Rosalie POV

So, Forks was not that bad apart from what happened that Friday night. This was kind of different, people were cozier and the Cullens were really nice people.

They invited us a lot to their place as they knew we were alone most of the time. I also took Emmett's advice and subscribed for the Cheerleading tryouts. Not that I really wanted that, but it was a way of distracting myself from my house's boredom. Also, it would be a great way to spread my influence over Forks High School since Cheerleading can actually mean power.

But yet, I still felt a little bit misplaced. I missed that funky feeling of waking up in the morning and not knowing what's going to happen next.

Here everything was so predictable, so monotonous…This really wasn't my thing but I just needed to put up with it until the end of twelfth grade. Then, I could go back to Miami. 'Just two insignificant years of my life…Just two more years until success and fame and glamour…'

I parked the car in my usual place, next to Bella's (fugly) truck. She was quite a nice girl but I couldn't stand Edward sometimes. He was so meticulous and he really knew how to get on my nerves.

"It looks like it's going to start raining, again." Jasper commented, as he opened the door for me to get out the car.

"I'm already used to this crappy town Jazz…"I laughed.

We walked till we reached Tyler's van, where everyone of our lunchtime table used to hang out. (Mike Newton didn't 'cause of what happened) The Cheerios were also there, looking all excited with no apparent reason.

"Congrats, Rose. I knew you could do it!" Valerie exclaimed, coming towards me. "But I must warn you…Jessica's gonna kill you!"

"Whatta…?"

Heath handed me the results for the Cheerleading thing. It appeared that I had entered and that I also had been chosen as captain. Ben told me that the other girls didn't want Jessica to lead them anymore.

"How..? I mean…"

"The thing is that we are tired of having Jessica as our leader so we decided to give the new girl a shot. " Dakota explained.

"And you're gonna be tomorrow's front page. Alice insisted on doing a sort of photo shoot and Eric's going to be the photographer and the editor." Casey informed me.

"Trust me, he is a genius. He helps me with everything."Alice added.

"Oh, c'mon guys you don't have to be so nice. We all know Alice's the brain here…" Eric blushed.

"Oh man, you're so gay…" Tyler and Rickman laughed.

And he was. Jessica told me Eric had assumed last year, when he hired himself as Alice's assistant. As I thought about her she arrived with Emmett but she no longer had that stupid «I have a crush on him» face.

"Hey b****es! Now's the real thing!" Eric warned. "She looks soooooo mad…"

Emmett waved at us but didn't say a thing and he didn't look at me like he always did. It was our special way to say «Hi!» to each other.

"What's wrong with you guys?"

"What? Oh, you're imagining things Jess..." Tyler started but she glared at him with those cynical eyes.

Alice handed her the paper with the results, all happy and peaceful like it was nothing serious, walking like she was dancing or something like that.

"Congratulations Rose! I'm really glad for you. Anyways, I was tired of being the leader all the time!"

Everybody sighed with relief and it seemed I had been the only one feeling the rage coming out her eyes. I smiled back, waving my precious hair.

I didn't like her very much and I absolutely couldn't stand Lauren, her BFF. They were so…I don't know. They just didn't fit there, all so smiley and yet so mean.

The bell rang and I joined Emmett and Edward in the Spanish classroom, along with Ben, Rickman, Dakota, Valerie and Sven who were soon to be my Cheerleading colleagues.

I sat in my usual place, the last table in the classroom, with Ben except that he (surprisingly!) switched places with Emmett, that sat quietly by my side.

I didn't speak and limited listening to the teacher. He was acting strangely and seemed mad at something.

"What's wrong?" I whispered.

He didn't answer so I grabbed his hand and pulled it but he flexed his muscles and stopped my movement, turning his head to face me. Emmett half-closed his eyes and covered my hand with his and never let it go till the class was over.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked him near our lockers. "You haven't said a thing and you're acting really freaky."

"It's nothing. It's just that things between me and Jessica are a little bit messed up. She doesn't trust me the way she should so…"

I realized that the whole situation was because of me, when I slept in his house.

