The story of us // EmmettxOcxRosalie

Chapter 21 - Can we talk?

The weekend wasn't really spectacular. Paul tried reaching out to me but refused to tell me what happened. I spent my time to prepare myself to confront Rosalie because I won't let that get away. Not that easily.

Vince and Reah made the weekend much better though. We walked around Forks so I got to know more places. Reah also said that we could go shopping anytime soon and have a girls night out. I loved that idea.

When I woke up Monday morning I quickly realized that I overslept. No coffee for me then. I made myself ready as fast as possible. Fifteen minutes later I walked out of the house.

Unfortunately I didn't have the time to go slow and prepare myself for school like I usually did. Luckily I reached school just in time. There's nothing more uncomfortable than walking into class when it already began.

I got my books for the next few subjects and hurried to get into the art room where Angie and Jessica already waited. I let out a heavy sigh as I sat down. "Hey there, you look like you just run a marathon.", Angie said. "I feel like it". "You definitely could use a break. At least art is an easy going subject", she said. Jess agreed with a nod.

Our task was to draw a portrait but without any templates. Just imagination. I huffed at that but did as I was told. Drawing was a way to relax when I was younger. I drew a lot in the children's home but over the last few years I somehow gave up on it. On my last school art wasn't even a subject but a course you could take. I didn't like the school so extra courses weren't really my thing even though there were some really interesting ones like programming or psychology.

My mind wandered off as I was drawing. I thought about how to ask Rosalie without coming off as weird but that's probably something impossible. At least for a person like me. I'm naturally awkward when it comes to talking to strangers or starting a conversation.

The bell got me out of my thoughts and when I looked at my painting I realized what I did. I made a portrait of Emmett and Rosalie gazing in each other's eyes. I changed Rosalies normal hairstyle to a messy yet elegant bun though. She looked great. Emmetts hair was more messy than usual as well. I drew Rosalie right hand messing with it. He smiles as he looks at her. It was peaceful, loving and somehow slightly intimate. I couldn't do anything else that stare at it.

"Holy shit! You never told me that you were fucking Picasso!", I heard Jessica say. Angie came up to us to see my painting and gasped. "That is honestly so amazing! Mine looks more than a fish than a human and you casually drew a picture that you could think of as a photograph!", she said and pouted a little at the end. When I looked at her picture I knew what she meant. It really reminded of a fish. I just don't know how she managed to do that."It reminds me of mister Coleman", the art teacher suddenly said. I flinched because I didn't notice her standing behind us looking at Angies picture. We couldn't help but laugh at that.

I liked our art teacher. She was a young and nice woman. Also she was giving marks fairly and objective. I've always liked that. Still I never remember her name.

When we got out of the art room Jessica and Angie tried to make me eat lunch with them. When I refused they simply grabbed my arms and took me with them.

It felt weird. The last time I went to the cafeteria was two, maybe three weeks ago. And it definitely wasn't pleasant. Still, my eyes subconsciously searched for two particular Cullens. I couldn't help but feel disappointed when I didn't find them.

"What do you want to eat?", Angie asked and offered to bring me something. "Nothing really. But thanks.", I replied. She gave me a weird look. I couldn't tell if it was concerned or just hurt because I declined. She is a really nice type of person that loves doing something as a favor for others. Declining the favor might hurt her feelings. And that's the last thing I wanted to do. "Okay, maybe an ap- no, an orange if they got some today".

She gave me a big smile and turned around. I wasn't really hungry but seeing that she was happy about doing something for me lit up my mood as well. The others around me were deep into conversations. The boys were surprised to see me on their table but seemed happy about it.

Jessica started to talk about clothes and I tried to concentrate on what she was saying but I really had no clue about clothing. That's the exact thing that I told her. She pouted a little but stopped when she had the idea of dressing me up sometime. Jess seemed to loved that idea so I agreed. Besides it could be fun.

Suddenly my focus shifted completely. I knew they were coming in before I even saw them. The Cullens walked to their usual table and looked as good as always. Except for Rosalie and Emmett. Their eyes were busy searching for something. Or someone. That's what I realized when their beautiful eyes landed on me.

I was more than shocked when I realized that they were walking over to me. My plan was talking to at least Rosalie today anyway but I definitely didn't thought they were coming up to me. And now they were standing right in front of me.

Somehow everything around me went quiet. I didn't hear anything. My eyes were fixed on them and I couldn't bring myself to stop.

"Hey.. Can we please talk?", Emmett asked. His voice was serious and a little sad. Definitely nothing that I was used from him. And that's also definitely something I didn't want. I want him to crack some stupid jokes and to smile like an idiot. I want him to laugh about everything serious and do what he's told not to.

This isn't the Emmett I knew. Rosalie next to him didn't look any better. Before I could realize what my agreement could mean I said yes. The next moment all three of us stood in an empty hallway.