Emmett Point of View-open book

When I got home I didn't know what to expect but I certainly didn't expect a welcome as warm as what I got. As expected Esme burst into dry sobs and hugged me as hard as she could and Alice hugged me as well. Carlisle and Jasper just nodded and smiled and Edward pulled me in for one of his 'manly' half hugs. What surprised was Bella nodding at Jazz and then him and Eddie ushering the rest of the family inside and Bella stopping me from going inside.

She slapped me and then pulled me into a hug and whispered in my ear "We all missed you. Don't stay away so long next time" Ah, now it made sense why she wanted the rest of them inside, Bella didn't show emotion unless it was to Edward typically so I knew she really meant it. I was sure it was times like this when she would really want to use her power on me and simply just make me stay but Bella hated if anyone took away free will, especially after her change.

We quickly went inside and all too soon it was time for the next day.

When we walked into the cafeteria I'm sure it would have looked weird having Alice being led in by her elbow by Jasper and Bella and Edward holding onto my elbows with one hand and then holding hands behind my back. I felt completely stupid but they let go to sit down with each other in favour of me. Lunch passed without incident but everyone still wondered whether I should actually go to biology but I just walked away from then calling over my shoulder "see you later."

I was smiling when I sat down in biology. I could do this and then concentrated on taking in deep lungful's of clean air. Then she walked in and took her seat next to me. I could do this I was a civilised being.

"Hello," I said, trying to break the silence and make her more comfortable around me. "I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to introduce myself last week. I'm Emmett Cullen. You're Rosalie?"

"Rose. Just Rose." She replied but I was obvious in her tone of voice that she was confused by my sudden need to talk to her.

"Onion root tip cells," said Mr Molina, calling our attention back to him. "That's what's on your plates right now. Okay? So, I want you to separate and label them into the phases of mitosis. And the first partners that get it right are going to win the Golden Onion."

I bit back a sigh. This was going to be boring how many more years would this be on the curriculum before they changed it I wondered. I pushed the microscope towards her. "Ladies first," I said, politely.

"Thank you." She took the microscope from me and peered through the lens.

"You were gone," She said.

"Yeah, I had to go out of town for a couple of days. Personal reasons," I replied, she wasn't looking up from the microscope. Then she pulled back and pushed it towards me and said, "Prophase."

I took it from her and examined the next one. "Anaphase," I mumble, as I quickly jotted the two of them down.

"So, are you enjoying the rain?" I ask trying really hard to make small talk. The weather was a safe enough topic

She raised an eyebrow. "You're really asking me about the weather?"

"Yeah, I guess I am."

"Well, I like the rain. Forks' weather's not too horrible, but in Phoenix the rain's a lot warmer. It's a bit of a change, but I'm not that fussy about cold, wet things, to be honest."

"But you prefer the warmth?"

"Name me one person who doesn't?" She challenged me and I had to admit she had attitude for someone who claimed to be painfully shy.

I chuckled as we continued identifying the stages of mitosis. I identified one more and gave her the remaining two. We ended up winning the Golden Onion award, but it was really a given between a vampire and human partnership and a human-human partnership, and continued talking as we walked down the hall. "So, if you don't like the cold and rain so much, why'd you move to the wettest place in continental U.S.?" I asked. I wanted to know why she had come and literally changed my entire life.

She sighed. "It's…complicated."

"I'm sure I can keep up," I said, amused. She hesitated. I was sure positive I could get it but did she really want to tell me her life story? Rose seemed to decide that she could obviously and started telling me.

"My mother remarried and…"

"What, you don't like the guy or…?"

"No, I like him. Phil's fine, it's just that they're in Florida right now."

"Okay, so why didn't you move with your mother and Phil?"

"Well, Phil's a very minor league baseball player and he travels a lot for his job. My mother stayed home with me, but I could see it was making her unhappy, so I figured I'd stay with my father for a while."

I nodded understandingly, but then I looked at her trying and failing to see the real reason why a seventeen year old teenage girl would leave the sun for constant rain. "But now you're unhappy."

She shook her head. "No, I like spending time with my dad."

"I'm sorry, I'm just…" I sighed this was getting me nowhere. "I'm just trying to figure you out. You're very difficult for me to read."

Then she looked straight into my eyes and blurted out. "Hey, did you get contacts?"

"No." I replied quickly trying to get her to forget it.

"It's just that the last time I saw you, your eyes were black and now they're like a topaz."

"Yeah, I know, it's the fluorescents," I said, as I shut my eyes.

"I like them topaz. They make you look sort of beautiful." she said honestly and she blushed. That bought the burn back to the front of my mind.

I felt a small hint of a smile on the corner of my lips. "Look, I've got to go meet my family. See you later." I turned around and walked quickly down the corridor with more speed than any normal human could walk at.

I slowed my walk and felt her eyes watching my back disappear in the crowds of people.


I know that the converstion is really similar and that's because I really couldn't be bothered to rewrite like 700 words of conversation so it will be extremely similar

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