DISCLAIMER : I do not own any of these characters, from Twilight or Cruel Intentions, or the part of the plotline that comes from Cruel Intentions. I also do not own any HSM characters that make appearances or may be mentioned.
A/N: My god, I'm obviously a flying fail. I swore I wouldn't leave this without finishing. I'm profoundly sorry about this. To everyone that is still reading this, I will finish this. I'm determined. My problem is that I was far to obsessed with in when I started and once that wore off I had tremendous writer's block and then I simply forgot. I will keep writing this!
If Hearts Could Explode
Arianna Lillian
Chapter 9
Rosalie pulled into the parking lot and looked around at the car; it really was beautiful. In the center console, she found a rabbit's foot good luck charm. That's where Royce used to keep his. Her mind flashed back to his face and that dreadful night that could have been so much worse:
"We'll see you guys later," Alice called to the group of partiers they were leaving behind. "Why did you park so far away again," she asked Rosalie in a bored tone.
Rosalie rolled her eyes, "Because I was not parking my baby anywhere near those drunken idiots."
"Speaking of drunken idiots, there's your arm candy."
"Hey Rose, come over here," Royce said, then muttered something to his friend. Rose and Alice walked over to them, not missing the lewd comments from his friend. "It's pretty hot out, and you've got an awful lot of layers on."
His friend John spoke up, tossing his greasy hair back, "Well in all the stories I've heard, you don't have any clothes on." He grinned showing a mouthful of yellow teeth, his breath was grotesque.
"How about we make our own story," Royce said, grabbing Rosalie with way too much force. John grabbed Alice. As soon as Royce reached for Rosalie's shirt, he was slammed up against the wall. Rose fell to the ground nd John tossed Alice aside, pulling out a small gun. Emmett looked mad with anger and was practically snarling in Royce's face. Rosalie threw herself at John, knocking the gun away.
"Hell, I knew you wanted it you dirty little whore," he grabbed her and held her tight againt him. Emmett punched Royce and leapt at John. They all fell, but in no time, Emmett was on top of John. Emmett let go, hitting John with punch after punch. Emmett's fists were bloody and he finally took to slamming John's head against the ground. There was a sickening crack followed by a pool of blood around John's head.
Royce pulled out a knife and ran at Emmett. Emmett turned around and put his arm up to block the blade, resulting in a slice across his forearm. Then there was a gunshot. Royce dropped the knife and fell to his knees, clutching his stomach. Blood soaked his hands and with one shocked glance at Rosalie holding the gun, he fell over without another breath.
Kathryn called in a cleanup crew and took care of Rosalie's car. Emmett drove the girls back to Rosalie's house and Alice went to bed, falling asleep immediately, trying to forget. Emmett carried Rose to her room and put her in bed. "Stay with me," she asked quietly, with a childlike fright in her voice.
She fell asleep in his arms and he stayed all night with her, being there to make her feel safe and calming her down after her screaming nightmares.
Rosalie was broken out of her flashback by a knock on the passenger side window. "Hey Jake," a tan, short girl said and hugged Jacob as soon as he got out of the car. Rosalie got out with an audible scoff. "What are you doing with her," she said and gave Rosalie a disgusted once-over.
"Leah, don't be rude," Jacob said and tried to laugh it off.
"Trying to use a big attitude to compensate for your... not-so-big everything else? Well, except for your ego of course," Rosalie sniped.
"An ego insult coming from the Queen of the mirror, funny."
Jacob rolled his eyes, "I didn't realize you two knew each other."
"I'm Rosalie Hale, everyone knows me."
"Queen of the mirror..." Leah said in a bitter, yet sing-song voice.
"People love me, they're afraid of me, or they hate me." Rosalie continued ignoring Leah
"I fall into the last category," Leah scoffed. "Is she keeping you around to protect her only brain cell?"
"Wow, a blonde joke. I've never get those."
"This coming from the person who made fun of my height."
"Well my brains a little foggy because my allergies are acting up. You smell like a wet dog and I'm allergic."
Jake interrupted, "Rose, do you mind if I talk to Leah alone?"
Rosalie flipped her hair back. "Please do, someone has to put the dog out."
Rosalie looked over to see Emmett crowded by a bunch of freshman boys. "Dude! What's with the battle scar?" One of them yelled.
Emmett looked at the mark on his arm and caught Rosalie's glance. "It's not a big deal."
"Dude, there's gotta be a story! It was a knife fight wasn't it?"
