Disclaimer: The Characters and all recognisable situations belong to Stephenie Meyer. This is a work of fan fiction and no copyright infringement is intended.
AN: For the purposes of this story, Renesme's power has evolved &
She Is able to project her thoughts/memories direct and does not
have to touch you.
Chapter Ten
Carlisle's POV
If vampires could get tired I would be feeling all of my three hundred and forty six years. I pondered how best to proceed, the talk with Sadie had gone well but I know how thoughts can change once reality has set in and I'm concerned for her.
Esme's party would no longer be, once we'd told the pack what had happened, well, just imagining the uproar makes me feel mentally exhausted.
Leaving the hospital, we jumped in the car and sped round the corner before stopping for Alice, we all looked at her expectantly.
"She isn't making any decisions that effect us, I cannot see anything in the future to concern us at present"
Relief floods through me. Sadie assured us she wouldn't be telling anyone else but knowing she meant it, perhaps some good could come out of this, who knows.
"I heard what happened in there, she's feisty, I like her" she grins "Are you going to tell the others now?" her grin faltering somewhat.
Nodding, I grimaced at what awaits us, a soon to be pack of angry wolves and the rest of my family where going to explode as well, I can quite imagine what Rosalie will say.
"I'm going to stay here. I can keep her safe for Paul, you tell him I will be keeping her safe for him, you hear"
I nod in acquiescence.
"I will keep watching her future and will let you know any changes. What are we going to do about Esme? She's expecting you home soon"
"We shall go home now and tell her what has happened. I will let her know about the surprise party, she will be delighted the imprints thought of her and I know she will understand why it has to be cancelled"
"Of course she will understand" pipes up Renesme, clutching Bella's hand.
Of course she would, I know my wife and her only worry once she knew would be how Sadie was coping.
We chatted for a little longer and then with Alice bounding back into the tree's I quickly drove back home where Esme was waiting.
Explaining the situation to her, I can see her thoughts process. Delight that the imprints had been throwing her a party, delight that her other children had come back for the occasion and then a look of horror and alarm that Rachel had told the secret to Sadie.
"The poor dear, how is she? What can I do to help?"
Putting my hand in hers, I take comfort in her touch. "Nothing at present my love. We need to speak to Edward and then go tell the others"
Bella rings Edward's cell and he answers immediately "Rachel is at home, currently in the bath. From what I can see she hasn't told anyone else or has any intentions of doing so"
"And her mindset?" I ask knowing he can hear me.
"Her mind is all over the place Carlisle, She thinks that Sadie is now going to leave Forks and that she can be together with Paul. She hasn't even considered that she done wrong by telling her. She's getting ready for the party as if nothing has happened" he snaps, knowing the danger Rachel has put us all in, what if the volturi learn of this?
"Her mind is an insane place to be in, she jumps from thought to thought and doesn't make sense, she's very delusional. I think she's mentally unbalanced"
Even though Edward couldn't see me, I nod in agreement, it would explain her behaviour even if it doesn't excuse it.
"We're on our way to tell the pack, will you meet us there?"
"Yes of course, come get me on your way"
Ending the call Bella pops the cell back in her pocket "Poor Billy, this is going to destroy him" she whispers
"No, we won't let that happen" I responded firmly "I won't let that happen"
Paul's POV
As I walk through Emily's kitchen to go back outside I sneakily snag a piece of chicken, finishing it before any of the imprints could tell me off. Why did we have to wait till Esme got here before we could eat, stupid rule, not as if she was going to eat any of it was it?
Sitting down I start talking to Jasper and Emmett about the training I had devised and we're soon engrossed discussing different tactics. Jasper was a strategist, a damn good one, I ran most of my idea's through him and once you got to know him, for a leech, he wasn't so bad.
While the others in the pack had accepted the Cullen's straightaway, it had taken me a long time to accept that our mortal enemies we're now part of the family. Even now, even thinking of them as friends, I'm still wary of them being around the imprints and other human's, I never fully relax when they are on tribal land.
