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I spent the rest of the afternoon chattering away about my problems with Aro; it was just so soothing to talk to him. I noticed him holding my hand, it wasn´t creepy or anything, it didn't feel out of place, it was like he truly cared for me to go ahead and pull off such an intimate gesture, and it just made it so much more easier to have a much more intimate conversation about myself. Occasionally during the long speech I gave out, one of the others would come and join us, never speaking, just listening like Aro. And I noticed Felix came every fifteen minutes or so.
Once it started getting dark, everyone got out of the lake, not because it was cold, but because they probably had to go have dinner with their families or something. My cell phone ringed, I took it out and looked at the screen, it was Jasper, I turned it on vibrate and stuffed it in my pocket. Everyone was sort of expectant, waiting for me to say something about the call, I muttered it was my brother and watched all the different reactions. Some rolled their eyes, some laughed harshly, and some like Jane just ignored it or Marcus who looked like he couldn't care less.
"It would seem he starts to worry now" said Demetri and both Renata and Chelsea giggled. Maybe others were unaware but it was very obvious that both girls were in a way competing for Demetri, he seemed oblivious. "Yes it does seem like that, don't worry Rosalie, you don't have to pick up the phone, let him worry, he has been cruel to you" pointed out Caius, and he was right I should let him feel guilty, so I didn't pick up my phone as it vibrated again and again in my pocket while I made plans for tomorrow with my new friends. "Night Rosalie" said Felix winking at me again, I smirked, at least one of the males here was reacting correctly to me, I had almost forgotten what it was like.
So I left the park and got back into my gorgeous car, I took my phone out of my pocket so it didn't distract me while I drove back to the house, I glanced at the screen where the name 'Jasper' was still flashing, and tossed it over to the backseat, where it kept vibrating off and on until I parked in the driveway(which took some time, since I stopped over at some random store so I could buy snacks and other random things I already had at the house) My dad's car was missing, what a surprise. I didn't think much about it as I heard someone running down the stairs. I went into the kitchen and stared putting away Doritos and other junk. "Where the HELL have you been, and why weren't you answering your phone!?" demanded Jasper. I was expecting it, he sounded worried but Alec and Jane had already warned me that it was going to seem that way, he just felt guilty.
"None of your business" I answered curtly as I headed out of the kitchen, walking past him without so much as a glance. He followed me upstairs "what do you mean it's not my business, of course it's my business. I'm your Brother and I was worried" he snapped after me, I laughed humorless. "Not so worried when I left the house though, I only just started ignoring the phone an hour ago" I snapped back while I stomped through the hallway. "That's when it got dark! You're a big girl, you know how to take care of yourself during the day, but when night comes I have a responsibility to take care of you!" he said. I stopped in my tracks and turned around. "No Jasper, your responsibility would have been to call me the moment I left hurting, that's when you should have been worried, not an hour ago out of guilt for not doing what you had to" I seethed. He looked like he had swallowed a large mug of nasty. "No Rose, you're wrong. I WAS worried, but I was also embarrassed about your behavior this morning"
I laughed again, and resumed stomping over to my room "PLEASE, you don't even know my side of the story. So if you want to add something else to this senseless brotherly thing of yours, add an apology" I said as I reached my door. "An apology! Its YOU that owns everyone an apology Rosalie, Specially Bella" he said. And I ignored him. I saw how 'everyone' came pouring out of his room. Edward had his arms crossed, and Bella was behind him looking terrified, Alice was wide eyed but was also positioned defensively and Emmet just leaned against the wall trying hard to look bored (I thought he just achieved stupid). "Don't you people have homes!" I muttered. I tried to walk into my room, but Jasper blocked me. "Let's fix this" he said "let's fix this and let us all be friends again"
Edward's eyes narrowed, I remembered how perceptive he was, I stared back at him. "You've been with someone this afternoon haven't you" he asked. I didn't see how it was any of his business but I was going to say something about it anyway. "Yes I have, which is why I don't need to 'fix this' I have real friends now, who care about ME" I said coolly. Jasper looked at me confused, Edward still had his eyes narrowed, Emmet was staring somewhere else as if this was all uninteresting (but I could sooo tell the jerk was having a blast watching me be put down) and Alice was the one who asked. "With who?" I looked at her as I answered. "Aro Volturi and his group"
Alice Gasped, Edward was shaking his head; Bella looked confused, and Emmet, who was trying so hard to appear bored, glared at me. "That's low even for you" he spat. I shrugged I didn't care what he thought at all. "Rose…they have warned us about them…they're bad" Jasper said shocked. I looked back at him "whatever Jasper, the Volturi have been nice to me, understood me and took care of me. Aro acted like the brother I always wanted, so that's why you need not to worry about me anymore. Now if you don't mind I have winner things to take care of" I said pushing Jasper away from my door so I could get in, and as I shut it behind me. I saw his face; it was like I'd slapped him, poured water on him and spat him in the eye to top it all. For a moment I felt bad, but just for a moment because I heard everybody cussing me out for of my betrayal. Moments later everything was quiet, it seemed everyone had left. I wondered, but then I remembered…it wasn't my business anymore.
