Chapter 8 – Meet Levi

EPOV

I scratched my head looking at Alice, trying to make sense of what I was seeing. Alice was walking to me with a baby boy in her arms, he looked no older then two years. He had dark curly hear and dimpled cheeks, I gazed at her, not sure what was going on. 'Emmett', she smiled and handed the sleeping boy to me, 'Meet your son, Levi Aiden Cullen.'

I almost dropped the child at that introduction. I clung to him, holding him up in my arms, looking at him. We did have some similarities, but I hadn't been with anybody but Rose. 'Ally, what is going on here? I am not a father, I haven't been with anybody but Rose. And this is a completely human child!' My voice grew with indignation and Ally shushed me pointing to the baby. She smiled, practically pushing me down on the couch. 'I don't want you to actually drop the baby,' the entire family gathered around us and sat down, apparently Alice hadn't told anybody the story.

'This is who she left us for,' Alice exclaimed and everybody gasped slightly. I looked down at the little boy, his cheeks slightly pink and he looked very peaceful. He stirred and grabbed my shirt with his tiny fist, not waking up in the slightest. 'Naah, that is so cute,' Nessie whispered.

I looked up at Nessie, still not fully comprehending the situation. 'Ally what do you mean? I- I don't', my voice trailed off as I looked down at the boy again. I hadn't hunted for four months, but my thirst hadn't flared up once. I wondered why. 'She named him Levi?' Alice nodded and she sat down next to me on the armrest on the couch.

'She found him about six months ago, when she went to Seattle alone. She was depressed and thirsty and was trailing a couple. She never actually wanted to hurt them, but she was desperate enough to do it. Only then the couple was attacked and killed. She wanted to leave but she heard him cry and took him with her'

Everybody was dead silent, I just looked at the boy. Of course Rosalie wouldn't leave a child in the streets like that. But to keep him?
'He must be returned to his family,' Carlisle finally spoke, his face still in a frown.
'Of course, he should be with his own', Esme nodded at her husband.

Alice her smile got bigger at these words, 'Well, of course I knew that you were going to say that', she practically beamed now. Edward chuckles softly, 'That is so lucky.'

'Cut it out and tell us,' my patience was wavering really thin now.
'I did a search on the internet, well I let Jasper do it,' Alice laughed at Jasper. He was the real-time modern hacker. He loved the digital age and could find anything on the web.

Everybody looked at him and immediately he got self-conscious, if he could blush he would have. 'Uhm, yeah well Alice knew when to look and the victims names were easy to find in the papers. There was never any mention of a baby though.'

'No!' Alice chimed in, 'So Jasper looked up their private files, of the city and hospital and so forth. They had their baby registered at birth and he his birthday is next month, the 16th. But neither of them had immediate family! Alice looked at Jasper and took his hand, 'We did a very extensive search and we really couldn't find their family, no parents or siblings.'

Carlisle started pacing through the living room. He turned to Alice and Jaspers, 'Are the two of you absolutely sure?'

The two of them nodded and Alice looked at Carlisle with a huge dopey smile. 'Can we keep him? Please?'
'A human child in a vampire home?' He didn't look convinced.

RPOV

I walked back to my car and changed back into my heals and skirt before driving home. Jessie thought I'd gone out with girlfriends tonight and that was fine with me. I hunted a lot these days, not only because I lived with two humans, but also as a distraction. Although it really didn't work that much, but I had to try to get my mind off of my family.

It had been four months now since I left them and not one word. Not even a txt message from Emmett.

I sighed as I drove home. Would they not miss me? Would they be happy they had gotten rid of the stubborn and pissed off Rosalie? Had I really been that much of a burden to them. I was shocked by my own thoughts, I never thought about what my being there did to them. I only thought about me. I wondered were all these thoughts were coming from, maybe I was missing them even more then I realised.

When I returned home and walked through the door, something was off. The room was to tidy, I stood to listen and heard only one heart beat, coming out of Jessie's room. I ran to my own room where Levi now slept, I saw his empty little bed. No! No! Panic washed over me in a great surge, a feeling I didn't know well. I ran into Jessie's room, 'Jessie! Where is Levi? Where is he?'

Jessie jumped up, stumbling out of her bed, 'What? Rose…What do you mean?'
'Levi is not in his bed. he's not here! How did he get out? Jessie what happened?' As I ran back to the living room a scent caught my nose. 'Alice was here,' I turned around to Jessie who was running after me.

'Yes, yes your sister Alice came by. Where is she though? She said that she was going to wait up until you came home that she wanted to talk to you.' I spun around the room, the truth hitting me fast. Alice took Levi. Why? Where?

Jessie was looking at me with shock and horror written all over her face as she realised what had happened. 'She took him? But why? Oh please, Rosalie tell me she was your sister!' She grabbed the kitchen counter and held on for dear life, looking as weak as I felt.

'Yes, short dark hair, tiny girl, pixy-like face, bubbly personality, listens to the name Alice. That's my sister all right', I almost hissed the words, grabbing my cell phone out of my purse and punching in the numbers. The cell phone crumbled under my anger and worry, it fell on the ground in small fragments. I cursed and grabbed the phone in the kitchen, dialling Alice her number.

I started to scream into the phone as soon as I heard a connecting beep, only to figure out that it was her voicemail. 'Alice! You better pick up the phone and tell me why you took him! You had no right, you…'

A small white envelope sitting on the table by the door, caught my eye and I could make out Alice her handwriting from here. I slammed the phone down and rushed to the door and grabbed the envelope, tearing it open and reading the short note in it.

'Rose- it is time to come home'

As I read the note I heard a crash behind me, Jessie had been unable to hold herself up and she fell on the floor. As I walked to her to help her up she scrambled backwards, 'No!'

I stopped and looked at her, wondering what could have happened when I saw the pieces of my cell phone on the floor by her feet. 'Oh, Jessie. I'm worried about Levi and angry. I didn't mean to scare you.'

'Nobody moves that fast,' her face was so white and she looked completely horrified at me. She just shook her head and crawled even further away.

'I'm sorry Jessie, I truly didn't mean to scare you, you've been so good to me and Levi. But I have to go, I have to find him.' I sighed, feeling sorry for scaring the poor girl, 'I'll call you as soon as I can Jessie.'

I grabbed my purse and walked out of the apartment, as fast as human speed allowed me too.