Chapter 3
POV Emmett
"Rosalie?" I said quietly to catch her attention.
"I don't know why I did it, OK?" she snapped at me. "It was like I wasn't me any more. I had that little bit of anger and jealousy in me and suddenly it all just exploded."
"But why did you have that little bit of anger and jealousy in you? What did Letty do?" I asked her.
"I-I don't know," she said.
"I would think you would like Letty. She's kind of like a baby. She can't really help herself. She needs someone to look after her and help her with things she can't do on her own," I said.
I knew I was playing a risky card. Rosalie could get mad at me for this or she could use it as a way to like Letty.
"I-I guess she is. Do you think she would understand it if I apologized?" Rosalie asked me.
"I think it would be best if we just go back inside and we'll continue like nothing ever happened," I said. Letty probably wouldn't understand it if she apologized.
We went back into the living room. Carlisle had wrapped Letty's arm and I was guessing Edward read our minds and told everyone what was going on.
Letty walked up it me, poked her stomach, and stuck her bottom lip out and widened her eyes. I laughed at her way of telling us that she was hungry.
"What does that mean?" Rosalie whispered to me.
"She's hungry," I interoperated for her. Rosalie nodded and she and Esme went to make something.
After Letty ate what the cooked we got a phone call from the dogs and Alice answered it.
"Okay... Yes that's fine… You'll have to eat before," she said answering whoever was on the phone.
After a moment she went over to Carlisle and Esme. "The pack is coming over. They'll be here in about ten minutes." Alice was simply going on what the dogs said for when they would get here being as she can't see the future around the dogs.
Nobody POV
Ten minutes later several shirtless boys in blue jean cut-offs arrived at our house. They came in quickly shoving and joking.
"Hey guys," Bella said. "This is Letty," she introduced the pack to the small girl sitting in the middle of the floor.
Seth's jaw dropped slightly but no one was paying him any attention.
"Hey kid. I'm Paul," Paul said holding out his hand for Letty to shake it. They didn't know about Letty.
The girl sat there with her eyes unfocused, doing nothing and Paul stood awkwardly. There was an uncomfortable silence before Bella broke it.
"Letty is a mental patient." Paul retracted his hand and backed away from her.
Letty swayed to an imaginary beat and started singing quietly to herself. We had all gotten used to Letty's habit of singing at random times but the pack just watched as she sang The Good Ship Lollipop.
After a minute of watching her most of the pack went on with their business but Seth sat on the carpet beside her.
"Hello Seth," Letty said, suddenly sounding like a perfectly normal person.
"Um… Hi Letty. How do you know my name?" the boy asked.
"Can you keep a secret?" she asked glancing around at everyone else in the room. No one had noticed their conversation.
Seth nodded and Letty started to explain. "I'm like a sponge. I soak up knowledge, information, and powers and lots of other stuff. I soaked up some of Edward's power so I can read minds."
"Then how come everyone thinks you're a mental patient?" Seth asked.
"Well in a way I am," Letty said. "But mostly I'm just like that because I soak up the emotions and sometimes it's just too much. My mind just shuts down," she explained with a sad expression on her face. "I miss being normal but you can't have a gift without a curse."
"How come you're pretty normal now?" Seth asked. He was interested in Letty's story.
"I'm not really sure. Everyone else is gone and you're pretty calm and nice and not all freaking out like other people," she said.
"Should we tell the other people?" Seth asked.
"No. Not yet. I probably go right back to insanity as soon as your gone. We'll need to figure this out some more before we tell them," the small girl said. Seth smiled when she said we.
They were in this together now.