Chapter Three
She came running in, bumping into someone who was leaving, and muttered a quick apology. I laughed. She went up to the counter and ordered whatever it was she usually ordered and then sat next to me in the small set up of two loveseats. I took a sip of my water.
"Hectic morning. I woke up and Jasper was in a certain mood, he wanted bacon, and then I got a call from some teenager whose transmission is now broken due to something, she doesn't know what, and so I had to sit on the phone with her for an hour telling her to calm down and that I would meet her at the shop at one," she said all in one breath. She usually was long winded. I laughed again. It was forced.
"How was your morning?" she asked. Her order was called up so she went to grab it. I answered her when she sat back down.
"Oh, you know, the usual. I woke up in his bed, took a shower, came here to meet you, nothing new," I said. Maybe I said it a bit too fast, but she looked at me questioningly.
"'His'?" was all she said. Oh. I hadn't used his name and I spat the word out like it was salt. It was also supposed to be our bed.
"Emmett, sorry," I said, hoping she wouldn't push it any further. But Alice always pushed in a nice, tender way.
"Honey, is there something going on between you two?" she asked sweetly, obvious concern in her voice. She always noticed things. Granted, Emmett and I had hated each other for the past… however long it had already been, but she still noticed.
"We're just going through a rough patch right now, that's all. We'll get over it I'm sure," I said, shaking my head and then pulling a stray piece of hair behind my ear. I needed a hair cut.
"Okay, if you ever want to talk about anything, just let me know, okay sweetie?" she said, taking a sip from her coffee cup. I looked down at my hands and nodded, a smile planted on my face.
"Do you wanna go out tonight?" I asked. It had been a while since just us girls had gone to a bar. We used to go all the time, but we stopped for … reasons.
"Rose, we're leaving. Now," Emmett said, authority he never used unless he was very angry in his voice. I looked at him like he was crazy. Yes, I was drunk, and I wasn't the smartest person right now.
"Emmy, we just got here. Can't we stay a while more?" I pleaded, taking a large sip from my martini. He looked at me for a second, then picked me up, slung me over his shoulder, and carried me out of the bar.
I hit his back constantly, yelling at him to let me down. He did when we reached the car.
"What was that for?" I asked. He never did that to me. He usually said, 'I'll see you at home,' or compromised with me. He never forced me anywhere.
"That was for your being drunk, and your diminishing amount of clothing," he retorted, opening the door and waiting for me to get in. I crossed my arms. Lately he had been uptight.
"You didn't seem to mind my lack of clothing at the house," I replied smoothly, staring him in the eye.
"That's true. There also wasn't twenty guys tugging at your shirt at the house. Get in," he said, leaving the door open and walking around to his side of the car. I closed my door.
"I'll walk home," I said, and turned to walk away.
"Rose, baby, don't do that. It's twenty degrees outside and you're hardly wearing anything," he protested. Yet he didn't move from the car door.
"Stop me," I said, starting to walk away from the car. I heard him sigh and the sound of the door closing followed it. I expected his hand to grab my shoulder like it usually did, but instead I heard the sound of the engine starting. I looked back and saw the pull off. My jaw opened. I couldn't believe he had just done that.
"Sure, just you, Bella, and me, or do you want the guys to come along as well?" she asked, pulling out her Blackberry.
"Yeah, just us girls. Jasper could come along and drive us home though, if you wanted," I suggested. Her face lit up at that thought and she started texting someone. Jasper, no doubt. I envied their love.
"Do you want us to meet you at the usual place around eight?" she asked, not looking up from the screen. I looked at it, she was texting Bella.
"Sure, that sounds good," I said, smiling. It would feel good to get out of the apartment for a while.
Eight o'clock couldn't arrive soon enough for me, so I went to the bar at seven thirty, happy that it opened at seven. It used to only happen at eight. I ordered a beer to start the night off, and finished that quickly. There weren't many people there, but as it grew closer to eight, the place started filling up quickly.
And right on time, Bella, Alice and Jasper walked through the door, looking for me. I instantly regretted coming early. It occurred to me as I saw them that I had had four beers. Damn my being a lightweight. I was already borderline tipsy and drunk. They walked up to me and I tried to act like I had just gotten there.
"Hey guys," I said happily. I even waved. That and my breath combined, they would know I had been here a while.
"Hey, how's it going?" Bella asked, giving me a quick hug. I hugged her back.
"It's going good," I said, though it sounded slurred to me. They laughed.
"Happy hour started early for someone," I heard Jasper say to Alice, and I couldn't help but giggle. He leaned down and whispered something in her ear and she nodded. He kissed her cheek before going to sit down at the end of the bar.
We made our way to the dance floor soon after that and I got a little carried away. I danced with a few guys, but one in particular. He was tall, he had dark skin, long black hair that was silky to the touch, and brown eyes. Not at all my type, but that night he was attractive. Exceedingly attractive.
During the slow song Jasper joined Alice and Bella walked to the bar to get herself another drink, and I took the man I had met to a corner. At first I thought it was just the alcohol finally having an effect on me, but then I realized that I, Rosalie Lillian Hale, found this perfect stranger attractive, and for the first time in a while I wanted to take someone back to my place, even if it was just for one night. But I only kissed him. I took his phone from his pocket and entered my number and then put it back.
I walked away feeling high. It was a light feeling, not the feeling of being drunk, which was more of a weighty feeling. I felt like I needed some fresh air, so I walked out. I could feel my three friends following me. I instantly regretted wearing a backless shirt.
"Rose, what happened to your back?" I heard Bella ask from my right. I felt Alice's hands tracing the bruises on my back lightly.
"I just fell last night. I left something on my floor and I couldn't see. It was an accident, nothing to worry about," I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"If you say so," Bella said, moving on quickly. Of course the clumsy one would take the excuse that I tripped over something in my room at night.
Alice and Jasper didn't buy it, but stayed silent. They dropped Bella off first. After we said goodbye to her, Alice turned around and looked at me from the passenger seat.
"Now, what honestly happened? You spoke too fast and said too many words for that "I tripped and fell on something in my room last night" excuse to be true," she said. Jasper nodded in agreement. I looked at the two of them and sighed. They noticed too much to be fair. I decided to tell them part of the truth.
"It's embarrassing," I said, looking down, blood coming to my cheeks. It never did that when I talked about sex with Emmett. "But Emmett and I got a little… carried away last night," I said, wording my response carefully. Alice and Jasper accepted this response with open arms.
When Emmett and I had been dating we had been known for our adventurous not-so-private private moments. Anything to do with sex and bruises would be bought instantly.
I walked up the stairs to my apartment wondering what kind of fate was waiting for me behind the door when I heard music playing. I opened the door slowly to see something unexpected.
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