AN: Actions in regular script, thoughts in italics, yelling/forceful words in bold. Whispers will be both bold and italic. Also, I'm going to try to write this in 3rd person point of view. It's sort of less awkward for me to write. I'm also not going to go back and edit the other chapters, they will stay as they are for the sake of me not wanting to have to re-write everything. However, if you guys really want me to, then I will go back and edit them, it might make it easier to follow along. If I do that though, there won't be a new chapter for awhile since I will have to rewrite each chapter entirely. This chapter is sort of in Rosalie's point of view, but it is also still in 3rd person.

Rosalie stands by her car outside the school, leaning against the side of it looking around nervously.

"This. Is. Ridiculous. Vampires don't get nervous. So what the hell is wrong with me? I'm just going to tell the potential love of my life that my family and I are vampires. No big deal. Oh god, if I could sweat I would be standing in a puddle right now." Bella walks out and comes to an abrupt stop, looking from left to right and back again. Trying not to make it too obvious that she's searching for someone. When she spots Rose leaning against her car watching her, she ducks her head down sheepishly and starts to walk towards her.

"Jesus, here she comes." Rosalie waits till Bella is closer to greet her.

"Bella, hey." Bella looks up from looking at her feet to look into Rosalie's eyes. She sees Rosalie looking at her with a look she can't quite interpret and blushes slightly.

"Hey Rose." Rosalie smiles at Bella's awkwardness and motions to her car.

"Ready to go?" Bella nods.

"Yeah. But is it okay if we go by my house first? I didn't bring my bag with me to school."

"Of course. You're going to have to give me directions though." Rosalie knew the way to Bella's house, but Bella didn't have to know that. Rosalie moves away from the door and opens it for Bella, waiting till she's all the way into the car to close the door. She walks around her car to the driver's side at a brisk human pace. She closes the door and turns her car on.

"You better put your seatbelt on. I'm a fast driver." Bella looks at her with a wide-eyed expression and makes sure to secure her seatbelt before nodding her head at Rosalie and gripping the seat tightly. Rosalie chuckles lightly to herself before putting her own seatbelt on, for Bella's sake, and backing out of the parking space. She drives out of the school parking lot slowly, but as soon as she hits the main road she speeds up significantly. As she's driving, her eyes switch back and forth between the road and Bella. She could tell that Bella was scared by the expression on her face, but she could smell the excitement in her blood. She slowed her car down as she got closer to Bella's house, and Bella breathed in a sigh of relief. Rosalie pulls up into the gravel driveway and puts her car in park before turning it off. She turns to Bella…

"Do you just want to run in real quick or do you want me to come in-"

"No! I mean no. Sorry. I just don't want to waste any time and if you come in then Charlie is going to ask a bunch of questions and…I want to spend as much time with- I mean in Portland as possible."

"Okay…sure. I'll be out here. Take your time." Bella hops out of the car and runs up her porch steps. She opens her front door and steps inside, shutting it behind her, leaving Rosalie alone in the car.

"That was a little strange. I wonder if I did or said something to make her so uncomfortable. Way to make a fool of yourself Rosalie and you don't even know what you did." Rosalie throws her head back against the seat and lets out a loud exasperated sigh.

"I don't even know how I'm going to tell her about my family. I mean, how do you bring that up in conversation? "Hey Bella lets watch a movie. Oh, by the way, my family and I are vampires. But we're vegetarians so don't worry, I won't eat you." She probably already thinks I'm a freak. I can feel the burn of tears behind my eyes. But they will never fall. If there was one thing I truly miss about being human, it is having the ability to cry. The way your emotions betray you, even if you don't wish to show people how much something is affecting you. Your eyes show all. The eyes are a window to your soul."

Rosalie sat up as she saw Bella's front door open slowly. A head peeked out, and it wasn't Bella's. Nor was it female. It was Bella's father, Charlie. That much was obvious. Charlie spotted Rosalie sitting in the car and she waved to him, flashing him one of her dazzling smiles. Even from the distance Rosalie was at she could see the blush on Charlie's cheeks. He seemed to contemplate something before stepping all the way out of the door and coming down the steps walking towards Rosalie's car. Rosalie rolled the window down as he approached.

"Hello Mr. Swan." He stepped up closer to her window and brought his hand up as if he was offering a handshake. Rosalie stuck her hand out of the window and shook his hand.

"Call me Charlie."

"Alright, Charlie." Rosalie smiled.

"You're one of Doctor Cullen's kids right?"

"Yes sir, I'm Rosalie Hale. Jasper Hale is my twin brother."

"Oh, yes. The other blonde one."

