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Chapter 17

RPOV

"How is that even possible?" Emmett said, softly. His arms were still around me, and he was holding tight. "They... just kicked you out? Just like that?"

"Not exactly," I said. They didn't kick us out. We haven't done anything wrong. Anything, like... at all. We've paid every single bill, fixed any possible problem, everything!

"What do you mean 'not exactly'. Do you have to move?"

I nodded, tears still streaming down my face.

"Babe," he said, rubbing by back. "Everything'll work out. What does the letter say?"

I picked up the letter and skimmed it over again. "Basically, it says a construction company bought out the lot that our building is on, because ours is oldest. They're tearing it down to build an office building. They're offering another apartment here in the complex, just in another building. It's smaller though; much smaller. Instead of the 700 square foot we have now, it'd be 500 square feet. It's downsized a bedroom, too. In other words, the three of us can't live here anymore. It would be so extremely cramped. So now, we have to find another apartment before our parents. God, my mother said I couldn't do this too! She said that we wouldn't be able to afford it, and we'd get evicted! Ugh. I can't believe I'm going to have to live with her again."

"Rose, that's not why you were evicted though, technically, you weren't even evicted. They just told you that you had to switch apartments from the sound of it."

"I know, but she'll still give me hell for this."

I didn't know what I was going to do. My parents didn't think along with college that the three of us could afford this apartment. We've had no problem at all. Crawling back to her now, even if the reasoning was different, would be like throwing myself to the sharks.

I wanted to go crawl in a hole. This shouldn't be happening. It didn't make any sense. Who the hell would want to buy this lot? Seriously.

Actually, thinking about it, this is a really good place for an office building. It's near restaurants. But... blah! They can't do this! How do they expect to just... kick everyone out?

Emmett pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "Don't worry, Alice'll have a solution."

APOV

"Come on, Bella. You can do this! Keep it up," the trainer was saying from his place in front of the treadmill she was running on.

"Easy for you to say," she said between panting. "You're not the one running!"

I continued my stride smoothly. "Bella, it's not that hard. And just look at the added bonus to this!" I said, pointing to where Jasper and Edward were lifting weights.

"Bonus to what exactly?" she said, rolling her eyes.

"To staying in shape, duh!" I announced.

"Work it, make it, do it, makes us, harder, better, faster, stronger. Work it harder, make it better. N- N- Now that don't kill me. Do it faster, makes us stronger. Can only make me stronger," I could hear my phone in my bag.

"Emmett's calling!" Bella shouted.

"I know," I told her.

I stopped the treadmill and skipped over to my bag, pulling out my phone.

"Ello there, bear," I said in a sing-song voice. I saw Bella roll her eyes at me.

"Bear?" he asked. "Never mind, doesn't matter. Are you busy?"

"Define busy. I'm at the gym. What do you need?" I asked. The way he asked immediately made me drop the fun charade. This was serious.

"Would you be able to get to the apartment... like now?"

Bella stopped her treadmill to come over to me. "What?" she mouthed.

I'm sure the look on my face told her something was wrong. Emmett was never this serious unless there was a major problem.

"Yes, give me half an hour to round everyone up and get there. What's the problem, Em?"

"It's about the apartment. I'll just show you when you get here."

Bella had her ear pressed to the other side of my phone so she could hear his answer. Her mouth opened in an o-shape.

She held her hand out for the phone. I shook my head, and put my hand over the receiver. "Tell you in the car, go get Jasper and Edward," I told her.

Then I spoke in the phone. "Hand the phone to Rose please. You are with her... right?"

"Yeah, I am. One second." I could hear the fumbling of them passing the phone.

"Hello?" Rosalie's voice was shaky, like she'd been crying.

"Are you okay?"

"Mm. Depends on what you mean. Physically I'm fine. I'm sort of a mess right now though."

"Everything will work out Rose. Don't worry," I said, walking to the car.

Bella, Jasper, and Edward followed behind me.

"Thanks Alice, for everything. You're an amazing friend," she said.

"Aw, thank you. It's no problem. You're a great friend, too."

Jasper raised his eyebrows at me.

"Just get in the car," I said with a small laugh.

Edward clicked for the Volvo to unlock.

"Where to?" he asked.

"Your apartment, I'm assuming you know the way," I told him.

"No, I don't. Can you explain?" he said rolling his eyes.

"THIS IS NO TIME FOR YOUR SARCASM," Bella yelled, smacking him.

We piled in the Volvo, and Edward sped off. It was a silent ride. Although it was only about five minutes, with Edward's insane driving.

In those five minutes, I thought about all the things that could have happened. There could have been a fire, the power could be out, it could be flooded.

We pulled into the parking lot and I was out of the car before Edward even had the keys out.

I ran up the stairs and knocked on the door, too impatient to wait for Edward or Jasper's key. I could hear Emmett's big footsteps as he came to let me in.

"That was fast," he said.

I ignored him, and moved to find Rosalie.

She was on the sofa. I pulled her into a hug, and scanned the room for anything obviously wrong.

"What's the problem?" I asked, seeing nothing.

She handed me an envelope. I opened it, and began to read.

The others came in, and gathered around. I set down the letter, and let Rosalie start to explain.

"This," she said, waving her arm at the letter in my hands. "Came in the mail today. Our apartment has been bought out, and we have to move."

Jasper and Edward's mouths hung open.

"You've got to be kidding," Jasper said.

"Rosalie, this isn't funny. I really hope you aren't kidding. This is definitely not my idea of a practical joke," Edward told her.

"She's dead serious," Emmett said.

I nodded, getting the jest of the letter. "She not lying," I said.

Bella came over and wrapped her arms around Rosalie too.

"Hey, what? I live here too," Edward said, attempting to smile.

Bella squeezed Rose once more, then moved to sit with Edward. She took his hands in hers and rubs circles on them with her fingers.

Jasper pulled his phone out, dialed a number, and walked into his room.

I pulled away from Rose, and Emmett took my place. I followed Jasper.

"Mom?" he said into the phone. "I need to talk to dad. He's home, right?"

I walked up behind him, wrapped my arms around his waist. "Everything will be okay, Jasper. Don't worry," I whispered.

He nodded. "Dad, I'm coming home."

My mouth fell open. That wasn't what I expected him to say to his father.

His kissed me on the cheek, and listened to his father talk.

"No, no it's not that-" he said. "No, not that either." He paused. "Dad, we can afford it. That isn't the problem. Someone bought us out."

I squeezed him tighter.

"Yeah, I know. I'm coming home."

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