Author's note: I am really sorry I have not updated in a while, what with school and dance, I have a busy life, no, this is not the end of the story, just incase you read the chapter and wonder if it is or not. I hope you enjoy it, and I promise to update in the very near future.
I should have known that Emmett would do something like this, but I didn't think that he would so soon after I abruptly left the house. He knew that I didn't want things to go down like this, but I supposed that he was doing this for himself, not me.
There, right before my eyes, I saw Emmett circling Embry, and yelling at him at the top of his lungs. The sound of his cruel and harsh voice gave me chills. I had almost been afraid, but then I remembered that he was still my Emmett, and he would not hurt me. But he would hurt Embry.
"You have the nerve to try to tear my family apart! How dare you try to steal the love of my life away from me! She is mine and she always will be!" Emmett roared, his eyes blazed with fury.
"I cannot help it! No one can, once it is done, I can't go back! Just accept that she is my soul mate." Embry pleaded. I wondered why Embry was being so soft, he should be yelling at Emmett as much as Emmett was yelling at him, they were enemies after all.
Then I thought that maybe he was being soft because of me.
"The hell she is, mutt!" Emmett spat and closed the spaced between the two of them in one stride and put his hands around Embry's throat. That was my last straw, I ran out front behind the tree that I was standing directly behind and I went straight to Emmett, pulling him off of Embry with all my force.
"Emmett what the hell are you doing?" I shrieked in a high voice. "You could have killed him!"
"He is the one who is killing our family! Blame it all on the dog!" Emmett turned on me and pointed his index finger at Embry.
"You are looking at a teenager who wouldn't even defend himself when you tried to ring his neck. He wasn't going to change into a wolf to fight you, that just proves that he really does care about me. Leave him alone, he can't help what happened. What's done is done and it cannot be reversed. The sooner you get past that the sooner you will learn to accept it and move on."
"Are you saying that you would choose him over me?" Emmett's eyes changed from solid black, so a sad, golden color in a heartbeat. He was in agony.
"No I am not saying that. I am not saying anything! I haven't chosen anyone! That is why I left, because I needed a place to think by myself without fear of being interrupted, which you seem to have managed despite my attempt to get away."
"Rosalie." I heard Embry whisper, I saw him extend a hand in my direction, like he wanted to take my hand and lead me away from all this chaos. His eyes were saddened, but they had somehow managed to have a trace of joy in them.
I walked over to him and took his hand without thinking. "I am so sorry about this. Are you all right?" I asked him softly.
"Yes, Rose. I should think that this wound will heal in a matter of minutes. No need to worry about me. How have you been?" He smiled shyly at me.
I grinned at him despite myself. "I've been better."
"Rose." A voice from behind me whispered, I heard betrayal in Emmett's voice.
I turned around to meet his agonized gaze. "Emmett, you and I have been together for most of your vampire life, and there is no way that this problem should break us up." I watched slowly as he comprehended my words, and his expression changed to one of joy.
"You are picking me?" He asked me.
"I don't know yet." Was all I could manage to say. I extended the hand that was not holding Embry's and I grabbed Emmett's hand swiftly. "You two cannot possibly make me choose between the two of you. You both love me the same amount." I held up a hand to Emmett because his face showed every sign of protesting. "I mean it, I don't think either of you could love me any more than you already do. So picking one over the other will hurt you so much that I would rather die a thousand agonizing deaths in order to prevent inflicting that sort of pain on either of you."
Both of their faces were soft and understanding. They both bowed their heads. I suspected it was because they were ashamed of causing this whole fight. I turned to Embry, letting go of Emmett's hand so I could use it to lift his chin to look into my eyes.
"I am sorry for the pain this has caused you." I am sure he heard the double meaning in my words. "But Emmett and I should really go home now." I smiled slightly, "he has a lot of explaining to do."
Embry smiled, but it didn't touch his eyes. His free hand went up to cover my hand that was now caressing his cheek. "Will you come back soon, my love?"
"As soon as I can." I whispered.
"I love you, Rosalie Hale." He whispered so low that Emmett hopefully didn't hear it.
"I love you too, Embry." I said and gently kissed him on the lips. I didn't know what made my hand wet until I looked into his eyes and realized that he was crying, and his tears were running down his face. At that moment, if I could have, I would have cried. Part of me wanted to just jump on him and have him carry me into his house where we would live happily ever after, but I knew that Emmett was still a part of me too, and I could not bear to do that to him either. At that moment, I knew that I could not leave Embry in the cold, either way he would always be in my life, because I was not lying, I did love him, so much.
"Thanks for not totally getting angry at me." I heard Emmett say in the car after what seemed like an eternity of silence. Jeesh, I really hated awkward silences.
"Mm hmm." Was all I let my self say. My face was completely composed, but he still had a tendency to read my poker face.
"Listen, I know you are pissed at what I did, but can I first just say that I was stupid, and I really screwed up?"
I sighed. "Yes, Emmett, you did screw up, but I really have no room to talk, I caused all of this, maybe if I had been more honest with you, you would not have felt the need to try to get rid of Embry for me. You didn't know that I would react that way, because if you did, I am sure you would not have done it." I knew that I was going easy on Emmett, but it was only because he was in so much pain as it was, there was no need to cause him any more hurt than I had already.
"You are so forgiving and compassionate. And those are two of the reasons why I really fell in love with you, Rosalie Lilian Hale." Emmett's voice was soft.
"Can you do me a favor, Emmett?" I asked him suddenly.
"Anything you want, my love." It hadn't escaped my notice that he was calling me what Embry had called me.
"Don't do that again. Promise?"
"Cross my heart." And, like a child, I watched him literally cross his heart with his hand. That's when I knew that I had my Emmett back.
"I love you." I said to him.
"I love you too. Everyday of forever, I love you."
"Good because now you have to tell me exactly what you thought you were going to accomplish by paying Embry a visit today." I said. No, I was not about to let him get off that easily.
"I thought that maybe if I scared the kid shitless, he would back off." He said rather honestly.
"And wrapping you hands around his neck and attempting to kill him was, what, icing on the cake?" I pressed.
"I knew he wasn't going to back off half way into our little conversation, so I thought maybe choking him would-"
"Kill him?"
"No, scare him even more." He said.
"Do you think there was a reason why he didn't change into a wolf when he saw you? Or did you think he was too stupid to think of that?"
"I guess I was so wrapped up in my anger that I didn't really pay much attention to his defense, or lack of it." He replied.
"You know why he did it, right?" I asked.
"Because he realizes my superiority over him." He said with a cocky grin.
"No." I said. "Because he did it for me. He knew that he was behind your anger, it was his fault since he is the one who imprinted on me, so he thought that he deserved to die for causing you that pain. Not to mention he didn't want to hurt you, because he knew I would be heart broken." I hadn't the slightest clue how I knew that, maybe when you imprint with someone, you can get an insight on their thoughts or feelings, I didn't know for sure. But I had understood one thing, Embry was willing to sacrifice himself for my happiness. That fact was so sad for me, because I did not want Embry to die, I would die if he did. Maybe if he can hear my thoughts, he could hear me right now. I love you, Embry. I thought with all my might, hoping that wherever he was, he would hear.
Then, miraculously, somewhere in the wind, I heard a wolf's howl in reply. That made my heart soar. The problem I had been faced with was nowhere near over, but I knew that I would find a way to make both of them happy. I had to.