Regenerated these feelings of hatred,
I long for your love evermore.
You built me up and you broke me down,
This time.
And I would wait for you,
If you would wait for me.

- Cigarette by Yellowcard

School was boring, and work was just as usual for Emmett. He found out quickly that he and Rosalie had mismatching shifts except for Wednesday, when Ed didn't work. But with Carl around, Emmett felt embarrassed whenever Rosalie was there. They would exchange a smile, maybe a "Hey," but nothing else. She didn't need help putting up the chairs anymore. Or maybe it was because Emmett never asked again.

One day when Ed was sick, about a month into school, Carl seemed to be growing impatient. "Emmett," he whispered.

"Yeah?"

Carl motioned for him to come closer to him. "Why haven't you made your move yet?"

Emmett raised an eyebrow. "Uh… what?"

Exasperated, he clarified, "Well, I mean, it's obvious you like each other. I just don't see why you don't act upon it."

He sighed. "It's more complicated than that, you don't understand."

Carl surprised Emmett by laughing. He turned to see that Carl was shaking his head. "You make it sound like I'm a child."

He rolled his eyes. "Not a child, a grown-up." Grinning, Emmett added, "Same thing, basically."

The conversation ended there. Emmett really didn't believe that Carl understood how… delicate the situation was. They were opposing sides, basically enemies. In October alone, Emmett had asked kids for updates on "them" at least twenty times. It was juvenile, really, how the feud was. Childhood friends weren't able to hang out anymore, siblings and cousins were hostile towards each other, and people who would be good friends were irrelevant enemies.

But finally, it was Saturday, and the gang was at the skate park. Emmett and Jasper were on the same ramp, Alice was on a halfpipe with Angela, Jacob and Seth on another one, Ed was trying to teach Bella how to grind on a rail, and Ben was talking to some other kids. It was a normal, run-of-the mill day. The sky was blue with puffs of white every now and then, and it was getting close to sunset. Halloween was this Thursday, and Carl gave Ed and Emmett the day off.

There was an autumnal chill in the air, changing the color of the leaves to brilliant yellows, oranges and reds. Emmett walked over to the usual bench, and sat down, waiting for his friends to come, too. "What's up?" Jasper asked when everyone had got there.

"Halloween," Emmett answered. "What are we doing?"

Alice grinned, since she was in charge of costumes, like every year. Halloween was her favorite holiday for two reasons; she had an excuse to dress people up insanely, and free candy. "Well Jasper and I are going as the Mad Hatter and Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Ed and Bella are going as Jack Skellington and Sally Ragdoll, Jake and Seth are going as werewolves, Ben and Ang are going as 50's greasers, and you didn't tell me what you wanted to be yet, you jerk."

Emmett smiled. "I don't know. What should I be?"

"Oh!" Jacob cut in. "You should be a pirate! You'd be a kick-ass pirate, Em."

Rolling his eyes, he asked, "Any other ideas?"

"Hmm," Bella tapped a finger on her chin. "You'd make a pretty good Superman. You have that whole curly black hair and muscles thing going on."

"Holy damn, yes!" Alice jumped one time and clapped her hands. "You're going as Clark Kent right as he's ripping his shirt open and becoming Superman! Good idea, Bella!" Blushing, Bella shrugged.

"I still think Ed should go as Edward Scissorhands," Jacob mumbled. They laughed, and Ed shoved him playfully.

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Halloween!

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RPOV

Rosalie looked in the mirror at her costume. She had bought it from a Halloween store in the mall, and had it tailored. The blue shirt fit snuggly, but not tightly, and the red cape that came with it was removed, and replaced with a polyester/cotton mix that was trimmed with the same yellow as her belt. Her skirt was short and fell into a v-shape around her thighs. Her boots were custom made too, red leather with a yellow trim. She parted her hair in the middle and made it have beach-y summer waves. Her lips were enhanced with red lipstick, and she didn't put too much make-up on her eyes. "You look amazing, Rosalie," Leah gushed. "I think it was an awesome idea that you go as Supergirl and I go as Catwoman."

Leah looked very exotically beautiful. She had a leather-like jacket that was zipped to show a good amount of cleavage, tight fitting pants with a belt, and matching gloves that made her look like the sexy supervillain. Her mask covered most of her face and had triangular cat ears on the top. Her leather boots went up to the knee, and had a pointy stiletto heel. Instead of tucking her black locks in as would be traditional for the costume, she wore her hair out, giving her a much wilder look. You look so hot," Rosalie teased, winking. "I'm so glad you didn't go with the Halle Berry costume."

Leah rolled in agreement. "Way too slutty. Ready to go?"

She nodded, and the girls left to go meet people at the Halloween party. They got into Leah's car and drove to the house that "always has the hottest Halloween parties," as she put it.