"I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault. You weren't feeling well that day so I helped you. But Jessica's imagination can be overwhelming and I bet she's going to piss me about you replacing her in the cheerleading team. Never mind…see you in Algebra!"

I headed to my Literature class. Emmett was such a nice person. He couldn't stay mad at anyone and when things weren't good he put his «sad teddy bear» face.

I sat by Jasper's side, not paying much attention to the class. I was text messaging with Rachel, Amber, Tiffany and…Josh…It was kind of hard to have a relationship when you're not with the person. Although I loved him, I needed to do something about that because I was getting tired of all of it.

After Literature, Algebra class and after that Cullen's place. Jasper wasn't coming 'cause he had a Calculus project to do with Tyler.

"Rose, you have no idea. We have tons of work to do. I've planned it all along with Eric. We're having lunch when we arrive home and then I'm gonna let you study with Emmett till 3.30 pm. After that, no matter what, we need you." Alice was really excited about the whole photo shoot thing.

"Emmett you know I despise that kind of music! It's my car, I can do what I want!"

"Shut up! I'm trying to keep up with the girls. What the hell's going on? Can somebody explain us?" Emmett demanded, turning to us.

"Tomorrow you'll see teddy bear." Alice tapped him on his head.

"OMG…I feel like I'm going to regret this…"

"C'mon Rose. You're perfect and…" Emmett suddenly shut up and turned frontwards obviously embarrassed.

I also blushed, feeling awkward. Edward put on his classic music louder and joked with Alice a little bit but Emmett didn't say a thing. Strange…

'There is something going on with him…'

After the wonderfully delicious lunch Emmett and I went up to his bedroom to study and I felt a little bit of tension between us and I couldn't tell why. We studied together, as always, but he seemed distant and way too serious.

"Em, what's going on with you? You're acting so strangely…."

"Nothing." He got up and walked onto his balcony. "It's just a bad day…"

"You sure about that? I feel like there's something else."

"It doesn't matter!"

I frowned at his angry voice and I was about to tell him to calm down when Josh called.

Emmett's POV

I couldn't tell her why I was acting like that because the reason was her. I wasn't very sure about the way I felt about her 'cause part of me still loved Jessica.

'Great, it's Josh-dude!' I thought to myself.

I opened the window for her to go talk in the balcony 'cause she seemed like she was having a sort of private conversation with her boyfriend. I couldn't help myself not listen to what they were talking about. I wanted to know more about that guy that was able to keep her heart locked even though he was miles and miles away.

"…It's not working…I know but…" it seemed like she was trying to break up with him. A part of me felt excited while the other was telling me that that was a sad thing to happen. "…Seriously? You're coming on Christmas vacations?...know I love you…bye."

I pretended like I was closing the books and packing for tomorrow's classes when she came in.

"Hum…I believe it's time for you to go…If you're late Alice's going to kill."

"Yeah, you're right." She approached, hugged me and kissed my cheek, making me feel kinda dizzy and extremely confused. Was she playing around between me and Josh?

She walked away leaving a trail of sexiness behind which made me crazy. 'Geez…HOT!'

I sat back in my bed for a few seconds, leaning backwards, marveled and puzzled. The things between me and Jessica were a little bit unstable. She had always tons of things to do and I had this homework thing with Rose that made her jealous. Jessica was a nice girl and we had been almost-boyfriend/girlfriend for over a year.

Then, there was Rose. I didn't know her that well but I felt that kind of attraction that I didn't feel with Jessica. I felt protective about her and felt like our personas kinda matched. Sometimes It was like I already knew her, like a distant memory…She could easily knock Jessica out of my heart if she wanted…there was not only this HUGE physical attraction as well as there was something magical between us. 'Oh god…I think Edward just contaminated me with his «disease»'

BUT, there was this enormous problem: Rose's boyfriend, Josh. Also, I couldn't forget the main thing: I didn't know how she felt about me. I feared she looked at me only as a friend or something…I didn't wanna force her to something if she didn't want to.

"Hard decisions…" I murmured to myself.

I picked my car keys and jumped of the balcony, onto the ground. Mum didn't like me doing this but it was only 2, 5 meters high and I was used to it.

