Hey guys! I just re-read my last chapter and noticed a mistake I put in the dream. Her nails weren't painted pink. So scratch that out. Her nails weren't painted at all just say they were normal but well manicured. I'll be sure to fix that later. Anyways it's been hard to write these chapters and people probably notice it with how crappy they are. But that's okay. Just PLEASE review!
Unforgivable Mistakes
I awoke suddenly gasping for breath as sweat poured down my forehead. I grasped onto the images spilling from my head but realized it was hopeless as I could no longer keep hold on the visions of my dream. A deep voice was all I remembered, "Lena…"
"Are you okay?" Rosalie was standing in the doorway with a worried look on her face. An alert Carmen peeked her head from behind Rosalie looking into my eyes giving me an instant calming feeling.
"I'm fine, it was just a dream." I felt I was reassuring myself more then Rosalie.
"I got worried because you'd started crying and talking so I went to fetch Carmen." A look of worry was evidently plastered across her face.
I smiled in what I hoped was a reassuring way. "I'm fine."
"Well you should come down and eat something then, it's nearly ten o'clock." She turned and walked out the door with Carmen at her heels.
I quickly pulled on a white sweater lying on the bed next to me and fixed my hair into a tight ponytail. I ran after Rosalie and Carmen in the direction of the staircase leading downstairs. I'd finally caught up to the two and fell into step behind them. When we reached the bottom of the stairs Rosalie had turned right towards the living room rather then to the left to the kitchens where Carmen was now headed. I followed Rosalie. I walked over to the big brown couch and sat in front of a steaming cup of coffee and a few pieces of toast that had been sent on the table. My eyes quickly scanned the room having it been my first time in it.
The room resembled that of the Cullen's. A fireplace was directly in front of me with many pictures and ornaments placed atop it. To the right of the fireplace was a magnificent wooden piano and I immediately noted to have Edward play to me when they got here. Rosalie taking a seat next to me pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Bella…" she starts and I could tell she was piecing words together, "I'm really sorry about yesterday. I was way out of line, it was just really important for you to stay put."
I smiled slightly at the sincerity in her voice. "It's okay Rosalie."
She smiled as I forgave her and nodded towards the food for me to eat. I took a bite of the toast and drained it down with a sip of coffee. "Any idea when they'll be here?"
She knew who I was talking about and looked to the huge clock above the fireplace. "A few hours I think, they should be here by four."
I nearly choked on my food. "That soon?" I wasn't expecting Edward until much later.
She nodded her head. "Carlisle called a little after you fell asleep and told me they had already left. I think they really miss us."
I laughed at the obviousness of it. "Well, I'm glad they're coming. I really miss Edward" I let out a heavy sigh.
"Tell me about it. I'm surprised I didn't find Emmett in my suitcase when I got here."
I laughed at the mental image of finding Emmett in a suitcase, let alone him fitting in one. "That'd be a sight to see."
Rosalie laughed and pulled her knees into her chest. "It sounds like something he would probably do." She smiled into her knees.
I chuckled, shoving more toast into my mouth and finished the last bite. I sat silently for a minute mentally arguing with myself before I finally picked up enough courage to ask her.
"Rosalie?" I asked waiting for her to answer.
"Hmm?" she seemed to be in a sort of day dream.
"Why exactly are Emmett and Edward so eager to get here to fast? I mean at first it was a week but they shortened it to a few hours? What's up with that?"
Her eyes widened at my question then she looked away from my eyes quickly. "Like I said, they probably just miss us or something, you know them."
She got up from her spot on the sofa and picked up the dirty dishes in front of me and made her way to the kitchen. Without hesitation I followed her. She pushed past the chairs in the dining room and flung open the door that led to the kitchen. The kitchen was a modernly decorated in whites and blues and she walked over to the double sink to place my dishes in it. Then she turned and sat up on the counter.
I looked at her expectantly half wanting her to say something else. I looked at her scornfully.
"What!" she said raising her hands in front of her.
"Aren't you going to tell me?" I asked, although my question was quite obvious.
She shrugged her shoulders. "I already told you Bella, you're just not listening."
