A Rose by Another Name.
Chapter 12: Love is in the Air.
BPOV:
Emmett was an easy fit into our family and he brought a since of humor along with him. Not long after he was turned his family found his coat and rifle in the mountains and declared him dead from all the blood found around and on the coat. He had dried sobbed into Esme and I's shoulders upon hearing the news, something he had tried not to do saying it wasn't very manly at all. In July he and Edward gathered some money together, and some other riches and dropped it on the porch of his old home. Carlisle had said it was the least we could all do, Emmett's family did have ten other mouths to feed with the youngest being five years old- or so Emmett remembered but even his memories were becoming faded as the weeks turned into months.
When September came, and I turned Twenty-one – Emmett having turned twenty-one in August so he had been twenty when I found him – Carlisle discussed moving and it was finalized a week latter when Edward came back from hunting with Emmett pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Edward, what's wrong baby?" I has asked and he shook his head and I turned to Emmett who was shaking slightly his eyes down to the ground. He looked like he had given up, literally. I looked back to my mate and crossed my arms, what was wrong with our brother?
"Edward?" I pressed, I was going to get my answers one way to another I thought and he winced as I am sure he saw the punishment if he did not get off his high horse and explain to me why Emmett was so upset. One thing about us females we could survive without sex far longer then men, Edward was no different then any other man except he was a true gentlemen but even he couldn't go without sex for more then a few days. Not that I minded, I was just as bad unless I wanted to be cruel.
"We went into town," Edward began and I looked at him in shock, my eyes almost bugging out of my head in surprise.
"YOU WHAT!" I yelled and Emmett whimpered some and Edward winced. I could hear Esme from out back in the garden mutter under her breathe at the sound and Carlisle in his study drop a book. "You took a newborn into a town full of people?" Edward winced.
"Well when you say it like that..." he trailed off and sighed, running a hang through his hair. "I was stupid I know but I need his opinion and he had just hunted. He's almost four months old and I thought he could handle it and I could handle him." I sighed and looked to Emmett.
"Emmett look at me," I said and he slowly hesitantly looked up at me with bright crimson eyes. I sighed, they had been turning amber slowly since last month but now you would never know that.
"Oh honey," I said and walked over and hugged him before turning to Edward and glaring.
"Let me guess, he caught a scent he liked?" Edward nodded.
"I'm sorry Isabella,"Emmett spoke. "It wasn't Eddie's fault. I was fine and then this girl walked by in this back ally and I just couldn't control myself. The other humans smelt so good but this girl. She was like heaven...I didn't mean too." I sighed and nodded.
"Ir's okay Emmett, we all slip up now and again." I smiled at him. "Esme, and Edward. We won't judge you; besides Carlisle we have all killed. Though as you know I never drank from them." I smiled as he grinned back and then turned to Edward.
"What was so important you had to go into town?" I asked and Edward looked at me and then shook his head.
"Nothing, just a new thing for my piano," he said and the way he said it made me suspicious but I nodded anyways and smirked at him. I gracefully walked forward and placed a hand on his shoulder and trailed it down his arm flirtatiously.
"Well whatever that thing is it can wait," I said and then leaned forward and whispered. "I can't." With that I yelped in surprise as Edward swept me into his arms bridle style and took off up the stairs, Emmett's booming laugh the only thing we heard as he slammed the door to our bedroom. I giggled as he dropped me on the bed gently and the rest is pretty obvious. Emmett with the support of us all began to forgive himself thankfully and in October we moved to Forks, Washington. It was kind of nice, small but nice. I liked it better then other places we lived, much better then Rochester.
We had not been back to Rochester since my change but I didn't think I would ever like going back to the city of my death. I had asked Edward to check up on my family and was happy to find my family was healing from my death. My mother had been a wreak and my father had begun drinking more but calmed down after the first year. My siblings were doing well for themselves and the twins were both courting nice girls from what Edward could find. Mary and Katherine were their names.
