So I'm really sorry I haven't updated, I haven't even really got an excuse unless you count being lazy an excuse.

And some bad news, my summer tests are coming up in two weeks so updates will be slow but after that we should be back on track.

Anyway thank you to bellalice, Roseofthephantom, Thata Phoenix, m., Chrizziebelle Cullen, Silver Winged Singer, Jessy, ILoveTwilightToo, swimcrazy257, PinkAngelWings there is more but fan fiction is confusing me.

Also I'd like to say a big thank you to all the people who took the time to review despite the fact that it said you couldn't or that you had already reviewed. This could have been fan fiction's fault but I think it was mine because I deleted the author's notes in this story, so sorry about that but thank you for reviewing anyway.

Random Point of Interest: I'm drinking coke. I love coke!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight and my gummy bears stole my coke so I haven't got Twilight, coke or gummy bears.

ROSALIE POV

Edward's fingers ran gracefully over the smooth ivory keys as Bella sat by him, elated by the sweet melody flowing from the instrument.

I cringed internally as Bella reached out her childish little finger to tap one of the keys and I prepared to fling myself in front of her tiny frame to shield her from Edward's wrath.

Was it possible for a vampire to faint?

Had you asked me at any other time and I would have denied it vehemently, however as I watched Bella strike the key and heard a high pitched tone inharmonious with Edward's composition emit from the piano, my answer had to be very different.

Edward had guessed her intention I was sure but did not stop her, surprising as the last time anyone had touched Edward's piano, things had ended up with several pieces of broken furniture, Emmett begging for mercy and a very angry Esme.

Yet now Edward merely turned to Bella with a teasing expression and began tickling her, in punishment.

And in that moment I came to the both shocking and rather blatantly obvious realization that Bella's arrival had impacted more then just myself.

I had been sitting watching a pathetically cliché rerun of some mindless sitcom. Emmett was hunting with Jasper who had to hunt, yet again, Carlisle was working of course, Esme was shopping for some new flowers for the garden and Alice had joined her, jumping at any chance to shop.

So that had just left Bella and I……… and Edward, who was intent on occupying all of Bella's time.

I distracted myself by watching the light bounce from Edward's glistening skin and reverberate against Bella's skin and hair.

Bella's long mahogany hair shone softly with the light as she peered up at Edward in awe and in that moment I realised how fast Bella was growing up.

She had been with us for several months; nearly a year and it would soon be her birthday.

Only a few weeks ago Bella had begun truly seeing me as her mother. My own happiness had blinded me to the fact that one day Bella would grow up, that one day she would no longer call me her mother, that she would no longer need me.

But in a strange way that was what I wanted. I wanted Bella to have all the things I could never have, I wanted Bella to have the future I was denied, I wanted Bella to have a future.

But as I watched the light cast from Edward's skin cause the same glistening effect on Bella's ivory skin a lump formed in my throat as I saw the other future Bella could have.

And sadly I wanted it.

Despite the future I wanted for Bella, despite the future I fully intended for Bella to have, the ever present selfish part of me that was unused to sacrificing any of my own desires wanted this other future for Bella.

Wanted to keep Bella by me forever, for her to always call me her mother, to always look to me for guidance and assurance.

As I came to stand behind Bella I saw both our faces reflected in the clear glass.

Bella's childish face, lightened by the sun and her round innocent eyes alight with wonder. Her reflection truly unblemished.

And as the sky darkened and murky raindrops trailed down the window, my eyes cast to my own reflection.

Undeniably beautiful, but unlike Bella's, my reflection did not go unblemished.

I studied my reflection as dark raindrops slowly crept down the glass and across my cheek.

My eyes rimmed with black, showed the hunger I revolted against.

My pale white skin showed how far I was distanced from the life I so desperately clung to.

And even my flawless beauty showed the shameless vanity I held within me.

Though I took great pride in my own beauty, I knew that truly I found those 'mere' humans to hold a far more superior beauty then my own.

My reflection was beautiful like the raindrops yet murky like the puddles the fallen raindrops formed. My reflection was impure so very unlike Bella's.

Were Bella to follow in the future I had been handed, she would surely be beautiful.

But one day I did not want Bella to look at her reflection and resent her beauty, as I had spent countless hours doing.

I would not allow Bella's reflection to turn murky and come to resemble the impurities so clearly marked in my own.

No. I would not allow Bella to follow in this future I had been handed for Bella was pure and such purity should continue unblemished.

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Whew! Finally I'm done. What did you think? There was originally going to be something actually happening in this chapter however I felt this was better as a lone chapter. And personally I like it but I want to know what you guys think.

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