She hopped up off of the counter then proceeded to walk back out the kitchen, through the dining room and was not making her way upstairs. I knew she was walking at a normal pace just for my sake.
"Yes, but you're lieing…I'm not stupid Rosalie." I scoffed.
She turned around abruptly and I almost knocked right into her. "I'd tell you more if I could Bella, just leave it alone."
She turned to walk up the stairs again. "So you admit there is more to it then?"
"I'm not saying anything." She let out a low growl.
I was persistent and I could tell I was getting irritating. "Why can't you just tell me? It's not like I'm going to fall over dead or anything."
"Bella, that's beside the point." She was looking at me sternly and I felt almost deathly afraid to answer back.
"What exactly is the point then?" I said faintly, too distracted by my curiosity to notice how pissed she was.
"The point is that you're a bubbling brat that doesn't keep her mouth shut!" Rosalie quickened her pace although I knew she wouldn't dare take her speed to far as to a point where I wouldn't catch up.
I nearly laughed at her attempt to insult me but just smirked instead. "You don't mean that."
She shot me a menacing glare. "Gosh Bella, you're so difficult!"
"So I've been told."
We were now in front of the bedroom and she gently kicked the already open door wider to fit through. Making her way to her usual armchair she fell into it and pulled her knees up to her chest as she had done before downstairs. I walked over to the bed next to her and sat down.
"So, are you going to tell me?" By her reaction I knew I'd taken it too far this time.
"Augh!" she groaned as she stood out of the chair and grabbed her cell phone off of the wooden table next to her. She turned to the open bathroom door and walked inside making sure to slam the door hard. I did the only thing I could think of. I jumped up and quickly but quietly ran towards the door and pressed my ear against the keyhole. Although the wood was pretty thick and Rosalie's voice was soft I could still hear her hurried speech on the other side.
"Horrible little brat! No I will not calm down! Put Edward back on the phone!" There was a slight pause.
"Just get here soon Edward and explain everything to her! I'm not going to be able to put up with it much longer." And she snapped the phone shut.
I got up as hurriedly as my feet would take me and I dove into the bed. Rosalie emerged from the bathroom with a huffy and angry looking face directed pointedly at me. She was now staring at me hard as she fell into the chair arching her back against it.
"They'll be here in an hour." She said this slowly and cooling and my eyes widened at what she said.
When if finally dawned on her that they would be here that soon she looked at me with a matching expression. An hour! That left me hardly anytime to take a shower and make myself at least half decently presentable. My previous nights sleep had roughed me up pretty bad and I could feel all the directions my hair was sticking in. Rosalie shot up out of her chair and made her way to the closet, pulling out our shopping bags from the previous day. As I made my way to the door and was about to close it I got the sight of Rosalie's frustrated face frantically searching through the bags of clothing.
I turned the shower on once I was in the bathroom and stepped in after finding the right temperature and stripping myself of my clothing. I lathered my hair with the sweet smelling shampoo and washed it away leaving the faint scent clinging to my body. I reached for the bar of hard, white soap and I suddenly heard the bathroom door open causing me to drop the soap and curse loudly.
"Sorry Bella! It's only me. I need to do my hair." I peered through the shower curtain to see Rosalie standing in front of the steamy window staring at her unflawed appearance.
I bent over and picked up the bar of soap steadily and began washing myself all over. It was extremely uncomfortable showering while Rosalie was in the room so I did it hurriedly and turned off the water when I'd finished. I reached my hand through the curtain and grabbed at the fluffy towels on the stand to my left. I pulled two down and wrapped one around my head as the other was knotted snugly around my body. I jumped over the side of the tub and walked over to the mirror was Rosalie was now puckering her newly glossed lips. I picked up my green toothbrush from its spot in my bag and smothered it with mint toothpaste. Rosalie's eyes watched me intently as I scrubbed my teeth.
"You have really pretty eyes, Bella," she said as I was rinsing my mouth with breathtakingly cold water.
"Err, thanks Rosalie. Where did that come from?" I asked at her random question.
"I was just thinking of what Edward had said to me one time."
She caught my attention by mentioning one single name. "And what did he say?"
