Holder of My Heart, Chapter 3

*Songs Included: Beautiful Beautiful~ Francesca Battistelli, Lighters~ Bad meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars*

**(Carlisle POV)**

I had already gotten all of the preparations ready for my re-invention of prom that was hell to keep a secret from the family, Esme and Alice especially since Esme is my mate and Alice can see the future. It was really hard to buy all of the materials needed for the event. I had to get dresses and suits and ties and all of the other things and it was complicated to keep that away from them. Jules would either be angered or overjoyed at the surprise I'm giving her. She needed cheering up, and this was supposed to help with that. She wouldn't possibly bring Jacob along, though, seeing how he's a werewolf and putting him with a clan of vampires wouldn't be pretty.

Would she?

**(Julietta POV)**

I spent the next few days or so simply traveling around the states, seeing so many new things that I hadn't seen before. The Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon, etc. Nobody really noticed me, maybe because I looked just like a traveler. I went through forests when there worneing a newbre highways and very busy streets so I wouldn't be considered a stalker or anything. I had on my maroon hoodie and wouldn't take it off for anything. What I did was start going south and then when I reached the border I'd continue east, then north, then west. Didn't really feel like going in the middle of them because it'd take too long and I barely ran anywhere. Just wanted to feel the feeling of, I don't know, normalness. I wanted to feel like a person again, not a hybrid vampire who doesn't fit in anywhere.. I made it back to Forks and sat in my usual tree near the house, burying my face in my hands. I was gone for weeks, and it was too quiet for anything to seem right. Then, I noticed Carlisle below me.

"Like sunlight burning at midnight, making my life something so beautiful, beautiful.."

I heard this song before.. Such a long time ago, though.. I looked down at him as my cheeks turned red from blush. I jumped down, now noticing he was wearing a tuxedo. He had dark gray pants and slightly lighter gray jacket with a black shirt and a white tie.

"What are you dressed up for?"

"You'll see." And he took my hand and led me inside. He wouldn't let me see the living room or kitchen, taking me straight to my bedroom. On my bed, laid gently and carefully was the most beautiful deep red dress, just about identical to the one that my mother bought for my birthday such a long time ago.

"C-Carlisle.. What is this?"

"Your dress, Jules." By then, I was on the verge of tears and was hugging him tightly.

"Carlisle, thank you so much~!"

"It's nothing, Julietta."

**(Carlisle POV)**

I decided at the last minute to not do the huge prom idea. Jacob wouldn't have came, so I chose to not submit Jules to being alone on what should be one of the best times in her life. It would be her and I, that's it. I'd take her out to a special place I know and we'd spend the evening together.

"I love you..." I heard that. She said it on the roof and I heard her say it and I've never agknowledged her about it before. I guess I was just holding it off, to not have to think about it. Since I had Esme, Jules was never the top think on my list. I knew she liked me but couldn't say the same for her. Just didn't want to hurt her. Too late now. I had a choice to make and all night to think about it.

**(Julietta POV)**

Carlisle was apparently taking me out for the night. Where, I don't know. Why, should it matter? He knew I loved him. Maybe he'd be happier with me than with Esme. I wasn't willing to split them, though, and he would have all night to woo me. I changed quickly but made sure I'd enough time to look well enough for him. I took a good look in the mirror. I looked exactly as I did when I was sixteen.

I looked like my mother.

I walked downstairs, smiling a little as I saw him standing at the foot of the staircase. A song was playing in my head repeatedly.

"You and I know what it's like to be kicked down, forced to fight. But tonight, we're alright. So hold up your light let it shine~."

I want our light to shine together.. He couldn't ever hear that. I was thinking for too long and Carlisle was looking at me curiously.

"Something on your mind, Jules?"

"N-No.. Not at all.. Sorry~." Just then, my phone rang.

"Sorry, I have to take this." And I stepped outside.

"Hello?"

"Julietta, it's been a while." A familiar voice, but who?

"Who is this, again?"

"I can't believe you don't remember me, Julie~! It's me, Clayton!" Clayton?

"I don't recall.."

"We met a while back, in Colorado, remember?"

"You're a vampire, aren't you..?"

