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Alex.
Dusk Till' Dawn.
Carlisle Cullen & Alexandra Black Cullen, A Continuity.
2004. Forks, Washington. United States of America.
The next few months defined their life in Forks. Alexandra was always the first of the Cullen that get along with most of the humans because she was one herself and always prompted her brood to try and do the same so they wouldn't catch unwanted attention. Both her and Carlisle were easily accepted in the hospital and she introduced herself in the Parent's Council of the school as an excuse to visit the place often.
Alexandra decided to also teach the course of advanced biology as a way to prevent future disaster. She knew that one day Isabella Swan would arrive in Forks, and there was no way that she was going to let that kid plunge her family into trouble, Alexandra was perhaps the most dangerous of the Cullens when it came to being territorial and protective of her family. She knew the implications and consequences of having an entire coven living amongst humans so she did her best to protect her family.
"Sam, pup, you need to calm down, or else you'll end up hurting someone" Alexandra said scratching behind the ear of the massive black wolf that was sulking on the ground, "I'm sorry that you have to go through this, Carlisle and the others are sorry too, but look at the bright side, Rose baked an entire batch of cookies just for you."
That seemed to get Sam's attention because he stood, shaking his fur and began smelling around Alexandra, she laughed.
"They're in my car, now, you see that tree over there, there's a pair of pants behind it, concentrate in the cookies you so desperately want and change back," Alexandra said, Sam huffed but did as he was told, Alexandra smiled and looked at Billy, she gave him a thumbs up and he nodded.
She had been called the moment Sam had shifted and she had left the hospital citing an emergency, on her way to the reservation she had texted Rosalie, who was home because it was Saturday, and Rose had told her that she had been baking, so Alexandra stopped by her home to get Sam an incentive to change back.
"You said something about cookies, Aunt Alex," he said once he walked back to her, shirtless but wearing the jeans, she grinned and handed him a box of cookies.
"There you go pup," she said, and linked her arm with his to lead him on a walk, "So, you just phased for the first time, big thing huh?"
"Yeah, felt really weird," he said, Alexandra nodded.
"Now you must be really careful pup, with great power,"
"Come great responsibility, I know; didn't know you liked spider-man, aunt Alex," he said, she smiled.
"Why ever not, I've been alive for a really long time pup, and let me tell you, Marvel Comics are the best thing since slice bread and Betty White," she said, Sam gave her a weird look. "But what's important now is that you learn how to control this"
"Is it hard?"
"It takes dedication at patience, there are many things that will happen now, your emotions will feel harder to control, and you need to learn to sort through them, there's also imprinting, which if it's not Leah, you need to tell her and explain everything to her before this turns into a giant mess," Alexandra explained softly, Sam looked conflicted.
"But I love Leah," he said, Alexandra looked at him sadly.
"I know you do puppy, but fate is a bitch like that, so is for the better that you explain things to her, she is of the tribe and she will understand if something happens, and you know that I'm just a phone call away," she said, Sam looked at her solemnly and nodded, "Good, now go enjoy your cookies and I'll talk to Henry and Billy, kay?"
"Thank you, aunt Alex," he said, she grinned and pulled him into a hug, pressing a kiss to the side of his head.
"It's nothing puppy, what good is it to have an ancient fun aunt if she can't help you when you need it the most?" she asked, he smiled at her, "If you want I can send Jasper or Emmett over so you can burn out excess energy, I'm sure they would love to spar with you"
"Sure, Emmett still owes Jared a rematch in Call of Duty" he said, and Alexandra figured that Sam would be alright.
She talked to Henry and Billy about Sam and about the precautions that they needed to take, she also rounded the other boys of the reservation and told them to go to either Billy or Henry if they felt weird, or in a last instance Sam, as she didn't want to burden the young shifter.
Carlisle loved Forks, he was not sure when he had fallen in love with the small town, but he genuinely loved it, and the fact that Alexandra seemed to love the town too was a total plus. Sure he still worried whenever she visited the reservation, now even more that one of the boys had phased, but Alexandra regarded them as kin, and that was enough for him to care for the tribe, and the tribe loved Alexandra so that made them golden in his eyes.
He found it funny how everything had turned out, the tribe somewhat accepted him and his family, if only for the love they had for their 'Aunt Alex', the younger ones referred to him as Uncle Acula sometimes, something that Alexandra had explained to him was a word game, as he was known as Dr. Cullen, so the kids called him Dr. Acula behind his back, it was really clever and always brought a smile to Alexandra when she thought of it, so Carlisle decided to just enjoy the familiar sense of it all.
