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ROSALIE

It took everything in me to get dressed for school today. Only because I promised my little pixie sister, I would try is the only reason I'm doing this.

I usually drove my red BMW 430i convertible to school, but Emmett insisted on driving us. So, I climbed into his Jeep, and we were off to school.

"Emmett, did something happen in school while I was gone? I asked as soon as we were on the road and out of earshot of the others.

"Happened, like what? The only thing that happened is I couldn't kill that creep, Mike. He started another rumor about another girl, Why?" I took in a deep unneeded breath before I continued.

"Em, you know I love you, but there won't ever be anything more between us other than you're my best friend and my brother. I only want what's best for you." I told him sincerely.

"I love you, too, Rosie. But I already know this. Where is this coming from?" He took his eyes off the road briefly, grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze.

"Emmett, if you've found your mate, you wouldn't let, or friendship hold you back from finding your happiness would you?"

"I—umm—Rosie…"

"So you have," I said as the joy bubbled up from my chest I didn't know I had in me and a smile spread across my face.

"Rosie, it's not like that. Yeah, I like her. I like her a lot, but she's human. I don't think she's even noticed me. And you know what that would mean," Emmett said, shaking his head frantically.

"Yes, Em, I know, but if she's genuinely your forever, you can't let that stop you. I want you to be happy. You are the sweetest, most caring man I know. You deserve this. Who is she? What's she like?

"Well, her name is Isabella Swan, but she likes to be called Bella."

"You're kidding, Right. A beautiful swan?" Emmett chuckled.

"No, I'm not kidding. Her parents must have taken one look at her and named her because the name matches exactly what she is."

"You know, swans' mate for life, just like we do?" I told him. He looked at me, and I could see the twinkle in his eye from the information I just told him. We were now pulling up at the school. We got out of the Jeep and were waiting for the rest of our siblings. Alice and Jasper were coming with Edward in his Volvo.

As soon as we stepped out of the car, we could hear the buzzing in the parking lot. Most of it coming from Mike the creep and his group of cronies. I hated that boy. He reminds me so much of that disgusting Royce King. The thing I don't get is how he could be so cruel. I mean, GAH! At least Royce was handsome and rich, not that it should have given him any right. But this Mike kid? Just because he was some big sports star and his parents owned the only Sporting Goods store on the Peninsular, they were far from rich. Sure, they probably made a pretty penny, but not rich by our standards. Not even back when Royce was alive. Then I heard it.

So, you finally got it on with Bella Swan. Dude, you are so lucky! That girl is as hot as Rosalie Hale. Two of the hottest chicks in Forks and you bagged them both, you're the man, Mike Newton!

I could feel my chest constrict, and I was about to tell Emmett to take me home when I heard the loud chugging of a Classic 1953 Chevy pulling into the parking lot. Emmett squeezed my hand and pointed me in the direction.

Then she stepped out of the truck. Once she got herself and her things together, she looked up in our direction. The squeeze Emmett had on my hand, if I were human, my hand would be crushed at this moment.

I could tell, he couldn't wait to get his hands on her, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on her truck. Yeah, she's got spunk alright. Anyone who has the nerve to drive up in that piece of a rust bucket, no matter how shy she claims she is, this girl wants to be noticed.

I could feel Emmett buzzing as their eyes met. He was barely holding himself in place from going to her.

"That's her, Emmett. She is your mate," I whispered in his ear. He looked at me and a small smile formed on his gorgeous face. Both our eyes followed her across the parking lot. She already knew. I could see her shrink within herself. Her eyes were cast downward, so she didn't notice she was in the path of the HBIC, Head bitch in Cheerleading, Lauren Mallory. She nearly slammed into her.

So, you're Mike's latest little tramp," Lauren says with a scowl on her face.

"Lauren, I really don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh really? Well, let me tell you something you little whore. You keep your mitts off my boyfriend." I didn't know what Lauren was talking about either. She and Mike weren't dating as far as I knew. While I'm not one to go spreading rumors, obviously, but I heard Lauren was fucking one of the teachers and using Mike as her cover. Maybe that's why she's so mad. But why target Bella? She must think Bella's going to be an easy pushover. Now I was angry. If she thought she was going to steamroll my new little sister, I was going to put that bitch in her place. What I heard next, made my first impression of Bella Swan a reality. That girl's got more than spunk, she's got Chutzpah.

"Boyfriend? Funny, Mike never mentioned he had a girlfriend. What exactly did Mike tell you about me?" She looked around until she caught the eye of Mike the creep. The evil smirk that played on her face told me she wasn't going to let him or that bitch off easy.

"He told me how you practically threw yourself on him in the stockroom of Newton's. His parents were away this weekend, and you two were the only ones working in the store." The look of determination she had was priceless

"Of course, I did. I mean, everyone else in this school had their turn at him. I just had to know what was so special about him. I thought maybe he had a golden dick or something, with all the girls he claimed to have fucked. Turns out, his dick is so small it's the size of a pencil. And if you're his girlfriend, why is it that as soon as he got it in, he was coming and calling for his mommy. You'd think he'd be calling your name instead," Lauren was left standing there like a guppy. Emmett's knees buckled as soon as the words left her mouth and he was literally rolling on the ground. I couldn't help my poor brother because I too was doubled over laughing. I was holding my sides to keep them from splitting I was laughing so hard. Everyone else around the parking lot was cracking up and pointing at Mike. Mike was now red as a beet. Oh but no, Bella did not stop there. She marched her little tiny ass right over to Mike and without missing a beat, with a move Muhammad Ali would have enjoyed, she punched in uppercut fashion, but instead of going all the way up to the chin, she connected right with Mikes groin. I watched as every boys' knees folded together and winced at the same time, and I know for a fact Mike's gonads were now in his throat as his eyes crossed and his knees buckled and the squeak of "mommy" that left his lips

I don't know who taught this chick how to box, but Jasper could even learn a thing or two from her. Because she followed through with her punch, with a cross jab to the nose. Mike was down for the count. However as soon as the punch landed, I heard the crack of her wrist and hand. Only because of our enhanced vampire hearing were Emmett and I able to hear it. Emmett and I were across the parking lot, trying our best to move at human speed. My phone chimed with an incoming text at the same time. I pulled my phone out and read a text from Alice.

