The Adventures of Emmett and Rosalie – Drama
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The remainder of the day at school was the most horrible I had been through yet. I saw the La Push boys twice in the journey between classes from one building to the next. Nothing happened, really, but the looks they gave me were unimaginable.
On my way to my last class before lunch, I spotted Misty walking along ahead of me and caught up with her. "Hey there. So, how was Friday night?" I was eager to hear how her date with Roger went. I hadn't seen much of him around since he sent me the flowers, which was nearly a week ago. "Did you do anything special?" I smirked.
"Special? Hah!" She snapped and backed me off the cement path with an evil look. "You told me not to do it. You said it would be better to wait. I was wondering why you of all people would tell me to wait, seeing as every guy in this school wants to be next to you!" She was beginning to shout and I honestly had no idea what she was upset for.
"Misty, I don't know…"
"You know! Don't act like you don't notice it. How every guy around is always talking about Rosalie and her Phaeton and her perfect little family."
"I honestly don't know! Tell me what happened?" I snapped back.
"I didn't listen to your lousy advice. At the last moment, I threw that plan out the window and…and went all the way with Roger." She paused and whispered the last part so nobody passing would hear.
"What? Why?"
"Shut up, Rosalie! What happened was that he said your name." She practically growled at me. "I thought I had gone crazy, but I asked him…after…and he shrugged it off like it was alright! When I asked him why he said it, he told me every guy in school thinks about you, it was only natural."
"Oh, Misty. I'm sorry. I had no idea."
"Don't give me that crap, Rosalie. You know exactly what you're doing. Here comes Roger, I have to go." She turned and rushed off down the path leaving me in a state of disbelief.
"Rosalie? Can I talk to you a minute?" Roger smiled sweetly, but it was nothing but sour to me.
"How could you do that to her? That girl is crazy about you." I spit out before he could say anything else. "Don't drag me into your stupid games. I don't want anything to do with you. I made that clear the day we met."
"I'll do what I like to her and crazy is right. That girl has to understand I'm not with her anymore. It was fun while it lasted, but that ship has sailed. What I wanted to talk to you about was a dance at the country club that's coming up this Saturday afternoon. It's more like an afternoon tea than a dance, but it's all the same."
"Save your breath, Roger. I'm not interested." I said loudly, so the passing students could hear. If he couldn't get the message, maybe someone else would and explain it to him in simpler terms. "I don't like you. I never have. And stop sending me flowers! My parents flipped over that. Stay away from me." I nearly yelled and turned to walk away. He grabbed my arm, but I shook him off. "Don't ever touch me. I will rip your arms off." He looked shocked at my threat, but quite angry with me, as well. I had embarrassed him in front of a lot of students and he didn't take that well at all.
"You'll regret this, Rosalie. Don't come looking for me when everyone knows what you are." What I was? What was I? How could he possibly know? I turned slowly and glared at him as hard as I could. "A lying whore." Relief washed over me as he said those words. I'd rather be outed as a fake whore than a real vampire.
Class went by easily enough and before I knew it, I was on my way to the lunchroom. Edward was waiting outside for me. "You don't want to go in the lunchroom right now." He whispered.
"Why not?"
"There are some rumors going around about what you did on your camping trip this weekend. I think it's going to be much easier for you to be antisocial from now on." Edward sighed and looked away.
"What rumors? We didn't go camping this weekend." I was confused about his expression and what the other kids could possibly be saying about me.
"We didn't, but half the baseball team did. Nobody else knows where you were this weekend because you didn't leave the house. The team is backing Roger, who is quite upset with you. He and the team are saying you joined them at a bonfire and afterward went parking with three of them. Jimmy, Mark, and Alex to be specific."
"That's nonsense. I never did a thing with any of them. I've never even spoken to those boys. This is silly. Let's just go inside and sit down like always. I'm sure this is nothing but lies and rumors." I shrugged and walked into the lunchroom. Right away, the conversation in the entire room died off at once, then picked up again in whispers behind people's hands. I sat at our usual table and tried to study my history work.
"Hey! Hey Cullen! I'm speaking to you. Turn around and look at me." I heard a female voice over my shoulder. When I turned to look, I didn't know who the girl was. She was holding a tray in her hands with a glass of milk, a cup of pudding and a plate of spaghetti. "You don't know me, do you? Well let me introduce myself? My name is Abigail. You went parking with my boyfriend this weekend, Jimmy McMillan."
"Oh, that's not…" I couldn't finish my sentence. She had dumped the tray over my lap, spilling the food everywhere; into my dress, my shoes, all over my books and homework papers.
"I know you're new here, but just so you know, we don't take kindly to whores and boyfriend thieves around here." She smiled evilly and disappeared into the crowd that had gathered. Edward was by my side in an instant, helping me up and gathering my books. I was in a mild state of shock at what had just happened. I couldn't speak. My brand new dress and shoes were destroyed. Everyone around was laughing at me and calling me awful names. How did this all happen so fast? Just an hour ago, I had a good group of friends who I thought would respect me. Now I was a social outcast, completely alone and an absolute mess. "Edward?" I mumbled.
