Yay! the story is finally coming together….Im sorry for the slow start, but I think these beginning chapters are vital, I hope you like them none-the-less….and if you haven't guessed this story will be long ….
Chapter 10. She's sleeping…
Brighteyes, "Kathy With a K"
Love is Real
It is not
Just in novels or the movies
It is fact
And it is standing here right in front of you
So if you open your eyes
What a sweet discovery
There is hope and there is joy and there is acceptance
So now let all the light that collects on your plants keep you warm
Make you smile
And I will be there with this pen in my hand to record
All the while
You'll be laughing so loud the house would shake with sound
And everything will be as new as the day it was found/
Love is real
It is not just in long distance commercials
Or something that you thought you felt back in high school
So I will turn
Black and white
Become that horoscope your reading
It predicts something good is on its way
And then I will send you the world green and blue
In a box through the mail
You can open it up
Hold it right in your hand and be glad that its there
And be glad that you're there
Now you can feel all the knots in your stomach start to untie
An suddenly it's not so hard to say you're alright/
Love is real
It is not
Just in poetry and stories
It is truth
And it will follow you
Everywhere you go from now on
So if you would just cast off your doubt
Then you lips would answer for you
Oh my darling when you smile
It's like a song
And I can hear it now…
Rosalie's POV
"BUT WILL SHE BE SAFE" I repeated for the fifth time to Carlisle.
"Rosalie Lillian Hale Cullen I am ashamed of you…we are family! And I refuse to allow you, to hold some kind of grudge against Jasper" Esme snapped at me.
"It's not 'some kind of grudge', its actual concern" I whined, feeling like a scolded child.
"I assure you Jasper has better control over his bloodlust than most of us in this room; if you had cared to stay in touch with your brother and sister, or maybe even care to ask where they were or what they were up to…you'd know they have been living with the Quileute tribe, because Alice can't have visions while around them, and Jasper has been helping them with their strategies for fighting vampires, as they've helped him overcome and control his bloodlust issues" Carlisle said as-a-matter-factly and a little pissed off.
"Oh well that's great! So now they'll be able to kill us easier!" Emmett groaned, and added "What a pansy traitor" under his breath, though we all heard it.
"Actually, Emmett…our treaty is stronger than it has ever been…and I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said, we don't necessarily need to call it a treaty, since they have accepted our family as allies and friends, not enemies anymore" Carlisle said smugly
"Oh…well changes everything" Emmett said quietly as he walked over to the couch Haley was napping on. He then reached out and gently moved her curls from hiding her face. Everyone was silent as we watched him; it nearly broke my heart. I could never give him a child to love like this, and he would never be a dad because I took that from him.
"But I get to be an Uncle and you get to be an Aunt, Rose" I heard Emmett whisper softly, and with that I smiled. Yes, we would never be parents, but we had a chance to be an Aunt and Uncle; a chance we never dreamed of having.
"I know" I said beaming a smile at my perfect husband.
"So how long does this take?" Emmett asked Carlisle while pointing at a sleeping Haley.
"What do you mean Emmett"? Carlisle asked with humor in his voice.
"This! This 'Napping' thing….I mean when will she wake up and want to play" Emmett asked like a whining child.
"Well it depends, every child is different…she may take a few short naps during the day…or one long one…I'm not sure…but she's not a toy Emmett, and she does have to rest at times….don't break her, we cant buy a new one" Carlisle laughed at the end, causing Esme and myself to laugh also, and Emmett to roll his eyes and pout.
"Funny you guys, real funny" Emmett pouted more.
"Oh Honey you father is just teasing you, he has missed you dearly….I've missed you dearly….we both have missed you both-" Esme said sweetly but was cut off by a 'RING' of the door bell.
"That's weird, nothing comes out here…except us and the Denali's" Carlisle said cautiously as he and the rest of us rose from our seats.
"What about Jasper and Alice…it could be them" I whispered as we all walked towards the front door in a huddle.
"No, they wont be here for a few more hours right honey?" Esme whispered while crouching in a defensive stance behind Carlisle.
"Right…I told them to arrive around 4:00pm" Carlisle whispered back, crouching and placing his hand on the door knob. Emmett and I crouched as well as the doorbell rang once again.
"I'm going to go stand by Haley, if anything thing-" I whispered as I ran silently back to the living room.
"Yeah…uh thanks Rose…glad you have my back" Emmett whispered back annoyed.
"Oh zip it…your just pissed you didn't think of it first" I snapped back whispering.
"Everybody ready?" Carlisle whispered again.
