Alexander

It had been four hours since Rose fainted, and she still hadn't woke up yet. Now she was in the emergency room. An air mask covered her mouth and nose. She was fine, but she was not waking up. Catherine Sapphire came into the hospital an hour ago, after finishing her work. Why do I have to take care of her? Catherine thought when her eyes met mine. She's not even my real sister! She's adopted! I wonder why mom would adopt her anyways. They even changed her name from Rosemary Pearl to Rosaline Sapphire! Why would they adopt her when they already have perfect, beautiful me? It's so unfair that I have to take care of her. I'm going to get a smaller share of everything because of her. I just wish she would die today. That way I'll be who I've always wanted to be in years- a single child that get everything.

Catherine's thoughts made me mad. She wanted Rose to Die? But now I knew Rose was adopted. Her name was Rosemary Pearl. Her blood somehow smelled like Jessica's. I wondered if she had any relationship with Jessica Pearl.

The window opened then and cool winds came into the room. Jackson was floating in front wile Bobby followed closely behind. "Why did you hurt Zella?" Bobby asked angrily.

Jackson replied without looking, "She deserved it. She took happiness away from Rose." So that was what had happened! Zella Eyre fed on Rose! How dare she feed on my girl?

"But Jack," Bobby wined, "Zella was hungry! She couldn't control herself! Besides, you hurt your family member who loved you for more than two centuries over a little human girl who you just met for about one week!"

"And I loved her. Rose was the only thing that really matters to me right now," Jackson snapped. So Jackson Eyre loved my girl. I thought I was the only one who loved her. I thought Jackson just wanted to have her for a meal or something like that.

"You are unbelievable!"

"Thank you."

"Why do you love a human? You chose her over your sister?"

"If that was what you thought than yes," Jackson said coldly. I couldn't talk to Jackson now. I just couldn't. Not when he was invisible. If I talk to him now I would give away our secret. Also, I wouldn't trust myself to stay calm around my enemy. He became my enemy just then even though the Emeralds and the Eyres were friends. He stole my girl. Rosaline was already mine!

Jackson's eyes scanned the room before it landed on me. Our eyes met and it stayed there for a minute. What is Alexander looking at? Jackson thought. He knew about my powers already. What was in his head? He should have known that I'm reading his mind. He was so stupid. Anyways, I love Rosaline no matter what. But this is really abnormal. Zella went into her and now she's not waking up! Did she have the immortal gene? If she did than Zella's in so much trouble! If she has the gene, she might never wake up! Oh no! I don't want to loose her. I don't care if she's Rosaline Sapphire or Rosemary Pearl. I don't care if she's Catherine's sister or Jessica's. I just wanted her! She can't leave me! How did he know that Rose's real name was Rosemary? And did he say Rossi was Jessica's sister?

With a voice that no human could hear, I murmured to Jackson, "Let's go outside and you can explain things to me." And then I turned to the door. Jackson followed unwillingly.

When we got to our secret place- the forest behind San Diego High- I stopped and turned to Jackson quickly. He almost bumped into me.

"Tell me now," I ordered.

"What's there to tell?" he asked.

"Let's start by what Zella did to Rose," I suggested.

"Fine. Zella was hungry and she couldn't control herself. She went into Rossi's body and sucked her happiness. Bob reported her behavior to me and I went and ordered her out of Rose's body. I slapped her across the face in the school parking lot and she swore to never suck Rose's happiness again. The end." He was annoyed. I could tell. But I was glad that he told the truth.

"Now tell me about Rosemary Pearl," I ordered. "How did you know that Rosemary is Jessica's sister?"

Jackson frowned at me, but he told me anyways. "My family used to live in the Pearls' old house like real ghosts. Samantha Pearl got married with Patrick Pearl and had Jeffery first. Then, a year later, they had Jessica and Rosemary, the fraternal twins. They couldn't afford two more girls so they chose Jessica over Rosemary. They sent Rosemary to the children's shelter and Rosemary got adopted into the Sapphires' house and was renamed Rosaline. Then the Sapphires moved to Nevada with their older daughter, Catherine, and young Rosemary. The Pearls treated Jessica well and had enough money to afford Jessica and Jeffery. Day by day, the Pearls got richer and they had another girl three years after the twins were born. They named her Shannon. They could afford all three children and you know the rest. I remembered Rosemary's sent, the only scent that I remembered. I thought I would never see her again. But last Monday, Rosaline sat next to me in Spanish, and I smelled the sent that I thought I would never smell again. She smelled exactly like Rosemary, and no two people who ever existed have the same sent. I wasn't sure that she was Rosemary though, but I hope so. Then, I saw Rose's brilliant chocolate eyes and suddenly I was sure she was Rosemary.

