Alright guys here is the next update. I'm trying to give you a little bonus for taking so long last time. Hope you guys like it... I'm taking a different spin on things in this chapter. Rosalie speaks!
Chapter Four: Mine
There were places we would go, at midnight
There were secrets that nobody else would know
There's a reason but I don't know why
I don't know why, I don't know why
I thought they all belonged to me
Who's that girl, where's she from, no she can't be the one
That you want, that has stolen my world
It's not real, it's not right, it's my day, it's my night
By the way, who's that girl,
Living my life?
Alice POV
"Well, you sure are lucky Charlie, I'm glad you're alright." Charlie smiled to me and nodded. I was visiting Bella and Charlie for the day, as Bella had requested. She was busy fixing Charlie some lunch while I was keeping him company in the living room. Somehow Bella managed to help him down the stairs this morning, though I knew that couldn't have been easy. I'd have to ask one of the guys to come over tonight to help him back up to his room. Bella is a strong girl, but not so much physically. Not to mention her lack of grace. I smiled at that thought. 'So imperfectly human.' I heard the phone ringing, and listened as Bella answered it in the kitchen.
"Hey Billy.....he's doing fairly well actually..... yeah I know.....trust me, I don't plan on taking any walks anytime soon haha....of course. I'm just making dad some lunch now so it's not a problem, I'll even whip something up for you two.... Alright see you soon Billy." Great. And the wolves descend.
"Who was that Bells?" Charlie called, I had almost forgotten that he probably couldn't have heard her. It was crazy how I felt like I actually fit in with them...
"It was Billy, he and Jake are heading over so ill finish your lunch and then I'm going to make something for them. Now, Alice, are you sure you're not hungry? Is there anything I can get for you?" I shook my head kindly.
"No, no. I ate at home. But thank you Bella. Would you like any help in the kitchen though?" She went to unlock the door, probably for the Black's once they got here.
"No it's alright Alice. My dad seems to be enjoying your company." She told me laughing. Charlie smiled and nodded.
"You are an interesting one to talk to Alice. I sure am glad Bella got to know your family over the last week. I never see much of you kids around town. Now, we all know those stories that you lot are different, but I don't think anything of it. You and your family are always welcome in this house." I was...yes. Speechless. Charlie, a human, has rendered me speechless. I then had the most human reaction I could have in this situation. I smiled real big...and felt...overwhelmed.
"Wow...Charlie I... my family. We are really lucky to have a friend like Bella, and I'm sure that we all thank you very much for your kindness. It is greatly appreciated." He smiled and nodded to me.
"Yeah, don't mention it. I'm just glad Bella is fitting in around Forks. I was a little worried for a while to be honest." Now, I usually understood fairly well what track someone was on when they were explaining something to me. Let's face it, I usually have seen it. But this time, I was utterly confused.
"What do you mean? Bella's great, how could she not fit in?" He readjusted himself slightly on the couch.
"Well, it's not that she wouldn't fit in, she just was having some trouble trusting people is all. She...well... didn't leave Phoenix for no reason." I was completely intrigued. This was part of the whole Bella puzzle I had been working on in my head. Billy held a piece I was missing, and by the sounds of it, he was going to help me fit another piece of information into the big picture.
"Oh? Bella hasn't really mentioned Phoenix. She misses the dry heat, that's for sure." I told him laughing. "And she has hinted around not getting along so well with her mom and her husband, but she never actually told us why." He shook his head, I could tell he was frustrated, but I knew it wasn't with me.
"Yeah. Poor kid. I dunno. It's a big ol' mess if you ask me. Bella and I didn't actually know we were father and daughter 'til this last Christmas." I felt my eyes go wide.
"What?! But..." I lowered my tone a bit. "But Bella is almost eighteen, how did you two not know? I thought that Bella used to come spend some time in the summers here?" He nodded.
"Yeah, we knew we were family, but you see..."
"Hey dad, what would you like on your BLT? Anything different or the usual?...what's going on guys..." Bella asked coming into the living room. I felt bad, I wasn't sure if this was something Bella was ready to talk about yet.
