Author's Note: No, this obviously is not the end of the story. Tell me what you think, please.

"Oh, Rose, Em, I am so happy for you!" Esme sqealed and threw herself at me.

"I knew everything would be okay with you guys." Alice sang and then winked at me. "You two are just too inseperable to get into problems that will tear you apar-"

"Thank you, Alice." I said in my dangerously sweet voice. She laughed. I did not feel comfortable about having her put thoughts in my head of Emmett and me splitting up.

"Well, even though it is a partial loss, this is still better than us or Embry losing you completely." Carlisle said to break up the awkward silence that followed my comment.

When I noticed that Edward had quietly left the room, followed him into the kitchen. "Hey, Edward." I said softly.

"Rosalie." He said, acknowledging my presence.

I walked over to him and stood at his side, looking out the window as he was. I suspected that he was not here, but he was a few miles away, with a different girl...

"You miss her, don't you?" I asked him after a few moments of silence.

He nodded. I put my hand on his shoulder. "You know," I said conversationally. "When I went over to Bella's house for advice, she didn't judge me, she didn't yell at me or look at me funny, she just simply said her peace and let in sink in. She really is a good lsitener, and you are right, she doesn't judge. I respect that about her. I was wrong, Edward. Wrong for ever thinking that she didn't belong in this family, because she does. She is good for you, and I think she will make a great sister when... when it happens." I didn't really want to use the word 'change' because I thought that maybe it would be uncomfortable for him to have me talking to him about it. It was still a touchy subject for us, him especially. "Why didn't you tell me 'I told you so'?"

"Because I didn't want to give you a hard time, especially considering what you were going through at the time. And because I didn't want to rub it in and make you less likely to go to her next time for advice. I didn't want to ruin your relationship for my ego."

I considered that for a moment. "Thank you, Edward. You didn't let your ego get the best of you." I smiled at him. "And I appreciate that you thought about my feelings first."

"You are my sister, Rose, and I will always be there to look out for you. Even though I was pushing Bella on you, that didn't mean I didn't want to give you advice either. You know that if you ever want to come to me for anything that you may need, you always can, right?"

I looked up at his soft eyes. "Yeah, thanks." He took me in his arms for the first time in a long time.

And then we both heard a scream to break up the peaceful silence. That was all that we needed to hear before we rushed as fast as light into the family room where everyone was still gathered.

"What is it?! What?" I screeched as we rejoined the family.

"Alice, set a perimeter." Edward said tensely.

"What is going on?" I asked in agrivation. I hated being out of the loop, but as I looked around the room, it seemed that everyone else minus Edward and Alice had the same befuddled expressions.

"Alice saw vampires." Edward said stiffly. "A male and a female, they plan on hunting around here, no one is safe. They are savages."

I gasped. "What should we do?"

"I need to pick up Bella. I would rather she stayed here in a house full of our kind of vampires than stay at a house where she may be in danger, she is incredibly delicious-smelling after all." Edward said as he got his jacket on and grabbed his keys.

"What about Charlie?" Alice shot Edward a frustrated look, she didn't like it when Edward left Charlie out of their safetly plans.

"I'll ask Embry to tell Billy Black to invite Charlie over, I need to go over there anyway and warn him." I looked around the room at my family's faces. I knew I was giving them my pained expression, I was worried about my Embry. He may be in trouble if I didn't watn him. I grabbed my keys and shot out the door before anyone could say anything in protest. Embry, I need you to let everyone know that vampires are coming, they want to hunt, but I can't be sure that is all they are coming for. I'm coming right over.

The drive to Embry's house was agonizing. I had no idea where these feelings of fear and horror were inside of me. I usually face everything head on, but this was different. Emmett was not very vulnerable, not only was he a vampire, he was a strong and skilled vampire. But Embry was still human, there was still a chance that he could get seriously injured, or worse... No! Do not think like that. I will get to him in time. It was not as if the vampires were after wolves, they just wanted to hunt, that made me feel ever so slightly better, but I still had a bad feeling that a harmless hunt could turn into a terrible fight.

When I got to Embry's house at last, he opened the door before I even finshed parking. I shot out of the car and flew into his waiting arms fiercely.

"There's no need to hug me so hard that you break me," he whispered in my eye gently. "I am not going anywhere."

I pulled away to look up into his soft, brown eyes. It took everything I had not to allow myself to get lost in them. "I cannot lose you." I said fiercely.

And then we were kissing. Passionately. I hadn't the slightest idea how it happened, either. One of his hands cradled my face and the other was wrapped around my waist. My hands, meanwhile, were wrapped around his warm neck, pulling myself into his hot body. My ice cold skin burned at our contact, but it only made me draw myself in more eagerly. Suddenly, I pushed him in the door and led him upstairs, still glued to him. I had never been in his room before but somehow I already knew exactly which door to go through to find it. Before I knew it, we were on his bed, I could feel his heartbeat under my chest, it was hammering so fast I wondered to myself how it could have stayed in his body. I could also hear him panting, but he was nowhere finished with me. I allowed him to pull me on top of him, but we both got the idea that nothing more was going to happen. Not now. We both knew that it would not be fair to Emmett if we had made love now. Maybe sometime in the distant future, but not now. And even though in the back of my head I knew something bad was about to happen, I still had this moment alone with my Embry. With him I felt safe and hot and passionate. He was a different kind of passion than Emmett, sort of like opposites, but both turned me on the same. I needed Embry to stay with me, I am in love with him. I pushed all the disturbing thoughts out of my head and focused on our kiss. And as our bodies molded and twined with each other like puzzle pieces, time seemed to stop, along with all of my fears.