"yes" We all whispered back.
He slowly opened the door and instantly stood up straight; causing us to do the same. "Hello young man, how may I help you, your sure a long way from town?" Carlisle asked in his professional voice.
"Uh I…ummm….is this the Cullen residence?" The boy stammered.
"Yes, it is, I am Carlisle Cullen and this is my wife Esme, and my adopted son Emmett and his wife Rosalie" Carlisle said politely as he wrapped an arm around Esme, and opened the door completely.
"Oh good…ummm, I'm here to deliver some stuff" The boy stammered.
"Stuff?…deliver? I didn't know anyone delivers out here" Carlisle asked confused.
"Well I don't know of anyone that does either…but I received a phone call around 6:30am from a Mrs. Alice Cullen…she found my number off of Craig's list, I own a moving truck…ya know when people move to other states and stuff….well I don't own it, my dad does but he's" The boy began to ramble.
"Oh sorry, no need explain, the name Alice Cullen says enough honey…I'm sure she not only woke you up at around 6:30am but a lot of people" Esme laughed.
"Yeah, the amount of money she offered to pay me…..she just told me where to park and that people would be coming, which did they ever…and then take hwy 1, to hwy 3, and if she hadn't told me the exact mile where the turn off to this road was, I would have never found it…why do you live way out here, it takes forever to drive to town!"
"This is a vacation home" Carlisle laughed.
"Carlisle, Emmett will you help this poor boy unload his truck please, I'll make him something to eat, I'm sure that drive made him hungry" Esme sang.
"Or you just want to play 'Caring Granny' and cant wait until Haley wakes up…your just as bad as Emmett" I teased her in a voice so low and fast the delivery boy was none the wiser.
"We'll just be unloading it off the truck, we have family coming and they'll help put it in the house ok?" Carlisle said as he patted the boy's back gently and followed him outside. 40 minutes later the truck was unloaded, only with thanks to Esme's distraction techniques; a little tea here, lemon aide there, and a PB and J, Emmett and Carlisle had the truck unloaded in pure amazement by the boy, yet without him ever seeing their vampire speed or strength.
When the boy was on his way down the road, we all walked outside to see what exactly Alice had delivered. "What did Alice buy?" I laughed as I walked around a large brown box.
"I'm not sure….I think its stuff for Haley" Carlisle said, shaking his head in amusement.
"But I thought she couldn't have visions right now" Emmett asked confused.
"Oh come on! We all know for a fact Alice had Jasper start the car, and was hopping in it and headed to Portland to shop for things for this trip while she was still on the phone with Carlisle…she probably had a vision once they left the reservation, and started shopping on her lap top or even her cell phone…Hell probably both!…that girl is capable of anything that can be orchestrated and or bought with money" I laughed, and my family nodded in agreement.
" Do you think she knows about Bella?" Emmett suddenly asked.
"Well…I don't think so…we haven't made any decisions, and either has Bella…so I'm sure any and all visions only include Haley" Esme said sweetly, and sadly.
"True" Carlisle said.
"So should we put this inside? Or…" Emmett questioned.
"Yeah, lets just put it in the suite on the left, upstairs…the one with the large bathroom that has that big bathtub…Alice can…well 'do her thing' when she gets here." Carlisle laughed. And with that we began to move boxes, and bags, baskets. We even moved a couple buckets of paint that had a diagram of the room taped to them, with instructions. So we diverted the boxes bags and baskets to the adjoining room and of course quickly painted the room's walls. Three walls were painted a creamy white; one was painted a light green which actually was a chalk board paint. When we finished, we slid open the extremely large windows at the end of the room, to air it out; and placed a few fans and heaters to shorten the drying time. Carlisle and Emmett began to open furniture boxes and put the furniture together; and as they finished the large book case, we heard Jasper and Alice's car driving up the driveway.
As Carlisle, Emmett, and I ran past the kitchen where Esme and Haley were making something called S'mores, Haley yelled out "No running in the house!" and we all halted. We turned around slowly, stunned that she even saw us run past her.
"Oh Shit, Carlisle, what do we say?" Emmett said under his breath.
"I'm not sure" Carlisle whispered back.
"Is something wrong?" Haley questioned at our wide eyes and blank faces.
"Uh…" Emmett began.
"You see Haley.." Carlisle added.
"Oh you caught us baby-girl…we were racing…and we are super fast…because…"I began.
"Because….we were uh" Emmett rubbed the back of his neck.
"We were…we were…"
"They were seeing who could be the fastest! And everyone is super fast in this family. But it's a super duper big secret; can you keep a super duper secret?" Alice sang from the door way, Jasper smirking beside her.
