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After Rosalie spoke those words, I did not even know what to say. I went and woke up Alice, and we planned everything we could to get Rose here. We didn't have any real way to get to the airport since I didn't have a car on campus, and I wasn't going to wake up someone I knew for them. We told Rose we would get a taxi otherwise I would end up having to wake up Nancy and her boyfriend and offer to pay. Rose told me not to; She said she had more than enough money to take a taxi right to me, and she would rather do that anyway.
As soon as we hung up with her so she could board her plane, both Alice and my phone's started ringing off the hook. First, Alice got a call from Jasper asking what the hell was going on and why Emmett was calling him saying that Rose left him. Then I received one from Edward saying basically the exact same thing, and he asked if I talked to Rose. I told him that she was on a plane here right now, but not to say anything to Emmett yet. Soon enough, my brother's number came beeping in. I really did not know what I was going to tell him, and I figured that Rose had not told him about the possibility of the pregnancy at all.
"Emmett.." I answered, after I told Edward I would call him back.
"Bella thank god! I don't know what I did!" As soon as I heard his voice I was almost in shock. I had never heard my brother so shaken up before. "She called you right? I know she did! Is she going to her parents? Do you know where she is going? Should I drive back to Forks?"
"Emmett calm down, calm down. Yes I talked to her, and I'm going to be talking to her again in a little while, but don't go to Forks. It will make matters worse. Besides, I don't know where she is going right now.."
"What did I do Bells? Did she tell you what I did? I don't even know what I did! I know I've been busy with school, and she's been busy at the salon, and we've gotten into a little fight here and there, but they've been our normal fights! Like, I finished all the milk without telling her," He took a deep breath. "Oh my god! Is she leaving me because I forgot about the milk!?"
"Em, I don't think she's leaving you. I promise everything will be all right. And no, she really didn't tell me what happened yet, but she's going to.. Why don't you tell me what happened?"
"Well," He sighed, and I knew for a fact he was running his hand over his face, "She was in an odd mood this morning before she left for work and was still in it when I got home from work. And, like, we ate dinner and I asked her if she wanted to watch a movie, and she like snapped, and started to cry and said she can't do this. That she couldn't do it to us. Which I was completely flabbergasted---"
"You know what flabbergasted is?" I asked shocked, even though I knew it wasn't the most opportune time.
"Yes and will you listen to me... So like, she locked herself in the bedroom, and I tried to get her to come out. Then when she finally did, she had her bags and just left. I-I just don't understand. I love her so much, Bells. Please tell me what I did wrong." I could hear him fighting back tears.
"Emmett I promise you everything is going to be okay. But right now I think you should try and get some sleep okay? Please for me? I will tell Rose to call you as soon as I talk to her okay?"
"Okay, I love you Bells. Please call me as soon as you hear anything"
"I promise, night" I hung up with Emmett and looked at Alice as we discussed the situation just put before us.
Rosalie finally arrived around six. She looked terrible, which for her was a difficult task. Her eyes were red and puffy, her hair a mess, her eyeliner and mascara all over her eyes. Even though Alice wanted to know everything as soon as she got there, we decided against bombarding her with questions until after she was able to rest for a little while. I made her some tea and put her in my own bed, trying to make her as comfy as possible. I knew I was going to have to explain her being there to Michelle and Nancy, but I highly doubted they would care.
Alice and I eventually dosed off on the couch and it was not comfy at all. I opened my eyes around 8 when I heard my phone starting to go off. I reached over and answered it after seeing Edward's name flashing across the screen.
"Hello?" I asked groggily.
"Isabella Marie Swan I am about to ring your brother's neck. He left me 40 messages! Who does that?" I could instantly tell that Edward had been woken up this.
"Emmett?" I pulled myself off the couch and stretched, my body was going to hurt all day, "I'm sorry baby, I don't understand why he's calling you.."
"I told him I didn't know what was going on? He said that Rose called you earlier? Have you heard anything from her?"
I went and stood in my doorway and looked at Rose asleep in my bed, "Yeah.. Uh Edward, I know where Rose is, she's kind of asleep in my bed right now"
"Wha--What? She's in New York!? What the hell is going on?"
"I can't really say, it's not my place" I sighed as I walked into the kitchen and began to make a pot of coffee, all of us were going to need it, "Rose just got scared over something and I guess she needed me and Alice. As soon as she wakes up we're going to find everything out and I'm going to tell her she has to call Emmett. I haven't even checked how many times he called me."
