This was my contribution for Fics For Nashville: A Glimpse into Victoria's Mind: A Homecoming outtake
Thanks go to TwiDi for cleaning up my mess again. Love ya bb.
Ecstatic doesn't even begin to tell you how I feel. I always thought it would just be a dream; never a reality. Now, my wildest dreams were coming true. At least they are getting there, some work is still needed, of course. However, I'm a lot closer to achieving my dream than I was last year this time. And Rosalie Hale is no longer an obstacle that I have to worry about.
When I first heard that Emmett Swan and Rosalie Hale broke up, I thought it was a lie. Or one of those high school rumors… you know, the ones that go so and so broke up, or are fighting and someone's cousin's sister's best friend saw the whole thing. Yeah, like those are ever real. Okay. So, I also thought I was in a wonderful dream and I didn't want to wake up, because I knew that if I did, reality would hit and they'd be back to the way they had always been.
Emmett and Rosalie had been bound together since elementary school. After he got sick and was pushed back a grade he met Rosalie and no one else stood a chance. She caught him up in her web. He was under her spell and it was sick to watch. If Rosalie beckoned, Emmett ran to see what her highness needed. And he did it willingly and with a smile. Then she would give him a pat on the head for being a good boy and send him along on his way till she needed something else from him again. He did anything for her and asked for nothing more in return than her happiness.
God, didn't she see how wonderful he is?
The first time I noticed Emmett Swan, as more than just a guy, was in my class when we were in the seventh grade. Before history class began, he came in with his two sidekicks Jasper and Edward. They were busy debating on which video game system was the best. Something about old school systems like Sega verses Playstations. I had been busy talking to Tanya, my now ex-best-friend about what happened the night before on Veronica Mars. I looked up when his laugh boomed. And like magic, all thoughts of Duncan and Logan flew from my mind. I saw his beautiful brown eyes and took in the way his dark brown hair had a slight wave to it, and I fell head over heels.
After that, I became the biggest Emmett Swan groupie. I followed his baseball and football career. I knew all of his stats. When he struggled in math, I offered to help him out. When we had field trips, I always packed extra food for lunch in case he was still hungry. The one school play he was in, I was there in the second row cheering him on. When we had to do a science project together in tenth grade, I did the majority of the work, even though he offered to help. I just wanted to do something for him. Not that I told him that, I just laughed and said 'science was easy for me. I could have done that project in my sleep'. He had nodded and smiled and said he owed me one.
I held onto that promise close to my heart, never calling in that favor. I liked that he owed me one. I kept giving to him secretly though. His secret 'Valentine's day' card in his locker, the home baked Christmas cookies that I begged my Mom to make to give to him. Anything to brighten his day a little. Not that any of this mattered. I had one big thing standing in my way.
Rosalie Hale.
How does one describe Rosalie Hale? Physical perfection, Ruthless, domineering and most of all… a bitch. I've heard tales that she isn't a bitch to her friends and family, but I didn't believe it. I saw the way she looked at the rest of us like we were lesser mortals. As if she was doing us a favor by allowing us to breathe the same air that she does. Gah! I hate her. Seriously! I would sit up in my room and play Girl Next Door by Saving Jane over and over. The line in the song that goes, "Everybody loves her but I just wanna hit her", speaks to me on so many levels when I think about Rosalie.
Enough about Rosalie though, because the rumor was true and now I have my shot. The friendly acquaintanceship that Emmett and I have built over the years has given me the opening I needed to get the man that I've dreamed of for years. Well, that and I have his sister Isabella to thank for this.
Sweet little Isabella "Bella" Swan. She came into town and for some reason that was the end of Rosalie and Emmett. I still don't know why though. Emmett doesn't talk about Rosalie, other than to say their split was for the best. When he told me this Bella was in my back yard playing with Bubba, my lab mix dog. He looked at her and had this sweet caring smile, his eyes a little pained. It took all I had not to hug him right then and there and promise to be there for him and Bella. If Bella is that important to him, she is that important to me.
I mean, Bella is really a sweet girl. Her eyes are so haunted though, like she has seen more than anyone ever should. You can't help but want to be nice to her. The fact that my dog brought her some joy and by association Emmett, meant Bubba had steak for dinner that night. I learned that day that making Bella happy makes Emmett happy; and if I had my way, someday that sweet girl will be my sister-in-law. So, of course, I was going out of my way to become her friend and make her happy.
I needed to become all of their friends though.
I was working my way into the spot Rosalie left in their little group. Soon, I hoped to work my way into the spot of Emmett's girlfriend. At Edward's birthday party, I tried to act like I'd been their friend all along. At the beach on the fourth I did the same. I even struck up a conversation with my future father-in-law, Charlie Swan. I think he likes me more than he liked Rosalie. I kept asking Emmett if he needed anything, rather than yelling at him to get me something the way I'd seen the bitch do so many times.
There were many other occasions that I was able to hang out with his friends and I did my best to fit in with them. I think it worked, because even though it took all summer before he did ask me out, he did do it. To be perfectly honest though, before we got there and Emmett went off to do his own thing, I thought the fair was supposed to be a date, it turns out it was just friends hanging out. But, that night at the pizza place, that was a date. I had gone on a date with Emmett Swan. And, I planned on going on many, many more with him.
That date though. Sigh. Our first, I'll never forget it.
Though thinking about that night, I couldn't help but wonder what was up with Alice Cullen? We'd never had a problem before, but that night she kept giving me these weird and often mean looks. Maybe she was just adjusting to me in Rosalie's place. I'm going to have to try a little harder. If I can't get Alice on my side, I'm going to have to push her out of Emmett's circle of friends. Now that I have Emmett, I'm not letting him go.
Ever.
This is how I planned her from the start, not evil, just a wee bit obsessed...