An: Trigger warnings to many things are present in this story. Don't like don't read.

I do not own Twilight.

I just like to play around in different worlds with them :)

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Edward didn't return home that evening nor did he return the next day. Bella didn't arrive at school either and at some point, she noticed Emmett wasn't around either. Her unease had only increased in the last two days and Alice wasn't helping. She was angry and frustrated because she couldn't really see the girl and now Edward and Emmett were blurry in her visions too. Esme and Carlisle were beginning to worry since the boys weren't returning calls or texts, but they believed the boys were fine, just not the human.

Saturday morning, she was seated on the sofa as Esme blurred into the room, "Edward called."

Carlisle smiled at her, relief apparent on his face, "Where are they?"

"With Bella and they'll be bringing her over to meet the family for lunch." Esme said happily as she disappeared into the kitchen.

Rosalie hurried after her, finding the woman looking through a cookbook on the island counter, "You can't be serious."

Esme waved a hand at her, "It will be fine Rose."

"What if she finds out about us?" She asked angrily.

Carlisle appeared beside his wife and Esme smiled as she looked up at her, "She knows."

She felt her heart sink. If the girl knew did that mean she wasn't afraid of them? Did she accept it or was she just curious about them now more than ever? Her family would have a death sentence over their heads now that Edward had exposed them. She knew it had to be him since he was the one spending so much time with her.

She felt her anger boil as she shook her head, "This is going to get us all killed."

Esme clapped happily, "We'll make the chicken alfredo with homemade sauce."

"No way." She snapped. Why should the human get her favorite meal?

Esme looked up at her with a blank look, "Go get a shower Rosalie."

She groaned as she walked at a human pace and stomped up the stairs angrily. Why were they going through so much trouble for this one human girl? She was nothing but a death sentence to them, but the entire family was acting like she was a goddess sent to give them redemption for their very fucked up lives.

She showered quickly and stood at her closet with a towel wrapped around her body, her long hair wet from the shower dripping down her back. Alice blurred into her room, "I have the perfect outfit for you."

She frowned as Alice pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans and a silk designer blouse. She shook her head, "I am not wearing that for a human just because she has discovered our secret."

Alice chuckled, "Yes you will, and she will love it."

"Why would she care what I wear?" She grimaced.

Alice sighed, "Sometimes Rosalie, I swear you act like a true blonde." The pixie disappeared from her room as fast as she had entered it.

Her irritation outweighed her argument as she slipped the clothing on and grinned at herself in the mirror. She brushed her hair and let it dry to give it a fluffiness to it that only exaggerated her enhanced beauty. She smirked at her lipstick, if Alice wanted her to flirt with the girl then she would scare the girl into running away and Alice would have no one to blame but herself.

She heard the gasp from Alice's room, and she laughed. Game on little pixie. She put on the reddest lipstick she had and opened the top two buttons of her blouse to expose the expanse of pale smooth skin of her chest. She heard the tires on the gravel of the long driveway of Edward's Volvo and she blurred down to the kitchen.

She stopped breathing as the car stopped outside and she heard Edward's voice, a chuckle reverberating in it, "So you're scared not because you'll be in a house full of vampires but because you're afraid, they won't like you?"

"Well duh." Bella's smooth softer voice said.

Emmett laughed, "Man where have you been all my life?"

"Not born yet," Bella quipped.

Laughter from the three made her heart swell and it made her angry. She would not let this human do to her what she was doing to her family. This girl could get them all killed, and everyone was acting as if that wasn't the case. It made no sense. Esme put her to work on the salad as she listened to the three people moving closer towards them.

There was silence for a moment then a chuckle, "Private joke."

Bella's laughed melted her cold heart, "How long must one be alive to acquire so many I wonder."

Emmett's laughter made everyone smile, "The newborn stage will always be the best."

The movement began again, and she caught Bella's powerful scent enter the room. She froze in her movements as Edward and Emmett entered the room with Bella slightly behind them. If her heart were still beating it would have stopped as she blatantly stared at the girl.

