When Dawn Breaks Chapter 8

Rosalie sighed when she and Bella pulled into Bella's driveway after school to find Esme, Charlotte, Emmett and Alice waiting for them. "You are so making this up to me."

Bella kissed Rosalie's cheek and got out of the car greeting the group. "Hey guys, thanks for coming over to help. Before we start I'm going to warn you it's a big job."

"Oh don't worry, we are more than happy to help you out." Esme reassured her as the group followed Bella into the house.

"Ok, Emmett the living room is through there." Bella said pointing down the hall. "Why don't you go take a look while I show everyone else the kitchen."

As they walked into the kitchen Esme pulled a measuring tape out of her bag. "Tell me what you had planned for this space."

"I didn't really have anything planned."Bella told her. "It's more about what I need. I need a bigger fridge and freezer and a better stove would be really nice."

"So you don't have anything specifically you want done in here?" Esme asked.

"Nope you can change everything. The furniture, the cutlery, the pans, dishes, floor and even the cabinets." Bella said. "You have a blank slate and a budget I'm sure Rosalie will make you follow."

"Everyone will have a budget to follow." Rosalie confirmed.

Bella smiled at Rosalie's stern look."Ok, I'll leave you guys to it and go check on Emmett."

Esme stopped Bella before she could leave."Bella, I know you are feeling angry towards Carlisle right now but he asked if it would alright if he came to your speaking engagement on Friday."

Bella looked to Rosalie, seeing her nod. "I am ok with it if he wants to come. I know he has been avoiding us but he doesn't need to. He made a mistake and I'm sure in the future he will think before he speaks."

Esme pulled Bella into a hug. "Thank you Bella. You don't know how much that means to me to hear you say that."

Bella gently patted her back. "I don't want to be the cause of cracks in your family. I know how important you all are to each other and how important you are to Rosalie."

Esme released Bella and pulled Rosalie into a hug. "Thank you Rosalie."

Rosalie tightened her hold on the woman. "It's alright Esme. Why don't you guys get started and I'll meet with you to go over the budget."

Releasing her, Esme nodded. "Of course, dear."

As Bella and Rosalie walked towards the living room Alice stopped them at the stairs. "You know what, since Emmett and Esme each get to redo a room how about I be in charge of your bedroom."

"Now, wait a second Alice, Bella and I can redo her bedroom just fine. That's her private space." Rosalie told her.

"I just want to help Rosalie." Alice said. "If I can't do a whole room how about just the closet."

Rosalie thought it over. She really wanted Bella and herself to have a space they built together but having Alice do the closet wouldn't hurt much and it would give her something to make her feel involved. Plus it would keep her busy and out of Rosalie's hair."Just the closet Alice, the rest of the bedroom is ours to decorate."

"Yes!" Alice squealed. "I won't let you down promise."

Rosalie watched Alice race up the stairs faster then the human eye could follow. Sighing she turned to a smiling Bella. "What?"

Bella's smile got bigger. "Oh, nothing. I'm just impressed Alice didn't get thrown through a wall."

"Why would Alice get thrown through a wall?" Rosalie asked confused.

Bella chuckled. "Usually when she tries to bulldoze her way into our lives she ends up being thrown through something."

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "I'm letting her do your closet for personal gain of course."

"Of course." Bella agreed. " it makes perfect sense as Alice is exactly who I would go to when I needed a construction job done."

"Alice is obsessed with clothes. She would be the best person to know how to make a closet perfect for what you need." Rosalie explained.

Bella held up her hands." Hey I'm not disagreeing. I'm also not pointing out the fact that you love Alice and didn't want her to feel left out."

"Pssftt." Rosalie scoffed. "Please ,my feelings for Alice have nothing to do with letting her help. She's just free labor."

Before Bella could reply Emmett's voice rang throughout the house."Is this a load bearing wall."

Rosalie groaned as she pulled Bella by the hand into the living finding Emmett pulling up the corner of the carpet. "What the hell are you doing?"

Emmett looked up. "I need to see what kind of floor we are working with here."

"Why do you need to see that?" Rosalie asked.

Emmett looked at her like she was stupid. " Because we need to know how much weight it can hold."

Rosalie sighed."I'm not going to like the answer to this but why do you need to know how much weight it can hold?"

"Because electrical equipment can be pretty heavy depending on what you get." Emmett explained. "And the set up I'm thinking we need is going to be really heavy."

"Budget Emmett." Rosalie reminded him.

He threw his hands up in reply. "Yeah, yeah, I know. Rosalie controls the purse strings."

Before Rosalie could reprimand him the sound of wood breaking followed by a huge crash sound came from upstairs. Racing to Bella's bedroom,Bella right on her heals Rosalie entered the room finding Alice standing inside the closet covered with dust and broken bits of what looked like used to be a shelf surrounded by Bella's clothes all around her on the floor. "What the fuck Alice?"

"Rosalie, language!" Esme scolded from the kitchen.

Rosalie growled. "What did you do?"

Alice shook the dust out of her hair. "Well I was just trying to see how sturdy this shelf in here was and when it didn't budge the first time I might have used a little to much of my strength to test it again."

Rosalie slapping her hand on her forehead turned to Bella. "I told you this wasn't a good idea."

Bella put her arms around Rosalie's waist and pulled her towards her. "It was an accident. Alice didn't do it on purpose."

"Bella I have only had a beating heart for a very short time but these guys are giving me high blood pressure." Rosalie scowled at Bella when she stated laughing. "Bella I'm serious. This is to much."

Bella cradled Rosalie's head to her chest. "Sweetheart."

Rosalie tried to pull away. "Don't you sweetheart me!"

Bella tightened her hold. "Ok, Rosalie then, everything will be alright. All of this stuff is easy to fix. No one got hurt so it's no big deal."

"My stress is no big deal?" Rosalie asked angrily.

"Just think of our week of privacy together, no phone, no people, no clothes." Bella soothingly whispered in her ear.

Rosalie relaxed in her arms."This is a small nuisance that will be done before we know it."

"That's the spirit." Bella told her. "Now Alice, do you think you can clean all this up? Maybe shake out the clothes and anything that isn't clean any longer I can wash."

Keeping her eyes on Rosalie, Alice nodded eagerly. " Yeah I can totally do that. When I'm done you won't even know I was in here."

"I doubt that." Rosalie mumbled into Bella's shoulder.

"Tell you what. How about when we are done here you and I go out to dinner?" Before any of them could ask Bella added. "Just the two of us. Total privacy and then maybe we could take a walk in that park in town we both like. We can make a romantic evening out of it."

"Ok." Rosalie murmured, her head still snuggled into Bella's shoulder.

"Yeah?" Bella asked.

Rosalie pulled back and smiled. "That sounds perfect."

"You guys are so cute!" Alice gushed. "I mean, you just easily handled the queen of grumpiness and now she is even smiling. I can't take it."

"What a coincidence Alice,I feel like I can't take it either." Rosalie told her as Bella laughed.