"Yes" Haley nodded with her answer.
"Good, thank you sweets" Alice smiled.
"Thanks Alice" Carlisle whispered.
"No problem, I saw it coming…but who what and where?" She said with gritted teeth and a smile, as she took off her overly large hat. Does she think she's Audrey Hepburn or something?
"Well you see….what had happen was…" Emmett began.
"Hey Aunt Awice!" Haley screamed as she squirmed off a bar stool and ran right to Alice. Haley wrapped her arms around Alice's legs, as Alice's eyes grew to the size of saucers, and a 'What the Fuck?' look, painted her face.
"Yay, yay, yay, yay!" Haley yelled jumping up and down.
"uhhh…" Alice was still in shock.
"Oh Aunt Awice, I knew you'd be here, I just knew it…! Oh I love you I love you I love you" Haley sang out, while clutching a shocked Alice's legs.
"Well well well Little darling….and who are you?" Jasper inquired as he squatted down to Haley's level.
"Silly, I'm Haley uncle Jaspurr" Haley giggled as she let go off Alice's legs and practically mauled Jasper, causing him to fall backwards and her on top of him.
My first reaction was to lunge towards Jasper, all I could think was him sucking every bit of life from….well…from my life; but as I lunged, something grabbed my arms. I growled as my head whipped towards whatever was holding be back; you could say I wasn't thinking, because all that ran through my mind was "SAVE HER" on a loop. But as I caught a glimpse of what/who was holding me, my mind quickly registered it was Carlisle. He stood behind me, with an heir of calm around him, and as my eyes pleaded for him to release me, he slowly shook his head no; and as the terror I felt receded and I was aware of things around me, I heard giggling. Now I guess it wouldn't be called 'giggling' since it was coming from a grown man; some might call it 'chuckling'; but I cross my un-beating heart, Jasper, Mr. serious military man, was giggling like a four year old.
Jasper was laying on his back being 'tickled' by Haley, and to say I had never seen him really happy, would be an understatement; though he had Alice, he had a total tortured thing going on, it was more depressing that Edward's crap. He was tortured by what he had done in Maria's army, he was tortured by the constant emotional rollercoaster that being around groups of people gave him, and that was all before his actions concerning a certain birthday party came along, and the emotions of a grieving family after it . Everyone including myself, surrounded the adorable scene, in awe. Though Jasper, was a part of our family and had been for a very long time, he usual stayed secluded, and never really interacted with the family much. If he wasn't by Alice's side, he was in his room reading or painting, it was his way of getting back and remembering the life he had lost. Most of the books in his large collection were from the civil war era or written about the civil war era. And the only paintings he has ever painted; to my knowledge; was scenes of his life before he was turned.
"Ok seriously what's going on, you guys… why is a human child calling me Aunt and Jasper Uncle?" Alice questioned under her breath.
"Well, Alice….meet Haley….your niece…..and Bella's four year old daughter" Carlisle said slowly, and kinda unsure of himself.
"Bella" Alice choked out as she fell to her knees with a defeated look on her face.
"Alice?…Alice Darlin'?…what's wrong?" Jasper questioned confused, as he walked on his knees towards Alice, with Haley riding piggyback.
"B…Bel…Bella" Alice managed to choked out, and smiled an oddly watery smile.
"Bella?" Jasper asked slowly ,his eyebrows scrunching together.
"Ha..Haley's…Bella's…baby" Alice said slowly, and Jasper's confused shocked face, turned up in a big 'ol Texas grin. Alice, started nodding up and down, as if she was starting to realize it was true. Then suddenly she jumped to her feet, her face glowing with happiness. "Where is she? Is she at the store? When will she be back? I can't wait to see her, we have so much catching up to do-" She stopped mid sentence as Jasper gently grasped her hand, after slowly rising to his feet.
"Darlin'" The pain that quickly erased the happiness appeared, and he looked to us for an answer; he could feel our pain, our worry, our anger.
"What? What's wrong Jasper?" Alice said smiling still.
"I…I don't think…" He said trying to be strong for Alice; as he moved a squirming Haley to his hip; and Alice gasped.
"She's not…not…she can't be…..she just can't be….D-" Alice cried out.
"No, she not" Carlisle said quickly, and Jasper and Alice's heads turned to him.
"Then where is Bella?" Alice asked intensely.
"Momma's sleeping Aunt Awice…don't be sad, she was just really tired" Haley said as her chubby hand reached out and patted Alice's cheek.