Magic Bullet

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Ch. 2: All's fair in Love and War

Rosalie POV

It was the first day of school and I felt energized about it for the first time in decades. The past year had been a bit dramatic for my family and me. First, Jasper walked in on Emmett and Kate while they were in the middle of some intensive sex. To keep everything from degenerating into violence, I explained that I was a lesbian and that my marriage to Emmett was a sham. I had known about him and Kate for years and was happy they found each other.

The rest of my family, except for Edward, and the Denali's were supportive and understanding. They asked about how long I'd known and why didn't I say anything before now. I explained that I'd always known. That my fist love and lover had been my friend Vera and that her parents had arranged for her to marry one of the men her father worked with. What Royce and his friends did to me later was just the icing on the cake. Em and I got a quick divorce and he and Kate got married the month after that.

The second thing that happened was that the family's relationship with the Denali's was almost destroyed by the actions of my moronic brother, Edward. He finally gave in to Tanya's charms and the two of them went at it like a couple of rabbits. When she started talking about marriage, he stated bluntly that she was good enough to shag, but there was no way he could marry anyone like her. Tanya was devastated and Edward was told never to return to the Denali's home. It was the first time that everyone saw him without his or her rose-colored glasses on. The fact that he couldn't dazzle his way out of being punished was testament to that. Edward was not the brilliant and perfect creature he fooled the others into believing he was.

The final thing that happened was that Alice kept having visions of a human girl that would bring great change to the family. She would draw pictures of this human, all the time. Edward was able to pull off one last bit of manipulation and convinced the others not to move to Forks, Washington, until we were certain this stranger would be there. When Alice had the vision that confirmed the human was headed to Forks, we moved.

The girl, whom Alice said was named Isabella, was strikingly beautiful. A color drawing of her sat on my bedside table. Edward had gone out of his way to let everyone in the family know that he would make the girl his mate. For the entire summer, we moved to Forks at the end of the last school year, he plotted and planned how he would make this conquest. We could all see that she was nothing more than a trophy to him. What poor Eddie didn't know was that there was a fly in his ointment.

You see, I'd fallen in love with Isabella a little more each time Alice had a new vision of her and would tell us about her. The only one that knew the truth was Jasper. We had played at being twins for so long that we were almost psychically linked. There was no way that I would let Isabella be conned by Edward.

There others had already left for school while I hung back. I used the time to dress for effect and go for the "naughty schoolgirl" look. That meant my plaid micro-mini skirt, an unbuttoned white dress shirt that was tied at the bottom with my green lace bra just visible underneath it, white ankle socks with lace trim and black patent leather mary janes. I even put my hair into two pigtails and bubblegum lip-gloss on.

I arrived just before the final bell for Home Room and made my way swiftly to class. Everyone, students and teachers, gossiped about Isabella's arrival. The younger woman certainly knew how to make an entrance. When the bell rang, I made my way to my U.S. History class and took my usual spot at the back. Jasper hadn't arrived yet, so I listened for his approach. What I ended up hearing made me laugh, it was just too funny.

Edward's velvet voice seductively purred, "Hello. My name is Edward Cullen. You must be…"

"Unimpressed," a feminine voice interrupted. "Listen up, Lestat, this ain't my first rodeo and you aren't the first vampire to try to worm their way into my tight leather pants. Why don't you do the world a favor and surgically remove your head from you anus? Maybe then you could at least develop a personality," the voice finished.

The door opened and my dream woman entered in all her glory. Alice's drawings hadn't done the exquisite creature before me justice. When she saw me, she stumbled and her heart rate increased. I smirked as she recovered then made a beeline for the empty seat next to me. We were the only two people in the room, so I wasn't surprised when she turned to me and spoke.

"Damn, Sparkles, if I'd known you were here I'd have brought my Sherpa. Then I could mount a proper expedition up your legs," she commented with a straight face that couldn't hide the wicked glint in her eyes.

Without a missing a beat, I purred, "That's too bad. Tell me, cowgirl, what would it take to worm my way into your tight leather pants?" Her breath hitched and heart rate accelerated in response. The scent of both of our arousal caused our nostrils to flare and pupils to dilate. The teacher and the rest of the students arrived and our little game was cut short. Thanks to Alice, I knew that Ms. Swan and I would bump into each other at lunch. I knew Edward was listening so I thought, Don't be mad, Eddie. All is fair in Love and War. And this is war.

The teacher began the lesson about World War I. This is what we would study for the fist half of the semester. The color drained from Bella, as she informed the teacher to call her, and she started to shake. Even without Jasper's empathic ability, I felt the anger that radiated off her body. She said she wasn't feeling well and asked to be excused. Then she tore out of the room as if the hounds of hell were at her heels.