Rosalie

9. Yet another Big Decision

Emmett had been frustrated for no more than a minute. Typical. His natural joy made the darkest of things only linger in his mind for the shortest of times. This was when Emmett and I were totally different and in contrast, Edward and I were exactly the same. And torturing ourselves consistently with things of the past was the only thing that Edward and I had in common. Trust me. "Oh well," Emmett sighed, "Let it go Rose, it doesn't matter." I nodded defeated. Like I said...Typical. Don't get me wrong though, when Emmett had found out that we had been through such torture for nothing it had really annoyed him, he just didn't let it eat away at him like I did. And to add to my own annoyance, it turned about that Emmett found out this dreadful news before me... he had had his own words with Carlisle.

Emmett

Yesterday 23:43: Rosalie is down stairs talking to Esme and Edward has gone hunting, it's my turn to distract Carlisle...

I looked around the dark green room. The rays of sun from the wide window cast light upon the paintings hung everywhere, showing pictures of Carlisle stood with other people of our kind. I watched him smile at me; he was wearing a long, blood red robe that was obviously foreign.

"Hello son, I know what's going on so you won't have to try and distract me by asking me about family history and then insulting my intelligence by pretending to listen." I hung my head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry Carlisle." I apologised. He could read me like an open book. "Well um," I thought for a moment, I had no idea of what I was going to do now. "Rosalie is just telling Esme about it now and she wanted me to distract you because she's not ready to tell you yet." I finally admitted. Carlisle nodded solemnly. I knew that he was hurt by this; after all I would be too.

"You know that I don't disapprove, far from it, I just wished that one of you had told me. Rosalie has been on her own for a while and really needed someone. Thank you for being that someone that Edward unfortunately couldn't."

"What?" I asked. Surely I had misheard. Rose and...Ed-Edward? No way! Carlisle read my expression and shook his head. "No Emmett! I admit, when I rescued Rosalie, Esme and I had agreed that she should be Edward's romantic companion but we were wrong. Neither of them was interested. True, they love each other, but purely as siblings and nothing else." It took me a while to process this but the jealousy that flooded through me was quickly replaced with slight happiness. It was clear that Rose and Edward would never be a couple without ripping off each other's heads. Edward would drive Rose insane! This made me grin and I nodded at Carlisle before turning to go to my own room. "Oh Carlisle," I said turning back towards him "We can't go down the stairs, I'm meant to be distracting you." He nodded as he sat at his desk and I left the office.

Rosalie

Present day, 16:21. Emmett and I are in his room in the bed.

"Rose, Emmett, would you mind coming down for a chat?" Esme shouted up to us. I frowned and hopped out from underneath the covers. I slipped on one of Emmett's snow white jumpers that were long enough to be a dress on me, the sleeves where four inches too long. Emmett grinned. "Very cute." He commented. I smiled back and we walked down stairs hand in hand.

"Alright," Carlisle announced, gesturing to the four chairs near his own. Two were already occupied by Edward and Esme so Emmett and I were seated in the only available ones which were directly opposite Carlisle. "As you all know, most of us have been living here for some time, far too long to be honest." This was true, I was only nineteen and I was pretending to be twenty five. "I think it's time to move." He took his hand in Esme's and smiled at her. "I have somewhere in mind..." Esme took over. "Carlisle, Edward and I know a lovely family of vampires in Denali that are very much like our own. The Denali Coven and ours are the only ones who refuse to drink the blood of a human." Her eyes sparkled and I could tell that she was proud to be able to say that.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Edward stiffen as if he was anxious about something but I didn't care enough to ask why. "And of course you and Emmett can share a room in the new house so we'll have a spare to use for something else". She said, turning to look at me. "What do you think?"

"Yeah sure!" Emmett said enthusiastically, he was up for anything. I on the other hand; thought this over for a moment. The prospect of moving sounded very appealing and meeting another family like our own certainly sounded good. It would be normal to be able to interact with someone without being scared to take a breath. Sharing a room sounded a lot less lonely too, but what was this family like? Edward answered my unspoken question "It is a family of women, Tanya, Kate and Irina. Three sisters to be exact." That didn't sound too bad and I doubted that I would be envious of these girls, I was the most beautiful creature on the planet and that was fact. "I believe that this idea appeals to me greatly" I said, smiling.