"Do you want me to come up?"
I thought about it for a minute, but it probably wouldn't help the situation at all, "I don't think that's a good idea. Not that I don't want to see you, I just think we need to figure everything else first. Why don't you shut off your phone and try and get a little more sleep?"
"What if you need me or something? I don't want---"
"Edward, I have your room number remember? I'll call it if I need you"
"Will you call it anyway? In like two hours? Or something?"
I smiled softly, "Of course. I love you"
"I love you too"
"Was that Edward?" I turned to see Rose standing in the corner, her arms wrapped around her body. I shut the phone and put it down the counter, nodding slowly, "I am so sorry Bella if I---"
"Don't finish that sentence, you never have to be sorry" I went over and pulled her into a hug, "Now you got to tell me what's going on Rose"
She nodded, and I ushered her back into the kitchen so I could finish making the pot of coffee, "I don't know where to even begin…"
"Okay, well... Have you taken a test?"
"No, not yet," she sighed softly as she leaned her elbows onto the counter. "I'm late though, really late"
"I see.." I turned to her and leaned against the opposite counter, crossing my arms over my chest, "But aren't you on birth control and all that?"
"Yeah, b-but" she yawned softly, "Well last month I hadn't picked up my prescription yet and Emmett and me were really horny and one thing lead to another"
"Why didn't you use a condom then? I mean Edward and I have extras around just incase I haven't been able to pick up my prescription or something…"
"We didn't have any and I wasn't going---"
I held up my hand, "Rose you know better than that!" I took a deep breath, "I'm sorry I'm not trying to get mad or anything"
"I know, I know you're right" she groaned and we both turned as we heard Alice began to groan and sit up.
"Hey" she let out a yawn as she raised her arms out and stretched, "Wow this couch is definitely not meant for two people to sleep on" she climbed off the couch and shuffled into the kitchen and pulled Rose into a hug, "You okay?"
"I think so" Rose groaned and broke the hug, "Okay so where was I?"
"You and my brother had sex unprotected.."
Alice's eyes widened, "Why didn't you get the morning after pill? I mean I had to once"
"I don't really want to hear about my brother and yours sex life" Rosalie said as she rolled her eyes.
"And I want to hear about yours and my brothers?" I snapped as I turned to get the coffee. I wasn't trying to be a bitch, I was just extremely tired, "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be.." Rose said as I put a mug of coffee in front of her, "Thank you"
"What I don't understand Rose is why you ran out on Emmett. He's a wreck. He thinks you left him over drinking the rest of the milk."
"Oh god" She chuckled as she ran her hand through her messy locks, "I didn't mean to hurt him, and I don't want him to think I'm leaving him"
"Well he thinks it" I said as I hoisted myself up to sit on the counter and took a sip of my coffee, "He called Edward and left him 40 voicemails"
"You should probably call him, Rose. I mean, if it was me and I was going through it with Jasper, I would need to talk to him about it" Alice told her sweetly as she reached over and placed her hand upon her friends shoulder.
Rose groaned, "I know, I know.. But I can't be pregnant, guys! I can't do that to Emmett"
"What do you mean 'do that to Emmett'? You can't give him a child?"
She nodded, "He's in his last year of school and he doesn't want a child with me. He wants to start a life.."
"With you, and I know for a fact Emmett wants to have a family with you. What's wrong with that happening now?"
"We're only 22 guys, we're not ready for that, not yet at least. Maybe if this was next year, or the year after that.." she sighed softly, "Plus I wanted to be married before we started a family"
"Being married or not doesn't have to stop you guys from starting your family now"
Rosalie let out a sigh and nodded, "You guys are right, I need to call Emmett I need to explain that I'm not leaving him.."
"Are you going to tell him you may be pregnant?" Alice asked sweetly as Rose began to head toward my bedroom to retrieve her phone.
She turned and looked at us, shaking her head, "Not till I know. Do you think after I do that we can go get some breakfast and maybe pick up a test so I can find out for sure?"
"Oh course" I smiled at her sweetly as she finished her walk into my room, "Okay Edward is going to kill me but I'm going to call him, you get dressed or do whatever you need to do to get ready" I walked toward the door and slipped on my shoes, I didn't really feel like talking to Edward while inside.
"But Bella!" Alice let out a whine, "If we are going to get breakfast soon you have to start getting ready!"