Our house was situated in the middle of a forest so I drove rapidly into it, following my secret trail. I really needed something like that, to clear up my mind. It was almost impossible for me not to think about Rose…

I drove into the mountains, through the rocky way, mixed with mud and heavy raindrops. I needed to go far away, somewhere distant where I couldn't find anyone.

I didn't know how much time I had been driving when I suddenly realized there was no sunlight. 'Damn…Dad's gonna kill me…'

Well, it wasn't the first time that happened to me so I turned the engine off and took my sleeping bag out of the trunck. Then I climbed onto a rock which seemed to have a clean surface.

I was aware of the dangers of doing this kind of things but I didn't care. I was used to this. I took my shirt off and used it as a pillow…

"How many times do we have to say it's dangerous? It's always the same thing." Carlisle complained. "I know you like to do it but don't go alone especially when the bears are preparing to hibernate."

"I'm sorry Dad. I didn't mean it. It just happened. Sorry."

"Oh, come on Dad. Give him a break…he's going through a very difficult…"Edward mocked but I shushed him. Edward had this kind of sixth sense that really annoyed me. Sometimes it was like he could read our minds. I bet he was wondering about me and Rose.

"I know you're a good boy Em. Go and take a shower quickly, you still have classes!"

Ten minutes later and I had joined Alice in Edward's car and we were heading to the school.

"Something tells me you're not gonna to love this day…" Alice started. "You and Rose…"

"Rose and I nothing, Alice. I love Jessica and Rosalie has a boyfriend. Full stop."

"Em is sulked…" Alice giggled. "One thing, good luck with Jessica!"

We got out of the car and joined at Tyler's van, as usual. Rose and Jasper weren't there yet but as we stepped into the circle, Jessica threw in Alice's face the school newspaper.

"You didn't do this to me when I was the captain! Now you and Eric are all OMG about her. That's not fair! And you even designed NEW outfits, much better than the other ones, especially for her. Uh, I HATE blondes!"

"Calm down Jessica." I gathered her in my arms. Alice handed me the newspaper and I was like 'O_O!". Rose was dressing the new cheerleading uniform, smiling. She looked like a goddess to me.

"You may be right Jessica, but she sure looks hot…!" Tyler exclaimed.

"Pure Photoshop!"

"Or not…Indeed, I was absolutely stunned. Alice put some make up on her and when I was downloading the photos to store then in my computer I was so like OMG. I just fixed the lightning. You have to admit, she's absolutely stunning. PERFECT!" Eric countered.

I didn't have the courage to say a thing but I saw Alice winking her eye to me. OMG, it's so embarrassing knowing that your brothers know this kind of things about you.

"So this was what you were all excited about yesterday…"

I would absolutely keep one copy to me…

"Yeah, but you don't need this." Jessica took the newspaper out of my hand. "Right, Em?"

She kissed me but I didn't kiss her back. Sometimes I couldn't recognize the girl who had baked cupcakes for us when we arrived to the town, the girl that had been my friend since kindergarten. She frowned but I looked away. She was disappointing me.

The bell rang and the Hales hadn't arrived. I headed to the Psychology class with Edward and Tyler.

The class had been interesting as we had been doing some experiences about the Human Mind but I still couldn't stop thinking about Rose.

"Mr. Emmett. It's your turn." Mr. Heffner called. "I'm going to display music and you're going to describe how it makes you feel."

"Hum…I feel…angry. I…it's….rage."

"People, can someone explain me why does Emmett's body react like this?"

"Where are they?" Bella asked during the lunch break. "She would've warned me if…"

"Totally! Yesterday she was perfectly fine at the photo shoot…she would have warned us." Eric agreed.

"I don't know what about you but I'm gonna call her."

"Good idea Emmett darling." Eric noted.

"Whatta..?"

"Everybody calm down. It's probably a diva thing…" Edward complained.

"What about Jasper? He ain't no diva!" Alice sounded offended.

"Shush! I'm calling her...Hello? Where are you? Hã?...Los Angeles? How…? Hmm…'kay…But you'll be back tomorrow right? One week? No worries. Geez…When did it happen? Yes, totally…By the way, you look absolutely amazing in the school paper…Bye!"

