Rosalie/Emmett POV

All Human

Chapter 10: Perfect Ending

We were driving down to La Push for a picnic. Emmett's father rewarded him with a Jeep Wrangler – a car he tells me that he always wanted – after his father took Royce away. Royce was sent back to New York under serious house arrest not to mention punishment with his money; something Royce couldn't live without. After that I felt pretty sorry for him…no not really.

It's been a week since Charlie took Royce away. Emmett and I went back to school and with Emmett there the stares didn't matter anymore. It was just him and me together. Something that was beautiful. Of course people were curious on how we met and how on earth did we fall in love with one another. I finally answered the question one day with six very simple words: "We were both once very empty." Of course they didn't know what that meant, but it didn't matter if they understood. Emmett and I knew it perfectly. Finally after the longest time I know what it's like to feel…complete.

"All right we're here." Emmett said getting out of the car and opening my door, "The sun is finally out today Rose! It's been so long since I last saw the sun." Emmett shouted soaking in the sun. I watched the sun drape over Emmett's body like a blanket. It made him shine amazingly, "What?" Emmett asked smiling at me. I guess he thought something was wrong with the way I was staring.

"You're very handsome. I was just dazzled by your looks," I said with a small laugh. Emmett smiled and kissed me on my forehead whiles taking my hand as we walked down to the beaches. I can't remember the last time I saw the sun either, it's been a while. Perhaps it was when I went to Phoenix was the last time I felt the sun on my skin like this. And even when without Emmett, it didn't feel this good.

Emmett then spread the blanket out on the sands as we sat there soaking up the sun, having our feet run through the sand bare foot, "So who cooked today?" Emmett said running through the basket looking for food. I wasn't surprised that he was hungry. He can get a lot.

"I think Alice made it. Jasper and her are learning to cook; you know they are taking on some responsibilities. They have some work to do in the future. I'm proud of them for making their choices," I said, though Jasper and I had our issues in the past, I think we can step up and become better people. We are twins after all; Jasper will always be a part of me, no matter what.

Emmett then laid back and smiled, "Graduation is coming around the corner. I am happy that we'll be moving to a city with a lot more sun. I don't think I can stand more years in this gloomy place. Though it does have its upsides. This is where I met you," Emmett said turning to me. I leaned back and lay down beside him. Yeah I guess this place did have from very good upsides.

"I'm glad I found you too, so happy that I think you and I are going to be two very happy people growing older. Just to let you know I can be a very demanding person," I joked grinning cunningly at Emmett.

He smiled and nodded, "I think I can handle it. In fact I am so confident that I am going to win that I when we get to New York I am taking you to a baseball game. I know you'll love it they have the best teams there. When we were kids Charlie would take Bell's and I up there. It's a great place. What did you parents say about it?" Emmett asked after recalling his past.

What did my parents say? I think they were more thrilled that I wasn't depressed anymore. I made my parents seem like conceded people that didn't care about me or my brother. But when in truth my parents always thought about me, they did try to make me happy, I just never let them succeed – that was my mistake, "Esme thinks it's a great idea, she's even holding a job for me with her fashion industry. Carlisle even saved a job for you, and our apartment is in Manhattan. It's going to be great," I said smiling widely. Thinking about it everything just seemed so much more perfect.

Emmett kissed me as we held it for a moment, then I laid down on his chest and listened to his heart beating, I grinned thinking that it spoke my name with every thump, "Rose, when we do leave; let's not forget Forks all right? You know just because a lot happened here and I think it's an important part of us." Emmett said as I nodded agreeing with him completely. I knew Forks was important, it was the place where Emmett and I found each other. It was a place where I finally understood my life.

Two people with different lives and different ways of seeing things coming together because someone had to notice that that other person's eyes were similar to theirs. And if Emmett didn't notice that then I don't think I would be this happy, I don't think I would be smiling this much. Of course New York was a far way from here but it was somewhere where Emmett and I could start over, as just the two of us.

