Hey guys! Sorry for the late update. I was actually planning to update a few days ago but then something happened with my computer. Sorry. I wanted to thank everyone who reviewed chapter 8 and 9 for me. You guys are the best! Here's chapter 10. Have fun!

Thank you Ember Sage for being a wonderful beta for this chapter, too

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight

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Chapter 10. Plans and failures

(ALICE POV):

"He did what?" I asked, surprised about what happened with Bella yesterday.

"He laughed in my face and didn't even help me up or look apologetic. Now tell me, Alice. Does that sound like a guy who likes me?" She gave me a knowing look at the end.

"I have to admit, no, it doesn't. But…but…he could have been pretending for his friends."

She shook her head. "Sorry, Alice. You're just wrong this time."

"How many times do I have to say this, Bella? I am right about this. If not, my name isn't Alice Brandon."

"You see? You're wrong again. Your name is Mary Alice Brandon," she giggled and covered her mouth.

I huffed and growled, "Whatever. Change of subject. Guess where we're going on Friday!"

She pondered the question. "We're staying at home, since neither of us have a great social life?"

I rolled my eyes. "We are social, Bella. We just need to prove that the rumors about us are wrong and the stupidest things ever said about anyone."

She raised her left brow. "What rumors, may I ask?"

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, you know the ones that say you are some sort of undercover serial killer ready to attack your next victim while hiding in silence. And the one about me that says I'm some sort of computerized robot coming from the 'great beyond' to rule the world," I snorted. "Really, our fellow classmates have too much imagination. Where do they think we live in? Some world that revolves around Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Transformers?"

"Yup, that definitely sounds like Tyler Crowley." She jokes, and continued to read her book.

"I'm not fooling around, Bella. I'm tired of people thinking we're freaks, so here's what we're going to do. After tomorrow, we're going shopping."

"No way!" She yelled, making the librarian give us the stink eye.

"No way in hell am I going shopping, Alice," she hissed, which might have looked frightening to anyone else.

"Yes, you are. I'm not going to let you back out of this. Please, Bells, you need the clothes," I begged.

"No, I never liked shopping, Alice."

"Well, you don't have to like it. You just have to go with me and try on some stuff that can make you look hot." I suggested.

She continued to carry on with her glares.

"I know that that's exactly what you don't want to do. But come on, do it for me, Bella," Nothing in her expression changed. "Fine…" But I didn't stop there. I gave her my best puppy dog eyes that I've been practicing for days.

She narrowed her eyes and sighed in defeat as I unleashed my eyes. "When and where are we going, again?"

"We're going Friday night to Port Angeles. I'll pick you up. And don't worry about anything else," I was jumping in happiness on the inside.

"How did you get your mom to give you the permission?"

"Ha, that was easy," I laughed nervously.

(Flashback)

"Um…Mother?" I asked, hoping that my plan will work.

"Yes, Mary?"

"I-I was just wondering if-if-"

My mom groaned in frustration. "Spit it out, Mary. And stop that nonsense with your stuttering, young lady, it is not presentable."

"I was just wondering if I could go spend my Friday night at the library. You see, I have this huge test on Monday and I wouldn't be able to have the chance to study for it, since I will spend the whole weekend volunteering at the shelter. The only free time will be on Friday, and I really do need to pass it." I explained in a light rush of words, hoping that she bought my lie.

"Well…" She pondered. "You can go only if you'll be home before your regular curfew."

I sighed in relief. She bought it!

"Oh, thank you, mother I-"

"None of that. Now, go freshen up. Supper will be done in a couple of minutes.

(End of Flashback)

"Honestly, it wasn't easy. That's one of the reasons you have to come. I don't ever know if we'll have another chance."

"Okay, I'll go."

I squealed and hugged Bella tightly. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, Bells. I promise, we'll have a great time."

"Yeah, yeah. I'll ask Charlie first, and then we'll go. I'm pretty sure he'll say yes, he's actually one of the few parents who want their kids to stay out as long as they want. Now, shoo, I'm at the part where Anne refuses Gilbert's proposal for the very first time."

