Rosalie POV

I told Bella the news that Alice was only three weeks away from coming back. It was the first time that I had seen any real emotions from Bella. She was actually looking forward for Alice to return. She couldn't wait to see her best friend again.

"Bella, do you see any of your friends from school?" The thought had never really occurred to me.

Bella stumbled a little. "Yeah, I do. I'm…I'm going with Jessica this weekend for shopping."

I raised an eyebrow at her. "You hate shopping." I said cynically.

"I need a girls night out," she paused, "with friends, and not family." I was hurt a little. But I suppose from one point of view she was right. I nodded my agreement.

"You better make those calls then. I know you haven't spoken to Jessica for a while."

I overheard the conversation between Jessica and Bella. Jessica was obviously surprised by Bella's sudden call. They organised to go to a movie and then shopping but I can imagine how that was going to go down, and Jessica wasn't going to be a happy camper by the end of Saturday evening.

On Saturday, Bella had made me promise that none of them were allowed to follow her. She knew that we followed almost every move she made. I reluctantly agreed after Emmett had said it was a good idea.

"What if something happens? You know how she attracts danger like a magnet," I was saying to Emmett who was watching a game on TV. We were at Charlie's house since Charlie was out at work.

"Rose, I'm pretty sure she can handle herself well. It's not like she would intentionally do something crazy," Emmett half laughed.

A few hours had past and we heard a car pull up in the driveway. Bella said goodbye to Jessica and she came walking up the stairs. It was only ten at night so she wasn't late. She came inside and gave us a brief look before excusing herself and going to bed. I had hoped that the evening with Jessica would make her feel that little bit better. Or at least make her forget just for a little bit. Like she was with Jacob. But there was something a little different with her and I just couldn't quite figure out what it was.

"One little trip isn't going to change her you know," Emmett said quietly.

I sighed before replying, "I know. I just keep hoping I'll see that happy girl again. Its just so hard looking at her and see her so depressed. She won't talk, she won't eat and I feel completely helpless. I wish I could do more to help her." I sat down on the couch next to Emmett.

"We all wish we could. But these things, they need time. Her heart is broken. You just can't fix that overnight. We both know that very well. When we were apart for all those years, it hurt. Not just emotionally but physically as well. I started thinking that every blonde woman was you. Every small brunette girl was Bella. It was maddening. But the love of her life has left her. He thinks for her own good but we think differently. Fortunately the only thing that kept us going was faith. For me it was faith that you and Bella were still around, alive somewhere in this world. Even though it had taken me years to find you, then even longer to find Bella. It all ended up working out in the end. I got back my family. Now we have to deal with family things. Like dealing with a heart broken teenager." Emmett replied to me.

I leaned into his side and he wrapped his arm around me.

"When did you become so wise?" I asked teasingly.

"Years and years of practise," he said imitating Carlisle. I laughed lightly then snuggled into Emmett a little bit more.

Charlie came home in the early hours of the morning so we just pretended that we had fallen asleep on the couch. He was as quiet as possible even though it wasn't needed. I had noticed that Charlie had also taken precautions when it came to Bella.

He used to hang his gun up when he arrived home. But now with Bella's depression he seems to think she might use it for other ideas. He now puts it away from Bella so she can't find it easily. Even though I don't think Bella would ever use a gun on herself it is a much better thought for Charlie to put them away.

It wasn't just Bella that I was worried about. I was also worried about the situation with regards to Charlie. I know that Bella is basically all that Charlie has now. He hasn't really got anyone else. So it would break his heart if anything would happen to her. It would break all our hearts. He had been so worried when Bella had broken her arm. Even though it seems to be a common occurrence. But I am worried about the future. I know that Bella will get her way and become one of us but has she thought about the people she'll be leaving behind and the effects that her changing will do? I know Charlie will be the hardest one hit if anything at all happened to her. And at the moment Edward better be careful if he ever comes back.