Okay, here is chapter 2. My stories never start off good, but once I get into the hang of them, they will get better, so have patience with me! And there will be Carlilse Esme fluff, but it will come in due time. Without a futher adu, chapter 2! (hey I just rhymed!) I do not own any of the Twilight, characters, yah, I wish.

I ran thorugh the city as fast as I could without rising suspicions. I couldn't sprint the way I was comfortable as a vampire, but at the much slower human pace. I am normally a patient person and don't mind walking at such a slow speed but right now I couldn't help but feeling that way. I was holding a dying patient in my arms and needed her home and warm as soon as possible. I was just worried that our home would be cold. I mean, why do vampires need to keep their home warm with their ice cold bodies? But anything was better than the frigid London breeze at this point.

To take my mind off the stress I looked around at the scenery. The apartment buildings were all lined up close next to each other with just small alley ways in between. In these gaps an occasional person could be spotted hiding in the rubble, homeless. Occasionally a person would walk by. Some were in a hurry, probably trying to get home to their families after a long days work. Besides the few unfortunate poor people like the ones I saw, the streets were empty. All of the families were sitting together, warm at home. A soft snow fall came down and caressed my already cool skin. I could just imagine how excited the kids would be when they woke up to see their home covered in an enchanted white blanket of fluff. I smilled at the thought of how their little faces would light up at the beautiful sight.

I let the snow continue to fall on me for a longer time, enjoying the soft sensation it made me feel. Then a snow flake fell onto the fragile creature in my arms. It almost immediately melted on her warm cheek, leaving only a small drop of water that trickled down her face. She shuddered at the cold and I realized I was in more of a rush than I thought. No more time for taking my mind of the stress, I needed to get her safe.

I gently cradled her in one arm effortlessly so I could lift one hand up. I gently wiped the water drop from her face. She twitched again, I assumed by my cold skin, but then her eyes flashed open and she let out a gasp. I quickly dropped my arm and carried her with both arms again. She looked at me with bewildered green eyes. She quickly looked side to side but then layed her head back against my arm as if such a small action tired her. She mumbled something, but it was intellectual so I tried to answer whatever questions I could. "Don't worry it will all be okay soon. I am taking you home to make you safe. Do you want to die or live?" Her eyes flew open again and looked bewildered. She looked almost scared as if I just gave her a death threat. "No, no, I don't mean I will kill you, I mean, I might know a way to save you but...it will be painful." I clarified.

Her lips moved and at first nothing came out, but then soft, quite words came out. "I don't want to live without my baby." she croaked, looking at me. "Well, this way, you won't be able to have children, but we can adopt and Edward can count as your son, you'll see as soon as we get to my apartment..." "I don't understand. Your talking about children and I don't even know you!" She struggled against my grip. I should have been gentler. I must have looked so menacing. A man carrying a woman by force to his room, talking about making a family. She was probably mortified. "Let go!" She yelled again as she struggled. "Okay, but your not wearing shoes and its cold..." "Now!" She interrupted again. I gently dropped her to her feet and she began to run, well, more jog, but it was still strong for being unable to move a minute ago. She really must be scared if her body is in fight or flight mode.

She continued until she was too tired and fell to the ground. and I caught up to her side quickly. She screamed, struggled to get up, but failed and doubled down. "Please, let me explain..." "Leave me alone!" "Do you want to die!?" I asked, desperate to get her attention. She got onto her feet now, with a lot of trouble and whirled around to face me. "Not like what you are planning to do to me is much better than dying." She meant rape, but she was right. Was being damned to a eternal night any better than dying? I was planning on letting her make the choice though.

"I am not going to use you" I shuddered at the thought of me doing such an awful action "You are weak, and will not last long. I am Doctor Cullen. I was the man who worked on you in the hospital. They put you to die, but I decided to sneak you out of the hospital and take you home to save you and I am different than most humans, actually, I'm not even human, but I know how to keep you alive, which by the way, you shouldn't be standing." I took a deep breath. I hoped she would believe such a story. "That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard" she said as she walked closer to me. She was shorter than me but looked into my eyes, trying to be intimidating, I assume. "I shouldn't believe you, but..." her eyes softened. "But...?" I pressed. "Your eyes look so sincere. I can't help but believe you."

"Trust me." I sayed as I held out a hand. "I'll carry you, you must be cold." "No." She said stubbornly, but her voice was faltering, this talking and walking is really not healthy for her. "Alright," I said as I slipped off my shoes. "What are you doing?" She asked as I pulled off my socks and my jacket. "You must be freezing, put these on. You can walk, but I wouldn't suggest it, you are still very ill." As if to prove my point, her body swayed a little in place and tried to regain balance. She really was weak. "Woah..." Before she could speak, I picked up each foot, slid on a sock and shoe for each one and threw my jacket over her shoulders. She swayed a little and tumbled into my arms. "Maybe you should carry me." She said weakly. I picked her up in my arms. Not in an intimate way at all, just to make sure she was safe.