I didn't suspect I'd ask again for years to come. I was content with the information I now had. Packing up my stuff and Edward became an affair to remember. We had liked this house a lot, but it didn't hold all the sentiment the Alaskan house held. Nevertheless we were a little sad to leave but of course we'd be back. I giggled as Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind and kissed my neck. He knew damn well I was ticklish there. I put the last of our books in the box, smiling at Wuthering Heights – a book Edward proclaimed to hate while I loved. I didn't see why he hated it so much, I had reread it for years, even before I was a vampire the story of Cathy and Heathcliff captivated me.
"I love you," he said to me and I laughed and turned around in his arms kissing him chastely before pulling back.
"I love you too," I replied and he grinned that lopsided grin at me and I kissed his jaw lightly before picking up the box of books.
"Help me with the boxes my love?" I asked but waited no reply before leaving and I knew from noises heard that he was picking up some of the other boxes and bags to bring out. The trip to Forks was pretty slow and took about two days give or take some time. The house Esme had chosen to restore was beautiful and large, white with a large yard and in a forested area with no neighbors for miles. A river was to one side of it and across was more woods. It was peaceful and perfect.
The first night in the house, much to the others disdain Edward and I christened our new room, and not only on the bed – the adjoined bathroom joined the list as well. We probably would have christened the whole house had it not been for our family and the fact Esme would kill us if we broke another house. She had already threatened to make us live in the woods if we didn't calm down some. She knew as well as we did that we didn't have to break things during sex, we just liked too. We began school soon after, at least Edward and I did. We began as juniors instead of younger so that we could move on the fly if need be. Emmett was still to young to begin school, and so he stayed at home with Esme and Carlisle began work at the hospital.
It was November when we ran into trouble. We were hunting when we were interrupted by two large wolves and a Native American man. We all slowly stood from our crouch on he small hill in front of the now dead stag and turned. Esme was the farthest from the wolves and the man, Carlisle in the front and Edward stood slightly in front of me while Emmett stood with his arms crossed beside Carlisle.
"Why are you on our lands bloodsuckers?" the dark skinned man asked and Carlisle looked at us and I glared crossing my arms over my chest and hissing slightly. The wolves growled and I backed up a step and Edward crouched in front of me his teeth bared. Carlisle put a hand on his shoulder and Edward looked at him and stood but kept an eye on the silver/gray wolf who had growled at me.
"Please forgive my daughter and son, they are still young in this life," Carlisle said and I rolled my eyes. Young my butt, the human or whatever he was had started it. "We were unaware it was not allowed that we hunt on these lands."
"Hunt? Why would cold ones hunt in these parts of the Quilute lands?" the man asked. "do you not require blood to live?"
"Sure we do," Emmett said with a smirk and the wolves took a step forward threateningly and the man held out his hands to stop them.
"My son is right, we do require blood but we are vegetarians, we live off of animal blood unlike others of our kind." the man blinked and then looked at the stag at our feet and then looked at the wolves.
"Stand down my brothers," the man told the wolves in a commanding voice and stepped forward.
"I have always trusted my instincts cold one, and my instincts tell me you tell no lie." the man nodded. "My name is Ephraim Black, and this is my pack brothers, Quil Ateara and Levi Uley."
"I see," Carlisle said. "I am Carlisle Cullen and these are my family. My wife, Esme Cullen and my sons Edward and Emmett Cullen and the blonde is my daughter, Isabella Hale." The night drew on and Ephraim invited us back to the reservation where they had a fire going. I moved closer to Edward upon seeing it, I wasn't terribly afraid of fire but being a vampire we were all weary of it. That night we signed the treaty which I thought was complete crap really. I mean who were they to tell us where and who we could bite.
I made sure to mention to them that accidents happen and sometimes circumstances made us have to bite a human and told them that if we were not in Washington at the time and the person was not from around here they had no grounds to stop us or harm us. It took arguing and Carlisle wanted to just go with the original words of the pack which was biting or killing of a human anywhere in the world but I was adamant. Emmett had already slipped once and he was still a newborn, hell Esme had slipped more then once. It was bound to happen. Eventually the pack agreed and we left the reservation to never return.