A week had passed since I joined the Volturi group and fought with Jasper (we had not talked since) today I was at the mall with the girls. It was Friday and we had plans for the evening. It was strange because even though they spent the entire day with the boys they still wanted to impress them like if they didn't know them. I had been right about Chelsea and Renata, except that they didn't just compete for Demetri, they competed pretty much about everything, like right now they were fighting over a green slip dress, that in my opinion was tacky, but I didn't say anything, I was too busy listening to Heidi who was interrogating me about Felix, while Jane listened with a smirk on her face. "So, do you like him? Because he is so obviously into you" she asked, and I could have sworn I felt some resentment in her voice. "Er, I don't know, I mean he's nice and all that but I'm not sure…" I trailed off while looking through the dress rack. Heidi raised her eyebrows. "Oh come on! Don't keep it to yourself we're friends! Plus, if you are its kind of mean to keep him like this" she whined. "Please Heidi, as if you weren't doing the same thing to him before Rose came along" said Jane with another smirk, and Heidi dropped the topic looking cross.
I was sort of glad because it gave me time to think about it. Felix had been hitting on me all week; in fact he had winked so much at me it was starting to irritate me. First it had been kind of sexy, but then I started counting the winks but I lost track at two hundred. Truly I wasn't interested in Felix at all, but I could understand why everyone thought I was. This past week, the Volturi group had crossed paths many times with Emmet's group. And every single time a member from my former 'friends' walked by I flirted back at Felix. I don't know why I did it, but I just knew it gave some form of satisfaction when I did. Of course afterward I paid for it, because Felix got worse and because I was pretty damn sure that Heidi was into Felix. At least it had been worth it when Emmet stared at us so long (no doubt trying to make us uncomfortable) that he walked right into a tree.
Once we had all found dresses we liked, we moved over to the dressing rooms. I had picked a casual yet flattering black dress that came down to my knees, and then Heidi attacked again. "soo what are you thinking about? Felix? Your brother? Edward? Emmet?" I gritted my teeth. She smirked and so did Jane. (Jane smirked a lot) But I didn't have to answer because Renata interrupted. "Oh who cares? I've been meaning to ask a much more important question" she chirped, and the rest of us looked curiously at her. "Yeah?" I said encouraging her to go ahead. "well" she started, while she smoothed out the green dress that Chelsea and her had fought over before, and turned different ways to admire herself. "What is it you had surgery on?" she asked as if it were like asking what I had eaten the last day. "Surgery?" I asked bewildered as I slipped my black dress on. "Yeah!" said Chelsea "surgery, as in plastic surgery. We've all had some" she said pointing at the rest "I did my mouth and nose oh, and I worked on my legs too, I think I might do my teeth but I'm not sure yet"" she said in a matter of fact tone. "I just had a liposuction, and I filled up my lips" said Renata. I listened to them bewildered as I came out of the fitting room. "I just did my nose and teeth" said Heidi, proud of her beauty obviously "yeah and your boobs and your ass" laughed Jane, and Chelsea and Renata joined in while Heidi scowled at them. "What about you little miss perfect" spat Heidi. "What?" said Jane "everyone knows I just did my face. I still have to grow up, I'm fifteen, my boy needs to change on its own" said Jane. I was truly shocked as I just stood there.