"It's not all that interesting. In my house in the billiard room, there's like half a bear on the wall. I was drunk out of my mind, trying to climb up to god-knows-where and I slipped and the claw of the bear caught my arm. Come on, story time is over now, I've got to go see my girlfriend and make sure that new kid Jake doesn't get too close."
He went over to Rosalie and put his arm around her, leaning down to gently kiss the top of her head. "Thank you," she whispered and Emmett knew she didn't need a reply.
Alice rolled her eyes and looked up at Jasper who had been kissing her neck from behind.
Jasper shrugged, "So who do you think will admit it first?"
"Emmett, hands down. Rosalie is not going to admit that she's in love with him."
"No way! Rose will totally crack first."
"That might have happened before, but not now. Kathryn is in town and her sob story scares the shit out of Rosalie."
Jasper paused, giving somewhat of a moment of silence for Kathryn's tragedy, "The Emmett I know would never admit to being in love."
Alice tilted her head as she looked at Rose and Emmett again, "That's just it, Jaz, he's different when he's with her."
"It's getting to be a problem," Sharpay said and crossed her arms.
The man sitting down threw his papers down on the desk in front of him. "Goddamn it! Can she do anything right? Moronic twi-"
"I know that sentence wasn't meant for my little sister," she cautioned. "Just remember that I can ruin everything."
The man ignored her warning and went back to Sharpay's original point. "I've done everything possible to distract her! I've sent people, I've sent creepy text messages... nothing is working. What the fuck?"
Sharpay rolled her eyes at his temper, "Don't look at me for ideas. It's hard enough keeping Rosalie out of the loop. I've been putting off going to see her so I don't have to lie to her face."
"That's it! Go see her!"
"What are you going on about?"
His eyes brightened, "Go see Rosalie. Check on the situation and if we feel that it's gotten out of hand, you can deal with Bella."
"Give me a reason."
He walked behind her and ran his hands through her hair, "Come on baby, do me the favor," he whispered in her ear.
She pushed him away with a scoff, "Ugh, as if."
He laughed, "Check on the virgin too, on your way."
"Check on her?"
"Apparently she got pregnant by some guy in high school. She had a miscarriage and it drove her crazy. Now she goes on and on now about seeing his ghost."
"You've seen her?"
"I've never spoken to her, just watched, made sure she was still insane."
"Then why do I need to check on her."
"Because then you can give a firsthand account to Kathryn."
Sharpay nodded," One of my informants told me that Kathryn is setting her sights on Cecile at boarding school. She'll appreciate any help, I'm sure."
"It's not a problem. I understand how Kathryn feels and I wouldn't wish that on anyone."
"You're a good friend," she hugged him before she left.
Leah sighed, "Seriously, Jake, why are you hanging around the Queen of Oak?"
"Leah, I told you that I transferred there."
She sighed, "That doesn't mean you have to sell your soul to the devil."
Jake rolled his eyes, "Enough. She's helping me get over Bella and its working. I've got a good friend in James and Rosalie knows everything about the school and everyone who goes there."
A tall, tan guy walked over to Leah. "Get away from me, Sam."
"Leah, please, let me explain," he looked up to see Jacob. "Why are you talking to the new Oak kid," he said practically spitting on the name.
"Relax Sam," Jacob said calmly.
"Why do you even care anymore, Sam? Why don't you go suck face with my cousin." Leah spat.
"Jake, get out of here," Sam shouted; he looked angry.
"No way, I'm here to talk to Leah. And she obviously doesn't want to talk to you, so why don't you get out of here," Jake said and stepped closer to Sam.
"Jake, don't get him angry, it's not worth it," Leah somewhat cautioned.
"This is none of your business, Jacob," Sam yelled.
"Leah's my friend. I care about her, obviously more than you do if you left her for Emily."
Leah stepped between them, "Stop it, both of you."
Sam grabbed her and yanked her out of the way.
"Don't touch her," Jake bellowed.
Sam punched Jacob, but Jake easily took the hit and threw his own fist in Sam's face. "Now get out of here!"
"Your nose is bleeding a little," Leah said and grabbed some tissues from her purse.
Sam left with a simple, "I really am sorry, Leah."
She ignored Sam. "I could have handled him, Jake. You didn't have to get hurt for me."
He smiled, "It's not a problem, okay?"
Okay guys, this is where you get a say! Vote on who you want Jacob to end up with! I've come up with a million different scenarios and I want to see what you think!
You can pick anyone! Please help me out with this one, I was never a fan of Jacob so I don't know who I want him to end up with because I don't usually write for his character. Thanks!
