Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Twilight, Stephenie Meyer does. I'm just having fun with her characters ;)

AN: this is an idea that popped into my head. I might continue it if people enjoy it. I am also looking for a beta reader so if anyone is interested in doing that please PM me.

Friday, April 13th 2006

Prologue

"Go blather to someone else about the joys of becoming a newborn."Rosalie didn't know how she did it, but Bella knew just how to get underneath her ice cold, marble-like skin.

"Okay. Rosalie, I don't understand what I did to make you hate me so much." Bella spoke softly from behind the blonde goddess. Rosalie did feel a little guilty for treating Bella like shit. Though, she did have her reasons.

"I don't hate you" Rosalie replied, looking at Bella's slowly approaching form from over her shoulder. "I don't particularly like you, but..." Rosalie sighed, "Bella I envy you."

"What?" the human girl asked in disbelief. "That's ridiculous"

"No, it's not" Rosalie cut in, "You have a choice. I didn't. None of us did. But you do and you're choosing wrong!" Bella continued to stare at Rosalie with her mouth agape and Rosalie rolled her eyes at her.

"I don't' care how miserable your human life is" Rosalie murmured as she looked down at her perfectly manicured nails and frowned.

"How can she be so ungrateful?" Rosalie thought to herself.

"My life is not miserable!" Bella muttered defensively. She cautiously walked over to Rosalie's side and mimicked the way she was leaning against the ledge of the porch. "It's not perfect, nobody's life is perfect".

"Mine was. Absolutely perfect. There were things I still wanted...to be married with a nice house and a husband to kiss me when I came home. But mostly I wanted a baby." Rosalie stared off into the distance, swallowing back the lump in her throat.

"Rosalie" Bella placed a warm, comforting hand on her shoulder. The little charm bracelet that Jacob Black had given her as a graduation gift hung delicately from her wrist. The amethyst gem dangling beside the hand carven, wooden wolf glowed mysteriously against Bella's pale skin. Both girls were oblivious to its glowing and the danger that the gem held.

"Your life is still perfect" Bella argued.

"How can Rosalie not be happy with the life that she has?" Bella wondered.

Bella desperately wanted to be a vampire. The amount of times that Edward had rejected her in the bedroom was really starting to irk her nerves. She was a hormonal teenager for goodness sakes! She had needs too! And she honestly did not want to look like an old fart when Edward still looked like a Greek god.

"Don't touch me" Rosalie warned in a threatening voice. Bella quickly removed her hand as if she had been burnt by a hot stove and staggered back.

"What did I do?" Bella asked alarmed.

"You were being yourself" Rosalie turned around sharply to glare at her. "Is this what you want Bella?"

Rosalie bared her sharp fangs at Bella and lowered down into a crouch position. Bella's eyes grew wide in fear.

"Do you want to be constantly thinking about sucking the life out of some poor helpless animal or an innocent human being like Charlie for example?"

"I don't want to be a monster. I want to live like you do Rosalie, to be able to live for an eternity with the man that I love". Rosalie threw her head back and laughed. Edward and Bella weren't in love. Their relationship was purely based on obsession. He's obsessed with her blood and she's obsessed with his body. End of story.

"Well I want to live like you too Bella. Be able to live a human life with Emmett as my husband and a beautiful child to call our own. I want to grow old and watch our children have children, but not everybody gets what they want!"

Bella flinched at both Rosalie's words and the sound of thunder that erupted from the night sky. The force of the thunder was so powerful that it caused the ground to shake beneath their feet. The furniture around them shook violently as well, sending things crashing to the ground.

"What's happening?" Bella gasped. Rosalie herself was startled by the sudden earthquake and tried to steady herself against the ledge of the balcony.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning shot through the sky and landed in between the two girls. Bella jumped back from where the bolt hit, tripped on her loose shoelace, and let out a shriek as she tumbled to the ground.

The earthquake didn't last for too long, but it did leave behind a lot of damage. Once Rosalie was sure it was over, she let go of the ledge and assessed the damage done to the porch.

"What was that?" Bella asked, hissing in pain as she sat up.

"It felt like an earthquake?" Rosalie answered, though it came out like a question.

"It was so sudden and then it just disappeared" Bella too was quite perplexed.

"Bella" Edward flung open the screen door and immediately ran over to Bella's side. "What happened out here?" Edward gestured to the damaged porch and then sent Rosalie an accusing look.

"Don't give me that look Edward; I didn't do anything to your precious human!" Rosalie spat. Shortly after Edward's arrival, all the other Cullen's came rushing out onto the porch.

"Wait, Jasper! You might want to stay inside." Edward warned Jasper before he could take another step out onto the porch. Jasper looked over at Bella's bloodied knees and swallowed back the venom building in his mouth.

"I'm fine!" Jasper growled out, a bit offended by Edward's lack of trust in him.

"That incident happened over a year ago! Don't you think it's time to let it go now?" Jasper thought angrily.

"Carlisle I need some rubbing alcohol and some bandages for Bella's wounds" Edward ordered his father, ignoring Jasper's thought.

"Jeez Edward, it's only a few scrapes I can take care of it myself you know!" Bella huffed. He always treated her like a baby. She was capable of looking after herself. She was eighteen after all.

"Bella, it's my job to make sure you are safe" Edward murmured. Bella sighed loudly and shook her head in frustration. She couldn't wait to be a vampire already.

"What happened?" Esme demanded when she found her favourite plant pot broken beyond repair.

"An earthquake" Both Rosalie and Bella said in unison. All of the Cullen's looked between the two girls as if they were crazy.

"I didn't feel an earthquake? Nor did I see one coming..." Alice piped in.

"Well it happened!" Rosalie snapped. She was getting sick and tired of all of the accusing looks her family members were sending her.

"Ok, clean this up" Esme ordered her eldest daughter. Rosalie grumbled to herself as she retrieved the broom and dustpan from the kitchen.

"Babe, I believe you" Emmett purred from behind Rosalie as he snaked his arms around her waist, pulled her into his muscular chest, and placed a soft kiss on the back of her neck. Rosalie closed her eyes and sighed in content. She didn't know what she would do if she ever lost Emmett.

Later on that evening, everyone seemed to have forgotten about the whole earthquake incident except for one,

Alice.

Edward had left to drop Bella off at her house when Alice suddenly felt a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. Something bad was coming but she was blind to what it was.