Eternal Love

Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT! Uh…sort of, it's "technically" Stephenie Meyer's, but I switched the characters around a bit…which are also hers.

Summary: When Esme Platt moves to Forks to escape her abusive fiancé, she didn't expect to fall in love with the mysterious doctor. But what happens when a certain ex-fiancé shows up?

Forks

Esme POV

I took deep breaths as the plane landed. I was safe. I was away from him. I could start over here. When I reached the terminal, I went to grab the few bags I'd packed in my rush to get over here. I had been expecting this for a while, so I'd sent some other boxes to my uncle's house, Charlie Swan. He was waiting for me.

Charlie was my mother's younger brother. I'd called him because he had extra room, and it was my father who'd practically ordered me to marry him. I left before that could happen.

"Esme, nice to see you." Charlie gave me an awkward hug. He never was the fatherly type, but he was certainly better than my "father".

"Hi, Charlie." We sat in silence in his police cruiser. He'd never been much of a talker. I remember from when I used to visit him as a child, by my father stopped those visits.

"So…your old room. I got you a computer." He looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Thanks." Charlie cracked a smile and left. I started unpacking boxes.

Charlie had missed me all these years. I was like his daughter. He tried to write me, but my father confiscated the letters before I even knew they were there, and never picked up when Charlie's caller ID showed.

I suppose I'd been fairly smart for my age, because I graduated from college early. Now I'm twenty-two. I'd applied to be a teacher here, and the high school accepted. I was going to teach English.

I was also going to work at the hospital as a nurse after my classes at school were over, and on the weekends. This was like my dream come true, to work with kids. I'd always wanted to be a mother.

"Esme, could you come down here?" I flinched, and took a shaky breath. This isn't him anymore. This is Uncle Charlie, your practically father. I headed down the stairs after my mental pep talk.

Charlie was grinning. "The Forks council wanted to thank you for taking two government jobs, so they scraped some funds to get you this as their thank you."

I gasped. In the driveway was a white, second-hand Lexus in pretty good shape. I loved it already. "I love it. Thank you, Charlie!"

He smiled and headed back inside, dropping the keys into my hand. I heard thunder rumble, and I quickly ran back inside. Later that night, while I was in bed, I could've sworn that I'd heard the very loud sound of something hitting a baseball bat. But it must've been thunder.