Part 19

its not long before my stay with the Cullens pays off. major drama!

Emmett lies seething before me on the couch (the couch's legs are bending dangerously under Emmett's immense weight).

"i hate Rose. after that tree incident, my Xbox has never been the same. look! the wires and cables are all frayed!" he sulks.

"aw Em. let it go."

"NO! i will not let it go!" his face darkens. "i'll get her back for this, you see if i don't. i'll do something so awful she'll never try anything on me again!" i really don't like the sound of that! before i can protest Emmett cuts me off. "its no use trying to impose your goody-two-shoes ways on me. so shut it." this really insults me. "well if you think im of no use here, then i'll leave." i stalk out of the room as dramaically as possible.

i stomp as loudly as possible to the kitchen. Esme smiles at me from behind the fridge which she is restocking with food for Bella and i. "hey, would you mind taking this laundry to Rosalie? its hers. ask her to put it away, ok?" glad of being given something to do, i eagerly grab the basket of designer clothes and totter upstairs.

by the time i reach Rosalie's room my arms are aching. the basket is heavier than i thought. i put down the basket and stretch out each arm. remembering that Rosalie is still furious about her BMW's tires, i knock on the closed door as quietly as possible.

the door is immediately flung open. "EMMETT! GET LOS....oh! its you! come on in. oh are those my clothes? thanks." i hand over the basket of clothes to Rosalie. i plonk myself down on the quilted bed and massage my arms. "oooh! this is a really nice room!" i comment. the room is tastefully furnished, simple yet elegant. so like Rosalie.

as Rosalie puts away her clothes in her enormous wardrobe, my eyes wander around the room. i recognise the shoe cupboard from that eventful day. however, there is an addition to the cupboard. perched atop the cupboard on a large cushion is a Monolo pump (singular) splattered with grey paint. its broken heel lies beside it. with the flowers placed before the shoe (as an offering perhaps?), this display reminds me vaguely of a funeral altar.

"hey Rose. is that the shoe? you know...." i feel slightly nervous. Rosalie has yet to get over the loss of her beloved Manolos. Rosalie stops putting away clothes, her lovely face clouds over. "yeah, thats the one. man Emmett makes me so mad! i promise you, one day i will do something so horrible to him he won't forget it!" Rosalie is now shaking with suppressed fury. this is my cue to leave so i tiptoe as quietly as possible out of the room, taking care not to slam the door.

the rest of the morning passes rather uneventfully. Esme and Carlisle leave to attend a medical conference for the day. Rosalie goes out shopping. as i have been "exiled" from the offending parties' rooms, i have to sit in the living room feeling extremely bored. so Bella plays a game of checkers with me (i win) and Edward teaches me how to play the E flat scale properly on the piano.

he is in the middle of playing a song for Bella when suddenly, his hand hovers in mid air above the keys. looking nervous, he sniffs the air. "Bella, baby, do you smell that?" "smell what?" Edward looks extremely nervous. "smoke..." he murmurs. with that he hoists Bella and i roughly onto his shoulders and speeds into the garden.

Alice and Jasper are already there, staring. in the middle of the vast green lawn is a enormous bonfire. Emmett stands beside it looking extremely pleased with himself. to my horror, i notice a large wardrobe smouldering in the fire, the flames licking gleefully at the wooden doors and the contents of the wardrobe....then it dawns on me.

its Rosalie's wardrobe.

before i can scream, Rosalie walks into the garden (she couldn't drive to the shopping centre because her cars keys were confiscated, remember? so she had to WALK). her sharp eyes spot the huge, smoking fire and the burning wardrobe. her eyes widen and she gives a terrible scream. without hesitating, Rosalie dashes into the flames trying to salvage the charred remains of the wardrobe. when she realises this is futile (its almost all ash now!), she turns on Emmett. hurling abuse at him, she chases him around the garden(and bemoaning the loss of her Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Prada clothes).

suddenly, Rosalie stops running . after a split second of thought, she abruptly changes direction and dashes into the house and emerges with the Jeeps extra key (Esme keeps them in a box on her desk). within miliseconds, Rosalie has emptied the water from Emmett's Jeep's radiator. then she hops into the driver's seat and starts the engine noisily. Emmett screams and lunges towards his Jeep but it's too late, Rosalie has driven off at maximum speed.

(*author's note: just FYI, the radiator is part of the car's engine that keeps the engine cool using water. empty the water out and the engine may just overheat and....)

Emmett gives a terrible wail and starts running after his Jeep. however, with the Jeep doing a good 320 kmph (Emmett had the engine altered) not even his vampire speed can keep up. "QUICK! we are NOT missing any of this!" Alice exclaims, hustling the rest of us into her SUV. sitting in the backseat, i make sure to buckle up properly. vampire driving isn't very safe. the SUV's engine roars to a start and we set off.

we tail Rosalie for a while (it is immensely difficult to keep up with her sharp turns and beating of traffic lights). then Edward yells, "OH NO! she's headed for the abandoned quarry!" (*author's note: there are no abandoned quarries in Singapore but there ARE quarries. its like a huge rocky hole where you um...get rocks and stuff) "you sure? right! i know a shortcut!" Alice makes an illegal U-turn and speeds off in the opposite direction.

the SUV skids to a halt beside the quarry. Edward jumps out of the car and runs off to try and calm Rosalie (she hadn't reached yet). the rest of us fidget nervously beside the quarry edge and Alice phone's Carlisle. suddenly, a Jeep's roar is heard and Emmett's Jeep comes speeding towards the quarry's edge. Emmett and Edward are close behind. "STOP THE JEEP!" Edward yells at Alice and Jasper. but even a vampire's super strength cannot stop a speeding Jeep.

Alice and Jasper hustle Bella and i out of the way just in time. the Jeep roars over the quarry's edge. Rosalie jumps out of the sun roof just before it falls off the edge, smashing into the large boulder's in its path. suddenly, the Jeep's engine overheats so much it explodes, leaving a gaping hole in the bonnet. Emmett screams and hurtles down the quarry. just before the Jeep crashes into the rock solid ground, Emmett grabs its fender and hoists it back up the quarry wall.

the Jeep is damaged beyond recognition. its doors are dented and scratched and its wheels are deflated. not to mention there is a hole where the engine used to be. Emmett gapes at the Jeep for minute before he turns on Rosalie. the two antagonists immediately start hurling abuse at each other. soon they are rolling on the ground trying to kill each other. Edward, Jasper and Alice are yelling at them to stop while Bella and i can only stare on helplessly.

nobody notices that a black Mercedes has pulled up beside Alice's SUV. Carlisle and Esme step out. "ENOUGH!" Carlisle bellows at Rosalie and Emmett. that makes them stop. "i cannot tell you how disappointed i am in the both of you! you will be stripped of all your privileges for a month till Esme and i can think up a punishment severe enough. right now, EVERYBODY INTO THE SUV." "but my Jeep...." "Emmett i will call a tow truck to pick it up later. get. in. the. SUV. NOW! and not a word from either of you! Edward, please send Joy and Bella home in my Mercedes." i glance sadly at Emmett and Rosalie's downcast, grimy faces forone last time before Bella leads me away to Carlisle's Mercedes.

THE END! hope you liked it? many thanks to Rachel, who helped me think up the main plot. since school starts tomorrow, my fan fic may not be updated very often but i promise to write when i can! happy New Year!