Chapter 4- A New Beginning

Dinner that night was certainly eventful. Soon after Jasper left Vance and Rosalie followed suit and it was just me, Edward, Emmet and Alice. Alice had cheered up a bit since hearing that Jasper hadn't asked Jess Stanley out and Emmet helped by reminiscing all the times id fallen down. Although it was embarrassing I was happy to see Alice smile again. The night wore on and after many drinks we all decided to head back to mine and Alice's dorm. Not wanting to bother heading all the way back to his own dorm Emmet announced that he and Edward would share the sofa bed. We all stumbled up to the dorm, holding each other up as the amount of alcohol we had all consumed was making us more clumsy then normal. We finally made it to the door and Alice fumbled around her handbag to try and find her keys. It was hard not to laugh at her because her hair was sticking up all over the place. Finally she found the keys and unlocked the door to reveal a horrible looking Rosalie. Her mascara was severely smudged and her hair was a mess. I gasped to see she was bleeding from her head and her hands. We all stood in the door way dumbstruck. Edward was the first to speak.

'Rosalie, what happened to you?' he asked as he carefully fell out of the drunken formation we had made and walked across to her. She let out a whimper.

'Okay, you don't need to tell me what happened just tell me where it hurts?' he asked now kneeling next to her placing a calming hand on her knee. She didn't respond, she just looked into the distance.

'Okay, Rosalie, I'm calling an ambulance, they are going to come and help you,' he stood and reached into his pocket but Rosalie's bloody hand shot out and stopped him.

'No, i can't go there. Just, just fix me up here. Please,' she pleaded. At this point Alice and I walked over to her and sat either side of her and placed our arms around her. She slumped into my side and Edward started to examine her. After a while she fell asleep on my lap and Emmet moved over and scooped her into his arms and carried her to bed. We all sat in silence. None of us knew what had happened but we knew it was bad. I looked over to Edward who had his head in his hands. I wanted to hug him, i wanted him to hug me, to tell me it was going to be okay. Instead i moved over to Alice and pulled her into a hug. Tomorrow was going to be a hard day, for all of us.

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The next morning we all awoke having not had a lot of sleep. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and looked around. I could smell fresh coffee brewing. I stood up and walked into the kitchen to find Rosalie cooking a big breakfast. It smelt divine. I looked at her, she had cleaned herself up and apart from the few cuts and scratches on her head she looked beautiful as ever. She smiled as i entered.

'Before you say anything, i just want to say that nothing happened last night. After Vance tried to get me to sleep with him and I said no i walked home. Unfortunately i slipped on some ice and well, you can put the rest together,' she said simply. If it weren't Rosalie i wouldn't believe it, but Rosalie never lied. It was part of her appeal.

'That was very much a Bella move you pulled there Rose,' i laughed. 'Why were you so upset and why wouldn't you let us take you to a hospital tho?' I asked now in a serious tone. She put down the spoon she was using and turned to me.

'First of all Vance's Dad is a Doctor there, secondly I was embarrassed. I knew i wasn't hurt too badly and i knew Edward would be able to stitch me up good as new,' she shrugged and turned around. 'And as for my being upset, well, i thought Vance was different, but he wasn't. Its upsetting. Im never going to find Mr Right,' she laughed at herself and i moved over to her. I rubbed her back.

'Okay then, normal break up rules are as is, ill go raid the local grocery stores for junk food, Alice will kick the boys out and rent sappy movies and you organise face masks that probably do us more harm than good,' she smiled at that and turned into me for a hug.

'Thanks Bella, you're a great friend,' I smiled and patted her on the back. I was so grateful it was the weekend. I turned my back and walked into the bathroom to have a shower.

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I spent forever in the shower, it was nice to have the hot water run down my stiff and sore back. It wasn't until Emmet starting banging on the door complaining it was his turn that I got out. It was the norm for us to wander around the house just wearing our towels so I wrapped the towel around my bust and walked out giving Emmet a dirty glare as I went. He poked his tongue out and went to use the shower only to have Alice fly past him and in there first. I laughed and he cursed...

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When i had dried my hair and thrown on my jeans and a t-shirt i went out to eat Rosalie's yummy breakfast. I listened to Emmet screaming at Alice to hurry up which i knew only drove her to spend more time getting ready.

'Emmet, do i need to remind you that you don't actually live here?' i asked from the dining room. He popped his head around and pocked his tongue out at me.

'Yes Bella, I'm well aware of that little fact, i thought you enjoyed my company,' Rosalie and i laughed. The truth is we did enjoy Emmet's company, he was funny and he did offer us a sense of protection. He made us feel safe. Our Dad's enjoyed his being here as well because it meant they didn't have to worry.

'Hey Bella, have you seen Jasper since last night?' Rosalie asked while playing with a strawberry n her plate.

'Umm, no I can't say I have. Why?' i asked looking up from me delicious pancakes.

'Just do me a huge favour and don't mention last night. I don't particularly need him knowing, or my parents for that fact,' she smiled and i nodded. I understood.

'Have you made sure everyone else knows that?' i asked in between mouthfuls and she nodded. Just as I shoved a huge forkful of pancake into my mouth my phone began ringing. I, in my very un-ladylike self, spat out my mouthful and answered.

'Hello?' i answered. Normally id look at caller ID first but I had forgotten.

'Hey Bella, its Jasper. Do me a huge favour and bring Alice out the front of the building, like now!' he said quickly and hung up. Wondering if this finally meant something was going to happen between Alice and Jasper i rushed past Emmet to the bathroom and started banging on the door.

'Alice i need you out here ASAP!!' i yelled.

'Just a minute,' she called back. I stood back and folded my arms then realised that Alice's just a minute meant give me another half an hour. I needed to trick her out.

'Alice, you better get out here quickly, your Jimmy Choo catalogue just arrived and Emmet is threatening to use it as toilet paper,' I said this all whilst looking at Emmet indicating for him to run out the building, he gave me an odd look but followed my instruction. Alice swung the bathroom door open and Emmets eyes widened. He bolted, the quickest i have ever seen him run. I grabbed my keys and indicated for Rosalie and Edward to follow. We ran after Alice and Emmet down the stairs, i was careful not to trip. Emmet made it out the front of the building and stopped, Alice piled into him. I heard her gasp. I quickly followed down the stairs and saw what she gasped at...My jaw dropped in surprise.

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