A/N: Set during New Moon when Bella chases Edward through the woods in an attempt to find him after he leaves her.

Chapter 13

Bella's POV-

"What the hell is wrong with you?"- was the first thing that greeted Sam as soon as I could manage to untangle him away from the crowds. It was a task, believe me! "How could you agree to this?" It was unbelievable, and slightly off-putting. "I can't live with Edward and Alice in the same house, okay! I merely tolerate their presence in this universe; don't force me to strangle them and spend the rest of my life in prison!"ow xcould how

He gave out a brief chuckle, ignoring the seriousness in my tone. Ass. "Aren't you being a bit melodramatic, now?"

"Nope. Not at all." I glared at him. "But why would you even do this?"

"For you. For us." he sighed, wincing. "You do realize we have no money, right? We don't have a house, or any way to afford one at the moment. Look, I will get adjusted to my work as soon as I can, but till then…we can't afford a motel room, or even to eat out every night or buy meagre groceries. I am sorry but this was the only way I could get us a roof on the head temporarily."

Oh.

I gulped at that. "I am sorry…"

Maybe, I had been too quick to pass my judgment.

He waved me off. "I need to be alone for a while."

"Sam." He paid no heed to my apologetic call for him, walking away from me in the opposite direction.

Fuck. I had messed up.

I took my head in my hands, wincing.

What was I supposed to do now?

"You pregnant?"

I looked up with a jerk, Rosalie Hale- um- Swan standing beside me with an expressionless look in her eyes.

"I asked, are you pregnant?" she repeated, staring at me as if I was an idiot- which, for the record, I truly felt like in the moment.

"Um…" I played with my hands. Was I supposed to confess the truth to her? Her? Of all? I hadn't imagined it playing out this way!

"So?" she raised an eyebrow in anticipation of my answer.

"Actually no, I am not pregnant. It is all a misunderstanding blown way out of proportion."

It felt good to finally admit the truth to someone!

"I thought so." she hummed to herself. "The story just doesn't line up."

I nodded at that. What was I supposed to say in response to that?

"I was pregnant once."

Excuse me?

"I didn't tell anyone." She confessed, wincing to herself. "It was back in the junior year of High School with my then boyfriend, Royce. He was…" she paused, awkward silence settling over the two of us, "let's just say, he wasn't the most supportive when I informed him that I had a positive pregnancy test lying in my bag."

Oh.

"What did he do?" I whispered, half not wanting to know the answer.

"We had an argument and he pushed me down a flight of stairs. I lost my baby."

Oh. I gasped in fear.

"Rosalie."

She waved me off, not comfortable with the show of sympathy. "It's been a long time."

"Doesn't matter. I am sorry that you had to go through that."

She offered me a half smile.

"Not that I am not honored by you sharing something this personal with me…but…why? I mean…don't get me wrong…"

I was rambling. I was aware of that.

But I could not help myself.

Rosalie Hale, be it in any universe, was intimidating as all of hell!

She smiled, shutting me off. "Just felt like sharing this with you. I know that we have not been the closest of sisters in the past few years, but I do like you."

Well.

"Um, thank you?"

"And it is never too late to make a start?"

"Yeah. I mean…of course. It would make me very happy."

"Me too." she smiled, the conversation coming to a still.

"So…Rose, if I may call you that?"

"Sure." She shrugged.

"Do you have anyone special in your life?"

Had she already met Emmett? Why was he not in the picture then?

She offered me a confused glance. "Well, I am currently somewhat seeing someone but…"

"Emmett?"

I took a wild guess.

"How do you know his name?" she stared at me. "I have not told anyone. Heck, we have hardly been on two dates yet. I am not sure if I even want to go on a third one with him."

Whoa.

"Hold on." I put my hands up in defense. "Listen to me very carefully, Rose. He is the one. It does not matter how I know this; I just do. Don't mess this up with him."

"But he is just so pushy!" she whined. "And has no boundaries, or list of taboo topics! He simply doesn't understand when to shut up!"

Classic Emmett!

It seemed he was the same in this universe, too.

"You will eventually fall in love with him for this." I reassured her. "Give him a chance; you won't regret it."

She chuckled at that. "Even if I want to avoid the man forever, he won't let me do it. He is kind-off hell-bent on making me his. In a good way. If I were to reject him, he wouldn't stalk me or anything."

I waved her off. I knew Emmett.

He was good for Rose.

"Trust your heart." I smiled at her.

"Okay." She sighed, quite not sure over whether to take my advice or not.

"Anyhow, I should…"

"Rose, I need to tell you something." I suddenly spoke up, the words spilling out before I could stop them. She listened in silence, her expression vivid as she waited for me to finish, finally mumbling only one sentence in complete disarray.

"Where is my sister? The actual one?"