Chapter 9: Looking Back

Emmett was looking over the guest list Brooke had for him to look over when he heard a knock on his office door. "Come in," he answered. He looked up to see Rosalie coming in. "Hey, Rose," he greeted.

"Hi," she answered.

Emmett continued to look over the guest list. "So…" she trailed off.

"Yeah, should've told you that I was going to take another shot at getting married," he answered.

"I think congratulations are in order then," she murmured.

Emmett nodded his head slowly. "Thanks," he answered.

"She seems nice," she commented.

"Yeah," he answered.

"What does she do?" She asked.

Emmett crossed out something on the list in front of him. "Uh…she's a photographer," he replied.

"I'm really happy for you Emmett, you deserve all the happiness in the world," she murmured.

"Yeah well, I won't be as happy as I was two years ago, but what the hell why not try to give it a shot," he answered.

Rosalie closed her eyes for a second and sat down. "Did you think coming back here that things would be the same as you left it? That I was going to be right here waiting for you?" He asked.

"No," she admitted.

Emmett went back to looking at his list. "Remember spring vacation back when we were kids?" She asked suddenly.

"Yeah…when we would spend our vacations up at my parents' cabin where we did nothing but hang out the whole time," he replied.

Rosalie laughed. "Some kids went to theme parks we hung out at the lake and in the trees," she quipped.

"Good times…good times…" he murmured.

(Flashback)

Twelve-year-old Rosalie was sitting on the dock with Bella and Alice. The three girls were laughing as the guys were roughhousing in the water. "They'll never grow up," Alice commented.

"Think about it do we really want to?" Rosalie asked.

"Nah," they answered.

Rosalie looked over at Bella to see her eyes glued to Edward. "Someone has a crush," she said in a sing song voice.

"What? No I don't," Bella answered.

"You're such a liar," Alice laughed.

"You haven't stopped staring at Edward since he got in the water," Rosalie put in.

Bella blushed. "Shut up," she muttered.

Emmett walked over to them with a smile. "Hello ladies," he greeted.

"Hey," they answered.

"Why don't you guys get in the water?" He suggested.

"Nope, we're good," Alice answered.

"Oh really?" Emmett asked.

Emmett suddenly grabbed Rosalie. "EMMETT PUT ME--" She was cut short when Emmett threw her into the lake. She resurfaced, spitting out water. "EMMETT YOUR'E DEAD!" She shouted.

"Gotta run," Emmett informed as he took off running.

Rosalie got out of the water and chased after him.

(End Flashback)

Rosalie saw his eyes glaze over and she knew he was thinking of the same memory as she was. "I can't keep doing this," he said suddenly.

"What?" She asked.

"I can't keep thinking about us, there is no us anymore. I'm getting married in three months to Brooke," he told her, standing up.

Rosalie stood up too. "I have to go check on my patients," he told her as he left the office.

Emmett sighed as he made his rounds, checking on all his patients when he bumped into Edward. "Hey, thought you were taking the day off?" Emmett asked.

"Yeah, I forgot Claire's favorite book here," he replied, a smile spreading across his face when he mentioned his daughter.

"The kid's only a year old, Eddie, how the hell is she going to read a book?" Emmett asked.

"Don't call me Eddie, that's not my name," Edward answered.

Emmett rolled his eyes. "My own parents never even called me Eddie," he commented.

"You whine like a woman," Emmett answered.

Edward smacked him upside the head. "You're lucky you're my wife's brother," he told him.

"Oh what you going to beat me up?" Emmett asked.

"Asshole," Edward answered.

Emmett laughed as he continued down the hall.

Emmett walked into one of his patients' rooms. "Hello Mrs. Franke," he informed.

"Morning Dr. Cullen," the woman answered.

"How are you feeling today?" he asked, checking her chart.

(Emmett's Office)

Rosalie sighed as she looked at the pictures on Emmett's desk. A couple of them were of Brooke. She let out a sigh, she wasn't going to stand in the way of Emmett being happy. She smiled slightly as she placed a picture of Emma on his desk that he could have before leaving the office.

Rosalie walked down the stairs when her cell phone went off. "Hello?" She answered.

"Hello Miss Hale, this is Janice Oliver, I'm an agent for Ford Models and I had received some of your headshots earlier today. I was wondering, are you still interested in becoming a model?" the caller asked.

Rosalie smiled, her perfect chance for her and Emma to start over.