, only the way Al could giggle.
"Whatever" I yelled as I walked out of my dorm room. I headed down to the main part of the building.
"Hey Rose" said Nina our dorm adviser
"Hey"
"Excited classes start tomorrow?"
"Uh kinda see ya later" I waved than walked away. Only she would be happy about school.
It was a wonderful summer day. I went for a walk by the quad. There were so many people arriving back to West Connecticut it was crazy. So many new freshman and other people I did not know and may get to know if I felt like talking to anyone. I went to the school store to get most of my books, which they had all of them so I was carrying almost 5 books and they were big heavy books.
Than the unexpected happened A guy ran into my knocking down all my book "What the?" I yelled
"Oh sorry I am so sorry really I am" he said he started to pick up my books
"I don't need help" I said also gathering them. Great! I random guy knocked into me ruining my whole morning.
"Oh yes I can see that from you struggling to hold all 5 of them" He Mocked. After knocking my things down he just stood there mocking me.
"Well I would have been just fine if it had not been for you and knocking them all down," I mocked back.
"Please let me help you take them to your dorm" He said. Aw he was trying to be nice. I hated nice.
"Um no! I don't even know who you are let alone your name" He looked down at me. I swear this guy was like 6.2 or maybe larger.
"Emmett and yours" he asked picking up my books and holding them in his arms. Ha of course he could hold all five of my books with out struggling.
"Rose" I replied stiffly
"Well Rose can I please help you bring these to your dorm?" he asked.
"Well don't you have somewhere to be?" I asked
"What do you mean?"
"You were running when you knocked into me remember?"
"Right I was just running for football to get in shape" he replied. I looked hard out him, my eyes almost bulging out of my head. GET IN SHAPE!!!!!! He was already in shape man he was so muscular anyone would be jealous.
"Oh"
"May I" he asked
"Fine if you must follow me" I started to walk and he followed.
We got to the door of my dorm "Well thank you" I reached to take the books from him, but he would not let me.
"No show me where to put them" he said. Stubborn tall man, I thought. He gave me a hard look as though he heard me think.
"Fine" I opened the door and pointed to the coffee table "There"
He walked over and put them down for me. "There you go"
"Thanks very much" I said showing him the door
"Wait the lest you owe me is a date" he said. I owed him, he walked into me!
"What?" I replied
"You me café tomorrow 4 and I am not taking no as an answer" he left before I could answer.
"Who was that" Al asked
"Um he helped me bring up my books" I replied. Still shocked after what had happened with Emmett.
"What was his name?"
"Emmett" I replied
"Oh are you seeing him again?" She asked
"Um yeah tomorrow at 4 at the café" I sounded unsure.
"You ok Rose?"
"Sure , sure just um….."
"He was cute I am glad you have a date FINALLY" she smiled at me
"It is not a date I owe him a favor cause he brought up my books for me" I said crossing my arms.
"Sure Rose all I have to say is he is cute and you should give him a chance"
"The only thing I know about him is his name"
"So go from there on your date ask him stuff to get to know him it is not that hard" She said
"Alice" I groaned Alice was her full name "Mary Alice Brandon".
"Rosalie Lillian Hale" she replied back
"Oh"
"I will have to dress you and find the perfect do you think?" She asked
"Fine, come on lets go eat I am starved" I grabbed my bag and we headed to the café. "Is Erik coming?" I asked
"No he said he had to go do something but would not tell me what"
"And you believed him?" I said
"Why wouldn't I?" She asked
'That is the oldest line in the book"
"Is that bad?" Only Al would that.
I grabbed her hand and we walked faster I dragged her to the café. "Did you tell him we were coming here?"
"Um no why Rose?" she asked
"Than he will most likely come here and we can see what is going on" So we watched and Finally he showed up. I opened my mouth complete shock hit me. Erik walked in holding hands will a tall dark haired girl. As they were ordering he kissed her, I looked at Al who looked like she was about to cry. "Al" I touched her hand. She got up and walked over. I went by her side.
"How could you" she yelled and than slapped his face
"Hey" the tramp yelled. Yeah I called her a Tramp.
"Oh well, you know this is a cheater" She yelled at the tramp
"I thought you broke up with your girlfriend?" She got up
" Um" Erik had no clue what to say. My bet was he never thought he would be caught.