Every girl has a dream that her knight in shining armour would one day sweep her away to a fairy tale ending where they would live happily ever after. It seemed like such a far fetch idea; I always thought that it should stay a story book ending. But I realise now that it doesn't always have to stay in a book.

Without Emmett I'd still be a depress beauty queen that shuts everyone out of his house. And without me he'd still be the guy that everyone is scared of and only think about sports to get his mind off of that isolation – though he still is a sports freak. Since I started to hang out with Emmett people started to talk to him, and befriend him. I've even started to warm up to other people, we really changed each other. A few moments late we both heard cars pulling up onto the beach. One was a Porsche and another was a Volvo. It had to be Jasper and Edward.

"Did you invite them?" Emmett asked me – I was just about to ask him – so I shook my head no so that meant we had some uninvited guest.

"Emmett! Rosalie!" Bella shouted running closer to us and smiling, "I'm glad we caught up with you, Emmett told me you guys were coming down to La Push, we thought we might join you," Bella told us.

Emmett sighed, "I said just the two of us Bell's; meaning just Rosalie and I! We didn't ask you to bring a whole bunch of people down here," Emmett said as Bella ignored him and began to help everyone bring their things down. I smiled and took Emmett's hands; it was kind of our little family. I didn't mind having them around.

We were all connected in some way. My brother Jasper is dating Alice whose brother is Edward, who just so happened to be dating Bella whose brother is Emmett and Emmett is my boyfriend. One big happy circle. A few months ago I would never picture myself sitting in the sun on the beach with everyone around me. A few months ago I would have never thought of any of this.

"Let me help," I offered Alice as she was carrying a bunch of things, "You can place it down beside us." I said as Alice smiled kindly at me. I didn't hate her, but it sure was interesting to know that we were soon going to be related in more ways than one. I thought I might as well warm up to her. You only have one life to live. Why go on living it hating other people?

Everyone then sat down in the sun around one another, "Hey this is nice isn't it. Just us together, no fight, no harsh feelings; just friends sitting on the beach with each other. It's really great isn't it?" Edward asked holding Bella's hands. And for once, I didn't feel jealous when he did that, I actually was happy for him.

"Yeah," I said agreeing as he turned to me in shock, "It's a wonderful feeling," I added smiling. Edward grinned and me and nodded, we were finally over whatever it was that stopped me from liking him. I then realised that all this time I blamed everyone around me for my problems, thinking it was them at fault and not me. When all along I guess the only obstacle was me. Emmett then took my hand and pulled me to walk along the beach with him. We were walking barefoot in the sand as the water was washing against our feet. I was a perfect moment.

"It's beautiful isn't it? Hard to imagine that beauty like this is so close to us but we hardly take notice to it," I said looking out onto the waters and smiling. The sun reflected off of the waters making it look like a pool of sparkles. Just then Emmett wrapped his arms around me and grinned holding me closely.

"Not true. I notice the most beautiful thing I've ever seen every day. And I always take notice to her," Emmett said as I smiled, I was happy to know that he was talking about me. It was a great feeling to know that I wasn't alone in the world anymore as I turned to him and smiled running my hands down his curly hair, he smiled showing his cute dimples. I was in love with Emmett; it was something I wasn't going to fight, something I wasn't going to argue with. It was something I was going to accept…something I learnt from Emmett.

Knowing this I leaned closer standing on my tip-toes to kiss him, Emmett laughed under his breath and picked me up and kissed me. I had a whole future to look forward to with Emmett. Just me and him; forever.

***

Rose and I decided to take a drive down to La Push to eat lunch. It was a wonderful day outside and I was driving her in my new Jeep Wrangler! Charlie gave it to me after Royce was arrested. He said he was proud of me to protect my girl like that and he thought that I should get something for it. Of course I loved it, ever since I first saw it in that magazine in the doctor's clinic. And now it was mine! But there was a catch; Charlie made Bella give me the longest lecture in the world about protection…I would rather not have the car if I had known I had to sit through that. But I'm still very thankful.

