RPOV

"Rosalie."

I jumped, hating the way he made me react to his voice but also not wanting to admit to myself, or anyone else for that matter, how much I completely loved it. How much I loved him. Emmett McCarty. I had been bitter for the past two years after becoming a vampire, and it's all because of Royce King. I shuddered internally just thinking about him, about that night. That cold, dark, painful night…

Emmett stood behind me and lightly touched my arm.

"I didn't mean to scare you, Rose," he whispered and I knew he meant it. I wanted so much to wrap my arms around him and hear him whisper my name over and over, but I couldn't do it. Not yet.

I didn't turn around, but nodded.

"I believe you. You're forgiven."

I felt him smile, even though I still couldn't see him. The wind blew and he caught a section of my hair that was moving with it. He held it between his fingers and buried his nose in my hair.

"Love is like a red, red rose," he murmured.

I laughed nervously at the word. Love. I closed my eyes.

"Emmett…"

"I love you, Rosalie."

I shook my head, denying it. We'd been down this road before a few days ago when he first woke up from the transformation, looked me in the eye and said "I love you." I didn't believe him then. Why should I believe him now, even though every cell in my body wants to?

"One day you'll believe me, I promise you," he said as if he could read my mind. When I didn't say anything, he continued.

"Love is a many splendored thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love."

"Please don't start that again," I begged.

"All you need is love."

"A girl has got to eat."

"All you need is love."

"She'll end up on the streets," I started to walk away from him.

"All you need is love," he repeated.

"Love is just a game."

Emmett stood in front of me, trying to block me.

"I was made for loving you, baby. You were made for loving me."

I walked in the opposite direction, completely aware of how ridiculous I was acting.

"The only way of loving me baby is to pay a lovely fee."

He caught my arm.

"Just one night. Give me just one night."

I scoffed. "There's no way 'cause you can't pay."

He moved closer to me.

"In the name of love. One night in the name of love."

I tried to glare at him, even though I hated making him feel like this.

"You crazy fool. I won't give into you."

He held me closer to him, refusing to let me get away again. "Don't leave me this way. I can't survive without your sweet love. Oh, baby, don't leave me this way."

"You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs."

"I look around me and I see it isn't so. Oh, no." He laughed. Oh, how I love that laugh, that smile on his face… I shook my head.

"Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs."

His face was suddenly an inch apart from mine. "Well what's wrong with that? I'd like to know." Then he was just as quickly climbing up a nearby tree. I watched in horror and awe as he stopped at the top and stood there with his arms wide open and his eyes closed. "Cause here I go again. Love lifts us up where we belong."

I stomped towards the tree, fear and anger rising within me. "Emmett, get down!"

"Where eagles fly, on a mountain high."

I groaned as he effortlessly jumped out of the tree and landed gracefully on his feet.

"Love makes us act like we are fools. Throw our lives away for one happy day."

"We could be heroes just for one day." Oh, the sound of his voice, his silky, seductive voice... I backed up and he followed every step I took, mirroring me.

"You," I pointed at him. "You will be mean."

He laughed again. "No, I won't."

"And I… I-I'll drink all the time," I stuttered. Emmett had me cornered against the side of the house. No one was home, they were all out hunting.

"We should be lovers," he insisted.
I shook my head. "We can't do that."

He took my hand gently in his.

"We should be lovers and that's a fact."

I smiled at him. "Though nothing would keep us together."

He smiled back at me, knowing he had won the fight. "We could steal time…"

"Just for one day." We were singing together now. "We could be heroes forever and ever. We could be heroes forever and ever. We could be heroes…"

I dropped out and listened to him.

"Just because I will always love you…"

I sang with him now, my arms circling his neck.

"I can't help loving you."

He dropped out.

"How wonderful life is…"

He joined me again.

"Now you're in the world."

Our arms were securely wrapped around each other and I leaned my head against his chest and smiled.

"I love you, Emmett."

He laughed softly in my ear, which would've given me goose bumps if I were still human.

"I love you, too, Rose."

"Hmm… Rose…"

He unwrapped one arm from around me and lifted my chin with his finger.

"It fits, you know."

"Love is like a red, red rose…" I whispered, closing my eyes and leaning towards him.

"Exactly," he murmured before lifting me in my long, flowing red dress, cradling me in his arms, and kissing me passionately, lovingly… Hmm… Love…

Love is like a red, red Rose. It fits.