Chapter 2 - I Don't Want To See You Cry
POV: Emmett McCarty
I woke up the next morning laying on the floor. I looked around but was surprised when I noticed I wasn't in the living room. I looked up to see the most beautiful girl, with bed hair staring down at me.
With only the light from the lamp, sitting on the bedside table, I could make out Rosalie smiling at me. "Morning sleepy head."
"Morning. What time is it?"
"Like ten I think."
"Oh okay." I said while sitting up. I noticed that I had a black and purple blanket that covered me from waist down. I turned to see that I had also been sleeping on a very fluffy and comfortable black pillow with purple lace trimming. This has to be her bedroom. But, how did we end up here? I racked my brain for a few seconds. I remember now.
Last night we were sitting in the living room on the couch talking about the kiss that I had planted on her.
"Wanna try it again?" I asked with a smile.
"Well…I would be lying if I said no. I do but I don't." She said a little scared.
"What is that suppose to mean?"
"It means I want to…but not right now. Remember bad relationship just ended tonight. I wanna wait a little bit before I do anything."
"That's understandable. And I have no problem waiting a while. As long as you don't make me wait too long." I winked hoping she would reconsider. But she just laughed. I was really starting to like that sound.
"I'll try not to." She dazed off for a moment like she had realized something.
"What's wrong?""Nothing. I just remembered that all my clothes are in my car."
"You need some help with them?" Please say yes. Please say yes.
"If you don't mind. Yes."
"No problem. Come on." I said while standing up and reaching for her hand. Which she gladly took.
"Thank you."
"Your welcome madam" I exclaimed while bending at the hip in front of her. In which she returned a laugh.
After walking behind her up the two flights of stairs we were in the Cullen's kitchen. I don't know if she put a little more sway into her hips as she walked or if that was just the way they were. But I couldn't stop staring. Rose must have noticed I was staring when I didn't follow her anymore.
"Em. What's wrong?""Nothing. Sorry. Just daydreaming I guess."
"Well come on. I don't like the dark so much."I came back to my senses and started to follow her into the garage. "You know you don't have to worry about anyone coming after you right?""I know. But…I guess it just gets to me that's all." She said looking around the room.
"Well if anything does pop up out of the woods or something, I'll protect you."
That got her to laugh and lighten up a little bit. "Oh really?
Big bad Emmett's gonna protect little 'ol me? How thoughtful of him."
"Awe well thank you my lady. Nothing will harm a hair on that pretty little head of yours."
By this time we were already at our cars. When I got a good look at hers I went silent. "That's your car?"
"Yeah. Why?""You drive a 2011 BMW M3 convertible?""Yes…and again, why?""Nothing. I just thought that a girl like you wouldn't want your hair to get messed up. So that maybe you would drive a VW Bug or something like that."
"If your thinking that I'm a girly girl you've got the wrong idea. I mean I do like to dress like a girly girl sometimes. But, most of the time I'm just a tom boy."
"Uh huh. So what else do I not know about you?" I asked while pulling my bags out of the backseat of my Hummer.
"Well…"She said popping the trunk and walking around to the backend. "I do like to go muddin with Alice and Edward's four-wheelers." She pulled the bags out of the trunk when I grabbed them from her. "Thank you…again."
I slung the bags over my shoulder. "No prob. Come on we can finish talking inside. It's kinda cold out here."
I picked up my bags and walked behind Rose back into the house. Once back down in her room, after getting more comfortable we talked and watched T.V. until we finally fell asleep.
I stood up and stretched, then realized I didn't have a shirt on. That is until I saw Rose looking me up and down.
"Miss Hale?"
"Yes Mr. McCarty?""Do you like what you see?" I said wiggling an eyebrow.
"What if I do?"
I walked over to the bed and pinned her down with her arms above her head. "I don't know. What do you want me to do?" At this point I was so close to her I could smell the strawberry sent to her hair. With the mixture of her cinnamon toothpaste.
"Em! Come on get off me." She exclaimed with a laugh while squirming around underneath me.
"But you like it."
"Do not."
"Do too. Don't lie to me. You love it."
"Okay. Okay." Eventually she stopped moving, which only made me want her to move under me more.
"Okay what?" I looked down to see her hazel eyes. The prettiest blue with starbursts of green, and small specks of golden brown throughout. I've never really paid attention to anyone's stare the way I have with hers.
"Okay…I kinda do like the feel of you like this…but not right now. Kay?"
