Chapter 3.

I woke up in Emmett's bed that morning, and he wasn't there. I sat up and looked around the room, water was running in the bathroom, so figured he was in the shower. I went downstairs to the kitchen, found some cereal and fixed a bowl. I sat on one of the barstools at the island and ate.

"I didn't wake you did I?" Emmett said as he entered the kitchen, he was shirtless and wearing blue jean, his hair was still damp and was clinging to his forehead in some places.

"No, I didn't even know you had gotten up." Emmett walked to the cabnit and fixed himself some cereal and sat across from me. My phone rang from somewhere in the living room, I went to get hoping it wasn't who I thought it was. It wasn't it was Ky.

"Hey Leah where are?" Kylie said using the code name we all used when a girl tried to run away.

"I'm fine Kylie, I'm with Emmett, I'm not coming back." I told her.

"That's good Leah, I was thinking of doing the same thing." she said.

"Call me when you do, I'll meet you somewhere and you can take me with you."

"Alright I'll talk to you later Leah, Love you."

"I love you too Ky." I hit the end button and headed back in the kitchen.

"That's not a phone he bought for you is it?" Emmett asked.

"No I bought this one myself after I stopped using, I had some extra cash and I thought it might come in handy."

"I guess it did, who was it?" he asked.

"It was Kylie, checking on me, she'd trying to get out to. I told her to let me know when she does so I can go with her." I told him.

"Do you really wanna go with her?" he asked giving me a strange look.

"I guess, I don't know." I said, " I really don't have any other place to go."

'Why not just stay with me?"

"Royce will be looking for me, and if he saw you he'll be looking for you too. I don't wanna put you our your mom in danger."

"Rosie, I'm not scared of him and if it's really that bad then we can move away." he said. "My brother-in-law has been wanting to take over the dinner for the past year, we could go to my house out in the country." I looked at him trying to processes what he was saying. We've only been talking for a few days, so why was he offering this?

"Why are you doing this Emmett?" I asked, "You don't have to do this."

"I know, but you shouldn't have to live like this Rosie. I know you deserve more, your worth so much more then a eighty door fuck and a quick hit. I knew back when you were tutering me that you were gonna go places, and I'm gonna help you get there" I could feel tears filling my eyes. I hugged Emmett and buried my head in his shoulder, I began to cry remembering everything I wanted to be but threw away. Emmett wrapped his arms around me and just held me while I cried. He rubbed my back and whispered in my ear telling me everything would be okay. After a moment I looked at him and then brought my face up to his and kissed him. I waited for him to pull away but he didn't he just kissed me back. When I pulled back he was looking at with a confussed look on his face.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." I said looking down. Emmett took my face in his hands.

"Don't apologize, I've wanted to do that since that first day in the diner." He kissed me again softly. "I care about you Rosalie, it's only been a few days and I care more about you then I ever have anyone else. I will not let anything happen to you ever." I didn't say anything I just laid my head against his chest. "Now go get dressed my sister's coming to pick you up and take you to get some clothes."

"Emmett I can't go out in public around here someone will see me, and besides I don't have any money with me. I haven't been able to….work in a few days." I told him.

"I know that, she's gonna take up to Port Angeles, and I'm paying." Emmett kissed me, "Now go get dressed." I went upstairs and put and changed into the same clothes I had on yesterday the only thing I own now. I took the elastic band off my wrist and pulled my hair back in to a long wavy ponytail.

"Hey Rosie, she's here." Emmett called from downstairs. I took the stairs slowly, I was nervous. I didn't know what Emmett had told his sister, or what she thought of me. When I made it downstairs and turned into the living room I saw Emmett sitting next to a small pixie like girl. Emmett stood up when he saw me and walked over to join me.

"Rosie this is my younger sister Alice, Alice this is Rosie." he siad. Alice came up and hugged me.

"Hi Rose, I'm Alice and I'm gonna to take you shopping!" she almost yelled.

"She loves to shop, she actually does most of my shopping." Emmett told. "Well my shopping for clothes anyway I would never let her grocery shop for me."

"You'd eat a lot healthier if I did." Alice smiled. "Are you ready to go Rosalie?"

"Yeah let's go."

On the way to the mall in Port Angeles Alice talked to me about everything. She told about her two little girls and how her husband was in the army. She said that was she was pretty sure she had English with me junior year. I didn't have to say much on the way there, Alice did most of the talking. When we arrived at the store Alice smiled and got out off the car.

"Oh today's gonna be fun." she said. Alice took me into store after store, throwing different outfits at me. There were dresses, shorts, pants, t-shirts, tanks, blouses, and pajamas. We shopped for at least an hour and had almost twenty bags by the time Alice said she needed a break. We took the bags out to Alice's car and and then went to eat at one of the restaurants in the mall. While we were eating Alice kept starring across the table at me.

"Do I have something one my face?" I asked.

"No," Alice laughed, "I'm just trying to figure out why your so special to Emmett." she said. "He really likes you, trust me I'm his sister I know him."

"He just feels sorry for me I think, he knew me back when I was…..in a better place then I am now." I told her.

"No he really cares about you, a lot, and that saying something for Emmett." Alice said as she finished up her salad. "So what else do we need, make-up and shoes. Lets go."

When we got home from our day of shopping it was late, the streets in downtown were already busy and I slumped down in my seat a little hoping Alice wouldn't notice. She glanced over at me and smiled.

"Don't worry these are really dark windows, no one can see in," she said, "and no Emmett didn't tell me anything other then you hiding from someone." she smiled at me. When we pulled in the drive Emmett came out to get some of the bags out of the car.

"Thanks Ali, I doubt she would've had much luck shopping with me." he said.

"Anytime big bro." Alice kissed him on the cheek and then we packed all the bags in the house. "Although I'd love to stay and chat Maddie and Lilly are with mom and I need to get the home and in bed, bye guys."

"Bye Ali." Emmett hugged his sister and walked her to the door. I laid down across the couch and closed my eyes. "Long day?" Emmett asked as he entered the room.

"Very," I told him, "your sister had me running all over the mall." Emmett sat at the end of the couch and put my feet on his lap.

"It looks like you found a lot that you liked." he said.

"Alice picked most of it out."

"Yeah I figured she's been dressing my family for years. I have a feeling you just became her new Barbie doll." we laughed.

"Emmett, thanks for not telling her." I said as I sat up.

"It's not for me to tell babe." Emmett leaned over and kisses me, and I knew I was falling for him.