She looked at me smugly and smiled. "That your eyes were absolutely gorgeous and he seemed to find forever in them," a blush crept into my cheeks, "He also said you were a very hard person to read, although I find you quite the opposite."
"Yes well, Edward just finds me hard to read because he never knows what I'm thinking." I said not knowing how to answer her.
"Maybe he enjoys the mystery and surprises; perhaps that's why he loves you so much." I smiled as I looked at her smiled face in the mirror. She was not pulling the blow dryer out of the cupboard and taking countless amounts of hair supplies for her.
I plugged the dryer into the wall and dried my long hair leaving no chance for conversation between Rosalie and I. When I was finished, I threw my hair up in its usual simple ponytail but got a disapproving look from Rosalie. She then insisted that she had to at least curl my ponytail and the front pieces of my hair that fell in front of my face.
Rosalie had been at my hair for the last ten minutes and she finally placed the curling iron down. She was smiling and moving me from side to side observing me from different angles. "You look adorable."
I'd gotten the slight feeling that if I were to go back to the Cullen's anytime soon I'd be attacked by her and Alice with strong arms and an eyelash curler. I pushed the thoughts to the back of my mind and thanked Rosalie for the wonderful job on my hair. We both gave ourselves one last look in the mirror and walked into the bedroom. I looked across the floor to see that pretty much every available part of floor space was now covered with clothing.
I looked at her with surprisingly wide eyes. "Take your pick."
We both laughed and made our way around the room looking at each of the outfits closely, trying to decide what would look best. I'd hate to admit it, but Rosalie actually made this sort of…fun. She'd stop at an outfit and tell me exactly why or why not it would look good on me. If we found something we didn't like we'd just flat out say 'no' and move onto the next one.
"This would look so good on you!" she exclaimed stopping to look at an outfit that had been spread out on the bed. She picked it up without even letting me look at it and was ushering me into the bathroom. She threw the clothes into my arms and closed the door leaving me standing in the middle of the washroom. I unknotted the towel around me and let it drop to the floor. Looking through the clothes I noticed she hadn't even given me a bra and underwear! I walked back to the door and opened it a crack.
"Rosalie…I need—" A pale hand was in front of my face holding out something obscenely frilly and lacy. She had to be joking.
I took the undergarments out of her outstretched hand and closed the door again. I looked at the plain white bra she'd given me and was thankful that was all there was to it. I pulled the underwear on next giving a groan as I noticed the lace and frills around the top. I walked over to the clothes I had piled on the floor and pulled them out in front of me. Hopefully it wasn't anything too Rosalie-ish.
I held out a plain black shirt in front of me and pulled it on approvingly. The stretchy material fit snug around my curves and rested just above my hips. I next took a look at the pants she had given me. They were a white jean with a flared bottom and a pink logo on the back pocket. I pulled those on as well noticing how snuggly they fit to my body. I pulled on the black, knit v-neck sweater lastly and walked to the mirror for observation.
I look cute. I loved the outfit I was now wearing and reminded myself to thank Rosalie later on. Before leaving the bathroom I put a thin layer of lip gloss on my lips and rubbed them together as I pinned a loose curl back to my head. I then walked to the door to go meet Rosalie.
I entered the room and laughed at the outfit Rosalie was wearing. She was wearing the exact same thing as me but opposite colors. She laughed too and threw a pair of white shoes at me gently. I noticed them as the ones we'd bought yesterday to go with our dresses.
"Put those on."
I noticed she had on a matching black pair. When I had slipped on the shoes I followed Rosalie into the hall walking behind her as we made our way downstairs. Her long hair cascaded in curls down her back and swayed back and forth with her steps.
"Everyone else is downstairs waiting. They should be here soon!" She nearly jumped in excitement.
I imitated her look as I was anxious to see Edward again. I couldn't wait to just fall into his arms and take in his sweet scent. I needed to tell him I love him.
We were now walking down the last few stairs and walked into the living room to see everyone sitting on the sofa's patiently waiting. However Rosalie and I were anything but patient. We were standing in front of the huge window looking out like a bunch of eager children.
