Ch. 10

Right when I was about to tell him to go to the bedroom, someone knocked on the door.

Emmett groaned with annoyance. "What could they possibly want at this very moment?" he hissed under his breath.

"Who are they?" I asked, stroking his cheek with the back of my hand absently mindedly.

"My family." He said.

I stiffened. "You should have said that, should I hide?" I asked.

He scoffed, and touched his lips to mine lightly. "No, you should not hide. Because I am not embarrassed at you in the least. I want my parents to meet you. And if they don't like you, who cares." He said, shrugging as if it were nothing if his parents didn't like me.

But he was totally wrong, it did matter. Maybe not to him, but certainly to me it does.

"It does matter. Maybe not to you, but to me it does." I said, setting my forehead against his.

He sighed.

Another knock sounded at the door. "I think I should definitely answer that." He said.

I smiled and nodded. "I think so."

I got out of his lap and sat down in my own chair, and straightened up my clothes while I was at it.

"Good idea, my mom and dad may be cool, but they don't approve of…that stuff." He said.

I shrugged. "It's fine."

When I was straightened all up, he opened the door.

Standing in the doorway were two people. His father was a good looking man with blond hair, an angular face, and pale skin. Basically a statue as perfect as the David by Michelangelo. Minus the statue quality.

His mother was absolutely gorgeous. And a perfect match for his father. She had a beautiful face that of a statue, just like his father. Her hair was deep hues of copper and her eyes were a warm chocolate brown.

His mother gave me a look of surprise and smiled warmly. But knowing Emmett, he left his calling card with a deep purple like bruise on my neck, or a bite mark.

"Hello, Emmett, aren't you going to introduce us?" she asked, her voice a perfect monotone.

He straightened up and cleared his throat. "Sure, uh…Mom, Dad…this is Rosalie. Rosalie, these are my parents. Esme and Carlisle Cullen." He said quickly.

I nodded my head slightly. "Nice to meet you." I said in a very quiet tone.

Emmett awkwardly scratched his head. He stepped out of the way, opening his door wider.

A small flurry of snow blew in; the chill brushed my skin, making me shiver.

Esme and Carlisle stepped through the threshold and took off their coats to hang them up on the hooks next to the door.

Okay, awkward silence right now.

Maybe I should leave? I don't know!!

I looked at Emmett, who was looking at me with the same frantic expression I was sure that was on my face.

When his parents turn around, with their back to me, mouthed 'Should I leave?'

Emmett gave me an arch stare. And mouthed 'No'

But even though he hadn't said it with his voice, I could tell he was outraged with the idea.

Esme and Carlisle turned back to us, with wide smiles on their faces that weren't there before they had turned around.

Okay… I'm sort of freaked out right now. I'm not sure wither or not to be scared, or really scared.

"It's nice to meet you Rosalie, really. We don't dislike you or anything. We just found it surprising that Emmett has a woman living with him. He usually tells us such things." Esme said apologetically.

Shock shot through me, freezing me in place.

What? So I'm living with Emmett now? Since when did this happen.

Emmett groaned. "Alice."

I looked at him and back at his parents, silently demanding an explanation.

Carlisle gave me confused look. "Well you are living together aren't you? That's what all your siblings told us Emmett. We were just surprised to hear it from them and not you. After all, we haven't known about any of your girlfriends since Alexa. And we figured that you'd be pretty serious about this one. Alexa didn't even make it to meeting us, let alone to moving in." he said.

Alexa? Who's Alexa? Now I'm curious, but also a little jealous to hear about an ex-girl friend.

But I shouldn't be surprised, after all Emmett is very handsome. So it's only common sense to figure he has a long line of exes.

Emmett groaned again. "Mom, Dad. Alexa turned out to be fake, and she was just using me to get money. That's all, and I didn't want you to meet someone like her. She was a horrible person. I didn't want you to see the mistake that I had made when I started to go out with her. I thought I could see past all her bad mistakes. Until I found her doing drugs and sleeping around with other men. That's why she didn't even make it to meeting you." Emmett said.

I stared at him, as the hurt passed over his face as he explained things to them.

He must have fallen in love with her, and in the end, she hurt him badly.

I frowned at the thought of anyone wanting to hurt Emmett; he was so kind and sweet. Why would anybody want to cheat on such a sweet person?

Emmett looked away from his parents to me, his eyes were locked on mine, searching for some comfort.

I gave him a gentle smile. Telling him silently that he was okay.

Esme gave him a rueful smile. "I guess that was for the best then. But Emmett, we will never look down on you for your choices. It's your life to live, and we can't direct you in what choices to make. That wouldn't be quiet fair now would it?"she laughed.

Emmett took his gaze from mine to his mother. "Yeah, it wouldn't. The best thing is that I learned form that mistake, and I won't make it again. So no worrying about that." He assured them.

Carlisle nodded. "That's good to hear son, keep a positive attitude and you'll be just fine when life lets you down."

Emmett shrugged. "I was in a rut for a long time, but I'm out of it now. Alexa ruined my life when she did all those things to me. But I'm slowly getting better, it turns out that my life isn't so unlucky after all." He said with a cocky smile, and he looked at me.

I flushed when he looked over at me. What did he mean by that?

Geez, he's so confusing right now. Maybe he'll tell me later when we're alone. Or at least I hope so, or my head is going to start hurting from trying to figure these things out.

Carlisle looked at me out the corner of his eye and smiled at me. I flushed even more and looked away.

I got up and walked out of the room, my face flaming. "I have to go to the bathroom." I blurted, and then walked quickly down the hall to lock myself in the bathroom.