Disclaimer: Do we really have to declare that we do not own Twilight? I'm pretty sure everyone knows Stephenie Meyer does.

This story is another collaboration between myself and StarStrellaStar (who is quite possibly one of the most amazing people I know; she rocks and I love her).

High Stakes in Heels
Prologue

"If life had a second edition, how would I correct the proofs?"
—John Clare

Alice Brandon

"Bella, get out of there now," I hissed, pushing the small ear device further into my ear.

"Just a minute," I heard Bella's voice whisper back. "I think I might actually be able to get this done."

"Don't do anything stupid. Get out! You just triggered the motion sensors!"

"How much time till security gets here?" she asked calmly.

"Fifty-three seconds now. Get out, God dammit!"

"Alice, stop hissing like that. I can't work under these conditions," Rosalie's voice stated coolly.

The two of them were connected to me by a tiny earpiece that could not actually be seen unless you looked really closely, but it wasn't likely that someone would gaze at the inside of our ears.

"You should hurry up, too, Rose. If Bella gets caught, they're going to check the vault," I told her.

"How much longer?" Bella urged.

"Forty-three seconds and counting. If you're already starting to ignore me, couldn't you at least work faster? I would've been done a long time ago."

Rose scoffed quietly. "No, you wouldn't have, Pixie, so stop complaining."

"Thirty-four seconds," I announced, choosing to ignore her comment.

"Almost got it," Bella mumbled.

"Seriously, why do you even bother? You've already set off the sensors," I said to her.

"Yes, but if I replace it with the duplicate, they'll be momentarily occupied, which will give me enough time to get out before they figure out it's a fake," she said, then chuckled quietly. "If they ever do."

"Twenty seconds," I informed her, feeling a little anxious.

"Start the countdown, babe, I'll be out in a sec," Bella whispered and then the connection was gone.

I cursed quietly.

"She ripped the earpiece out again, didn't she?" Rose asked, her voice telling me that she already knew the answer.

"Of course she did. You know how she is."

"Well, you know it's kind of difficult to work with voices buzzing around in your ear. It was a lot easier when we were on our own," Rose noted before my connection to her went dead as well.

I sighed. I really hated it when I had to keep watch on everything. I would definitely have to talk to Jake about that later. I seriously didn't care if his mom's birthday was today; he should be doing this job, not me.

I looked at the time ticking on the laptop screen.

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...

Beep!

If they didn't make it out, I sure as hell wasn't going to bail on them. The last time I did, I had to sacrifice my hair.

"Well, it was nice working with you," I muttered as I shut the laptop.

"What do you mean 'was'?" Rose's voice asked from behind me.

I turned and saw Rose and Bella standing in front of me, both of them wearing huge matching smiles on their beautiful faces.

I eyed them in suspicion. "Did you get the job done?" I asked after a moment.

Bella quirked an eyebrow at me and smirked as she let a stunning silver necklace with a dark blue pear-shaped diamond framed by white diamonds dangle from her finger, letting the gems glisten in the sun.

Rose held her hand out to me, showing off the cocktail ring occupying her finger. It had by far the biggest emerald I'd ever seen and it sparkled under the sunlight.

They looked at each other and grinned before saying, "Mission accomplished."

A/N: Very short prologue, but that's because it's just that, a prologue. Don't worry, things are bound to get interesting, that's a promise.

Ah, also, the quotes at the beginning of each chapter are merely for fun, nothing more. They more than likely will never hold any significance toward the chapter, so don't confuse yourself. I'm thinking I'll write a "quote of the day" for every chapter.

And yes, Star and I realize that the titles of our story has a one word difference (hers is High Stakes in High Heels and mine doesn't have the second "high"), it was intentional. :)

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