My eyes skimmed the horizon in front of the house but I couldn't see any sign of them yet. I watched as the clouds went past looming over the trees and in front of the sun in the sky. Rosalie suddenly stiffened beside me. I looked to her and saw the smiled plastered on her face and a small squeal escaped her lips. Before I could say a single word she had the door yanked open and was running full speed towards the two men zooming towards the house.
Once I noticed Emmett and Edward I shot out the front door just as Rosalie had moments before, eager to feel Edward's touch and hear his voice. I ran to the end of the drive but decided to just wait as to avoid any unnecessary falls. I noticed Rosalie and Emmett had stopped some way back but my beautiful angel was still swiftly gliding towards me. His shape grew bigger and bigger until he was directly in front of me and scooping me up into his strong arms as he proceeded to run.
My legs were wrapped around Edward's waist as tightly as they could be and my arms were around his neck. I dug my face deeply into his shoulder. He'd stopped running and was pressing my body so close to his that our bones were hitting. I inhaled deeply taking in his sweet, earthy scent and found him doing the same with his mouth pressed gently to my neck.
"God Bella," I heard his sweet mouth breath.
"I missed you so much!" I murmured into his neck then lifted my face, pressing my lips repeatedly to every inch of his face. "Never-stay-away-from-me-for-that-long-ever-again!" I said through petty kisses along his jaw bone.
His body shook as her laughed against me. "Only if you promise to not run away without telling me."
He put me down in front of him but still held my body close. He took my face between both his hands then gently brought his lips down to mine forcing us together. I pressed against him as hard as he would let me, not wanting to let go. But when I got short of breath and my weak knees almost dropped me to the ground I pulled back smiling up at him fiercely.
His gracious lips were formed into a smile looking at me. "We have a bit of an audience."
He didn't take his eyes from me once and I looked behind me to see the curtain me and Rosalie were looking out of flutter as someone tucked from in front of it.
I gave a small laugh. "I guess they all want to see you?"
"Precisely," he said then took my hand pulling me towards the house. I looked behind to catch a glimpse of Emmett and Rosalie but they were no where to be seen.
We'd been sitting on the brown couch for nearly an hour now. When we first came in the house an excited Carmen, Kate and Tanya rushed forward embracing Edward into tight hugs. Irina shyed away but loosened up when Edward pulled her into a hug. Eleazar came forward and took Edward's hand into his own shaking it hard. We all then sat down together and fell into stories and memories of the past, enjoying the company of each other. Another reason we were all so keen on staying in the living room was because we were still waiting on Rosalie and Emmett.
"Where have those two gotten to?" Carmen asked worriedly peering out the white curtain in front of the window.
"Surely they'll be back soon dear." Eleazar said, and I couldn't help but notice that Edward was staring at him and gave a slight nod at his words.
Carmen stopped fussing over the two vampires and came to sit back down and join into the conversation. "What are you thinking of doing after high school this time around Edward?" she asked politely.
"Not sure yet Carmen, I'll probably go to the same university as Bella and study something I haven't tried yet. Maybe something new that wasn't around last time I went." He smiled politely as he answered, leaving me breathless as he flashed his shiny teeth.
"Tanya and I are trying to get into university again this year," Kate started, "They usually have a hard time believing our age so their hesitant to let us in."
"Remember the year the dean thought you guys were too young? That's something I'll never forget." I noticed Tanya and Kate laughing and Irina slumped down on the couch in embarrassment.
My eyes widened and a smile played across my lips. "What did you guys do?"
Tanya and Kate burst into laughing as Irina just sat in her spot with her arms crossed. "We didn't do anything," Kate said pointing to Tanya and herself, "Irina seduced the man and persuaded him to let us in."
I looked at her disbelievingly and let out a laugh. That was something that didn't happen very often. After I laughed uncontrollably the rest of the family then joined in easing the tension out of Irina as she joined in also. Then Eleazar and Edward stopped laughing and looked serious. The rest of us were oblivious to this but were quickly snapped out of it as they pulled us all up off the couch and rushed us all upstairs.
I felt my heart jump with excitement and fear at the mystery as to why we were all running up the stairs and into different bedrooms. Tanya, Kate and Irina disappeared up the next set of stairs into their bedrooms and Eleazar and Carmen zoomed past me and Edward down a hallway I'd never been down before. Before I knew what was happening I was in Edward's arms and being pulled into a dark bedroom.
