chapter 21+
three days later
Esme POV
I woke up screaming from one last pump of my heart...or so I think.
I looked around a strange room and then at the bed I was in. I was underneath some covers with a new pair of clothes on. I crumbled the sheet in my hand. Could this be heaven?
I flipped my feet across the bed and walked out of the room. I went down the unfamiliar stairs and looked down into a small room with the fireplace crackling. I saw a love seat and sat in it craddling my body.
I looked around but didnt see any family portraits so I didnt know anything. There was however, some paintings of flowers and such. I got up and looked at them. There were irises and tulips. It made me smile.
I wrapped my arms around me and walked into the kitchen. I wasnt hungry at all but I wondered what they had.
I opened up the cupboard and frowned. There was nothing.
"They need to go shopping. Maybe I would go with them." I said.
I closed the cupboards and looked out there back door. It was in the woods.
The woods werent very familiar to me though. I stepped outside in the fog.
There was a bench in front of me. I plopped down and crossed my legs.
"This is nice." I said. It really was. Out in the forrest was a very lovely place, all that was missing was-
"Esme!" a voice called. I covered my ears. They were very loud!
"Out here." I said very low. For some reason they heard me. A man with bronze hair was at my right side in a matter of seconds. I looked to my left and nearly fainted.
"Are you alright?" my angel asked me. I couldnt beleive he was here. I have waited so long. I was waiting for my heart to jump out of my chest right there, but I didnt hear anything.
"I...Im fine." I said. He smiled a beautiful smile that would make any woman drool over.
I looked to my right but didnt see the other man beside me anymore. Funny, I could have sworn he was right there.
I sat back down on the bench and my angel joined me.
"Do you remeber me?" he asked.
"Of course! Your the doctor." I said.
He smiled but it didnt match up with his eyes, "Yes, Im the doctor."
"Excuse me, what I meant to say was...your the doctor that treated me when I was sixteen. I didnt know you were still one." He didnt look any diffrent then from the last time I saw him.
He smiled at me, "So you do remember."
I placed my hand on his shoulder lightly, "I never forgot."
"Me neither." he said. I should be fainting right now.
"I know this is random, but...am I in heaven?" I asked.
He starred at me for a long time with heavenly eyes, "Why would you think that?"
"Well, I jumped off the cliff which should leave me dead. And-"
"You jumped off the cliff?" he asked angered. I jumped back a little from his harsh words.
"Ye...yes." I stuttered.
"Why? Why would you do such a thing." he asked.
I sighed, "Its a very long story."
He chuckled, "Trust me...we have time." I liked the use of the word we.
I smiled, "You wont get mad will you?" I asked.
He wrapped his pinky around mine, "Promise." he breathed.
I caught my breath, "Alright," I said.
"When I was 22 I got married to a man named Charles." I shuddered.
"He was a family freind of my father and Charles wanted my hand in marriage. After pursuation from my father I agreed. Soon, and when I say soon I mean very soon, after the wedding I saw the diffrent side of him. He wasnt the Charles I knew. He was a...monster."
Carlisle jerked back with troubled eyes for some reason when I mentioned the words monster.
"He...abused me."
Something let out a growl and I looked around. Maybe it was an animal in the woods.
"Did you hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what?" the growling stopped.
I shook my head, "Never mind."
"Please continue." he said with a smile.
I smiled back, "Anyway. He had abused me. Two months later he had left because he was drafted to war. I was free from him for two years till he came back. He continued where he left off and then soon later...I was pregnant."
"Did you not tell your parents?"
"About what?"
"Him abusing you." he said through his clenched teeth. I bit my lower lip.
"It spread to them-"
"What did they say?" he asked.
"My moter told me to be a good wife and stay quiet. It will probably be a phase is the words she used."
He nodded, "Continue."
"He got me pregnant, so I had a plan to escape from him and runaway to my second cousin and former best freind. I left when he went out drinking for the new year. I reached to my second cousins house and lived there for 5 months. I checked my mail one day and found out that the information on my where abouts leaked to my parents. I figured that they would tell Charles and he would come to get me. So I fled up north to a town right outside of Ashland. I took in the job of being a teacher and lived in a motel. 4 months later I had born my child Howard." I sighed.
I was suppose to be crying at this point, "They had told me he had mest up lungs and probably wasnt going to make it. I kept telling not just myself, but them that he was going to survive. A couple nights later I was giving him his medicine when he wouldnt breath. But then, it was too late. He past."
