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DISCLAIMER - ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYERS.
STORYLINE BELONGS TO ME.
"I wouldn't feel right working for anyone else; I just need to finish out what is left the current contracts which should be done at the end of the year. Which means that I can be turned by the beginning of the year, would that work out for you and Carlisle, Emmett?"
"Ooohhh, I can be turned just after New Year's!!! What a great New Year's resolution for me!!!" I shriek in joy bouncing up and down in excitement.
Carlisle POV
I pick up the phone absently working on finishing up paperwork from my hours in the ER, looking forward to going home and spending some quality time with Esme.
"Dr. Cullen," I reply scribbling some more notes on the paper in front of me.
"Dr. Cullen, there's a Chief Swan here to see you" replies a nurse at the receptionist desk.
"Oh….Chief Swan" I answer surprised, "please send him up, let him know that I'll meet him at the elevator."
I hang up and immediately head to the elevators wondering what Chief Swan could possibly want to talk to me about.
The doors open and Chief Swan is standing there with an agonized look on his face as if he doesn't want to be here but knows he's put it off long enough.
"Chief Swan, what can I do for you?" I ask unsure of what exactly he wants. Although he seems okay with the idea that I'm a vampire and that his daughter is dating and in love with one, I'm still unsure of exactly how calm he is towards us.
"Hello Dr. Cullen, call me Charlie, Bella considers you family so I will too," Charlie says after taking a deep breath.
"Then you must call me Carlisle, is everything alright?" I ask still unsure of how to act around him.
Charlie looks around nervously for a moment before asking, "Is there somewhere private that we can talk?"
"Sure, let's talk in my office" I say turning to lead the way as I again wonder what has brought him to see me in the hospital.
I attempt to find out by asking, "Did Bella call you upon reaching New York, has she settled in alright?"
"She called last night when she got off the plane, said that she would talk to me again when she gets up in the morning." Then Charlie chuckles, "I have to remember that my baby is growing up and finding her own."
As we reach my office and I open the door I reply, "Well I'm pretty sure that she will love you no matter what, even when she gets too old, I'm sure she won't mind you calling her your baby girl."
I motion him towards a seat and walk behind my desk to sit down then frown when he gets right back up and starts pacing the room.
Leaning forward with my elbows on the desk I say again, "Charlie, please tell me how I can help you."
"Carlisle, I have Cancer."
I'm shocked into silence as I take in this information before switching to doctor mode and asking, "Are you sure? Did you get a second opinion? If you don't mind me saying you look pretty well to me, no outward signs of the disease."
Charlie walks over to the window and looks out over the town, "Yes, I'm sure. I've had several consultations and they're all the same. They say I have about 6 months to live and that I should consider treatment if I want to live a little bit longer. Just the thought of Bella seeing me like that makes me shudder, because I want her to remember me like I am now. If you would like to run some more tests to confirm, I don't mind since I've been poked and prodded so much already. If I know my daughter, she is not going to believe me and will need to see actual proof."
That's when I realized why he came to me, "You haven't told Bella yet, have you?"
"No, I have not, I'm unsure of how she would take then news, with everything else that is happening to her."
"Charlie, I know you know what I am, and that Bella will become one of us soon, have you considered being changed as well?"
"As long as my daughter is cared for, which I know your family will do, I couldn't ask for more than that."
"Well, the offer still stands if you change your mind Charlie" I say quietly before leading him out of my office to get some blood drawn, as well as the other tests done.
Emmett POV
I couldn't help but laugh at Bella's enthusiasm to be with me for eternity and when she looked at me I was completely enraptured by the vision of her. I vaguely heard Jasper cough and chuckle under his breath in discomfort from the amount of lust I am exuding.
All I see is Bella's perk breasts bouncing in passion as she rides me hard - in the shower, in the bed - then imagining other positions as I look at her with lust filled eyes beckoning her to me. From the look in her eyes I can see she immediately remembers our loving last night and from the smell emanating off of her I'm pretty sure everyone else does.