"Stay really quiet Bella." He whispered to me and I could feel his cool breath against my neck.
I nodded my head as he pulled me further into the dark room. My legs hit something hard and I fell down into a soft bed with an 'oof'.
"Careful Bella," Edward whispered as I felt the mattress sink next to me as he lay down.
I lay on the bed with Edward's head gently resting on my stomach and my hand twisting his hair absentmindedly through my fingers. "What was all that about?"
"Shh…" I looked down to see him concentrating in thought as if he was listening in on something really important. And I bet he was. Then I heard the first crash.
I heard something connect with the floor and shatter and I could imagine how many pieces it would be in. I grew nervous as I kept hearing things crash then Emmett's deep voice could be heard bellowing downstairs. My heart began beating faster and the blood running through my veins quickened. Edward could tell I was growing nervous as he lifted his self up closer to me to allow his scent to flow through my nose which he knew always calmed me. I looked at the puzzled expression on his face and his face distorted in confusion.
"EDWARD! STOP!" Rosalie's voice was a high shrill and sounded as if it came from somewhere near the top of the stairs. Edward snapped out of his reverie and looked at me nervously.
"Emmett and Rosalie are fighting again."
"Do they fight often?" All the times I'd ever been at the Cullen house I'd never heard the two fight unless it was the endless bickering on my part.
"Not usually…" he trailed off into thoughts that were left unknown to me.
"Do you know why they're fighting?" I asked as I could tell it was obviously over something huge.
"Don't worry about it, it's nothing of great concern." He answered simply pressing his palms into his eyes.
"How do you figure that one? I haven't ever heard Rosalie this upset and I know something's wrong." I was now standing with my arms crossed in front of me.
He groaned. "Bella, please don't do this…just don't worry about it for now."
"Well when can I worry about it then? When you never turn me into a vampire?" I had absolutely no reason to be angry but the shouting I'd heard between Emmett and Rosalie had really got me worked up.
"Bella…sweetie, let's not have this talk right now. Rosalie and Emmett are fine you don't need to worry about them."
"Rosalie is my friend and I want to know what's wrong with her right NOW!"
"Since when are you and Rosalie friends?" he asked curiously.
"Since you left me alone with her in this stupid house with a bunch of stupid vampires!" I shouted at him.
He looked taken aback. "Why are you angry with me Bella?"
"Augh! I'm not angry!" I shouted as I plopped down on the bed sitting next to him. Tears of anger had started to fall out of the corners of my eyes and my hands were in fists out of frustration.
"You seem pretty angry to me." He pointed out.
"I'm not angry Edward." I said forcefully.
"Then what's on your mind?" He looked at me with his sincere, caring eyes and I fell against his chest with the tears still silently falling down my cheek.
"Why don't you tell me anything anymore?" I stifled as I wondered the answer. He seemed to be keeping everything from me lately and I couldn't handle it anymore. I needed answers to the millions of unexplained questions I had and he just wasn't giving them.
"Bella…" he trailed off. I could tell he was contemplating on whether or not to tell me something so I sat silently with my head pressed against his shoulder. "Emmett killed someone."
My eyes popped open in surprise and I jumped off the bed out of Edward's reach. "What do you mean he killed someone?" My voice came out as a raspy whisper, not daring to speak the words.
Edward let out a deep sigh. "We were hunting in the woods one day just staying close to home and someone had been walking through the woods. Emmett didn't know what he was thinking at the time and had a little slip up. It was a girl whose scent he's been tracing for a while now. I think that gives profound clarity as to why Rosalie was so upset."
I looked at him with even wider eyes then before. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I couldn't believe what Rosalie must be feeling. Before I could think about it I sprinted to the door throwing it open violently and managed to rush to the top of the stairs before tripping. I felt Edward's arm snake around me catching me before I fell down the whole flight.
"Bella, the last thing Rosalie probably wants to see right now is a human." He looked at me with scornful eyes.
I ripped out of his grip as he was not surprising it. "Rosalie's my friend Edward, I'm going to see if she's okay."