"That's right."

"Aren't you guys adopted?" Rosalie frowned slightly.

"Yes sir, we are. Why do you ask?"

"Well…it's just…you guys all have to same color eyes. Same, but a little different. Just curious as to how that is."

"Oh, well Edward was Carlisle's sister's son, Alice and Emmett are brother and sister and they are Edward's Aunt's kids. Both Edward's mom and aunt died in a car crash a little over 13 years ago."

"Must've been hard on them."

"Yeah, they took it pretty bad for the first couple of years. But they all love Carlisle and Esmé like their own parents so they're doing much better now. "

"That's good. So, where do you and Jasper fit into all this?"

"We actually are of no relation to the Cullen's at all. We just somehow have the same eye color. I find it a bit odd as well to be honest."

"Hmmm…right. You're sure you guys aren't related? Perhaps distantly?"

"No, not at all. Carlisle traced both his and our ancestors as far back as possible. I actually found out that I am an old relative of Marie Antoinette."

"Wow. That's amazing actually."

"Yeah." Rosalie awkwardly smiled.

"Whelp, I better get inside. See you Rosalie."

"It was very nice to finally meet you chief Swan."

"Likewise." Charlie smiled and turned around to walk back inside, as he did the front door opened and Bella walked out with a duffle bag in her hand. A look of surprise crossed her face when she saw her father walking away from Rosalie's car. She gave him a pointed look before leaning in to hug him.

"Don't worry Bells, I didn't bother her too much."

"Yeah, I'm sure." Charlie pulled away and smiled at Bella slyly.

"Have fun. I'll see you Sunday, okay?"

"Kay." Charlie walked up the porch steps and opened the door before turning around and waving to the girls. He went inside and closed the door. Bella opened the passenger side door and started apologizing as soon as she sat down.

"I am so sorry for Charlie. I didn't invite you in because I didn't want him to ask a billion and one questions about what we were doing this weekend. He actually kind of doesn't want me to go anywhere outside of Forks, unless it's to Port Angeles."

"Wait. So you're allowing me to take you somewhere that your dad won't allow you to go to?" Bella looked at Rosalie sheepishly and nodded her head.

"Yeah, I mean…Is that not okay? I figured I'd be more than safe with you so I thought you wouldn't mind." Bella's eyes scanned Rosalie's face taking in her expression.

"Rose? I mean we don't have to go. I'd be fine hanging out over at your house. Or staying home. Whatever you want." Rosalie rolled her eyes and looked at Bella.

"You're not going to stay home. I know both you and I have been looking forward to this weekend so we are going to go and enjoy ourselves. I just would have preferred a little bit of a warning that I was defying the wishes of the Chief of Police." Rosalie smiled teasingly at Bella and put a hand on her knee.

"Let's go have fun, yeah?" Rosalie could feel Bella practically vibrating with excitement.

"Okay." Rosalie turned her car on and backed out of the driveway, heading towards the highway.

"What kind of music do you like Bella?"

"Umm…everything. I listen to everything."

"That's pretty vague Bella."

"I know…Sorry."

"That's okay, I guess I can work with that." Rosalie smiled as she pulled her iPhone out of her pants pocket and plugged it into the car stereo. She scrolled through her music until she settled on one that she figured Bella would like. "I see Fire" by Ed Sheeran started playing softly through the speakers. Bella turned to Rosalie in surprise. Rosalie turned her head slightly to look at Bella.

"What?"

"This is my favorite song. How did you know?"

"Good guess." Rosalie smiled widely at Bella and turned back to the road. Bella had a feeling that Rosalie was lying, but she let it go and sat back to enjoy the music. Rosalie, in fact, knew that it was Bella's favorite song because every night she was outside of her window she could hear it playing softly through Bella's stereo, and Bella could be heard softly singing along.

"If you get hungry or something Bella, be sure to let me know. It's kind of a long ride."

"Will do." They finally arrived at the hotel quite a few hours later, sometime during which Bella had fallen asleep. Rosalie turned to Bella and shook her awake.

"Bella? Bella sweetheart, we're here." Bella mumbled and peeked her eyes open to see Rosalie smiling at her.

"Mmmm….How long was I out?

"No more than a couple hours."

"I hope you weren't too bored by yourself, you could've woke me up you know."

"Yeah, but you looked like you needed the sleep. I didn't mind, it was nice just having the company."

"Okay…but on the way back, make sure I stay up."

"If that is what you want, then I will do it."

"Then that's what I want." Bella leans forward and peers out of the windshield and finally gets a look at the hotel that Rosalie drove them to.

