I'm deleting this story AND the story that comes before it 'Guilty'… just kidding. April Fools! Yes, it is April Fools Day and I know that means it's been 15 days since the last chapter. Le gasp! Yeah, I know that's a long time but I've been busy. So, Here is the chapter, I'll try to make it nice and long for you all. =)
I didn't have sex with Emmett. That keeps ringing around in my head. I wanted to so badly and I didn't. We were unable to. Not my fault, I keep thinking. Right when we were going to, we heard a crash. It was loud and it was followed by yelling and ringing.
I can't remember if the ringing was real ringing coming from an alarm or a phone or if it was my head. I felt faint and nauseous. It felt like my head was going to explode. The yelling got louder.
"Rose!" Emmett yelled.
"Emmett!" Bella yelled. Apparently they were all in my room. They were all there, they sounded frantic, but I don't remember how they looked. Everything after that is blurry but that doesn't matter now.
It seems like all I can think of is sex. Wow, I'm a whore… no, I can't say that about myself; Jasper says it's bad. I can't stop thinking about it though, more importantly I can't stop thinking about Emmett. He isn't here and I want him here. But he's gone and I have no idea where he is.
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"Rosalie?" someone asks. I realize I was asleep and now I'm slowly waking up. I feel someone holding my hand, but this isn't Emmett's hand. I want it to be, but it's daintier and smoother. I open my eyes a little and see a very beautiful woman.
"Who are you?" I manage to ask her.
"I'm Esme, Edward and Alice's mother," I squint harder and then I have a memory of meeting her before.
"I'm so sorry… I didn't remember you. We've met before, I'm just really confused right now, I say.
"Oh, honey it's quite all right for you to be confused. You've had a lot happen to you in the past week."
"Week?"
"Well, didn't you find out you were trying to be killed by your ex-boyfriend? And then when you were about to have sex with you fiancée weren't you interrupted by something?" Esme says to me. She has a small smile on her face, like the almost having sex but being interrupted is amusing.
"I guess, I don't really remember what exactly happened," I tell her.
"Well, the crash was the front door the Red Castle being blown in. Emmett ran down stairs and there wasn't anybody there. He realized how stupid that was because when he ran back upstairs he couldn't get back into your room because someone had shut the door. Everyone was shouting… Emmett broke the door down with Jasper and Emmett's help. There was someone standing over you. You were scared and crying. He ran and jumped out of the window, Emmett ran after him but then Bella saw that he had hurt you bad. He had cut your arm from the shoulder to the elbow and you were bleeding. Then you passed out," Esme finished the story and I looked at her, shocked.
"How long ago was that?" I ask.
"It was about 5 days ago. Emmett and everyone else got everything packed back up and they left the Castle. They came to the second safest place they could think of, seeing as the first safest place had been infiltrated."
Esme stopped talking and I looked around. I was on a bed and the walls were light blue. I remembered something Esme had said and looked down at my arm, there was nothing there.
"Other arm, sweet heart," Esme said. I looked at my left arm and sure enough there were bandages on it.
"Emmett, thinks he was aiming for your throat… he said them breaking down the door probably distracted him and he missed," Esme tells me.
"This is the third time I've come close to death," I say.
"You have a guardian angel, darling."
"Do you think it's my mom… or my dad?"
"Well… I think your parents are watching over you. However, I don't think it's them."
"Then who?"
"Emmett."
"But he tried to kill me," I say. Then I quickly shut my mouth, not knowing if she knew everything or not.
"Don't worry, I know… but he didn't try to kill you, Rose. He was told to kill you, he just couldn't though," she says.
"Maybe he should have," I mutter.
"Don't talk like that. He shouldn't have, and he didn't. Emmett may have been straddling the paths of evil and good, but all he needed was something to make him choose the path of good. You're what made him do that, and that's why I think he's your guardian angel."
"I didn't think of it that way."
"Nobody realizes who their guardian angel is. Only other notice and just look over there," Esme says and she nods over to the corner of the room. In that corner is Emmett, sleeping in an arm chair.
"Where am I, Esme?" I ask.
"This is my and Carlisle's house. This is actually Emmett's room. After his dad died he lived with his mom and step-dad, but then when they died as well he and Bella came here. Emmett and Edward as well as Alice and Bella were close friends, so they were welcome here," Esme says. I look around the room. It's mostly blue and red. And there's a large TV as well as a large chest and the arm chair.
"Do you want to listen to music, Rose?" Esme asks, "It might calm you a bit… Carlisle told me to keep you calm if you woke up."
"Music would be nice… I could sing… do you want me to sing you a song?" I say.
"No, dear, I just want you to relax," Esme says and she turns on the iPod docking station that is sitting on the night side table. She scrolls through some lists and then smiles.
"I see Emmett has all you songs," she says.
"Could you turn them on?" I ask her, and she does. It starts with my earlier stuff and it makes me remember how excited I was about getting my albums released.
"Oh, I have to go do some things in the kitchen. You'll be alright won't you?" Esme asks me.
"Yes," I say and I glance at Emmett.
"This is only the second time he's slept since they brought you here. But he's been sleeping for about 10 hours so I'm sure he'll wake up soon, maybe another hour," she says. I smile and she smiles in return, then she leaves.
I stare up at the ceiling and listen to my music. And then the first song from my second album begins to play and I listen to my voice. It was one I wrote right after Royce left…
You better take it from me,
That boy is like a disease
You're running, you're tired, you're trying to hide
And you're wondering why you cant get free
He's like a curse he's like a drug.
You get addicted to his love.
You wanna get out but he's holding you down
Cause you can't live without one more touch.
