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Authors note: Sorry the last chapter was rubbish but I wanted to get an update out there.
I haven't updated in a while but I was away for the week in Jordan and the week before I was getting ready to leave. So that's my reasons…I did say in the first chapter of my new story and on my profile that I was going away but I'm sorry if you didn't get the message.
What a nightmare
A week had passed and we were going to be moving to Alaska tomorrow. A house was already waiting for us and all we had to do was move in. My change would be in a few days time and we had all agreed that Rosalie and Emmett take Beth and Charlie away during that time. The last thing I wanted for my children to hear or see me going through that kind of pain.
I rolled over onto my side as I lay in bed and opened my eyes slightly to see that it was still dark outside. I glanced around the darkened bedroom, wondering what could have awoken me, searching for Edward who was nowhere to be seen. He was probably getting ready for the move tomorrow, I thought as I turned my head to the side and came face to face with a pair of glowing golden eyes, something I had certainly not been expecting.
"Ah!" I squealed and jumped in surprise. I squinted my eyes as they adjusted to the dim light and could barely make out the shape of a small head peaking over the side of the bed.
"Mommy, I had a bad dream." A small whisper sounded in the darkness and I recognised it immediately as Charlie. His bottom lip was jutting out in a trembling pout and the small amount of light there was in the room glinted off his tear filled eyes.
"Come on, darling." I held out my arms towards him and pulled him up onto the bed beside me, wrapping the covers around him securely. He buried his head into the crook of my neck and the air was filled with his muffled sobs. "It's ok, I'm here." I whispered as I stroked his soft brown hair. "Do you want to tell me what it was about?"
He sniffled and tilted his face to look up at me. "I was in the woods and there was a little girl lying on the ground. I think she was older than me, maybe six or something. She wasn't moving and I got scared so I tried to wake her up but she didn't." He broke off and started crying again, hiding his face in my hair as his small body shook with sobs.
I continued to pat his head and back soothingly in an attempt to calm him. What else could I do but comfort him? My poor baby. I placed a soft kiss on the top of his head as his sobs began to quieten. "It's alright, Charlie, its ok." I murmured against his soft locks.
"Mommy, do you think that will happen?" He whispered into the darkness after a few minutes of silence. What could I say to that? I couldn't promise anything concerning the future. Even Alice couldn't because her visions depended on decisions.
"I don't know, Charlie. I hope not. Just try not to worry about it, ok?" I asked softly and felt him nodding his head slightly. I hated the fact that, try as I might, I would never be able to protect my children from all the evil, death and pain in the world and with them being part vampire I was worried that death would be something unavoidable. If it wasn't human deaths they had to experience it would be the deaths of the animals they would have to hunt when they got older.
I felt Charlie's small body relax next to mine and his breathing evened out slightly causing me to think he had fallen asleep until he spoke again, breaking through my thoughts. "Mommy, you smell nice." He mumbled his voice thick with sleep.
I stiffened slightly then relaxed immediately and let out a small laugh. "Thank you."
"I don't want to eat the cookie." He whispered and I realised that he must be sleep talking. "I'm Charlie, what's your name?" He breathed out and rolled onto his back. I was curious as to what he was dreaming about. It certainly sounded a lot better than the nightmare he had had before. "Yes, I think the tree tastes yummy too."
A smile spread across my face as I drifted off to sleep. At least I wasn't the only one who talked in their sleep.
A/N: I'm really sorry this is so short and pretty rubbish but I don't really feel into this story right now so if I force myself to write it will be completely pants.
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