Memories
After dropping Elizabeth and Jacob off at the air port I go home. When I get home I go to the entertainment center and get out a stack of DVDs. The DVDs were home videos of Elizabeth when she was younger. Bella had felt the need to make the videos to send copies to Charlie and Renee since they couldn't come here to visit. The one I pulled out was one we couldn't show Renee and Charlie because of some things that were said by Elizabeth. I put the DVD in and sit down on the couch.
It shows Elizabeth in Carlisle's office. She wasn't aware that she was being watched as she climbs up into Carlisle's chair and sits down looking around the room. She was four at the time and she liked to get into things. She climbs up onto the desk and picks up the book that was sitting there before opening it and turning the pages. She gets bored after a while and pushes the book onto the floor knocking over Carlisle's pen holder and desk lamp. Both objects break and Elizabeth gasps before quickly looking around to make sure she wasn't caught.
Once she's sure she wasn't caught she gets off of the desk and opens the top drawer finding the markers Bella had hidden there so she couldn't draw on the wall. I could hear Emmett chuckling in the background and realized why no one had stopped her from what she did next. She walks over to the wall of paintings and looks at them. To her they were just pictures on the wall they meant nothing to her as she draws on one of them with the markers.
"Oh shit! Lizzie," says Emmett quickly trying to stop her. Unfortunately he had startled her and she begins crying. Suddenly Esme and Carlisle were there and Esme picks her up and tries to soothe her. Carlisle looks at the wall and then at the markers in Elizabeth's hands.
"Emmett, if you knew she had the markers out why didn't you stop her before she drew on my paintings?" asks Carlisle and while his voice was calm it was obvious that he was unhappy.
"Umm…I didn't think she'd draw on the paintings just the wall," says Emmett.
"You still should have stopped her," says Esme sternly.
"She did it not me. Why am I getting in trouble?" asks Emmett.
"Elizabeth is four and doesn't realize what she did wrong, but you knew and didn't stop her," says Carlisle as he takes Elizabeth who was now calm.
"Hi grampa! Do you like my drawing?" asks Elizabeth proudly.
"It's lovely honey, but you shouldn't have drawn on the wall you should have asked Esme for paper," says Carlisle. Elizabeth's new expression could break hearts and it had Carlisle back tracking.
"I wanted my art on the wall with the others," says Elizabeth.
"I know you did, and I would have put your art on the wall but it has to be on paper and not on my paintings," says Carlisle. "You know Bella doesn't want you having those markers anyway, that's why they're in my desk." He looks over at his desk and then at Emmett again.
"I didn't do that either," says Emmett.
"You should have stopped her. You just stood there and watched as she knocked those things off of Carlisle's desk," says Esme unhappily.
"I'm sorry grampa. The book fell down and then the light and that thing," says Elizabeth.
"Those things can be replaced, but until your parents get home you need to stay out of my office," says Carlisle.
"Okay," says Elizabeth. She kisses Carlisle's cheek and Carlisle chuckles before kissing her cheek.
"Damn it the battery is dying," mumbles Emmett. The video comes to an end and a new one starts.
The entire family had gone on vacation, camping. Elizabeth was helping me set up a tent while Jasper video taped it.
"Could you hand me that pole?" I ask. Elizabeth walks over to a pile of poles and picks one up. It falls apart and Elizabeth struggles to put it back together. I walk over to try to help her.
"No, let me!" shouts Elizabeth angrily. I chuckle and take a step back. Elizabeth was getting frustrated as she tries to put the pole together. She quickly figures it out and hands me the pole.
"Thank you Elizabeth," I say as I walk back over to the tent and put it in it's proper place.
"Daddy, I'm bored," whines Elizabeth.
"I'm almost finished," I say as I put the next pole in place.
"You're a vampire, you can do it fast!" says Elizabeth. I chuckle as I work to finish the tent.
"I know that sweetheart, but we were going to show Renee and Charlie," I say.
"You can't now," says Jasper.
"I'm aware of that Jasper," I say as I stand up and look at the tent.
"Are you done daddy?" asks Elizabeth.
As I watch the video Bella comes and sits next to me.
"Elizabeth was so cute when she was little," says Bella.
