A/N: So...I've never written in Rosalie POV before, I hope you like it :)
RPOV
"Okay class, I want you to close your eyes and take in a deep breath…now slowly let it out…" Mrs. Rayne instructed.
Mrs. Rayne was my 'Emotional Connection' teacher. I'm not joking, that was her real title. She helped us learn how to connect with the characters we had to portray. Despite this being my favorite class, the lady was absolutely outrageous. She believed in having a sixth sense and being able to talk to spirits and things like that.
Today we were learning how to take our own memories and apply them to a character's own emotions.
"Leave your eyes closed and I want everyone to think back to the last time you were truly happy."
"Edward, you're just jealous." I smirked at him.
"Why would I be jealous?" he asked honestly.
"Because you don't have a true hair color. I mean seriously what is that called? It's not blonde, it's not red, and it's not brown, AND it's not like the stuff ever lays the way you want it to anyway. You look like you just walked out of a wind tunnel all the time."
"Hey! I like it that way!" Bella defended.
We were all camped out in the Cullen's living room the night before moving day and somehow we had gotten on the topic of hair. It was Edward's funny-colored locks that were up for discussion at the moment.
"Yes, he does have a unique shade, but that's what makes it so beautiful and interesting." Alice mused.
"I don't see it. To me it just looks like he doesn't care what his hair looks like." Jasper snorted.
"And all I see is brown. How can you not call that a light brown Rosie?!" Emmett looked at me in disbelief.
"Because Emmie, its not brown. Bella's hair is brown, Edward's is just…" I sat trailed off not knowing exactly what to call it.
All my friends around me started thinking about it themselves and we were quiet for a long time. At some point, Carlisle had walked in and was looking around at the six of us.
"You all must be really trying to figure something out because Emmett has on his thinking face and we ever rarely see that." He chuckled.
"Brown!" Emmett yelled out suddenly.
"No, we don't know what it is!" I argued back.
"Why does it matter?" Edward tried to holler over our bickering.
Soon, all of us were arguing about Edward's hair.
Bella was trying to convince us that it was bronze like a penny, Alice thought it should stay a mystery or it might ruin the essence of Edward's mop top, Jasper didn't really care, Emmett kept chanting "Brown, brown, brown, brown," I was chanting back "No, no, no, no," Edward was with Jasper, in that he didn't think it really mattered, and Carlisle was trying to stop all the fighting.
"EVERYONE STOP!" Carlisle yelled out finally.
All of our heads whipped around to meet him and he doubled over in laughter. We soon followed him and were gasping for breath from the absurdity of the argument.
Mrs. Rayne pulled me from the memory with another request, "Now think of sorrow. Remember the last time you just felt like breaking down and crying. I want to be able to see the pain on everyone's face when I look around the room."
Bella quietly excused herself and walked out the door. Emmett and I just stood there staring at each other, his eyes were glazed over as tears threatened to spill out as mine were already cascading down my face at full force.
We just stood there awkwardly for a few minutes. I knew Emmett wasn't the best with goodbyes and I just didn't know what to say. Well that's actually a lie, I wanted to tell him to stay and never leave me, but that wouldn't be fair.
Psh, who am I kidding? When does Rosalie Hale ever care about what's fair?
"You can't go." I sniffed.
I watched as Emmett's eyes twisted into pain and his tears poured out one by one.
I closed the small distance between us with a few strides and wrapped my arms and legs around his body. I nestled my head in to crook of his neck and whispered how much I was going to miss him.
He pulled me tighter against his chest and took in a shaky breath, "I am absolutely, positively, so much in love with you Rosalie that I will never stop thinking about you until you're safe in my arms again. But I know we can do this. We've been through this before and this time will be easier, I'm sure of it." He offered a small smile and I returned it with my lips crashing to his.
"I love you too Emmett." I mumbled against his mouth.
He held me for what seemed like only a few seconds longer before he had to get going. I walked him to the door and before he exited he spun around and grabbed my face between his hands, "I love you Rosie, and I'll miss you like hell."
With that he fused our lips together for the last time and I watched as he walked down the hallway and out of my sight.
I ended up crumpled on the floor beside the door. No tears were coming out, I was sure I had cried them all out, but the break in my heart was still present and I was sure the only way to mend it was to be with him again.
"Everyone open your eyes now and notice Miss Hale, she has obviously connected with sorrow so deeply that it has brought back all the pain."