Smelling the other leeches, we all look up and one glance at their faces has us all on edge. Edward, Carlisle, Esme, Bella and Ness come out of the tree's slowly with faces full of worry.
The imprints, scattered in various parts of Emily and Sam's house and garden have their wolf next to them in an instant, ready to be protected if necessary.
Carlisle looks at the imprints with sorrow in his eyes "Something has occurred and I apologise but I had to tell Esme about the party. We need to tell you something of most importance"
We all look at each other worriedly. What could have them so concerned?
Those bastard volturi aren't making trouble are they? fuck.
"Carlisle?" Billy questions, wheeling himself forward
"It's foolish of me to ask that you all try and stay calm" he replies, looking directly at me "But I ask that you try anyway"
Fuck, why is he looking at me? Sadie, fuck something has happened to her, what about her dad? Shit, I jump up growling, ready to run to the hospital.
"Paul, STOP" Sam ordered
"Sadie is quite safe Paul, I assure you" Carlisle gets in quickly although it doesn't ease my paranoid state, my hands are shaking badly.
I look at the others, faces grim with the knowledge that this is something bad.
"What is it Carlisle, what's happened?"
Jake speaks for everyone, moving to stand next to Renesme, touching her shoulder gently. Carlisle looks at us all, sighing softly and then stepping forward.
"Rachel went to the hospital to see Sadie. She told her about vampires and wolves. She tried to warn her off the imprint, said we would hurt her"
"What the fuck" I yell, fighting the order to phase, body trembling like crazy
"She done WHAT" Leah screams, starting to vibrate like myself, Ryan grabs her by the arms and pulls her tight towards him in an effort to calm her.
"WHAT?" Chaos descended, everyone shouting at once. Imprints we're lightly pushed away by their wolves, in case they phased.
"ENOUGH" Billy shouts, face ashen at the turn of events.
"We have spoken to Sadie, she's doing ok, Alice is in the forest making sure she's safe" Carlisle says, looking at me
"She's, um, well, she's Paul's imprint for a reason, you'll see. Renesme, please show everyone how things played out" Carlisle adds looking at her.
I'm still shaking badly, I want to get to Forks and see her for myself. Shit, fuck, how the hell did this happened. How had I let this happen? I hadn't kept her safe, I had let my girl down. I would never forgive myself.
My shaking is now so bad I can hardly see straight, my spine creaking, trying to phase.
"You have to let Paul phase, he needs to" Kim points out to Sam, all eyes now on me.
"Phase, BUT you will STAY until we see what Ness has to show us" Sam orders, folding his arms, the others backing away to give me room.
Instantly I roar and phase, my wolf snarling and snapping, desperate to see our mate, keep her safe. Dean and Alex phase as well, unable to keep their emotions under control. I growl at Edward.
"He wants you to get on and show him what happened" he suggests to Renesme, not repeating what I'd really said.
Renesme's memories start playing like a film in our minds, meeting Carlisle at his office, hearing what Rachel says to Sadie. We all growl at that part, I snap my teeth furiously, that bitch is gonna pay big time for this, ugh, when I get my hands on her…
They discuss the plan of action and then they are outside Sadie's dad's room. Carlisle hesitates for a brief moment and then stands in the doorway.
Sadie is stood glaring at them, arms folded. Hell, even angry she looks beautiful, gorgeous. Shit, 'concentrate Paul', I yell at myself.
"
I've been waiting for you to turn up, you've got a lot of explaining to do", she snapped, shifting her position, giving them her full attention and looking at them for explanations.
Carlisle held his hands up in submission and started to speak.
"She's lying Sadie. Well, some of what she told you is the truth but we mean you no harm, we have no intention of hurting you, please believe me"
"Huh" she mutters "Yeah, well, you had the perfect opportunity earlier, I'm sure you could of made it look like an accident if you'd wanted to" rubbing her face she lets out a sigh.
"I know this is a shock but really, we won't hurt you, I assure you" Bella says firmly, stepping forward, as if to reassure her.
"Hey! All those without a pulse stay on that side of the room" Sadie sneers angrily, stepping backwards.