Her black boots were untied and stopped at the ankle. Her normally baggy jeans had been traded for a pair of tight bloodred leather pants that hugged her hips suggestively, a black belt holding them in place. Her eyes traveled up her muscled legs to the tucked in black muscle shirt that hugged her chiseled abs and large breasts. There were scars on her arms and across all the exposed skin that she could see, from her arms and hands to her chest. Her hair was still damp from a shower and a muscle jumped in her jaw nervously.

She felt a powerful surge of desire roll down her spine and drop straight into the hardest and most painful throb she had ever felt between her legs. Her heat exploded into her red lace panties, coating her thighs in the process.

"Rosalie!" Esme snapped loudly.

She jumped, startled out of her intense appraisal of the girl, "What?"

Edward was staring at her with eyes wide and amusement dancing in his eyes. She glared at him and he turned his smile away from her. Emmett was frowning at her like she had missed something important. She felt herself trying to shrink under her family's gazes.

Carlisle frowned at her, "Please set the table Rosalie."

She nodded and quickly turned away from everyone. Emmett followed her, "I'll help."

She grabbed the plates and hurried to the dining room, "What did I miss?"

He smirked at her, "You literally growled 'mine' at her."

She groaned and collapsed in a chair, "Now is not the time to joke Emmett."

He stared at her in horror, "I'm not."

She frowned at him, "Emmett there is no way that I did that."

His brows pulled together, "Rosalie I swear you did. That's why Esme snapped at you."

She shook her head as she stared down at the plates, "That's not possible." She whispered.

How could she not remember doing that in front of a human? He had to be kidding with her, there was no other explanation. She wouldn't do that and she sure as hell would not claim a human to be hers. She would never claim anyone to be hers. Not now, not ever.

Not to mention, since when the hell does she ever feel desire like that? Sure, she had needs that was part of being a vampire. Lust and blood, the two most important things to a vampire but she thought she was different. She had never really felt lust as a vampire. She enjoyed occasional one-night stands with other vampires, once every twenty years if that.

But she had never felt anything like that before and especially not for a human.

She shook her head, "I don't believe you."

She continued to set the table as Emmett watched her worriedly. She ignored her feelings and focused on the voices in the kitchen.

"I'm sorry about Rosalie, Bella." Esme said softly, disappointment thick in her words.

Bella chuckled, "It's no big deal. Emmett was telling me about your recipe for the sauce." She tuned out their conversation as Esme began excitedly talking food recipes with the girl.

Emmett shook his head, "Rosalie I'm starting to worry about you. This thing you think your doing for the best is going to get someone hurt."

She glared at him as she slammed a plate down on the table, shattering it in the process, "And what do you think I'm doing? Other than trying to protect my family."

He blurred to her angrily, "She is part of this family now." He snapped at her.

"She's a human Emmett. This is dangerous for all of us not to mention if it happens." She snarled at him.

"Rosalie." Carlisle warned from the doorway.

She turned to see all of them standing there, Edward protectively beside Bella, "No. She should know the truth. This could end badly for all of us."

Bella glanced at Edward, "You mean if I was to become the meal?"

Edward and Emmett snorted a laugh while Esme and Carlisle chuckled. She glared at all of them as Alice appeared on the tree branch outside the dining room. She slid the door open and stepped into the room, "Hey Bella."

She pulled the girl into a tight hug, inhaling deeply, "Oh, you do smell good."

Bella chuckled, "You too Alice."

She swallowed a growl.

Alice rolled her eyes at her, "We're going to be best friends Rosalie."

Bella smirked at the pixie, "Going to be? I thought we already were."

Alice clapped excitedly before hugging the fragile girl tightly again. She pulled back and turned to Jasper, "It's okay Jasper. You won't hurt her."

Jasper nodded at her, "Bella, pleasure to meet you."

Carlisle smiled, "Jasper is the newest to the vegetarian diet."

Bella nodded at Jasper, "I don't know whether to say I'm happy for you or just throw myself at your mercy." /p

Jasper's tense stance relaxed instantly, and he smiled, "I show no mercy."

Bella sighed dramatically, "Really because I mean I was expecting motes and coffins, so mercy seems plausible now."

