A/N: This is a rewrite of an old fanfiction under the name of "An Unexpected Miracle", that I left unattended for five years. The original 19 chapters were written by April Nichole and myself, but all the credit is hers. This revised version is a collaboration between myself and Arnavi, written by her and edited by myself.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of this story, or any of the things from the original 'Twilight Saga' by Stephenie Meyer. But I, and April Nichole, do own Adelaide Louise Clarke (Previously Adora Lovette), and everything that happens to her in the past and future.
Chapter One
It's been nine years since the Cullen clan (+ friends) faced off against the Volturi and won, and life goes on as normal. Or well as normal as it gets for a family of vampires plus one lovesick werewolf.
Adjusting to having, not only a werewolf, but also a growing, breathing person in the house wasn't easy. Change hit Rosalie the hardest though, after taking care of Bella during her pregnancy and then clawing her way to the position of Renesmee's 'favourite aunt', she realized that even though she would never be able to fulfill her dream of having her own family, helping other people heal and grow helped to fill the hole she felt in her life.
So, she put herself to use, getting an undergrad degree in Pre-Med, having another extravagant wedding to Emmett, and now, her last year of medical school. She's been lucky enough to intern at the same hospital as Carlisle a couple of times a week. It's strange, but weirdly gratifying, to not only see him in a whole new role, but also to able to be a part of it.
Working at the hospital and being around blood all the time (ER shifts were the worst) made it progressively harder for her to control herself, and in turn led to more hunting trips with Emmett. Speaking of, Emmett's had the most difficult time adjusting to her new found enthusiasm no matter how many times she tried to explain it, he just didn't get it.
She'd sympathised with Bella so strongly during her pregnancy, understood why it was so important for her to keep Renesmee, why she was fighting so hard to keep her baby alive. Everyone assumed she only sided with Bella because she was baby crazy, but in actuality she was rooting for Bella because she'd finally made a decision with her heart and not her head.
Not that she didn't see where Edward was coming from, just the mere thought of losing Emmett was enough to send her into a frenzy, she can't even begin to imagine the torture Edward must have been going through. But at the end of the day, he just needed to see what everyone else already had; that Bella was strong enough to make her own decisions and believed in this one with her whole heart.
By helping to raise Renesmee, she knew she would never be able to love and protect a child of her own - although Nessie was a close second - but she could always care for and protect others who needed it.
Every two weeks or so, she'd have her ER rotation. It was a lot more frequent than her rotations on the other floors, but Carlisle worked the ER at the hospital and the only way she'd be able to pull through those shifts was if he was around to help her.
She'd just been setting a patients arm after a break when the scent caught her attention. She hurriedly wrapped up her current patient and rushed towards the origin of the scent, running into Carlisle on the way.
"She's only just come in Rosalie, I'll go see if someone's attending to her," he told her.
She stepped out of the way and tried to occupy herself with the paperwork attached to her arm patient, anxiously waiting for Carlisle to return. She began to think anxiously, Where the hell was he? What on earth was taking him so long? He's a vampire for gods sake, he has no excuses!
Giving up on trying to be patient, Rose rushed over to where Louise was propped up. This would be the third time in as many weeks that they'd seen her in here, always after one of her "accidents". It infuriated Rose to no end that someone as kind, sweet and pregnant as Louise would be stuck with an abusive partner. Worse was the feeling of uselessness, even though she was a vampire, there turned out to be absolutely nothing Rose could do to convince Louise to leave her dick of a boyfriend - and Carlisle had expressly forbidden any killing, kidnapping, or threatening.
Trying to abate the fury rising within her, and failing miserably, Rose turned to Carlisle and the trusty chart;
"How bad is she this time?" The question came out much shakier than Rose would have liked, things did not look good.
"Not as bad as some of the times previous," there was a 'but pretty bad' implied in Carlisle's soft glance, sending Rose deeper into her spiral of dread.
"Someone else was attending to her but apparently she's been asking for you."
"Me?!" she almost squeaked, "Are you sure?!"
"Yes Rose, I told you, you've been doing a really good job with all the patients you've been assigned so far. Your patients feel like they can trust you, now come on, Louise is waiting."
The feeling of validation she got from knowing her patients, that she cared so deeply for, trusted her almost overshadowed her shock. Shaking her head to snap out of it, Rose spotted Louise.
"You hate me don't you," Louise ground out towards Rose, refusing to meet her eye in shame.
"No, of course not I'm just worried for you and the little one," Rose moved closer to place a hand on Louise's belly and almost grimaced at the bruise purpling on her cheek.
"Everything is going to be alright, me and my little girl are going to be just fine" She said, trying to mellow out some of Rose's worries.
"How can you say that when you're in here almost every single week?" She cried out in anguish, "Wait, did you say little girl?"
Louise smiled, "Yeah I found out last week. Also Rosalie, don't worry, I have a plan, like I said, it'll all be alright".
Rose was just about to inquire into this so called plan of Louise's but was interrupted, quite rudely, by Carlisle who threw her a knowing look that screamed "Don't interfere".
A/N: This was only briefly edited, if you find any mistakes, don't hesitate to point them out, we'd love to fix them!
Thanks! – Victoria and Arnavi
