When Dawn Breaks Chapter 2

Ignoring her family Rosalie went straight to her room after returning from Bella's. She tried to sleep but the need to be with her mate was overwhelming and she lost count of how many times she had to stop herself from going to Bella's house. She had been concerned with Bella telling Charlie about her tiger but after being apart so many hours Rosalie didn't know what else they could do other than Bella running away so they could be together. She rolled her eyes at herself. They weren't star crossed lovers. They had plenty of ways to be together. Telling Charlie was the easiest. Maybe the two of them could see Billy Black that afternoon and talk it through with him.

Finally receiving Bella's good morning text,Rosalie rushed through a shower and hurried to put her clothes on. As she made her way downstairs she was met by Charlotte holding a small cooler.

Charolette gave her a shy smile as she held the cooler out to Rosalie. "I don't know if I'm out of line but I made Bella lunch for school today."

Cursing herself for not having thought of making Bella's lunch herself, Rosalie gratefully took it from Charlotte . "Thank you, I know she is going to love it."

"If she has something specific she likes or anything she doesn't please tell her to let me know. I mean if it's still ok with you that I make her some meals. I don't want to overstep any boundaries. I mean I know this is your mate but you said it was alright to cook for her…"Charolette rushed out.

Rosalie reached out and put a hand on Charolette's arm stopping her rambling. "It is perfectly fine for you to cook for Bella. I know she hates the cafeteria food but eats it because it makes her father happy to give her lunch money. You making her lunches is a perfect way for her to get around that. I know she will be beyond grateful as am I that you are looking out for my mate."

Charolette's shoulders relaxed. "It's been really nice having the opportunity to do something I always loved so much when I was human. I don't remember wanting to be anything other than a cook when I was growing up and when I was turned I didn't think I would ever have the chance again. So thank you for letting me do this for Bella. It feels like I'm getting a part of my human life back and I can't even begin to explain how much that means to me."

"I understand exactly what you mean." Rosalie told her thinking of all the ways Bella was making the dreams she had when she was human come true. "I need to get going so I'm not late to pick up Bella."

"See you later." Charlotte said as Rosalie made her way to her red BMW.

Putting the cooler in the back seat of the car Rosalie looked over the small seats."We are definitely getting a bigger car. Something with seats that can fold down."

Lost in happy thoughts of all the fun Bella and herself could have with folding seats Rosalie made the drive to Bella's house in no time at all. Rushing around to the passenger side to get the door for an already waiting Bella she gave her a kiss before closing the door.

"What's with the big smile?" Bella asked seeing a big goofy grin on Rosalie's face.

Pulling out of the driveway Rosalie took Bella's hand in her own."Oh just thinking about folding back seats."

"What?" Bella asked confused.

Rosalie kissed Bella's knuckles. "Nothing. I missed you."

Bella sighed. "I missed you to. I can't even tell you how many times I had to stop myself from going to your house to be with you."

"I was the same way. I tried to sleep but in the end I just stared at the ceiling checking the time every few seconds until you texted." Rosalie told her as she pulled into the school parking lot next to Emmett's jeep.

"Hey Bella." Alice called to her as Bella got out of the car.

"Hey Alice, Emmett Jasper." Bella said accepting a hug from Alice, looking worriedly over at Rosalie who just rolled her eyes at the display.

"Wait we are allowed to give Bella hugs now?" Emmett asked after seeing Rosalie not making a move to kill Alice.

Rosalie just huffed in response and grabbed Bella's hand before Emmett could test out Rosalie's homicidal inclinations. Looking around she noticed people were staring more than usual at them as they walked into the school. Even the adults seemed to have taken interest. It was worse than when Bella had first starting coming here or maybe she was just so wrapped up in her mate that she never noticed all the attention everyone gave Bella.

By lunchtime Rosalie realized exactly why people had been paying more attention to Bella. The student body had finally figured out Bella was a Shurlong. As she watched Bella walk to the Cullen's lunch table she heard the conversations about her mate.

"She knows Cynthia Billings. They went to a club together…."

"She is worth billions…"

"Do you think she could introduce me to Dua Lipa?"

"Did you see that massive ring Rosalie is wearing? Bella's is even bigger and they match. They are wearing them on their right ring finger,is that some kind of gay thing? Do you think they are engaged?"

"I bet she would buy me a new car if I asked her. I mean it's not like she can't afford it. The insurance didn't cover all the damage to mine and my parents told me I had to get a job and buy my own if I really wanted one." Mike Newton said his voice rising above the crowd, thoughts of destroying his car making Rosalie smile.

"What's a Dua Lipa? Emmett asked as he sat down with a tray full of brownies that he immediately pushed to Bella as she sat down between Alice and Rosalie.

"I don't think it's a what, I think it's a who." Jasper told him.

"Why didn't you tell us you guys went dancing and hung out with movie stars?" Alice asked.

"Well honestly we never got the chance. We found Bree and Diego right before we came home and then there was the whole killing Edward and his army thing and it just never came up."Bella told her. "How did all these people find out anyway?"

