Chapter Fourteen

Bella P.O.V

Rosalie walked over to the window and stared outside. I stayed frozen on my bed, what would she have to talk to me about? I finally stood up and walked over to her.

"I'm sorry for the way I've acted..." She muttered. I raised my eyebrows.

"Why do you hate me so much?"

"I don't hate you, Bella," Rosalie hissed. "I'm jealous of you." She looked at me and I stared into her golden eyes, rather confused.

"You are jealous of me?" How stupid. Rosalie was beautiful and happy, she had Emmett and a perfect family. Why would she be jealous?

"I'm not really anymore. I was when you first arrived."

"But why?"

"Edward wanted you..." Oh, no.

"What about Emmett? Are you saying that...you...want Edward?!" I exclaimed. This didn't make sense.

"No!" Rosalie almost shouted. "Maybe if I tell you how I was changed this will make more sense..." She said to her self.

"So...tell me," I pushed after a minute. Rosalie took a deep breath and sat down on my bed.

"I was born in New York and was the favourite of my parents. Even as a human I was classed as beautiful and I used that to my advantage." Rosalie looked up at me, while I listened intently to her. "I fell in love with a man called Royce who was rich and wanted to marry me. We were soon engaged and a couple of nights before the wedding I went to visit my friend."

"While I was walking home, I realised there was drunk men across the street. When they saw me, they called me over, I realised that one of them was Royce. I had never seen him drunk and I didn't like it, when I explained to him I was going home he seemed to grab me closer. He ripped of my coat and pulled my hair until I screamed. They liked it when I screamed," Rosalie said this darkly and I gasped.

What had happened to Rosalie?

"They raped and bet me, then left me there to die. I wanted to die, living didn't seem possible for me anymore."

"Rosalie," I whispered, my voice shaken and I sounded like I had cried. Rosalie smiled in my direction, telling me she was okay. I knew she wasn't.

"Carlisle changed me and I resented him for that. Now, I can't have children or grow old and die with Emmett. I just want to be human but I try to hide that from Carlisle. He feels bad about it."

"I'm sorry," I said.

"For what?" Rosalie asked.

"Thinking you were just a bitch for no reason." Rosalie laughed.

"I forgive you."

"So, what has that got to do with Edward?"

"Edward's never took an interest in anyone before. I don't like him in that way, he's my brother, but I was used to every man wanting me. Eventually, I realised that maybe Edward just wasn't supposed to be with anyone, I was wrong of course. Then when you came along and Edward suddenly was interested in you, it made me jealous."

"Ah," I said, finally understanding.

Rosalie stood up and walked towards the door. "You are my sister, Bella," she whispered. I smiled.

"Wait!" I called before she walked out. Rosalie turned around and grinned at me.

"Yes?"

"What happened to Royce?" Rosalie smiled evilly at my question.

"Oh. I took care of him and his friends." She walked out, laughing. I found myself joining in.

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Edward P.O.V

"So, Eddie...you and Bella." Emmett suggested, waggling his eyebrows. That was something I would never discuss with Emmett. Ever.

"Emmett!" I groaned as he compared the er...images of him and Rosalie and switched them with Bella and I. Emmett laughed in return, while he attacked a dear.

When would he stop playing with his food?

"We should head back," Carlisle suggested as he finished drinking his elk. Only a couple of hours until I would see Bella now...

What would she be doing now? Was she missing me as much as I was missing her? Had she survived the shopping trip with Rosalie and Alice?

I ran at the same pace with the others, although I didn't want to. I had to remember it would be rude to run faster and leave them, though I had to see Bella soon. As we pulled up to the house, I was relieved.

"The boys are back," I heard Alice tell the girls.

"Really?" Bella asked. A moment later she ran out the door and straight into my arms. I noticed she looked worried, or was I imaging that?

"Is something wrong?" I asked her.

"I don't know." She answered flatly. I huffed.

"What?" I heard Jasper ask Alice, who glanced at us all and smiled sadly.

"There has been an increase in the number of deaths in Seattle. I had a vision of a newborn army." She explained.

"What?!" Jasper exclaimed. "Why didn't you phone and tell us?" He demanded.

"Relax. We only found out an hour ago, by that time you were already on your way back," Bella said to Jasper.

"Who's controlling them?" I asked.

"I didn't see in the vision, though there was a boy named Riley Beers, I recognised him."

"He's local," I stated. I remember his parents putting flyers around the town after he disappeared, shame.

"He's barely a newborn, he couldn't have done that." Esme said.

"Someone's hiding behind him and they're playing with your blind spots." Bella said to Alice.

"Yes, you could be right."

"Have the Volturi done anything? They wouldn't let it get this far." Emmett muttered.

"I don't know. They haven't come into any of my visions," Alice replied.

"I don't think we should worry so much the now," I reassured them. "The Volturi will deal with them."

Bella and I went upstairs then and I laid next to her on the bed.

"How was hunting?" Bella asked, while I kissed her neck.

"Mmm...okay," I muttered. "Boring, I missed you."

"I missed you too."

"How was shopping?" I asked her.

"Awful. I didn't want to go and then Alice bought me around twenty dresses," Bella explained. I chuckled. "I think Rosalie and I are okay now."

"Really?" I asked, shocked. When did that happen?

"Yes. She even called me her sister."

"That really doesn't sound like Rosalie," I said.

"I know. She told me about how she was changed too," Bella whispered more softly.

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

"Well," I said. "I think you're part of the team now, Swan." Bella laughed.