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Yeah, I think it may be a good time to say that Rose and Emmett are in their senior year of high school, and everyone else is in their Junior year, and the school year is almost over… that little piece of info is going to be important later on. :D

And another thing, if my author's note is underlined, italicized, or in caps, it is important, so please read them if they have any of those qualities!

Midnight

Chapter 21:

Vicious Notes

Rose P. O. V.

Previously:

I had a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. This wasn't good. Not good at all.

"Rose. Rose? Rose!"

I tore my frightened gaze away from him to look over at had spoken to me.

"Huh?" I asked.

Bella looked scared, Edward was tensed up, Alice was in her own world, and Jasper was watching Alice, so Emmett was the one to have spoken to me.

"I asked you what was wrong."

"Oh, uh nothing. Nothing at all," I assured him with a dismissive wave of my hand. He wasn't buying it, but he didn't press any further, for which I was grateful. Something told me Alice and Edward already knew, so I didn't need Emmett worrying as well.

I looked over at Edward, asking –no, begging- him with my eyes, not to tell Emmett what was going on, and if he actually knew what was going on. He nodded, so I took that as a yes to both my questions. Truth to be told, though, I really didn't think it would work, and he would just be confused, but it did.

I looked down at my hands, silently begging the bell to ring already. Two seconds later, it did. I got up, and rushed out of the cafeteria, not even bothering to wait up for everyone. Edward caught up not long after, though.

"Who is he?" he asked.

"An old boyfriend," I replied sadly. (A/N: Chapter 9 reference, he's they boyfriend that followed her around, begging for another chance. PM me is you want to know more about Royce in this story and I'll happily send you his profile :D)

"And what is he doing here?" Edward wasn't letting me go until I answered every one of his questions; I could tell.

"I don't know," I told him, the tears beginning to well up. The only good thing about that was that I had remembered the water- proof mascara today.

"I do," he said quietly.

I turned to him. "You do?"

"Yes."

"Then tell me! Why is here?"

He shook his head. "You don't want to know. But, Alice said to promise that until he leaves; you have to have someone with you at all times. We can't risk it." He turned to me. "Do you promise that you will have someone with you?"

I nodded, and then he was gone. But what I didn't understand was that since they were vampires, couldn't they just beat his ass, and get him to leave me alone? Apparently not. Maybe Emmett was just joking with me. No, he wouldn't joke about something like that. Well, he would, but Bella wouldn't, right? Or the nice doctor? How about the loving mother? No, they wouldn't. They had to be telling the truth. I instantly felt bad for doubting Emmett.

I scurried to my next class and hurriedly sat down in my seat, waiting for the class to start. I saw something on the black table- top then; a note.

I opened it, and read the dark red handwriting that I could easily tell was Royce's. It said:

You're going to pay…

You're going to be sorry you ever left me, and you're going to wish you never met that big boyfriend of yours. Watch your back, love, because you're never going to know when I'm going to get you.

You may want to sleep with one eye open for now on.

Love,

Royce (To imagine how the letter he gave her looks, copy and paste on word, and change the font to Mistral… Color is dark red as well)

I was really scared now. Did he write this in blood? He very well could have. But whose? I started hyperventilating.

"Miss Swan is there something wrong?" my teacher, Mr. Banner asked.

I nodded, as my voice, for some odd reason, wasn't cooperating now.

"Do you need to go to the nurse?"

I nodded again.

"Alright, Mr. Hale, take Miss Swan to the nurse, and hurry!"

Jasper helped me stand up, and began walking me to the nurse very quickly. He took out his phone, texted something to someone –which I later figured out was everyone that he had texted, - and helped me sit when we reach the office.

Bella and Edward burst through the door first, followed by Alice and Emmett.

"What's wrong with her?" Emmett asked Jasper. I quit hyperventilating then, and began to sob uncontrollably. With a shaky hand, I passed him the note and he read it.

When he was don't, he put a hand on my back and pulled me into a hug, kissing the top of my head and whispering "It's alright; we won't let him touch you" over and over again in my ear. That only made me sob harder. I wasn't worried about Emmett being hurt, but he had said 'we,' most likely meaning his family, and mine. I was more worried about Bella, or little Alice being hurt by this monster. Or even Jasper. Or what about Esme? I knew she was –and is- a vampire, but who could picture her fighting him? For all we knew, Royce could have my death planned out, and if so, what was anyone going to do about it? I couldn't put them in danger; any of them.

All of these thoughts of mine just made me cry harder.

"Carlisle is coming to pick all of us up; he's going to call in about five minutes," I heard Alice say. How did she know that?

"Good, because I called him beforehand and told him," Edward replied.

I couldn't do this anymore; I had to get away. School was almost over, so we wouldn't miss anything. Emmett and I could run away. We could be happy.

But that was selfish. If I left, and he couldn't find me, what if he went after Bella instead? That thought made me cry even harder, if that was possible. I started hyperventilating again as well. I was so scared. What was he going to do to me once he found me?

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We got back to the house relatively quickly, thanks to Emmett's reckless driving. I didn't even bother to tell him to slow down. I just wanted to be at his house; I just wanted to be safe.

He parked the truck in the massive garage, picked me up, and ran into the house. I held on tight. He sat me down on his couch, and I realized I had soiled his shirt.

"S- so- sor- sorry a- abo- about- y- your- sh- shi- shirt," I apologized shakily.

