Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 3. Enjoy.

Chapter 3

Lucky to Be Alive

I paced around back and forth there was still no news about Sarita. She was still knocked out cold. I couldn't help, but worry about Sarita. I guess in the short amount of time that I knew her I slowly fallen for her, but I fell for her hard. My hand slipped into my pocket and I pulled out the choker that she had given me. I fingered the design that was on the broach.

"Carlisle..." I heard Edward calling me.

I turned and faced him.

"She'll be fine. I hear her thoughts." He said softly.

"What is she thinking?" I asked him softly.

"She's worried that Bella isn't safe and she's worried about you. Her mind is a mess of thoughts and she hasn't even woken up yet."

"Carlisle... We should watch the tape..." Alice said softly.

I shook my head. "I don't want to watch the tape."

"I've already watched it." She said even softer. "She protected Bella like she said she would. She wouldn't allow James to get close to her at all."

"I know. That's what vampire hunters do." I said softly. "She knew that she either wasn't going to live through this or she was going to live through this to see another day."

"She'll live Carlisle. I've seen it, but how soon it's hard to tell."

~Sarita's Point of View~

"Sarita..." I heard the soft voice of my mother. "You need to wake up honey."

I opened my eyes and looked up at her and saw my father right by her side. "Where am I?" I stood up and saw my body on the bed that wasn't that far away.

"You are in limbo... you aren't dead, but somewhere in between." Father said softly to me. His rouge British accent coming through.

I looked at him bewildered. "Limbo? Neither dead or alive what's that supposed to mean?"

"It means you have to make a choice love." Mother said, soothingly. Her voice was light with a British accent as well.

I looked down at my body and took a deep breath. I saw Bella walking into the room with a boot upon her foot. "She lived..."

"Yes, she did thanks to you and Edward... that boy really does care about you and she is really worried that you won't wake up." My mother said with a small sad smile.

I watched carefully as Bella looked at my sleeping form.

"Sarita..." Bella said softly to my form. "Thank you for everything. Please... please wake up we all need you here. Carlisle as well. I don't think I have ever seen him act like this ever. He's really worried about you. I was going to wait until he came in and saw you, but he told me to come in first to see you. You really need to wake up so I can thank you properly for helping me out."

My eyes widened. Carlisle was really worried about me? That actually surprised me a lot.

"A vampire loves you how the hell is that possible?" Asked my father.

I turned and glared at him. "He's not a human killer. He drinks animal blood."

Bella took a deep breath. "Please just wake up for us. We are all really worried about you."

I watched Bella walk slowly out of the room. I heard her talking with someone. I don't know who it was since I was out of hearing range. For some reason when you are in limbo you remain close to your body. My eyes widened when I saw the next person come into the room. Carlisle... my sweet handsome Carlisle. I watched him move the chair closer to my bedside and sit down in it. He took my hand into his and held onto it loosely, well it would look tightly to us humans, but it was loose to them.

Carlisle took a deep breath that wasn't needed. "Please... please wake up." His voice was filled with emotion that I thought I would never hear from another person. "I need you here... when I saw you I knew my life was worth living even more. If you die... I won't see what it would be worth living any more." He sounded a lot more broken than I thought he would. "Please... please wake up."

"I've never seen another person love you like the way he does..." My mother said softly.

I looked at my mother. "What?"

"You need to make a choice... you either can let yourself go and watch him self-destruct or go and be with him forever knowing that we love you." My mother said soothingly.

"Rochelle you can't be telling her to be immortal for ever knowing that she'll never ever see us again."

"Robert it is her choice. I want her to be happy. He may be a vampire, but he is a good one at that."

My father growled lightly. He looked at me sharply. "What are you going to do?"

I looked to my mother.

"Do you want them to remember this? The last memory that they have of you?"

I shook my head. "No, I want to make more memories with them."

My mother smiled. "Then go to them be with him. Just remember this we will always love you."

"How do I go back?"

"Just lay back down in your body. Then you'll wake up slowly." My mother told me with a sad smile. She knew what she was talking about.

I carefully went back into my body. I knew this was the last time that I was probably going to see them again.

Carlisle rubbed the top of my hand lightly with his cold thumb. "Please wake up... I need you here."

I squeezed his hand lightly.

"Sarita..." He said softly. "Squeeze my hand if you can hear me and you are waking up."

I squeezed his hand again.

"Thank god." He whispered. "Please... open your eyes."