Emmett and Jasper had fitted enough with the tribe boys, and Carlisle had noticed it was because of their disposition, Emmett and Jasper could be loud and always ready to play or just be generally involved. Rosalie and Jacob Black had, despite all of Carlisle's beliefs, struck a great friendship with their love for mechanics, for Jacob, Rosalie was Cousin Rose, Ice Queen, Immortal Barbie and most recently BAB, which Alexandra had informed him that translated to Boss Ass Bitch, Carlisle had not been impressed by that one, but Rose had all but adopted Jacob Black and that was all that mattered, if she was happy then Carlisle was happy too.
Alice got along with Seth Clearwater better, and Leah joined sometimes as she was fiercely protective of her younger brother; Carlisle thought that they made a funny trio as their personalities were so different but they still could get along most times. Alice's carefree attitude had much to do with it.
Now Edward was another case altogether, his eldest son was perhaps the most complicated of them all, and no matter how much Alexandra tried to include him, there was a part of Edward that resisted, oh he loved his family and cared for his extended one, Carlisle knew that, but still, there was something about Edward. Alexandra of course had once implied that perhaps Edward needed to get laid and the boy had looked terrified at the prospect while Emmett joked for a week straight while Edward sulked.
Alexandra had advised Edward to try and date Tanya afterwards, as the woman had always shown affection for Edward, it had been interesting to say the least, and after one fateful weekend Carlisle had indeed noticed a change in Edward, which probably meant that Alexandra had been right, he was just not going to tell her that as he was sure that her ego could go without the praise.
Alexandra was surprisingly still the light of his whole existence, Rosalie liked to call their relationship true love, the immortal human and the vampire, and Carlisle often found himself agreeing with his eldest daughter. Alexandra always found ways to surprise him, even with the smallest of things, her drive and dedication were always key points in her personality and he loved her for it, and to actually have a chance to see his wife thrive in an era in which women were regarded as being as equally capable as men was wonderful because the world actually recognized that his wife was a force to be reckoned with and not just a result of her being close to him.
His wife was, probably, the one who had adapted the best to the new century, she thrived in it and he couldn't wait to see how could she still grow. She had knack for technology that even Emmett didn't possess, and she was scarily good at playing video games and decimating everyone who was in her path. Carlisle loved to see the faces of his children whenever Alexandra beat them at their own games, and her smug smile, a smile that he loved to kiss away from her face. As Eleazar had told him many years ago, that woman, it had him crazy.
"Carlisle?" a voice brought him out of his musing, he looked at Alexandra and smiled, "You were gone for a few minutes, I've been calling you for quite a while now, what were you thinking about?"
Carlisle thanked god that vampires didn't have blood flow because it would have been embarrassing, and thankful that Edward was visiting Denali for the weekend.
"Just life, my love" he said, Alexandra pressed a kiss to his cheek and fixed his scarf.
"Is it a good one?" she asked, her brown eyes searching his, he held her face in his hands carefully and pressed a lingering kiss to her lips.
"The best one" he answered, Alexandra smiled before she moved to straddle him, her hands running up his chest until they rested around his shoulders, warmth against cold.
"I love you, you know that right?" she asked softly, he kissed the tip of her nose.
"I love you too" he said, and she blushed.
"I just, I don't think you grasp how I love you, like how deep it is" she said, her hands cupping his face, "I don't think I've ever loved as strongly as I love you now" she said her voice soft like velvet, "You've become the center of my world, my light in the night, my reason to live, my everything, I love you so much" she said against his lips and Carlisle didn't need much more prompting to show Alexandra just how much he loved her back.
And if Emmett, Rose, Jasper and Alice had to stay at Billy Black's for the entire night then so be it.
Alexandra was wearing a scarf next morning, it was not that she hated scarves, they were fashionable and Carlisle had more than one use for them, but she rarely wore them because she found them a little bit constricting, and Emmett tended to make jokes whenever she was around wearing scarves. But at least it was just a scarf and not ordering new glass panels, or a new table or bedframe, just a simple scarf that just happened to be Carlisle's favorite.
She walked into Fork's High for her biology period, she was currently teaching Rosalie and Emmett as Jasper had purposely lost a year to be with Alice and Edward, the class was nice, the kids were not bad, a little bit uninterested but those were high schoolers to you. She was sure that most of them were just crushing on her, or on Carlisle, it depended, and Carlisle had taken to love dropping her off at school whenever he could and make a show out of it, even if her car was perfectly fine for her to use.
