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Inspired by Nora Jones'- Prettiest thing

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The prettiest thing I ever did see

Was lightening from the top of a cloud

Moving through the dark a million miles an hour

With somewhere to be

Carlisle

I spent the entire day convincing myself that I was not in love with Anna Marie (Rogue) only to have my guise crumble the moment she said she was leaving.

Why did she have say that? And why did I have to have such a coven of little brats?

I knew the second I saw her tear stained face that they had upset her and I knew it was my fault that they were angry. Thankfully Rogue took nothing with her but her purse which told me she meant what she said. However it did not stop the sense of sheer fear and desperation coursing through me at the thought of never seeing her again.

That's when I knew that there could be no other name for it. I loved her. Resistance was futile and I didn't plan on resisting her any longer. She was meant to be mine.

My family spent the day vastly avoiding me for fear that I would do something irrational like fight them or throw them out. Who's to say that they were wrong? I had been feeling rather irrational lately.

"Who cleans this place" I muttered as I finally located to the vacuum to clean the little dirt smutches on the ground when Alice appeared from behind me holding the cord.

"I do Carlisle and you have to plug it in remember" she said with a little wry smile on her face.

I mumbled my thanks dryly.

"Look Carlisle I came to apologize for earlier we had no right…"

"No Alice you didn't but in any case you're forgiven. I'm not the one you need to apologize to anyway." I interrupted. "Where's everyone else been?"

She battered eye eyelashes innocently. "Oh they're hiding from you. They sent me to sweeten you up because I'm the favorite." She sang with a knowing smile.

I couldn't help but to laugh. What was this, the Vontrapp family? I had the feeling any moment they would all appear and break into song.

"And why is that?" I asked, humoring her.

"Cause you didn't make me" she answered matter-of-factly. "Have you noticed that you make bad vampires Carlisle? Edward a broody bore and Rose, she's just a bitch."

"And Emmett?" I knew I shouldnt but I couldnt help but to humour the little pixie.

"Incorrigibly perverse."

At that I laughed whole heartedly. Ah what an interesting little coven I had.

"I like her you know" Alice said.

"I like her too" I answered, not needing to ask who she was referring to.

"I know. She's good for you because no offense Carlisle, you need a little excitement in your life." She went on, "Anyway she's way better than that Esme person… oh"

Alice put her hand over her mouth in shock.

What was she talking about? Who the hell was Esme? "Alice?"

"Oh look at the time? How long has Rogue been gone anyway" she said hurriedly to try to change the subject. It worked.

"Four hours and twenty nine minutes, but who's counting," I answered automatically. What was keeping her out so long anyway? My mind refused to think that she wasn't coming back. Refused.

Alice chuckled at my paranoia and flipped open her cell phone. "Well let's call her. Oh that's strange it just kept ringing…hmm maybe she's still mad at me."

That got me worrying.

Retrieving the phone from my back pocket I did the same.

"She's not answering" Panic was setting in. What if she ran? Or worse, what if something happened to her?

Oh what was I thinking? She was a superhero for God's sake. Nothing could happened to her. Maybe she just needed time to cool down.

No need for alarm. Everything fine.

"Carlisle." Alice called with panic. She had the look of a fresh vision on her face. "S-something happened…"

X

Rogue

Inside my head Bella sighed as I did I little twirl around in the full length mirror in dress number 4. It was a modest floor length deep blue dress. At the top it had a halter strap and a shallow V neck that showed off just the right amount of décolletage while it synched at the waist and cascaded around my hips snuggly.

B- You're so lucky…

R- Why so sad petite?

B- Petite?

R- Sorry, a bit of Gambit rubbing off on me? Why am I so lucky?

B- Well…you're so beautiful…

R- This is true. Why do you sound so down about it? Edwards gonna loose his mind when he see's us in this one.

B- That's the problem. YOU'RE gorgeous, not me. And although I've always been fine with my plain looks Edward's only seen me through you. If I ever get back to my own body he'd be sorely disappointed.

Plain, what could she possibly mean by plain? I thought back to the only memory I had of her through my own eyes. There she was, a pretty little brunette wearing unflatteringly loose jeans that did nothing for her petite figure. Her face was darling; there could be no other word for it. With her big brown eyes and permanently swollen lips she was poised to be grade A fox in a couple years or so. Gorgeous, no, but plain, not a chance. She was pretty, very pretty.