I slowly began to open my eyes. "Carlisle..." I said softly. My voice was fairly hoarse from not using it.

"Oh thank god that you are ok." He said softly. "I thought I would've lost you."

I smiled at him. "It would take too much to kill me." I said softly.

Carlisle stroked the side of my face with his cold hand. "Next time be careful."

I moved my good hand and stroked his cheek lightly. "I told Edward that I wouldn't allow harm to come to her. How is Bella?"

"She has a broken leg, but other then that she looks fine." Carlisle said softly.

"I'm glad... I just kind of wished I would have killed James when I had the chance to, but..."

"You had already lost too much blood to even shoot at him at that time."

I shifted lightly in bed only to feel the pain in my lower back. I groaned out.

"Try not to move too much." Carlisle said to me softly.

"Did Bella want to see me?"

"Yes, she did, but she was waiting for you to wake up."

I smiled. "Well... I am sure that she would love to hear that I am alright. How long was I out for?"

"A week." He said as her stroked my black locks.

"Jeez." I muttered as I sat up slowly. I winced.

"You should be laying down." Carlisle said, softly. He really wanted to make sure that I didn't hurt myself even more.

"Carlisle... I've been laying down for a week. My body is stiff. I can't be laying down forever." I said, tiredly. I was tired and knew that I would have to sleep soon.

"I'll go and bring them in if you want to see them." Carlisle said softly.

"I would like that." I said with a small smile. "Then we can have some alone time, but it's best if I see them first."

Carlisle put a kiss on my forehead and got up out of his seat. "I'll be right back." He said to me softly.

I watched him leave the room. I closed my eyes a little bit trying to push the pain from my mind so no one would pity me. Plus being doped up on morphine wasn't the best thing that I wanted, but anything to help with the pain that I was feeling.

Carlisle walked back into the room with the entire family. He must've pulled some strings to get all of them in.

I wasn't none to surprised about that. I mean who would deny him? He is a handsome man, well more handsome than any other man that I have ever seen. I blinked a few times. "Well I wasn't expecting everyone at once Carlisle." I said, my British accent came out light and soft.

"Well..." Carlisle started.

"We wanted to see you all together. It would be better this way." Said Emmett.

I shook my head lightly trying not to hurt myself more than I already was. "Eh that make sense." Curse my British accent. I am getting odd stares from them all. I knew that they didn't know I was British other than Carlisle, but I had always made sure that I didn't have a strong accent when I talked before. I had to blame the morphine drip.

"This is all my fault." Bella automatically said.

"Bella... I told you before... it's my job to protect even if it risks my own life. Surely you remember me telling you that."

"I know..." She said softly. "But you could've died."

"Bella... I am a strong woman... I haven't been killed yet." I said looking up at her. "Don't worry about it any more. Push it from your mind. I was just glad that you are alive Bella. That's the only thing that mattered was keeping you safe."

Bella looked at me. "But I wasn't worth it."

"You were Bella. Don't worry about it. I will be out of here soon. I will be fit as a fiddle." I said trying to lighten her mood some.

"Miss Angelis." Edward said softly.

I looked at him. "What Edward?"

"Where will you be staying after you get out of the hospital?"

I thought about it for a minute. "I will probably be staying in a hotel for a while."

Edward looked at me in shock. "A hotel?"

I shrugged my shoulders ignoring the pain that I felt. "I haven't had a real home in years. I've stayed in hotels for as long as I can really remember."

Alice looked at Carlisle. "Do you think that she could stay with us Carlisle?"

Carlisle looked at Alice. "Have you seen this?"

Alice nodded her head. "Yes..."

"Oh no I couldn't possibly stay with you guys..." I said looking at them in shock.

"Well Miss Angelis you risked your life for Bella's life. It is the least we can do." Jasper said for the first time.

"Are you sure that you can handle a human living with you?"

Carlisle looked at Jasper. "Are you going to be able to handle it Jasper?"

Jasper nodded his head. "I'll be able to." He said with a small smile.

A week later I was let out of the hospital. I was actually kind of glad to be out of the hospital. I was now living with Carlisle and his 'sons' and 'daughters'. They all had accepted me into the family since Carlisle had taken a shine to me quicker than I thought he would really.

It was prom night and Alice and Rosalie had dragged me into Alice's room to help them get ready for prom, but those two had something up their sleeves.