I shook my head. "Seriously, Bella. When are you ever going to stop reading the classics like Anne of Green Gables?"

"Until I go blind? Never mind that, I'll hire someone to read it for me by the time that becomes possible." She humoured.

I left Bella alone and went back to my own thoughts.

Finally, I get to go somewhere that isn't work or school related. Friday's going to be great!

(ROSALIE POV):

« J'ai, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont. » I told Madame Lemieux.

She seemed bothered that I answered it correctly. I know, teachers are usually supposed to feel accomplished that their students are passing, yet she feels the need to try and fail us. I figure it's just because everyone else doesn't get it and she thinks that knowing the foreign language makes her superior.

« Bravo…Rosalie. Maintenant compose une phrase en utilisant le verbe avoir au futur simple de l'indicatif a la première personne du singulier. » She ordered as I rolled my eyes.

« J'aurai un petit ami avant la fin de la journée. » Or so I hoped.

Before she even gave us our assignments for next week, the bell rang, making me run out straight to Miss Cope's office.

"Hello, Miss Cope."

She gave me a warm smile "Hello, Rosalie. Are you here for anything?"

"I actually am. Principal Norton told me that my Art period got switched?"

She nodded. "Yes, dear. You're very lucky, Mr. Banner only allowed one more student joining his class because of the odd number of students present at the time period."

"Thank you Miss Cope." I waved and walked away.

I know, I'm a sly devil, but can you blame me? I want Emmett, and damn it, I'm going to get him!

Because I was so caught up with my thoughts, I ran into someone. The screams were right at the tip of my tongue but I held it down.

Remember. The bet.

I looked down to see who it was and relieved that I did held down my shrieks.

"I'm sorry. I am such a terrible k-" She looked up to me, suddenly her voice became hostile. "Rosalie."

I admit I deserved that, I practically told her off the last time we had a conversation. She was about to leave when I stopped her for a moment.

"Bella, I-"

"Sorry," she interrupted, "Alice wanted to meet me."

I sighed. I deserved that, too. "Fine. But please, I want to tell you something tomorrow. Can we meet up in the cafeteria or something?"

She looked confused with how to answer. "Okay, I promise. I still need to go now."

I nod and let her be.

Really, I wasn't lying before. I get why her and Alice hate me. I was pretty…never mind. I'll talk to Bella and hope she'll understand. In the mean time, I can't wait to see Emmett later.

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Deep breaths, Rosalie, deep breaths. He's just a guy.

A very cute guy, with the greats, eyes, dimples, curl-

My thoughts about Emmett weren't helping either. I ignored everything and opened the door.

"Umm… Mr. Banner. I got transferred to your class."

He was quickly with comprehension. "Ah, yes. Miss Hale. I was wondering who the new student would be. Please, go take a seat next to Miss Brandon."

I heard a pencil snap in two as I turned my head to where he was pointing at.

Sitting there was Emmett McCarty, and next to him was Alice.

Crap.

(EMMETT POV):

No way. No way is Rosalie Hale going to be in this class. I must be dreaming. I closed my eyes and opened them when I heard Alice snap her pencil. It has to be from the anger of the situation. Nope, no dream.

Mr. Banner pointed to me and I didn't get why until I heard him tell me to move to Jessica's seat right next to Angela Weber.

Shit.

I looked over to Alice and noticed that all the color was drained from her face.

"Sir, I can always sit in an empty seat." Rosalie tried to reason. It's not a surprise that she was going to argue.

"I am sorry, Rosalie. But I always feel that it is best to seat my newer students with the brightest mind in the present class." That's true.

"Really, I-I can catch up with the work pretty fast. If I need help, I'll ask Angela. I can-"

"Rosalie." He said in a stern voice.

She looked like she really wanted to yell her reasons, but she bottled it up and came over to where I was. When she was only a step away, she looked at me and waited.

What was she waiting for?

She's waiting for you to move out of her seat, dimwit.

Oh!

I gathered up my stuff to not keep Rosalie waiting and went to sit right next to Angela. She smiled slightly and went back to reading something off of her biology notes.

