I'm sitting on my bed, criss cross applesauce. I'm staring at the note Emmett left me. It says:
Rosalie,
I have an errand to go on. I know that I shouldn't leave you, but you are a big girl and you can take care of yourself for the 30 minutes it is going to take for Bella and Alice to get here. I won't be gone very long, I promise.
~Emmett
p.s. if anything happens you saw where I put my weapons. I don't think you'll need them but maybe you should keep the gun with you.
p.p.s. you talk in your sleep :)
I can't help but smile. Emmett must care about me enough to leave me a note and his gun, right there on my nightstand. He also said that he called Alice and Bella and they're coming over. And he said that I can take care of myself, something that took my own brother eight years to figure out.
I wonder when he left the note. How long do I have until Bella and Alice arrive? I'm guessing that I don't have very long. So, jumping from my bed and running into (yes, into) my closet I pick out my clothes. After I put my hair in a pony tail I start to brush my teeth, during this task I hear a key in the lock. Bella and Alice must be here… they do have a key, after all.
"Rosie!" I hear Alice shout.
"Alice," Bella says, kind of quietly, "she might be sleeping!"
"Well, if she is," says Alice, still loudly, "she better be awake by the time we reach her bedroom!"
"Is that a threat!?" I shout. Hearing them stop in their tracks, probably in shock that I actually am awake at this hour. I walk out of my room and see them standing, mouths hanging open, in the living room. I laugh and say, "Because if you're threatening me, I'll have Emmett get rid of you, Alice."
"That's a bluff, we know Emmett isn't here," says Bella, grinning, at Alice, who has finally shut her mouth. Alice laughs and soon we're all on the floor holding our sides. Once I regain my composure I get up and make sure all the doors and windows are locked.
"What are you doing?" Alice asks me.
"Well," I say, "Emmett trusts that I can take care of myself… if he comes home to an unsafe environment he might not think that I was being careful and then he might not trust me anymore."
"If he comes home?" Bella asks, smirking. I feel myself blush, which is really a Bella thing, so I don't know why I'm doing it.
"Well, I, um, I, well…" I say, taking a moment to think of an explanation while Alice starts to giggle, "Well he is living here, so it is like his second home… kind of."
"Yeah," says Alice, trying to keep a straight face and not succeeding, "'kind of.'"
"Shut up," I grumble, and soon we're on the floor again. After we calm down we simply lay there. Then I sit up and remember something that I had been thinking about before I read Emmett's note.
"Hey, do you two want to hear a song I've been working on?" I ask them, standing up, and walking to my room to get my note book. I hear them both chorus 'yes' and I grab my book. Once in the living room I sit at my piano and start playing, I'm sure that the song would sound better played on a guitar, but mine is being fixed up. I don't care about the difference of the piano sound and guitar sound, now I just start singing, letting the music take me in…
It's strange to think the songs we used to sing
The smiles, the flowers, everything: is gone
Yesterday I found out about you
Even now just looking at you: feels wrong
You say that you'd take it all back, given one chance
It was a moment of weakness and you said yes...
You should've said no, you should've gone home
You should've thought twice before you let it all go
You should've know that word, bout what you did with her
Would get back to me...
And I should've been there, in the back of your mind
I shouldn't be asking myself why,
You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...
You should've said no, baby and you might still have me
You can see that I've been crying
And baby you know all the right things: to say
But do you honestly expect me to believe
We could ever be the same...
You say that the past is the past, you need one chance
It was a moment of weakness and you said yes...
You should've said no, you should've gone home
You should've thought twice before you let it all go
You should've know that word, bout what you did with her
Would get back to me...
And I should've been there, in the back of your mind
I shouldn't be asking myself why
You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...
You should've said no, baby and you might still have me
I can't resist... before you go, tell me this
Was it worth it...
Was she worth this...
No... no no no...
You should've said no, you should've gone home
You should've thought twice before you let it all go
You should've know that word, bout what you did with her
Would get back to me...
And I should've been there, in the back of your mind
I shouldn't be asking myself why
You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...
You should've said no, baby and you might still have me
The song stops and I look at my friends. They're smiling, Alice is crying, and Bella is silent. I raise an eyebrow, questioning their sanity. However, I remember when Jacob Black had cheated on Bella… with Alice. They hadn't really been friends then, however, after they both dumped Jacob they were friends, amazingly. Also, Bella had met Edward, and Jasper, my shy brother, figured that since Alice was available he might as well ask her out. So things had ended happily for Alice and Bella, while Jake went to jail for molesting a poor little girl named Rennesme.
"Oh, guys," I say, and I start crying as well. I'm not sure why, maybe it is because I'm in no relationship, and I'm getting older (well, 24 isn't that old… but it's still older than 23, which is how old Bella and Alice are). Meanwhile, my friends' happily ever afters just keep getting better.
We all just sit there, soon Bella is crying as well. We all hug each other, none of us knowing what to say. After sitting there for probably 20 minutes we hear the door open and in walks Emmett. He looks at us, with our mascara running down our cheeks and our crazy lady grins plastered on.
"I, um, hi," he says to us, making us laugh. Bella gets up and hugs Emmett. She whispers something in his ear, I'm not sure if it is supposed to reassure him or not, because now he is staring at her in shock. Bella is just grinning, rolling her eyes at his dramatic behavior.
"I'm going to kill him," Emmett mutters, and then he sits on the couch with his head in his hands. Alice and I stare at him, now we are in shock. We look at Bella and she smiles. Then she says, "Oh! I have to go guys," and right before she walks out she points her finger at Emmett and says, "Remember, no telling."
As soon as she shuts the door Alice says, "What the hell!? Bella wait!" Then she runs after Bella, probably because they came in Bella's car… and because she wants to know what Bella told Emmett. I'm left standing next to my piano, with Emmett, staring out the window in shock.
Cliffhanger! =) Aren't I evil? Anyways… what was Bella's secret? Who is Emmett going to kill? If you think you know, review with your idea… if you get it right I might even mention your name in the next chapter. So… review and don't forget to check out the character's outfits and the song Should've Said No by Taylor Swift (links on my profile). Oh, and by the way, I love Jake… I just wanted to do something kind of funny with this chapter. And I know Bella is the one that talks in her sleep, however, I'm saying Rosalie does too, not always, but she will, sometimes.