Chapter 7

I was so tired when we left the amusement park that Emmett had to call a cab to come and get us. I couldn't even stay awake long enough to get to the docks which I guess means Emmett carried me from the road to his ship since I woke in his bed. He was already moving about by the time I woke up. With all of my clothes being at Rose's place I was stuck in the clothes that I had worn all day yesterday.

Emmett and Jasper were sitting at the table going over some idea they came up with yesterday for some festival that was coming up in a few weeks. "Hey, look who is finally joining the world of the living." My forehead wrinkled in confusion at Jasper as Emmett reached out towards me and pulled me down onto his lap. "Ignore him. You needed to sleep you were exhausted from the amusement park." I kissed him quickly before reaching over and taking his glass of juice from his hand.

"So what are you guys going to be doing all day?"

"Jasper and I are figuring out the details for the tiki bar for the festival. As soon as we get everything planned out we will start putting it together. You can help if you like but I doubt it will be much fun for you."

I shrugged and stood, "Actually I was gonna go find Rose. She said we could hangout this afternoon until she needs to start working in the bar. So, you boys have a good time doing whatever it is that your doing and I will see you both later."

"Wait, take this in case you girls go anywhere." He handed me the same card he had given Rose two days ago to take me shopping. "Emmett I don't think I should take this." Wrapping his arm around my hips he pulled me back towards him, "I would feel better if you took it, even if you don't use it." Knowing that I wasn't gonna win this argument I sighed and tucked the card in my pocket before giving him one last kiss and leaving him and Jasper to their own devices.

Rose was still hanging out in her apartment wearing her pajamas which made me feel much better about sleeping in so late, if I would have been at home I would have already missed half the day and Daddy would have scolded me for doing so. "So I am gonna change clothes real fast and then we can figure out what we want to do today. I was thinking maybe a little bit of pampering I have a friend who owes me some favors so I am going to collect by treating us to manicures and pedicures." She seemed so excited that I wasn't able to keep the smile off of my face. "OK, I left my clothes here so I need to change too and then we can get out of here."

Before long we were both out of the apartment and sitting at a beauty salon waiting to get our nails done. I wasn't sure what that entailed but I was just happy to be doing something new and exciting.

"Rose I am so glad to see you!"

Beautiful didn't describe the red haired woman that came out of the back room and gave Rose a hug. "I know it has been so long since we have gotten together. Victoria this is my friend Bella, Bella this is Victoria. She owns this place." Cautiously I shook Victoria's extended hand before speaking, "It's nice to meet you Victoria." I received a small but genuine smile in return. "OK well you ladies follow me. I thought we would start with your manicures and then finish off with the pedicures."

Rose was sitting at a table right next to me and we were able to talk the entire time the ladies were working on our nails. "I need details about how you and Emmett met. I all I know about you is that you ran away from home and Emmett helped you. Tell me everything about how you met and tell me even more about yourself."

There was no way I could tell Rose all that she would want to know about my life and I knew that she wouldn't stop asking until she got the details she wanted. One slip and I could put my entire species in danger and no matter how much I want to be friends with Rose there's no way I could risk that.

"There's really not much to tell. We sort of bumped into one another, literally. I tripped and hurt my foot and Emmett helped take care of me. As an apology Emmett took me out on a date and when my dad found out he freaked. I couldn't handle it anymore so I told Emmett I was going run away. He offered to help me and here we are."

"That sound like Emmett. He is always the hero. I think it has something to do with his parent's accident. He was so torn up when they both died. He would blame himself and say if only he had been there then he could have saved them. It took him awhile to get over his parents and realize that no matter if he had been there or not he couldn't have saved them. He's different with you, happier. I can tell that he cares about you far more than anyone else he has ever been with you."

She made me smile and blush until I felt like the blood in my cheeks was boiling. "OK ladies, we are finished with your finger nails lets move onto your toes. If you two move over to the foot bath tubs we will soak your feet and then get those painted." I slowly followed Rose over towards the tubs panicking the entire way. If I put my feet in the water I would have a tail in no time flat. Not to mention that my toenails are the color of my tail and there is no way to change that. Rose sat down in her chair and looked to me waiting for me to sit in the seat next to her.

"You know, I don't think I'm going to get my toes done." She wrinkled her forehead in confusion, "I have a pretty big cut on my foot and I painted them not too long ago." "Are you sure? It's totally on me so don't worry about the cost." I shook my head, "No, it's nothing like that. I just don't want to risk getting it infected." Before she was able to put her feet in the tub she stood, "OK then we can just go." "No I didn't mean for you to not get yours done." She shook her head, "Don't worry about it."

By the time that we left the salon and got something to eat the workers started arriving at the bar and Rose had to help out. I tried to help as much as I could but I was just getting in the way since I knew nothing about how a bar works.

"Great!" Rose groaned and slammed the phone down on the hook. "Everything OK?" She poured herself a small glass of something brown and quickly downed it and then poured herself another. "Yeah, just one of our waitresses just called in sick and we are already two people short so that means I will be doing the job of four people tonight instead of just my one." After she downed her second drink I took the bottle from her before she could pour another. "Maybe I can help. I mean I've never done anything like this but I'm sure I can figure it out."

She just stared at me as if calculating in her head if I was serious or not. Obviously I knew this would be very difficult but I considered Rose a friend and this is the type of thing a friend would do. "If you're sure it's not over stepping and you think you can handle it that would be awesome." I quickly nodded my head, "Just tell me what you need me to do and consider it done."