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Chapter 4: Falling Deeper

Esme's POV

When I woke up I expected to see the ceiling of my room and was startled to see it was not. I looked around and saw that I was still in hospital. I closing my eyes for a bit and then nothing.
"Good morning, Esme," Carlisle's voice sounded from my right. I looked around to see his smiling face.
"Good morning," I said, still gathering myself. I shifted and found myself under the covers of the bed.
"You fell asleep so I moved you under the covers so you would be warm," Carlisle smiled.
"Thank you," I smiled.

He moved closer and I shifted myself so I was sitting up. I yawned and covered my mouth. I grinned sheepishly at him.
"How are you feeling?" Carlisle asked me.
"Better. My head doesn't hurt as much and my ankle is still a little sore," I answered.
"That's good. May I?' Carlisle asked and I nodded. He's cool fingers probed my scalp and it fell nice.

He moved from my hair and smiled.
"May I check your ankle?" he asked. I slid my leg out and he checked my ankle. I sighed.
He raised an eyebrow, asking a non verbal question.
"Your hands are cold. It feels nice," I said sheepishly. He smiled but it seemed a little strained.
"How long have you been here?" I asked.
"A while. My shifts end now actually."
"You must be exhausted," I gasped. He smile seemed strained again.

"Yes. I little bit." Carlisle released my ankle and set it gently back down on the bed.
"You'll be happy to hear that you can go home."
"Thank you so much for taking care of me," I said. He smiled.
"It was my pleasure, Esme," Carlisle said. My heart sped up when he said my name. I peeled away the covers and Carlisle helped me out of bed.
He kept me steady while I adjusted my weight on my good ankle.

"I'll walk you to the nurses stations so you can fill out your forms," Carlisle said. He held my shoes in one hand and his other hand wrapped around my waist to take most of the weight. I flushed, feeling giddy with his arm around my waist. We walked and far too quickly and we were there. He released me and I looked up to see the hostile glare of one of the nurses.
"Esme Platt needs her discharge papers," Carlisle said.
"Not a problem, Doctor Cullen," the nurse said in what she hoped was a sexy voice.

She passed me the papers and I filled them out as quick as possible. Carlisle was filling out his own paper work.
"Are you off now, Doctor Cullen?" the nurse asked, flipping her hair. Carlisle smiled politely.
"Yes, I am."
I finished and passed them back to the nurse. She took them without a glance from me.
"I know I've said this a lot but thank you again, Doctor Cullen," I said. "And tell your children I said thank you again."

"Carlisle. You can call me Carlisle and I will tell them," Carlisle said, smiling brightly. I smiled back. That smile would be bad for my heart is he kept looking at me like that. "Maybe we could meet outside of work and get a drink together?"
My heart stuttered. He was asking me out? I saw the nurses mouth fall open.
"I would love to," I breathed.
"I look forward to it," Carlisle breathed. "Take care getting home."
I nodded, stunned, and headed to my car, limping.

Carlisle's POV

I can't believe I just asked Esme out on a date. She had this effect on me and I couldn't let her go. She was too special to me. But she was also a human. I was falling for her and hard. Yes I had only seen her a couple of time but both those times she had been amazing. I drove home in a daze and much too quickly. When I stepped out of the car, Rose was working on her own her car, tinkering it.
"How is Esme?" Rose asked, not faltering in her work. She was the best at fixing car's.
"Esme will be fine," I told her. I could hear Rose's smirk.

I went inside and heard the kids in different parts of the house.
"I want to speak to all of you now," I said in my normal voice, knowing they would all hear it.
In a blink of an eye they were all in front of me and standing with their partner.
"I want you to tell me what you have been up to," I said.
"What do you mean?" Jasper asked, looking confused.
"I know that you, Alice, have seen something and I want to know what it was," I said, looking Alice.

"Dad, you know I would tell you my visions if they were a threat to our family," Alice said, pouting. "You know I would never put the family in danger."
"I know that, Alice. Why are you all getting so close to Esme?" I asked.
Everyone looked to Jasper. I felt calm and felt like this was no longer important.
"Jasper," I growled. He had the grace to look sheepish and I felt normal again.
"Tell me what you are up too? I won't see you toying with a human because you're bored."

