"Hello, I am sorry to disturb you and your family but we were passing through the area and thought it only proper to stop" said one of the strange vampires in a heavy Russian accent. They both had jet black hair pulled into a loose ponytail. They both were lean but muscular. I could tell they were old, older then Carlisle I was sure.
"You are no disturbance, but may I ask who you are." Carlisle said in his calm voice. Even though Carlisle seemed calm and relaxed I felt both Emmett and Edward step closer together blocking Andrew completely from there sight.
"My name is Aleksandr Andreev and this is my friend Demyan Bulgakov. As I said we were passing through this area and heard that your family was living here." He said with a charming smile, almost too charming. "Your family is famous you know. Between the ways you live, along with the way that you stood up to the Volturi a few years ago. I just had to meet the famous Cullen family."
"Well we are always pleased to have guest, but right now is really not the best time." Esme said in that perfect hostess way that I knew I would never perfect. "But right now is really not a good time. Why don't we meet up later?"
Both of the men had smiles plastered on there faces but I could see there red eyes darting around the room, I noticed that the one called Demyan was sniffing slightly and looking in Edward and Emmett's direction.
"Of course we can meet later. We don't want to be a bother. How about in the morning, we need to feed." Aleksandr said with a bit of a sneer at the last part.
"Tomorrow then" Carlisle said in a calm but commanding voice. I knew the meeting was over and so did the two Russians.
Rosalie shut the door behind them before huffing up the stairs to her room. I knew she was upset that someone had come along that could possibly mess up her life once again.
"They had the coolest eyes." Andrew said amazed.
"Andrew" I scolded. "They do not have cool eyes"
"Well I know the whole concept of why they have red eyes is not cool, but come on RED EYES"
"Andrew" Edward and I said together.
"I think they knew Andrew was here." I said looking desperately at Edward.
"They definitely knew he was here, but don't worry they seemed more curious then hungry."
"Well I still don't like it. Edward we should take Andrew away tonight" I begged. I would not take any chance with my son's safety.
"I am not going anywhere" Andrew protested
"Your mother is right Andrew, you should go. Just for a little while that is. We could take a family vacation" Edward said.
"Oh fun, family vacation" Andrew whined while giving his patented eye roll.
"Just go pack your bags Andrew" I commanded. "We can go where ever you want. Just go pack your bags."
Andrew turned around and stomped up the stairs mumbling something about life not being fair and cool red eyes. After a half hour of waiting for Andrew I got impatient. "Andrew I know you don't want to go but would you please hurry up" I called up the stairs.
After I heard no reply I started up the stairs for him. I stopped out side his bedroom door and was about to knock on it when I heard him shaking inside his room, I could almost hear his blood boiling. "Andrew baby what is wrong" I said full of concern as soon as I stepped into his room. He was huddled in the far corner shaking uncontrollably. I rushed to his side and placed my hand on his forehead.
"You're burning up" I said more to myself then to him as I scooped him up in my arm. His non complaining worried me almost as much as his fever. I had not been allowed to hold him sense he was six, but all he did was moan and loll his head onto my shoulder.
"Edward, Carlisle, someone help me" I yelled near hysterics running down the stairs faster then I think I had ever done before.
"Bella what is wrong" Carlisle said coming out of his office.
"There is something wrong with Andrew" I almost cried. Carlisle took one look at him before grabbing his car keys "put him in the car, we are going to the hospital."
"Edward" I called out.
"He went hunting before your trip; we will call him on the way." Carlisle said as he shut the door to the driver's side of his Mercedes. I cradled my son in my arms as I hit Edwards name on my phone. It rang three times before going to voice mail. "Edward meet us at the hospital. Andrew is sick." I said as calmly as possible, but looking down at my shacking son who was moaning in my arms I could not help but say "Edward I am scared."
We had rushed Andrew into an examining room and Carlisle had told all the nurses to give us some privacy. I held Andrew's hand and kept telling him to be strong when he would mumble things like 'I am so hot' and 'I don't feel good' but what tore at my heart the most was when he started begging me to make the heat go away.
After a half an hour and two sedatives later, Edward finally showed up. He knocked softly on the door and stuck his head in; I could see the panic written on his face. "Bella" was all he had to say before I ran into his arms in the hallway. "Shh Shh he is a strong boy he will pull through."
"Edward I am so scared. Carlisle has no idea what is wrong with him. He said that a temperature as high as his he should be having seizures." I had tried to stay strong for the time that I was with Andrew but being out in the hall in Edward's arms I could not help but start to shake.
"Carlisle will figure out what is wrong with him" Edward said calmly. "Andrew is in excellent hands."
"Edward" I said pulling back from his embrace. I had just had an awful thought. "What if he is turning? We always thought that he would be fine. He grew up with a house hold of vampires and never showed any signs, but what if the appearance of two new vampires triggered something." I was visibly shacking now. If Andrew turned into a werewolf I had no idea what the implications would be. "He doesn't know anything about his real father and what he is. We never talk about Washington, not Forks, not La Push. Edward if he turns we are going to have to explain everything to him. He is going to be so confused." Then another horrible idea occurred to me. "Edward what if he hates us" I started to dry sob. "What if he hates us because of us being vampires and him being a werewolf" at that point I could not stand anymore and Edward had to catch me and hold me to his chest.
He was breathing hard and I could tell he was anxious also but when he spoke it was the same comforting voice that I new angles had to sound like "If he does turn into a werewolf he will not hate us. He may be mad because we kept this from him, but he will not hate us. The only reason Jacob hated my family was because of past prejudices and the treaty. Andrew has grown up with us; we are his parents no matter what. He will not know the old stories and the old hate." Edward said softly in my ear as he stroked my hair and back trying to calm me down. For a moment I wondered how I could have ever doubted my love for him and left him, no matter how short the period was, but then I scolded myself for those thoughts. Both Edward and I agreed it had been fate for or short separation. We would not have Andrew otherwise. "Though he may smell a little" Edward said with his half smile.
"Let's go check up on him. I know Carlisle is down in the lab running some test and I don't like him being all alone." I said after I had recomposed myself from my earlier breakdown.
Hand in hand Edward and I walked into Andrew's room ready to face what ever came at us as a family unit, but what we did find was the last thing we expected. An empty room.
Sorry it took me so long to update. I am going to school in Germany right now and I travel during the weekends. So there is very little time for me to write. But please review and give me your honest opinions, it really does help.