I opened my eyes slowly and found all my classmates giving me sympathetic looks and Mrs. Rayne looking so proud as though her only child had won a Nobel Prize.
Paul nudged my arm and offered a tissue, I didn't understand until he motioned to my eyes and I realized I was crying.
"Would you like to tell us what memory you picked? You don't have to go into detail, but I for one am very curious as to what made you react that way."
I cleared my throat and put on convincing smile, "It was just when I had to say goodbye to someone I really cared about."
"Ah, I see. Hold onto that feeling, being able to cry on command is a real money maker." Mrs. Rayne joked.
I laughed along with her and listened to the rest of her lesson until we were dismissed.
Paul and Gianna walked with me back to the dorms, each with a comforting arm around my shoulder. They knew I was having a hard time lately because Emmett was coming to visit me this weekend and I could hardly hold in my emotions I was so excited.
It was Thursday afternoon and Emmett would be arriving later in the evening tomorrow night. I had been replaying our goodbye everyday and it always brought me to tears, sometimes they were happy because I knew he was coming to see me soon, and other times they were sad from knowing he would just have to leave again after the short two days.
"Alright, we are doing something fun tonight." Gianna declared, trying to lighten my mood.
"I say we host another round of 'Finally get Aro and Heidi to realize their feelings for each other.'" Paul smirked, "I mean did you see them last night during the movie? Heidi was practically on top of him!"
"I know just what we need to do!" I said happily, eyeing Gianna.
-:-:-
The five of us usually had movie nights on weeknights when none of us had work to do, so I chose Texas Chainsaw Massacre to put our plan into motion.
Heidi, Gianna, and I were popping the popcorn while waiting for the guys to arrive when I gave Gianna the signal let her know to begin phase one.
"So Aro is coming tonight, right?" Gianna asked innocently.
"Of course...why?" Heidi seemed curious.
"Just wondering, I was hoping he'd be here."
"Oh." Heidi replied shortly.
I inwardly high-fived myself, we were off to a good start.
Paul and Aro arrived with the candy and we crowded around the TV. Paul and I usually shared the recliner while Gianna took a spot on the floor and Heidi and Aro took the couch, but tonight Gianna plopped right in between Heidi and Aro. They both looked at each other with annoyed expressions before focusing their attention to the movie.
Gianna was playing her part well as the movie started getting scary and she would hide behind Aro's shoulder. Heidi was getting more and more aggravated by the minute and Aro looked so uncomfortable it was down right hilarious.
All of the sudden, Heidi paused the movie, "Rose I need more popcorn, want to help me in the kitchen?"
I looked down at her bowl and noticed it was still half full and smirked, "Sure."
We entered the small kitchen where you could still see what was going on in the living room and Heidi started snapping her fingers, that's what she did when she was nervous, stressed, uncomfortable, any high level of emotion really, "What is going on with those two?!" she whisper-yelled.
"Who?" I asked, playing dumb.
"Gianna and Aro!" she said flinging her hands in the air.
"Oh? I didn't really notice anything…"
"How could you not?! She is all over him!"
"Does that bother you?" I asked carefully.
"Obviously!" she said a little too loud and Paul, Aro, and Gianna turned around to see what was going on.
"Need any help in there?" Paul offered, trying to hide his smile.
"Yes! Paul come here I have a question!" Heidi called.
Paul entered the kitchen as well and had to press his lips together to keep form laughing, Heidi was raging.
"You saw Aro and Gianna in there cuddling didn't you?!"
"Cuddling? No. Maybe he was just comforting her during the scary parts." He said a little suggestively.
"Comforting my ass…" Heidi grumbled.
"Are you okay Heidi? Why do you care so much anyway?" Paul asked sincerely.
She sighed and started snapping again. I grabbed her fingers to quiet them and she sighed again, "Okay, I like Aro."
The biggest smile broke out across my face and I hollered for Gianna to join us.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Heidi hissed as Gianna bounced up from the couch and entered the almost too-crowded kitchen.
"What's up?" She smiled sweetly as Heidi glowered at her.
"She finally confessed." I told Gianna who smiled knowingly.
"Wait…what?!" Heidi growled.
"It sure took you long enough, I was thinking I would have to whip out some of my good tricks." Gianna teased.
"You guys knew?!" she asked in utter shock.