"The reason I remember Rosemary's sent so well all these years was because I loved her the first time I saw her. I loved her when she was a baby. I loved her more than anyone did. I was so depressed after Rosemary left the house that I thought I could follow her sugary sent all the way to Nevada. But I couldn't. I wished I could, though. Rose was the one I wanted and she's only mine. I feel a responsibility with her. She's mine to watch over and I'm the one who's going to take care of her for her life. I didn't want Zella to touch her because she's mine and only mine. I want the best for her. I loved her.

"But Zella betrayed me. She took her happiness away from her, from my Rosemary. It hurt me more than it hurt Rose to see her happiness taken away from her. She deserves happiness and I wanted, as I said, the best for her. Now I know you love her, but she's mine. You can have Rosaline if it's just Rosaline Sapphire, but Rosemary Pearl is mine!" Jackson got too worked over this. His violet eyes were shaking with anger wile he said his lines.

"But I love Rosaline," I told him.

"As I said, you can take Rosaline. But Rosemary's mine," he repeated.

Bobby stepped in then. With a harsh voice, he said to me, "Leave my brother alone! He found his long lost love. He was so depressed for a decade after Rosemary left that he was practically silent! Now he found his love. Just let him have her!"

"It's none of your business, kid!" I told him.

"Oh you're calling me a kid? I'm one and a half century older than you!" Bobby's words left me speechless for a long time.

"Just so you know," I told Jackson, "no matter how close our families are, you'll always be my enemy as long as you keep on loving Rosaline. She's my girl!" And then I walked away without looking back.

Jackson

Bob bugged me for four hours straight after he saw me slap Zella. "You are choosing Rose over your sister!" Bob yelled at me.

"I know," I said quietly.

"Do you think it's worth it?" he asked.

Without thinking, I blabbed out, "Yes. It is worth it. If it's for Rosaline, then it won't be. But she's Rosemary Pearl, my one love I lost seventeen years ago. I really love her, and Zella won't let me have her."

"You are pathetic!" Bob muttered.

I flew through the window of the hospital and entered Rose's room. There she lied, not waking up. What was wrong with her? Normal people wake up an hour after Zella exited their body. It had been four hours now, and Rose wasn't waking up. She was just lying there motionless. If I wasn't a ghost, I would have thought that she was dead.

I scanned the room. It was full of people. Alicia was standing in the corner with her friends: Ella, Sammy, and Mike. Jessica and her siblings, Jeffery and Shannon, were standing in another corner. My eyes rested on them for a brief second and turned away. After all, Rosemary is Jessica's twin, so I couldn't help to look. Catherine Sapphire was by the bed, acting worried. I could see for myself that Cathy didn't really like Rose that much since Rose was adopted, but she acted worried to show the others. I kept on scanning the room, and before long, Alexander Emerald's face came into view.

Alexander Emerald? What in the world was he doing here? Alexander's eyes stared at me, having eye-contact with me. What is Alexander looking at? Anyways, I love Rosaline no matter what. But this is really abnormal. Zella went into her and now she's not waking up! Did she have the immortal gene? If she did than Zella's in so much trouble! If she has the gene, she might never wake up! Oh no! I don't want to loose her. I don't care if she's Rosaline Sapphire or Rosemary Pearl. I don't care if she's Catherine's sister or Jessica's. I just wanted her! She can't leave me! I thought to myself. I detached my eyes from Alex's. Suddenly, I realized what he was looking at- he was reading my mind.

"Let's go outside and you can explain things to me," Alex said in a voice so low that only immortals could hear. I followed him unwillingly. It was like Alex had some weird power other than listing to people's thoughts. It was like he could control people's mind! I didn't want to move my feet, but they just moved by themselves.

When we got to our secret place, Alex stopped and turned around. He asked me to tell him about Rosemary Pearl, so I told him Rose's story from when she was born, to when the Pearls' chose Jessica over Rosemary, to the Sapphires adopted Rose, to the point when I smelled the familiar, sugary sent again. I told him that he could have Rosaline Sapphire, but Rosemary Pearl would be mine. Then, Alex swore that he would be enemies with me as long as I kept on loving Rose.

Alex turned away and rushed back to the hospital. I followed him without any trouble. I flew through the window again and into Rose's room. Nothing changed at all in the room. It was like time had frozen the second Alex and I went out of the room. Perhaps we were just too quick that they didn't have a chance to live. After all, we think of minutes as hours and seconds as minutes. Our talk had only lasted for about ten seconds, so the humans had no time to really move around that much.

Rosemary was getting stronger every second. I could feel it. She would probably wake up soon, and I'll be the first one to know when she would open her beautiful chocolaty eyes.