"We're not toying with her," Bella assured me quickly. "We would never do that to Esme."
"Not when she'll be one of us," Emmett added. I whipped around to face him. His eyes went wide as he realized what he said. Rose rolled her eye and shook her head.
"Good one," Edward hissed, looking angry.
"He was going to find out eventually," Emmett cried.
"What?" I asked, confused. Alice sighed.
"I had a vision when we first moved here that you and Esme were together, holding hands and looking so happy," Alice said. "A few days ago I saw that she would be one of us. A vampire."

I tried to arrange my thoughts. Esme would be one of us one day. A selfish part of me was glad but it also hurt me.
"There's something else you should know," Bella said quietly.
"She's your mate," Rose said bluntly. My eyes went wide.
"My mate?" I asked.
"I've seen it. She loves you," Alice said, grinning.

So many emotions were going on inside me.
"Go hunt, it will help sort out your thoughts," Edward said. I nodded and quickly darted to the forest.

Esme's POV

I got home and set my things on the counter. I wanted nothing more than to take a hot shower so I did that next. I let the hot water loosen my muscles and relax myself. I tried not to think of Carlisle but I couldn't help it. I shut the water off and towelled myself off. I dressed in my pyjama's as they were comfy and I wouldn't be doing anything today. The school had rung and said that I could have the day off. It looked like a long weekend for me.

Once dressed I dried my hair and then went to the kitchen to get something to eat. I moved to the living room and curled up on the couch. I put a movie on, grabbed a blanket and curled up, leaving my ankle propped up. I ate my breakfast and watched the movie. I tried not to think of Carlisle but I was so excited to have a drink with him. It was making me giddy. The phone rang and I hobbled over to it.
"Hello, Esme Platt speaking," I answered.
"Esme! It's Billy."
"Billy! How are you?" I asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. I tried to ring yesterday but nobody picked up," Billy said.

"Yes, I was in the hospital. I slipped on some ice and hurt my ankle and hit my head," I sighed.
"Are you OK?" Billy asked.
"Yes, I am," I laughed.
"Well I can't have you home alone and injured. Why don't you come spend the weekend down in La Push?" Billy asked.
"I would love that," I said.
"Come down when ever your ready," Billy said.
"I'll see you soon," I said and hung up.

I collected my thoughts. I hobbled up stairs and got dressed. I packed some clothes and toiletries into a back and took it down stairs. I made sure everything was switched off and that I had everything. I locked the house and headed down to La Push for the weekend.

Alice's POV

Carlisle was still out hunting.
"He's confused," Edward said. We were all gathered in the living room, waiting for his return.
"Do you think he will allow himself to fall in love with her?" Bella asked.
"I hope so," Emmett said. "He needs a women."
I rolled my eyes at his blunt way of putting it but I had to agree with him.

"Is Carlisle angry with us?" Rose asked.
"No. Disappointed that we didn't tell him though," Edward said and sighed.
We sat in silence for a while, each to our own thoughts.
I felt myself being pulled into a vision.

It started out and I got a glimpse of Esme driving and then it disappeared. Edward turned to me and frowned.
"What was that?" he asked. Everyone turned to look at us.
"What happened?" Jasper asked holding me tightly.
"I started to have a vision of Esme driving but she disappeared," I said, confused.
"Disappeared?" Rose asked.
"What does that mean?" Bella asked. I shook my head.
"I have no idea," I said honestly.

"What do we do?" jasper asked.
"Do about what?" Carlisle asked, striding into the room. We all looked at each other.
"Esme's future just disappeared," I said quietly. Carlisle's eyes went wide.
"What does that mean?" Carlisle asked. I'm sure Jasper could feel his worry.

"I don't know," I said.
"Where was she?" Carlisle demanded.
"She was driving. She was heading to La Push," I said. Carlisle growled softly. We weren't allowed down at La Push after the treaty we made.
There was nothing we could do until Esme came back.

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