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Chapter Twenty-Two- December 28, 2012: Rosalie
On cold nights
In a prayer for dawn
But the daylight
Isn't what she wants
The concrete
Calls my name again
I'm falling
Through the cracks I slip
A destination, a fading smile.
Another station, another mile.
Another day gone, I swore that I will.
Be there before dawn.
So be there, I will.
She got down on hands and knees,
One ear against the ground,
Holding her breath to hear something,
Anything at all
The dirt whispered, "Child, I'm coming home"
The Dirt Whispered: Rise against
I was following Annie through a dense forest. I wanted so badly to ask where we were. To know even what part of this foreign country we were in, but I didn't. I did not want her to regret allowing me to come with her. The amount of trust and care I had for her right now was enormous. She promised I could go and then she let me. Annie was easily my best friend.
Though I missed Emmett terribly. His laugh and happy demeanor was what I fell in love with. His ability to light up a room just by being there. Make me feel like there still is happiness left in this world. I would be so lost without him. Being hundreds of miles away made me realize that I never told him that enough. I would change that when we returned.
The end of January she had said. It was the end of December now and we still hadn't got to her mother's grave. I was nervous to see it. I didn't even know her whole story and was unsure if I ever would. If anyone ever would.
I thought about Emmett again, and then thought how she is probably missing Paul just as much. Paul was undoubtedly missing her more than anything, as he imprinted. If Annie was missing him she wasn't showing it. We trudged on and then her run slowed to a human paced walk.
We hit a clearing and Annie walked over to a stump and climbed up it after kneeling next to a pile of rocks. I sat where I was in the dirt and just watched her. Nightfall was on its way as Annie sat there and stared at the sky.
A few hours later the stars had found their place in the sky and Annie spoke.
"I just need to know if he is right?" she asked and again we waited.
The forest went still and all sounds disappeared. I stopped breathing as did Annie and a gentle breeze appeared.
He is home. I quickly and quietly looked around for the voice but there was nothing. I walked over to Annie to find her with tears in her eyes.
"Let's go home rose." She told me and I smiled at her.
Paul was her home; finally Annie was going to settle down. We started the long trip home.
Once we were back in the United States Annie used her powers to convince a girl to go to La Push.
"What was that?" I asked her and she looked at me like I caught her with her hand in the cookie jar.
"Nothing. April there is just going to go to La Push and her car will break down, where a friendly mechanic werewolf will imprint." We laughed about that and Annie resumed smiling the ridiculous smile she had since we started our trip home.
We arrived in Washington at the end of January and picked up the car from where we left it.
Emmett I am coming home.