"Now class, before I start. I wanted to say that Miss Hale joined out class because of Jessica's sudden transfer. Also, other news, I'm happy to say that you…have all passed my test with no lower than seventy-five percent! Wonderful!" He announced, which made a few foot-ball players go crazy, including me. "Now, now. Settle down. On to the bad news, you all will be partnered up with the classmate right next to you to perform the lab I am about to present to you. It's not really a biology lab, but more for chemistry since that it the only grade I am missing to mark you all on," Groans were heard everywhere. "Settle down! Here's the paper. You should all start immediately so you can have the chance to finish ten minutes before the bell rings."

Like said, Mr. Banner passed around the instructions and Angela went to get the material for the lab.

Throughout the lab, I would give quick glances toward Rosalie. Sometimes to see if she and Alice were doing okay, other times to look what emotion her violet eyes showed. Then, there would be times where it was for no absolute reason and to just stare at her beau-

"Emmett!" Angela snapped me back. I looked at her and saw her smirk.

"We all know Rosalie is beautiful, but please pay attention, I wouldn't want to have some sort of accident happen."

I felt like I was going to blush. But…but I didn't, because guys don't do that! Man, I need to grow a pair. I wasn't even dating Rosalie, and she had me whipped since the day I talked to her. Not in detention, but a few days after.

"Emmett!" Angela hissed, still sounding so damn nice, though.

"Okay, okay, I swear I'll pay more attention. Geez, no need to hiss out my name with the pure niceness."

She laughed it off, "I've learned to use that tone with my five year old brothers."

"Hey," I complained and crossed my arms over my chest like I used to do when I was a kid. "I'm not five."

Angela seemed like she was really trying to hold in her laughter. I sighed, "Whatever, let's work!" I teased.

Half of the lab was done after I started to try and put my attention on the work. Right when I was pouring in some red liquid in with the yellow, I heard a shriek of surprise. I turned my head to see where it came from and saw Rosalie soaked with a lot of chemicals, and the vials were held by a smirking Alice.

Rosalie started to turn red in anger at the sight of her pants. I shook my head. Girls and their clothes.

"EMMETT!" It was Angela who shrieked this time. My head snapped to what I was doing and saw that the chemicals were starting to turn into the opposite colors.

Oh shit!

(ROSALIE POV):

We turned to see Angela shriek at Emmett and both ducking under the lab table. As if something told us to follow their movement, we did, and that's when we heard something that almost made our ears blowup.

BOOM!

After that, everything was chaos. Girls were screaming and crying, the boys were shouting and ready to run out of the door, and Mr. Banner pulled the fire alarm. I tried getting up, but as I noticed the small fire that was about to grow, I slipped on the chemicals that were thrown at me.

Damn Alice and these heals.

Suddenly, strong arms started to help me get out of the classroom. I looked up and saw that it was Emmett.

As soon as we were out of the doors, students were already heading out of the school. Emmett took me directly to the nurse's office. As if he understood, he told me the reason. "You're kind of limping, so we need to get you some ice for that ankle."

Without a word, we arrived at the office and when Mrs. Case saw us she went to go get me a pack of ice.

"Hear, dearie. The school day is about to be canceled for the rest of the day, so you can all go home. Firemen are coming to inspect the damage done by Mr. McCarty here." She gave Emmett a knowing look.

He lifted up his arms in defense. "Hey, how did you know it was me?"

She rolled her eyes. "News travels fast. Plus, it's the kind of thing he would cause." She nod and left us there.

I giggled a bit, and it did not escape Emmett's notice.

"What?"

I smiled slightly. "She's right; it's such an Emmett thing for you to do," I teased.

"Well, I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't so distracted."

I raised my eyebrows. "What was so important for you to almost blow up the whole classroom?"

For a moment I thought I heard a 'you', but I knew it wasn't it. I was starting to leave the school when Emmet stopped me.

"What?"

"I am not going to let you walk out in the parking lot with that ankle in those heals alone."

I scoffed. "Please, I'm not a klutz. I know how to walk in heels and not cause a car accident."

"Then just let me just make sure you make it safely to your car."

Let him help you, girl. Here's the guy you're wanting so badly and you're about to blow him off because of your pride. Screw that.