"Alright. Another time then." I said while letting go of her arms and standing up straight.
After finally finding my shirt, which was up underneath the bed, I slipped it on and saw Rosalie watching me the entire time. "You know you shouldn't do that."
"And why not?" She stated while sitting crossed legged on the bed.
As I gazed at her, I couldn't help when my heart swelled just at the sight of her. With her blonde bed hair tossed in an array of different directions, the black RKO t-shirt that was two times the size she really needed consumed her small form. The gym shorts that she wore was the only thing that really fit her form well. It was taking everything I had in me to not pounce on her at this very moment. Not in the way that I had just mere moments ago, but in another way. I shouldn't be thinking about this. She just got out of an offal relationship, and she needs time to heal. That is if she will ever heal from this…well in time she will. Rose brought me out of the enter battle with myself.
"So…" She exclaimed a little irritated.
"So what?"
"Why shouldn't I watch you?"
"Why would you want to?"
"Well you are very handsome…and funny from what I've seen so far."
"….Thank you?"
"I'm just stating the truth. Much like you I guess."
"I do that a lot don't I?"
"Yes you do."
"That a good thing or a bad thing?" I asked a little confused.
"Good. Now what do you say about getting something to eat?"
"Sounds good. I'm starving." I said while patting my stomach. As if it could understand what I was saying or that I was talking about it, the gurgling started.
Rose started laughing. "Yeah, sounds like you are. But I am too, so come on." She stated while getting up off the bed and putting on her lime green Gir slippers.
"You like Invader Zim?" I said pointing down to her feet.
"Yeah. Well Gir. There's just something about him that makes me laugh." She stated while shrugging her shoulders.
"Well Miss Gir, lets go." I said offering her my arm, which she gladly took, yet again.
"Thank ya…again." She said with a laugh.
After walking down the stairs to the kitchen we were met by the rest of the gang. Alice was sitting on the right side of Jasper at the kitchen table, while Jacob was across from them. Edward was cooking breakfast while Bella was sitting at the island watching him. Jacob was the first to realize Rosalie and I were even in the room.
"Mornin love birds." He stated with a smile."Love birds? How do you get that?" Rose asked while sitting on the left side of Jacob. I walked with her and sat to her left at the end of the table.
"Well from what I saw last night, looks like you got the hots for my man over there." He stated with a head nod in my direction.
"Well…for your information, we're not love birds. We're just talking…as friends. Nothing more." She stated.
But I would love for it to be something more. And I know you would too missy.
"Friends? For now." He smiled showing his pearly white teeth then turned to the TV that was planted in the wall.
Rose looked over at me while trying to hide the pink tint to her cheeks. Which she failed miserably at I might add. Then turned her attention to Alice and Jasper and was suddenly in conversation with them. It wasn't until then that I noticed the smell of bacon, sausage, pancakes, and eggs that filled the room. Just the smell made my stomach growl more.
In less than five minutes Edward and Bella had all the food on the table. Alice said grace and everyone dug in. With this much food and so many teenage kids you would think that there wouldn't be anything left…but you would be mistaken. With two girls that was "watching their weight", there was a little left. And when I say little, I mean very little when there are four guys around.
Bella and Alice ended up washing dishes while Rose and us guys went into the game room. The game room mainly consisted of beanbag chairs, an electronic dart board mounted to the wall, an entertainment center with every game and game system known to mankind, along with the drum set and guitars. There was a keyboard set on a stand close to the wall that only Edward messed around with from what I had saw. Rose took a seat in one of the many chairs that was sitting around the room while I went over to my favorite spot. Some would think that it would be in front of the television but, you would be wrong. The drum set was one of my favorite things about the Cullen's house. Even though I have my own little set up in my room at my house, this set was way more than what I had in mine. The guitars were nicer and more expensive too.
Most people around school didn't know that I played music. Only my close friends did. And it was very rare that they actually got to hear me play any of the stuff that I wrote myself. Some of the main stuff that I did let them hear me play was songs that was already playing on the radio, and that most everyone had already heard.
After sitting down and thinking about something to start out with playing, one song came to mind and I started to play. It surprised me when I looked over and saw Rose with her head tilted back and lip singing the words to the Saving Abel song that I had chosen. When it got to the chorus she stopped mouthing the words and really got to sing.
" 'Cause it's a beautiful day. It's a beautiful sunrise." She glanced over to see me smiling at her and shut up.