Royce was sent away a week ago. Apparently he is under house arrest and his dad cut off all of his money. I would have done a lot worse to him but Rosalie assured me that when Royce's money was tampered with it was the worse punishment that he could ever face. I got hell from Bella though – she was worried and furious with me when she found out I was hurt. Rosalie and I sat down for a two hour lecture just listening her rant on about how dangerous it was and how we should have been more careful. Of course we bared with it, we were just happy that Royce was out of our hair for good.

"All right we're here." I said getting out of the car and opening Rosalie's door, "The sun is finally out today Rose! It's been so long since I last saw the sun." I said holding my arms out and looking up at the sun. It felt so warm and nice on my skin, like when Rosalie hugged me. That's when I noticed she was starting at me, "What?" I asked in a gentle voice as she smiled.

"You're very handsome. I was just dazzled by your looks." Rosalie told me. Hard to imagine that someone with her amazing beauty was the slightest bit dazzled by my look when it was hard to keep my eyes off of her. I kissed Rosalie's hand and kissed her on her forehead as we walked over to a small spot right where the sun was shining.

I spread that blanket out across the sand as we took off our shoes and began to run our feet through the sand, it was warm and felt good on my feet then I remembered that there was food left! "So who cooked today?" I asked, I remembered Rosalie telling me this morning that someone made them something to eat because she found a basket in her kitchen.

"I think Alice made it. Jasper and her are learning to cook; you know they are taking on some responsibilities. They have some work to do in the future. I'm proud of them for making their choices," Rosalie said. Jasper and Rosalie were pasted all of their problems and were trying their best to get along. Rosalie told me that graduation would be coming soon and she didn't want to leave her brother with problems. She wanted to leave knowing that she could come back to him and they'd be happy to see one another.

At the thought of graduation I laid back and smiled thinking about, moving away with the girl I was crazy about! "Graduation is coming around the corner. I am happy that we'll be moving to a city with a lot more sun. I don't think I can stand more years in this gloomy place. Though it does have it' upsides. This is where I met you," I told her as Rosalie turned to me and laid down beside me as I turned to her and grinned. I would never regret coming to Forks knowing that I found the love of my life in the small town.

"I'm glad I found you too, so happy that I think you and I are going to be two very happy people growing older. Just to let you know I can be a very demanding person," Rosalie told me with a small laugh

"I think I can handle it. In fact I am so confident that I am going to win that I when we get to New York I am taking you to a baseball game. I know you'll love it they have the best teams there. When we were kids Charlie would take Bell's and I up there. It's a great place. What did you parents say about it?" I asked. Charlie and I had this talk already; he just wanted me to be happy. And if that meant that I had to leave then he was willing to let me go. Charlie was an amazing person.

"Esme thinks it's a great idea, she's even holding a job for me with her fashion industry. Carlisle even saved a job for you, and our apartment is in Manhattan. It's going to be great," Rosalie told me with the biggest smile, she was really looking forward to a bright future with me. I was happy that her dad even cared enough to save me a job – let alone let me live with their daughter.

I then kissed Rosalie as we held it for the longest moment, Rosalie then laid on top of my chest as I held her close to me, "Rose, when we do leave; let's not forget Forks all right? You know just because a lot happened here and I think it's an important part of us." I asked her. Though we were looking forward to the future far away from Forks, this place was an important part in connecting us. It's the place that brought me to my soul made, the one person I wanted to be with.

Rosalie has made my life better in more than one way. She has not only changed who I am as a person, but she has also changed my social life. Since people are constantly wanting to be her friends – and now that I started dating her – people want to become my friends now. And they aren't scared of me anymore since they got to know me. Rosalie has even made some friends and has started to warm up to people. I even caught her laughing with two friends from her fashion class.