He's a good time cowboy Casanova; leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water but he's candy coated misery
He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes and he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't wanna fight
You better run for your life
I see that look on your face, you ain't hearing what I say
So Ill say it again cause I've been where you've been and I know how it ends, you cant get away
Don't even look in his eyes, hell tell you nothing but lies
And you wanna believe, but you wont be deceived if you listen to me and take my advice
He's a good time cowboy Casanova; leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water but he's candy coated misery
He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes and he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't wanna fight
You better run for your life
Run, run, run away don't let him mess with your mind
Hell tell you anything you wanna hear
Hell break your heart its just a matter of time
But just remember-
He's a good time cowboy Casanova leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water but he's candy coated misery
He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes and he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't wanna fight
You better run for your life
Oh you better run for your life,
Oh you better run for your life
I feel my eyes well up and I wipe at them. Not thinking I lift my left arm to use it to wipe my left eye while my right wipes at my right eye. I gasp at the pain and now the tears really are running down my face.
"Rose?" Emmett has opened his eyes. He sits up and looks at me, as if he's wondering whether I'm really awake or not. He must decide I am awake because he's gotten up and he's sitting next to me on the bed.
"I'm sorry… it was my fault," he starts to say. Tears are still running out of my eyes, and my arm is throbbing.
"Emmett, shut up," I say. I begin to gasp, the pain is too much. Emmett's face is pained, he feels guilty I know he does. "Emmett," I say, "This isn't anybody's fault. I'm not crying because of what happened or anything like that. I just moved my arm and now it is very painful."
"Carlisle!" he yells, "I'm sorry for apologizing so much."
"It's okay," I tell him. Carlisle rushes in.
"I just got back ten minutes ago," he says, "They were really keeping me busy back at the hospital and well that is my job, but now I'm back. What's the problem Rose? Where is it hurting?"
"All over," I say, wincing.
"Okay, be more specific. This is the first chance I've had to actually communicate about it with you; I need details about what's happening."
"Well I moved it and it felt all stretched and then it hurt all over. It hurts down to my elbow, but not past there."
"You probably pulled at the stitches. No more moving it."
"I won't." Carlisle is beside me and he has been taking the wrappings off my arm this whole time. I look down and feel light headed. There is my arm, with so many stitches in it. It looks bruised and swelled.
"How bad is it?" I ask Carlisle.
"Well, you'll be able to use it again. However, there's a possibility that the knife used to cut was dirty or covered in something dangerous that could poison your blood. I've injected a medication that'll hunt down and kill any possible bacteria and I've sterilized it. I think it'll be fine in time," Carlisle says. I look away from him and at Emmett.
The whole time Carlisle works on me I look at Emmett. For three reasons, I can't look at my arm again without feeling sick, I don't want to look at Carlisle's tools and I just want to look at Emmett. He is all I want to look at right now. He's my every thing, and to think… I could've lost him. Although I suppose if I was dead, he would've lost me, not I would've lost him. However, I'm not going to be specific. My point is, we're a whole, and we can't be separated from each other.
"Well, I'll check up on you in a little while Rose. Just relax, okay? Don't move your arm!" Carlisle orders and he leaves. Then I hear him say, "You guys can go in. but don't stress her out."
Then right on cue my friends and brother come in. they all smile, I guess they're happy I'm awake.
"How do you feel sis?" Jasper asks me.
"Not bad… not being able to use my arm is bothersome though," I say.
"At least you can walk," Bella says.
"Well, not yet… I'm supposed to stay in bed until Carlisle says I can get up," I say and I look at Bella. I'm in shock at what I see. She's in a wheel chair. Why is she in a wheel chair?
"Wh-what… why?" I ask. I can't form proper words. Did she get hurt while they were trying to hurt me? Is she hurt because of me?
"Rose, relax, be calm," Emmett says. I take deep breaths. I look at Bella and she's laughing.
"Don't worry Rosalie; I'm not in this stupid contraption because of what happened back at the Red Castle. When we got back I was feeling funny. Turns out I need to 'take it easy'," she says.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"Bella's having twins. Carlisle said the funny feelings she was having were signs that she could have the before it's time for her to. He's placed her on bed rest and when she wants to get out of bed he wants her to be in the chair," Alice says.
"Yes, Alice, you may talk about me as if I'm not in the room," Bella says.
"I'm just telling her the truth," Alice says. They're playful bantering reminds me of how it used to be.
"How far along are you anyway?" I ask her.
"About 7 months," she tells me.
"That can't be right," I say, "You were 5 when we left to go to the Castle."
"Well, I was 5 and a half… Also, we were way off on the time out there. We were there for a bit more than a month. We only thought it was two weeks. I guess time seems to move slower there. Besides you've been out of it for a week," Bella says. Wow, now I feel stupid.
"It's okay Rose, the good thing is that now you're going to be okay," says Alice.
"Yeah." I say, "Do you think I'll still be able to do the cancer benefit?"
Everyone looks at Emmett. I look at him as well.
"It's in 3 months Rose. By then you arm will be fine," he says, "And don't worry. You'll be perfectly safe… heck in a month, let alone three, you'll be safe." Then he leaves and the boys go with him.
"What does he mean?" I ask Bella.
"He's hunting down Royce," she says.
"He's going to kill him," says Alice.
"He's even given himself a date to do it by," says Bella.
"When?" I ask.
"He said he wants him dead by January 1st," says Bella.
"What's today's date?" I ask.
"December 3rd," Alice says.
"Don't be worried, Rose. Emmett is a big boy… plus I've seen how he gets when he's angry. He'll be able to take care of himself," Bella says. I look out the window where clouds are opening up and letting snow fall.
"I hope you're right," I say.
So, Emmett is going to kill Royce. I already know how it'll end; now I just have to fill in the details. I hope none of you were confused. And I hope you all like it and are going to review. Song was Cowboy Casanova by Carrie Underwood, the link's on my profile. =)