"We're going home. Just get in the car." He whispered and guided me from the room by my elbow. I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
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"Someone's outside, Esme." I went to the window of her bedroom to look down at the garage. I was relieved to see it was Rose and Edward, but they were home too early. It was only noon. I watched them leave the garage and walk inside, but something was wrong. "I'll be right back, Esme." I whispered to avoid her getting suspicious.
"Don't look at me."
"Rosalie? What happened to you?" I nearly laughed, but the look on Edward's face told me not to. I stifled it and tried not to stare at her dress. "Are you alright?"
"I had a bad day at school. I said don't look at me! And don't laugh. Edward, beat him up!" She whimpered and went directly to her room.
"Spending time with the popular kids comes with dangerous consequences, Emmett. Don't laugh at her and don't ask her anything. Let her tell you when she's ready. Trust me." Edward whispered and went to see Esme in her room.
"What happened to Rosalie? Did she have a mishap at school?" Carlisle asked suddenly. He had been in his study when everyone got home and missed most of the greeting.
"Something like that. Did you want to have that family meeting now, while everyone's home?" Carlisle had mentioned something about it earlier, but since Edward and Rose were home early, why not do it now?
"That sounds reasonable. The sooner the better." He nodded and went to Esme's room. We would have the meeting there, rather than around the table, as Esme wasn't able to get out of bet just yet. Her injury had taken longer to heal than expected. "Once Rose is cleaned up, we can begin."
"Begin what? What did I miss?" Rose asked from the doorway. She was in a clean dress and shoes and had pulled her hair up in a ponytail. She looked much more calm than she did only a few minutes ago. She went to the edge of the bed and took a seat by Esme's legs. Edward and I were seated in chairs by the window while Carlisle stood beside Esme, holding her hand. "Is anything wrong?" It was clear she was worried about Esme's health more than anything.
"No, we just need to discuss a few things regarding the wolves." Esme whispered.
"I spoke with the chief of the tribe this morning on the telephone. I would have liked to have this matter settled that way, rather than face-to-face, however they only have one phone in the village for everyone to use. Tomorrow morning, I will be going down to the reservation to speak personally with him and the elders about the attack on Esme, and how they chased Emmett up a tree."
"Who all is going with you, Carlisle?" Edward asked. It was obvious he wanted to be involved in the meeting.
"You, Edward. Only you." He answered in a sad tone. "I would like Emmett to come along, for added support, but he is not stable enough. Esme is still healing, so she is not able." Rosalie looked around the room and shook her head. She was becoming upset once again about something.
"Are you forgetting someone?"
"Rosalie, I don't think…" Esme began, but Rosalie cut her off.
"What don't you think? I'm as much a part of this problem as the rest of you. Carlisle, I know one wolf attacked your wife and you want something done about that, but two of them chased my husband up a tree! I would like to see something done, as well!"
"She has a point, Carlisle." I was shocked when Edward spoke up to defend Rose. I suspected he would be the first one to tell her that her place was at home. "We can't go down there to face a whole tribe of people and an unknown number of werewolves with just two of us. It isn't safe with five of us, but with Rose there it makes things a little more even."
Rose looked to Edward with a grateful expression. "I won't stay home, Carlisle. I have a car of my own. I can find my way there. I will be there when you speak with them. If you can speak on behalf of Esme, I should be allowed to speak for Emmett." I was proud of Rose for being so strong willed. If I could have gone, I would have, but I knew she wouldn't be staying home if I had to tie her to a chair myself.
Carlisle frowned for a moment before nodding. "Very well. The three of us will be going down there at nine am tomorrow morning."
"What exactly are we going to be trying to accomplish while we're there?" Edward asked.
"I was hoping to negotiate some kind of treaty with them. Perhaps a bargain over who can use what pieces of land for what reasons? I will think it over more thoroughly this evening and come up with something more concrete for them to see. Rosalie?"
"Yes?"
"Do you have that atlas I lent you for the drive out here?" He asked.
"Yes, it's in the garage. Will you need it?"
"I think so. Don't bring it in. I'll put it in the truck in the morning for us to look at when we get to La Push. Does anyone feel the need to hunt? I suggest you do it now, before dark and before the kids from La Push get out of school for the day." He warned.
"Carlisle, Meadow and the two boys won't be going to school with us any longer." Rose whispered. "Their parents decided to keep them home starting tomorrow. That means they can be in the woods at anytime starting this afternoon. And we still don't know how many there are. Meadow told me this morning that there are more than two; that every other day someone else is changing. I don't think any of us should hunt unless it's absolutely necessary, at least until some kind of treaty is created."
"You are right, Rosalie. Can you all hold off until tomorrow night? Possibly longer?" He asked around the room. We all nodded and stood up to leave. "Alright, that's all for now. Thank you for coming."
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The end!
Sorry for the delay, it's been a really long weekend for me. I hope everyone enjoyed the suspense lol. PLEASE SEND REVIEWS!! I MISS READING THEM!! THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT! ;)