"It's all over social media." Alice rolled her eyes at the confused looks she got from Rosalie and Bella and pulled out her phone to show them. "Cynthia posted a picture of you two with her at the club. It's been shared and liked over a million times."

Bella looked at the picture on Alice's phone. It was of Rosalie, Bella and Cynthia Billings at the club with the caption "Met American royalty tonight. Thank you Bella Shurlong and your gf Rosalie for hanging out. #Americanroyalty #Shurlong #Blessed

"Why is meeting me such a big deal?" Bella asked.

Alice patted her on the shoulder. " Bella, Bella, Bella. When are you going to join the human world and realize you have so much more to offer than just being the Great White Tiger?"

Rosalie grabbed Alice's hand and pushed it off her mate. "Put your hand on my mate again and you will be a few fingers short by the time I'm done with you."

"Anyway." Jasper said grabbing Alice by the waist and pulling her closer to him hoping to keep her and her body intact for the rest of lunch. "Is it true that the American history teacher asked you to talk to the class?"

"Yeah he was totally weird. The guy could barely look me in the eye as he spoke to me and he stuttered getting the question out." Bella told him.

"Forget about that boring stuff ,do you think maybe you could introduce me to Cynthia's Brother?" Emmett asked excitably. "He's a race car driver and I bet I could get him to let me drive some cool cars."

"Uhm. I don't know her brother but maybe I could reach out to her and get you an introduction."Bella said around a mouthful of chicken fried steak.

"Stop right there Emmett. Bella is not going to start pulling favors for you just because she's famous." Rosalie told him hoping to stop this line of thinking before it got out of hand.

Emmett nudged Jasper in the side making him grunt. "Watch out guys the fun police is here."

Before Rosalie could lay into him the school Principle,MR. Regen approached the table looking nervous. He focused on Bella. "Miss Shurlong or do you prefer Miss Swan?"

"My legal name is Shurlong but either is fine." Bella told him as Rosalie used a napkin to wipe some white gravy off Bella's nose.

"I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time after you finished your lunch. I would like to ask you about a couple things if you wouldn't mind." He asked.

"I'm done now if you want to go to your office." Bella told him as Rosalie began packing up the empty containers. "Would you mind if Rosalie came with us?"

"Oh,of course not."Mr. Regen said leading Rosalie and Bella out of the cafeteria to his office. Rosalie rolled her eyes when he pulled out the chair for Bella.

"What can I do for you, sir?" Bella asked having a feeling where this conversation was going to go.

"Well now that it has come to light that you are actually a Shurlong I want to apologize for not welcoming you properly to our school." Before Bella could interject he continued. "I was hoping that I could convince you to do a small event to raise money for the school district. Just a small question and answer session with the mayor. It would be no more than two hours."

Bella grabbed Rosalie's hand and squeezed it as she heard Rosalie growl low enough for only Bella to hear. "I would love to help you out with that. When were you thinking?"

"Well we could do it on Friday as then we would have time to set everything up and advertise for it." The man said almost vibrating with excitement. " So how about Friday at 7pm in the high school gym. That way we can pull out the bleachers and put fold out chairs on the floor and fit the most people….."

Realizing they had lost the man to his musings Bella stood up. "Well we will leave you to the planning we have class to get to."

Shooting up from his chair the man over enthusiastically began pumping Bella's hand up and down in thanks. "Of course, of course. I won't keep you."

Rosalie pulled their hands apart and almost dragged Bella out of the office behind her."Why did you say yes to that?"

"It was the right thing to do. It helps raise money for the school and talking about my family is something I don't really mind doing." Bella told her.

"I know you're right but I don't like the fact that the man is obviously using you for personal gain. Hell the mayor is too because I know he is going to ask you for some kind of political contribution be it an endorsement or some money." Rosalie said irritated.

Bella pulled Rosalie to a stop and put her arms around her. "I know you don't like it sweetheart and you are used to trying to not drawing attention to yourself but Alice is right. I need to start living in the human world."

"I know you have responsibilities that come with not only being the White Tiger but also a Shurlong but I don't want people using you for personal gain. It's my job to protect you, even if it's only from greedy humans." Rosalie told her nuzzling into Bella's chest.

Bella kissed Rosalie hair. "How about this? From now on I don't say yes to anything with out both of us agreeing to it. I promised you that we were equals in this relationship and that has to not only be in supernatural world but the human world also."

"I don't want to sound controlling but I worry." Rosalie said.

"I know sweetheart and just as it's your job to protect me it's my job to stop you from worrying."Bella tightened her arms around Rosalie." Tell you what, let's get out of here for the rest of the day and go hang out in the woods. I'll tell Charlie I wanted to leave because everyone found out about me being a Shurlong and I couldn't take the attention."

Rosalie pulled back to look at her."I think I would like that. Let's go get our stuff, meet me at the car."

"Perfect." Bella stopped Rosalie before she walked away. "Remember Rosalie Hale that no matter what, we are in this together."

"Together?" Rosalie asked with a smile.

"Together." Bella promised.