My mind began to buzz with the formally relinquished thoughts of what we were going to do on Isle Esme. I grinned to myself knowing I could give Carlisle one of the best guilt-trips ever, if he became the least bit stubborn. Without warning the plane gave a violent jerk and we were in a full blown death spiral to earth. When I grabbed Carlisle's hand all I could see was the expressionless look on his angelic face. We were going to crash, there was no use denying that.
Carlisle quickly stood up with ease, grabbing my hand as he started to lead me to the front of the aircraft. "What are you doing!?" my fear was easily recognized over my false anger. "As soon as the plane get close enough to earth I'll get a good hold on you and we'll jump" he hastily responded obviously not worried about what I thought about that suicidal plan. Carlisle wrenched open one of the emergency exits and wrapped his arm around my waist. "Ready?" he was clearly having second thoughts about the matter, as his hands were slightly shaking. "I've withstood all of hell just to get you Carlisle. I'm not about to let you jump out of a plane, which is in a death spiral to earth without me" He gave me a quick tender kiss as I wrapped my arms around his neck. Without a backwards glance Carlisle jumped, making us freefall to earth. The memories of my ex-husband's abusiveness, the death of my baby, and my failed suicide all came flooding into my mind as if a broken dam.
As the pressure of the air became less and less dense, the hard unforgiving cement seemed to gradually get closer. I buried my face into Carlisle's shirt not daring to open my eyes when the impact of the earth was against our bodies. What seemed like hours turned out to be only mere seconds as the impact of the ground finally hit us. The force of the crash separated Carlisle and I, hurling us to other sections of where we landed. Vampire or not the impact that hit my head made everything around me slowly spin and suddenly making everything black.
Something wet and cold was being applied to my head as I fervently tried to open my eyes to find Carlisle. The realization behind the fact of not being able to see Carlisle made me of me fell as if part of me was being slowly torn apart and shredded into a million microscopic pieces. I couldn't contain my sorrow any longer as I broke down and cried tearlessly. "Why do you weep, my love?" Carlisle's gentle voice came up from behind me as he rested an equally gentle hand on my shoulder.
I spun around wrapping myself into Carlisle's welcoming arms as he chuckled halfheartedly "I guess I should have tried even harder to hold on to such a precious gift." "You blame yourself too much" I whispered. He shook his head in disagreement "That's where you're wrong. If I could have had even the slightest bit of remorse for my actions I more than likely would have been able to hold on to you and we wouldn't have been separated. I guess when it comes right down to it I never really think about what I'm about to do, especially if it means saving you. I love you, Esme and I could not bear all of eternity knowing I had lost you." Carlisle was trying hard not to cry the same tearless sobs I had just done. "I love you too, Carlisle and nothing in the world could ever change that"
He gently caressed my cheek as he said "well one good thing came out of this fiasco" I stared at him puzzled "and what might that be?" Carlisle grinned slyly "well when we jumped, we were thankfully early enough to land right on the docks of the mainland and are now able to sail to Isle Esme." I beamed at Carlisle knowing we'd gotten extremely lucky. "But what of the others, where did they crash? He sighed grimly "that airplane surprisingly traveled quit a distance further than the airport and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean" I frowned is dismay as he told me that news. "Did they all die?" Carlisle actually smiled "No, only a few got badly injured because the assistant pilot got the plane under control only moments after the pilot hit his head, thus causing no deaths" My mind was telling me I must have looked like and idiot gawking like that, but Carlisle just laughed "you honestly are to cute for your own good. Now, if you don't mind I would suggest that we are on our way, so that we are to reach the island by nightfall."
Both in perfect agreement we held hands all the way to the boat. Carlisle carefully helped me into the boat and followed quickly, as he had just undid the knot which held us ashore. I suddenly felt chilled and remembered the freezing cold, wet object that was applied to my head not long ago. I turned my gaze to Carlisle "Carlisle, would you happen to know what the cold, wet object that was on my forehead was? He nodded "yes. It was an ice back. You hit your head hard, as I'm sure you are aware of and I had to make sure that you would wake up from you concussion by putting something cold on your forehead. You've heard me say this once already, but I still mean it. Life without you is my own personal living hell, and I do not intend to live through it. I love you so much, Esme" I leaned back into his chest once again and responded the same way I always did. I'd tell the truth like he did. I would never lie to him. "I love you, too" Carlisle soothingly kissed me as the unspoken words of both of us were answered with a peaceful reminder that we would always have each other for the rest of eternity. As we kissed I let my mind wander as to think of a way to seduce Carlisle into having an evening of pleasure for both of us tonight.