In this chapter, nothing deadly or cold hearted...I am just simply giving you an introduction to the characters and their personalities...the only thing is Rosalie is a bit OOC here, not by much, but you can tell. i think.

PRESENT DAY

brrr..brrrr...brrrr...

Rosalie groaned, rolling over and reaching blindly for her cell phone, trying to stifle a yawn when she found it, bringing it to her ear. "Hale..."

"Get your ass up partner, we got a runner tonight...transportation van flipped going to fort hood, guy is on foot, chained down but they lost him", Emmett chuckled, he always loved to hunt down fugitives, as much as he loved to eat.

Rosalie nodded, rubbing her eyes and looking at the clock, 4:58 am...the red numbers glaring back at her. "Fine, meet you up there in a few hours..."

"Give that fine girlfriend some McCarty-", he didn't get to finish because Rosalie hung up before he could.

She dropped her arm on the bed heavily, letting out a loud sigh. Staring up at the dark ceiling, eyes burning slightly.

"mmm...you better get going", a sleepy voice came from next to the blonde bombshell, Rosalie smiled reaching over and pulling her girlfriend closer.

"I hate leaving you here...I don't know how long I'll be gone this time"

a sigh and soft kiss followed, "How many times do I have to tell you, Rose...I can handle myself..."

Rosalie chuckled, holding her girlfriend closer, "I love you Isabella"

"and I love you, now get up and call me later?"

Rosalie nodded, "Promise"

Emmett smiled brightly when the family white tahoe pulled up to the crime scene near Killeen, TX. He had to admit she looked even meaner than usual, but always perfect down to the last thread. When the US Marshals first started working together as partners, Emmett tried to be less than professional but Rosalie aka 'Ice Queen' was more than ready to tell Emmett she was a lesbian and had a girlfriend laying naked in bed waiting for her safe return...and to fuck off.

Rosalie ducked under the yellow crime scene tape and went to her partner to get caught up with the fugitives status, "New word?"

Emmett just shook his head, "None,but he can't be that far especially since he's chained down, I already went through two near by towns...two more to go,you ready?"

Marshal Hale didn't say anything, but pat her weapon sitting on her hip.

Isabella rolled over, trying to bury herself further in the California king sized bed and get warm but it just wasn't happening, not with a cold front coming in, her being naked...a huge window taking up nearly the entire wall behind their bed...didn't exactly help. She knew she would have to get up soon anyway, if she wanted to make it on time for work. With that last thought, the dark haired woman rolled out of bed and went into their bathroom suite and started up the shower, nice and steamy.

After moving to Texas five years ago, Bella opened a music store for shits and giggles. She wanted to have a hobby and have some sort of income instead of using her trusty little black card. She put a lot of money into the two and half story store she had built from the ground up, buying every kind of instrument there is to play, uncommon and common just alike, the store was like itunes in person...but cheaper and only in League City, Texas.

Freshly showered and in just skinny jeans, a pink hoodie and gray vans Isabella was all set to go. She was in the kitchen making coffee when the hairs on the back of her neck stood up. "Alice...you do know it's not polite to sneak up on someone in their own home right?"

Alice pouted and crossed her arms, "Damn it Bella how did you know?!"

Bella looked over her shoulder with a smile, "I live with a US Marshal Alice...you pick up on those kind of instincts."

Alice shrugged, pulling her long black hair into a ponytail as she sat on of the kitchen bar stools, "Not only do you live with one, you're totally and helplessly in love right?"

Bella chuckled, pouring herself a cup of coffee. She knew Alice didn't drink any so she didn't bother offering any. It was illegal for Alice to have caffeine in her system anyway, plus she had a key to this house...so if she wanted something she could get it herself. "I am"

Alice let out a dramatic sigh of relief, "Thank god, tell me I'm not crazy...but you hear wedding bells too right?"

Bella was floored on the inside, but on the outside she remained collected. She has known Alice for three and half years now, it was something to be expected from the short and easily excited woman, she wanted to tell Alice she wasn't crazy...that she wanted to marry her sister, start a family with her...but she just...

"Bella? You okay?"

Bella nodded, sipping her hot coffee leaning back against the counter. "yeah I'm fine,just thinking is all."