Quil coughs a laugh and everyone snickers quietly, even the Cullen's.
"So, vampires and werewolves, it's all true then?"
Carlisle nods and she shook her head as if too disagree.
"And you're a Doctor?, what about blood, isn't that what you lot feed on?" she says looking nervous.
"We hunt animals, feed of them, we won't hurt you or your father Sadie"
"And the wolves? Are they actual werewolves or shape shifters?"
"You know about shape shifters?" Carlisle asks, surprise clear in his voice.
"Hell no, only from what I've seen on TV" she shrugs, sighing.
"Ok the supernatural exists, so who is this Paul guy and what the hell is an imprint"
"Paul was the one pushing the wheelchair that you bumped into that day. The man in the wheelchair is Billy Black, the chief of La Push.
She spun around and grabbed a big pad off the table next to the chair, flicking through she holds up a drawing of me "This is Paul?"
She's drew me? I feel proud, and she's good, very good.
"And this imprinting stuff?"
Ness starts to answer but Bella cuts her off "Paul should really be the one to explain that to you"
"Well, Paul isn't here is he? Psycho bitch came instead so start explaining" Sadie gestured with her hands before massaging her temple.
Oh baby, I'm so sorry, I'm gonna spend the rest of my life making this up to you.
"An imprint is when the wolves form an unconditional bond on someone, your Paul's soul mate" Carlisle starts saying before she interrupts him.
"Soul mate?" she yelps, raising her eyes
"The bond can be what you make of it however, a brother figure, a friend or a lover. Paul and his wolf are tied to you for life, he will always want to protect you and keep you safe. You're his number one focus."
"Pfftt" she exhales still looking confused "Psycho bitch said he didn't want this imprint and I'm telling you, there's no way in hell I'm getting involved with a guy who's got a girlfriend, no friggen way, you can forget it, he can go do whatever he wants, I won't stand in his way"
"Her name is Rachel" Ness chips in.
"Well, I prefer Psycho bitch. PB, for short" Sadie snaps back.
"Paul isn't with Rachel, it's her wishful thinking, she's jealous which is why she warned you off. Paul does want you, he wants the imprint" Carlisle speaks determinedly "But" he goes quiet looking at Sadie's dad "He knows how ill your father is, he thought this was the last thing you needed to know at this time. He was going to approach you in the future"
Picking up the sketch pad, she flicks through it as she previously did and holds up a drawing of me. My wolf. Shit, how does she know what I look like?
"Paul's wolf is silver?" she questions. Bella nods in agreement.
She rubs at her forehead and sits down "I've been having dreams of a silver wolf for the last four days"
"What are the dreams about?" enquired Carlisle, mind always eager to learn more about imprinting.
"Erm, usually we're just sat together, it's peaceful, you know? But how did he do this imprint thing on me, I only met him for a minute or two"
"It's when they look into your eyes, it's instantaneous, they have no choice" Bella replied.
"He has NO choice?, that's bull, he could have a girlfriend or a wife, that's terrible, he might not even like me, hell I might not like him, fuck, there's no way I'm gonna MAKE him choose anything, this is absurd!"
One half of me is proud of her way of thinking, Emily could of taken some lessons from her but the other half of me is petrified that she's going to reject the imprint, reject me.
"He wants you, he has no girlfriend or wife and when your ready too, you can both start getting to know each other, nothing has to be rushed, just see how things go" Carlisle responds quietly.
"Well I don't like that I just get forced on him, ridiculous"
Massaging her face and her eyes, weariness floods her face. She looks at her dad laying in the bed, shakes her head and then faces them again, rubbing her temple.
"Is Leah a wolf?"
"Yes, she's the only female" Ness answered.
"Why did she give me a lift home, was that a trick of some kind?"
"Oh no, never, she just wanted to help you out, she likes you"
Carlisle nodded in agreement relaxing his stance "Do you have any questions, anything you'd like us to explain?"
"Hundreds of questions" she laughed quietly, then looked serious "She said that she could get her family to hurt me, how do I know that isn't gonna happen, how do I defend myself?"
