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Chapter 2

RPOV

I stepped into the classroom, just as the bell rang. I sat down in my place, which was somewhat near the classroom, when I saw the man with curly hair walk in. What was he doing here? I saw him look around the classroom and finally rest his eyes on me. He smiled hugely and waved.

"Hey!" He called out. I grimaced slightly.

"Good morning, everyone," My mechanics teacher, Mr. Lindeman said, hastily walking into the classroom. "We have a lot to cover today, but before we start, I would like all of you to meet our new student, Emmett McCarty." Emmett smiled around at everyone. "Emmett, why don't you sit in that empty seat next to Ms Hale?" I felt my eyes widen in disbelief as Mr Lindeman suggested that Emmett sit next to me. I concentrated on the blackboard, but from the corner of my eye, I could see Emmett glance at me occasionally. I was impatiently waiting for the class to finish, so that I could escape from this silent torture. At last, the bell rang, and I stood up, about to leave someone tapped me on the shoulder.

"Fancy meeting you here, Ms Hale," Emmett held out his hand. I thought about it for a second. Hesitatingly, I shook his hand.

"It's Rosalie," I corrected.

"I really am sorry, though. I didn't mean to offend you yesterday at the coffeehouse or bump into you this morning." He apologized.

"It's alright. Mistakes happen to everybody." I said, wincing at the irony of my words, thinking that mistakes happened more to some than others. His brow wrinkled in confusion, but didn't ask me to elaborate, for which I was thankful.

"So… I'll see you later, I guess," I waved my hand awkwardly.

"Yeah," he muttered. I started to walk away from him when he suddenly called out my name. "Listen," he came up to me. "Would you like to do something today?" I stared at him, shocked, and ready to reject his invitation when he hastily added, "Bring your friends, and I'll bring mine. So, how about it?" Emmett looked expectantly at me. I bit my lip and wondered what Bella and Alice would have to say about this; Alice would tell me to say yes, and I was pretty sure that Bella would, too.

"Fine," I agreed. "As long as your friends aren't too rude or rowdy, I guess it'll be ok." He cracked a small smile.

"Don't worry about that," he assured me. "Both of them already have girlfriends. So, that's taken care of. Well, here's my phone number. Just call me at around 6 and I'll give you directions to my place." He handed me a small piece of paper with a cell number scribbled on it, which I put into my purse. I said goodbye to him and walked slowly outside the main building and onto the grassy lawn. What had I gotten myself into?

The rest of the day passed by in a blur, with me worrying about tonight, and wondering what Alice's and Bella's reactions would be. I drove home, slower than usual, thinking of the best way to tell them. It wasn't that they would be angry; on the contrary, they would be pleased that I was finally opening up. They were both home by the time I got there, and flipping mindlessly through the channels on TV.

"Hey guys," I started nervously. "What's up?"

"Nothing much," Bella replied.

"Ditto," Alice said.

"Well, what do you guys say about going out tonight?" I tried to make my expression happy and cheerful, so that they wouldn't see how terrified I was.

"Sure," Alice's face lit up when I said the words 'go out tonight'. "Where are we going?"

"Well, you guys remember the guy who I met at the coffeehouse last night, right?" I took their raised eyebrows as an indication that they did remember. "Well, it turns out he's new in my class, and he invited all of us to his house tonight."

"But he doesn't even know us." Bella pointed out.

"Well, he said that his friends would be there, too. And they've already got girlfriends, so you don't need to worry about them hitting on you." I looked at both of them.

"Are you kidding?" Alice jumped up and hugged me tightly. "I'm so happy, Rose, that you're finally meeting new people!! Well, let's get ready, then." We all went to our rooms and changed, putting on something fancy, yet casual. I nervously straightened the white shirt I was wearing, and applied some eyeliner. Once I was finished, I waited in the living room for Alice and Bella, and saw that they, too, were dressed as casually as I was.

"So, where does this guy live?" Bella asked as we got into Alice's car.

"Well, he told me to call him, and he'll tell me directions." I pulled out the scrap of paper that Emmett had given me earlier, and dialled the number on my cell phone. It rang twice before someone picked up.

