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AN: I'm sorry for the delay, I had some family issues going on involving trips to the hospital, but everyone's okay now. I decided to combine the two handwritten chapters and this makes for a longer than usual chapter. I'll try to update when I can, the next couple of weeks are going to be very busy for me, so please be patient. Please review. Enjoy!
Bella POV
"Impossible," I heard my voice saying.
"Obviously not if we are standing here," came my retort. I finally looked in a mirror and saw that I had Rosalie's perfect features.
"Of course I know that," Rosalie replied through me.
"This has to be a dream, this has to be a dream," I muttered quickly, making a new mantra for myself.
"More like a nightmare."
I turned to glare at Rosalie, well me I guess, and inhaled sharply. My olfactory senses were met with the same sweet smell from earlier. I realized now that it was my blood.
Rosalie must have noticed the darkening of my eyes, for she shifted away, almost imperceptibly.
"Don't you dare," she whispered.
"As if I would bite my own neck."
"Not as easy as you thought it would be, is it?" she looked smug.
"Just wait until you have to face human trials again."
"Like?"
"Like getting wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow."
"You think this is going to last until tomorrow?"
I shrugged. "Who knows how long this will last. Congratulations, you got your wish."
"I beg your pardon?" Rosalie asked.
"You're human again."
Instantly her, my eyes hardened, "And you are not one of the undead."
"Just don't go thinking you can have Edward now."
Rosalie POV
I'll admit, I laughed when Bella told me to stay away from Edward. "As if he can keep his hands off your body."
"He will if you tell him to wait for the wedding."
"This means you stay away from Emmett."
It was strange watching my own face contort in disgust. "Please," she said, "Emmett is like a brother to me."
"As is Edward."
"Perhaps, but I've never tried to make Emmett fall in love with me."
That's it, as soon as I get my body back, I am going to kill her. So what if it makes Edward upset, the bitch deserves it. Those feelings are in the past. I have Emmett now and he is all I could ask for and more.
"At night you need to tell Emmett that you are not in the mood and ask him to just hold you."
"Hold me?" she asked, a perplexing look temporarily marring my perfect features.
Was she really that dense? I thought she was supposed to be smart. "Yes, hold you. Then you lay still all night and pretend to sleep."
"Like a human?"
I turned my head away and whispered, "Yes, like a human." Then for the first time in countless years, a tear rolled down my cheek.
Bella POV
Did I just make Rosalie cry? The fact that I had caused her maudlin state brought two thoughts to mind, "Wow, I can't believe Rosalie actually has it in her to cry" and my other, less appealing thought was "How could I have been so heartless as to drive someone to tears?"
As if mirroring Rosalie's emotions, dark clouds rolled into the sky and instantly caused a torrential downpour.
I was amazed at how magnified the sound of rain drops hitting the roof was. I sat down in Jasper's desk chair and looked at my body. Rosalie had oriented towards the wall and was quietly sobbing. If I still had a heart, it would have been breaking over her condition. For as much as she tried to suppress the sounds of her misery, I could still hear every shaky breath and smell every salty tear.
Knowing I could never leave the room until I had made things right, I waited for Rosalie to be ready to talk. I slouched down in the chair and inhaled deeply. Closing my eyes, I began to decipher each new and intoxicating aroma.
I could smell Edward in his room, no doubt waiting for Rosalie to return in my body. Emmett had traveled downstairs with Jasper and the two were playing some kind of videogame. Esme seemed to be out in the garden, even though it was pouring rain outside. Carlisle and Alice were in the kitchen and by the tantalizing scent coming from that direction, they were cooking bacon for the breakfast that should have been mine.
Instantly, a vile liquid filled my mouth. I cringed and gagged on the flavor.
Rosalie heard and turned to be with an evil grin on her face. "It sucks to smell human food, doesn't it?"
I nodded and ran to the bathroom at vampire speed to wash the venom from my mouth.
Rosalie POV
Once the first tear slid down my cheek, there was no stopping the onslaught that followed. I was not weeping for any reason other than the fact that it was cathartic. I had been carrying around pent up emotions all these years and now I w as finally getting relief.
Bella hadn't left the room and I wondered why. It's not like she hasn't seen someone cry before.
Slowly, the scent of sizzling bacon reached my human nose. Behind me, I hear Bella gag. I turned around smiling, "It sucks to smell human food, doesn't it?"
She nodded and ran from the room.
Once she had left, I turned to face the wall again, taking a moment to collect myself. I flinched when unexpected hands touched my back in a soothing rub.
"Are you all right, Bella?"
"Yes, Edward, I'm fine. I just stubbed my toe, that's all," I said, hoping he would believe my lie.
"Silly, Bella. You know not to run into things."
"I slipped."
Edward chuckled and offered me his hand, "I think your breakfast is ready."
I nodded and took the proffered hand, marveling at how cool his touch was and how awkward it was to hold your brother's hand on the way to breakfast.
This really was a breaking of a fast for me, a fast that had lasted for more than a lifetime.
Accompanying my bacon was toast and orange juice. I smiled as I dug in and moaned at the explosions occurring on my tastebuds.
"Did I do a good job on the bacon?" Alice asked, jumping up and down in obvious delight at her accomplishment.
"Yes," I said through a mouthful of food before shoveling more in.
Bella soon joined us with a wistful look in her eyes.
Eat your heart out…oh, wait, you can't. You no longer have a heart…