Then They all looked at me, waiting for me to say something, "well?" asked Renata" I looked at their expectant faces, glancing at different parts of my body as if they were trying to guess by themselves what pars had been altered. "Um…I haven't had plastic surgery in my life..." I said. They just stared at me. "Not that there is anything wrong with that" I added quickly I didn't want to offend them. "But I'm all me" I finished quietly "oh come on!" said Heidi skeptically. "I'm serious" I assured them. And they must have believed me because that was the end of the conversation. I felt awkward now, but I least I understood why they were all so beautiful. Fortunately we were able to change the subject and kept the day pleasant, although I was pretty sure that I caught Heidi glaring at me every so often from the corner of my eye, but every time I checked she was either looking at some dress or smiling. So I couldn't be sure.
After an entire afternoon of shopping and getting ready for our 'just because we feel like being formal' event. We were all at the Volturis' house. Which was huge, and pretty much the typical hang out besides the roped area at the park lake. We had dinner in a fancy-like table with exquisite food. And now we were all sitting on some comfy couches by the fireplace, somehow I managed to end in a love seat with Felix, who kept staring at me and making me uncomfortable. After a lot of tries of flirting with me, and many glares coming from Heidi, I subtly left the love seat pretending to join in a conversation Chelsea and Renata were having with Demetri (they were farthest away from us) and after fifteen minutes of pretending to be interested in their discussion about who of them was better for Demetri, I ended up actually interested in a conversation Jane was having with Caius. "Oh I doubt they are in any way ok with this, it's probably like having an enemy infiltrated in their territory" Caius was saying "yes, but she's been spending most of her time with us, because it's her who doesn't feel comfortable at her own hose now. They spend a lot of time there it seems and they don't precisely treat her well" answered Jane. They were very much obviously talking about me so I joined in.
"You're both right, they are not happy and they are making me unhappy. They are very cruel about it specially Emmet" I said, and they both looked at me startled at first that I had even heard, then they adjusted and turned so I could get closer and clearly join in with them. Apparently I wasn't the only one "I never liked Emmet" said Felix. Damn, he was like a fly. "I don't know why Felix, seems to me the more he is around the more girls pay attention to you" said Jane causing Felix to turn a nasty sour color and telling her to shut up. And then, I realized that pretty much everyone was in this conversation now. Then again Aro was speaking. "It seems to me, that those people are making it difficult for you, it would be so very easy for us to help you make it just a bit difficult for them…if" He trailed off in wonder. And everyone, me included stared at him expectant. And he kept on. "Well, if we were positive your one of us. You know to really tie yourself up and commit to this new group of friends" he finished. Everyone looked at me. "I don't have to get plastic surgery do I?" I asked, part of me was seriously spooked with the idea and mostly it was because, well, why on earth would I need plastic surgery. Everyone scowled at me. It wasn't my fault I didn't hold it against them, they should leave me out of it. Aro laughed "no sweetie, that is something we did on our own it has nothing to do with the group, you are already beautiful enough to fit in. I meant commit with a test, something that if you have been honest, you wouldn't mind doing and we would make sure you're not a spy or something. In the end it would be a win win" said Aro.
Part of me felt relieved, no plastic surgery, but now I was worried for a different reason. "What would this trial be Aro?" I asked carefully, everybody's heads went back and forth between Aro and me, like watching a tennis match. But this time it wasn't Aro who spoke, it was Caius. "Basically you make Alice and your brother break up, not nicely, but in a way that they won't want to see each other. Nothing like that to rip a group in two, once the group is divided easier for us to crush them" I stared inexpressively, I was somehow repulsed by the idea, I didn't see why I would have to do it, it was cruel, but on the other hand I liked having friends. And in this twisted enemy way of seeing things it was sound logic. But I still didn't like the idea; I just didn't let it show. "How could I cause that sort of break up?" I asked, maybe if we found no way to do that, I wouldn't have to do it. "Simple, you live in the house. If Alice calls for jasper, you pick the phone and say he's with Heidi. Then convince your brother that you want to talk to him on your own and bring him down here. Also call Alice to meet you down here. She always takes a different path, when Demetri will follow her and warn us when she is about to run into you, we text you, you leave pretending nature calls. And Heidi pops in and kisses your brother at the right time." Said Jane effortlessly. Damn it would work, because Jasper doesn't like to explain things when people don't trust him. If Alice didn't want to listen he would force the information on her. And seriously what girl wants to listen to anything their boyfriend has to say after walking on them like that. It was a hateful thing to do. But apparently if I wanted to stay with these friends I had too. I didn't want to hurt my former friend or my brother. But if I didn't do it, I had nowhere else to go.