Carlisle grabbed my hand and held it, "Im sorry."
I smiled without tears but knew I should have them, "Its okay."
I sighed and kept telling him, "I went crazy that night and just lost it. I had nothing left since he had died. So I drove down to a cliff and decided to leave the cruel life I was living. I had nothing left for me." I shook my head and looked at him.
"Then, I woke up. I wondered around a unfamiliar house and went out here. I was telling myself what a beautiful place this was and..." I paused and looked away. He turned my face to his.
"And what?" he asked looking in my eyes and squeezed my hand.
"I was thinking of...how much I wanted to share it with you!"
He didnt wait any longer and pulled my lips to his. His hands where on both sides of my face and he pulled me to him so that the space between us was closed. I put my hand behind his head and ran my fingers through his hair. His hand went to my waist and pressed me against him.
He let go and looked at me gasping, "I love you. I know how hard that must be going through something like that and all. But I just wanted you to know that I have loved you since I met you and I still love you now!"
I lunged my lips to his and did the same process. We rolled off of the bench and onto the wet grass. His hands where on both sides of my face so I was trapped. We rolled around in the grass kissing. His fingers went through my curls and pushed me closer again.
"I love you too" I said. Then I kissed him again.
He broke away and looked at me, he was on top of me, "How much do you love me?"
"I have loved you since the day I met you! I have waited for you and I still will! I dont care if this is heaven, just as long as Im with you!"
"I love you more than that." he said.
"I hardly doubt that." I went back kissing him.
He unbuttoned my blouse but I caught his hand, "No, Im not ready."
"Okay." he said and kissed me. I was shocked and I pulled away to stare at him.
"What did you say?"
"I said okay. Is that fine with you?"
I smiled and hugged him closer to me, "Ive never heard those words in years!"
Carlisle started kissing my neck and moved up to my jaw. He went back down to my shoulder then up to my forehead.
"You missed." I said and directed his lips to mine. He pulled away.
"Saving the best for last I guess." He said. His kisses where soft and slow with as much passion as possible. His hands traveled down my back and up when we rolled over.
He let go and placed his head on my chest and layed there.
"Esme?" he took my hand.
"Yes my darling?" I asked.
"Did you love Charles?"
I chuckled without humor, "I never loved anyone as much as I loved you."
He gave me a soft kiss on the lips and looked in my eyes, "Thank you." he breathed.
"Your welcome." I said.
He was silent for a moment then he got up frusterated by something. I propped myself up with my arm and looked at him.
"What is it Carlisle?" I asked.
"I have to tell you something." he said.
"You can always tell me something." I said. I got up gracefully and stood next to him.
He smiled and took my hand, "Come with me."
He lead me into his lovely house. I was so happy with him.
He sat me on the love seat along with me. He held his hands in mine and seemed frusterated.
"Edward?" he said.
The strange boy was in a chair in front of us like he was there the whole time.
I smiled at him and he smiled back, "Is this your son?" I asked.
He laughed, "Not realitively."
"Im like a step son really." Edward said.
I smiled, "You seem like a gentle man."
Carlisle smiled, "Man...a new word huh Edward?"
"I guess so." he said to him. I looked confused.
"Excuse me? Would you prefer something else?" I asked with a smile.
Carlisle sighed, "Esme...me, you, and Edward arent exactly...human."
My eye brows pulled together, "What are we?"
Edward and Carlisle looked at each other and Edward nodded.
Carlisle looked at me and sighed, "We are a forgein creature. A...vampire to be exact."
I looked at them both and there was no joke in their eyes, "Really?"
They both nodded. I leaned back in my chair and looked at them.
"We cant be...you cant be." I said.
"Why is that so?" Carlisle asked.
"Well..." I felt my teeth and Edward laughed.
I looked at him then Carlisle, "Whats so funny dear?" I asked Edward.
"I can uh...read minds." he said.
I smiled, "Your are a very talented young man Edward. But when I first saw you I knew you would be."
He smiled, "Thank you."
I smiled and nodded.
"Well, let me inform you on some things..." Carlisle said.
the rest of the day Carlisle informed me on some tips and some rules about being what I am. Sometimes Edward would tell me some too. I felt at home when I was around them. I always smiled and this time it was real. Then I thought about a statement I had said in the past and changed it.
My heaven here, would last forever.