Author's Note: I hope that you all enjoyed the last chapter. Don't kill me if you didn't. I'm sorry! Runs and hides Oh and I just want to say that I listened to the Twilight Soundtrack at the Hot Topic pre-order event and I loved "Never Think" by Robert Pattinson! :)

This chapter was inspired by "Polaris" from Jimmy Eat World.

CH. 36 ROSES'S POV

"I can take you both home," Mike said as he buckled Bella into the passenger's seat of my car.

"No I've got it," I clipped out shortly getting more irritated by the minute. All I wanted was to take Bella back home and make sure that she was okay.

"You sure? It would be no trouble at all-," Mike tried to get out before I interrupted.

"I said that I've got it okay? Thanks for the help and now I would really appreciate it if you stepped back," I asserted with a no nonsense tone of voice.

"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm worried about her and I'm trying everything in my power not to run in there and beat the crap out of that prick. The only thing I can think about to calm myself is to make sure that she's okay," Mike said to me in a low dejected tone.

I didn't know how to handle this situation. It was not in my nature to be compassionate. I wasn't Esme or Alice. I could see how much this human cared for Bella and I know for a fact that Edward would probably be mad if he could read the things running through Mike's head right now. I needed to get Bella out of here so that Carlisle could look at her and the only way to do that was to get Newton to leave.

"Look, I understand where you're coming from. You care about her; I get it. But I need to take her now or else she won't get the help that she needs. Is that what you want? For her not to get the help that she needs?" I said to him with a raise of my eyebrows.

"No. Drive safe and please let me know as soon as she wakes up," Mike replied finally giving in and removing himself from the car as Angela patted him on the shoulder.

"Yes, please call us when she wakes. Alice has my number," Angela called out to me.

I just looked at them with a nod of my head before I started to pull out of the driveway.

"She's just arrived," I heard Alice tell the others inside the house as I pulled into the garage.

Before I could finish unbuckling my seatbelt, I saw Edward gently carrying Bella in his arms and kissing her forehead.

"Bring her inside so I can take a look at her," Carlisle called out as Edward led the way back inside our home.

"It wasn't your fault honey," Emmett whispered against my cheek as he wrapped his strong arms around me.

"All I wanted was to kill that sick son of a bitch," I sighed out as I rested my head against his chest.

"I know, I know but you didn't and that makes all the difference in the world. You brought her back safely and Carlisle will take care of her. Alice already said in her vision that she would turn out alright. You did the right thing and I'm proud of you baby," Emmett continued to whisper reassuringly in my hair.

"What would I do without you?" I asked as I began smiling involuntarily.

"Probably be extremely bored and horny as hell with no relief from me," He replied with a smile as he began kissing down my neck.

"Rose," Alice called out interrupting our special moment.

"Yes?" I asked reluctantly removing my head from Emmett's chest to look at her.

She cocked her head in the direction of the house for Emmett and I to enter after her. I knew she did this on purpose to remind me of how much I actually wanted to check on Bella's condition. I know that Emmett said that she would turn out alright but that wasn't good enough for me. I needed to see for myself how she was doing. I couldn't live with myself if something happened to her because of me. I took deep breaths as I walked in behind Alice trying to remind myself that not ripping that foul human from limb to limb was the right thing to do.

"She seems to be okay," Carlisle said as he gently dropped Bella's arm.

"Seems to be?!" Edward called out incredulously.

"She is going to be fine Edward. However, I do need to see what type of drugs was put into her drink," Carlisle said as I handed him the bag of crushed tablets that I found near Bella.

"Thank you Rose. Ah, Rohypnol," Carlisle answered a loud as he looked inside the bag.

"What does that do?" I asked concerned as I heard Edward swear under his breath as he continued to brush back Bella's hair from her face.

"It's the common date rape drug along with GHB. From what I can tell, she didn't ingest too much of it which is a very good thing. It will only last within her system for about 12 hours and by my watch, Bella should be waking up within the next few hours. If she would like to report the man who did this to her, I suggest she do it soon before the 12 hours are up because the drug will have completely left the system and it will be hard to make a case against him," Carlisle told me looking into my eyes to measure my response.

"That won't be necessary," Edward replied through gritted teeth as his eyes started turning black.

"Oh no you don't. Emmett, Jasper, make sure that Edward doesn't try to leave and 'take care' of the situation himself," Alice said in warning as Emmett and Jasper surrounded themselves closer to Edward who growled in response.

"Edward, please don't do anything brash. Just allow Bella to decide what she wants to do when she wakes," Esme pleaded with Edward.

"She won't go to the police and turn that bastard in even if I begged her. The only way that creep is going to get justice is if I do something about it," Edward tried to answer Esme as calmly as possible.

"Or I could make sure that he gets what he deserves without leaving behind any incriminating evidence," I offered hoping to get my hands on that jerk.

"Yeah, you would be the perfect assassin as you've already proved to us in the past," Edward directed aggressively towards me as I glared back at him.

"Now Edward," Esme called out disapprovingly.

"Don't act like you care about her now Rose. The only reason why you're pretending to care is in order for you to continue to get you're revenge for what happened to you in the past. I hate to break it to you but this isn't about you for once," Edward continued angrily.

"You are such a foolish jerk!" I yelled at him as I felt my eyes begin to turn.

