They're doing it again; Rosalie and Bella are sitting in Alice's room having another discussion. Rosalie on the four-poster bed in the center of the room and Bella across from her on the couch resting against the wall, they haven't moved in ten minutes staring intently into one another eyes having a silent debate. They couldn't actually hear each other, and Bella knew nothing of how the girls voice really sounded but she could read her eyes, just as well as Rosalie could read hers. It was a connection that proved to Bella that Rosalie was something special.
"Why don't you speak?"
"Why don't you leave?"
The firmness in her eyes makes Bella blink breaking the connection; she sits back into the couch giving up. Maybe Alice was wrong.
Being alone with Rosalie in Alice's room wasn't what Bella had in mind when she agreed to be her partner in Art. Their assignment was simple; instead of doing a portrait of themselves like most art classes Ms. Point gave the group two weeks to draw another student of their choice, it was all they would work on in class. Immediately Alice was next to Bella, claiming Jasper wanted to work with Rosalie and Angela was working with a girl named Lauren. Bella looked to Angela who only shrugged in response gathering her books to move; once she was gone Alice took her spot.
"I don't think we're going to be able to finish the assignment in class even with the two weeks, but you could come by my house to work on it, my aunt and uncle won't mind!" Bella can only nod getting used to Alice's enthusiasm about everything.
"Why aren't you working with Jasper?" Bella inquires, she was sure the two wouldn't separate for an assignment.
"Someone had to work with Rose" the enthusiasm is gone and the statement is simply spoken.
"Oh"
"So you're a senior right?" and it's back again.
"Yeah, isn't everyone in this class..." Bella trails off looking around the room at the faces of everyone, most of which are in another one of her classes.
"No Jasper's a junior; they put him in this class because weight training was full"
"He's a junior? Is she- I mean is Rosalie a junior too?" she whispers the blondes' name as if she isn't supposed to say it.
"Nope, Rosalie's a senior. Jasper was expelled from school his 8th grade year." Her tone suggests that nothing more would be said about the topic. They draw for the rest of the class period.
"Did you want to stop by today to work on it?" Alice questions. They're standing in the hall, Jasper in his designated space and Rosalie behind them along the lockers. Bella shakes her head.
"I can't, I have a video chat date today" Alice looks confused, Jasper raises his eyebrow, Rosalie turns sharply walking down the hall and Bella continues her sentence "with my mom, she wants to know how everything is" The relief flits across Alice's face and she releases a breath; Bella stares at Rosalie's retreating form.
"Oh okay cool, you can stop by tomorrow though right?" Bella nods knowing that somehow Alice will eventually get her to go with her and she's also hoping to see Rosalie outside of school.
"Sure, I'll see you guys later" with a wave of her hand Bella is on her way to "her spot" in the library for her free period.
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Bella didn't see Rosalie for the remainder of the day and it was driving her crazy. She wanted to apologize to the blonde, though she didn't understand the need to placate the woman; she wanted Rosalie to know that there was no one else and now that she met the blonde there probably will never be anyone else. She's in her room trying to do her homework but Rosalie is consuming her thought making it hard to concentrate, with a sigh she closes her book and opens up her notebook preparing to chat with her mom.
