The first time I ever saw him, we were on opposite sides of the street. On that day, it was pouring with rain. My long brown hair was horribly wet and matted, because I didn't have a hood and my umbrella had broken. He was walking to the hospital, while I was walking back home. I walked by an old, abandoned Chinese restaurant, tripped over a stone, and fell into some broken glass. Somehow, he heard my gasp of shock over the pouring rain. He looked over the road to find me, and he saw me struggling to get up. I had cut my head, and the blood from the three-inch gash dripped onto the pavement. He dashed over the road towards me, regardless of the cars that skidded to a halt as he ran across the road, putting his own life in danger. He knelt down on the wet pavements beside me.
"Excuse me, miss? Can you hear me?" he asked, checking my pulse.
"Uuunnnhhh." I groaned softly. He quickly assessed me for any neck or spinal injuries, but I was clear.
"I'm Carlisle Cullen. I'm a doctor and I'm going to help you. Do you think you can stand?"
"I-I don't know."
"It's probably best if you don't, because you've got a nasty laceration on your head. I'll have to carry you to the hospital. Can you tell me your name?"
"I can't remember."
"Just keep talking, miss. Don't pass out on me. Where do you come from?"
"I don't know." I said weakly, before I almost passed out. He opened his bag, pulled out a non-adhesive dressing, and a roll of bandage. He pulled some latex gloves on quickly, and dressed the wound on my head. He took the gloves off, and threw them away. He picked his bag up, closing it. He picked me up, one arm under my knees and the other arm around my back. My head lolled against his shoulder, and the blood that was pulsing from the cut on my head was staining the bandage.
Within what felt like ages, was in fact, three minutes, he got me to the hospital. By the time he got me inside, I was just on the verge of losing consciousness...
a/n: Ooh, a cliffie! I am mean. This first chapter didn't take me long to write at all. About ten minutes, I think. Anyways, I apologise in advance to any Esme x Carlisle fans because there is a tragedy which Carlisle will tell in later chapters. Esme will be in this story, but only in memories and flashbacks. There is an end in sight, but I am unsure at the present time how many more chapters that will take. There is, of course, Emmett, Rosalie, James's coven (James, Victoria and Laurent), Bella, Edward, Nessie, Jacob, Charlie, Alice, Jasper (who I mostly refer to as Jazz) Carlisle (of course cos he is my leading male) a little bit of Paul, Sam, Emily, Embry and Quil (little bit of love going on there between two of my favourite werewolves, but I prefer vampires, they're much hotter) maybe a little bit of love between Charlie and Sue Clearwater.