I sat at a table on the edge of the dance floor. Emmett and Alice were dancing and Jasper was talking to Tanya opposite me. They were deep in conversation, laughing and smiling at each other now and again. Tanya always seemed to get the male attention. I wasn't jealous as such, just mystified because I had got so much more attention in my human life than… well my vampire life, and this'll last for the whole of eternity.
"May I have this dance?" Someone asked. I looked up to see Edward smiling mischievously at me. I smiled back and stood up, offering him my hand. He took it and swirled me to the centre of the stage. We danced for a while, I could not stop myself from admitting that Edward was an exquisite dancer, and I was rather jealous of Bella for a second. She had the most perfect husband, the most perfect life.
Edward was supposed to have been mine. That was why Carlisle created me, for a companion for Edward, someone who would meet his… physical and romantic needs. I was thought to do just the trick. The beautiful Rosalie Hale, admired by men everywhere, was-to-be Roy's wife. But alas, Edward did not see that of me. He only saw me as a sister and at first he hardly spoke to me. As a newborn, I was… difficult. After the little episode of killing Roy and his friends, I vowed to stick to the Cullen's strict 'vegetarian' diet. Edward left us for a while, so that Carlisle could show me the ropes on their way of life. No one knows where he went, but he came back and welcomed me as his sister.
But then I looked at Emmett across the hall from us. He was true lover. The one I was destined to be together forever with. I remembered the first day we met.
I was hunting in the woods not far from where we – me, Carlisle and Edward – had been living and I was on the trail of a grizzly. When I reached the clearing I saw the bear about to devour a poor hunter. I lunged at the bear and finished it in seconds. When I was done, I looked down at the hunter. I had a sudden flash back of Vera and her beautiful baby boy and was compelled to say him. Emmett's wounds were deep and the bear had made a deep cut in his stomach and his face. I ran home with him in my arms and Carlisle promised to try and save him.
I had waited in anticipation for a few days; not knowing whether or not this look-a-like would survive. Luckily, he did and we've been together ever since. I helped him through all his rebellious years as a newborn, just as Carlisle had done for me. I shook my head and turned back to Edward. He was looking towards the trees surrounding our house.
"Where's Bella?" I asked, looking up at him. Edward's head jerked back to me, a look of surprise on his face. He had obviously been thinking as well.
"With Jacob," he said simply. I growled. I hated that werewolf, butting in on our lives all the time. And the stink…
"What's happening?" I asked. Edward thought for a moment.
"Bella and him needed to talk. You know how hard it must be for him. Knowing that he is soon to loose his Bella." I nodded. Jacob and Bella had been very close when we had left, for Bella's sake. I remember coming back now and again, hunting near the forests of La Push and seeing them two together on the beach. Bella always had looked sad, and in pain, clutching herself together. Jacob had always been there for her. He made her better and Edward has so much to thank him for. As Bella would never be like she is now if it wasn't for me.
"So," I said, "Looking forward to the honeymoon?" I asked. Edward's face turned grim, "What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing," Edward said through gritted teeth. I looked at him, trying to decipher his expression.
"Tell me…" I said.
"Bella…" He began, "and I have made an… agreement. She marries me and I change her." I stiffen. I hated this subject.
"So?" I said, "What's wrong with that?"
"Bella has her own condition to counteract mine," Edward carried on, "Now we are married, I have to fulfil my side of the bargain." I can imagine what is coming next.
"Edward," I begin, "You can't be serious?! It's too dangerous"
"I know," he says, looking towards the trees again, "But I can't do anything about it!"
"But…" I start. Edward suddenly stops dancing and looks angry.
"Sorry Rose," he says, "I must go." He half runs from the dancefloor, running towards the trees.
I make my way off the dancefloor to the drinks stand. Pouring myself a white wine, I sit back down again. Emmett and Alice finish dancing. Alice goes off to drag Jasper in for a dance and Emmett makes his way over to me.
"Hey," he says, sitting next to me, "What was happening with Edward? Alice was annoyed, she can't see anything with all these dogs hanging around." I shrug.
"I don't know." I reply, "He just left." Emmett shrugs back and we sit in silence, hands clasped, watching the dancers.