"Hello class" she said walking into the laboratory and placing her purse on the desk, "Can anyone here tell me what we were seeing last class?" she asked looking at her students.
Rosalie and Emmett were paired together, Jefferson Mosley was paired with his best friend and troublemaker Ethan Caudwell, Brittany Stevens sat next to Amy Sanders, while Richard Emmerson sat with his cousin Kathy, on the other side of the room Alexandra saw Ben Tally and Samuel Bradbury, and behind them was Dean Bradbury, Samuel's elder twin, the irony, and Ashley Dawning. Her class was small, but it was perfect for laboratory works.
"We were talking about cells, Mrs. Cullen" said Samuel, Alexandra smiled at him.
"Thank you Samuel, and what can you tell us about the cell?"
"They are the main unit of all living things, the smallest unit of life" he said with a proud smile, Alexandra nodded at him.
"Correct, now, I remember also talking about the two types of cells, who can remind the classroom, how about you Mr. Mosley?"
"Uh, Pyrocaiotic?" he said unsure, Alexandra shook her head.
"Close but not quite, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic, but you have a chance to redeem yourself Mr. Mosely if you tell me the differences" she said smiling, Jefferson seemed to accept her challenge.
"Uh, eukaryotic is found in living things like animals and plants and have a nucleus, prokaryotic is bacteria and don't have one and are unicellular" he said looking smug, Alexandra grinned.
"Excellent Mr. Mosely, I never doubted your capacity, now since we now know what we learned last time, I shall tell you what we'll learn today" she said as she moved to the board and wrote the word SUBCELLULAR CONTENTS in all caps, "Who has an idea? Miss Dawning?"
Alexandra enjoyed teaching, and she tried to connect with most of her students, she also often asked them questions to keep their interests and in exams allowed them to use their support materials so they copied valuable information in class. After her class of the day, Rosalie and Emmett approached her and she handed them lollipops.
"You're the best mom ever" said Emmett as he stuck his wildcat flavored lollipop in his mouth.
"I know I am" she said with a smile, "Any more classes left? I need a ride to the hospital as your father decided to drop me off himself"
"Oh, we heard about it" said Rosalie with a smirk, Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"For one I'm thankful that I don't have super-hearing" she said as the three of them walked out of the laboratory.
"I have a free period, I could drop you off" said Emmett, Alexandra smiled at him.
"That would be lovely Em," she said, Emmett smiled at her, "How about you Rose?"
"I have art now, but I'll see you at home" she said, Alexandra nodded and pulled her daughter into a hug. Rosalie smiled at her and Emmett before she left.
Emmett was quick lead Alexandra to the Volvo.
"Apart from Alaska, this is the coolest place we've ever lived" Emmett said as they walked to the car, Alexandra grinned at him.
"Yeah, it's just so homey, and help that you have all your Quileute cousins, Sam and Jared are still complaining about the Call of Duty rematch, Billy is complaining about their complaining" she said and Emmett laughed.
"Hey, it's not my fault that they are such sore losers" he said with a grin, they got inside the car with Emmett holding the door open for Alexandra, "But I tell you, you should come play with us one day"
"Oh Em, I couldn't, they wouldn't let me leave afterwards, and I'm not sure Sam's ego would stand his three-hundred-something years old aunt beating him in Call of Duty"
"But it would be epic, mom, epic!" he said and she laughed.
"I know sweetheart"
After Emmett dropped her off at the hospital she fixed her scarf and walked in, the younger nurses greeted her with apathy, they didn't really like her much, probably because Carlisle was utterly devoted to her and it showed whenever she was near, but she didn't care much, in the end Carlisle was hers and hers only.
She walked to Carlisle's office and knocked on the door before walking in, he was reading a book, and by the looks of it, it was really interesting. She placed her purse and jacket on a chair and rounded the table to stand behind him, it always surprised her how Carlisle's concentration worked, like he could block out the entire world if he wanted to; she placed her arms around Carlisle's shoulder and placed a kiss on the back of his neck before holding her head next to his as he read, he was smiling now.
"Hello my love" she said as she hugged him from behind.
"Moon of my life" he said and Alexandra laughed and let go of him so he could turn his chair around and stand. "My sun and stars" he said as he stood, cupping Alexandra's face in his hands.
"So you've been reading A Game of Thrones again?" she asked, Carlisle just smiled before pressing a quick kiss to her lips.
"It's a fantastical series of books" he said, Alexandra smiled and followed him out of his office.