"Was that necessary?" I asked as Edward glared at yet another school boy who had come up to me to ask me out. It was almost the dawning of the new era, the forties and things were changing from what either of us remembered growing up. He smiled.
"Yes," he said bluntly and I giggled before he got into the car with me and we speed off, though not near as fast as we'd have liked to go. "I hate having to hear the thoughts of those boys and some girls about you. There deplorable." I laughed as frowned as I realized we were not going towards the house but another direction.
"Where are we going?" I asked and he grinned and a few minutes latter we came to stop at a trail head and he got out and opened my door for me before I could. I looked at him oddly, it was not very often that Edward refused to answer me and I let him lead me through the forest, and off the beaten trail which confused me even more.
"Babe where are we going? We just hunted two days ago," I said and rolled my eyes slightly at the reminder of the treaty. I still thought it was dumb, stupid mutts.
"Just a little farther love," Edward said and we continued to run and finally broke through into a beautiful meadow. I thought the place in Alaska was beautiful but this place made that look like a clearing of green grass compared.
"My god, it's beautiful," I said looking around and walking further inside. I twirled around the sun coming out a tiny bit, though it might not have even come out in town we were quite a few miles out of town and danced off my face, making me sparkle. Edward grinned as I stopped and came to look at him.
"Yes, but not as beautiful as you my Isabella," he said and then walked in front of me and kissed me lightly before pulling back and falling to one knee. I looked at him in shock and if I had been human my heart would have stopped in shock and surprise at what he did next. He brought out a ring box and slowly opened it, looking into my golden eyes the entire time.
"Isabella Rosalie Hale, I love you and without you I'd be lost in a world without a sun or moon. In total darkness, my love will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" he asked and I placed my hand over my mouth in shock but grinned and nodded, letting out a small squeal and jump as he grinned and took out the ring. It was simple but flashy all the same. It was large and older looking, probably from the early 1900's or late 1800's and encrusted with diamonds. It sparkled in the slight sun just as we did and he took my left hand and it slid perfectly onto my left ring finger.
"That ring was my mothers, I took Emmett with me to town that day to get it cleaned and fitted. It turned out to already be the perfect size." I grinned at him and as he stood back up I wrapped my arms around him, pulling him into a passionate kiss. We did not come back up for air which we did not need for almost ten minutes and we ended up on the ground, me on top of him straddling his waist. I smirked at him as I sat up, my hands on his chest.
"I would love to be your wife Edward," I told him and leaned back down for another kiss. The sun went back behind it's clouds as we pulled back apart and with a mischievous gleam in my eyes and brought my hands to the hem of my red blouse. Edward raised an eyebrow.
"Out here? Really, that's not very proper Bella," he teased and I laughed and pulled the top over my head and was left in only my bra and long flowy skirt which made my position sort of uncomfortable and I almost worried my skirt would rip. Not that it would matter, Edward had a bad habit of ripping my clothes.
"Screw proper," I said and we both threw caution to the wind and well the rest you'll have to imagine but we didn't go home until early the next morning.
"Where have you two been?" Esme asked as we entered the house the next morning in each others arms. We stopped and looked at our adopted mother with wide eyes, like dear caught in the headlights.
"Oooh, Eddie and Belly are in trouble," Emmett said laughing in a sing song voice. I glared at him.
"Don't call us that Emmett," Edward hissed and then he turned back to Esme. "We were at the meadow I found." Was all he said before I rolled my eyes and walked over and held out my left hand. It was almost obvious the moment she looked down that she saw the rather large ring on my ring finger. She squealed, sort of out of character for our mature mother and grabbed my hand and jumped up and down excitedly, taking me along for the ride. I laughed and she turned.
"Carlisle, he asked her!" she called and I looked at her amused. "Edward asked her, they're getting married!" Carlisle was fast to run into the living room and to Esme's side. He grinned upon seeing the ring on my finger and walked over to Edward and patted him on the back.
"Well done son, well done," he said proudly and I rolled my eyes once again. Men. Emmett laughed and shrugged.
"About time." Was all our burly brother said and I couldn't help but laugh. Not for long though as I was soon pulled off for wedding plans by Esme.