"What…?" Alice started.

"Let me explain, and then you can ask." I cleared up my throat. "Apparently their mother and her friends have a new fashion company and stuff and they wanted Jasper and Rose to promote their campaigns. They're going to film a commercial and then they'll go and meet lots of people related with fashion. And they will only arrive next week."

"So you are telling me Rose and Jazz's mum was adding a new department to Madison Hale's Industry and they didn't tell me? That's huge Eric…"

"Yes, I'm envisioning it all. You sending sketches and then…FAME! It would be like «Project Runway» skipping right to the end, where you would be the WINNER and I would be your assistant!"

"How did they get there so fast? I mean...One night!" Rickman inquired, surprised.

"Apparently they have their own private jet…"

"OMG…they'll have a lot to explain when they arrive…I am so gonna check my Twitter…I have great news for my followers!"

"C'mon guys. If they didn't say us a thing it's because they didn't want us to know." I objected.

That day really sucked. And so did the rest of the week. The classes weren't the same and the time seemed to go by so slowly…I really was looking forward for her arrival.

That week had also been very…eye-opening? I tried to find out how I felt about Jessica and guess what? I had been sort of blind all these years.

She wasn't as nice as I had pictured her. I began to realize how mean and petty she was. Always talking bad about the other girls and she acted sort of fake. I was even shocked the way she was able to say to someone «OMG, I love that shirt!» and then turn to Lauren or Rachelle or Patricia and say «Or not! That's the most hideous thing I've seen…ahaha."

I felt like she was disappointing me and I needed to come up with a very good excuse to break up with her. Part of me wanted this because of Rose and the other was just tired of Jessica's attitude.

But one thing was for sure: I was really into Rose. 'I know it's really lame but…'

First, she was HOT. Second, she was really nice person. Third…there was this thing I couldn't fight against. I needed her, needed to have her in my arms and kiss her. And then she was the most beautiful woman that ever existed. There was no Angelina Jolie, Farrah Fawcett or Jessica Alba that could even reached touch her heels.

She was sort of a Goddess…One of those beauties that only existed in Greek and Roman mythology…

I also visited Mike. He had been recovering at home and he didn't show up in classes. I wanted to have a serious conversation.

"Go away! How dare you show up after doing this to my nose dude! I thought we were bros."

"Calm down. I'm not going to apologize you for that. I did what I had to do. You know, I've always tried to make you see this: you can't treat girls like you do. You just can't get them drunk and then f*** them."

"But you and the Chinese girl…"

"I didn't get her drunk as far as I'm concerned. Man…you were really deserving that punch. And I should've punched you more…"

Even though I was still angry at him I could by his face that he regretted what he had tried to do.

"Come in."

I entered his living room and sat on the sofa while he closed the door. I analyzed his face: his eyes were swollen and he had a huge white bandage across his nose. It made me want to laugh but I kept everything serious.

"Well…I'm still mad about it all but I just couldn't let you alone…Friends will be friends!"

"Hum…thank you…hum…how's she?" he asked nervously.

"Fine, I guess. She got over it pretty well and...Rose is in L.A. right now. But I don't think she will ever want to see your face again…" Saying her name only made me feel even more depressed…I wanted her to be here.

"Dude, I can't believe it!" Newton laughed waking me up from my thoughts.

"What…?"

"You're in love with her…ahahahaha. You should see your face…ahaaha."

Was it so obvious? "What face?"

"Dude, THE face. Remember when we were thirteen years old, when we had that stupid conversation? That's THE face. And you're blushing! That's so…I…dunno. I've never seen like that…"

"You know I'm not like that…I'm not Edward!"

"Yeah but that doesn't convince me. You love her. You know…since the day she came to our school you've been acting different y'a know? Alice noticed it and Edward also. Now I know why."

"Acting different? How…?" I frowned.

"I dunno…there's something about you. Hard to explain."

"This is a bit gay, don't you think? We talking about me and my body…"

"Now that you mention it…I have the new PES game. Wanna play?"