Saving Her

Summary: Carter knows this is a good idea. She really does, because she's going to be saving Rosie, and anything after that just doesn't register. CarterxRosie

Author's Note: So I was watching the movie, and the whole scene with Carter running to the helicopter was so anti-climactic…XD My mind ran away with her at that point, and I just wanted to do my own, deeper, way not-Disney-appropriate-in-any-way-at-all version of the question I'm sure we've all asked ourselves:

What if Carter hadn't been stopped?

Disclaimer: I do not own Princess Rosalinda/Rosie Gonzalez, Carter Mason, or Princess Protection Program and all affiliated characters and environments. They are the property of Disney in conjunction with Annie DeYoung :]

Carter knows this is a good idea. She really does, because she's going to be saving Rosie, and anything after that just doesn't register. She has a one track mind, and from the moment the Princess told her she was leaving all those days ago she was focused on just one thing.

Saving her Princess.

Carter doesn't really know when her feelings about the other girl turned into feelings for the other girl. One second she was irritated and angry with everything the girl did, and the next second she couldn't get enough of her. Sure, she had been a tomboy for most of her life, but she had liked boys. She had liked Donnie; she may have even loved him. But whatever those feelings might have been were so insignificant and small in comparison to the things she felt for Rosie. She had never even looked at another girl in that capacity, so really, what made Rosie so…different? Carter didn't know.

She was different. Every inference she had ever made about the girl turned out to be completely wrong. Carter would throw something her way and she'd perform a complete 180, receiving it in a way she never would have guessed. She had thought she was going to be just like all those other princesses her dad had told her horror stories about. Stuck up, spoiled, selfish. Princess Rosalinda was none of those things. She was kind, sweet, caring, and probably the most selfless person on earth. At the heart of the Princess was just a teenage girl, a girl just like her; Rosie.

And that's why she was doing this. Rosie was always saving other people. It's about time someone saved her.

The lights are flashing in random circles around the gymnasium, the school dance in full swing. Carter leaned against the wall closest to the main entrance, her heart pounding out of her chest and nervous butterflies thrashing around in her stomach. She wasn't sure if it was because of what she knew was coming, or because her eyes were locked on Rosie.

The girl looked so carefree and happy as she danced with Margaret and the other girls on the floor; it's like she was finally able to breathe, to forget for one night her responsibilities and just let go. To be an average, teenage girl. Just like she wanted.

Carter smiled as all doubt, nerves, and worry disappeared from her body when Rosie met her gaze, giving her a warm grin before the crowd swallowed her again.

Carter knew this was a good idea. She really did, even when a deep, menacing voice growled in her ear to come with no protest, and rough hands held her wrists together behind her back. As shivers ran down her spine as she was forced into the open air by several Costa Lunian guards, that same menacing voice laughing loudly into the night. Even when she was thrown into the back of the waiting helicopter, each rotation of the blades thumping loudly in her chest, and a gag was forced into her mouth. Even as she felt the rumbling copter leave the ground, and a cloth was pressed over her nose; she began to feel heavy and her eyes began to droop, she still knew…

She was saving Rosie.

Carter Mason knew it was a good idea, as finally, she drifted off into an empty slumber.

Author's Note: Each chapter will be switching from Carter to Rosie and back again until they're finally together, and I'm not too sure how many chapters there are going to be, but I've got about 9 written so far so I'll be trying to post at least once a week (at least for the next 9 weeks ahahas!). I hope you guys liked it!