While I was lost in thought of the terrible task I was supposed to do to prove myself, everyone else was coordinating it for the next evening. They were excited, the plan was brilliant and it would destroy two people's hearts and the entire group of friends (which had doubled in size) would be torn between one or the other. And one by one they would be destroyed. How sadistic. And in this evil conspiracy. The rest of my night ended….
It was seven o'clock the next evening, and I could feel the tension in the air. Demetri was texting that he had not seen Alice all day. And I had appeared without my brother. Heidi popped out of the trees. "What is going on Rosalie? Did your brother not want to come talk to you" I didn't know how to explain what happened. Once they had heard Heidi speak, Jane, Alec, Chelsea and Renata popped out as well. Alice had called exactly when Jasper had hit the shower; it had been such a perfect opportunity. But as I picked up Jasper's phone, of course she assumed it was Jasper and she was talking so lovingly, excited about a weekend trip she was planning. That I couldn't bring myself up to it. I just couldn't tear her down like that, or hurt Jasper anymore than I had already, I hated fighting with him. "I'm not doing it! I said clearly and they just stared at me. "I'm not going to cause a break up between them, it's cruel"
After a few minutes of silence, that seemed like an eternity. They all exploded. Some calling me a spy, some calling me gutless, some calling me very dirty names, that frankly I don't get what they had to do with any of this situation (they probably came from Heidi, who I took didn't really like me) I just stood there impassive, I didn't care what they said. I realized in that one phone call that I would rather be alone than hurt Alice or my brother that way. They didn't have to find out. They could still hate me. But I wouldn't hate myself for doing it. It would be my own pleasure. And with that happy twisted thought I could stand there taking the second verbal beat down in a week. I hoped it didn't become a habit. In the end they left, claiming I was out, I had chosen not to be a part of them, they had called Aro and he had said I couldn't be part of the group. They left me alone and I sat at a tree until it started to get dark, alone and pondering. I guess I could survive. And only when I was even starting to enjoy the loneliness, Felix appeared.
"I'm sorry about what happened" he said softly as he sat down next to me. I shrugged. "No seriously, I liked you. I wished you had more gut and had gone through with the plan. You and I could have been good together gorgeous" he said. And I just felt disgusted. For one second I could have believed he was actually being sympathetic, but he was just trying to flirt again. "Yes well, I have a heart" I muttered, and he chuckled. A few minutes passed by and I was really hoping he would just go away. And then he moved. Goody it was like he heard my thoughts, but it wasn't the movement I was waiting for, he didn't move upward to leave, he move sideways to get closer to me. He was leaning in to kiss me. "Felix I don't..." he ignored me and kissed me. I pushed him away hard. And he glared at me, and forced himself back to my face. I shoved him, but hard as I tried he was stronger, I tried to lean back, but he held me firmly. I started punching him and I felt him wince. He let go for a second. "BE THE HELL STILL YOU HAVE BEEN TEASING ME, IT'S MY TURN TO DO WHAT I WANT" he yelled fiercely. And I got scared. Unlike the time Emmet had forced himself on me, this time I was terrified as Felix slammed me into the tree trunk and lunged for my face again. I kept punching and kicking but I just couldn't do anything. And suddenly I was released, shoved to the side, and Felix took my place being slammed into the tree trunk by another massive form. Emmet. "NO ONE!!! MISREATS BLONDIE! EXCEPT ME!!!"
Eeh, maybe this chapters wasn't as good as I thought It would be. But now we got to a point where things HAVE to turn interesting.
Previews:
So what happens after the heroic rescue??
What happens with Emmet and rose after this?
The Volturi will not be pleased with the outcome, what will they do to try and tear everybody down.
I know they are not very good previews. But they are always plot related. Meaning this is going to have goodies!! (hopefully :P)
