Some explanation: I changed Rosalie's story a bit. The only thing I changed was that she died in Forks insted of in New York! I had to do a lot of this blind, so if I messed anything up, please tell me and I will fix it! :D

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Chapter Ten: Lost Souls

Rosalie took a steady breath before beginning.

"It was a simpler time, when I was growing up." She was staring into the fire again. "I had a mother and father who adored me, who gave me anything I ever wanted. When I was eighteen I was engaged to be married to Royce King the second, the son of the president of the bank where my father worked. I was so happy, when you were a King, every door was opened for you, every red carpet rolled out to greet you." She smiled into the firelight. "You couldn't have found a happier couple than us. And our children were going to be the most spoiled rotten children in the world, and the most beautiful. We were going to live happily ever after." Then her face turned grave. Emmett put a comforting hand on her shoulder. She held it and kept it there. "It was the day before the wedding. I was over at my friend Vera's house. She had everything that I wanted. She had a loving husband and a beautiful baby boy named Henry." Her free hand clutched her shirt, over her heart, like she was in pain. "He was so beautiful. I was jealous of her first but I consoled myself with the fact that my children were going to be more beautiful than her Henry was, and I pitied her."

"Shallow and conceited much." Edward said under her breath.

Rosalie gave him a cold look and continued. "I was walking home from Vera's. It was dark enough that the street lamps had been lit. I should have called for my father to escort me home but it was such a short walk, only a couple of blocks. It had started snowing, so I hugged my coat closer and hurried down the street." Rosalie closed her eyes.

Bella sensed that she was coming to the end of her human life.

"That's when I heard them calling my name." Rosalie's face became cold and her eyes severe as she glared at the flames licking up towards the sky. "'Hey! There's my Rose!' I heard Royce calling me. I saw him staring at me with a bunch of his friends leering at me. They were all drunk. I had never seen Royce drink before. Nothing more than one glass of brandy at meals. 'George, didn't I tell you she was prettier than all your Georgia peaches?' 'I wouldn't know.' The man named George slurred at him. 'She's all covered up.' Royce grabbed me and started trying to take off my clothes. 'Come on, Rose, show them what you look like!' 'You're drunk!' I yelled at him as I pushed him away. They all laughed as Royce stumbled over into the curb. 'I'll see you tomorrow? Sober.' I started walking down the street, away from them. But Royce grabbed me from behind and started hitting me." She glared at Bella. "I'll spare you all the gory details. They left me dying, bleeding in the street. I waited for death to come, how much longer could it be? That's when Carlisle found me, he smelled the blood. He picked me up and carried me to their home, that's when he changed me, to save me. I never had a choice, none of us did." Then there was silence.

"Things got better after I found Emmett." She looked up at him and smiled.

"Bear attack survivor." Emmett grinned. Bella shuttered at the reminder of Edward and the bear he killed.

"But that's all it will ever be, just us. I'll never have a little bouncing baby boy, or a sweet little girl. Just the two of us."

"I was changed by a vampire by the name of Maria." Jasper continued where his sister left off. "She recruited me into her newborn army. You see, I was the youngest major in the Texas cavalry during the Civil War." "But the killings always took their toll on me, so much worse than the others, because I could feel the emotions of the people I was killing. Then my old friend Peter showed up and told me that there was another way to live other than this. I left with him and his mate, leaving Maria behind. Shortly there after, I found Alice." He turned to his wife, it was her turn.

"I don't remember anything from my human life." Alice stated quietly. "The first memory I had was seeing Jasper and the others in my future. But I'll always be saying 'what if'. I'll never know what it truly is like to be a human."

"You need to know that choosing this lifestyle has its consequences." Rosalie told Bella. "And once you've decided there's no going back."

"You only get one chance at humanity." Edward said he looked at Bella.

The rest of them left after that, leaving the two of them to their thoughts.

"We have to move on before the human's get suspicious." Edward said quietly after they were gone. "We can't stay in any one place for too long. Carlisle and Esme have stayed here longer than we expected. That's why we went our own way and decided to meet them once every ten years."

"What's the worst part for you?" Bella asked in a whisper. Everyone else told what they had sacrificed to live this life, except for Edward.

"I suppose it's the same way as Alice." He replied in a kind tone. "Except I remember my human life, though I didn't feel I was deprived of anything, until I met you. If I could change back, I would, for you."

Bella smiled. At least he wanted her as much as she wanted him.

Edward, unable to contain himself, reached over and took her in his arms. They sat that way for a while unmoving. It must have been well past midnight but Bella wasn't tired. She was actually content in Edward's arms. This was the life she'd chosen. She wanted to spend forever with Edward no matter what his siblings said.

They had no choice, as Rosalie pointed out, but they couldn't decide for her, or she they. It was an impasse, although Edward would probably be willing to change her, or perhaps Carlisle would do it. Either way, she wanted to start forever with Edward.

Nothing Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, or Rosalie, especially her, could say was going to change her mind.

Well how do you like it? What did you think of Rosalie's and Jasper's stories? This part is my favorite in the movie Tuck Everlasting! Did anyone else cry when Miles started to? :'(