"We are over" Al yelled and ran out so fast I could not even catch her. I slapped Erik one more time for pleasure. Than walked out. I ran back to our dorm to find Al sitting on her bed not crying just sitting staring at the wall with a blank face.
"Al" I said sitting by her
"I thought things were great , than he cheats on me after 2 years" she said blankly
"Al he is a jerk it is not your fault" I replied looking at her
"I loved him" she laid her head on her pillow
"Just forget about him" I rubbed her back
"Rose please just leave me alone for a little bit I need to collect myself"
"Ok I will go for a walk and bring back food" I got up and left the dorm.
I started to walk toward the dinning hall as fast as I could get food. "Rose, Hey Rose wait up"
Emmett jogged up next to me. "Hey" He smiled still jogging may I add.
"Hi"
"So whatcha doing" he asked
"Running in a marathon what does it look like I am doing?" I said sarcastically.
"Sorry just asking, are you going to the dinning hall?" He asked
"Yes"
"Are you going to ask where I am going" he smiled
"Um No" I replied stiffly.
"Well I am also going to the dinning hall if you were wondering and now since we are going to the same place I can escort you there" he stopped jogging and walked at my pas.
"I am a big girl I can go by myself thank you very much" I looked up at him and I really started to notice his deep blue eyes and dark brown hair. I shock my head.
"Well you know there are a lot of guys who could take advantage of you Rose" he said.
"Like you" I said glancing up at him.
"No I am a helpful guy" he smiled "So is it ok with you?"
"Fine if you must"
"You always say that"
"We just met today" I pointed out.
"So what" he smiled down at me. We arrived at the dinning hall. "Look I did take you here" he said
"Good than your job is done" I replied I started to walk away but he grabbed my arm.
"Not quit Rose" He said
"What than, what else do you have to do?" I asked
"Well I think we should eat together" He replied
"We are eating together tomorrow"
"Fine I will make a deal with you , we will eat together now and if you don't have a good time than we don't have to eat together tomorrow , deal?" he asked
"Deal" so we both got food and found a table we sat across from each other.
"So" I started the conversation "You never told me your last name"
"Oh sorry my bad it is Cullen and yours?" he asked
"Hale" I replied with a smile
"Is your full name Rose or what?"
"My full name is Rosalie Hale"
"I like it"
"Thank you, so do you have any brothers or sisters?" I asked
"Yes two brother's Jasper and Edward you?"
"No just my parents and me" I replied "but I always wanted a sibling"
"Oh trust me, both of my brothers are a pain ,we are each a year apart , first there is Edward he is 21 than there is Jasper is 20 and I am 19"
"Oh me too, I am 19" I said with a bright smile
"Sweetness" He gleamed a smile at me. "So are you and Al best friends" he asked
"Yea her real name is Alice but I call her Al" Than I paused "Wait how do u know Al?"
"Oh she was in a class of mine last year" He said "How long have you known each other?" he asked eating his pasta.
"Oh since 8th grade I think"
"Wow" He said in amazement "Why is she not with you?"
"Um well something happened with her boyfriend and they are not together anymore so I am giving her a little space" I frowned
"Sorry I did not mean to bring up a rough spot"
"Oh no you did not ,I just wanna kick the guys butt that's all" I smirked
"What's the name" he asked
"Erik Jameson" I groaned his name the jerk.
"Never heard of him"
"Lucky you"
"I hope Alice gets better"
"So do I, she is my best friend I hate seeing her like this" We both finished eating.
"Rose would it be ok if I walked you back to your dorm" he asked
"Sure"
"Finally"
"What do you mean by "Finally"?" I asked quoting him
"This time you did not say "If you must""
"Come on" I started to walk and he walked directly next to me.
We reached my door he walked me right to my door.
"Bye Rose, will I be seeing you tomorrow?" he asked
"Yes you will 4 right?"
"Yes" he kissed my cheek I smiled and he jogged away.
I walked into the door and found Al asleep on her bed curled up in a ball. I put a blanket on her. And stared to read. But yet even when reading I was still thinking of Emmett. I was maybe sort of kind of starting to like him. I know I know I just met him today, but yet I still wanted to spend more time with him. I was so excited about tomorrow.
Soon I fell asleep.