Sundays are good days. They are days when you can just relax. That was what I was doing. I was lying in Embry's bed, proud of myself for not sleeping with him last night. I needed to have a seriously conversation with him. We need to sort this out and figure out a compromise.
"Embry?" I asked him quietly.
"Hmm?" He replied.
"This is all very new to me," I started. "I was just wondering," I paused. Just ask him the damn question.
"What were you wondering, Rose?" Ugh. Rose. That means he really, really cares about me. Duh. This was going to be harder than I thought.
"Has a girl who's been imprinted on ever had two lovers? Or has she left the one she loved for the werewolf who imprinted on her?"
He knew what I was getting at. "Look, Rose, I want to make you happy. If being with me, and only me makes you unhappy then I that would defeat my whole purpose for you." he reached over and touched my cheek. "You can have any part of me. Every part of me. And if you are still sad about Emmett, then I want you to be with him too."
I sighed, relieved. I had to give it to the werewolf, he sure knew how to make me happy. "Thank you. I am happy that you understand my situation with Emmett. I loved him long before you were born. We are married. And I can't just leave him."
"Anything for you my love." He smiled down at me with glistening teeth. Then he cleared his throat, nervously. "Can I try something?" he asked me at last.
I nodded cautiously. He leaned closer to me, very slowly and very carefully. I think he was trying to making sure I wasn't caught off guard. He took my face in both of his hand and gazed into my eyes with unmistakable intensity. He leaned even closer, his lips gently brushed me cheeks, then moved down toward my jaw, and then found my lips.
At first his lips lingered in the same spot, on the top of my lip. Then he opened his mouth and I could feel his hot breath in my mouth. It tasted sweet. I had no idea I was interacting with him until I felt myself adjust to his position and wrap my arms around him. My lips were grabbing at his violently.
Stop this right now! That stupid voice shouted at me in an appalled voice. What kind of a wife are you? Emmett loves you and this is what you do to him? Go back to him! He is who you belong with. My lips froze in place. Embry noticed my halt and backed off to look at me questioningly. I met his gaze, I had no idea what expression was on my face but judging from his, I could tell that it startled him.
"Something wrong?" He asked me in a soothing voice.
"I don't know." I whispered. I looked down at the floor, too embarrassed to hold his stare any longer.
"Is it something that I did?" He pressed, his voice sounding more nervous.
"N-no. Of course not." But that wasn't completely true. He heard the stutter in my words and lifted my chin with his fingers so that he could see into my eyes.
"You need to go?" He guessed.
I nodded slowly. He got up at once and led me down to his front door and opened it for me. "I hope that you come back." He told me softly.
I gave him a wry smile "As soon as I can." With that said, I kissed him on the cheek and ran to my car. Something in my mind told me that I needed to be home right now.
The drive wasn't painfully long, but so long that I almost lost my mind. It didn't matter how fast I was driving. My foot stepped on the pedal harder, I was now going 120 miles per hour. I almost never exceeded 100 miles per hour except in a real emergency. But this was an emergency, or at least something close to one. After what seemed like forever, I finally made it home. I swiftly parked the car and jump out. Inside, no one was waiting for me. I smiled a little at the thought that Alice had kept her promise, no one had seen me coming home. No one was waiting to pounce on me. I raced up to the room I was looking for and knocked on the door before entering.
"Alice?" I asked as I peeked in to find her reading. She looked up from her book and grinned at me.
"Rose!" She chimed happily as she skipped over to me and embraced me. "I hope that your trip was all right. You can tell me about it if you want." Though her voice was casual on the surface, her voice had an edge to it that told me that she was absolutely dying to know exactly where I went and what I did.
"Alice, I need to talk to you." I insisted. Her smile faded as she finally took in my words, sad expression, and my defeated tone. She tilted her head to the side in confusion.
"Something wrong? I thought you wanted to get away from here so you could take a break from all of this sad stuff."
"I did. And that was the whole point of my leaving. But something happened." I didn't know how to tell her this, it would kill her to hear what I had to say. But she had to know. She was the one person I could trust to keep my secrets, because she was a master at keeping Edward out of her mind.
"Rose you can tell me anything." Slice pressed lightly.
"I know, you are the only person I can trust with this." I paused and looked down at my feet. I didn't want to meet her eyes, I was too ashamed.
"Go on, Rosalie, tell me."
"You have to understand that I can't tell you the whole story yet. It's too much. But I will tell you this. I have gone way too far. Instead of ending things, I made them worse. Oh Alice!" I started sobbing again as I hugged her tightly.
"Shhh." She cooed me calmly. "It's okay, Honey. Everything is going to be ok."