I rolled my eyes, "I really don't care how I look Alice, for all I care we can go to Dunkin Donuts" I walked back over to the counter and snatched my phone up before turning and heading outside of my apartment. I dialed Edward's room number and took a seat on the steps while I waited for him to answer.
"Hello?" Edward's voice came through the phone groggily, I had indeed woken him up after I had told him to go back to sleep.
"Hey, I'm sorry I know I said to go---"
"Bella? No, no it's fine, what's going love?"
"Rose is calling Emmett now, finally." I groaned softly and internally cursed myself for not bringing my coffee outside. The weather was beginning to become too cold for my liking, and pajama pants and a sweatshirt weren't exactly helping. "She's not leaving or anything, so hopefully he'll calm down"
He let out a soft yawn, "That's good. can you tell me what's going on? Or not yet?"
"Not yet. We're going to go grab some breakfast and run some errands, I don't even really know what besides that" I let out a groan when I realized that I had a paper due on Monday "Oh great, how the hell am I suppose to get this paper done! It was given for the weekend so it's not like I was waiting till the last minute or anything, and I was going to work on it when Alice left today and ugh.." I hated complaining about school, and I usually had no reason to, but today was a different story.
"What class?"
"Studies in the Nineteenth-Century Novel. Wachs always expects my best work. We are analyzing Tolstoy's work" I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed, "I'm being childish aren't I? I mean here's my friend who got onto a plane and few across the continent because she needed me and I'm busy worrying about my paper, I am so selfish"
"Bella!" Edward said in almost a hiss, "Do not call yourself selfish ever again! I will not have it, you hear me? You are trying your hardest at school and it's hard to have a life sometimes, I for one completely understand that. Just explain to Rose that you are always there for her, but you need to get your paper done. She'll understand"
"I guess. I should probably go inside and get ready before your sister kills me for looking like a slob"
"You could never look like a slob love" he groaned, "I guess I should go to the library and study. Do you know why I chose to be a doctor? I am never going to get out of school!"
"Oh sh, you are going to do great and be an amazing doctor. I love you and miss you"
"Love and miss you too. Can I call you tonight?"
"You better" I laugh with a laugh. We said our goodbyes and I headed back inside to get ready for whatever the day may bring.
After we all threw on some clothes, of course Alice was not quite happy with my jeans and sweatshirt choice, which I clearly didn't care about. We were all craving some Dunkin Donuts, so we decided to head there first before heading to pick up a pregnancy test for Rose. I couldn't help admit, in light of the situation I was glad to be with my two best friends. Just to be able to catch up on things that have been going on since we last all saw each other. Well more since Alice and I both last saw Rose, but still in was nice. And it wasn't hard to notice all the guys checking out Rose as we walked off campus and to Dunkin Donut's. To her it was nothing, just another day. I guess you get use to it when you are as stunning as she is.
Rose went off on telling us about her job at the salon. Sometimes she loved it, while other times she absolutely despised it. But she knew that she had to make a name for herself as she saved up money for her own place. And so far that was working for her, she had been able to save a good chunk of money in the last year and she had come to have a lot of regulars, who even told her if she was ever to leave the salon they would go to where ever she went. My brother was doing well in school, and I was grateful for that. Because I knew for a fact he would never tell me how school is. It was like his least favorite subject to talk about. Work on the other hand, he liked it at times, while other times he got really annoyed with customers.
Apparently when she took the time to finally call my brother it was the first time she had ever heard him cry, which in turn caused her to cry as well. She assured him that she wasn't leaving him or anything like that, she just really needed me and Alice right now and would be home soon.
I guess in a way I understood, if I had come to suspect me possibly being pregnant and wasn't anywhere near my friends I would probably go to wherever they were. But I'd also need Edward at the same time, I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret from him. I guess that was one of the differences between myself and Rosalie.
After breakfast we went and picked up what we needed from the drugstore, as well as a couple things I needed for the apartment. When we arrived back Rose knew she couldn't delay it and went into the bathroom to find out her future. I decided to start doing my laundry while Alice cuddled up on the couch and worked out a few sketches for one of her classes. We weren't really sure how long the test would take, neither of us having taken it before. But after a while we started to worry about Rose's length of time in the bathroom.
I approached the bathroom and opened the first door which was where the sink was, the shower and toilet were separated by another door. I leaned close and knocked, "Rose?" When she didn't answer I knocked again, "Rosalie is everything okay?" Again I received no answer. I turned to look at Alice who was hovering in the doorway, she just shrugged. I turned back to the door and reached for the handle and slowly turned it, it was unlocked. I opened the door just a little not wanting to hit Rosalie or anything.
