The Child Castaways - Chapter 4
Rosalie rubbed her hugely swollen belly as she thought of the turn of strange events that had passed the previous year. Arvil had returned for her several months after he had taken Emmett. The rest of the Cullen's had already gone their separate ways, leaving Rosalie to fend for herself in Forks.
Rosalie was surprised when she first laid eyes on Arvil, for he was now tall, muscular and exuded a striking maleness that she had never noticed before. For Arvil was in estrus and Rosalie could feel her vampiric body respond in an unfamiliar way.
By the time she and Arvil had returned to Emmett, Rosalie could feel the change in her body thanks to her exposure to Arvil's fertile cycle.
Rosalie was shocked when she first laid eyes on Emmett….he was quickly phasing from vampire to human and had developed human blue eyes. Their lovemaking and physical contact seemed to accelerate both their change into human. Soon Rosalie's change became advanced and she again developed the beautiful violet eyes of her past humanity.
Rosalie chuckled as she recalled how both she and Emmett had to learn to be human again. Both vampires had to relearn how to function as a human…they had both forgotten how it felt to be 'hungry' and had to relearn how to chew and swallow human food. Both vampires also had to relearn toiletry habits, which wasn't something either vampire was too crazy about.
Arvil had explained how 'vampirism' was a type of virus. When a vampire came into estrus, then the virus was being subdued by yet another virus, an estrus virus, which caused the vampire to transform back into human for a short period of time, but long enough to reproduce.
At least that was true for Drakuns. Vampires built up an immunity to the estrus virus and once they transformed back to vampire, they could never go back into estrus again. This also meant staying away from other vampires because this would only cause them to revert to a vampire faster. This would be Rosalie's one and only chance to conceive a child while she was still human.
Once Rosalie and Emmett had become human again, they had to decide where to go. With all the strangeness due to her human body, Rosalie was craving something familiar. She and Emmett needed to stay clear of vampires in general to help insure that they remained human. Rosalie decided she wanted to return home to Forks since her family had left there…for at least a few decades anyway.
Rosalie and Emmett had been living in Forks for three months when she began to think she was pregnant. Of course she and Emmett had been eating like crazy. They had both been eager to experience new foods they'd never sampled. For the first few weeks they had loaded up on junk food, sampling ice cream, cheeseburgers, pizza… all the fun-foods that they had heard humans rave about while they were vampires.
When Rosalie began to gain weight and feel nauseous in the early morning, she decided on two changes. The first was to hire a nutritionist who could place her on the best diet and vitamins for a pregnancy. Rosalie was just too worried about seeking out a human doctor. Would the doctor recognize anything different from the human norm? Would a medical doctor realize that he was dealing with someone who was usually something radically different from a human? Rosalie was not willing to take that chance.
Carlisle was not an option because both Rosalie and Emmett had been warned to stay away from vampires during the pregnancy. So, the second change was that Rosalie had also hired, Beth, a local midwife to help monitor the pregnancy and with the final delivery. The fifty-something Beth, was kind and understanding and had quickly become somebody Rosalie could depend upon.
Rosalie and Emmett stayed in touch with their vampire family by use of their cells and email. The couple had warned their vampire family not to come near them until safely after Rosalie had given birth.
Rosalie rubbed her large abdomen again. She was now past her ninth month and Beth had been checking on her almost every day. Somehow, knowing that she had both Beth's knowledge and experience on her side…Rosalie knew she would get past her delivery with success.
However, there was one thing that continued to nag at her. As much as Rose relished being human again, she realized that Emmett actually missed being a vampire. Emmett had enjoyed some of their humanity….such as their lovemaking, and the experiencing of new and different foods. However, it all became fairly hum-drum to Emmett and he was looking forward to becoming a vampire again. Emmett would not miss his humanity as Rose so desperately would.
In fact, Emmett still enjoyed the hunt. He now went into the deep forest with either a gun or bow-in-arrow…but hunting was something he couldn't put past himself. This was due to the fact that Emmett was a natural hunter…human or vampire.
Fortunately, Rosalie and Emmett still retained the large fortune they had accumulated as vampires and had plenty of money to spend on their needs and their desires. The couple had everything a young couple could want. They lived in a beautiful, spacious house, and they had more money than they knew what to do with. The only thing they lacked was a child...and now that would be fulfilled very soon.