Hey all, this chapters in italics because it's Bella's memory, why she's so against Rosalie.
I've gotten a lot of reviews demanding answers, so I guess this is one. Also a couple referring to David, Victoria and so forth. Trust me, now it doesn't seem to make sense, but in the end it'll work out perfectly.
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Go back and read over it, I've corrected all the spelling and grammatical errors I clumsily missed before. You will be proud.
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"Edward, Bella, I know Nessie isn't here at the moment, but I was thinking, with my whole new clothing range opening up in France… well, how about Nessie come and live with me, while I'm opening up? It'd be a whole new experience." Rose smiled as she finished her theory excitedly.
"I don't know Rose, she's only fifteen." I bit my lip uneasily.
"Come on Bella! She's rarely allowed outside, and when she someone has to accompany her. Besides, technically she's in her twenties."
"Yes Rose, but she's different to you and me, and all other humans. What if something were to happen to her?" Edward put in.
"You need to learn to trust her! She needs freedom, she'll rebel big time when she's older." She continued.
"I think that's enough Rosalie, I'm her mother not you." I finished annoyed I was receiving parenting advice from her especially, and turned on my heel to continue the task I was completing before I was interrupted.
"Fine." She said through gritted teeth. All I heard was the slam of the door and the roar of her convertibles engine as she departed.
"That was a bit rough." Edward said as her came over to me, rubbing my back.
"I know… it's just…" I trailed off as the doorbell rang.
"Jacob," Edward answered the door confusedly.
"Hi Edward, is Nessie home?" He asked innocently. He tended to get that way around Edward.
"We thought she was with you." Edward replied.
"No, I haven't heard from her all day." He shrugged. "Don't you know where she is?" Jacob asked, his voice shook.
"She said she was with you!" I cried and rushed over to the door.
"Alice!" Edward called out to our sister.
"Yes?" She asked cheerfully as she skipped down the stairs. "Sup brother."
"Look for Nessie." He ordered.
"Look…? Oh!" She got the gist, and concentrated deeply.
"I see… the Eiffel tower, she's shopping with…" She stopped and opened her eyes.
"Rosalie." Edward and I finished for her.
"Rose is headed to the airport. We have to get there fast!" I urged him.
Within an hour we were at the international terminal.
Edward and Jacob began their search and I headed over to the information desk.
"Please, I've lost my daughter; you can't let the flight to France continue!" I begged the lady at the counter. "Please, she's only little. She may have gotten on that plane."
"I'll do the best I can. The flight isn't for another hour, so we have plenty of time to find her." She instructed.
Calls were made over the loud speaker, security was unleashed and eventually my baby was found.
"Rosalie! How could you!" I sobbed as I clutched my baby girl.
"Mum, get off me!" Reneesme shouted and clawed against me. "It was my choice! Don't blame Aunt Rose." She said angrily.
"Reneesme, I've had quite enough, you'll be getting a good talking too when we get home." I said sternly to her.
"No Mum! No more! I'm not a baby! I'm fifteen, but literally it means I'm twice that." She said loudly.
"She's only little?" The lady from the counter asked irritably, aggravated that I'd caused such a ruckus over a full grown girl. "How is it possible she's even your daughter? You're virtually the same age!"
I hastily shot her a scathing look and the lady shuffled grudgingly to her desk, red in the face.
"Bella. Please, it's just as equally my fault! She's been desperate to do something different, she's tired of been watched like a hawk, you can't protect her forever. She doesn't need it." Rosalie pleaded.
"I'm her mother, I know what she needs. She's not the same as us Rose, she's different. The world's not safe for her."
"You're paranoid! Both of you! There's nothing wrong with this world. We've blended in, so have the other half vampires, why don't you have faith in Nessie?" She looked at me scornfully.
Her outburst had me lost for words, but Edward appeared by my side.
"I'm standing right here you know!" Reneesme said furiously, tapping her foot. "Don't talk about me as if I'm an infant. I can look after myself."
"You took her from us without our permission. That's why you don't deserve our respect." Edward said harshly.
"We're going home Reneesme." He said sternly.
She merely pouted and began to argue as any other teenager would.
Edward sighed frustrated and encouraged Reneesme who only refused.
So he threw her over his shoulder, to the car, while she pounded him on the back, causing quite a scene, so he ran for it, becoming invisible to the human eye, no more than a blur.
"You've lost my respect." I hissed at Rosalie.
Jacob felt he needed to put his two cents in and scolded Rosalie who only rolled her eyes in appreciation.
"You can't do this Bella. Don't think she'll ever forgive you for locking her away, shielding her from the real world, from the opportunity to make her own decisions." She called from the terminal as I walked out, attempting to ignore her.
We'd cast Rosalie out from our lives.
Emmett left the mansion the day after to join his wife and that was the last we saw of him too.
Rosalie opened up her business in France and, by what Alice had said, she was doing well.
Carlisle and Esme tried to reason with Edward and I, they told us Reneesme's happiness was Rosalie's intention. They said we were too protective over our little girl.
But she was only fifteen, despite her appearance and maturity for such an age! Naturally we would be concerned.
Reneesme refused to speak to me for weeks, until one day Alice took her aside, and when they reappeared Reneesme smiled at me hesitantly flung her arms around my waist.
Jasper had most likely played his part, musing around with our emotions, so Alice seemed more convincing than she actually was.
The tension in the household eased, and Jasper was, once again, able to control our emotions to prevent further lashing out.
I'm not proud to say, but from that experience I learnt nothing. We learnt nothing.
Edward and I still believed what we were doing was right, protecting Reneesme from the world.
Jacob had his objections, but learnt to keep his mouth shut if he knew what was good for him.
Years passed, no Rosalie, no Emmett, and Reneesme turned eighteen.
On the day of her birthday, the family entered her bedroom, at the break of dawn to present her with a homemade chocolate-blood cake, only to find her unmade bed empty.
In the rumpled sheets was a note.
Jacob's teaching me what freedom is.
It read.
My childhood friend had betrayed us; he'd whisked my daughter away.
We received a phone call every now and then from her, but we could not trace her as Alice could not read her future due to her proximity to a werewolf.
Jasper fought with me silently to keep my emotions from tearing the furniture apart in my fury.
Edward and I went on an expedition to find our baby, but did not succeed.
We'd eventually learnt to put it behind ourselves, and be thankful we were still in touch with her.
Why had I been so ignorant?
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