A/N: Hey guys, another chapter. Enjoy!
P.S Remember that Rosalie doesn't know anything about Bella, so until she can have an actual conversation with him, Rosalie is going to use feminine pronouns.
BPov
"Everyone know their story?" Hades asks for the third time. Persephone rolls her eyes at her husband as she serves dinner.
"You're Charlie, Auntie is Renee, I'm Bella," I begin.
"I'm Jane- Bella's twin- and we're the Swan family. You're the chief of police," Artemis continues.
"While Renee is an elementary school teacher." I look at my sister and snicker at our uncle's fretting. She sticks her tongue out at me, and I gasp in mock hurt. Her scrunched face breaks into a lazy grin at my antics. Out the corner of my eye, I see Persephone cover up her chuckle with a cough. Hades misses all of this as he slowly paces while making sure our story is solid. He looks up when neither of us continue our spiel. Artemis and I look at each other before turning back to him.
"We're juniors in high school," the both of us say in twin-speak. Hades gives us a somewhat excited smile and walks over to the dinner table. Artemis lets out a sigh and shakes her head in amusement while I face palm at our uncle's child-like wonder.
"Ok, now I registered you both for Forks high school. You start tomorrow." Hades states as he sits down and starts to look at a gun catalog; he's been obsessed with guns since he started at the station last week. Persephone walks up to him with a plate of food and kisses his cheek. I smile at their sweet display-especially since Zeus never accepted their marriage.
"Jane, Bella, you should start getting used to this life. No using your other names just to be safe," Persephone- well, Renee-says gently as she kisses the side of my head. My smile turns into a grimace, and my mood sours a bit. Renee pats my shoulder on her way to sit down. Looking down, I push the food around on my half-eaten plate.
"Ma, I think I'm gonna go shower," I say suddenly not hungry. She nods her head and squeezes my hand as I pass by. Jane looks at me in concern, so I smile at her to let her know I'm fine.
As soon as the spray hits my body, all my tension leaves, and I hum to myself softly as I scrub the shampoo through my mohawk. Humming soon turns into singing, and the emotion of the song mixed with the memory my father's hatred turns my somewhat relaxing shower into a storm of sorrow. My singing comes to a strangled end as fat tears blend with the warm water around me and heavy sobs escape my chest. I lose my grip on reality, and my legs give out beneath me, leaving me hugging my knees to my chest tightly. My grip tightens further as I try to hold myself together.
/
RPov
"245, Rose," Alice says to me suddenly. I look up from my car magazine a little annoyed.
"Damnit Alice, now what am I supposed to do?" I grumble going back to staring blankly at the article in front of me. Above us, Edward's bed scrapes the floor. After two hundred forty-five protesting squeaks from Edward's bed, my brothers finish their love fest. They come downstairs and sit on the loveseat across from me.
"Woah," Edward gasps as he stares at Alice. Jasper-beneath him- rubs his shoulder in anticipation. I glance at my brother with a questioning brow raised. He turns from Alice to me.
"We have new students, and they aren't human… as a matter of fact, it looked like they were- "
Alice suddenly tackles him from his seat on his mate. The loveseat that the boys occupied hits the floor from the sudden force, and Jasper is thrown from his seat. Jasper and I look on incredulously as the two roll around on the floor using their gifts to have a conversation. Alice finally lets Edward up from the floor after pushing herself up using his face. She huffs in annoyance and glares at him, daring him to speak. He raises his hands in surrender and mimes locking his mouth and gives her the key. I send them another questioning look, but Edward shrugs his shoulders and points at our pixie-like sister. With a roll of my eyes, I get up and head to the garage.
Immediately, I throw a jumpsuit on over my clothes and get under my baby; a 1980 Camaro Z28. Soon, I'm covered in grease and dirt from the rusted original parts. I make a mental note of all the parts I'll need to fully restore her before my foot is kicked. Rolling from under the car, I look toward the bright opening of the garage. Partially blocking the way is Emmett and Victoria.
"What's shakin' bacon?" Emmett booms unintentionally- everything the man does is louder than the average person. I grasp the hand offered by Victoria and pull myself into a standing position. Looking around, I spot a rag and wipe my hands before offering it to Victoria.