Jasper blurred to her with a grin, stopping right in front of her, "We have a basement that could double as a dungeon with the right lighting and a few chains."

Bella smiled at him, her eyes dancing with mischief, "Throw in some whips and call me master. I'm down."

The two of them laughed and Jasper held his hand out to her, "I've seen you in history class. You're well versed in the Civil War."

Bella took his hand as Alice wrapped an arm around her waist, "I hear you're better at it."

She stared in horror as the three slipped out of the room talking wildly about history. Esme and Carlisle grinned at each other and she groaned, "Oh no. I know that look. She's human not another child to adopt."

They laughed as they headed back into the kitchen.

She turned to Emmett and Edward, "Why is no one listening to me?" Desperation was in her voice and she hated it. She only wanted to protect her family, and this was not how to do it.

The day passed with the girl being passed around by her family. All throughout lunch she talked to Carlisle about science and she realized that the girl was smart. Not just smart for a human but really smart. Carlisle had been troubled over a patient of his at the hospital and Bella had brainstormed with him as they ate and by the time lunch was over, he had to rush to the hospital to put the theory to the test. She and Esme spent most of the afternoon discussing new recipes and by the end of the night the girl had promised to return the following day with a few recipes of her own.

She was exhausted by the end of the day. She still didn't understand why the family was so drawn to the girl. Sure, she was smart, and she smelled deliciously wonderful. Not to mention that her body was so damn desirable that three times that afternoon she had watched the girl bend over to pick something up off the floor and she had to leave the room as that same powerful urge to fuck the girl made itself known.

Edward and Emmett found it hilarious and she was ready to kill them by the time the girl had left. They disappeared as she watched the girl drive away and they didn't return until five minutes before the girl showed up the next morning. Alice and Bella spend most of Sunday going over fashion designs and coming up with their own original designs.

Esme and Bella spent late morning and early afternoon in the kitchen with recipes spread across the counters as they schemed up new meals. When Esme announced lunch, she entered the kitchen hesitantly. It looked as if a flour bomb had gone off around the entire room and Esme turned to them with flour across her pale face.

"So, we've come up with a new recipe and you all are our test subjects." She handed out plates.

Emmett grimaced, "What smells like a dead rat?"

Bella turned to face them with a smirk, "It's what you're eating. You should be used to eating rodents by now."

She couldn't stop staring at the flour all over the girl's chest, the perfect white handprint on the right side of the girl's black skintight t-shirt. A strange feeling entered her body, a mix between anger and need. She frowned at the unknown feeling as she stared at the floor.

Jasper slid up beside her with a smile, "It's called jealousy." He whispered to her before moving forward excitedly for the food.

She shook her head; she does not do jealousy. There was no reason to be jealous. Esme had Carlisle and the clumsy girl had probably slipped in all the flour that covered the floor. That was all it was, she wasn't jealous. Jasper had his emotions confused. A laugh from Edward made her point a glare at him and he shook his head at her.

She sat with her siblings at the counter and they all tested it at the same time. She and Alice moaned with pleasure as they began to inhale the new food by the time the boys were asking for more. She had never tasted anything as good in her entire existence.

Esme smiled at the girl, "We have a hit."

Bella nodded as she stared at Rosalie, "I'll be right back."

She frowned as she watched the girl leave the room quickly, "What's up with her?"

Esme grinned, "Oh nothing." She turned back to the stove.

She frowned as she glanced at Edward, he stood and hurried after the girl. She shrugged and continued to eat, even asking for a third round with Emmett. when they were done Bella and Edward still hadn't come back yet and she felt a pull in her chest.

"What was wrong with Bella?" She asked Esme as Alice and Emmett argued over who was going to lick the bowl.

Esme smiled at her, "This recipe was thought up by Bella. She texted me last night about it and she wanted to do something special for you."

Her heart swelled in her chest. Had she eaten too much, but it didn't feel uncomfortable. It was a pleasant feeling, "For me?"

Esme frowned suddenly, "She thinks you hate her. There was animal blood in this meal, the sauce was specifically made with blood and spices."