"Just the usual hun, thank you. Alice and I were just talking about how the Cullen's are welcome here anytime. Sound good?" She hesitated, but smiled happily just the same. I knew she was insightful, but how much did this girl really see or read into things? I wasn't sure. I glanced to Charlie who gave me a 'later' look, so I let the issue fall. I now knew a little more of the puzzle though. Bella didn`t just leave Phoenix to spend time with her dad, Phoenix holds something for her. And that something, I was sure, was not a pleasant memory.
Jasper POV
"Hey man, where did Alice get to?" Emmett asked. A moment later, I saw him coming down the stairs, feeling confused.
"She already headed over to Bella's to see Charlie and give Bella a hand. Why?" Realization dawned on him and he nodded.
"Oh I was just going to ask her a futuristic question. You know, get some advice from the little eight ball." I chuckled a bit. He was still quiet confused and I could feel uncertainty radiating from him.
"Take a seat Emmett. Talk to me." He sighed, sitting on the couch across from my armchair where I had been reading an old novel on the history of Phoenix, just out of curiosity.
"Well I'm just so lost on this whole Rosalie thing. She is still furious with me, and now after yesterday when I helped Bella out to Edward's car...Let's just say it definitely didn't help anything." I nodded, feeling his despair from the situation.
"I have thought about...going against us and just siding with Rose to end this argument. But I can't seem to do it. Does that make me a bad mate?" I thought about my response for a moment.
"No, I don't believe it does. You have to be happy as a couple, this is true. And you should support each other. But neither of you can be completely happy if one is always giving. You can't always just give Rosalie what she wants Emmett. You need to be happy to." I could see him running this thought through his mind.
"Well, I don't know about feeling happy Jasper. We don't really feel, but I guess I see what you mean." I shook my head at him, putting my book down completely onto the table and leaning forward, resting my elbows on my knees.
"Look Emmett, trust me alright? We feel. I feel, Esme feels, Edward feels, Rosalie feels, Alice feels, Carlisle feels, and you feel too. I feel it all coming from you. And I know what you feel when you are around Bella. Emmett, if there is any advice I can give you... don't let Rosalie keep you from being happy okay? Maybe go on over the Swan's house and see if Alice needs a hand with anything. She forgot to take Bella her book bag anyway." He just sat there and looked at me. I was a little amused by his reaction. I knew he wasn't expecting me to push him towards the human and defy his mate but, really, we all needed Bella around. Rosalie would just have to suck it up and realize that Emmett couldn't always be there to just give her what she wanted. I watched him thinking, and he finally nodded and stood up. I knew this was hard for him, but maybe this would teach Rose a lesson. She needed a reality check anyway.
Rosalie POV
I listened to them talk from my room upstairs. Obviously I could hear them clearly, but they all thought I was still out hunting. 'And not keep an eye on my man? Yeah right.' I really could not believe what Jasper had just told Emmett. Me keep Emmett from being happy? What about my happiness? That brat is only going to flip our world upside-down and I refused to let Emmett get caught up in that. He is my mate. How Jasper doesn't understand that Emmett going against me on this is wrong I have no idea. I heard Emmett come up the stairs and go to Alice's room to grab that wretched human's bag and go back down the stairs. And I let him. I obviously wasn't getting through to him by bitching, which usually works. I decided this time, I just wanted to observe.
I waited for Emmett to get into his jeep and drive down the long path before I went downstairs. Jasper was still in the living room reading, I tried to pay him no attention.
"Rosalie, where are you going." He asked, not looking up. I turned and glared in his direction.
"Is that any of your business? I think not." I turned again to walk away but he, again, had to be nosey.
"Actually, judging by your emotions, I'd say a better intervene." Great. Now the empathy jerk has me curious.
"You don't think I could feel your jealousy and anger from up the stairs while I was talking to Emmett?" He finally looked up to meet my glare.
"And now, you are on a mission, I can sense your plan. So what is it now. Haven't you made things dramatic enough?"
"How dare you! How dare ALL of you. Do you not think this is harder on me than it is any of you? You don't stand to lose something that belongs to you. No. But I do. I can't lose Emmett, I refuse to. I don't know who she thinks she is distracting my mate like this but if this continues I will make her pay Jasper. Maybe pass that on to your delusional wife." And with that, I walked out. I didn't need to put up with his remarks when he didn't understand how I felt, empathy or not.
I ran to the human's house so my car didn't draw attention. I got close just as Emmett was pulling into their driveway so I hung back a bit and waited it out. I needed to see just how close Emmett was getting to this girl. He couldn't be feeling what I thought Jasper was implying... could he?
