It's almost moving day, which means I should be less busy, finally!
A/N: Okay so there was some confusion last chapter, Rosalie did NOT speak. Bella was the one who said goodnight sorry if the way I wrote it made it seem that way. She DID send the text however.
I went back and changed it BUT well…you'll see ;)
"Where were you?" She questions standing in the doorway.
"You could at least say Hi first Bella" sighing the brunette pushes the front door open further allowing Alice to enter.
"Okay so-"
"Calm down Isabella, that's why I came over here!" Bella narrows her eyes and Alice smirks in response.
"Don't call me that"
"Fine, fine" she replies holding up her hands. "Let's go to your room and talk."
Alice takes a seat on Bella's bed, silently watching the brunette close the door behind her. "I heard about the nightmare" Bella nods, moving over to the bed she leans back against the headboard, to give the other girl her full attention.
"How is she? I tried to call and text this morning but I didn't get an answer."
"They've been talking with Esmé all morning." Bella nods and waits for Alice to explain herself. "I didn't mean to leave her alone Bella, I promise, Angela was there" She was? Bella thinks showing the pixie her confused expression. "While Rose and I were dancing Angela spotted us and asked if we had seen Edward; I told her no and she wanted to know if we would help her look for him but Rosalie said she wanted to go back to sit with you and Jasper" Bella raises an eyebrow. "Well she didn't say it but she pointed to where you two were sitting. It's just that everything has been good lately, I kind of forgot to make sure she was okay first."
"Okay"
"So you forgive me?" she pouts and Bella can only nod chuckling at her friends tone. "Good, now let's go!"
"Yeah, wait where are we going?"
"To see your girlfriend of course!"
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Carlisle answers the door when they arrive at the Cullen house; Bella smiles politely at the doctor before she follows his instruction to go to Esmé office. With Alice leading the way the girls both enter the hallway to the office and wait patiently outside of the door for an invitation inside.
"Come on in girls" Esmé kind voice floats through the door. "We're actually finishing up in here, although I do have a few questions to ask you, Bella"
Bella is surprised to only see Jasper and Rosalie inside of the office, each sitting inside one of the black cushion chairs. Rosalie is wearing the green sweat shirt and Bella fears for the worst. When they enter Jasper stands from his chair, squeezing Rosalie's shoulder as he walks past, to come and stand next to the girls.
"Thank you" he whispers into Bella's ear before taking Alice's hand and leaving the room.
"You can have a seat if you want Bella" she accepts the older woman's offer, moving to sit in the chair next to Rosalie.
"Is everything okay?" though she directs the question to Esmé, Bella moves her eyes over to Rosalie for an answer. The blonde gives a tiny smile causing her to sigh in relief.
"Yes, everything appears to be just fine. I was only wondering how you were doing?"
"Huh? Oh I um -I mean how I'm doing?" she squeaks out giving Esmé her attention.
"Yes Bella" Esmé chuckles. "Is there anything that happened yesterday that you would like to talk about?"
Bella pauses briefly thinking over the words; maybe she could... Out the corner of her eye Bella sees Rosalie shift and she shakes her head glancing at her girlfriend.
"No I'm okay" she replies quietly.
"Okay then. Anne had to work early this morning but she wanted me to thank you for helping Rosalie sleep last night." Giving them one finally smile Esmé quickly exits the room sensing that the two girls need to be alone.
"Hey" Bella whispers to get her girlfriends attention; she leaves her chair to sit on her knees in front of Rosalie. "Are you still mad at me?" Rosalie's eyes widen and panic swirls inside of the blue orbs.
Bella glances around the room for a notepad so she can better communicate with the blonde. Tugging at the ends of her hair when she finds none, she turns back to Rosalie and grabs her hand intertwining their fingers.
"You weren't mad?" she speaks quietly. Rosalie shakes her head. "What happened yesterday Rose, why did you run?" She watches as her eyes dart around the room and she shakes her own head. "There isn't any Rose, you have to tell me, please" Bella pleads.
Rosalie focuses her gaze on the large window while Bella waits on in anticipation. Reaching out with one of her hands she gently places her hand on the blonde cheek guiding her face back towards her.
"Rosalie please." Sapphire meets chocolate in an intense stare down.
"I was scared" Oh my God.
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Rosalie Hale's voice is nothing like Bella imagined, its pure perfection and she sat frozen in astonishment taking it all in. The three small words replayed in her mind as she tried to memorize the musical tone of Rosalie's voice; unlike her twins' southern drawl the blondes' voice is smooth and soft, it sends shivers throughout her body. Bella stares at Rosalie for what feels like hours as her brain attempt to process the sound of her girlfriend speaking. Rosalie trails her gaze to the floor and Bella immediately moves forward embracing her in a bone crushing hug repeatedly whispering 'Thank you' inside of ear. Pulling back she gives her a huge smile keeping her arms around Rosalie's neck.