"I know, I can't wait until they decide to make a TV adaptation of it" she said, Carlisle looked at her and smiled.
"It would be too bloody for TV my love, I doubt they would" he said, Alexandra raised an eyebrow at him.
"Right, but anyways, what do we have for today?"
"We have two broken legs, three sprained ankles, all tourists, two children with high fevers, two injuries and as of now one birth" he said, Alexandra nodded at him.
"I'll take the birth and the children, you busy yourself with the tourists, I'm sure Dr. Callaghan can busy himself with the injuries" she said, Carlisle smiled at her and nodded, before she could go he pressed a kiss to her forehead.
"Good luck" he said, she grinned.
"You too"
Alexandra loved working at the hospital, it was a quiet place where she could work to her heart's content and she had a lovely team with her, granted her team were the most senior nurses, but Alexandra being really old got along with all of them. Gertrude, Doris, Carrie and Ronda. They worked in tandem, and got together every Thursday afternoon to help at the local Orphanage or the local Nursing Home.
Most Thursdays, Alexandra brought Rose and Alice with her and the two were very loved by Alexandra's team. Gertrude was into knitting and always had something different for Rose and Alice, while Doris always tried to feed the two vampire ladies. Alexandra loved watching Rose's exasperated yet fond face when Doris offered her oatmeal cookies. Carrie was a grandmother of five and always was showing the girls the new pictures she got of her grandchildren, while Ronda was a lovely African American woman who had a lovely voice and often sang for the children or the elderly.
Alexandra, being of mixed race, had a special love for Ronda and the black community of Washington, and so Alexandra on Saturday mornings helped Ronda and the community, often cooking or gifting clothes to the children and the parents. Carlisle often went with her on Saturdays and played with the children, although the real stars were the boys, Emmett, Jasper and Edward, as the kids loved them. So the Cullen family was very well loved in the community as they were always helping or playing and Alexandra couldn't be prouder of her family.
"So, the Hospital Christmas dinner is next Friday," Alexandra told Carlisle as she ate her breakfast, he had a glass of bear blood in his hand and was reviewing the paper.
"Mrs. Charlotte is hosting this year," Carlisle said as he looked up from the paper.
"We could host next year, it would make people stop wondering so much about us," Alexandra proposed, Carlisle smiled at her.
"That's actually a good idea, Mrs. Cullen," he said, Alexandra could feel herself blushing as he kept looking at her.
It amazed her that after all the time they had been married he still could make her feel like a school girl with a crush.
"I'm sure Alice would love to help with the décor, Rose could make a sitting plan" she mused, twirling her food around on her plate.
"I'll talk to Hernan and Daniel, I'm sure they won't oppose the idea,"
It had been a rare sunny December weekend in Forks, the younger vampires had decided to head to Alaska for the weekend while Carlisle and Alexandra had stayed behind in Forks, while Carlisle couldn't go out in the sun, the excuse was that he had gotten the flu, the perfect excuse for a doctor to stay home, Alexandra had the weekends off, since she only worked part-time so she could 'spend time' with her children. Since it was Saturday morning, it was really quiet in the Cullen household, the children were due to be back for Sunday night.
"Have you thought about our Christmas plans this year?" Carlisle asked her, she took a sip of her orange juice and nodded.
"Zurich sounds nice, but if we don't spend even a weekend at a mountain villa just the two of us, I'm going to be disappointed."
"Did I forgot to mention that it was just the two of us going to Zurich?" he asked and she nodded slowly, "Rose and Emmett are going to Brazil, Edward will stay in Denali and Jasper and Alice will be visiting Peter and Charlotte"
"Oh" Alexandra said softly, Carlisle chuckled.
"We will leave after Christmas day and we will be back just after New Year's, I notified the Hospital already" he explained.
"And the mountain villa?" she asked slowly, Carlisle grinned at her.
"Completely private and has its own hot pool outside"
"You're the best husband, ever" Alexandra said looking giddy.
Alexandra fixed her dress in front of her mirror and checked her makeup, she was really excited about the Hospital Christmas Party. Her hair fell down her back in soft curls and her makeup was light and slightly glittery done in shades of pink and golden. Her dress was white, long-sleeved and fitted to her body paired with a pastel pink trench coat over it, black tights and beige ankle boots with red soles. She looked cute and poised.
She walked out of her room and headed towards the living room, if she was right, she was the last one to be ready, as she walked through the hallway she smiled as she saw the Christmas Board, 4 Days Until Christmas, it was a small Cullen tradition that Emmett loved. She walked down the stairs and her smile grew as she saw her family assembled.