Bella POV
I got my dad's lunch ready just as I heard a knock on the door. 'That couldn't be the Black's already...' I thought confused as I brought dad his sandwich. I told them that I'd get the door. When I opened it, I saw the person I least expected to see today.
"Hey Emmett, what's up?" He smiled to me and lifted my bag up for me to see.
"Oh! Thank you so much, Alice must have forgotten it. Would you like to come in? Or..." He smiled and nodded allowing me to lead him into the house. Alice was standing up waiting to say hi.
"Emmett... hey... her backpack oh... yeah. How could that have slipped my mind?"
"It's okay Alice, you're only human."
Emmett POV
I had to try really hard to contain my laughter at Bella's statement. If only she knew. I saw a glint of happiness flash through Alice's eyes, most likely at the thought of being human like Bella. I smiled to her and followed the girls into what must have been the living room.
"Dad, this is Alice's brother Emmett. Emmett, this is my dad Charlie."
"Chief Swan," I greeted with a nod, leaning down to his spot on the couch to shake his hand with my gloved one. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Ah, call me Charlie. It's good to meet you too. You're a decent sized boy, how old are you?"
"Seventeen sir, err... Charlie." Alice gave me an amused look and I was pretty amused myself. No human has ever made me feel...intimidated. The idea was laughable. Yet, Bella's dad did. I was so ...worried he wouldn't like me. Why should that matter?
"Well, you sure are a healthy kid. Anyone hungry? My Bella here is a great cook..."
"That she is Charlie!" Came a voice from the door. I can't believe I didn't smell them until now.
"Bells!" Came a second voice. The young one, Jacob I think, came into the house and grabbed Bella into a hug. I felt a pang in my gut, which was new as well. 'What the hell is that?'
"How you doing Bella? You were so upset yesterday..." She laughed and told him she was much better now that her dad was home. 'I like it when she laughs, so... alive.'
"Good. I like it better when you're laughing." She blushed a bit, causing her scent to fill the air. I had to agree with the soon to be mutt, but part of me just couldn't be happy with their closeness. It was too dangerous for her. None of us could afford to lose her in an accident. What if what happened to Charlie happened to our Bella. 'Our Bella?' I asked myself mentally. It probably wasn't a good idea for even us to be so close to her... none of this was good. It just wasn't healthy...for her. I knew we couldn't go back now though. It was in that moment that I realized. This was too dangerous for Bella, especially with the wolves involved now. I vowed to do anything to protect her. Alice and I stuck around to get to know Charlie a bit better, and managed to actually maintain a level of civilized respect for the Quileute's, as they did for us. At least we could be in the same room together, for Bella's sake...and our own. We all had a secret to keep, and showing hostility was not a way to keep it.
Rosalie POV
I watched them secretly from the windows, listening closely. The way Emmett looked at her...I knew that look. He was acting like her protector with those dogs around. This isn't the way it was supposed to be. This was my family. My existence. My mate. How dare she turn everyone against me? Things weren't always perfect in the house, sure. It really drove me crazy when people like Alice acted like what we are is a good thing. I hate what we are...with a passion. Why would anyone want this. The last thing I need is that human brat around all the time taunting me with each breath. She has things I can never have... all I have is my Emmett. My Emmett.
How dare she distract him from me. How dare she cause this lasting argument between us. How dare she cause him to side with Alice. None of this is how it is supposed to be. Worst of all though, how dare she put that smile on his face... and create that happiness in his once ocean blue eyes. She wasn't supposed to make him feel this way. He was supposed to want to spend his time with me. He was supposed to look at me with that look and those eyes.
As I watched Emmett laughing with Charlie over a game, I also saw him glancing at Bella laughing with the young mutt...Jacob they call him. I then made eye contact with Alice, who gave me a warning glare. It was then that I decided. I vowed to put that brat in her place. I won't keep my silence anymore and watch her take everything. Everything... I have everything to lose. 'She can't have it. She will never have my everything.' I glared right back at Alice, and I knew she was listening as I growled.
"He's mine."
Hey guys! How was that? Kinda short yes, but I wanted to give you another update soon. I hope the plot is deeper now that you got a glimpse into Rosalie's mind. Enjoy guys! Read and Review!!
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Who's That Girl – Hilary Duff
