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My birthday came before I even had a chance to process it.

I was 20 years old. I was independent and living life, a life I never in a million years thought I would have. Not only did I have amazing friends that I liked and a boyfriend that, although I was angry with him now, I knew would being my life for a long time. I wasn't living at home and living with my father, who was mad at me right now, but on my own.

I was about to become a mom. I didn't plan on what was happening, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I was no longer living in the middle of two worlds, but woefully accepted into the supernatural.

I called dad all the time and I still went to dinners a lot, but I knew he was suspected something because I had missed a couple Sunday dinners. I was big, and my belly couldn't be hidden anymore, and I was still petrified to tell my father. I feared how he would react, but I knew no matter what he would still love me and my child. He called this morning to wish me a happy birthday and we made plans to go out to dinner, that made him happy.

Of course, then I had to find a way to hide my stomach, so he wouldn't notice. I trashed my room trying to find an outfit and nothing spoke to me. I called Alice about my dilemma and she said she had the perfect outfit for me and would give it to me later before I had to leave the house. I was lucky to have her and kept thanking her until she said happy birthday and hung up on me. I laughed and then went to organizing my messy closet, I wouldn't go anywhere until it was fixed.

After that call, everyone else called to wish me a happy birthday and invited themselves out to dinner with my father and I. Aunt Jenna and Uncle Alaric even decided to join us since we've barely hung out. After that I cleaned the rest of the house and caught up on homework. I was so grateful to my teachers for understanding my situation and letting me due all my work at home. We told them I was pregnant, but I was on medical bedrest because I was having problems with my pregnancy. So, someone would always bring me homework and instead of doing it by day, I got to do it by week.

After finishing the homework and putting everything in the orange envelope I would give to one of the kids at dinner, I ordered more baby clothes online. I loved shopping for the baby, but it was a little hard not knowing the sex, which I would know in two weeks.

Alice said she knew what the baby was, but she wanted it to be a surprise. She said she also had a vision of Damon coming home and she thinks Jake will come to visit soon because all our futures disappeared in the next month. I was excited to see Jake, but I didn't want him to know what was happening, I was scared he would try to ruin this family I had created.

Rosalie treated the girls and I to a spa day as a birthday present to me and we got our hair and nails done. I loved being pampered and it felt so good to relax and let all my struggles disappear, even if it was for 2 hours. She was becoming one of my best friends fast and I couldn't remember the last time she looked at me wrong. She was teaching me about cars in case I ever got stranded and finally told me her story about becoming a vampire.

"I was born as Rosalie Lillian Hale in Rochester, New York, in early 1915. I had two younger brothers, a housewife for a mother, and my father worked at a bank. My father's job kept us wealthy during the Great Depression. I was a beautiful child and was constantly praised, making me vain and self-centered. My parents took pride in my looks and enjoyed my father's pleasure in buying me beautiful clothes and the admiration of every man that met me. The result of all this attention was that I was very self-absorbed, shallow, and materialistic. However, unlike my social-climbing parents, I was just happy in the knowledge that I was very beautiful.

One day, my mother had me dress up to deliver my father's forgotten lunch to his job. There I met Royce King the Second and he loved to send me roses. When we first met, he told me my eyes were like violets, and I began receiving them, too. Our relationship was solely based on physical attraction, as Royce was often too busy at the bank. We became engaged and one week before the wedding, I went to go visit a friend, who I envied for her baby boy. When Vera's husband kissed her, I finally could see there was no love in my relationship with Royce.

While walking home, I stumbled across my fiancé, who was drunk, along with his friends. Royce bragged about my beauty which led to my brutal gang-rape and getting beaten before being left in the street to die.

Carlisle found me and carried me to a pace where he then turned me into a vampire. I woke up to Carlisle arguing with Edward. Edward was unhappy with the idea that Carlisle changed me hoping that I could be his mate. I was furious at Edward's rejection, even despite my own lack of feelings for him. I was surprised and hurt that Edward wasn't attracted to me. When I saw my reflection for the first time, my mood increased with my now improved vampiric beauty.

I started getting my revenge by killing Royce's friends one at a time. Royce was last, and I took sweet revenge on him the most. I donned the wedding gown I was supposed to marry him in for dramatic effect and found him locked in a windowless room with a thick, vault-like door guarded by two men. Killing the guards, I then entered the room where I tortured Royce to death. I may have killed seven men, but I never dropped even the smallest amount of their blood, I couldn't stand the idea of having any part of them inside me.