"Her brother Jake is my wolf, I'm his imprint" Ness replies smugly "He would never hurt you, none of them would, everyone's looking forward to meeting you"
Sadie nods while deep in thought "So what happens now?"
"Whatever you want to happen, we will do whatever we can to help you in anyway"
Letting out a long sigh and glancing at her dad, she shrugged slightly "Well for now, I'd just like to be left alone, I've got a lot to think about"
"We understand" says Carlisle. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a business card and leaves it on the shelf by the tv "These are my numbers you can contact me on, phone or text if you have any questions or just want to talk. I will be back here first thing tomorrow anyway so I will see you then"
"Rest assured that no one will bother you anymore unless you ask for us" Bella states "Rachel will not be coming here again"
"Yeah well, if your gonna punish her then just let me loose in a room with her for ten minutes" Sadie says with a small grin.
"We know this is all a shock and you have much to take in, but, well Paul is going to be going mad about this, is there anything we can tell him to calm him" Carlisle says quietly.
"Shit, I dunno, err" she rubs her face again "Well look, um, tell Paul that I won't make him pay for Psycho bitch's mistakes ok, but, shit, he was right, I could of done without all this right now, have you any idea how fucked up my head is at the moment anyway?" she looks up at them with tired eyes.
"Tell him we'll sort something out, he's just gonna have to give me some time, let all this crazy shit sink in"
Rising from the chair she stands next to her dad's bed "Right, you lot can leave me alone now" she says frowning "I will contact you" she adds as an after thought and turns to face her dad as the Cullen's leave saying goodbye.
As Ness's memories fade out there's silence for a brief millisecond before Carlisle's cell rings "Alice" he says answering.
"Sadie has been deliberating contacting you for the last ten minutes, she is texting you as we speak, I thought I'd let you know"
I mentally speak to Edward to get him to ask how she's doing.
"Alice, Paul would like to know how Sadie seems" he enquires on my behalf
"Well, there's a lot of muttering about flamethrowers and how she should of paid more attention to the 'Underworld' films" she laughs "But otherwise she's staying calm and she isn't making any decisions concerning all this"
Embry hoots loudly "Underworld? No, no no, I'm going to have to educate this girl" Him and Quil start to get into a heated discussion on the best werewolf film's but I pay no attention, my mind is on Sadie.
Carlisle's cell bleeps with the text and Alice hangs up so he can retrieve it. A small smile lights his face as he reads it out aloud
"Send Leah. With cake, preferably chocolate. The human chick"
Emily jumps up "I have chocolate cake" and hurries off into the house.
"We'll run, it will be quicker, Carlisle text her back and say I'm on my way. Ryan will you carry the cake for me?"
I can't wait for Emily to come back with the damn cake, I have to go to Sadie now so I mentally ask Edward to get Sam to take the order of me so I can leave which he does and knowing Leah and Ryan will soon be behind me I take off to Forks as fast as I can.
Making my way to my usual spot, I smell Alice before I see her and she jumps down from where she had been perching on a branch.
"She's ok, not freaking out at all. I'm sorry this happened Paul, I'm sorry I didn't see it so I could prevent it"
I can't answer her so I nod, it's not her fault, Rachel fucking Black is to blame and boy will she face my wrath when I get back, if the others haven't done that already.
A few minutes longer and Leah and Ryan arrive with him holding the cake and her clothes. She quickly goes behind a bush to change and emerges. Kissing Ryan quickly and taking the cake, she looks at me.
"I will stay as long as she wants me to, Ryan can ring my cell if you want anything"
I can't stay still so I pace up and down, listening for sounds from the hospital room. It's taking all off my self control not to smash my way in their and see for myself that she's coping with all this, crap, hurry up Leah.
Leah's POV
Making my way to Sadie, I'm still seething at how Rachel could of done this. I understand jealously and envy, hell they were my middle names for a long time after Sam imprinted on Emily and took the future I had dreamt of away from me, but to do this, give our secret away, threaten her with wolves and vampires, it's inexcusable, totally unacceptable.
