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Rosalie's Point of View- Chapter 7- Acceptance
Alice was running about the house excitedly. She was making lists of everything we were going to be doing tonight. She was thrilled Leah had actually had accepted her invite. She kept thanking me again and again, though I wasn't sure why. Edward scoffed.
No honestly, Edward! I really don't!
He rolled his eyes, "Rosalie," Edward answered my thoughts, "You were nice to her. Really, genuinely nice, and above all that, it's the fact that you were nice to Leah."
"Was I? I honestly hadn't realized… I didn't intend to be…"
"Rosalie, where'd that come from? Honestly, I'm curious. Why the sudden change?"
I had to think that through… I still didn't know… I hadn't realized until two minutes ago that I'd even been nice. I was freaking myself out, and then… Then I found an answer to Edward's question.
"And that would be…?" he asked, expectantly.
I'm pretty… my hair? It's awesome. And my body…
"Bye, Rosalie!" Edward yelled, trying to drown out my thoughts. I smiled, "Bye Edward."
He called for Emmett and Jasper to leave. They came into the room and we all kissed our respective mates goodbye. With that, the Cullen and Hale men left, taking Nessie with them.
"What were you and Edward going on about?" Alice questioned, after they were gone.
"Nothing," I replied, slowly, not wanting to give anything away.
"Sure, sure," Alice replied, airily. Bella and I cracked up, and Alice grinned.
"I can't wait for the wolves to arrive! I have the perfect makeovers all planned out!"
"Take deep breaths, Alice." Bella commanded, "We've got them as prisoners all night."
Alice beamed again, "Shh, listen! They're coming!"
And coming they were. It was easy to distinguish the low growling motor making its way up our driveway.
Alice bolted to the door anxiously awaiting their entrance into the house. Bella and I laughed at her eagerness. She was reminding me of a puppy waiting to greet its owners when they got home from work. I relayed this thought to Bella, and she laughed harder.
Just then Alice opened the door and squealed, "My favorite wolf girls! Enter, please!"
Leah and Marisa came in laughing.
"Alice," Leah began, "was it necessary to try and rip my arm off when you opened the door?"
Alice played the fool, "I don't have any idea what you're talking about."
"Sure, Alice," Leah snapped back, "you just had to yank the door open at the exact second my hand was on the knob!"
"Aw…" Alice whined, "cranky Leah's back. No fair!"
Leah stuck her tongue out, but shook off Alice's remark other than that.
Marisa smiled and said, "Well… this is awkward."
Leah slapped her on the arm and they both broke down into giggles.
"What's so funny?" Alice, Bella, and I asked all at once.
With a quick glance between the two of them they shook their heads and simultaneously replied, "Nothing."
"Oh, c'mon, Leah! Don't hold back on us!" I whined. I shuddered then, Edward was right– I was going soft… on Leah.
"Not really my story to tell," Leah replied, beaming. Though I didn't miss the quick questioning look she shot in my direction.
"Le-ah!" I whined again, "Tell us!"
She shook her head, still beaming.
"Ugh! You're making me wish I was Edward."
"Ew!" Bella gasped, "I don't!"
We all laughed again.
"So then, Risa… what's this secret you won't let Leah tell?" Alice asked.
"Well…" Marisa started, "I was going to tell you, but then Alice called me Risa, and now you've lost the opportunity. I bet you wish you'd kept quiet now, huh Ali?"
Alice growled and Marisa chuckled.
"Tell Bella and Rose!" Alice begged, "They still deserve to know!"
"No," she responded, "they don't. Maybe Edward will tell Bella, but Bella… if he does, don't tell please! Or… at least, don't tell Alice! She gets to suffer until I tell her!"
This time Alice scowled and Marisa laughed.
Bella's face was questioning, "Edward knows? Why?"
"Geez, Bella… no need to act so much like…" Leah trailed off, not finishing her statement.
"Like what, Leah?" Bella questioned her, glaring.
"Nothing…" Leah muttered, "I was just going to tell you to stop acting like the jealous ex-girlfriend."
Bella growled, "Ok, 1. Leah, I'm married. And 2. If anyone knows how to act like the jealous ex it's you."
That was too much for Leah, she growled, and screamed, "Use some logic, leech! He read her flippin' mind!"
"Oh… Sorry, Leah… I wasn't thinking…"
"Obviously," Leah hissed.
"Ugh! Bella!" Alice groaned, "Stop brining back bad-attitude-Leah!"
"I'm sorry," Bella said, looking down, "that was mean, I know. I lost it, I really am sorry, Leah."
"It's fine, Bella… Just forget it." Leah whispered. She was looking down too, trying to keep from exploding again, it seemed.
It was obvious that Bella wasn't going to accept this as the only apology she gave. So, I attempted to change the subject back to the previous topic.
"So, Marisa, what can't you say? Tell us, please?"
Alice eyed me like I was crazy, which I think I may have been, considering I was being nice to werewolves.
"Erm… well…" Marisa stuttered, "I'm not sure…"
"Go on!" I urged.
"Wow." Marisa said.
"What?" Leah, Alice, Bella, and I asked at once.
"Ok… well aside from how everyone here seems to speak simultaneously, well… Rosalie, you're just a lot nicer than Leah led me to believe, no offense intended…" she trailed off, guiltily.