She saunters over to me subtly shaking her hips as I am groaning in pleasurable pain as I watch the room disappear and my focus narrow on her.
I don't even hear the family as they quietly leave the room, nor Edward growl in defeat and retreat, knowing that he has lost the battle and perhaps the war as well.
Listen to me, talking like Jasper when all I see is Bella naked, head thrown back in ecstasy. Hmmm, the smell of her arousal assaults my already hyper senses as she straddles my lap wrapping her arms around my neck.
"What shall we do first after I am turned?" she purrs seductively while grinding against me.
"Hmm, I can think of a few things" I reply as I kiss her passionately nibbling and sucking on her bottom lip, again imagining all those positions I am going to love trying once she becomes immortal.
Bella POV
Christmas is approaching quickly and Charlie seems to want to spend a lot of time together, more so now than before I moved here. To say that I find it strange is an understatement, but that does not mean that I don't enjoy spending time with my dad any less.
If anything, I am rather enjoying our time together, catching up and talking, he wants to know what's happening in my life and for that I am grateful because Renee was never one to be concerned. It makes me realize that there was a least one actual parent in my life to guide me. I spent so much time taking care of Renee that I'd forgotten what it was like to actually be taken care of by someone else.
But something tells me that things are not what they appear to be, I heard him several times in the bathroom throwing up or in his room at night crying and every time I ask him what's wrong he tells me nothing.
Then there is the apparent bond that he and Carlisle have struck up and although I am glad, ecstatic even, that they are getting along so well, it makes me wonder what is really going on.
I didn't really have much time to think about since my modeling schedule is packed for the rest of the year and I need to tie up loose ends before I am changed at the beginning of the year.
I'm so excited to be spending eternity with Emmett, however, that excitement is overshadowed by the news Charlie is giving me today.
It's Saturday, Charlie and I are spending the day watching movies and talking, with my modeling career coming to an end I have several gigs that take me out of town over the next month.
I think I have Christmas Eve, Christmas, the day before New Years and New Years day off, other than that I am working back to back with a day tossed in for travel.
We have finished with the first half of our movie marathon – started with Resident Evil Trilogy and ended with The Bourne Trilogy; we also tossed in Transporter 1 and 2 as well as the Mummy Trilogy.
Right now I was fixing lunch before we headed back to finish with the Underworld Trilogy, Wild Things, Unleashed, The Usual Suspects, Addams Family, Addams Family Values and hoping to end with Bram Stoker's Dracula, which should take us well into midnight.
Charlie walks in and I can feel him looking at me as he makes his way to the table to sit down when he says, "Bella, I have something to tell you."
"Sure, Dad, let me just put the finishing touches on lunch and we can talk" I say getting the feeling that he's about to tell me something that I don't want to hear.
I finished preparing lunch, placing Charlie's plate in front of him before grabbing some water from the refrigerator then sitting down across from him.
Charlie looks at me with tears in his eyes before clearing his throat and looking down at his plate for a moment as if to gather his courage for the news that is about to tear my world apart. Finally he looks up and reaches across the table to grasp my hand in his before squeezing it and taking a deep breath.
"Bella, I want you to know that I love you and I don't EVER want you to forget that. I am extremely proud of the intelligent, beautiful, caring, loving exceptional young woman that you've become. I know you will go far succeeding in whatever career path you choose, no matter what you it is that you decide to do with your life, just like I've always known you would."
"I want you to know I completely and wholeheartedly approve of Emmett, he suits you, brings out the nurturer in you and will help you to achieve such greatness."
Taking a deep breath he looks me in the eyes and murmurs quietly, "Bella, I have cancer and I'm dying. The doctors told me I have about six months left to live."
In disbelief I rip my hand from his and stumble up from the table shaking my head in denial murmuring repeatedly, "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" before blackness surrounds me and I faint crumbling to the floor.
A/N - My apologies for the shortness of it, have so little time now, however, will make it up to my readers with a longer next chapter. Thanks for reading.