"Well I don't want to see you cry. But I can take away your pain. The feelings just the same. But I can't stand to see you cry." After seeing her eyes sparkle over I knew I hit a nerve with her and stopped playing. I didn't wanna make or see her cry for that matter. So, I thought of something else to play. Theory of a Deadman's Low Life came to mind. I thought it would make her laugh some and hopefully I was right. I played for a few until it got to the singing part. Right before I started to sing I looked right at Rose and saw she was glaring at me. So I did what I do best. I made a stupid looking face and made her laugh, then started to sing. "You know I'll be the one who gets fallin' down drunk at my neighbor kid's soccer game."
She had to make a comeback with every line I guess. "Of course you would be."
"I've got an '82 Fiero with a car seat in the middle broken down on the Interstate."
"I hope there aint a car seat in there."
"I've got a beer-stained t-shirt looking like Joe Dirt something 'bout me just ain't right."
"So I've heard…" She said while laughing, which made me smile. I'm doing something right then. She got up and started walking over to me.
"I'm a cash-stealing, drug-dealing loser without any feeling getting trailer trash tonight."
Both of us ended up singing the song together. With Rose standing right behind me, her chest against my back and her arms around my neck, everything felt right. Something had to have clicked in her cause for most of the morning she really didn't want to be with me. Well that close to me, but for some reason she was all over me now. I was praying to God at this moment that she had changed her mind. Cause I don't think that I could have dealt with her not wanting anything to do with me like that.
Rose was just the type of girl that would snap her finger and every guy in school would do anything and everything that she wanted. I wanted to be one of those guys. But, after last night with sitting down and really talking to her and getting to know her better, I wanted to be the only guy that did that. I wanted her to call on me when she needed something, or wanted someone to talk to. I wanted to be the one kissing her. Not some other guy at that crummy school that we went to. I wanted her to be mine and me to be hers.
I guess the guys had got tired of us singing cause the radio came on wide open. I dropped the sticks on the floor and pulled Rose around from behind me to in front of me. The whole time her arms never left my neck.
"What's up with you?" I wasn't trying to be mean I was just trying to understand how all of a sudden she could do a 180 and want me.
"What do you mean?" She said straddling my legs and sitting on my lap.
"What I mean is this morning you really didn't want that much to do with me. You just wanted to be friends. And now this." I said while moving my hands from her waist down to her hips to rest.
"Well when you was singing Beautiful day, the way you looked at me when you said you didn't want to see me cry. That kinda hit something and made me think.""Think about what?"
"That if I didn't let go and move forward that I might actually loose something that I really don't wanna.""And what would that be?""…You."
So she did want me. I knew it all along.
"How do you want me? Floor? Bed? Shower? I'm up for anything right now."
"Emmett!""Yea?"
"I really mean it. I feel different with you, and I don't want to loose that. I feel safe and even though I don't know you that well…I feel loved.""Well you are…loved…if it makes ya feel better.""It does, and I don't want to loose that feeling."
"You wont cause you aren't going anywhere. Well that is until you really want to…which I hope that you don't want to any time soon." I said skeptically.
"I don't. Until you piss me off really bad." She said pulling her head back a bit to get a good look at me.
"Well, I will try my damnedest not to piss you off. But, whenever I do, let me know and I will make it up to you. Kay?"
She shook her head yes then gave me a quick kiss on the lips.
"Come on." Rose exclaimed while getting up off me.
"Where are we going?" I asked while walking behind her.
"To my room." She said walking out of the game room and up the stairs to her purple and black décor bedroom.
I walked over and sat on the bed while she locked the door behind her. The face she gave me when she turned around to face me was happy, sad, and confused all at the same time. But, more happy than anything. I patted my lap for her to come sit, which she gladly took.
Its weird that within only a day, well less than a day, I had the girl that I have always wanted. In every way that I had imagined. I smiled internally at myself for what has happened. Rose laid her head on my shoulder while I leaned my head against hers.
"So what now?" I asked not letting go of her.
"I don't know."
"Well…what does this make you and me now? I mean since you want me and I want you.""Well…even though I said I wasn't ready for it. I guess I can take another stab at a relationship. That is if you would want to?""I know I do. But the question is are YOU ready?" I asked while pleading in my head for her to say yes.
"Yeah…I think I am. I mean when I'm hanging out with you its different."
"What do you mean different?"
"I really don't know how to explain it." She said while pulling her head up to look at me.
"Can you try? So I can understand better."
"Lets see…I'm more comfortable with you. Like I can tell you things that only I have told Alice and Bella."