I laughed, something which took her completely off guard. "I'm pretty sure she's been telling you the truth, actually. I'm usually a jerk to your kind."
Alice shook her head, "You're usually a jerk to anyone but our kind." I stuck my tongue out at Alice, and she grinned back.
My honesty seemed to shock Marisa. She stuttered, "R-really? I… umm… wow."
We all chuckled, Bella and Leah now completely over the rift they'd shared just a minute before.
"Honestly, there was a time about a year ago when I would have gladly killed Leah."
Alice snorted, "We both know that's a lie Rosalie, you would have gladly killed her last week!"
I glared at Alice, and she grinned and waved back at me.
"Hey Rosalie," Leah questioned, "just out of curiosity, why are you being so nice to me?"
"Oh…" now it was my turn to be caught off guard. "Well… it's kind of stupid really; I don't think you want to know…"
"I do!" She assured me, "I'm truly curious."
"Well…" I started slowly, "you lost everything you ever wanted and didn't get a say it. I did too. I didn't realize how much him leaving you–" she winced, "–must have hurt. That is until I saw Jacob with Renesmee and Marisa with Seth. You'd have felt too bad to get in his way. And then with your dad–"
Instead of Leah interrupting me like I thought she would, it was Marisa who stopped my speech.
"What did you say about…" she took a deep breath, "about me and Seth?"
Oh, I guess I wasn't supposed to have noticed that. Oh well, Bella isn't the only perceptive one around here.
"Was I not supposed to notice that? I mean, the way you look at each other…" I trailed off.
"Ohmygosh!" Alice trilled, talking at a rate of a million words per minute, "I didn't even notice! That's the secret! Isn't it? You imprinted!"
Blushing fiercely, she nodded her head. Bella looked down shamefully, probably because she wasn't the one who had noticed.
"Congratulations!" Alice screeched, quickly pulling her into a hug.
Marisa muttered a quick 'thanks' and then pulled away.
"Oh my gosh, Leah!" I exclaimed, "That means there's hope for you too!"
Leah smiled shyly and said, "I know… I've been mulling that over as well."
Marisa was still blushing and looking down. We were all smiling, vaguely aware of what was going on.
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And so our talking continued until…
"MAKEOVERS!" Alice yelled.
Marisa and Leah looked at each other warily, but then nodded. Alice beamed,
"You know," she started, "I've been thinking about what you should wear, and I think I've got something in mind for each of you. Rose is in charge of hair.
I cocked my head to the side, "I am?"
"You are," she confirmed, in a way to end all arguments. I simply nodded my head and pretended to listen to Alice ramble.
"… everyone ready?" Alice finished, grandly. We all nodded and proceeded up the steps.
"Who's going first?" I questioned.
"Ugh!" Alice groaned, "Weren't you listening to anything I said, Rose?"
I grinned, "Nope! So who is it?"
"I said," Alice started exasperatedly, "that we're only doing wolf makeovers tonight, and Leah and Marisa have to decide who goes first.
"Okay," I said happily, "so, which of you wants to be experimented on first?" Neither Leah nor Marisa wanted to go first, so at the same time they both said each others' names.
I rolled my eyes as we all laughed, but because of our acute hearing we knew that Marisa had actually answered .07 seconds faster.
"Erm… Leah," Bella stated, cautiously, "you lost."
She grimaced, but nodded her head acceptingly.
"Wow," Alice smiled, "you took that really well, Leah!"
Leah stuck out her tongue and again we all laughed.
Once we were all in Alice and Jasper's room she commanded Leah to sit. Leah sighed and reluctantly took a seat.
"Please don't hurt me!" Leah suddenly begged. Alice smiled, "No promises, pain is beauty after all."
We all smiled, especially Marisa.
Leah glared up at her, "I wouldn't be too pleased," she warned, "you're next."
Alice ran to the closet, and I started separating Leah's hair into rows.
"What are you doing to me, Rosalie?"
I chuckled, "I'm just plaiting your hair." I assured her.
Before she could answer Alice skipped back over to us, designer clothes in hand.
"Leah, do you mind wearing Prada?" Alice asked.
Leah's eyes went wide, "Umm… no? But you'll probably regret it because I'll forget what I'm wearing and then phase."
"That's fine," Alice beamed, "you shouldn't wear outfits more than twice anyway."
"Right…" Leah stated, obviously uncomfortable, Marisa looked shocked.
Alice rolled her eyes, "Get used to it, girls!"
They both nodded their heads, dumbfounded.
I braided both girls' hair with accent plaits, but I don't want to explain their outfits. They looked incredible, and too complex to even describe.
Finally the mortal girls had to hit the hay, so we culled a few chick-flicks to watch while they were asleep.
Alice picked them out; we watched The Perfect Man, A Walk to Remember, 50 First Dates, and quite a few others.
A/N: Currently, I'm just re-posting a revised grammar edition of this story, but I thought I'd keep the original A/N below for effect: Enjoy!
A/N:*sigh* Today is the last day of spring break, and I have to go back to school tomorrow. Going back to school means that I'm on restriction again, and will only be allowed on the computer on the weekends. So, sadly, this is my last chapter until next weekend. We get report cards soon, and then I'll know if I'm off restriction or on it until summer. Tell me what you thought in a review, yes? Also, criticism is welcome! Cheers!
~Beverly