They parked a block away, and walked together to the house. Leah knocked on the door, which was opened by a guy in a white t-shirt that was drenched in fake blood, and over his face was a hockey mask. "Oh, hey, Rose and Leah," Mike lifted the mask off of his face. "Awesome costumes." His eyes lingered on Leah's chest. The two of them quickly shoved past him, and walked inside. People were in costumes everywhere; zombies, vampires, movie icons, and sexual innuendos. Some nerdy guy was dressed as a whoopee cushion. "Ugh," Rosalie stepped back as he passed. Leah snorted. "You are such a priss," she commented, smiling.

"Well, I-" Rosalie was about to say something back, but she saw him then. She knew it was Emmett just by the back of his amazing head. He was in a white dress shirt and black dress pants. Didn't he know to dress up?

Leah laughed. "What, did McCarthy dress up as a good citizen?" she guessed mockingly.

Rosalie joined in her giggles, but kept looking at him. "Emmett!" someone yelled from behind them.

At last, he turned around, and Rosalie could see that he was- Oh, good Heavens. He went as Superman? This of course made Leah laugh harder at Rosalie's shocked expression.

But Emmett made an amazing Superman. His curly hair was shaped exactly like the famed hero, and his muscles were obviously not the fake foam ones that some other "superheroes" had. His shirt was almost completely unbuttoned, there was a tie in his collar that was undone, which made the famous "S" symbol show. Emmett looked at Rosalie in her costume and grinned. "We match," he noticed as he passed. He didn't say anything else to her the rest of the night.

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Jasper's voice interrupted Emmett's conversation with Seth. "Emmett!"

He whirled his head around at the mention of his name and saw her. Damn, he thought, taking Rosalie in. She was dressed as Supergirl, which was ironic beyond belief, but Emmett barely noticed. She just looked so… startling. Her skirt was short, her hair was wavy and long, and her… well… everything made her look very sexy.

Finally, he looked at her face. She was shocked, obviously, at the coincidence. He walked over to meet Jasper and Alice with Seth following him. "We match," he laughed as he passed his partner in crime fighting.

"Did you just talk to her?" Seth asked, disgusted.

"Well, duh," Emmett rolled his eyes at Seth. "We're technically cousins, Seth."

He snickered in response.

They spotted their friends near the door, dressed in their Wonderlandish costumes. Jasper had a blue blazer that was complimented by a ridiculously oversized top hat with a price tag sticking out of it (his hair was messy under it to make him look crazy) with a purple vest with a white shirt and orange bowtie under it. He wore black pants and two mismatching black shoes. Alice had a black headband on, and her baby blue ruffled dress was up to her mid-thigh, although it looked like it was meant to be shorter. There was a red bow around her waist, and a heart and spade pattern on the bottom of it. Her long socks went up to her knees with a bow on each. Her outfit was decorated with hearts and spades, and her shoes made her look much taller. "Whoa, Alice, you actually look like a normal height now," Emmett taunted.

She ignored his playful jab. "You look so Superman-y Emmett! I did well."

"That you did," Jasper said, and kissed the top of her head. "Where are Jake, Ed and Bells?"

"Jake is talking to some girl, Ang and Ben are still trick-or-treating, and I didn't see Ed and Bella yet," Seth answered, looking around for any signs of them. "I hope they get a lot of candy."

"Ed and Bella should be coming right now," Alice informed.

A moment later, the door opened. The first person Emmett saw was Ed, with his face and neck painted white. His eyes had black painted circles around them, and painted on teeth went up his cheeks into an eerie smile. He wore a black and gray pinstriped jacket with coattails. His "bowtie" was a bat, like in the movie. The pants he wore were skinny cut, and matched his jacket. His bronze hair was messed, and the untraditionalness of it somehow added to the affect. Bella was hardly recognizable with her orange yarn wig, very light greenish-blueish painted face, red lipstick and stitches going up her mouth into a smile. Her arms, neck, legs and chest were painted the same way, and the dress she wore looked as if it were made out of randomly patterned scraps. "Holy crap, did you paint them, Alice?" Seth asked as Edward waved to them and started to walk over.

She beamed proudly. "Yup, I did. Impressive, no? It was torturous for Bella." Alice couldn't hide her wicked grin.

The group chatted, complimented each other, talked about other people's costumes. They all, of course, teased Emmett about Rosalie. "You didn't secretly plan it or anything, did you?" Bella asked slyly.

"No," Emmett huffed. "She probably planned it with Leah. She's a comic book character, too."

Seth groaned under his hairy mask. "I wish she'd cover up more. She's gunna get raped or something. I hope they listened to Jacob and me and brought pencils."

Seth's costume was actually pretty good, too. He wore a torn gray tee shirt that had hair coming out of all of the rips, and blood splatters on it from his imaginary kills. He must have bought some attachable hair for his arms, because there were patches of it on them. His jeans were torn, and he only wore one beat up shoe. The other had a ripped sock, with his big toe sticking out.

The music was all heavy metal and Halloween music. They danced to "Monster Mash", "Thriller", "I Put a Spell On You", and other Halloween-themed songs. When "This is Halloween" came on, Ed asked Bella, "May I have this dance, Ms. Ragdoll?"

You could tell she blushed, even under her heavy facial makeup. "Yes, Mr. Skellington." They went off to dance farther into the dance floor.

