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Rosalie closed the door of Maddie's room behind herself and then let herself lean against the wall, closed her eyes and let out a deep breath.

What she just found out had caught her off-guard and she did not know how to handle the situation right now.

Mere minutes ago she was beyond mad at her sister - Jasper had told her about the stealing. And since Maddie did not lose one word about that earlier, she figured that she had lied to her, too. But she couldn't get over the fact that her youngest sister, the one she felt utterly responsible for, had stolen from someone. That's the limit.

She knew that Maddie was quite naughty at times. But stealing ... stealing was something criminals did, but not her little sister - she would make sure that it would never happen again.

So in the end her temper and disappointment made her storm into Maddie's room and just smack her. Rose wasn't in a position to discipline Maddie, but right then she did not care at all. Maddie should know just how infuriated she was.

And when Rose had her sister's full attention, she could finally find out what exactly had gotten into her.

During the conversation, however, it became apparent that Maddie did not mean to steal but to cover up her lie to Jasper and to get even with a girl from her class - and that was why Rosalie suddenly felt the need to leave her sisters room immediately.

Little Maddie had avenged herself. Of course the reason and the action weren't that severe, but still, it was vengeance nonetheless.

Now, how was she supposed to get Maddie to understand that taking revenge was wrong? How could she, Rosalie Lillian Hale, possibly lecture her younger sister about the wrongs of taking revenge if she did so years ago as well?

She had killed several men - to get her revenge. They had abused and beaten her, and then left her in the streets to die. Because of that fateful night, she got turned into a vampire.

Maddie did not know anything about Rose's background - and Rose was determined to keep it that way. It wouldn't be beneficial to confront a fourteen-year-old with what she had gone through; Maddie shouldn't live with mistrust towards boys and men.

And even though Maddie had no clue of what Rose had done all those years ago, it felt wrong for Rose to chastise her sister for the wish to take revenge.

She was at a loss of words right then and there. So it was probably the best to just withdraw herself from Maddie's room to have some time to think.

Rose didn't know everything about her sister, but some things became clear now: Maddie had never gotten the chance to take revenge upon what happened to her in her human life, and that feeling obviously kinda stuck. She probably didn't even understand why the feeling of injustice was omnipresent for her; her memories had faded some, but her feelings hadn't.

So how could she possibly explain to her that she had to ignore that urge, which she had already felt as a human, and to not avenge herself? She didn't want for Maddie to feel the need to take vengeance every time someone provoked her.

At least Maddie couldn't get in any trouble now - she was confined to her room, after all.

Rose then decided it would be best to go on a hunt in order to clear her head and to prepare herself for a much-needed talk between herself and Maddie.

"Maddie, are you ready? We're leaving for school in five minutes," Edward said. It was Tuesday morning and Maddie was lounging in the living room, watching TV. Edward had been playing the piano until a quick look at the clock on the mantelpiece told him that it was time to get ready.

"No!" was the immediate answer to his question.

"Then I advise you to hurry now, we do not want to be late," Edward stated.

"No!"

That word again.

"Pardon me?" He looked slightly confused. "Care to tell me why?"

"You told on me yesterday. I'm not driving with you." Maddie had her arms crossed over her chest and was slightly sulky-looking.

"Maddie, I couldn't let you get away with theft. I am sorry that you are upset right now but that does not change the fact that stealing is wrong and you must not do it. Now, get ready please."

"No, I'm not driving with you," his sister said with finality in her voice.

"Stop acting like a stubborn child!" he suddenly shouted, completely frustrated with her; he wasn't exactly known for his smooth temper.

"What's going on here?" Emmett asked just as he entered the living room. He had heard Edward raising his voice and decided to better take a look at what was happening.

"Madeline is being difficult again. She said she doesn't want me to take her to school," Edward explained with his arms crossed, glaring at Maddie.

"Is that true, Maddie?" Emmett addressed his sister.

She nodded her head in response.

Looking at Edward, Emmett said, "No worries, I'll take her to school then." He then turned to Maddie and asked cheerfully, "Would you like that, Tiny?"

"Yay! Thank you Emmett!" she exclaimed happily.

"Good. Then get changed, grab your stuff and we're good to go."

Maddie immediately jumped up from the couch and hurried upstairs.

She reached the top floor in a matter of seconds, then called down the stairs, "Em? Your music or mine?"

"You choose something, Tiny, whatever you like."

"Okay!"

Emmett grinned at Edward, saying, "There. No problem." Then he walked into the kitchen to wait for his baby sister.

Maddie stormed down the stairs with a big smile plastered on her face. She had changed into her uniform, had her backpack over one shoulder and a CD in hand.

"Is Rose coming with us?" she asked and opened the door to the garage.

"No, she isn't ready yet. She'll ride with Edward and the others today. Come on, let's go."

"Oh, okay."

"We are leaving. See you later!" Emmett called to let his siblings know that he and Maddie were off now. Maddie quickly added "Bye!" before they walked out of the kitchen and into the garage, where Emmett's huge Jeep was parked.

Maddie pushed her CD into the player in the car, while Emmett maneuvered the Jeep out of the garage and then sped off towards the street.

"Rose was very upset with you yesterday, wasn't she? I heard her smack you," he said and glanced at her.

Maddie groaned. "Yep, and it wasn't pretty."

"I can imagine. I felt sorry for you," Emmett said and grimaced.

"Then why didn't you come and help me? You could have tried to calm her down some!" Maddie slapped him lightly on the upper arm and put on a fake glare.

Em frantically shook his head. "Nuh-uh. When Rose is like that, I try not to get in her way until she's calm again."

"You are great big brother, you know that?"

He just laughed. "Come on, Rose would never harm you."

"Yeah, I know," Maddie replied, all the while nodding her head to the beat of the music. "But hey, who's going to pick me up later? Or can I walk home?"

Emmett grinned over at Maddie. "Nope, I'll be there. I just skip my last period."

Since Edward and Alice were in a different grade than the others, they had different timetables as well. Edward's timetable made it possible for him to pick his sister up after school most days of the week. Emmett's - not so much. But today was an exception; Maddie really did not want to ride with Edward.

So Emmett dropped his little sister off at her school, wished her a nice and trouble-free day and promised to pick her up on time.

The next chapter will hopefully be finished by tomorrow, I'll try. Don't forget to REVIEW!