A/N: Hey everyone. I'm so sorry I haven't updated any of my stories in so long. My computer crashed, so I couldn't do anything. I'm back, though, so no worries! I still need a beta, so just send me message, please! Thanks, and please review. It would make my day (:

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

Chapter 3: Rose

RPOV

I woke up from my nap very disoriented. I couldn't remember what was going on. I sat up, and looked around. I was in my room. Everything looked normal. The only thing missing was Emmett. Emmett! All that had happened in the last couple of hours came back to me. I was human again. I didn't know if I was totally thrilled about that, or scared shitless. Where was Emmett anyways?

"She's up!" I looked to my door to see a short pixie coming into my room.

"Alice, what are you doing?" I asked her.

"Well, I saw that you wouldn't know what was going on, duh." Oh yeah. How could I forget?

"Sorry." I looked down, embarrassed.

"Whoa! Rosalie Hale, embarrassed? I think I need to sit down," Alice teased me.

"Shut up, Al. What's going on?" I seemed to be asking that question more and more. "Where's Emmett?" Her face got a very serious look on it, and she was quiet.

"He's gone, Rose," a new voice said. I looked over to see Esme standing in the doorway."

"What do you mean he's gone?" I almost started to laugh. Yeah, right. Emmett's gone my ass. He would never leave me, especially now.

"She means he's gone. We have no clue where he is. After he saw you he just kind of ran off, and we haven't heard or seen him since. I tried to see where he was going, but he hasn't made a decision yet." Alice said. I was wrong. Emmett did leave me. He was gone. I started to panic. I couldn't breathe. Was he gone, gone? Or was he just gone for a little while? What if he never came back? Oh God, I really couldn't breathe now.

"Rose, listen to me. It's fine, ok? We're going to figure this out. Emmett will come back. He'll come back to you, and if he doesn't then we'll come drag him back. Everything will be fine. You just need to breathe. In, out, in, out." Alice repeated to me.

"Before we figure everything out, though, you need food, Rose." Esme told me. "You haven't eaten anything in days." I nodded my head in agreement. When I thought about it, I really was starving. "Come on. Let's go to the kitchen. I'll make you something." We walked down the stairs. Everything felt weird. It was as if I was feeling everything for the first time, but not at the same time. I could just barely remember how everything was being a vampire. Everything was sharper. I could hear things; smell things, taste things, see things much better then. Now everything paled in comparison. Esme and Alice must have noticed how I was looking at everything, because they soon started asking me questions.

"How does everything look?" Esme asked me.

"Shitty," I told them, honestly. They both laughed.

"Really?" Alice was very interested, seeing as she couldn't remember anything about being human.

"Imagine seeing everything perfectly clear, and then putting up a foggy glass in front of your eyes. It's like that." I told them.

"That must suck," Alice told me. Yeah, no shit Sherlock. I heard Edward laugh. We had made it to the bottom of the stairs, and I looked up to see my family. I started to smile, but only to retract that smile. There was still one person missing, and I didn't even know if he was ever coming back. What if he never came back? Oh, God not again. I couldn't breathe. I realized I still standing by the stairs. I had to get out of here. I bolted to the kitchen.

"What would you like to eat, dear?" Thank goodness for Esme. She understood that I didn't want to say anything about it.

"Anything, please." This was a mistake. Esme soon went off making anything in sight. Almost a half hour later, I had a whole buffet in front of me. I told her thank you several times, because I knew I was going to be eating barely any of this.

Half way through my meal, Alice came skipping in. I didn't know why she was so happy, but I didn't care. I ignored her joyfulness and went back to eating. She kept looking over at me, though. She didn't say anything. She'd look over at me, and then turn away when I looked up at her.

Finally I sighed, looked up at her, and asked, "What, Alice? What do you need to tell me?"

"Well, I don't really want to be mean…" Great, this was going good. Something horrible had happened. Oh my gosh. Please don't let anything have to do with Emmett. I was starting to freak out.

"Alice, just spit it out!"

"I don't want to be mean," she repeated, "but you kind of really smell. Like bad." I stared at her. Then I couldn't help myself. I laughed. I laughed untrollably. It was to the point where tears were coming out of my eyes.

"I thought you were going to tell me horrible!" I kept laughing. "That's the least of my worries right now."

"Are you ok, Rose?" I nodded my head. "Well worry of not, Rose, you need to take a shower. That's the first thing you're doing once you're done eating."

Shortly after, I was done eating, and Alice was dragging me up the stairs to my room. At first I was reluctant to go in, but then I knew I would have to go in there. All of my things were in there, and I knew I would eventually have to sleep in there. She shoved me- gently, so she wouldn't hurt me with her vampire strength- in the bathroom, and told me to hurry.

Once I was done, I opened the door. I looked at my bed and saw some clothes. As much as I liked dressing up with Alice, I was thankful that she had chosen a t-shirt and sweatpants. It was exactly what I needed.

I climbed into bed, thankful that sleep came quickly.

EMPOV

I hadn't seen Rose in one week. Seven days. Seven days. I wanted to see her. I wanted to see her so much that it hurt. I missed her like crazy. All I wanted was to just go home, and see her. I knew I couldn't, though. I would be putting her in danger, and I couldn't do that. What was I going to do, though?

There was also the fact that I didn't know what to do with myself. One minute I was going here, and the next I was going there. I knew I couldn't actually make up my mind as to where I wanted to go. If I did then I knew Alice would see and send Jasper and Edward to come haul my ass back to Forks. I had to go back to Forks, and soon. There was no way I could survive without Rose.

How had everything become such a mess? We had been going out on a date. A date that I had been planning for weeks. I wanted to wake up from this horrible nightmare, and let it all be over. Seeing as I never sleep, though, would have been my first clue that this was indeed life.

My phone broke me out of my thoughts. I already knew who it was. She had been calling be 24/7. I decided to answer her twenty-ninth phone call.

"What, Alice?" I asked her.

"Do not what me. You know exactly what's what. Emmett, I saw your decision. I know you're coming home." Damn. She had already seen.

"Good for you. Would you like a prize?" I was annoyed, and I just wanted her to stop talking.

"Stop with the rude attitude, Em." If it was possible, Alice sounded exhausted. "Rose is hurting. All she does is sit in you guys' bed. Esme and I have to force food down her mouth."

"She's hurting?" I asked in a sad voice.

"We all are. You need to come home. Now."

"What if I hurt her, though? I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I did. If I did come home, I wouldn't be able to be around her."

"Emmett, there's five of us, and one of you. I can see the future, Edward can read your mind, and Jasper can control your emotions. We won't let anything happen. I promise."

"Are you sure?" I didn't want to take a risk, but I just had to.

"Positive. Just come home Emmett. Please." That did it. I had to go home. I had to see my family. I had to see my Rose.

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LL