"Well, yeah. Honey, its not that big of a secret." Paul snickered.
"We were waiting for you two to finally jump each other or something, but it never happened, so we decided to take matters into out own hands." I told her.
"So...Gianna Aro don't have a thing?" she asked us.
We all shook our heads.
"Then can we all return to our regular movie-watching spots?"
"Of course." Gianna laughed as Heidi smiled again and flitted over to Aro's side.
"I'd say tonight was successful." Paul laughed, "Now we just have to convince Heidi to go in for the kill."
-:-:-
Friday afternoon, 5:00 p.m.
Emmett would be leaving Pullman soon and be in here in about three hours.
I was freaking out.
All morning I had gone through outfit after outfit, trying to find the perfect one to wear for Emmett.
I settled on a pair of distressed jeans, silver flats (because heels would slow me down when I tried to run into his arms), a plain white tank, and his WSU basketball jersey from last year I stole, over that. I tied it in the back to make it a little more form fitting and made sure I had his promise ring securely on my finger.
I only had swing dance class that day so I had plenty of time to kill, which turned out to be very hard. I went to breakfast at the café with Heidi before our class and could only eat a couple bites of my muffin and a few sips of juice because my stomach was in knots.
After class I searched the parking lot, hoping he was able to make it down here earlier, but the Jeep was nowhere in sight.
Gianna tried to distract me with talk about how to break down Aro into confessing his love for Heidi, but I wasn't in the zone.
I decided to sit on the front steps of my building so I could see Emmett the moment he pulled in and Paul joined me.
"You know, your boyfriend better not be as good looking as he is in those pictures you've shown me, or you might have some competition." He joked.
"You don't stand a chance Paul, Emmett is so out of your league."
We spent the better part of the day arguing about what league Paul truly was in and then it hit 5:00, present time, where I had my gaze fixed on the road.
Every car that passed made my heart skip a beat, or start racing, or stop altogether.
BZZ! BZ! BZ! BZ! BZZ!
My phone went off and Emmett's name flashed across the screen. I just sat there staring at it with my mouth open.
Paul lifted a finger and shut my jaw, "Answer it stupid!" he laughed.
I gave him a dirty look and flipped my phone open.
"Emmie?"
"ROSE! I'M LIKE AN HOUR AWAY!" He boomed.
"Really?!" I shrieked.
"YES!! START YOUR WARM-UP LIP DRILLS BECAUSE I EXPECT A BIG WET ONE WHEN I SEE YOU!" he continued to yell.
"I will, I will, just stop yelling!" I scolded.
"Sorry…I'm just a little excited. Bells and Jazz weren't too happy with me this morning when I came in there rooms and jumped on their beds yelling 'I GETTA SEE MY ROSIE TODAY!'" he laughed sheepishly.
"Oh, Emmett…" I sighed and shook my head.
I miss him so damn much.
"Listen, I can drive faster with two hands, so I'll see you in a little bit." He said hurriedly.
"Alright, love you."
"Love you too."
-:-:-
I continued to stay on my step in front of the building, even after Paul went inside. It almost felt like I could sense him getting closer. My legs started bouncing up and down furiously, my feet tapped a fast tempo rhythm on the cement beneath them, and I began to snap like Heidi does when she's anxious.
At one point, a Jeep similar to Emmett's turned the corner and I jumped up and started sprinting towards it, but then I realized it was white and shuffled back to my stoop on the steps.
I don't know how much time passed between the Emmett Imposter and now, but it seemed long enough. I was studying my nails, trying to distract myself when I heard tires screeching around the corner. My head snapped in its direction and I could see Emmett's toothy grin behind the wheel. Before I could even react and run to meet him, he pulled the huge vehicle onto the sidewalk and lunged out, tripping in the process.
I took a moment to really look at him, he was wearing the 'I Love RH' t-shirt I got him for Christmas a couple years ago and his favorite, worn out jeans. His promise ring gleamed in the sunlight and I could feel my smile growing even larger, if that was possible.
Immediately he scooped me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist, tangled my hands in his hair, and peppered kisses all over his face.
"I. Missed. You. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. Much!" I got out between kisses.
I saved the best for last and ran my tongue along his bottom lip before he couldn't take it any longer and forcefully collided our mouths together.
He let out a satisfied hum and pulled me closer to him.
"You stole my jersey." He breathed out as he took in my attire.