"I asked you do one thing for me and you couldn't even do it because you couldn't stop thinking about yourself for once. When will you ever learn to stop being a selfish bitch?" Edward cried back at me as I saw his eyes turn completely black.

"I hate you," I whispered out viciously as I ran up the stairs and to my room.

"The feeling's mutual!" Edward called up at me as I heard Emmett and Esme defend me.

FLASHBACK

"Can I speak to you for a second?" Edward asked me with a serious expression on his face.

He grabbed my arm as I shrugged it off. What could he possibly want this time? Whatever it was I wasn't doing it. I could careless about that pathetic plain girlfriend of his.

"That's exactly what I want to talk to you about. I'm going to ask you to try and do one thing for me. Please, it's all I ask," Edward said to me in hushed tones that only us vampires could hear.

"It's pointless to even ask me," I retorted back as I folded my arms across my chest.

"If not for me, can you please just do it for Bella? She doesn't deserve your anger. All she's ever been is nice to you and you've continually rejected her because of you're jealousy," Edward said with a frown coming to his face.

It is true, even though I hate to admit it, that I am jealous of Bella. I can't believe that I'm jealous of a plain human girl like her but I am. I'm jealous of the fact that she can choose to live her life the way that she wants. I'm jealous that she has a heartbeat. And most of all, I'm jealous that she can produce children if she so desired. But what I hate most about her is the fact that she would give all of that up in a heartbeat for someone like us, for a vampire, for Edward.

"Keep telling yourself that," I answered defiantly looking anywhere but in his face. I hated the fact that he could read my mind.

"There is honestly no point in denying it any longer Rose. Look, can you please just make sure that nothing happens to her. I couldn't live with myself if something did. You understand where I'm coming from Rose. You wouldn't want anything to happen to Emmett if you were in my situation would you?" Edward asked me.

"Of course not! You always think so little of me and I'm sick of it. I'm not babysitting your precious girlfriend so get over it," I replied back with anger as I walked away.

END FLASHBACK

Knock knock I heard against my door a few hours later.

"Come in," I called out from within the pillows.

"I've tried that a couple of times. It sucks that it doesn't work doesn't it?" I heard Edward's voice speaking out to me.

"Get out," I yelled in anger as I buried myself back into my pillows.

It was true that I was trying to suffocate myself in my pillows but I wouldn't give Edward the gratification. What the hell was he doing here in anyway?

"No," Edward sighed as he sat down at the edge of my bed.

"Are you hard of hearing? I said get out!" I screamed out in frustration.

"Are you? I said no," He emphasized arrogantly.

"Why did you bother coming if you just came to insult me some more?" I said in pure irritation.

"You're right, I'll stop. I didn't come here to insult you. I came here to apologize," He struggled to get out as he looked into my eyes.

"Whatever for?" I asked sarcastically.

"Your not making this any easier you know," Edward said with frustration.

"Good. I'm not trying to," I said as I folded my arms to my chest sitting up on my bed.

"Rose," Edward sighed out.

"Edward," I sighed out mocking him.

"Look, I'm sorry about the way that I treated you earlier. It was completely uncalled for and you didn't deserve it. I was just so worried about Bella and so mad at you for not watching over her. I know that you didn't say that you would but do you really hate her so much that you don't care if anything bad happened to her?" Edward asked me with concern shimmering in his eyes.

"Edward," I sighed out trying not to show any emotion.

This was hard talking to him like this. I wasn't compassionate towards him nor would I ever be. But I couldn't help it. I needed him to understand that it wasn't that I hated her because I don't. I could learn to like her if it wasn't for the whole jealousy thing. It was something that she and I would need to work out one day if I ever worked out the nerve.

I saw Edward nod towards me as he finished reading my thoughts.

"I understand and I do hope that you do talk to her about that one day," Edward said out loud.

"Me too," I replied quietly.

"I do want to thank you for bringing her home and making sure that she was okay. It must have taken a lot to do so. I really appreciate it. You don't know how much. If something had happened to her I don't know what I would have done…" He struggled to get out.

"I would never have let that sick bastard do to her what happened to me. I give you my word on that," I said looking into his eyes asking for him to search my mind for the truth.

"I believe you," He said with a nod as he stood up to leave.

"So what are you going to do about the whole situation?" I called out before he could leave.

"My main concern right now is just for her to wake up. Whatever happens after that, I don't know. I don't really have a choice I guess with the Incredible Hulk and Mr. Sympathy watching my every move at Alice's orders," He answered with a frown.

"That sucks," I laughed out a little.

"Yeah. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing but Carlisle said she wouldn't remember anything that happened tonight. It may take her awhile to remember and there's also a chance that she may never remember at all," He said looking down and shuffling his feet. It was something that I had never seen him do before.

"I'm sorry," I said compassionately before I could stop myself.

"Thank you," Edward responded a little surprised at me as well.

"Eddie! She's awake!" Emmett's voice could be heard from downstairs as Edward and I looked at each other before rushing out of my room.

Author's Note: This was a really difficult chapter, the most difficult yet, for me to write. It was hard to keep Rose uncompassionate but at the same time not have her completely heartless. I hope that it worked out well. I tried my best and please let me know how you think it went. Thanks for all of the reviews from the last two chapters. I really appreciate it and I'm looking forward to more I hope! :)