Just The Way You Are
*My first one-shot! Mind you, this is a few days after Esme's change so they aren't together-together yet...bear with me, please!*
I glared icily out the window. All I could see was the cruel, unjust world. How could my baby boy be dead?
I detected movement behind me. But I knew it was just him.
Carlisle's fingers ghosted my shoulder, then resting them there, he came to stand beside me. I turned my head away. He couldn't see me like this.
It was times like these when I wished I could cry. But I couldn't anymore. I would never again.
"Esme," his crystalline voice whispered. I bit my lip and jerked away from him. He definitely couldn't see me like this.
When he didn't reach for my arm again, I slightly turned my head to see him. What I saw horrified me.
Carlisle had sunk to his knees on the floor, staring down. He looked utterly defeated.
I cried out and quickly was next to him-one plus of being a vampire.
"Carlisle," I rasped. No answer. "Carlisle," I repeated louder, rubbing his shoulder.
"I did this to you..." he whimpered. "I hurt you, Esme. How could I have thought that you would have wanted this? Why would have you?" he babbled.
I was shocked. "Oh, Carlisle," I wrapped my arms around him as a comforting gesture. "You didn't hurt me. How...Carlisle, you saved me...you kept me alive." I took a deep breath before I said the next part. "You kept me with you."
He slightly raised his head. "Esme, you don't understand. I changed you for my own selfish reasons...Esme, I couldn't bear to watch you sit there and die like that on that damned cott. Esme..." he whispered.
The next thing I knew, we were leaning against the window, and I was in his arms. "I love you," he said, holding me to him by the small of my back.
I didn't think. I acted.
I crashed my lips to his. But then I suddenly pulled away.
His look of surprise turned to shame. I smiled. "I love you, too, Carlisle. Just the way you are..."
I barely finished before his lips were on me.
And we continued into our little piece of perfection.
Really cheesy, I know... But, whatever... For a first try on one-shots, I thought it was pretty good. (I know it's really short, but then again, who isn't a fan of something that they can read in less than five minutes...) Tell me what ya think!
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