"Hello?" I recognised Emmett's voice on the other end.

"Hi, this is Rosalie. I just wanted to know how to get to your house. Could you please give me directions?" With Emmett's precise guidance, and Alice at the wheel, we found his house with not much difficulty. My nervousness was building up, and I felt like I would explode at any minute.

"Calm down, Rose," Alice said, sensing my tension. "It'll be fine. We're here for you."

I took a deep breath and stepped out of the car and into the chilly air of a typical September evening in Los Angeles.

We walked up the stone pathway to the door and rang the doorbell. The door was opened by Emmett, who was wearing a black t-shirt and holding a packet of chips.

"Hey, girls," hey greeted. "Hey Rosalie." He said to me.

"Hi," I replied shyly. "These are my best friends, Alice and Bella." Emmett introduced himself to both of them, and welcomed us into his house.

"Alice?"

"Bella?"

I spun around at the familiarity of the two voices.

"Edward? Jasper? What are you two doing here?" I stared in disbelief.

"You already know them?" Emmett asked, looking between us and the guys.

"Yeah, of course. Edward is Bella's boyfriend and Jasper is Alice's boyfriend." I pointed out.

"Well, since we all already know each other, why don't we go sit down?" Emmett suggested, gesturing towards the living room of the small apartment. "I thought that we would have to go through all introductions and stuff, but it's good that we don't." We all shuffled towards the living room and made ourselves comfortable on the sofas. Jasper, Emmett and Edward sat on the larger couch, Bella made herself comfortable on the single seater, and Alice I pulled up chairs from the small dining table.

"So…?" Emmett trailed off, looking around at everyone, searching for an ice-breaker.

"Well, why don't you start off with telling us how the three of you met? I didn't know you had a friend named Emmett," Alice pouted. 'We tell you guys everything, but apparently you don't."

"Don't be upset, Ali," Jasper said soothingly. "We only met Emmett last week at university. I mean, we thought he was new – and he was- so we thought we would introduce ourselves. So you know, we just started hanging out. And now he's a good friend. Can you believe it? Just in a week's time."

"Hmm…" Alice narrowed her eyes at him. "Then why is this the first time we're meeting him?"

"Just didn't get around to it, that's all." Jasper smiled at her, trying to pacify her.

'OF, fine," Alice finally surrendered. Edward came to the rescue and started a conversation about movies and songs, which led to discussion on other topics. Later on, Alice was talking quietly to Jasper and Bella to Edward, which left Emmett and me in an awkward silence.

"It was really nice of you to invite all of us here tonight," I told him sincerely. I wasn't lying; this had been a lot of fun, and would surely be a night to remember. Emmett seemed genuinely friendly, not like the shallow men that tried to befriend me.

"I actually wanted to spend some time with you… these other people," he gestured to the others, "were merely an excuse to meet you."

"Umm…" I was at a loss of words.

"Why do you do that?" Emmett asked me, his face serious. I stared at him, wondering what he was talking about.

"What?" I lifted my hand to my hair, unconsciously; it was something I did when I was nervous.

"When I finally think that I can talk to you, you distance yourself. It's as if…" Emmett tried to find the right words, "As if there's a wall around you, keeping everyone out." I stiffened. This was why I didn't interact with anyone except Alice and Bella. He caught the change in my expression and posture. "I just want to get to know you," He tentatively placed his hand on mine. I pulled my hand away.

"Alice, Bella, let's go," I stood up and slung my purse on my shoulder. Emmett just looked down at his hands. I felt guilty for a minute, but then decided it was for the best. Alice was about to say something, but Bella seeing my expression, stepped on Alice's foot.

"Oh, ok," She agreed. "Good night, Jazz." I took one last look at Emmett who was sitting on the sofa, not looking at any of us. Sighing, I put my jacket on, and opened the door.

"Good night. Thank you for inviting us," I said politely. I stepped out into the chilly air, and got into Alice's car. Alice and Bella, after saying bye to Jasper and Edward, got into the car, too.

"Care to explain?" Bella turned and looked at me, awaiting an explanation.

"I just… I got scared." I confessed.

"Of what?"

"I got scared that I was going to start digging another pit, and fall in again."

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