I love Ryan, he's my life, everything to me but even now I still feel hurt over how I was treated. My fiancé and my cousin ripped my heart out and then I was told to just get over it because it's destiny, fate.
Paul was the only one who saw things from my side, nobody else put themselves in my shoes, having to see her in Sam's mind, having to see Emily fawn all over him, something she seemed to do a lot more off when I was around, as if to reassure herself, knowing damn well he wouldn't of wanted her without the imprint.
Letting out a huge breath I walk through to the hospice and see Sadie leaning against the door, waiting for me. She looks worn out, shadows under her eyes. Damn, I hope I don't muck this up, Paul's depending on me.
She looks up and I smile "Chocolate" I point at the cake box. She gives a small smile in return.
"Thanks for coming" she says leading us into her father's room. I look at him, god, there's nothing to him. He looks like he's dead already. How is she coping with this?
When my dad had his heart attack he didn't come back from unconsciousness again and within two hours he'd died. I wonder which is worst, it all happening so quick you can't get your head around it or watching them slowly die everyday. There probably equally as bad.
Gesturing for me to sit, I hand her the cake which she places on the table.
"I'm so sorry you found out about us this way Sadie, it should never have happened, are you ok?"
"As well as I can be after learning that vampires and wolf's exist and I'm mated to one of them" she shrugs with a small smile.
"Is Paul ok?" she quietly asks with a sincere expression on her face.
"He's very pissed that Rachel came here and told you, he's worried about you, how your feeling"
"Can you tell me more about this imprinting stuff? It all sounds bizarre to me"
So for the next two hours, we eat cake and talk imprinting, wolves and vampires. I see her relaxing the more she learns.
"So, um, what does Paul expect from me?"
"He doesn't expect anything. He'd like to meet you properly of course but he understands how your life is at the moment" I nod to her dad.
"I feel bad that he's so worried, looking at this from his point of view doesn't look good" chewing on her lip, she shakes her head.
"I need to go to the cafeteria and stock up on food. If you arranged for Paul to come and meet me there, would you stay with my dad for me?"
"Of course I will but don't think you have to do this now, Paul won't want you to do anything your not happy about"
"Yeah well, Paul will soon learn that I don't do anything I'm not happy about" she grins, this time the smile showing in her eyes.
I laugh and pull out my cell telling her I'm calling Ryan who's with Paul in the forest, this makes her giggle and I look up
"If he's outside and can hear us, why call him on the phone? Paul, get some clothes and meet me by the cafeteria in 30 minutes" she says laughing and I join in.
Paul howls in answer which makes her laugh even harder. Even if it's just for a few moments it's good to see her less anxious. We sit chatting for the remaining time until she get's up to leave.
She kisses her dad and looks at me, anxiety back on her face.
"If anything happens I will shout for Paul straight away" I say "I promise and I'll stay here as long as you two want, take your time"
Nodding, she gives a here goes nothing kind of shrug and leaves to meet Paul. I sit back running my hand through my hair, god I hope this meeting goes well.
Sadie's POV
Jeez this is weird, going off to meet my so called soul mate in a hospital cafeteria. How the hell did my life get like this. Pfftt.
I feel nervous, butterflies in my stomach making me feel slightly nauseous, this had seemed a good idea back in the safety of the hospital room.
Oh well, it was you who suggested this Sadie, I tell myself as I walk down the stairs and head to the cafeteria entrance. I look up and there he is, standing by the door, he looks just as nervous as I am.
I stop and smile and he smiles back, shit he's gorgeous, I want to throw myself in his arms and never leave. Fuck Sadie, get a grip I berate myself as I walk over to him standing about a foot away.
"Hi Paul"
"Hey" he whispers, shifting slightly.
We stand staring at each other and then we seem to gravitate towards one another, before I know it I'm engulfed in his arms. I sigh softly and rest my head on his chest as he arms hold me tight against him.
AN: I promised that Paul& Sadie would meet in this chapter and so they did. Sorry I had to keep it short otherwise this chapter would of gone on forever!