"And?" I challenged him.
"Its sure looks better on you than it ever did on me." He chuckled.
I giggled as he set me to my feet again but kept our hands firmly clasped together.
We got in the Jeep so he could move it to a parking spot and wouldn't get a ticket, all the while giddily laughing at random moments just because we were finally together.
We walked back to my dorm, well Emmett skipped, and I couldn't erase the smile on my face. It didn't help that Emmett was humming Reunited by Peaches and Herb. That just made me think about how much I had missed him and his goofiness.
We entered my room and Emmett said before he was introduced to anybody we had to make up for lost times. So after a make out session on my bed, he was finally ready to meet all my friends.
Gianna and Heidi were in the living room watching TV and didn't notice us enter, so Emmett casually went and sunk down on the floor right in front of the television, "What in the world are you watching?" he asked in a disgusted voice.
"Extreme Makeover." Gianna answered, still engrossed in the program.
"It's a show about plastic surgery." I informed him as I crawled into his lap.
"WHAT DID THEY JUST TAKE OUT OF HER NOSE?!" he shrieked.
"Shhh!!" both girls scolded him together.
Finally it was commercial break and Heidi realized who our guest was, "Oh my gosh! When did you get here Emmett?!"
"Around the time they started reconstructing that lady's cartilage in her face." He said, still with a grossed out look.
"Sorry, we were really into the show." Gianna said sheepishly.
"Really?? I was about to puke all over your floor." He laughed.
I rolled my eyes, "Emmett this is my other roommate Gianna, Gianna this is my boyfriend Emmett. And Heidi, you and Emmett have already met."
Both girls went in for a polite handshake, but Emmett being Emmett crushed them with his infamous bear hugs instead.
"Handshakes are for strangers!" he scoffed after releasing them from his vice.
We made our way up to the floor above mine and knocked on the boys' door. Paul greeted us, and his eyes lit up when he saw the man latched to my hand, "Emmie!!" he said as he went in for a hug.
"Paulie!!" Emmett hugged him back.
"Something I should know about?" I asked, cocking my eyebrow.
"Yes," Emmett looked at me seriously, "I'm sorry to say this, but Paul has shown me what its like to drive on the opposite side of the rode…if you know what I mean…"
It took about .9 seconds until they both toppled over in hysterics. I couldn't help but laugh with them, a gay Emmett was definitely an interesting thought.
"Actually the night he thought I was trying to get with you and he called to yell at me, we had a nice conversation." Paul explained.
I just laughed again and entered the guys' place. Aro had come out of his room and was probably wondering what all the commotion was.
"Aro, I want you to meet my boyfriend. This is Emmett, Emmett this is Aro."
"Ello, a pleasure to meet you." Aro said, his had held out for a shake. Little did he know, that's not the way Emmett rolled...
Emmett chuckled and gave Aro a manly 'pat on the back' hug, "You know, you remind me of a less dorkier version of my brother."
"Edward?" Aro guessed. I had told him so many times about how he and Edward were so much alike it was scary.
"Yeah! But he couldn't pull off a British accent like you." Emmett mused.
-:-:-
We spent very little time with everyone, before retreating back into my room. I didn't want to share Emmett with anyone. He was here to see me and I wasn't about to deprive him of that joy.
We traded stories about everyday of our lives that we had missed not being together. Emmett told me something about needing to cook for me this weekend sometime so he could see this new apron Bella let him get…
I was just stuck in a complete state of bliss. We were cuddled up on my bed and Emmett would rub my back as he talked and I could feel the vibrations as my head rested high up on his shoulder. I began to start asking him questions about things I didn't really care about at all just so I could hear his voice.
We stayed up most of the night talking, with random outbursts of kissing and I remember hearing both our phones going off at some point, but we didn't make a move to go answer them. We were content with life at the moment. I had my Emmett and he had his Rosie, and I was truly happy.
Emmett fell asleep around two in the morning and I welcomed the snores that used to annoy the living crap out of me and I started to feel my eyes droop.
As sleep began to consume me I remember thinking, I know exactly what my happy memory will be next time I have class with Mrs. Rayne.
A/N: Aww! :)
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"WHAT DID THEY JUST TAKE OUT OF HER NOSE?!" he shrieked.
I don't know about you, but I hatewatching plastic surgery shows, its sooo disgusting. But once I start watching them I can't stop...its a problem... :P
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