For once, I listened to the voice inside my head and let Emmett walk with me.

"So…how is working with Alice going for you?"

I shrugged. "Normally, I wouldn't have someone try and sabotage me out of the bet. But, hey, I get why she's doing it."

"Yeah, well, Alice is a nice girl. She's one of my best friends." I felt a pang of jealousy hit me when I heard his comment about Brandon.

Like he said, Rose. She's just a friend. Just a friend.

"I'll keep that in mind the next time."

"Yeah."

Cue the awkward silence.

"Where's your car?"

"Um…It's over there. The M3," I told him, pointing at my red BMW.

He seemed so shocked.

I felt uneasy for a second. "What? Why are you staring like that?"

"Oh, well, I never met a girl who knew how to pick a good car or even talk about mechanics."

Oh… that's what I said. Shit!

"Look, I really hope that doesn't freak you out or anything."

Now it was his turn to be confused. "Why would I freak out? I think it's pretty hot when a girl knows about cars."

"Usually, guys don't like girls who know more about cars than they do." It's kind of true. My uncle used to teach me everything about them when I was younger, and every time I mentioned it to a guy, they would just run off like I insulted their manhood or something like that.

"See, that's the difference between me and other guys. I'm not like that." He smiled and itmade my heat swell.

He looked away and tapped the hood of my baby lightly. "We're here. Sweet car, by the way."

I grinned. "Yup, that's my girl."

"Okay, now that I know you're fine, I'll be going." He said.

I didn't want him to leave, but what could I say 'Please stay'? No way, I'd look like a freak.

"No problem. Bye, Emmett." I was about to open the car door as I noticed him stop and turn towards me, like he was debating with himself.

"Hey, Rosalie…" He sounded so unsure of himself.

"Would you…"

"Yes?" I waited patiently for his answer, yet I felt like I would blow if he didn't talk faster.

"Would you…um…look at my car next week? The engine of my jeep is…causing me trouble and I want to know if it's okay. Is it okay if you could look at it for a bit?" He asked and my hopes were crushed.

Not that I would let him know how I felt. "Sure. Why not? Come over anytime. I'll give you the address tomorrow."

"Thanks. I owe you one." He walked off after he gave me a small smile.

I sighed. I'm never going to get what I want this time, am I?

(BELLA POV):

I saw Emmett walk away from Rosalie. Though he looked like he was smiling, it looked as if he was actually trying to hide of the disappointment of the situation. Yup, Alice was right, I'm definitely clueless when it came to me, but to others I was such an open book.

"Bella, did you hear what I just said?" Alice asked, making me turn my eyes away from Emmett and Rosalie's figures.

"Yes, I did. You said something about you 'accidently' spilling something on Rose's pants and Emmett almost destroying the classroom a few seconds after." I grinned at what the story behind the fire was. Some people actually blamed it on Mr. Banner being some sort of psychic and damaging the lab on purpose. I chuckled at that.

"It was an accident."

I shot Alice a look.

"Fine, it wasn't an accident. But, I had to reveal Rosalie for her true self. She can't pretend like she's really a nice person on the inside." I rolled my eyes.

"No, you just want the money you bet against Emmett." I answered

"How did you know?"

"You talk way too much," I teased. "And besides…Rosalie may actually be nice." I tried that out, but knew I had failed.

"Nice? What do you mean by nice? You haven't been talking to her have you?" Alice threw questions at me like they were dodge balls.

"I bumped into her before lunch and she helped me for about three seconds. And it looked like she was about to apologize or something like that."

"I don't like Rosalie, Bella. She's never going to change. Really, I know people like her."

I gave her a nod but didn't really listen. "I'll talk to you tomorrow, Alice. Charlie must be worried. Knowing him, he heard about it the second he got the call from the school. I'll see you tomorrow," I climbed into my truck and shut the windows, careful not to let any of the cold come in, "…and Rosalie."

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I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter! I put in some more of Emmett and Rosalie drama. Especially for those who are fans of Emmett. Now next chapter will be one of the longest ones I've ever written. It's already done, so I just need to have it edit.

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