Authors Note: Hey, I just wanted to say thank you to the people who've read this story and liked it so far. This chapter is basically the first two from Rosalie's point of view, so you can see what's been going on with her. Hopefully you like it!
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It was official, Bella was no longer the 'new kid' in school, there was some other poor unfortunate soul who help that title now, much to Rosalie's frustration. All she could hope was that this time, the human would stay far, far away from them. The town had been buzzing ever since Jessica Stanley had announced that her cousin would be coming to stay with them at the end of summer. How she had managed to spread throughout Forks while there was no school in session was beyond Rosalie, but she shouldn't really be surprised; that girl was a natural born gossip. The thought of another Jessica made her groan, that voice, times two, chirping in her ears every weekday was not something she wanted or needed.
The morning of the day they were due to return to school once more, Rosalie reluctantly climbed into the passengers side of Emmett's jeep saying, "I swear I will be staying away from all high schools for at least the next decade once we graduate." Her famous scowl fell into place as she glared out the window.
Emmett laughed beside her, "Come on Rose! It's not really that bad, I know you find it kind of amusing… maybe not all the gossip about us, but the teenage drama can be kinda hilarious. It's not like we actually have work hard."
"Sure, the humans always make stupid things into a big deal, just proves that they need to grow up. Thank god this is our last year."
"Pfft, give it a year and you'll be all emotional about having to leave." Emmett teased.
Rosalie lifted a perfectly sculpted eyebrow, "Was that supposed to be offensive?"
"What?! No, it just happens every time, you say you want to leave, that you don't enjoy it, and yet right after you graduate you want to do it again!"
Rosalie thought for a moment, is he right?
"You may have a point, but this school has been worse than the others and you know it. The gossiping and staring have been worse that before and it's lasted way longer that everywhere else. If they just left us alone I could enjoy the misery they inflict on themselves with their petty drama."
"We'll see what happens after graduation then." The teasing continued all the way until they pulled into the student parking lot in front of the school. Alice, Jasper and Edward had gone to Bella's to pick her up earlier and parked beside the Jeep moments later.
"Aren't you guys excited?! One more year and then another graduation! And this year is going to be amazing, I can tell." The all-knowing pixie that was Alice jumped out of the Volvo and embrace Rosalie and Emmett as if they hadn't seen them half an hour ago.
"Did you see something?" Bella asked as she climbed out of the car.
"No, but I can just feel it." The smile on Alice's face didn't fade in the slightest as they made their way into the school.
Rosalie froze.
Her eyes darkened and she spoke, "What is that?"
The others stopped and looked at her, looked at each other for some indication of what was going on.
"What is what?" Emmett asked.
"That smell." Rosalie looked around, hoping to identify the source of the sweet smell.
Her siblings shifted nervously, tensing as Edward asked, "Is it your singer?"
She shook her head, "No, I don't feel thirsty, but it's so strong." She blinked rapidly and tried to clear her head. "I'm sure it's nothing, probably some humans perfume or something."
Doubtful looks were sent her way, but she ignored them and kept walking. They split up to head to their own classes, with Rosalie's first class being biology. It wasn't her favourite, but it definitely wasn't the worst subject to have first thing in the morning and an hour later she left the room thankful that her schedule wasn't as horrific as last year.
As she walked down the corridor, the smell that she noticed earlier assaulted her senses once more. It was sweet, slightly floral, and reminded her of vaguely of lilies. Paying more attention to the scent, Rosalie failed to notice the small body about to collide with hers. As it was, the shock of physical contact with a human made her pause, and the sound of a pained groan reached her ear.
"Watch where you're going next time." She said, her cold tone a reflex where most human teenagers were concerned.
What she didn't expect, was the undoubtedly feminine voice calling after her, "Yeah well, you sound like an angel!", followed by rapidly retreating footsteps. She turned around, ready with a scathing remark, when she stopped, noticing the scent had only gotten stronger since this girl had walked into her.
The girl was small, very small, rivalling Alice's tiny stature, but instead of short hair like the pixie, this girl had long, slightly curled brunette hair reaching the bottom of her shoulders. Rosalie obviously couldn't see her face, but given how tense she looked from the back this girl hadn't intended to say what she did. Speaks without thinking, how utterly human.
Turning back around, Rosalie once again attempted to clear her head from that tempting scent which she now knew belonged to that girl, and made her way to her next class.
Unfortunately, none of her lessons that morning were able to completely distract Rosalie from the lingering scent of lilies that seemed to be stalking her. By the time lunch came around, her scowl was deeper than ever and everyone around her gave her a very wide birth.
"So what's with the frown Rosie?" Emmett asked as they walked towards the cafeteria. They'd all met up outside and took a 5 minute break from the overwhelming smell of teenager, and were now headed back to continue the necessary human charade.
"Nothing." Except this smell is driving me crazy.
"What smell?" Damn Edward and his stupid gift.