"Don't apologize for that." I nodded and began to hug him tightly.

"N- nev- never l- let m- me g- go," I ordered, my voice still shaky from the sobbing and hyperventilating.

He nodded as well, and hugged me even tighter. Not enough to cut off my breathing, and not enough so that I was still scared of Royce finding me; just right. I was still frightened, but being in Emmett's arms made my fear sink a little. There was just something about him that was perfect. We evened each other out, and, even though his skin was ice- cold, every time he hugged me, I felt all warm inside.

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Bella P. O. V. (back at the Cullen house)

"Edward, I'm scared. What if he comes after Rose?"

I was truly scared for my sister's well- being.

"He won't, trust me, love," he had tried to assure me every time I asked.

"But what if he does?" I always pressed on.

"He. Won't."

And the conversation never went beyond that.

But I was still scared, no matter what Edward, or Alice, or anyone assured me.

Alice had promised me we would do whatever we could, but I was still afraid that what we could do was very little.

Royce King was always one to get what he wanted, and that frightened me. Alice had said she had a vision, she wouldn't tell me what of, but she did say that the vision she had could be prevented, if one of the Cullens were with her at all times. But Rosalie was always independent, so she could very well go off on her own without telling someone, and he could find her, and that thought frightened me most of all.

I couldn't let anything happen to her. No matter if my own life was at stake, I'd save hers. That's what sisters did, and I would do that for her. Even though Rose could be stuck up, I knew she would do the same for me as well.

Three weeks later.

Royce hadn't tried anything yet, but that could have been because someone was always with Rose. But we had stopped receiving vicious notes from him, and Rose hadn't seen him like she had that first day, but that could have meant very little. She still felt as if she was being watched, and she had said on more than one occasion that she had seen these weird flashes out of no where. Almost like a flash of a camera, but when she would turn around to see where it came from, there was no one that had a camera… at least, not where she could see. At first, we though she was just being paranoid, but later on, Edward, Alice, and Emmett have all said they saw it when they were with her as well. I had yet to have seen that, but, then again, I had been keeping a closer eye on her than anyone else had.

Eventually, though, the flashes had stopped, according to Rose, and after a while, we began to trust her walking short distances alone. But as soon as we had allowed that, the notes started appearing again, and we were knocked back to square one.

After that, everyone began watching her just as close as I had at first, me watching her even closer. She was uncomfortable with that at first, but after a while, it became second nature for her.

Graduation was next week, and everyone was excited. Rose and Emmett were officially graduating, and would soon be able to go off on their own. Emmett had already let me in on his graduation present for her, and I loved it. It was a little awkward when he had gotten on his knee, and pulled it out, but after he explained it, I relaxed a little.

We were at the Cullens, and everyone was sitting down to watch a movie.

"What movie do you want to watch?" Alice asked everyone.

Jasper was the first to speak up. "How about Indiana Jones?"

Everyone agreed on that, but Edward and I moaned. "Anything but the fourth installment in that!" I complained.

Edward chuckled at me. "What is wrong with The Crystal Skull?" he asked.

"Uggghhhh must I say it?" Everyone nodded. "Alright. I was raised to enjoy the classic movies, and I know for a fact that they're going to make a fifth movie, and replace our beloved Harrison Ford. Why do you think they introduced Mutt?"

Alice shrugged. "I think he's kinda cute."

I looked at her, shocked. I wasn't pretending either. "I don't know you," I told her simply.

She shrugged, and pulled out the first installment in the series. "How about Raiders of the lost Ark then?"

"That's much better." She came and sat down next to all of us on the couch. About halfway through the movie, Rose leaned in and whispered in my ear. "You know what I think?"

"What?" I whispered back.

"I think Indy's kinda hot." She giggled.

"I know, right?"

She leaned in to Alice and whispered the same thing to her, and after that, every time Indy would talk, we would giggle. It soon became our own private joke.

We were soon done with that series. I spoke up. "You know, guys, as long as we're watching some original Gorge Lucas movies, we might as well watch the Star Wars movies."

"Anything but Episodes I, II, and III though, right?" Edward whispered playfully.

I giggled. "Yes, exactly."

Once again, throughout the movies, we girls would giggle whenever Han Solo said anything. The boys were starting to get jealous, but that's what we were aiming for the whole time.

After the movies, we all went our separate ways.

Emmett had me follow him to his bedroom though, while Rose and Edward sat on the couch to wait for us.

He pulled me into the bedroom, and got down on one knee.

I went to the wrong conclusion when he reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring box. "Emmett! But you're dating Rose, and I'm dating Edward, and this is just so weir-"

He cut me off. "No, Bells! It's not for you it's for Rose!" He promised.

I let out a huge breath. "Oh, thank God."

He laughed at my reaction. "Do you think she'll like it?"

I looked over it. It was most definitely an engagement ring. "It's beautiful!" I assured him.

"Good." He put it back in his pocket and stood up.

"When are you planning on giving it to her?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Not for a while; I'll probably wait a year or two, you know, to not rush things."

Well, that did make sense… "Well, even if you were planning to give it to her tomorrow or next year, I'm sure she's going to love it either way."

We smiled at each other, and went back to the family room.

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Ok, I know that last part may have seemed like a bit of a filler, but the whole Indiana Jones and Star Wars thing is going to be important later on. You're just going to have to see what I mean!

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