"You never answered my question" I pressed as we walked. "Hmmm?" She mumbled, tired. "Do you want to live or should I let you die?" ? "My baby..." she mumbled. "I know, you can't have a child but, maybe we could find your husband..." She didn't say anything, just looked down at the little ring on her hand. I decided not to push the subject anymore. "How would you save me?" She asked, looking back at me warily. "Well, you would not be human anymore. You would still look human, just different." I paused a moment. "I could show you one thing different about us." "Sure" she mumbled drifting her head to side as if she was going to fall asleep. I looked around for any witnesses, and when I found none, began my sprint. The breeze whipped across our cheeks and her eyes flew open in surprise.

She gripped onto me tighter and buried her head into my chest, not like that would make her feel any warmer. As if she heard what I was thinking, she picked up her head slightly and touched my cold shirt with her hand. "Your worrying about me being cold?" she asked urgently as she struggled to slip off my jacket. "You are freezing!" "Don't slip off the coat. I'm...well..." I tried to put the words together without scaring her, but at the same time, she needed to know what was up against her, it wasn't fair otherwise. "I am naturally cold." She raised her eyebrows in confusion. "That's impossible. Your blood would freeze if you were that cold. That would cause your skin tissue to expand and you would die of frostbite." She said matter of factly. "I know, but there is...well...there is no blood in me." She looked like she didn't believe me. "The same will happen to you if you agree to let me save you." I said, noticing that she quickly regained alot of energy and maybe it wouldn't be necessary to do this to her. And then she took in a crooked breath. It sounded sharp and painful. Then the coughing began. She coughed up a liquid that would have been hard to identify in the dark without my sense of smell. Blood. So much for all that energy. She worked her body farther than it would go.

I took this chance to begin my inhuman sprint again and we quickly reached the door of the apartment. I ran up the first, second, finally, the third floor. I went to the 6th room in the hallway and kicked open the door. When I opened it a whaf of warm air hit me. I suspiciously stepped into the room where Edward was tending a fire. "How did you know?" I asked, eyeing him curiously.
"Better to be prepared, Carlilse. You taught me that. I guess the student teaches the teacher." "I guess so." I said quietly as I layed the woman out on the cot layed next to the fire. Right now wasn't the time for small talk. Now i need some blankets for her. I thought. For half a second he disappeared, only to come back another second later with a bunch of fleece blankets. He set them down next to me. As annoying as his ability was when I wanted to keep a secret, it was helpful at times like this.

Her couching stopped and now she was back to her unconscious state. Humans bodies are so unpredictable. I leaned down to her neck and then I thought of Edward. I looked at her bloodstained clothes and darted my eyes back to my unbreathing son. "Edward, go fetch me some clean clothes." I quickly began to unbutton her shirt. My breathing got quicker as I did so. Oh come on Carlilse! I thought. Your a doctor you've done this for women and male patients for centuries! calm down! Edward came back into the room and placed the clothes next to me, which I quickly slipped onto her body. "Water and a cloth?" I pressed as I threw her blood stained clothes into the fire place. The less blood the better for him. He got some water which he already had heating next to the fire. God bless him, he was so thorough. He handed it to me and began breathing again as the clothes burned to ashes.

I dipped the cloth in the water, wrung it out and began cleaning the visible parts of her body. I cleaned her lower legs and feet while Edward worked on her arms and hands. He carefully cleaned the blood from her neck and ears, holding his breath again, as I soaked her hands in water and removed an dirt under her nail beds. I carefully removed her wedding ring, cleaned out the blood splattered against the small diamonds and placed it back on her finger. I made sure all the blood and dirt was off her body and then used the extra water to pour over her hair as Edward picked out any remains of twigs of leaves.

When she was clean, I was ready to begin the process. I turned to Edward. "Thank you" I said sincerely. "That must have been hard." "You have taught me well" he replied simply. It was amazing how quickly he caught onto our life. "At least the blood is gone and I can breath again." He said as he sat in the chair next to her. "I guess it's time now isn't it?" I asked as I looked over her. "Yes, Carlilse, if you want to that is." He said as he looked at me solemnly.

I mumbled "I'm sorry" to her as I brushed her wet hair from her neck and pressed my lips against her warm skin, letting my fangs dig into her.

That's it! see ya next time! Oh and sprry about the multiple spelling errors with Carlilse's name. It will be better next time. Remember to write and review!! Thanx! :)

-Christydoll