I know, I know what you're thinking. Another story! She needs to stop switching! I apologize profusely, please forgive me. This is just another little project I'm starting. The list of my current projects is now this one, The Call (which sadly will be coming to an end soon :( ), To be whole again, among others. I just couldn't resist though! I have been reading a lot of wonderful Rosalie/Emmett fics, and I felt the urge to do some myself. So, I am starting this. It will be a collection of RxE one-shots/drabbles. I will update whenever inspiration strikes, so hopefully often. If you ever have any ideas of things I could do, don't hesitate to suggest some on a review or PM me. Don't worry, you will be credited. :D This one is not exactly the most original, I have read some with this similar situation. But I hope you like it all the same. I feel that a lot of fics don't portray Rose and Emmett with their true colors, only as Emmett being stupid, Rose being totally self-obsorbed, and both being consumed with lust 24/7. So, I hope I did them justice, and please enjoy! :D

-Ember

Sigh... I'm not S.M. :(

RPOV

I lay next to my husband.

We each breathed deeply, though there was really no need to.

The morning light began to seep through the shades on our glass wall, making the upcoming day impossible to ignore.

I shut my eyes, to attempt to prolong the inevitable.

My mind went back to the days when Emmett was still a newborn.

And we were falling in love.

Everything back then had been perfect.

Until he tried to kiss me.

We were hunting alone together that day.

I hadn't told him yet why I had been changed.

I didn't want to tell him.

I didn't want him to feel pity for me, or angry at those men. I had taken care of them. I just didn't want for him to think I was… damaged goods. That I had a reason to be bitter all of the time, because there was really no excuse for my behavior. I don't know why I acted why I did, I just…. did. But Emmett was changing me for the better. And I didn't want to do anything that might put this new relationship in peril. So I kept quiet.

Bad move.

We were chasing each other, weaving in and out of the trees. Laughing.

We both froze, our laughing uncontrollable.

I ducked behind a nearby pine, and quieted myself. I was smiling widely, thinking how lucky I was that Emmett loved me.

The world moved in slow motion.

I peered cautiously around the branches, looking for a sign of him.

I didn't see him, so I cautiously walked out from behind it.

And then I felt him behind me and jokingly pull me to the ground with him.

The world moved even slower.

My breath stopped and I closed my eyes.

Flashes of that night flew behind my eyelids. They still haunted me. The pain I could remember. The fear I could remember. But that was all.

I couldn't remember the good times of my human life at all. I didn't even know if I had had any good ones. All I could remember was the envy of Vera, the smugness of my engagement with Royce, and the horror of his betrayal. That was all.

I opened my eyes again.

I was underneath him on the forest floor.

He still wore a cheeky grin, his dimples more prominent than I had ever see him.

I was so in love with him.

But then his face disappeared. In its place was Royce. I shuddered involuntarily, immediately regretting it, and hoping he didn't notice. Whoever he was.

Our surroundings transformed.

There was snow on the ground. Its sparkling white surface dusted with shadows. And crimson blood. My blood.

I felt so weak, so vulnerable. So betrayed. I couldn't even move. I was drifting in and out of unconsciousness, wishing it all to be over soon. Wishing that death would claim me quickly. No such luck though.

The darkness was foreboading, the streetlights casting eerie luminescence on the ground around me. On the faces of my attackers.

I shivered again.

Whether it was of the cold, or this memory, I am not sure.

I couldn't speak.

I couldn't scream, or struggle, or try to defend myself.

I was helpless.

The clichéd damsel in distress.

Only there was no prince, no Emmett, to save me from this past.

These memories.

I was alone.

I gasped and breathed faster.

If it had still been beating, my heart surely would have been racing.

I shuddered and began to shiver.

My teeth chattered, even though we couldn't get cold.

And then Emmett was there.

His face was concerned.

I watched as his lips formed the words, "Rosalie, what's wrong?"

I couldn't answer.

I didn't know what to answer, even if I could.

Was I okay?

Was I broken beyond repair?

And then Edward was there beside me.

He growled at Emmett.

"Get off her," he hissed. His voice was distant.

Emmett, concerned, quickly got up, not breaking eye contact with me.

"Rose…" I could barely hear him whisper.

And then Edward pulled me gently into his arms.

I kept shaking, kept looking at Emmett.

Looking desperately at him, as if to soothe his apprehension, as if begging for forgiveness.

For my past.

Later, after Edward and Esme had calmed down, I finally told Emmett of my past, of why I was changed.

He reacted at first how I thought he would.

His face was an open book.

I could read his emotions clearly… pain, anger, remorse, regret, sympathy.

And then his reaction surprised me.

Love.

Extreme, total, incomprehensible love.

I had just finished my story when he said it.

"I love you Rose." He said.

And I could tell he meant it.

I knew I would be safe with him.

My protector.

And then he kissed me.

And I didn't struggle.

I didn't scream.

I didn't tremble.

I was not afraid.

I was safe, and in love.

I was protected.

I was back in the present then.

"Open your eyes, Rosie," Emmett said softly.

I turned on my side to look at him.

"I love you Rose," he said, just like all those years ago.

"I love you too Emmett," I said.

And I did, with my whole heart.

And nothing would ever change that.

He leaned into kiss me… and… well…. the rest is history.

I hope you enjoyed this! And once again, if you have any ideas for me, please review or PM me. I would be happy to oblige with them and credit you! Thanks so much for reading! :D

-Ember