"Bella!" I had run out of his reach down the stairs as fast as I could I knew he'd catch up to me but I'd reached the bottom and managed to yell Rosalie's name.
Rosalie's sobbing body looked up from its place on the floor leaning against an upturned couch. She had a piece of paper in her hand and motioned for me to come over. Edward let go of my hand which he had taken into his own and let me walk over to his sister on the floor. I crouched down next to her and she handed me the paper. I looked up to see Edward had gone back up the stairs but was now walking down with five vampires in step behind him. At the scene of broken glass and a crying girl Carmen, Tanya, Kate and Irina immediately dropped down next to Rosalie and took her into their arms. Eleazar took a place next to Edward having an inward conversation no doubt. I looked at the paper in front of me;
Dearest Rosalie:
I've left for a short time. I promise you I will be back soon so don't beat yourself up over this. I can't express to you how sorry I am of what has happened but hopefully you can see through this and know just how sorry I am. I love you Rosalie, with everything I have and nothing with ever change that. I hope you can see it and believe me when I tell you that you're the only person that means anything to me. I'll be back in a few days baby, I love you.
Emmett
I looked up to Rosalie with sad eyes. I knew she was probably really worked up over what had happened and probably said some things she didn't mean. She was now sitting on the brown sofa that had been turned the right way by Eleazar and Edward and I walked over to her.
"Don't worry Rosalie, he'll be back." She nodded but still buried her face into her hands without looking up at me. Edward walked to me and placed his hand on my hip.
"The last time Emmett left he was gone nearly a year," he whispered this as softly as he could hoping that only I could hear, but I heard Rosalie's sobs deepen and I knew she'd heard too. I felt grief for the girl. She'd hated me so much before but over the past few days we'd learn to feel for each other as we never had before. I didn't want her to feel like this. I was almost angry with Emmett for putting her through all of this but he surely would be back, wouldn't he?
Edward went to take the paper out of my hand but I snatched it away. I wanted to be sure it was okay with Rosalie. I looked to her and when she gave a simple nod I outstretched my hand with the paper towards his pale him. We both looked at each other in a moment and a spark and understanding flew between us.
'I love you.' He'd mouthed to me. He probably thought it'd upset Rosalie to hear it out loud.
He reached for the paper in my hand. I held it gently as it swiftly slid out of my hands, but not before snatching a part of my skin.
STEPHENIE MEYER'S EXCERPT "Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.
It all happened very quickly then.
Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table.
I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow.
Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm—into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. END
Ilooked above me from my spot on the floor to Edward's face, which was positioned right above me in a snarling, crawling position. I didn't know what to do.
Carmen, Eleazar, Tanya, Kate, Irina and a non-sobbing Rosalie were all staring at me with hungry, deep black eyes. I was taken aback by their evasiveness and tried to crawl away from them on the floor. My hands just met more glass and spreading more cuts.
"Don't move!" Edward bellowed as he quickly glanced to me on the floor.
I looked into Rosalie and the others' faces, pleading to snap out of their reverie. Rosalie's hungry black eyes were burning into me and I imagined she was probably thinking of tearing my flesh apart with her teeth. She gave a smirk showing her bright, white teeth then pounced.
God, this was a nightmare.
A/N: Woohoo baby! I finally got to the amazing chapter with the excerpt! Ha-ha I've been waiting to do this for about hmm, let's see…forever and a half? That's about right. Review even though I know I didn't do a very good job at this. This is still my first 'Twilight' fiction though so I'm trying pretty hard. I'd appreciate any advice anyone has at this point. I think some of the characters might seem a little out of character at the moment but it should all fall back into place pretty soon. Rosalie and Bella's characters were supposed to evolve the way they did though and they were supposed to become friends, so if you think that it's weird that they talk and stuff, that's just the way it is. I mean they have to get over it sometime right? So Rosalie and Bella were both kept in the dark in this chapter. Rosalie had no idea about Emmett pretty much eating someone and Bella is still pretty clueless about a bunch of stuff but that all comes in the next chapter. There probably won't be much of any characters besides Bella and Edward in the next few, and I may throw in Alice and Jasper. But yes, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and more is on the way!