Rosalie rolled her eyes, "You couldn't stay out of my head for 5 minutes could you. Fine, the new girl smells…. Different."
Edward frowned, "What kind of different? I don't smell anything unusual."
Everyone took an inconspicuous sniff, other than Bella, also concluding that there was nothing suspicious in the air.
"She just smells, nice I guess." Rosalie was reluctant to say it out loud, there was nothing wrong, the girl just smelt pleasant (uncommonly so).
"Her smelling 'nice' wouldn't have you frowning like that babe." They may not be together like the whole school suspected, but her and Emmett were definitely close, best friends even. It had been that way since Rosalie found him laying in the forest covered in blood being mauled by a bear. Easy work for a vampire, not so much for a human as Emmett had found out. Now, decades later and they were as close as any two vampires could get without being mates.
"She also walked into me this morning, you know how I feel about humans touching me without my permission. She should have been watching where she was going." The scowl deepened further.
Edward didn't look convinced, "And were you watching where you were going or where you distracted?" He could see how it had all played out, Rosalie was as much to blame as this other girl.
His comment only got him a murderous glare sent his way. Obviously realising it was best to leave the topic alone for now, the family, plus Bella, walked into the cafeteria and headed for their table.
"You have got to be kidding me." Rosalie stopped as she saw the familiar back of the aforementioned girl sitting at their table, headphones on and playing around on a laptop.
"Is that her?" Alice asked, no hint of distain in her voice. Her smile widened as she saw the minute nod of Rosalie's head, "Maybe we can sit with her!" And they kept walking.
It took a minute for the brunette to realise they were stood next to the table, waiting for her to look up. When she did, Rosalie's eyes widened fractionally. She was pretty for a human, but her eyes were something else. In her human days people had often commented on Rosalie's uniquely violet eyes, but all the blue's dancing together put violet to shame.
"You're sitting at our table." Rosalie was the first to speak, pulling herself together.
Once again, the human girl surprised Rosalie with her retort, "And you're physically flawless." She obviously regretted saying that, it was clear in her astoundingly blue eyes. Stop thinking about her eyes, just get her to move!
"I mean, I don't see your name on the table." The girl backtracked.
"We sit here every day." Rosalie stepped forward, hoping to intimidate the girl.
Unfortunately, Alice was serious about wanting the girl to stay, saying, "You don't have to leave, you can stay as long as you don't mind us joining you?"
"Um, yeah I don't really do the whole people thing, so whatever, I'll move. Happy blondie?" The girl, whose name Rosalie still didn't know, packed her things back into her bag, and rose to move. The rest of her family stepped back as the girl walked forwards and headed towards the exit.
"Aw, I really wanted her to stay." The pout on Alice's face was unfairly cute.
"We don't need another human hanging around us Alice, Bella is enough."
"Hey!" Bella piped up, obviously offended by the remark. Edward put his arm around her and glared at Rosalie.
"Leave Bella out of this, you know she belongs with us."
Rosalie rolled her eyes, "She might, but that girl definitely does not." As she said these words, her chest tightened and a feeling of wrongfulness washed over her. She doesn't, does she?
Later that day, when they'd returned home from school, the Cullen 'children' entered the house chattering light-heartedly about anything and everything. Except Rosalie. Her encounters with the brunette had left her a confused mess. Why am I still thinking about this? She was frustrated and slightly concerned, no other human had ever had this much of an impact on her.
Instead of staying and recounting the day with Esme, Rosalie went in search of Carlisle, someone who she was sure would be able to answer some of her questions.
He was in his office, as expected, pouring over some scarily large books. He looked up smiling, "Ah Rosalie, how was school?"
Rosalie shook her head, "There's a new girl." Was all she said.
Carlisle started at the blunt statement, "I had heard talk of someone new coming to town, a relative of the Stanley's I believe?"
"Jessica's cousin. I need your help." She sat down across from him, folding her legs delicately.
"What's wrong?" The concerned father look suited him well, and was only testament to his caring nature.
"She smells nice."
It was clear that Carlisle didn't know how to react to this, "I don't see the problem."
Rosalie sighed, "She smells too nice, it's distracting. It's been driving me crazy all day, but it doesn't make me thirsty, I just want to be around it." She groaned, thinking back to the gorgeous scent, sparking a memory of steely blue eyes.
Carlisle paused, thinking for a moment before saying, "I think I might know what's going on. The smell is comforting yes? Something you would want to smell every day for the rest of eternity if you could?" At Rosalie's nod he continued, "I have experienced such a scent, it was beautiful and utterly consuming. I remember when I first encountered it I froze, I thought the thirst would follow and I wouldn't be able to help myself, but it never came. I was just content to smell it. Then when I found the source I didn't know what to do. That was the day I met Esme."
If her heart was beating, Rosalie was sure it would have stopped at those words. Everything he was saying resonated within her, it was exactly how she felt, no matter how hard she fought to push the feelings down. "What does it mean?"
Carlisle smiled, "It means you've finally found your mate."