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Chapter 1

Rose POV

"Mase, you better hurry up or we are going to be late for our own rehearsal dinner. I am not having Liss jump down my throat because you made us late." I yelled up the stairs as I came back in the house from starting the car. I loved this man to death but I swear he will be late to his own funeral. Ususally I'm the one that's late but not with him around.

"I'm coming Rose, Chill out Babe. We will get there on time, besides they can't start without the guests of honor now can they?" He said coming down the stairs with that boyish grin that made me melt. We were childhood friends and eventually became high school sweethearts. Now, at nineteen I was engaged to the most wonderful guy on the planet (of course I might be a little biased). We were running late for our rehearsal dinner and I knew Lissa was having kittens right now, furious that we weren't on time. Of course she would blame me.

Mase kissed my cheek and held the door for me as we left the house. I locked the door quickly and he hopped in the driver seat. I hated the snow and ice, but we had decided on a Christmas wedding for some reason and the snow gave us beautiful scenery for our wedding pictures. The snow and ice had melted a little last night and refroze, making the roads a little difficult to navigate so I felt bad for rushing Mase. He was a good driver but I think that the time constraints were getting to him as he started to travel faster down the Montana backroads.

"Mase slow down a little. We want to get there on time I know, but I'd like to get there in one piece." I said. He laughed at me.

"Is little Rosie scared?" He asked and I growled playfully at him. He was absolutely the only one besides Liss I ever allowed to call me Rosie.

"No Mase but the ice refroze this morning so we have to be a little more careful." I reminded him.

"Alright Babe I get it." He said and he stopped at the red light. The roads were a lot cleared the closer we got into town and I was thankful for that.

We arrived about fifteen minutes late and I knew if it wasn't freezing outside, Liss would be here waiting for us and tapping her foot at our tardiness. I smiled at the thought and we walked into the building. Of course Lissa was the first to spot us and rushed over with a exasperated and furious expression on her face.

"Well it's about time you two got here." She huffed and I smiled apologetically.

"Sorry Liss, somebody took some extra primping time upstairs and we had to navigate the icy roads." I said pointing to Mase. I leaned in to her and whispered. "I think he is secretly turning into a girl based on the time he spent in the bathroom this morning." I said and she laughed and reached out to hug us both.

"Oh well let's get started now that you guys finally decided to show up. Christian is driving me nuts and Adrian has already been a frequent customer to the open bar here." Lissa said and I groaned. I loved Adrian like a brother but he always took his alcohol to the extremes.

The rehearsal dinner went without a hitch after we arrived and we stayed until late in the night. I only had a glass of champagne but Mase didn't have anything since the drive was so treacherous. We said our goodbyes to our friends and guests and when they were all gone, we headed for home. The roads seemed to have gotten worse and we slid a time or two. We went under the green light and I suddenly heard the screech of tires and saw bright headlights coming at us from Mason's side of the car. The car jolted violently on impact and rolled two or three times off the shoulder of the road. When the car stopped I groaned as I tried to move. I looked over to Mason who was in pretty bad shape. I heard someone outside the car and saw small beams of light from what I assumed were flashlights.

Someone pulled me out of the car, wrapping me In a blanket while others tried to get Mason out. They had to pull him out from my side of the car because the driver door was crushed. I heard the sirens of the police and ambulances as they managed to get Mase out of the car. They had a stretcher waiting for him and he was gone in a second. The paramedics loaded me into the other and checked for injuries and we drove to a nearby hospital. Mase had fared much worse in the accident and I was really worried about him. When I was deemed well enough to be released, I asked about Mase. They showed me to the ICU unit and the sight broke my heart. He had so many broken bones and bruises had already formed over most of his body. I walked towards the bed and sat beside him gently grabbing his hand and his eyes opened. He wore a pained smile and the doctors had told me that he may not make it. I was in disbelief of course because he couldn't die. We were getting married in a few days.

"Hey Rosie." He said and I smiled at him with tears in my eyes.

"Hey Mase." I said and he smiled back.

"Rose, I don't think I'm gonna make it out of this one. Please promise me one thing Babe?" He said.

"Anything you want Baby it's yours." I replied. The tears that were threatening before were flowing freely now. I knew what he was doing. He was saying goodbye and I didn't want him to go. I thought back to my thoughts this morning about him being late to his own funeral and I felt that I had somehow unintentionally willed this to happen.

"Find someone to love Rose like you loved me. Don't stay alone all your life. I know I will always be in your heart Rose, but there is enough room in there for someone else after I'm gone. Promise me that you will move on. I don't mean tomorrow, but someday." He said with tears that mirrored my own.

"I promise Mase. I promise." As soon as the last words left my mouth, I heard the steady beep of the heart monitor and my own heart broke into pieces as my future lay dead in the bed beside me.

Okay what do you guys think so far? Reviews greatly appreciated guys. Should I continue with this?