"She certainly was a handful at time though," I say.
"She was an angel though. I didn't expect perfect behavior and she was much better behaved than I could have ever hoped for," says Bella.
"She's certainly one of the best gifts my life has given me," I say.
"You miss her," says Bella. It wasn't a question and I just nod.
"She grew up very quickly," I say.
"She's only sixteen. She still has two more years before she leaves…and that's only if she wants to," says Bella.
"There are so many memories we didn't catch on tape," I say.
"We have photographic memories, we don't need videos," says Bella.
"Remember how she always begged me for a puppy?" I ask.
"She still wants one, but she won't ask because she knows you'll say no," says Bella.
"I think we could do that now. I don't think it would be in any danger of becoming someone's food source," I say. Bella smiles and kisses my cheek.
"We can go to the shelter and find her a nice puppy," says Bella.
"Perhaps. I'll get on the internet and see what I can find," I say. The next morning Bella and I pull into the driveway of a woman who was selling Collie Wolf mix puppies. When we pull up the front door opens and a middle aged woman steps out onto the front porch. Her name was Mary Frey.
"Good morning, you must be the Cullens," says Mary. We walk over to her and shake her hand.
"Good morning Mrs. Frey," I say.
"Come on in and see the puppies. I have the mother here as well," says Mary. We follow her into the house and Bella grabs my hand giving it a gentle squeeze. I look at her and realize she wasn't breathing and her eyes were getting darker by the minute. A black Collie and five puppies run into the room.
"I'd like a female," I say. Mary picks up two puppies. One of them was black and looked more like a wolf than a collie and the other was grey and tan but looked like a collie. "How much for the black one?"
"She's free. Since she looks more like a wolf I doubt anyone would want her. She might act like a wolf," says Mary. I pull out my wallet and hand Mary five-hundred dollars.
"I'll take her anyway. My daughter loves wolves so I think this would be perfect for her," I say. Mary puts both puppies down and takes the money.
"Thank you Mr. Cullen," says Mary.
"I need to get out of here," murmurs Bella too fast and low for Mary to notice.
"I apologize but I just realized that I'm running late. I was supposed to pick up my mother up at the airport and my sister wanted me to drive her to Anchorage. Thank you so much for the puppy, my daughter will love it," I say.
"I understand. Thank you for taking her. Have a nice day," says Mary.
"You too, ma'am." Up the puppy and we walk out to the Volvo. Once we get in Bella begins to breathe again.
"I'm so sorry, Love. I didn't know she would be bleeding. When we get far enough away we can go hunting," I promise.
"I don't see why you should have to apologize for my weaknesses. When we get home I want to speak to Carlisle," says Bella.
BPOV: (This should be a one time thing.)
Once Edward takes me home I run to Carlisle's house. When I walk inside Linx and Carlisle were talking about something. I wasn't paying any attention. Carlisle notices me and smiles.
"Hello Bella, what can I do for you today?" asks Carlisle. Carlisle's patience was endless. Ever since Edward turned me I always came to Carlisle for advice and to apologize.
"I need to apologize again," I whisper sadly.
"Hey Bells, did you finally kill someone?" asks Emmett.
"Emmett, please give us some privacy," says Carlisle before he leads me to his office where I sit down in a chair across from him.
"Edward and I went to buy a puppy for Elizabeth and I nearly lost control. The woman was on her period," I whisper.
"I'd like to congratulate you then. It must have been hard to resist such temptation, but you did it," says Carlisle.
"Hardly. Had Edward not been holding my hand I would have attacked her," I say.
"Whether Edward held your hand or not is irrelevant. The point is that woman was bleeding and you resisted. Not even Jasper can handle that yet," says Carlisle. "You've proven that you can resist. You have more control now than you did even last year. Last year you would have killed that woman and this year you didn't. You have nothing to apologize for so there's no reason for me to forgive you."
"Thank you Carlisle," I say.
End Chapter
(A/N: Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. The reason I put Bella's point of view in is so you could see what Carlisle thinks about Bella's control. It isn't perfect but it's getting better. That and I was bored so I threw it in for the heck of it. Thank you for the reviews. Keep them up! Sayonara. - )