DISCLAIMER: All things Twilight belong to Stephenie Meyer, I'm simply borrowing them for some play time!
WARNING: There will be language, adult themes, fighting, so please be warned. Also it will be obvious that being all human, that they are already OOC so keep that in mind as well.
Canon Pairings eventually. AU/OOC and all that jazz. Beta'd by Je-suis-B thank you!
Chapter 37 - Cyril Cullen
Edward noticed it was almost noon when he woke up. He looked around and noticed Emmett was not there, no one was... except Carlisle, of course. He wondered where everyone was. He had also begun to wonder what happened with Charlie and Bella because they never returned to the room... either one of them. He thought of trying to call Bella but he was afraid that maybe Charlie would answer so instead he just waited to see if Bella came back and hoped that Charlie didn't.
He also kept his eye on Carlisle. A few nurses had come in and checked on him, as well as changed a few bandages on him. While in his room they checked on Carlisle's vitals and told Edward that it seemed like Carlisle was doing ok, his vitals were stronger and that perhaps by the evening they could reduce some of the sedatives to allow him to wake up.
Edward was going to try and call the hotel room when an older looking man walked in. He had blond hair and blue eyes. Edward's heart started to beat faster... he knew who this was even if he had never seen him before.
The man walked up to Carlisle's bed and looked him over. He seemed frustrated and upset. Especially when the man looked over and his eyes landed on Edward.
"You're him." The man more so stated than questioned.
"I'm sorry... I don't know what..."
"The new son. You're him." The man repeated.
"Um, I guess yeah." Edward replied.
"The one who tore up my son's life? Who put him in that bed!" The man was getting angrier.
Yep... Carlisle's father. A pissed off father.
"I'm sorry... I... um..." Edward didn't know what to say.
"I want you out of my son's room." The man spoke.
Edward then felt like a switch was flipped. "No. I understand you're angry at me and I get it, you got the right to be. But I'm not going anywhere. Not anymore, and not again." Edward stated firmly.
"I don't care what you want, who the hell do you think you are!" The man's voice became louder.
"You need to keep your voice down! Yelling is not going to help Carlisle!" Edward said through gritted teeth.
By now a nurse had overheard the loud voice and walked in to see what was going on.
"Nurse! I want this boy removed from my son's room immediately!" Carlisle's father demanded.
"I'm sorry... the two were requested to be placed in a room together by Mr. Cullen's son, an Emmett Cullen." The nurse glanced over to Edward.
"I am Carlisle's father! My name is Cyril Cullen! I want that boy out!" Cyril shouted.
"Well you know what!" Edward was now out of bed walking closer to Cyril. They had removed the IV drip for a bit, so he could move around with ease. "I want YOU out! So... so... FUCK OFF!" Edward snapped, just as Emmett came running in followed by Jasper.
"Grandpa!" Emmett was panting as if he had been running for sometime. Jasper also seemed a bit winded.
"Emmett!" Cyril looked over. "This boy needs to learn manners and he needs his own room. I will not have him sharing a room with my son!"
"Look grandpa. I already told you WE my mom, Alice and I want them together in here. Nothing you say will change that!" Emmett was raising his voice.
"Don't you dare shout at me Emmett Dale Cullen!" Cyril said firmly.
"I don't want to but you're not giving me any options here." Emmett looked frustrated.
"How can you and your mother and your sister allow this! He's in here because of that boy!" Cyril eyed Edward angrily.
"STOP IT!" Esme walked into the room, Alice and Rose following.
"Esme, this is ridiculous..." Cyril was interrupted.
"Yes, it is. YOU are being ridiculous. You refer to Edward by his name or not at all. You so as much look at him wrong I will have you removed from this hospital Cyril!" Esme was pissed.
Edward looked over to Alice who looked as if she'd been crying. Rose holding her hand.
"I will not stand for this!" Cyril was visibly angry at this point.
"Neither will I!" Esme was putting her foot down.
Edward's eyes were darting back and forth from Esme, to Alice, to Emmett, to even Cyril. He had not met or heard much about Carlisle's parents. He and Carlisle never got to that subject.
"How can you be like this! You have always been a level headed woman Esme!" Cyril exclaimed.
"And you have always been the nice kind and generous man that I know you to be. The man who Carlisle took after, but right now you are nowhere near being that man." Esme replied.
"Grandpa please stop being like this!" Alice finally spoke. Cyril adored Alice and it hurt him to see her so tore up.
"I'm sorry Aly, I am. But this... this situation wouldn't be happening if not for him." Cyril looked at Edward.
"Cyril, I think you should go. Carlisle doesn't need this. He AND Edward BOTH have been through a lot, and I will not have you adding to their stress." Esme glanced over to Carlisle.
"You expect me to leave my son..." Cyril stepped closer to Esme, which then caused Edward to reach for the man's arm, and Emmett step in front of his mother.
"You're close enough." Edward warned. Cyril pulled his arm away from Edward.
"Do not ever touch me!" Cyril looked so much like Carlisle, or Carlisle like Cyril, it was weird.
"Grandpa!" Emmett snapped. "Please don't make me have security come in here. Just go ok, please."
Cyril glanced over to Carlisle and then at Edward. He was pissed off. No one went against Cyril Cullen. No one had ever been given any reason to before. Cyril was not like the man standing before them. The man standing there in front of them all was a different man. A man scared to death he'd lose his son before he died.
