Chapter eight: perfect
'B... but the... the Volturi?' Bella choked out. 'I don't know if that's a good idea if Emmett...' Bella hesitated for a moment. She turned her head and looked Carlisle straight in the eyes. 'We can't take that risk Carlisle. If something happens... Emmett is too breakable. With one touch they can...' Bella didn't even finish her sentence. But we all knew what she wanted to say.
'We have to, Bella,' Carlisle answered quietly. 'I know the risks but Aro wants to see Emmett without doubt.'
'Bella is right. Emmett's safety is too important to risk, Carlisle,' I agreed with Bella. 'If something happens and Demetri or Felix come near him...' I felt a shiver climbing down my spine.
'Nothing will happen to him, Rose,' Carlisle put his hand on mine as reassurance. 'And if something happens, Alice will see it and we will protect him. No matter what,' Carlisle said. 'Edward and Jasper can make a plan.'
'The Volturi are with too much, Carlisle,' I protested. 'They will get through us, no matter what happens. Even with a plan of Jasper and Edward, even with Bella's shield and Alice,' I shook my head. 'No. We can't do that,.'
It was quiet for a moment.
'And did you forget that the Volturi aren't vegetarians like us? They drink human blood,' I whispered the last part.
'But what do you want to do, Rosalie?' Jasper asked quietly. 'As Carlisle just had said, Aro wants to see Emmett anyways. He's always "interested" in this kind of stuff,' Jasper made quote marks with his fingers in the air and rolled his eyes. 'They won't get him.'
'Jasper is right. If they want him, they have to get through us,' Edward said. 'Emmett is our brother, we would never put him into such danger if it wasn't necessary,' Edward sighed. 'Meeting the Volturi is always a risk, vampire or human. If they wanted to harm us for any reason they would've killed us a long time ago.'
Alice nodded. 'That's true. And with Edward we can read their minds. I will search into the future. Nothing will happen to him.'
'And Renata? I asked hesitant. Knowing that they had already won the argument.
'The Volturi aren't bad, Rose,' Carlisle reminded me quietly.
'We're going to be fine, Rose,' Jasper wrapped his arm around my shoulders. 'We always do. And remember, Emmett is a fighter. Carlisle told us once about his injuries from the bear attack.'
I swallowed. Bad memories.
'Not many people are that strong. A lot of people wouldn't live through an attack like that . But Emmett did, you know why?'
'Because he's a fighter,' I whispered quietly.
'Exactly.'
I felt waves of calmness from Jasper and I relaxed. Sometimes I really hated his ability of changing the emotions of people, but at times like now it was very useful. If Emmett would see me that depressed he would get upset. I didn't want to depress him since he was the one living in a weak humanbody.
'I'm going to Emmett. I have to tell him about the book and about our plans about the...' I sighed and blinked. 'Volturi,' I finally gave in.
Edward gave me a reassuring smile, Jasper did the same, Esme, Bella and Carlisle looked worried, Renesmee looked a little bit scared, Jacob looked... expressionless and Alice. Hmm, Alice. I stared at her blank face for a moment until I realized that she probably was having a vision. I turned around and ran upstairs. I heard a small gasp from Alice from behind me but didn't pay attention to it.
I walked into mine and Emmett's bedroom and gasped when I saw an empty bed. I stifled a scream and decided to follow his scent. It was easy. Emmett's delic... I mean sweet scent was getting stronger and stronger when I walked towards the bathroom. I opened the door, not even thinking about the fact he could be on the toilet. He was my husband.
'Emmett?' I asked. 'Emmett,' I sighed relieved when I found him with his back to me. 'Emmett, are you okay?' I started to get worried when he didn't respond. I stepped slowly closer, not wanting to be too close and slip again. 'Emmett?'
'Rose, I'm fine,' Emmett sighed before he coughed.
'No you're not,' I protested immediately. I could feel that something was wrong. 'Emmett, I know you better than anyone else. I know that something is disturbing you.'
No response.
'Emmett, spit it out.'
No response again.
I regret my last answer; too harsh. 'Emmett, please?' I asked him sweetly and worried at the same time, knowing he couldn't resist that.
'I'm ugly,' Emmett suddenly whispered.
'Ugly?' I asked him, avoiding a giggle. Emmett was the most handsome man I had ever met in my entire life. Emmett and ugly was like vampires without blood.
'Yes,' Emmett answered. He turned around and pointed at himself from his toes to his head. 'My features aren't perfect, nor are my muscles. My cheeks have a stupid light pink color and my stupid dark curls aren't as perfect as my vampire ones. My feet are big and my lips aren't as full as normal. My nose is too long and my ears...' Emmett thought about that for a moment. 'Are just stupid!'
I had raised my eyebrows at him and crossed my arms against my chest as he was speaking. 'Are you done?' I asked him.
Emmett frowned but nodded. 'Er… yeah.'
'Okay, good,' I said before I burst into laughter. 'Oh dear,' I laughed so hard that I almost fell on the ground.
'This isn't funny Rose!' Emmett said angry. Damn, he was hot when he was angry.
After a few more seconds of laughing I finally calmed down. 'Oh Emmett,' I giggled. 'Sorry, but it was really funny what you just had said.'
'How do you mean funny?' Emmett snapped. 'Look at me!' he pointed at himself again.
I looked at him and tried to find something ugly but couldn't. There was a gorgeous man in front of me. 'Emmett, I was laughing because it was ridiculous what you just said,' I leaned against the doorframe.
Emmett opened his mouth to argue but I shook my head.
'No, let me finish. Emmett, turn around and look into the mirror.'