"So your pretty much saying I'm like a chick."
"No! That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that I feel comfortable telling you this stuff when I wasn't with Royce. I never told him about how my mom and sister died. I never told him about how my dad is never home, and how much I miss him when he's gone. That I never loved hanging out with him and his friends the way I do with you. You're a totally different person than he is. Your loving, fun to be around, and even though we met last night you make me happy when I'm sad. Royce never did that for me. I just acted like I was happy around him and his friends. When all I really wanted to do was leave and never go back."
"Rose…""Let me finish please?" She asked with sympathetic eyes.
"Ok. Then I'll talk."
"Royce was only nice to me when we were around other people. Not his friends but like when we were out at a movie or something. He would be nice and put on a show, but when he was with his friends all he talked about to them was how much he wanted to get into my pants and that I wouldn't allow him to. That at some times he wanted to beat the crap out of me because I didn't listen to something that he said. His friends were creepy and was always looking at me like they wanted to rape me. That's why I was never alone with any of them. I didn't want to take a chance of something like that happening. Don't get me wrong I did love…well thought that I loved Royce when I first got with him. But now that I'm away from him and that I've met you it's weird. You have showed me love, and that you are concerned about what happens to me. Even though you don't know me that well yet. You're taking your time with me and letting me open up to you, which was one thing he never did. You're concerned for me because you knew that something had happened with him last night and you really wasn't trying to push your luck. You let me come to you. You cheered me up when I was down. As where he would just let me go and sulk or cry my eyes out alone. You stayed with me last night to make sure that I was safe. Where as he would just drop me off and leave. He didn't really care what happened to me. YOU do Em and that's what I love about this."
"Are you done now?" I asked questionably.
"Yes…and it feels great that I got all that off my chest." She said with a sigh.
"So I can talk?""Yes you can talk." She said with a slight laugh.
"Good. Now that you know how much different I am than he is, let me say this. Where he would talk about you behind your back, I wouldn't. Where he didn't care what happened to you, I do. I wont let you cry your eyes out over something I say or do that makes you mad. I will make it up to you some way. Where he never bought you anything to say how much he did love you, I would and will for that matter starting tomorrow." I said with a smile. "And you will not tell me NO on that either. If I buy it for you, then you keep it. Don't give me something back if you still love me. What's mine is yours. If you want one of my shirts because you don't want to loose the smell of me when I'm gone then take then whole drawer. Just leave me one to wear ok?" I said with a laugh which got her to chuckle.
"Rose what I'm saying is that even though we just met. It's been like I've known you forever. Yeah we're gonna have our differences on things. But we will make it work…and most of the time its going to be your way. I'm going to do things with you that he never did. If you want to just sit around and watch TV while cuddled on the couch, I'll do it. I'm not going to make you mad….well try not to anyways. But, if I ever do let me know what I've done so I never do it again. The song that I picked earlier is because its true. I don't want to see you cry." Which at this point I was doing. I wiped the tears off her cheeks with my thumbs and looked her straight in the eyes. The eyes that I was in love with. That had opened up the door to the girl that I've always wanted to know about.
"Rose I think I'm falling in love with you. Even though it's too early to tell….but I really think I am. I don't know how you feel about that. But I hope you will tell me in time."
"Emmett. It's the same here. It's weird…but it's happening. And you don't have to buy me gifts."
"But if I do you will take them. Without an argument. Right?"
"I'm not making any promises on that one. But…I'll try."
"Fine. So this makes us what boyfriend/girlfriend now?"
"Yea I guess so…boyfriend." She said with a laugh.
"Now that is the sound I want to hear from now on. No more crying. Kay?"
"Got it." With a smile creeping up on her face.
My hand moved from her side, up her arm and landed on the side of her neck. With her head tilting into it I pulled her forward and kissed her. Much like the night before but with more passion. A few seconds later and I felt the palm of her hand cup my cheek and pull me toward her. The closeness between us was nothing like last night. There was hardly any space at all between our bodies. But that's the way I wanted it. I know Rose did too because she wouldn't let go for anything. Only break the kiss here and there for air, but that was it.
This is going to be one crazy ride my friend. I thought to myself. But, it will be worth it in the long run.
Sorry it took so long to put up guys. Been working third shift and it's messing with me.
But I hope you guys like this part. Hopefully I will come up with some good fluff and stuff to happen. Maybe a good fight with Royce? Don't know yet. A few ideas would be good to help out. But remember I'll put up the next part when I can.
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