"The Hilton?"

"Yeah, I wanted our stay here to be comfortable. I only rented one room anyways." Rosalie holds her breath (despite it being unnecessary for her to breathe) waiting for Bella's reaction about her only renting one room.

"Rosalie…This is too much. At least let me pay half for the room."

"Bella. There is no need. I have more than enough money to pay for the room, and I am more than happy to pay for it myself."

"Rosalie…"

"Bella. I insist." Bella turns and looked at Rosalie for a few long seconds before sighing in resignation.

"Fine. You win." Rosalie grins at her and chuckles. "It's not about winning love." Rosalie pauses for a second. "Are you really okay with us sharing a room?"

Bella turns and looks at Rosalie with a frown on her face.

"Yeah…Why wouldn't I be?"

"Oh, um…I don't know. I just wasn't sure if you were that comfortable with me yet."

"Rosalie, I am more comfortable with you than I ever have been with anybody. My parents included." Rosalie smiles widely at Bella's confession.

"Good. I'm glad you're comfortable with me." Bella doesn't know what to say so she just looks at her and smiles. Rosalie gathers all her stuff in her hands before opening her door and putting a foot outside.

"Let's go see what our hotel room looks like shall we?" Bella nods before opening her door and stepping outside. She tilts her head up towards the sky and inhales the fresh air. A smile appears on her face and she looks happier than she's ever been.

"It's beautiful."

"Yeah, it is." Rosalie answers almost immediately. Bella looks down from the sky only to see Rosalie staring at her with a strange look on her face. Rosalie shakes her head slightly and looks down before looking back up with a small smile. She heads towards her trunk and pops it open, reaching down to grab their bags. Bella makes a move to grab her bag from Rosalie but Rosalie pulls her arm back and scowls at her.

"Please, let me carry my bag." Bella frowns at Rosalie before once again trying to reach for her bag.

"Bella, I know you're strong enough to carry your own bag and you don't need any help from me, but I would like to carry your bag for you. Please. It would make me feel both uncomfortable and rude to see you carrying your own bags when I was the one who invited you on this trip in the first place. I promise that this will be the only thing I do for you without your permission." Bella takes a moment to think before sighing in resignation. "Alright, fine."

Rosalie smiles and swoops down, placing a kiss on Bella's cheek. "Thank you." Bella blushes and mumbles a reply. "Sure." Rosalie places both their bag straps in one hand and grabs onto Bella's hand with the other, pulling her towards the hotel entrance. Rosalie drops Bella's hand to open the door for her and as soon as their both in the lobby she reaches for her hand again. There's a lot more people in the lobby than Rosalie expected and she pulls Bella a bit closer to her. Heads turn as they walk up to the front desk and whispers can be heard.

The man operating the front desk has his head turned to the side talking animatedly with the woman to his right when Rosalie and Bella reach the front desk. Rosalie stares at him for a couple seconds before clearing her throat. The man sighs, turns, and looks down at the computer in front of him. "Can I help you?" he asks with as much attitude as he can muster. Rosalie raises an eyebrow before leaning forward slightly. "Yes. You can start with improving your attitude." The man rolls his before looking up from the computer. As soon as he sees Rosalie his eyes get wide. He looks back and forth between Bella and Rosalie before blushing, "M-my apologies Miss…"

"Hale. Rosalie Hale." His face pales and it is obvious that he has started to sweat. "R-right. M-my apologies once again M-miss Hale." Rosalie continues to stare at him until he looks back down at his computer. After a few keyboard clicks he looks back up at Rosalie. "Miss Rosalie Lillian Hale, Suite 350, Top floor?" "That's right." He reaches underneath the desk and produces a key card which he hands to Rosalie. "Enjoy your stay Miss Hale, and I once again extend my apologies." Rosalie smiles a close-lipped smile before pulling Bella towards the elevator.

As soon as Rosalie and Bella enter the elevator Rosalie lets out a giggle. Bella turns her head to look at her. "He was so scared, did you see his face?" Bella frowns a little. "That wasn't funny Rose, you scared him half to death." "Oh come on Bells, you know it was a little funny. He was about to wet his pants." Bella lets out a little chuckle. "Yeah, it seemed like he was didn't it?" Rosalie giggles again before making a quick humming sound in agreement. She absentmindedly starts to rub her thumb back and forth on the back of Bella's hand. Bella looks down at their hands before looking up at Rosalie's face. She is turned facing the doors, and doesn't seem to realize what she is doing. Bella smiles and looks back towards the elevator doors, squeezing Rosalie's hand just a little bit tighter.

"So…a suite huh?"