She was sitting on the toilet lid holding the test in her hand. She lifted her head and looked me in the eyes, "it's false, I'm not pregnant"
"Well that's a good thing right?"
She stood up and came into the other part of the bathroom, "I know I should be relieved but I'm just a little upset, is that wrong?"
I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms, "No, I mean there was the possibly if it for a while now, so now that you know it isn't true you can't help but be a little upset"
"She's right" Alice smiled softly, "Do you think you want to try and have a baby with Emmett?"
Rose smiled softly, "One day, not today though" She held out her arms and pulled us both into hugs, "Thank you so much for being here for me guys"
"Hey what are friends for" I chuckled.
Rose knew she needed to get home to Emmett as soon as possible, but she wasn't able to get a flight out till the morning and she had already felt as if she had worn out her welcome. So Alice suggested for her to come stay at her dorm for the night since her roommate was away till Monday. I told them they didn't have to do that and could stay another night, but they knew I had work and everything to do.
Once they left I decided to start my paper and hopefully be able to finish it before I went to bed. I gathered all the materials I needed and situated myself in front of my computer and began to type my paper. I was in the middle of my third paragraph when an instant message from 'WiselyEac'
WiselyEac: I hate life, I dropped my cell into a cup of iced tea, like seriously these things only happen to me
LilBella: oh god, is it done?
WiselyEac: eh, I'm not sure. I'm drying it out now, I'm just annoyed. How's everything there?
LilBella: not bad, I'm working on my paper. Rose went into the city with your sister to stay at her dorm tonight. She's going home in the morning.
WiselyEac: what exactly happened?
LilBella: I told you…
WiselyEac: I know, I know. You can't tell me. I hate secrets, but in a way it really isn't your secret to tell me. Hmm. How's the paper coming?
LilBella: pretty good actually, I will definitely be done with it tonight.
WiselyEac: =], hey you think I can come bring you to dinner tomorrow night?
LilBella: Edward! You always spend way too much money on me. Visiting me all the time, buying me dinner all the time. I feel terrible.
WiselyEac: Bella I would have thought you would have gotten use to it by now, I mean it's been 4 years. Lol.
LilBella: oh sh.
WiselyEac: Well can I? I miss you.
LilBella: Edward I'm not that great.
WiselyEac: that's true.
WiselyEac: you are simply amazing and I love you so much.
LilBella: Dork 3. Let me finish my paper before I decide, call me in like 2 hours?
WiselyEac: kay, I'm going to check if my phone is working yet 3 ttyl.
I closed the box and went back to typing my paper when a knock came at my door, I looked over to see Nancy standing at the door, "You know I don't like to pry or anything. But is everything all right?"
"Yeah, why?"
She held up the pregnancy test box, "I saw it in the garbage and just wanted to let you know that if you need to talk or---"
"Nancy It's actually not mine, you know how my brother's girlfriend was here this morning?" she nodded, "Well she few in at like six in the morning from Seattle because she thought she was pregnant and needed Alice and me. But she wasn't"
"Oh" she nodded, "That's something"
"Yeah, don't say anything to Michelle though, or Edward. I haven't told him and he keeps asking me what's going on"
"Keeping secrets from him, hm?"
I shook my head, "I figured Rose should tell my brother first before I tell Edward. Besides, it's not something I feel should be said over the phone or in an instant message, you know?"
"Yeah, totally understandable. Well just so you know. If anything ever happens like that and you have no one else to talk to, I'm here for you" she smiled softly at me.
"Thanks a lot. Have you started Wachs paper yet?"
Her eyes widened, "Shit! Thank you for reminding me! I know what I'm doing tonight.." She turned to leave then came into my room and placed the box on my dresser, "Yeah, I don't know what you want to do with that, and you know Michelle if she sees it"
"Oh I know." I chuckled, "I'll talk to you later."
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A/N: Sorry I didn't get a chance to update yesterday, I ended up getting sick last night so yeah. Well hopefully you all love the chapter, I know I didn't have Rose actually be pregnant. And you guys probably think its crazy for her to fly half way across the country to find out, but she needed her friends there with her.
Next Chapter Bella will be visiting Edward in the city, I wonder what fun they will get into it? Or will there be drama? Hm, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Thank you for all the fantastic reviews, I'm happy you guys like the sequel so far.
And of course a shout to my beta handshangtall! Woo.
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