"What do you two have in mind?" I asked as I tried to back away from them. I wanted to know what was going on before I made the choice of helping them get ready for prom.

Both girls smiled at me.

"Well Alice and I thought that since you helped us out so much when it came to Edward's girlfriend." Rosalie spat Bella's name. It wasn't hard to understand that she hated Bella a lot. "We thought you and Carlisle could use some time together. No human could take on a vampire and live. At least not with what you dealt with."

"I couldn't possibly."

"Oh come on I set up a perfect night for the two of you with the help of Rosalie. We all think that you deserve this." Alice said with a pout.

I blinked a few times and let out a sigh. "Alright fine." I said softly.

"Rose and I will help you into your dress."

"Dress?" I asked confused. I hadn't worn a dress in so long. I don't think that I had worn one since I was a young child. It was kind of a sad thing. I wasn't one for dresses really and now I was going to be wearing one to go out with Carlisle.

"Yes, a dress. Haven't you ever worn a dress?" Alice asked looking me dead in my green eyes.

I shook my head. "It's been a long time since I've worn one. I don't think I have worn one since I was seven years of age."

Alice's eyes went wide. "You're joking right?"

"Sadly Alice I am not."

"Well, you will get to wear one tonight. I am sure that you and Carlisle will have a good time tonight."

I raised my eyebrow. "You already foreseen it."

Alice smiled.

"Alice... it's nothing embarrassing is it?"

"Oh no, but you two will have fun." She said with a wink. She looked at Rosalie. "Well let's get started we got a lot of work to do."

Now I had to worry. I wasn't expecting to go anywhere while Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and Edward went out to prom. Now I was going out with Carlisle some where, I just wish I knew where I was going with Carlisle.

Both Rosalie and Alice helped me into a beautiful red dress that was rich in darkness.

I was surprised of how it looked on me. I never looked this good in my life. Both girls styled my hair into loose ringlets and pulled them back into an elegant updo. They did my make up as well.

"The boys are waiting for us Rosalie." Alice said with a smile. She looked at me. "Carlisle is waiting with them." She said with a wink.

"How do you expect me to walk. I broke my foot remember."

She handed me a pair of flats that worked out quite well with the dress I had on.

I carefully put the one onto my foot since the other one was covered with a foot brace. I walked with Alice and Rosalie down the stairs.

I heard a wolf whistle from Emmett and a smack.

"Ow babe." Emmett said rubbing his arm.

I couldn't help, but giggle. "Emmett then maybe you shouldn't have whistled. Rosalie was nice enough to help me get ready for what ever is going on tonight." I said looking at Carlisle trying to read his eyes. I noticed that his eyes were locked onto my form. He must've liked the dress that I was in. He wasn't giving me any clues, and I figured he didn't know where we were going until a little bit or he knew and he was hiding it fairly well.

Alice giggled lightly. "You two have fun." She said with a wink. "And we will see you in the morning."

I raised my eyebrow and shook my head.

The five of them left to go to the prom.

I looked at Carlisle. "Where are we going?"

Carlisle smiled. "You'll see Sarita."

Well I soon found out what Alice meant. She must've went all out because there was my favorite food, which was very spicy food since I was of Spanish decent. Carlisle was a gentleman that I thought he was and it made me feel special. I never felt special to anyone since I was always was hunting after vampires. I hoped moments like these would never end. I soon found out why Alice wanted me to come with Carlisle. I realized how much I actually wanted to be with him.

"Carlisle..." I said softly.

"What is it Sarita?" He asked me softly.

"You don't want to lose me right?"

"Right."

"There is only one way..." I said softly. I didn't want to say it, but it was probably the best idea. "You could change me."

"What?"

"Change me... into one of you... I can still do vampire hunting later."

Carlisle remained silent for a few moments. "We will work it out slowly." He said softly.

I nodded my head.

We spent the night out somewhere no one would judge us if something got broken something that Alice must've foreseen a while ago.

~Alice's Point of view~

I smiled as Jasper and I danced across the floor.

"What is it darling?" Jasper asked me softly.

"Well the future is bright."

"What do you mean darling?"

"Well... we will have to wait and see." I wasn't going to really say what I saw. I saw Sarita being one of us, but not only that... a half human and half vampire child. Carlisle's and Sarita's daughter.

That is the end of chapter 3. I wasn't really happy how this chapter turned out, but oh well. Anyways please review. Constructive criticism is welcome.