"about?"

"the day Rosalie and I met.", the lie came so easily it really could have been the truth that time because honestly Bella always thought about the day she and Rosalie met, war of the glares and word games turned into something more than both women saw coming but neither regretted til this day.

Alice smiled, nodding. "Tell me a story? Please?"

Bella glanced at the kitchen clock and finished off her coffee, "Maybe later Ali, but I have to get to work."

pouting Alice just nodded, "I'll just stay here then...go through your underwear see if you're keeping up with all the sexy...updates"

"Do it at your own risk Alice...you're sister likes to shove things into my body I didn't know that-"

"okay!", jumping off the bar stool, ears covered. Alice shook her head rapidly, "I'll just watch TV, get out already!"

laughing because she was being put out of her own house, the 28 year old grabbed her car keys and headed out the side door.

"Well, another dead end...no one seems to have seen this guy...he might have been abducted by aliens", Emmett tried a lame attempt for some humor but as usual Rosalie wasn't even paying him any attention. Though this time she had a good reason to, just a little ways up the street there was a figure dressed in black limping slightly with their hands tucked in front of them, hood up head down...back hunched over. Like they didn't want to be noticed, and were trying to seem irrelevant.

"McCarty, 11 o'clock"

the burly man looked up, eyes zeroing in on what his partner was staring so intently at nodding slowly, "I'll get the truck"

Marshal Hale nodded, and casually crossed the street, hands in her jacket pocket. Eyes looking around the town of Belton casually, but her violet blue eyes were solely trained on the figure a few street crossings ahead of her. She saw Emmett turn the block several streets ahead of them both, slowly cruising with traffic, in the lane nearest the sidewalk.

Whoever this guy was...stopped dead in his tracks once he spotted the truck, he quickly turned on his heel and once again he stopped when he saw Rosalie. Neither US Marshal were sure on how he knew who they were exactly seeing as Rosalie never wore her badge outside her clothing, and the truck was civilian. The recognition on his part was a dead give away, and then he broke off into a run...chains falling loose against the side walk and all.

Rosalie broke out into a run after him, just as Emmett revved loudly pulling out of traffic and going around the block to try and cut the dude off. Rosalie turned the corner, drawing her weapon. The prisoner was running towards a bus that was loading and unloading passengers. She knew Emmett was too far to get there, and so was she.

Carefully taking aim at the running figure, she took a deep breath before pulling the trigger hitting her target on the left butt cheek, hearing his scream of pain from there and watching him trip over the chain and go face first into the pavement. She holstered her weapon, ignoring all the stares and startled people around her. She was just happy they found this guy fast, she just wanted to go home.

"Nice shot partner! Couple inches over, he would have been the only man in history to get shot in the asshole! Talk about dirty diggin for the docs huh?", Emmett wiggled his eyebrows looking over at the blonde. Both Marshals were sitting in a low key hospital waiting for their suspect to get out of surgery, the bullet went deeper than expected. So they had the entire hospital guarded with half the sheriffs department covering every exit, and the surgery room.

Rosalie rolled her eyes but smiled anyway, she pulled out her personal cell phone and called her girlfriend. Bella answered on the third ring, "I told you not to call during the day!my girlfriend has a temper!"

Rose snorted in amusement, "oh ha ha very funny baby, and to think I was going to have a surprise for you when I come home."

"You're coming home early? As in tonight?!", Rosalie could hear the excitement in her lovers voice.

"Nope...might be a couple of days before I come home", Emmett looked at his partner with a sly grin, which earned him a very deadly glare. "I was calling to let you know that I'm still alive and that I love you"

Bella sighed over the line, Rosalie could imagine the pout on her face and those sad electric blue eyes, "I love you too Rosie"

and for the next hour or so, Rosalie and Bella talked until it was time for Rosalie and Emmett to go and retrieve their patient and escort him to his new home for life.

yeah it's short and probably boring i know i know...but like i said, pleasantries first...then we can get down and dirty soon! you're probably waiting for that other chick from ch. 1 to come in...she'll be back...they always come back. lol. anyway, forgive the mistakes, thanks all!

-MG