R- Bella you obviously don't see yourself clearly.

B- Rogue I'm not saying that I think I'm ugly. I just know my limits. I don't look like you. I'm not the kind of girl who can attract someone like Edward

R-WHAT? Edward's attracted to you for who you are not what you look like. How many girls can say that? And he's definitely not attracted to me and never was. You're beautiful and he's going to be happy not disappointed when he sees you. Get that into your head.

B- Fine but I wish you'd take your own advice…

The blue dress was agreed upon and after several more tries I found the perfect dress for Carlisle's event. It was a little black dress with braided straps that clung to my waist and my hips with a pencil skirt fit at the bottom where it ended just at my knee. The dress accentuated every curve of my body but left enough flesh to the imagination. Yep, it would go nicely with black gloves and some 4-inch paten black pumps.

I paid the friendly cashier and asked her where the nearest snack joint was. She very kindly gave me directions to the nearest dinner several blocks away and I thanked her and was on my way.

I hadn't noticed that it was twilight, near dark, by the time I walked to my truck and flung the bags in haphazardly and began walking towards the diner. I was famished. The only thing I'd had all day were those two measly bites of that sandwich. Just the thought of earlier put me in a sour mood.

Feeling the need to be free I let the truck alone and walked down the quant streets trying to find it. Ten minutes later I realized that I was completely lost.

Was I supposed to go left or right at the bookshop? Jeez, why don't I ever write these things down?

B- Don't ask me I wasn't paying attention. Uh oh. Don't look now but some sleazy looking guys are trailing us.

Seriously God, if you wanted me to go on a diet you could've just told me.

The sky was now completely dark and I decided to retrace my steps towards my truck. Thinking perhaps, that I was being a bit paranoid I turned the same narrow alleyway I'd walked through before hoping the scruffy looking townies would walk on by but I was wrong.

The moment I turned the alleyway two of them followed me and I quickened my pace towards the other side only to find that the other of the three was walking towards me from that direction. I was cornered.

Now isn't that just peachy. Now I had to kick three guys' asses on top of my shitty day.

No worries though. I calmly secured my gloves, cracked my knuckles and prepared for a fight.

"Hey where you goin' so fast baby. We're just tryna have a nice time with you."

R- Over my dead body

B- Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit.

R- Relax B, you ARE with a superhero you know. I've fought worse and these scruffy townies don't faze me at all.

The two on my left and the big one on my right caught up with me at the same time. They looked dangerous and smelled like liquor.

"Whatever you assholes are thinking, get over it and get the fuck outa my way" I spat venomously.

"Oo a feisty one. Come on don't me like that. My friends and I just wanna get to know you" he seethed with a lustful look in his eye.

I swallowed the bile rising in my throat and shoved past the big one and took off. Sadly before I could get far all three of them wrestled me to the ground.

B- Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.

R- Calm down Bella. It's physically impossible to rape me remember?

I needed to remind myself that as well as I let them pin me down while copping a feel of my breast, too afraid to reveal my strength. Thinking they had secured me down they backed away to gloat. Seeing an opening I jumped from the ground and started throwing punches. The big one went out unconscious when my fists connected with his eye socket and the other two put up a fight.

I was going to have to use my powers. There was no way I was going to let them even try to violate me in a murky alleyway. But which one. I couldn't just use Kurt's power to disappear that would get the news down here before I'd reappear at my truck. Every other power was too showy. Strength then. I reeled back to throw a hit with the full potential of my force only to be caught off guard with a metal slamming across my face.

Goddamn fucking brass knuckles. The painful hit broke my jaw on contact and I lost my balance. I fell backwards onto the ground but not before hitting my head on a steaming metal pipe jutting out from the brick wall.

Shit. I cried out in pain as blood began to spurt from the head wound. Everything around me was fading.

I tried to resist the concussion as stand up but I couldn't. I wasn't healing fast enough and now all three men had gotten up from the floor and were looking me over menacingly.

B- oh no. Rogue stay with me. No don't pass out. Don't leave me with them. No!

"Cut her pants off" was the last thing I heard before my world faded away.

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