"I will return." Cyril promised before walking out of the room.
"Cyril, please lets talk about this reasonably." Esme followed him out.
"Fuck man, I'm sorry. We thought he was going to the hotel first, but when he called us and said he was coming here first, shit we left right away. Jasper and me ran from the parking lot." Emmett explained.
"So that was Carlisle's dad." Edward stated.
"Yeah... he's not like that you know... he's... I've never seen him like that." Emmett tried to assure him. "He's just scared."
"I get it. Fuck, he's got a right to be mad." Edward insisted. "Just not to be shouting in here, with Carlisle..."
"No Edward, he had no right to come here and yell and blame you." Alice said walking over to him and hugging Edward gently. "I'm sooo glad you're ok."
"Don't cry Alice, fuck." Edward pulled her away to look at her face.
"I'm sorry it's just... God Edward..." Alice looked him over. "They really hurt you."
"Hey I can take a punch, trust me." Edward tried to calm her down.
"Why did you go there alone! Why!" Alice was starting to ramble off all the things she was holding back. "Are you stupid?! They could have killed you Edward!"
"Aly, calm down," Jasper went over to her. "He's stupid, he knows it, we all know it." Jasper winked at Edward.
Edward smiled. "Very stupid, Alice. I'm sorry." Edward then became serious. "I'm sorry also that my stupid naiveness got Carlisle hurt."
"Dad's stupid too." Alice sniffled. "All you Cullen men are." Alice said trying to smile and wipe her tears away.
Edward didn't try and correct Alice because genetically he was a "Cullen." However he was still a Masen. This is one of the things Edward had been thinking about off and on, and after Carlisle did what he did... Edward wanted some way to thank him. He also remembered his mother's letter, about letting Carlisle and Esme in, how he could let them be parents but still not diminish Elizabeth or Edward Sr.'s roles as his parents. He had been thinking of maybe adding Cullen to his name, but he hadn't told anyone. He wasn't quite ready but he thought about it, maybe someday.
"Man, you look like shit." Jasper suddenly said.
"Jasper!" Alice hit him lightly.
"What? It's true..." Jasper shrugged.
"I know. Swelling has gone down though." Edward said sitting down on a chair.
"Edward." Rose suddenly spoke.
Edward looked over to her. "I'm sorry what happened to you and while I thank you for trying to keep Emmett and my brother out of it, I wish you had told them. They told me what they did and trust me, they got an ear full for it. I just hope you didn't tell them because..." Rose didn't finish.
"No Rose. I wasn't afraid of you hitting me again." Edward smiled kindly. "Don't think that. But yes I wanted to keep everyone out of it. I guess that didn't work."
"Honestly Edward, once Bella knew something did you think you'd really keep everything quiet for a long time?" Rose again said.
Edward shrugged. "Wishful thinking, I see that now."
"I'm gonna go check on my mom and grandpa, Rose, wanna come with me?" Emmett looked at her. She nodded and left the room with Emmett.
"I'm going to go look for a nurse and ask them for an update on dad." Alice told Edward and Jasper. Alice and Esme had been a mess when they initially saw Carlisle earlier, just when he had come out of surgery. After the doctors assured them they believed Carlisle would fully recover they were able to breathe.
Once everyone but Edward and Jasper were left, Jasper went and sat next to Edward.
"So you and Bella huh?" Jasper asked.
Edward rolled his eyes. "Emmett has a big mouth."
"Dude, I got this from Alice. Bella and her 'talked' and shit." Jasper informed him.
Edward scrunched up his face a bit. He didn't want Bella and Alice talking about him... about that.
"They're best friends. You think she wasn't going to talk about her first time with Alice? Fat chance." Jasper noticed Edward's discomfort.
"Have you seen her? The Chief was here earlier and fuck... I think he knows... she never came back." Edward looked worried.
"I saw them earlier. They were having something to eat at the hotel's restaurant. They looked to be having some sort of talk." Jasper answered.
"Hey... I haven't asked her but... where's her mom? I mean... is she in the picture?" Edward had wondered about Bella's mother but hadn't had the chance to bring it up. All he ever heard people talk about or mention was Charlie.
Jasper grinned. "Oh yeah, Renee... she's very... hmm... eccentric? She lives in Florida with husband number 2. His name is Phil, he's a minor league baseball player."
"Do they talk and stuff?" Edward wanted to know more.
"Yeah, sometimes. They aren't like as tight as Alice and Esme, but they're good." Jasper yawned.
"You should go back to the hotel, get some sleep." Edward suggested.
"Nah, I'm good. Besides I wanna be here for Alice." Jasper closed his eyes. "Just gonna rest my eyes a bit."
Edward grinned. "Yeah, ok. You do that. When Alice comes in she'll see you and know you need to get some sleep." Jasper was out before Edward finished talking.
Edward grinned, and then thought to himself, maybe I'll just rest my eyes too... Edward yawned and in the end mimicked Jasper's actions... falling asleep in the chair.
Author Note: Hmm, so still no Bella and Charlie. What do you think happened? So any understanding for Carlisle's dad? Having been told your son has another son and that your son is in the hospital after being shot because of the new kid? Would you be somewhat upset with the kid? What do you think?
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