After that I stayed with the Cullen's, having no place else to go. I knew Carlisle and Esme hoped Edward and I would mate, but he cared for me as he would a sister.

I was grateful he felt that way and we never became more because two years later, I found Emmett being mauled by a bear outside of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He reminded me so much of Vera's son that I knew I had to save him. I resisted the urge to drink Emmett's blood and carried him over one hundred miles to Carlisle, who then turned him into a vampire. Emmett and I became mates after he awoke, and we knew the other was our true soul mate. We would marry often and sometimes lived away from the rest of their adopted family to live as a newlywed couple.

In 1937, while living in Forks, we were discovered by Ephraim Black's pack of shape-shifters. You know about the treaty, so I won't go into those details.

In 1950, Alice and Jasper joined us. Jasper and I would often tell would people we were siblings so throw off suspicion. I loved cars and found I was good at fixing them up, it was also something Edward and I had in common.

When Edward saved you from Tyler's van, I was so angry with him because I knew when he did that he had given away our secret and soon we would have to leave. I am sorry for what I thought back then but I need to tell you all of it.

At one point, I planned on killing you to solve our problem, but Carlisle and Alice persuaded me otherwise. I let them have their way, but I swore if you tried to harm the family I would personally take you out.

I kind of hated you after you and Edward started dating. He made me believe that he would never date anyone on Earth. I mean why would he turn me down for you? Yes, I was happy with Emmett, but it didn't stop me from hating you. I was also angry with you for falling in love with Edward, I thought it was wrong for you to want a vampire the way you did. So, I ignored you at all costs, and even stayed away the first day you came to meet everyone.

When your birthday happened, and you got the paper cut, I knew then I would have to kill you if Jasper didn't do it. You were going to ruin everything, and I wouldn't let my family be torn apart because of a stupid human. But in the end, Edward chose to save you and so we all left anyway. I decided you had enough to deal with and left you to deal with Edward leaving.

While away, Emmett and I got married again and had yet another honeymoon. With Edward gone though, it wasn't the same and I felt a part of me was missing. Edward was my brother and he had always been there for me. I felt angry with you, because you tore the family apart without being the one to do it. When Alice saw you jumping off a cliff, she told me before rushing back to Forks to help Charlie, only to learn that you were still alive. Of course, Alice never called met tell me if you were alive or not and I had to do the right thing and told Edward about the 'incident' in hopes that he would return home and life will go back to the way it was. You know what happened after this.

I am so sorry for the trouble I have called you the last 2 years. I never meant for any harm to come to you or to Edward. I know the Volturi want you either dead or a vampire, but I swear on my life, no harm will ever come to you. You have such a precious gift that will need you. I swear Bella, things will be different now, you deserve so much more than my hate. Can you ever forgive me?"

It was sad, and I told her she was a good friend and I hoped she was around for the rest of my life, she cried silent tears.

After the spa we went on a mini shopping trip, I didn't buy anything because I really didn't need anything else. I laughed as the girls tried on clothes, some of them were just for laughs. They bought at least one thing and it was sexy lingerie for their boys. I was happy they were all happy, but I missed Damon and it made me sad that he wasn't here for me. I knew he would be back, I just hated not knowing when he would be back.

After shopping we went back to the boarding house and changed into something for dinner. The dress Alice got me was simple and beautiful. It was knee length and hid my belly perfectly which was just what I wanted since I wasn't ready to tell Charlie yet. It was a dark purple and blue swirled design over a white backdrop. The shoulders were spaghetti strapped with a simple blue short-sleeve jacket that ended at my knees. It was a little tight in my breast area, but it wasn't uncomfortable, then it flowed outward making the swirls in the dress have the allusion that I was thin.

I was admiring the way the dress tricked the eye when I felt it. It was small and frightening at first until I realized I felt the baby kick. I sat down in the chair and cried as I felt the tiny flutters in my stomach and wondered if this was a good sign. The baby kicked and kicked, letting me know it was there and it was safe. I cried happy tears and that was how Stephan found me.

I silently walked over to him and placed his hand on my stomach, so he could feel the movement in my belly. He was shocked and amused but most of all he was happy. He smiled a beautiful jaw dropping smile that could win an Oscar. We made our way down to the others and told them what happened and they all jumped me at once to feel the baby kicking.

After we all calmed down we left for dinner.