A NEW EXPERIENCE, P8
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters
Warning: Contains Femslash.
A/N: All Human, Alternative Universe.
BPOV
I got home fairly late the next morning.
A little after Rose & Alice left the club last night Alice had sent me a message asking if I could find somewhere else to stay for the night. I was rather miffed that they didn't want me there – I mean even before the escapade me being in the suite never stopped them from doing it in one of their rooms so I didn't get the need for me to find alternative arrangements, however I was saved from spending the night at a 24hr café when Edward, reading over my shoulder, invited me back to his place. However, unfortunately for me, I was seeing the most traditional guy in all the world so instead of partaking in the more illicit activities I had originally planned we ended up just talking and listening to music, enjoyable but no as satisfying. Needless to say I was not in the best mood this morning.
I flounced into the suite, ready to speak my mind and fully expecting to find Alice sketching a new outfit at the kitchen counter, as was her usual Saturday morning habit, thus I was rather surprised to find the room deserted. Taken aback I looked around and seeing no one I decided to go get ready for my brunch date with Edward. Rose, I was certain, was with her mother again hence I nearly jumped out of my skin when her bedroom door opened just as I was about to step into my own room. Alice emerged and I frowned. I had never known her to wake up this late before. She stopped when she saw me, I opened my mouth but she frantically held up her hands, motioning for me to be quiet and pointing at Rose's room, I could only assume Rose was still asleep. A million questions bombarded my mind: why was Rose not with her mother, why did Alice only wake up now, why was Alice wearing proper pyjama's (after one o their trysts they never bothered with more than a loosely hung robe and I doubted they would even bother with that if I wasn't here,) and why did she hesitate when she saw me? I was starting to get frustrated by my lack of information and this only compounded on the left over frustration from last night. I got up and yanked a spluttering Alice towards her room. Two solid brick walls and a room between them should give us enough insulation to allow us to talk without waking Rosalie. I shut the door firmly behind us before releasing us. "Alice, what the hell is going on?" I demanded
"Roses mom is leaving today." she said quietly. I waited for her to continue but after a moment it was apparent she was not intending to.
"Why? I thought she still had another week."
"She and Rose had an argument."
So that was why they didn't want me here. "What about?" I asked, curious.
"She saw Alice and me making out last night." said Rose. I spun around to see her emerging from her room.
"Rose, I'm sorry, we didn't mean to wake you." Alice apologised while I asked
"She was at the club?"
"No – on the way home, we were leaning against a wall."
"Oh." I said quietly. I scrutinised Roses face, trying to see how this was affecting her but it was a blank mask. I had not met her mother and was not sure how big an issue this would be between them "Are you okay?" I asked gently.
"Yes, she just needs time to calm down." Rose assured me with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.
Alice jumped up from the couch muttering something about breakfast and I remembered I had only come home to get a quick change of clothes before meeting up with Edward.
"I have to get going – I'm meeting Edward." I said looking at my watch; I only had fifteen minutes to get to the restaurant!
"Bella, you haven't even changed." Alice protested and I realized she was right. "Here, come with me." she said, dragging me into my room.
I grabbed the nearest outfit I could and started changing – haste being my main concern. I hated being late.
Alice looked at be in disbelief "Bella, you are not wearing that."
"Alice, this is fine. I have to get going."
She pulled out her phone and dialled a number, tugging the purple top I was about to pull on out of my hands as it rang.
"Edward? Listen, Bella's running late so can she meet you at 12 instead of 11?"." she asked as I stared daggers – I didn't want to make Edward wait for me. She listened for a minute before hanging up.
"Okay, I just brought you a hour." she announced happily
"Alice, if I had wanted to change the time I would have." I complained
"Oh, you'll thank me later." she said as she began to pass me various items of clothing.
In little under an hour I was ready. To my surprise Alice had left me to get ready by myself once she had extracted a promise that I would wear the clothes she'd picked out. She went to sit with Rose instead. I was starting to get the impression that this thing with Rose's mother was more than the tiff Rose made it out to be.
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APOV
It was with a sigh of relief that I watched Bella leave; I could finally see how Rose was handling things "So how're you doing?" I asked Rose gently as I leant against her on the couch
She sighed "I'll be fine." I could see she wasn't ready to talk about it so instead of pressuring her I suggested breakfast.
She came to sit at the counter as I went about making French toast.
She was staring into space as I placed a plate before her and took a seat beside her.
We ate in silence and I was nearly finished my slice when I hear Rose whimper. I looked over to see tears running down her face. I quickly went to stand beside her and pulled her against my chest, stroking her hair as she cried it out.
Finally, when she had run out of tears and was just holding me she spoke "I'm sorry."
"For what?" I said, surprised
"For putting you through this, for complicating your life because I wanted to be more than friends."
"Shhh." I hushed her, tilting her head up to look into her eyes "don't ever apologise for that." I told her fiercely "getting involved with you was the best decision of my life. Yes it's complicated and yes there are people out there who will not approve of it but all that is worth what I have with you. Rose you are my lover and my best friend and I wouldn't trade that for all the complicated in the world."
"What do I do now?" she asked quietly
"You go on with life and tackle each obstacle as it makes itself known."
Just then the phone rang. I reached past Rose, whose arms did not leave my waist, and over the counter to the cordless. "Hello?"
"Yes, hi. I would like to talk to Rosalie Hale?" said a deep male voice
"May I ask whose calling?"
"It's her father." I stilled, I was not sure if Rose could deal with any more familial drama right now. I placed my hand over the microphone and mouthed it's your father o her.
She considered whether or not to answer but before she came to a decision the man kept talking "Listen I heard what happened with her mother and don't agree with her reaction. I just want to see if Rosalie's alright."
Before I could relay this to Rose she held out her hand for the phone. I reluctantly handed it to her. "Dad?" she asked "No, no, I'm fine…don't worry about me…I know…since my first year…yes, I'm still going out with Emmett…no he doesn't know…no, you don't need to come here…yes, I will…thank you."
She put down the phone looking slightly better "He says he'll support my decision and try coax my mother around." she explained
"Will it work?"
"I don't know."
With Rose looking marginally better I moved from her side to clear the dishes.
"Thank you, I don't know how I would have done this without you" Rose murmured quietly as I stood with my back to her by the sink. I walked to stand opposite her and reached over the counter to take her and in my own. I squeezed it saying seriously "Rose, I will always be there for you." and I meant it.
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By the time Bella got home Rose was almost herself again and Bella thankfully did not raise the subject of the previous night again. Things started to get back to normal, sex life included, and Rose quickly regained her usual tenacity, wit and at times bitchiness, I was pleased to have her back. However her mother was still not talking to her and although she tried to hide it I knew she was still hurting. I knew she wouldn't want to talk about it anymore though and just wanted things to go back to normal, it was Rose's coping mechanism and I indulged her, I knew she would talk about it when she was ready. and in the mean time we had Jaspers birthday surprise to look forward to I had worried how the fact we'd have an audience may affect her given the reasons for her mothers silence but when I asked her she about it the day before she had smiled and said "Trust me, my mother will be the last thing on my mind tomorrow night."
I know, I know – I promised Jazz's birthday surprise would be in this chapter but I realised upon reading a review that would kind of be leaving Rose, Bella and Alice in the lurch so I felt I had to deal with the after affects first but as a peace offering I am posting two chapters tonight and there is some wonderful lemony goodness in the second so please forgive me!!!