"Hey, you guys!" Jacob walked up to the four of them. "Nice costumes!"

They all thanked him and complimented his costume that matched Seth's. "Thanks. Hey, I want you to meet someone."

A girl on the short side (not quite Alice, not quite Bella) smiled at them. The girl was cute and quirky looking with her freckles and red-gold hair. It was pulled to the side in a pony tail- her hair wasn't very curly, wavier, and it stopped just past her shoulder. She had on a dress that went up to her mid-thigh; the top had SpongeBob's face on it, and the skirt had the same brown pants with dress shirt and red tie that the cartoon character wore printed on them. Her legs where mostly covered by long white tube socks, and black ballet flats covered her feet. "This is Lizzie."

She smiled broadly, and waved at them. Jacob introduced everyone, except Ed and Bella, since they were elsewhere. "So Emmett, I couldn't help but notice," Jacob said casually, "That no houses have yet been egged or TP-ed. I'm thinking we should change that."

Emmett bit his lower lip to stop from grinning. "I'll get Seth, Ed, and Jasper. You distract the girls for a little while, okay?"

Jake nodded, and walked over to where Alice, Bella and Lizzie were becoming friends.

The guys snuck out the back door of the party, and into Jacob's vintage VW Rabbit. "We'll swing by Jazz' house to get the toilet paper, then?" Jake asked, looking in the mirror so he could see Ed, Emmett and Jasper in the back as he drove.

"Yeah," Jasper answered. "My parents are at a Halloween party at some old people's house. My mom went as Madonna." He frowned, and added, "Like a Virgin Madonna." They all shuddered.

Jacob turned on the radio, and drove faster, way above the speed limit. They rolled all the windows down, loving the momentum. Before long they were at Jasper's house. He, Emmett and Edward piled out to retrieve the stuff, and Jacob opened the trunk, readying for them.

Jasper's house was nice, and pretty big. His dad used to be in the army, and his mom was a marketing manager or something like that. Basically, all of Emmett's friends were rich except for him, Jake and Seth, and Bella.

They hit up the high school, a few apartment buildings and the park. The night was crazy and fun. The guys only stayed out of a few hours, maybe two, before returning to the party.

Alice, Bella, Angela and Lizzy all sat on a couch. Each of them held a drink. "Hey, whatcha got there, Bella?" Emmett asked slyly.

"Ginger ale," she said primly. Angela held up her cup, seconding Bella.

"Yeah, well, I have beer," Alice laughed a bit too loudly.

Jasper frowned. "Alice-" he began.

"Jasper, take me home," she insisted, throwing her arms out. "Carry me."

Rolling his eyes, he picked her up, said goodbye, and left.

Emmet took her place on the sofa, and shouted excitedly, "Let's get fucked up!"

A few hours later…

Drunker than an Irishman on Saint Patrick's Day, Emmett stumbled home, leaning on Ed and Jacob. "Come on, Emmett," Jacob grunted.

"No," he insisted, trying to pull away from them. "I can go my-" he stumbled, and his two friends caught him. "-self."

"Stop resisting," Ed sighed, rounding the corner to Emmett's block.

"You sound like you're trying to rape me. Are you trying to rape me, Ed? I'll scream."

"Emmett, will you shut up? Which is his house, Ed?"

Ed hesistated, looking at Emmett. Even though he was hammered, he still looked ashamed. "Let-me-go," he struggled, trying to break free of their grasp.

"Jacob, I've got him. You can go," Ed insisted, letting Emmett lean on him as he took another step.

"Really, Ed, I don't care. Which house is… it…" his voice faded out as he looked around him. Each house was shabbier than the next. They looked like shacks.

"This one," Ed said quietly, nodding to Emmett's house.

Silently, the three of them walked up the steps, and squeezed through the door. There was Harry McCarthy, sleeping on the recliner waiting up for Emmett again. Jacob's eyes went wide as he took in the sights of the small, ill-kempt house. They tip-toed into Emmett's bedroom and left him on his bed. He could hardly think straight; all he knew was his numb intoxication and mortification. Having Jacob see his house was incredibly embarrassing.

Ed and Jacob talked in whispers that Emmett couldn't quite catch, and left. A few seconds after, Emmett was out-cold. There was no way he could go to school tomorrow.


Oh my gosh, you guys, I am SO sorry for not updating. I just high school and I'm adjusting pretty well, and I had to finish my summer homework (this was, of course, in September). Plus a severe case of writer's block. But I'm still really sorry. I feel like a jerk. I also discovered Glee, which is my new favorite thing ever. Seriously, watch it. It's on Wednesdays at 9 on Fox.

Anyway, I like Lizzie for Jacob better than Nessie. I think she is a cool dude.

I'm getting kind of impatient with Emmett and Rosalie not being together. I WANT TO WRITE SOME FLUFF, DAMNIT! But it's GETTING there. You know the whole "plot" thing. -sigh- And I just found out my older cousin reads my fics when she's bored, which is simply mortifying. PS: Happy Thanksgiving/Black Friday, Americans!