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BETA: My BFF LynetteCullen
Rose's POV
I didn't know what I was going to do next. I'd known that Esme didn't like me and thought me to be the scum of the earth, but I hadn't imagined that she had looked into some places to send me. Figuring out what to do next was going to be hell. I mean damn, I'd never been a perfect daughter (Trust me, I know I can be a bitch), but I have to admit that knowing my own mother would send me away hurt like hell.
My inner musings were cut off when a soft knock came at my door. "Rose are you awake?" Carlisle questioned, opening my door and looking around it. Once he saw that I was indeed awake, he came and sat down on my bed and looked at me with a mixture of worry of confusion. I could tell that he was on the fence about sending me away. "I'm not even going to lie. Your mother wants to send you away," he informed me. "Rosalie, I'm going crazy thinking about what to do," he admitted after a moment.
I didn't pretend to be shocked at the news of Esme wanting to send me off, because I didn't have it in me. "Dad, you can't let her do that. You have to believe me when I say that I didn't beat Bella up for nothing," I pleaded. At that moment, I swear that I wanted to bust out in tears. I couldn't believe that Carlisle was thinking about sending me off when just a moment ago I'd heard him tell Esme that he wasn't going to send his little girl off. 'Damn,' I thought, mentally kicking myself for getting complacent.
"I'm not saying that I don't believe you Rose," he amended. "I meant that I don't know what to do about your mother wanting to send you off to some girls home," he explained.
I visibly relaxed and let out a long, relieved sigh at my father's words. Apparently I could trust him. After all, I'd considered Carlisle and Alice the only people that cared about me (which I recently discovered was ABSOLUTELY true). "Thanks Dad, it means a lot to me. Really," I promised.
"You're welcome sweetie," he reached over, and pulled me into a comforting hug. "I have to get to the hospital," the wink he sent me let me know that he was talking about the basement and not the hospital. "Do you want to come?" he asked me. Figuring that spending time with my father would help me take my mind off of things, I nodded my assent. "Esme already thinks I'm gone," he said, releasing me and standing from the bed and together we headed over to the door. "We'll figure this whole thing out," he guaranteed before we left the room.
On the way down to the basement, I couldn't help but think, 'Now what the hell happened to that tape?' I know for sure that I'd left it on my nightstand when I'd come in. No one could've gotten it when I'd gone downstairs, because everyone was downstairs, including Bella and Esme, when I'd gotten there. 'And why would they take the tape, and not Bella's camera? Shouldn't it be the other way around?' I questioned myself. Nothing seemed to be adding up, and it was pissing me off that I couldn't figure it out.
This was starting to really annoy me. I wanted my old life back. I wanted to go back to being with Alice, and hating my mother. I wanted to go back to before Bella made a move on me, and got jealous when I turned her down. I sure as hell wanted to go back to before the crazy bitch ruined my life. But that would be too much to ask for.
Bella's POV
I was still pretty sore. Taking an ass whooping will do that to you. The swelling in my face had gone down considerably and the bruising on my side had almost gone away, but this was all for a good cause. I was going to make sure that Rosalie Hale paid for what she did to me, because when you mess with me, bad things happen.
I was glad that I had been able to talk my mother into going to work after we got back to the house because I had things to plan. I wanted to make Rose's life as bad as possible. I wanted to be sure that she paid for what she did to me, and I knew just how to do that. I wasn't sure where the tape from my camera went, but I had a pretty good idea of who had it. 'I just hope the little bastard gives it to me,' I thought as I got my bag and left the house.
Once I made it to the back gate of the Cullen house, I stopped. I saw Esme getting into her car. I hoped that the boy wasn't going with her. I needed him to stay behind so that I could get the tape, that is if he had it, which I hope he did because I would be pissed off if I walked all the way over here for nothing.
But CJ never came out of the house, which meant that he was still in there. 'Good,' I thought as I made my way to the door and knocked. After a moment without anyone coming to answer, I thought that no one was going to come, and I had actually turned to leave when I heard the door open.
I turned around to see Rose standing at there. I wasn't expecting her to be standing there, so I couldn't hide the smile that automatically came to my face whenever I saw her. Her beauty never ceased to amaze me, and for a moment I was stunned by how gorgeous she was. I also felt a ping of hatred and jealousy at the fact that she didn't want me, and that she found Alice attractive.
"What the fuck do you want?" she asked in a rather unpleasant, harsh voice.
"I came to see Esme," I lied, hoping that she hadn't seen her mother leave the house.
"You bitches still plotting against me?" she questioned. "You know what? I don't even care. She's upstairs," she said before walking away, leaving the door open.
'At least she didn't punch me,' I thought as I walked into the Cullen house in search of CJ. I really hoped to God that he had that tape, because if he didn't, then I was majorly screwed and would have to think of a totally different game plan, which I really didn't want to do.
I made my way up the stairs and was in search of CJ's room, when I passed Rosalie's room. 'She does still have my camera,' I mused, slowly walking up to the door. 'And she hadn't gone back upstairs when she walked away from the door.' So maybe I could slip in, get my camera before I was discovered.
I was reaching for the doorknob, when the door suddenly swung open. 'Oh shit. It's Rose and she's going to break my face. I knew this was a bad idea,' I screamed at myself, my eyes unthinkingly flying closed as I awaited the impact of the blow that was sure to come.
"What are you doing here?" CJ asked me.
My eyes immediately flew open, and I let out a relieved sigh that I hadn't known I'd been holding. "I could ask you the same question," I muttered, looking down at my camera that was in his hand. "Why do you have my camera little boy?" I asked him.
"I need it for something," he informed me.
If I hadn't needed the tape from him, I probably would have knocked him over and taken the camera, but since I did, I decided to play along with antics. "And what do you need it for? It doesn't even belong to you," I reminded him. "Do you have the tape that was in there?" I asked abruptly.
"Why," he inquired.
"Because it belongs to me," I told him. "And I need it back," I added after a moment. "I'll give you five dollars," I attempted to bribe the little boy.
"Make it ten," he commanded. With my agreement to the increase, he told me to hold on a minute while he went to retrieve the tape from his room. While he was gone, I got out his promised ten dollar bill, and patiently awaited his return. "Here you go. Where's my money?" he questioned as he came to a stop in front of me.
After getting back my tape and my camera back, I quickly left the Cullen household, thankfully without running into Rose again, and headed back to my house to put my latest plan into action.
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