A/N: I don't own Twilight. I am so excited to write from Rosalie's perspective for once.

Rose-colored Glasses

Rosalie's Point of View

Something seemed so different now that we were home. Yes, Bella was still upset and Edward was taking things hard, this was all to be expected. But something was different with Emmett. It was as if the changes I had seen in him when we came home for the semester were magnified. We were more distant. It's not like we hadn't had our problems. There were years in which we each kept our own distance. We stayed together, but sometimes knowing you have an eternity, or at least as long as you remained intact, with a person, gives you more freedom to explore things on your own. While we do not change, the times do, and we find ourselves redefining our roles as both individuals and as couples.

One of those phases; this is what I am going to chalk up Emmett's recent behavior to. We do need time and I understand that. I never asked him if he wanted this life, I wanted him and having Carlisle turn him was the only way I could save him. He was so understanding and accepting of it all. I hadn't really thought things through, but my impulsivity did not go array.

My latest impulse had not gone so well. I wasn't sure why I had decided to go with Edward. I said it was to make sure he came home, but Alice or Jasper could have done that. Emmett might have killed him if he had gone with Edward. I needed to keep him company. I wanted to get to know him better. It took Edward years to come around and accept me and then once Emmett entered the picture, I became absorbed in him. I loved him as a brother, but I needed to get to know him more as a friend.

The time I spent with Edward was wonderful. He treated me well and we shared pains in common. We both had had this longing for children who could never be ours. Neither of us had truly wanted this life, we hated what it made us. To him, he was a monster, and to me, I was a barren woman, an eternal beauty that would never have that motherly glow.

I did learn more about my brother. He and I would have made a respectable couple had we been living at the same age and the same time and place. We were both of upstanding families with great manors. We were very controlled and reserved, well educated and attractive.

Why am I dwelling on Edward?

Something was going on with Emmett. The way he had talked to me after Bella had fallen was so different. It was as if he wanted to be somewhere else. Maybe he had become so accustomed to me being gone or saw me as some what of a traitor for leaving with Edward. He told me he would not be returning to college with me. He would be accompanying Bella to the University of Oregon in the Fall. She needed the experience and she wasn't comfortable with going there with Edward. All the papers were in order. He was packing as we spoke. While he was just a state away, it felt as if this distance became farther and farther as the weeks went on. Or maybe the distance between us was just growing and growing.

Or was something driving us further and further apart? His kisses didn't feel the same; his eyes weren't as serene as they used to be when he looked at me. He spends so much time with Bella. I know he cares and he feels he needs to protect her, but there is something to be said in their unspoken words and hidden looks. Maybe I'm overreacting. She is pretty, but she is plain. Then again, Edward was attracted to her and not to me. Maybe she is a siren, attracting the males in this family. Or maybe they subconsciously realized her human status required more protection than I would in my state.

"Rosalie? I could feel your insecurity inside the house." Jasper says as he pulls my dolly with me on it out from under my M3 "And I'm pretty sure your insecurities have nothing to do with you working on your car, so what's on your mind?"

"Jasper, I don't want to talk about it. If I had, I wouldn't have hidden under my car." He sends a wave of calm to fight back my anger. It unnerves me when he does things like this, but I know it's alright and things will work out.

"What do you mean 'I'm not coming with you'? Why wouldn't I? You can't just expect me to let you go with Emmett and not say anything about it." I can hear Edward say from his room.

"You hurt me and I'm still dealing with it. It's been over a month and I'm still having a lot of trouble with it. I think I need a break. And don't say anything about me leaving. Last time you left, you left with little reason. I have classes to start." Bella replies. I hear the shuffling of clothes and a suitcase.

"But we had planned on going together. Spending the year down there and getting married next summer. Remember?"

"Yes, I do remember, but things change. Not everything goes as planned, even Alice knows that."

"But I love you Isabella Marie."

"Then when you can act like it, then maybe then you can join is in Oregon. Just let me pack for now okay?"

"Why Emmett? Of all the people in this family you had to pick Emmett? Why him?"

"He was there when I needed him the most. Just leave me so I can finish packing."

"Don't send me away."

"I just don't want to deal with this right now okay? I have made up my mind. If all we are going to do is fight, then Emmett and I can leave today."

"No. I just don't understand."

"I've explained it pretty clearly, or so I thought. One more try." She pauses and takes a deep breath. "You hurt me and I don't think I'm ready for us to go out by ourselves just yet. I want to go to college, but I also want someone there I know. Plain and simple."

"Alright, if that's all."

"That's all." She says as she walks out of the room, leaving her packed bag in the floor.

"Do you think things will ever be remotely the same with them?" I ask Jasper.

"We'll see," is all he can say.

The door leading from the house to the garage opens and Bella comes carrying her luggage. This isn't good.

"What's with the luggage?" I ask her.

"We're leaving early. I can't stand being in this house another day with Edward like he is."

"So your need to be away from Edward is more important than my need to be around Emmett. I see how things go." I stand up from the dolly and walk in the house. I've only been home a week and she decides to leave earlier than they had planned. As I arrive in the living room I see Emmett coming down from our room carrying three of his bags. Emmett going along with this plan of leaving early just makes matters worse.

"Can't she just go on her own for now? I want to spend some time with you." I say to him as I wrap my arms around his waist.

"You apparently haven't seen the amount of trouble Bell can get herself into. Even when we're around she hurts herself at least once a week; now imagine if we weren't around."

"Fine. Go ahead. Look after your precious human and not your wife." I say as I run up the stairs. I hear Emmett do an about face, drop his luggage and run up the stairs.

"Rosalie, no one needs to look after you. You can take care of yourself. For crying out loud you were the one who ran off in the first place. You'll know where I am, unlike when you left with Edward. Quit acting like a child. When you wanted to move before, we went along with you. This isn't much different; Bella is family just the same."

"No, she is not one of us. She doesn't have to move anywhere. Just because she is dating Edward and you and Alice seem to be best friends with her does not make her part of this family."

"Oh really? Ask Esme or Carlisle what they think. Jasper is even adjusting to her. Do you think she didn't consider your feelings? She did. She asked me when she and Ed started having more disagreements if it would hurt you if we left early. I told her no, because the Rose I knew wouldn't get angry at something so trivial. You used to think of others more; now you have become so self-centered." His words catch me off guard.

"Either way, we are leaving today, with your blessing or not. Please don't make a big deal of this." He says as he reaches his arms around me from behind and rests his chin on my shoulder.

"Alright. I guess I was being selfish. I understand, but it is so hard adjusting. Why can't Alice go with her?"

"Because Alice isn't going to school with her, I am. You know Alice and Jasper plan on going to Russia to study for a few months."

"I'm still not sure how they pulled that off."

"They're part of this family. We can all go out and accomplish our own goals, but we are always family. No matter what happens we are all still family and come back together in time." He says and kisses my forehead. "It's all going to work out in time. We will always be part of one another's lives no matter the distance." I knew he was right. We had all always come back. This family became stronger with each new addition. Time apart would not harm are bonds. This pack of unnatural misfits, those whose biological families had passed away in natural ways while we lived on, would stay together.

"You're right." I say and kiss him gently. "Now let's get you all ready to go. I can't imagine what you packed. My bear of a husband is at least going to look decent while I'm not there." I help him pack and call Bella in to promise me she won't let him leave the house in just anything. Knowing Emmett, he would go to classes in boxer shorts and I couldn't have that. Once he was packed and all ready to go I said goodbye to my husband and to my new sister.