The Other Swan

Embry-Rose looked around Forks as she waited for her uncle Charlie to come pick her up, having been passed off to her Uncle her step mom hadn't cared to keep her around and to be frank she didn't care to be around the woman either. Embry-Rose was almost eighteen, pale, well pale for California looking around Forks and it's overcast her paleness wasn't going to be a problem. Looking in the reflection of the glass she could see her strange Hazel blue eyes staring back, many thought she was wearing contacts but her eyes were just that unusual, the one thing she got from her mom, at least as far as she could tell by the pictures she had seen of her mother. She had died when Embry had been born. Her father had passed just two years prior after his car accident. Hair so red it was deep auburn. She had let it grow out that when it wasn't pulled back like now it reached her waist almost past it.

She was wearing her favorite riding boots, favorite form fitting jeans and long sleeved shirt that tied to the side with a corset cincher middle. Wearing her jacket with her back pack over her shoulder. Duffel bags on either side of her. Fedora pulled to the side and down a bit, it was cooler here than in California. She blinked at the sports like car that pulled up to see a woman that looked around her age get out shorter than her a bit but not by much. She had paler skin then Embry with strange amber eyes, hair pulled up casually.

"Embry-Rose Swan?" She asked smiling a bit awkwardly.

Embry's answer was an arched brow.

"I'm Bella, Charlie's daughter, your cousin," she said in explanation.

"Did Char send you to get me?" She smirked calling him by what she used to as a kid seeing Bella smile.

Her nod confirming her suspicions she picked up the Duffel bags and winced hiding it but blinked when the guy she was with took the bags. Looking at Edward. Looking to Bella he asked her to pop the trunk but the look he had made Embry feel like they were having a private conversation she wasn't apart of or just missed. Taking off the back pack getting into the back to see Renesmee. Pausing in putting on her seat belt as the girl smiled at her saying hello Embry. That was a bit off putting.

She let it go relaxing back into the seat. Listening to Edward and Bella talk looking out the window. Thinking but then nothing, there was the quiet. Edward glanced back to see Embry-Rose with her head against the side of the door where she had watched out the window out hard. He had been delving into her thoughts a bit.

"I think we should have Carslie look at her, she was in that accident with her dad, she had gotten hurt pretty bad, I don't think she's healed fully." Edward said concerned about his wife's cousin. She was family even if she wasn't a vampire. Bella glanced in her rearview mirror to Embry-Rose.

"Embry has always been different even when we were kids, she was actually born a couple of months early then what she was supposed to be due to an accident at home that made my aunt go into labor. She died when Embry-Rose was born, dad was there with Uncle Max, he said she literally got to name her and hold her for less then a minute before she crashed and passed away. She's always been the quiet one no one notices but when she does speak or interact most are too shocked to interact back," She smirked.

Renesmee watched her second cousin with interest, she was different from her mother Bella. The drive was rather quick and peaceful. Edward got her bags and rushed them inside to the guest room they had made. Charlie was gone on his fishing trip and they weren't about to just dump Embry-Rose on his empty porch. Asking for Carslie telling him about her as they got to the car in seconds flat. Carslie carefully opened the door and made her lean back making her head go back gently. Feeling and studying her.

"She's had surgery maybe a week ago, the stitches are almost dissolved. They treated her spine it feels like. I'll call in a favor and get her x-rays." He moved with care lifting the unconscious Embry Swan into his hold. A book falling scattering papers from her lap. The Denali coven came to visit as promised to Renesmee. Eleazar bent down with Garrett to pick up the papers greeting Carslie. Garrett looked over the papers to find the penmanship rather beautiful but seeing the artwork was what really captivated him. Standing and tracing the drawing it seemed so real.

"Hey this is pretty good-" he looked up to shut up looking at Carslie who was busy talking to the rest of the clan. Garrett saw Embry-Rose, her features were soft and sharp and she was lithe and slender. She was pretty, getting closer. Garret gave Eleazar the drawings and gently offered to take her so Carslie could get a space set for her. Taking Embry-Rose in his arms carefully she shivered and stirred only to snuggle into Garrett suddenly holding to his shirt. Garrett shivered and kept her closer as he watched her, breathing her in he smelt vanilla, rose, and something underneath it of farm forests and orchids. She smelt like home, Garrett moved into the house as Carslie said he was ready. He walked up the stairs to gently set her down on her bed easy to tuck in but he didn't get up.

"Garrett?" Eleazar asked he looked to him his necklace caught in her grip, he couldn't just yank out of it. Tracing her hand and fingers getting her to ease up.

"I'll be done in a minute," he said softly.

Eleazar left and he was alone with her, so this was the other swan. Bella's cousin, he eased her hand a bit more but slowly so he could watch her. Moving her bangs, Garrett wouldn't lie he wanted to bite her, taste her blood, her scent called to him far stronger than anything he had ever encountered but he couldn't. Not out of fear he couldn't harm her. He got her fingers free from his necklace holding her hand she stirred making a light noise and winced. She was hurting, he could see it, hear it, sense it. He hesitated but watched her noticing where she tensed touching her side going toward her lower back as gentle as possible she gasped but suddenly relaxed like a switch had been thrown. Melting into his hand and the bed, face going soft and slack. Garrett shivered and massaged that spot smiling.

It was nice to know he had an effect on somebody in such a way. He heard someone call for him vague downstairs turning his head to look behind him. Looking back Garrett flinched going still. Embry-Rose was looking at him awake. He knew he should bolt downstairs. The shock of him suddenly being gone would stun her but he felt fixed. Her strange hazel blue eyes on his slightly red ones. He hadn't gone full 'vegetarian' though he was trying to. She reached up though fingers traced his cheek feeling the scruff she smiled but put her hand down as she pressed back into the pillow and closed her eyes settling she made herself go back to sleep which didn't take long. Garrett sighed but leaned kissing her forehead. Pulling the blanket around her moving her bangs tracing her cheek he went downstairs to let her sleep