"Wow" she breathes out "thank you for trusting me." Rosalie nods and Bella knows that she will say no more. Finally allowing the words to register in her mind the brunette returns to her position on the floor gazing at the quiet girl. "Were- were you scared of me?" After receiving the negative Bella breathes out in reprieve.
"Bella?" a knock at the door indicates Alice's arrival.
"Yeah, you can open it" She calls out and the door is pushed open to reveal the pixie and her disinterested boyfriend.
"You guys okay?" Bella looks to Rosalie with the question burning in her eyes and Rosalie shakes her head for an answer.
"Yeah I was just making sure she was okay"
"Oh well Esmé cooked a late breakfast she asked us to see if you wanted anything?" Bella looks to Rosalie who gives a tiny nod.
"Yeah we'll be there in a second." Alice grins before skipping back out the door with Jasper trailing behind. "Come on" Standing up she holds her hand out for Rosalie to take but instead of moving forward with Bella she tugs at her hand making Bella spin around. "What's wrong?"
Rosalie shakes her head and before she can lose her courage she springs forward lightly pressing their lips together.
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"Bella! What are you doing here?" Emmett's booming voice rings throughout the kitchen.
"You know I couldn't resist seeing your face this morning Bear-man" she speaks teasingly winking at the large man. Releasing a snort Edward steps inside of the kitchen grabbing the plate of pancakes from the counter.
"Please don't fill his big head up anymore"
"Hey!" Bella laughs following behind the boys into the dining room.
To her surprise the entire Cullen family, as well as Jasper, is seated around their rather large table. Carlisle sits at the head of the table with Esmé to his left and Emmett to his right; Edward sits next to his older brother across from Alice. Jasper, shockingly enough, was next to Edward as they held a conversation; Rosalie sits at the opposite end of the table and Bella takes the seat beside Alice.
"Bella, I'm glad you could join us this morning" returning the Doctors smile she glances around the table at the wide variety of food splayed out on the table. How did she..? She thinks eyeing all the food.
"Is it always this much food?" she whispers to Alice who giggles in response.
"Only when we have guest!" the pixie chirps out.
Spotting her favorite breakfast item, French toast, Bella immediately begins to grin. Individual chats are being held around the table as the group enjoys the amazing homemade food. Bella keeps her focus on her girlfriend, holding up their special one-sided talks. She asks Rosalie if she wants to do anything today and Alice points out that they all should go to the movies today.
"Is that cool?" Rosalie nods hesitantly causing Bella to smile knowingly.
Though she wanted to spend alone time with Rosalie, Bella understands that Alice is her best friend and Bella has taken away most of her free time. She does however suggest that they maybe work on the inside of Bella's car today which elicits a genuine smile from the blonde.
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The movie was a comedy, though Bella couldn't be sure, she was busy hearing Rosalie's voice inside of her head; not that anyone would notice. Emmett decided not to join them, Angela and Edward sat at the front of theater and Jasper dragged a grinning Alice away 30 minutes into the movie, winking at Bella as he did so. Once the movie ended Bella quickly drove her and Rosalie to her house, eager for some alone time.
"Charlie went out fishing today, so he shouldn't be home until later" Bella speaks while she opens the door to her house. "Did you want to go upstairs or stay down here?" gesturing to the living room Bella spins to face the blonde awaiting her answer. When Rosalie points to the steps Bella nods before grabbing her hand leading Rosalie up to her room. Upon entering her room, Bella automatically heads over to her desk picking up the notepad that holds all of their previous talks; but stops short looking to Rosalie standing hesitantly in the doorway.
"No pressure, right?" she speaks and Rosalie smiles stepping inside of the room. The girls sit side-by-side on Bella's bed, the paper and pen resting between them; after a moment of silence Bella talks. "Rose, what were you afraid of yesterday?"
Of being alone
Bella inwardly groans when the blonde chooses the paper instead of verbally speaking but she understands that it will take more time.
"But you weren't alone, I was with you. I'm always with you"
I know
"I don't understand" Bella confesses staring at the blonde.
Jasper was always there
"He's your safety net, like this sweatshirt" she assess, lightly tugs on the item in question.
Yes
"Oh." Bella frowns still unsure.
I'm sorry
"It's okay, let's talk about something else. Have you been talking to your Mom more?" Rosalie nods.
Yes, she has a lot of questions.
Bella laughs reading the words. "Yeah, I bet"
When are you visiting your Mom?
"In two weeks. Is there anything you want to do?"
No
"You're not going to talk to me again today are you?" Rosalie shakes her head a tiny smile on her face. Bella grins. "I didn't think so, c'mon let's get you home"
Could I stay here?
"You- you want to stay here?" Bella half yells incredulously, staring in shock completely taken off guard. However she hastily adjusts her tone seeing the hurt expression on the blondes face. "No I'm sorry; it's not that I don't want you to. It's um, are you sure that's a good idea? I don't think your Mom would agree to that" Rosalie shrugs.
We can try.
CQ: What's your favorite breakfast item?