I always hear guys wanting only beautiful girls, girls they can do anything with. But I have a girl that I want to protect, that I want to see smile every day. Just like how make me smile every day. I have a girl that wants to help me, that wants to make me happy also, and that's more than what I could ask for. Maybe I should call Disney and tell them to change their fairytale endings – but I have my perfect ending right here .That's when I heard cars pulling up onto the beach. Rosalie and I got up and turned around to see a Volvo and a Porsche. Of course it had to be Jasper and Edward but why were they here?

"Did you invite them?" I asked Rosalie, but she shook her head no. And if she didn't invite them that meant that they invited themselves.

"Emmett! Rosalie!" Bella shouted running closer, "I'm glad we caught up with you, Emmett told me you guys were coming down to La Push, we thought we might join you," Bella said sitting down.

I looked at Bella and sighed, "I said just the two of us Bell's; meaning just Rosalie and I! We didn't ask you to bring a whole bunch of people down here," I told her but Bella went on ignoring me. I was about to say something when Rosalie took my hand. She was all right with this? Well if she was all right with this then I guess I was also.

Everyone walked over to us; I looked at all of them. A few months ago I don't think that I would have made all of these friends; in fact I don't think that I would have wanted to make all these friends, or find a love. I was so depressed coming to Forks, I tried to hide that by doing sports and keeping myself active. Everything I could to just forget about how I was, but now that I see what Forks has given me and now this place isn't so bad. I then walked over to the guys and helped them bring the things over.

"Hope you don't mind us stopping in Emmett, Bella and Alice got carried away and insisted that we'd join you. Rose isn't mad is she?" Jasper asked hanging me some of the coolers.

I shook my head no, "Nah I think Rosalie is all right," I assured him walking back to everyone. We sat in a circle under the sun. It was nice to have everyone around us; it made me feel like this was my family. The people that I wanted to see happy every day, and that make me happy every day. Rosalie then handed me a soda as I accepted and smiled at her winking once.

"Hey this is nice isn't it? Just us together, no fight, no harsh feelings. Just friends sitting on the beach with each other. It's really great isn't it?" Edward asked holding Bella's hands. I turned to Rosalie, she was smiling at Edward, I guess she didn't have any harsh feeling towards him anymore?

"Yeah," Rosalie said suddenly as everyone turned to her, she was responding to a comment that Edward made! "It's a wonderful feeling," Rosalie added smiling right at him. Edward grinned. I was glad to know that whatever harsh feelings they had with one another before, it was all gone now. But I did want to spend some time with Rosalie. So I took her hand and pulled her to walk along the beach with me – I wanted some alone time with her. We were walking barefoot in the sand as the water was washing against our feet. It felt good to hold her close to me, knowing that we could walk beside each other for the rest of our lives.

"It's beautiful isn't it? Hard to imagine that beauty like this is so close to us but we hardly take notice to it," Rosalie said. I then wrapped my arms around Rosalie and pulled her closer to me as I looked out at the ocean. That was beautiful yes, but there were some things much more beautiful.

"Not true. I notice that most beautiful thing I've ever seen every day. And I always take notice to her," I told her as Rosalie turned to me. Her blond hair moved with the wind as I watched her violet eyes. In the sun her pale skin shinned brightly making it glisten in my eyes. Rosalie was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen the most beautiful person inside and out that I could have ever asked for. She was amazing, and the best part of all of this, was that she was mine.

Rosalie leaned closer standing on my tip-toes trying to kiss me. I laughed under my breath and the picked her up helping her with the kiss. I then kissed her and smiled. Rosalie was mine and she needed me as much as I needed her. We filled each other from the emptiness that we once suffered from. I can look forward to a whole new life with Rosalie. The future holds so much for us. And what's the most important thing is that we'll have each other forever.

The End

Authors Note: A Small Love Story is my second story and once again I loved writing for all the readers that read and comment on my stories. I understand this story was a little bit different – I wanted the characters to act in a way that they feel that everyone else was the problem when really it's truly looking at yourself first before censuring others. I looked forward to writing more for all of you. Thank you for reading 

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