From: A. Cullen

To: R. Hale

I've already seen it. Carlisle will be waiting at the E.R entrance. We're only two minutes away. We'll let the school and her dad know. You and Emmett will have to take her.

I knew that meddling little pixie knew precisely what was going to happen today.

I missed exactly what was said next, something about she will be the only girl he'll ever remember. As soon as her adrenaline started to fade, was when she noticed the pain in her wrist.

I fell in love with Emmett's mate and my new little sister at that moment. She belonged to us, our family. There was no doubt about it in my mind. She pulled on my heartstrings like no other human ever. The venom tears were welling up and stinging my eyes. But without thinking, I brought Bella into a hug, my first welcome into our family. The wince she made at our contact, I wasn't sure if it was from her arm already hurting or if I broke the human. I've never hugged a human before.

"Oh my God, Bella, your hand. Come on, we need to take you to get that looked at. Our dad is a doctor over at Forks Hospital. Let me and Emmett take you to get that checked out," I told her as I immediately brought my cold hands to her warm one. I figured it was as good as putting an ice pack on it

"Don't worry, Alice and the others will let the school know what happened and that we've taken you to the hospital," I told her as I helped her into the backseat so I could keep her arm wrapped in my icy grip.

Emmett drove, and he had a hard time keeping his eyes on the road. Not that his superior vision and reflexes would be affected. He was constantly looking back in the rear-view mirror at Bella.

Bella, however, couldn't take her eyes off me. She was kind of making me nervous.

"I'm sorry I keep staring, but I've never seen a more beautiful woman in my life. You're almost inhumanly beautiful. If you weren't touching me, I'd almost think you weren't real." She said as she looked down to my hands around hers and back to my face.

"In fact, you're all incredibly beautiful and handsome. Like Gods and Goddesses. Is that what you are, Gods like the movie Hancock?"

"Then that must make you Aphrodite because your beauty is breathtaking," Emmett said looking at her from the rear-view mirror. Bella began to blush profusely.

"Umm…no…I…um…not. Emmett, you shouldn't say things like that in front of Rose," she tried to pull her hand away, but I wouldn't let go. She slightly furrowed her brow when she couldn't free herself.

"Rose, I'm so sorry, Emmett didn't mean that. I mean, you two were obviously made for each other. You two make a beautiful couple."

"Thank you, Bella, for saying that. But have you even looked in the mirror lately? You are stunning. You have a natural beauty woman would die for. And for the record, Emmett and I aren't a couple."

"Y—y—you're not? But Angela said…Oh, boy!"

"Who's Angela?" I asked looking between Emmett and Bella,"

"You know the girl Rosie. The one in Alice's class that always smiled and waved at us in the cafeteria before she sat with the creep and his group." Emmett said.

"Oh, God, Angie. Did anyone see if Angela was in the parking lot? I don't want Lauren to go after her next."

"Why what happened?" I asked them both. I feel so out of the loop having missed a week of school.

"Oh, Angela was the creeps last weeks target," Emmett replied.

"Don't worry, Bella. I'll text Alice and have her sit with our family for lunch?"

"You'd do that?" I nodded

"I'm sorry, I just…I hate this school. People start so many rumors. All of them say you guys are stuck up and conceited. That you don't hang out with anyone but your family and that you're some frigid Ice Queen, no disrespect." I chuckled.

"None taken. Now Come, on. We're here. See that's our foster dad over there waiting for us," I told her as I waved to Carlisle.

"HOLY CROW! That's your foster dad? He doesn't look much older than Emmett, and he looks like a Greek god himself." Bella said. Carlisle had to bite his lip to keep from laughing.

"Hello, Bella. I'm Dr. Cullen. But you may call me Carlisle. I understand you had a little incident at school. Let's go get an x-ray of your hand shall we," Carlisle said. Emmett guffawed

"A little incident, HA! Sparky over here punched a guy's cajones so far up his gut he'll be singing soprano for the next year. But then she had a follow through cross jab to his nose that probably broke her hand." Emmett explained while performing boxer moves.

"Okay, calm down, Emmett. Unfortunately, she also broke Mr. Newton's nose and did some real damage to his testes. Mr. Newton is on his way as well via ambulance as we speak. Also, the police have been notified, and your father is on his way, Bella. It seems Mrs. Newton would like to press charges against you for assault.

"Assault! But—but-," Bella was about to break down in tears,"

"Hey, hey, babe. None of that. We all know what he did." Emmett said as he wrapped Bella up in his big strong arms. He tilted her chin up so she could look at him. "I've got you beautiful," he said before kissing her on the forehead. She just nodded her head. Carlisle and I gave each other a look. They just looked so adorable.

"Now come on little sis, let's get that hand looked at, I told her as I draped my arm around her shoulder and Emmett's around her waist and we followed Carlisle into the hospital.