Emmett and Alice smiled widely, "That's brilliant." They shared the bowl, using their fingers to scoop the sauce out.

She frowned as she looked back over towards the doorway that the girl had left through. She didn't hate the girl, how could she? Why did she think she hated her? The first time she had talked to her she had snapped at her for being in that alley alone. Although if she had known how intelligent the girl was, she would have been harsher for it.

She really didn't talk to the girl yesterday and today she had been even more stand offish. Then again, the girl had thrown her for a loop yesterday, not that she believed for a single second that she had growled and called the girl hers. She sighed in defeat. So maybe she could see how the girl would take that.

The next day was shocking as she watched the girl park in the parking lot. She slid out of the truck in her usual baggy clothes and seemed to search the entire area as usual. It was such a drastic change from what she had seen over the weekend and she felt weird about it. She wasn't completely blind to not notice how good the girl had looked on Saturday and yes, she'll admit she had been turned on.

She would never act on it though. She refused.

At lunch she wasn't surprised to see her walking with Emmett and Edward as they entered the cafeteria, she wasn't even surprised when the girl sat with them. What surprised her the most was Edward wrapping an arm around her and the girl didn't flinch. She frowned as she studied the relaxed posture of the girl as she chatted with her siblings. It only made her feel even more weird.

The entire week was spent like that and come Saturday Esme was already planning meals for the girl. Carlisle took the entire weekend off and he was excited for Bella to arrive that morning. He was practically bouncing around with Alice as he paced the living room waiting for the girl's loud truck roar. He wouldn't tell anyone what he was so happy about, only said they would know when Bella arrived.

When the sound of her truck met their ears, Carlisle blurred out the door to stand on the porch and she scoffed, "Over excited much."

Alice laughed, "Give him a break. He's four hundred years young."

She rolled her eyes as she listened to the girl get out of her truck, "Carlisle? You look high."

Emmett burst into laughter and Edward grinned.

"It worked Bella." Carlisle exclaimed brightly.

Bella stopped moving, "Come again?" Confusion coated her words.

"The morphine and albuterol worked for my patient. It wasn't quite what we thought it would be when we discussed it last weekend, but the mixture worked for her memory and anxiety since it acted separately of each other." Carlisle spoke quickly.

She frowned as Bella and Carlisle entered the house, his arm around her shoulders and they disappeared into his office. The girl was dressed more like last weekend again and she bit her lip to stifle the moan in her throat. The fact that she had no idea what Carlisle was even talking about, but Bella did wasn't lost on her. Just how smart was this girl?

By midday they finally emerged from his office only to disappear into kitchen. She was stretched out on the sofa as Esme was watering her plants. Emmett smiled up at her from his spot on the floor, "I haven't seen Carlisle this excited since his last experiment with Tanya."

Esme froze and Rosalie jerked up, dropping her magazine on the floor, "He wouldn't."

Esme shook her head with a frown, "No. She's a human." The woman glanced down at the floor suddenly unsure.

A loud bang and a flash of white light came from the kitchen and she blurred into the kitchen. Bella and Carlisle were on the floor laughing as the human nursed a burned hand. Esme's eyes were black as she began to shout, "Carlisle Cullen, what the hell were you thinking? Do you know how dangerous that was?"

The two on the floor only continued to laugh as Bella patted out a small sizzling hole in her shirt, "That was awesome!"

Carlisle pulled the girl to her feet and examined her hand, "I'm sorry I didn't see the temperature."

Bella shook her head, "I should have been watching it. If that were the size from a tablespoon what would happen if we used a pound?"

Carlisle's eyes sparkled with thought and Esme shook her head, "Oh no. Bella do not put ideas in his head. Carlisle the girl a human and very able to die."

She felt her heart clench in pain at the woman's words and she frowned at the girl. She was holding her side with her burned hand and she shivered at the thought of what had happened to her.

Esme motioned to the girl, "Bella come with me so we can tend to your hand."

The girl nodded and followed the matriarch out of the kitchen obediently. She turned to Carlisle, "You are supposed to be the smart one in the family. She's a human Carlisle. Please what can I do to get you to make everyone back away from the girl?"

