Emmett sat in his bedroom Monday morning and watched the sun rise over the treeline. He'd spent the rest of the weekend thinking; debating what to do. Watching Kaelyn almost pass out on the docks had him panicking like nothing ever had before, and it made him realize just how strong his feelings for her ran. He needed to finally talk to Rosalie and end things. He couldn't cut Kaelyn out of his life now, and he couldn't keep Rosalie with him either.
The door slowly opened and his wife walked in silently. Rosalie closed it back with a click and sat on the bed next to him, sensing his somber mood.
"How was your hunting trip?"
"I found some antelope."
Emmett nodded and finally turned to face her. "I need to talk to you, Rose."
"We are talking."
"I was with Kaelyn this weekend-"
"What do you mean with her?" Rosalie hissed, her mind already reaching a conclusion she didn't want to think about. One that ended with her husband naked in the sheets with another woman.
"We hung out all day Saturday. That's it. But we still need to talk about this, Rose." The blonde vampire stood up and threw her hands in the air.
"There's nothing to say Emmett! You need to get over your fascination with her blood so we can move on from this." Emmett stood up slowly and shook his head.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you. It's not just her blood; I can't keep myself away from her. I can't, Rose. And I can't keep dragging you through this with me. It's not fair to you-"
"Emmett. Think very carefully about what you're going to say next. Because it sounds an awful lot like you're trying to end our marriage," Rosalie said, deathly quiet. Emmett frowned and took a step forward, but Rosalie put a hand out to stop him from getting any closer.
"This is for the best. I can't stay true to our marriage vows when I'm feeling like this for someone else-"
"So you just want to break them completely and call it quits?! We said we would always work together to get past difficult times," Rosalie reminded him, searching his eyes for anything to give her hope that their marriage wasn't over.
"Rose, I love you. I do. You saved me and got me to where I am today. But I can't keep doing this. Kaelyn is my singer; I can't deny it. I'm falling in love with her, and I won't keep lashing out at you and leading you on by saying everything is fine. Because it's not fine." Emmett tried to reach out to her, But Rosalie smacked his hand away, her lip curled up in anger.
"I hate you," She snarled and turned on her heel, yanking their door off its hinges so she could get out of the room and away from him. Emmett watched her leave and fell back to sit on the bed again. His heart ached for their broken marriage, but it really was for the best that it didn't continue. Not when he knew who he truly wanted to be with.
Across town, Kaelyn was sitting in a waiting room at the doctor's office. She'd gotten in so late on Saturday that her mother was already asleep so they didn't get a chance to talk about her fainting spell until Sunday morning.
"What do you mean you got dizzy?" Lila asked her daughter, horrified.
"Just that. One minute I was fine and then I was falling over. Emmett caught me before I fell off the dock," Kaelyn said softly. Lila held back the lump in their throat and went into the kitchen. Her hands were shaking when they grabbed the phone off the receiver.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"I'm calling the doctor's office. You need to go in and see what's going on," Lila's voice shook as the line rang.
"It's Sunday. No one is going to answer..."
"Then I'll leave a message so we can have an appointment Monday morning. You need to get checked up."
"Mom, we both know what's going on," Kaelyn whispered. Lila sighed heavily and nodded, but she left a message for the doctor's office anyway. Kaelyn sat at the kitchen table and listened to her mom on the phone.
Kaelyn looked down at her hands and closed her eyes. She already knew what the doctor was going to tell her. It was inevitable; she's been sick for so long it wasn't even a surprise anymore.
"Kaelyn Schultz?" The nurse called into the waiting room; her pink scrubs were a little too vibrant for Kaelyn's current mood. Lila nudged her daughter to stand and they followed the nurse into another room where they waited for Dr. Bensen to meet them. Kaelyn let the nurse take her vitals and ask her why they wanted to come in, but Lila had already explained most of it over the phone that morning. The nurse smiled politely and left them to keep waiting for the doctor.
A tall brunette entered the room a couple of minutes later. Her long, wavy hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and she had black, square framed glasses on. She was pretty but looked experienced which Kaelyn was happy for. Her doctor in Florida was the one to suggest this office when they told him they were moving.
"Hi, Kaelyn. I'm Dr. Bensen. I've been looking at your file that Dr. Rymer sent to me last month from Miami. It seems like you've been through a lot for someone your age," She commented as she read a few more notes in Kaelyn's thick file.
"You could say that," Kaelyn mumbled and fiddled with her fingers.
"We came in because she had a dizzy spell on Saturday and passed out on a dock in Strawberry Bay," Lila filled the doctor in. Dr. Bensen raised her eyebrows and nodded. She took off her glasses and put them in her lab coat pocket.
"Kaelyn, I want to run a few tests on you, but we would need to go to the hospital to do that. I don't have the equipment here to do it. I've made sure to clear some of my schedule so I can accompany you there. Would that be okay?" Kaelyn nodded and Lila jumped at the offer. Dr. Bensen notified the staff of her trip over to the hospital and followed behind the mother and daughter in her own car.
