"I asked you to hire Edward Masen, not the entire Forks High student body!" Rosalie screamed. She had Mr. Durango pinned against the wall. Barrett was at her side, looking suitably outraged.

Edward Masen was insistent that Miss Swan have a job," Mr. Durango said evenly. "She's Red Cross certified, you know."

"That's already been clearly pointed out to me!" Rosalie yelled. She wasn't sure she would ever get over the humiliation of being rescued by Bella.

"And Edward was most persuasive on behalf of his teammates," Mr. Durango continued. "Something about working together, winning together."

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Rah-rah, sis-boom-bah."

"You told me whatever it takes to hire Edward Masen," the manager reminded her. "Well, this is what it took."

"Why didn't you warn me about the rest of them?!" She wailed.

Mr. Durango stiffened. "I did discuss the matter with the Lava Springs board, of course."

"The board…" Barrett looked from Mr. Durango to his sister, his mouth dropping open as the truth slowly dawned. 'You mean, our…"

"MOTHER!" Rosalie screamed.

It didn't take long to track down Mrs. Hale. She was in yoga class, doing the down-dog position. Rosalie and Barrett took up the position themselves in order to talk to her.

"I thought it would be a lovely surprise, my darlings," Mrs. Hale said. "When Mr. Durango informed me that Edward Masen wanted more Spartans here, I thought, how brilliant!"

"Brilliant?" Rosalie was outraged.

Her mother twisted into another position. Rosalie and Barrett did the same.

"Think about the future, kitten," Mrs. Evans said. "These are chums, not the fuddy-duddy Lava Springs members."

Rosalie reminded herself that it was bad manners to scream in the middle of a yoga class. "These are not my chums!" she said as loudly as she dared. "They'll steal my summer show!"

Her mother smiled serenely (yoga helped her a great deal when it came to dealing with Rosalie). "And what fresh talent you'll have for your Star Dazzle show!"

Rosalie forgot her vow to show good yoga-class manners. "Mother, did you hear what I just said?!" she yelled. Frustrated, she turned to her brother. "Barrett, talk to mother."


It's short, I know, but I'm kinda sick of writing a story that's already been written and everybody knows. Updates will probably be slow for a while.

~BabyBallerina95