He frowned at her with a sigh, "I have been patient with you Rosalie. I really have but Bella is a part of this family now and as such she will always be welcome here."

"I will do anything. I'll do whatever you want." She pleaded.

He shook his head, "Spend some time with her, talk to her. She may surprise you."

She glared at him, "After everything I have been through and you are going to do this to me?"

His eyes hardened, "It's because of what you have been through that I am doing this for you Rosalie Hale. You have your choice to leave if you wish but you would be destroying this family in more ways than one." His voice deepened as his anger flared.

She jerked back as if he had slapped her as he spun on his heel and blurred out of the house. She had never seen Carlisle get angry before and when he was upset it was never directed at the family. Seeing his anger directed at her hurt, her father figure was mad at her and she couldn't understand why.

It was the Volturi law that humans do not know about them and Carlisle had once been a part of the Volturi for twenty years. Performing science experiments for them. Yet he was acting as if this was not breaking the law. Why?

She had heard the story before. He had been born in sixteen forty and he was the man that had turned her, but he was also the man whose father was an Anglican pastor. The man whose father was hell bent on killing evil and sin among the people of London. He had become what his father had been training to him to kill. He hated it just as much as her.

So why was he suddenly so drawn to this human? Why was he letting the girl into their lives when he knew firsthand how dangerous it could be?

She frowned down at the mess all over the counter as Esme and Bella reentered the room, "I can't believe you let him rope you into that."

Bella chuckled, "Well to be fair, I suggested it and he added to it."

She felt the anger coil in her chest as she stared at the girl's injured hand and Esme shook her head, "I'll clean this up and you go sit in the living room."

Bella frowned, "I helped make the mess I can help clean it."

Esme shook her head, "No dear. I don't mind." A small smile played on her face.

Bella smirked at the woman, "Yes mother." She turned and walked out of the room.

Rosalie heard Esme's quiet gasp and venom tears filled her eyes as she stared at the girl's retreating back. She felt the tug at her heart as she watched her mother figure turn away from her as she began to clean. She made her way into the living room but found it empty. She inhaled deeply and followed the girl's scent out to the front porch. The girl was leaning on the railing with a small smile.

"Why did you use acid of all things?" She snapped.

She winced at her cold tone. Why couldn't she be civil to the girl? Bella had never done anything to her, except be friends with her family. Why did she find that so wrong?

Bella shrugged and looked away from her. She pulled her keys out of her pocket and headed to her truck without a word. She frowned as she watched the girl drive away, and she clenched her fists together tightly. No one ignored Rosalie Hale.

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The next morning and for the rest of the week Carlisle did not talk to her. She had never seen him this angry and it was beginning to worry her. Had she pushed him too far? On Friday morning he stood in the living room as everyone got ready for school. She walked down the stairs and he turned to her with a small smile.

"I would like to talk to you." He said, always so polite. Always offering in a way that she could deny if she chose to.

She crossed the room to him and frowned down at the ground, "I did not mean to anger you."

He nodded and sighed, "I know, and I did not mean to lose my temper." He motioned to the sofa and they sat opposite of each other.

She frowned at him, "Then why did you?"

He looked up as Esme entered the room, "I almost missed out on something that I never could have lived without, but I got a second chance. I don't want you to miss out on it and not get the chance. I understand your concerns about her being human Rosalie, but I promise you she is worth it."

She knew he was talking about Bella but how could she accept the human? When everything they were was dangerous to her? Edward was risking everything by spending so much time with the girl and now Carlisle was doing the same. She only wanted to protect her family but maybe getting to know the human was a way to do just that.

"If I at least try, will you please reconsider letting her get so close to us?" She pleaded.

He stared her in the eye for a moment before nodding, "If you really try then I will consider it after you make your decision."

She felt the frustration disappear and she relaxed. She would talk to the girl and try to get close to her, to make Carlisle happy. "I won't let you down."

He smiled at her, "You never do Rosalie."

She smiled at him as she stood and followed her siblings out the door for school.