Emmett hesitated for a moment but finally did what I asked.
'Look at yourself,' I commanded. 'Emmett, your dark curls are as beautiful as your vampire ones. Your nose isn't too long, your nose is perfect, like the rest of your features. Your muscles are just a little bit slack because of your condition at the moment. Your feet aren't too big. I mean, big guys have big feet.'
We both chuckled.
'And your lips are as beautiful as normal.'
'Really?' Emmett pursed his lips and winked seductively at me.
'Stop that,' I commanded. 'You know I want to kiss you,' I sighed. 'Too bad that your smell is like Heaven to me,' I peeked at his lips. I felt my lips burning, screaming for a kiss. But I knew I couldn't risk his life.
Emmett chuckled quietly before his face went serious again. 'But Rose, I was much more handsome when I was a vampire,' he whispered. He reached his hand and touched his face in the mirror. His nails made a soft sound against the glass.
'I don't care if your vampire or human,' I snorted. 'Okay, I do care. But what I mean is that you're a very handsome and attractive man, Emmett. Yes, as a vampire your features are more than just perfect but as a human your incredibly handsome. Your tinted skin color suits your beautiful brown eyes perfectly. Your dark curls are beautiful and Emmett, when you smile and show your dimples you can make a whole bunch of girls faint. Take that from me,' I winked at him.
Emmett smiled slightly. 'Thanks, Rose,' he said.
'You should return to our bed. You should rest much more,' I said. 'It's better for your health.'
Emmett groaned. 'You and Carlisle are too worried about me. I'm fine. I'm a big boy remember,' Emmett chuckled and I rolled my eyes.
'You would be even more worried if it was me in your place'
It was quiet for a moment. I hadn't really thought yet about what would've happened if it was me in his position. I peeked at Emmett's skin color. Human. What would I do? I saw what happened to Emmett after he woke up; he was very weak and he still was. And Emmett is a very strong man. I think I couldn't be pregnant in that position.
'Come,' I said to snap out of my thoughts. I reached my hand.
Emmett looked one more time in the mirror before he took my hand. We both shivered. He from my cold touch, me because of his warm and soft hand. I held it as gentle as I could, trying not to use any kind of strength and harm him. I dragged him slowly with me, remembering that he wasn't as fast as I was. I tried to make enough space between us so I wouldn't get disturbed by his smell. I had never really realized that being a human had that much disadvantages.
Finally we reached the bed. It felt so odd walking so slow with my husband. Emmett took his place under the sheets again and leaned against the headboard. He closed his eyes; not to sleep but to rest. I caressed with my thumb his soft hand. I had to tell him about our Volturi plans, but I really didn't want to put him into danger. I had too. That was the worst part. I didn't have any choice.
'Emmett?'
'Hmm?' was his answer. Emmett turned his head slowly and opened his eyes.
'Carlisle has found something,' I replied quietly.
Emmett's eyes grew wide. 'Really?' he said surprised. 'Can he turn me back?' he asked excited and sat straight but regret it immediately. 'Ouch!' he placed his hand on his back and leaned slowly back against the headboard.
'Are you all right?' I asked him worried as I helped him leaning back. 'You should really be more careful, Emmett,' I said stern to him. I hated to see him suffer, I didn't want to look into his eyes, knowing that his pained expression would upset me. 'No, he didn't find a way to turn you back, but he did find something else,' I saw Emmett's expression turned into disappointed again. 'He found a book about...'
I told Emmett everything I knew. I didn't want to hide anything for him, I knew that he hated that and I didn't want him to get a feeling we didn't tell him everything. I told him about the book, about the stories, about my conversation with the family and about our plans of going to the Volturi. To my disappointment Emmett was excited about going to the Volturi. Boy, even as a human he was excited to face world's most dangerous vampire coven. It made me even more worried. To be honest, I hoped he would say that he prefered staying at home with somebody. But hey, it's Emmett.
'But Emmett, They're the Volturi. They're strong, smart, powerful and they drink human blood!'
'So?' Emmett frowned at me. 'Rose, I will be fine. Don't worry about me,' he pointed with his thumb at himself. 'I'm stronger then you think I am,' he said proudly and he sat straight again. Again, he regret it. 'Ouch, stupid backache,' he murmured while he rubbed his back.
'Okay, enough, hero,' I smiled and sighed. 'You should sleep.'
Emmett groaned.
'Please Em,' I gave him my puppy dog eyes.
'Fine,' he mumbled and laid down. I smiled and walked towards the door. I turned off the light and wanted to walk out of the room when Emmett called me. 'Rose?'
'Yes?' I answered softly.
'Don't worry about me. I will be fine.'
I chuckled. 'I know Emmett. But I love you more then anything else in the world. You mean anything to me and-' I was cut by Emmett's snoring. I narrowed my eyes. 'Stupid, idiotic, handsome human,' I murmured and walked out of the room.
'How is he?' Alice asked when I came downstairs.
'He's...' I sighed. 'I don't know, to be honest.'
'He will be fine,' Alice reassured me. 'How did you handle him. You know...'
That's why Alice had gasped. She had a vision of Emmett and me in the bathroom.
I shook my head. 'You knew about this, didn't you?'
Alice shrugged in response.
I smiled slightly. 'Well, I just told him the truth.'
Everyone looked curious at me.
'I told him that he's a gorgeous man, human or not and...' I broke off. 'Hey!' I protested. 'You have superhearing you have heard the whole conversation!'
Everyone laughed and I couldn't help but laugh with them. For a moment I forgot my worries.
Emmett is a bit insecure in his humanbody, luckily we have Rosalie to cheer him up!
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