Rose was wearing a pink dress that matched Alexandra's own jacket and he hair was curled too, although half of it was pinned up so she looked younger; her eldest daughter was not wearing any makeup save for lip-gloss, and she had a beige trench coat folded in her hands, her outfit was completed by flat black boots and black tights. With a little effort it was believable that Rose was sixteen.
Alice, for her part, was wearing a flowy purple dress, a black cardigan, black tights, ballet flats and a green bow on her head, her short hair was curled slightly and she did look to be fourteen as she was devoid of makeup.
The guys were wearing matching suits, save for Carlisle, who was wearing a tuxedo and looking extremely good in it. Carlisle extended his hand to Alexandra as she reached the last step of the staircase, she took his hand gingerly and she smiled at her before tugging on her hand slightly so she would step next to him.
"Emmett is going to drive the Volvo tonight," Carlisle explained as he led her to the garage.
"Fine by me, no one will question him driving," Alexandra said, as they reached the cars she turned to her children, "You know the drill; Em, I want you keeping to the speed limit tonight, Forks usually doesn't see any of you driving much and this is a very important night for us here"
"Sure, mom," Emmett promised, Alexandra beamed at him and fixed his bowtie before pressing a kiss to his cheek, she repeated the action with Jasper and Edward and then pulled Alice and Rose into hugs.
"Your father and I will see you there, please do remember that you are supposed to be children" she warned before Carlisle smiled at his family and winked at his children before steering Alexandra to his car.
Carlisle and Alexandra observed as the Volvo left the garage, and she turned to her husband.
"Do you think I worry too much?" she asked, Carlisle couldn't help but to smile at her and press a kiss to her nose.
"You worry because you care, no one could ever condemn you for it, my love," he assured her before pulling her into a hug, she rested her head on his chest and breathed in his perfume.
"Did I ever tell you that my mother's name was Rose?" she asked suddenly, Carlisle frowned but shook his head.
"Not that I mind knowing so, but what brings it up?" he asked interested, Alexandra smiled at him.
"It's just that Rose, our Rose, she shares a similar name with my mother, and well, I have been missing them lately, my parents and it's been so long since I last saw them," she said softly, Carlisle sighed and pressed a kiss to her hair.
"I'm sure they would be proud of you," he said, Alexandra sighed.
"I hope so," she said as she let go of him, "I'm sorry."
"Whatever for?"
"Downing the mood," she whispered quietly knowing that Carlisle could hear.
"You never have to apologize for missing your parents; venom has a way of eating away human memories which is why me and the children, we are detached from our human lives and I sometimes forget that you are human, a special human, but a human with all your memories intact, if you still want to tell me about your parents and your family tomorrow, I will gladly listen and perhaps we can have Jasper or Rose paint a portrait of what you remember of your parents" he offered, Alexandra grinned at him.
"That would be perfect" she said.
The Hospital party was in full swing when they arrived, their children were already seated at a table looking as comfortable as they could in a crowded place, as she and Carlisle joined them, she was quick to stand behind Jasper and put a hand on his shoulder offering support as, according to him, he was the one who struggled the most.
"Everything okay?" she asked, Jasper nodded and she squeezed his shoulder and discarded her coat before moving to greet some of the doctors and nurses.
She saw Carlisle greeting Dr. Daniel Snow and his wife Sarah, and she was quick to make her way to them. She greeted Daniel and Sarah, and linked her arms with Carlisle's, they talked about their winter plans.
"Yes, the kids are staying with Carlisle's sister Tanya in Alaska, they have cousins there so they are not complaining," Alexandra said.
"Oh, how many cousins?" Asked Sarah, Alexandra kept a pleasant smile on her face.
"Four, they are truly fantastic," she answered.
"Is that where you go during the summers?" asked Daniel, Carlisle nodded.
"Tanya's husband passed away, Carlisle and I go help her out in the summer, and the kids just love it," Alexandra explained.
They continued talking about the kids and vacation, Daniel and Sarah had two lovely kids, ages 7 and 10 respectively, Carlisle explained that they just didn't stay in Alaska, but that they sometimes all visited Brazil as he and Alexandra had friends there too.
Soon enough music started playing and the doctors and nurses started dancing, Carlisle was quick to pull Alexandra with him to the dance floor, they swayed across the dancefloor to several songs. Alexandra could feel the gaze of several of the nurses on her, but she paid no mind to them, Carlisle Cullen was hers and she didn't have to worry about anything else.