"Probably Eddie's legs, Emmy." He guffaws and raises his hand for a fist bump. Chuckling myself, I indulge in the giant's humor.
"Nice one, Rose," smirks Victoria. My grin widens in response.
"Alice says it's time to get ready for school. She has an outfit laid out for you," Emmett says as he enters the house. I hum my acknowledgment and clean up the mess I made before going inside to get ready. Within fifteen minutes, I'm showered, dressed, and heading out the door to Emmett's jeep.
It's the same as every day when we get to school- overly hormonal teenagers sending copious amounts of pheromones toward anyone unfortunate enough to be considered attractive. The boys leer at my sisters and me with lust in their eyes while the girls stare on in jealousy. A scoff escapes me at the behavior of the mortals. Jasper raises an eyebrow in my direction, but it's Edward who responds.
"It's quite disgusting how humans faun over each other like that. Have they no shame?" he sneers. Emmett raises his eyebrows at Edward in amusement.
"Really Eddy? Have we gone back in time to the Victorian era; have they no shame? Ha! We all know vampires are the ones with no shame." He wiggles his eyebrows suggestively for emphasis.
"Ugh, you are such a pig, Emmett!"
"Well if I'm a pig, call me pork chop!" Emmett challenges.
"That's not even the saying. God, do you know any idioms, you idiot?" Edward says exasperated.
"I do, it's just that Rosie is bacon. Weren't you listening earlier?" Emmett replies in a condescending tone. I snort at their childish argument. Emmett throws a smirk in my direction, and I shake my head at his teasing.
"I'm going inside now- care to let the children be?" I ask my other siblings. Alice and Victoria follow my lead, but Jasper stays behind to make sure nothing gets out of hand. All around us, people whisper about the new kids. Alice walks beside me with a grin on her face.
"Why are you so happy?"
"You'll find out in approximately two point two seconds!" she explains giddily. Before I can ask her about it, I run into something almost as hard as me and stumble. Surprised, I look up at what- who- I ran into. When my eyes meet the stormy blue ones of the girl before me, I feel a phantom beat I my chest. My emotions kick up in a flurry around me as they move from one emotion to the next. My inner beast claws at the cage I have her in. Suddenly aware of how close I am to losing control, I mentally add more locks and chains to her containment. She snarls at me and screams about me keeping her from her mate. I space out for a second trying to process her claim.
"Excuse me, I didn't see you there. Did I hurt you?" a strong melodic voice asks. Coming out of my stupor, my mouth opens and closes trying to find words to say. Embarrassment floods my system as I move my gaze to the floor in front of me. Suddenly, I feel a hesitant hand on my shoulder. I move my head slightly to see her bend a bit to catch my eyes. She smiles when she notices me looking at her.
"Hi, I'm Isabella. May I know your name?" she-Isabella- asks sending another smile my way. A grin unconsciously graces my features, and I'm able to respond.
"I'm Rosalie, nice to meet you." Isabella whispers my name softly as if she were committing it to memory. I giggle softly at that. Her gaze finds mine again, and her eyes sparkle brightly. For a moment, I feel a bit dazzled, which confuses me. I subtly shake away my thoughts and attempt to pay attention to Alice, who began to speak.
"So, have the two of you gotten your schedules yet?" she asks a bit more giddy than usual. Victoria snorts in amusement-which startles me because I forgot she was there. Trying-and failing-to hide my slight jump, I turn back to Isabella.
"Unfortunately, my sister and I have yet to find the office. If you aren't too busy, can we ask you ladies to show us the way?" Isabella asks looking directly at me. I duck my head to hide how flustered the look makes me, but I catch Isabella's charming smirk from the corner of my eye.
As my mouth opens to reply to the beautiful woman before me, the boys come running-Edward chasing Emmett in anger and Jasper chasing Edward to calm him down. Emmett scoops me up and throws me over his shoulder. It happens too fast for me to protest, but looking into Isabella's eyes, I can tell she isn't happy. Emmett continues running from Edward with me on his shoulder. Instead of trying to get out of my best friend's grip, I resign myself to waiting patiently for lunch. A wistful sign escapes me at the loss of spending time with my mate.