When they arrived at Forks General, Dr. Bensen walked over to a nurse at the front desk and filled her in. Soon they were being escorted into another room where several tests were run; blood, MRI, CT scan, chest X-rays and much more. Kaelyn was exhausted when they finished a couple of hours later. She just wanted to go home and crawl into her bed.
"You guys can rest in here. I'm going to go over some of your tests and see if everything is still okay. I'll be back soon," Dr. Bensen closed the door behind her and left the two alone. Lila hugged her daughter and held back her tears. Old memories were resurfacing from their countless previous hospital visits, and she felt useless all over again.
"I'm really tired, Mom."
"Lay down, Honey. She'll be gone for a little bit." Kaelyn nodded and climbed into the empty bed in the room. Almost 45 minutes later, Dr. Bensen returned looking grim. She pulled up a stool next to the bed and look Kaelyn in the eye as she sat up.
"It seems that you're no longer in remission, and your leukemia has gotten exceedingly worse. Your white blood cells are multiplying rapidly and attacking your red blood cells. Your dizziness was caused by an anemic condition from your having a lower level of red blood cells. And you've already tried chemo several different times. If you want, we can try again—"
"No, I'm not going through that for a fourth time. If it didn't work the first three times, it won't work now. Is there anything else?" Kaelyn asked.
"We rank cancer in levels, zero being the least severe and four being the most. Right now, you're almost at a four; your cancer has infiltrated several of your lymphnodes an continues to spread. There aren't very many treatment options left. I can prescribe medications for your symptoms like pain killers for your achy joints," Dr. Bensen recommended.
"Okay, but what else do we do? Watch her die?!" Lila exclaimed fighting back her tears. Kaelyn was surprisingly quiet; she expected this to happen soon with how she'd been feeling. It was just a lot to take in that she was being told it was finally happening.
"The cancer is too extensive for surgery, and if you don't want chemo, then the best thing to do is to take your daughter home and let her live the rest of her life happily. Make sure she's comfortable—"
"And how much longer is her life?" Lila asked bitterly. Dr. Bensen looked truly regretful for having to tell them all this.
"I'd say a little under half a year." Lila broke down and held onto Kaelyn who was sitting calmly on the bed. She stared at the floor in shock. She knew it would be soon, but six months?
"If you have any questions, this is my pager number and personal cell phone number. Please call me if you need anything," Dr. Bensen handed Lila her card before leaving to give the two women some privacy.
"I'll get to graduate high school," Kaelyn whispered.
"Baby, I'm so sorry," Lila sobbed holding onto her daughter tightly. She lost her husband, and now Kaelyn was being torn away from her too?!
"Mom, I need to go get something to drink, and I want to go home. Can you uh go get the car ready?" She asked softly. Lila wiped her tears away and nodded. She kissed her daughter's forehead before leaving the room. Kaelyn took a shaky breath and walked out as well and down the hallway. She kept her eyes trained on the floor trying to think. It was hard to wrap her head around everything when she was also worried about what her mother was feeling.
Kaelyn turned the corner and ran into someone, but the other person quickly grabbed her arm to steady her before she fell. Kaelyn looked up and saw a beautiful man in front of her.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking," Kaelyn apologized. The man smiled back at her, and it was then that she realized he must be a doctor because of his white coat.
"Don't worry about it; neither was I. I'm Dr. Cullen. Do you need help with anything?" He asked. Kaelyn stared in awe at him. This was Emmett's adoptive dad. She'd heard that he was attractive, but she's never had the chance to meet him.
"I'm Kaelyn and no. I was just leaving," She trailed off.
"Kaelyn Schultz? You're friends with Emmett, right? What are you doing here?" He asked connecting the dots.
"Oh yeah, that's me. I was just getting a checkup," She said because it was mostly the truth. Carlisle raised an eyebrow.
"Is everything alright?" He asked sounding concerned.
"Just peachy. It was nice to meet you, but my mom is waiting for me outside. Bye Dr. Cullen," She said quickly and sped walked out of the hospital. Her mom was waiting for her when she reached the car.
"Do you know Kaelyn?" Dr. Bensen walked up beside Carlisle. He glanced at her and nodded.
"One of my sons has a crush on her," He grinned a little, but Dr. Bensen smiled sadly in return.
"It's a shame. She's so young…" Carlisle looked at her confused. The brunette sighed and turned to face him completely.
"Can we talk in your office? I need to get your advice on what I told her today." Carlisle nodded and led her down to his office. To say he was caught off guard was an understatement.
A/N: Love love love all the feedback! Keep it coming! Also I just finished rereading the old story and I wanted to throw up. I can't believe I put that out there. So if you read the original, I'm so sorry you suffered through that, and this revamped version will have a different story line. So just be ready!