"Of course I am, seeing how you're the one who turned me." Thinking back, I was in Colorado on my way to Forks. I stopped in a little town that wasn't very populated and, being a newborn, went a little out of control, killing a few people but saving one of them. His name was Ellwood.. Clayton Ellwood. He fell in love with me and we were together until I made it to Forks. Before I changed him he had no idea that I was a vampire, and I felt the eventual need to tell him. I told him and I showed him, and his love never died. I left him for Washington, leaving without a trace. I didn't want to hurt him. He found me.. I can't believe it..

"Clayton! I'm sorry about leaving.."

"It's fine! We're friends still, aren't we?"

"Yeah, I guess you could say that."

"So, I'm on my way up there. See you tomorrow?"

"O-Okay, sure."

"Great. Seeya then."

"Bye." I can't believe, after so long, he's back. I walked back inside to tell Carlisle about what just happened. I decided against it. He didn't need to know about Clay. They would fight and I didn't want that. Clay and Carlisle probably were enemies anyway.

"I'm back~."

"Who was it, Jules?"

"No need to worry."

"Tell me who it was, please."

"Someone completely unimportant. Now can we go, Carlisle?" I took him by the hand and headed toward the door, hearing a small sigh from him.

"Whatever you say.." He murmured. He drove us out to this huge, and I mean HUGE lake. Twas truly beautiful in the moonlight, and it made me wonder why we were here.

"What are we doing here, Carlisle?"

"Just having a night away from it all. That's okay, isn't it?"

"Course it is." He parked the car on top of a hill looking over the lake. I didn't want to ruin my dress, but I just wanted to run. Not a fast, super-awesome vampire run, just a regular, happy person run. I ran right down the hill, holding my dress up to not soil it.

"Cmon, Carlisle~!" And I looked over my shoulder to see him, jacket taken off, running normally too, chasing after me. I had to laugh about it, but as I did, I tripped over my dress and fell into a rolling mess down the rest of the hill. He was rolling down after me, I realized after I made it to the foot of the hill. We were both laughing so much we could barely breathe, and I chose to run to a bridge that went across the lake. Hair messed up and out of breath, I couldn't help but stare at this beautiful body of water that I was looking at.

"Woah...~"

"Isn't it?"

"Carlisle, you-"

"You're the first one I've brought here."

"But what about-?" He gently put a finger over my lips to quiet me.

"Hush.. It's only you and me tonight. No Esme, no Cullens at all. Just Carlisle and Julietta~." That was a shocker. I was blushing by now.

"A-Alright.. If you say so~." I stood on the railing of the bridge, ready to jump over. I may be part human, but that doesn't mean I can't swim.

Does it?

**(Carlisle POV)**

Jules was on the railing of the bridge. I didn't want her in the water, especially in heels. She took off her shoes, almost on instinct. Next, she snapped her fingers and she was no longer wearing her dress but more casual wear, with an "Anime Gurl" tee and a pair of torn jeans. She looked casually sexy, and I almost couldn't resist her. She turned to me as I stared in awe.

"What was that all about?"

"Dress is in the car~."

"How did you-?"

"How did I what?"

"Change like that."

"Ionno, just did."

"Okay." She turned back to the water, and as she did I noticed her slip because apparently the rail was slightly wet. She fell back into the lake, before I had a chance to respond. A large SPLASH was heard and I looked over the rail to see if she had come back to the surface.

No dice. I, without thinking, jumped into the water after her. Calling her name would be useless, and as I found her unconscious soon enough, I could easily tell she had no idea how to swim. I gently grabbed her and made it to shore, laying her down easily without intent of hurting her. Checking her vital signs, she had a heartbeat but no breathing was felt at all. I had to perform CPR on her, if I could.. I quickly but carefully put two fingers pinching her nose then went on performing what could probably save her life. Eventually, I heard her cough and out came water that had got into her lungs. She began to breathe stable again and I smiled with relief.

"Hey, Jules." She slowly opened her eyes, a good sign as well, and grinned at me.

"Told you I c-could swim..." I stroked a little hair from her face.

"Sure can. I'm sorry, okay?"

"I-It's alright.. I'm alright.." She quickly got up, stumbling a little with me helping her stand straight.

"Wanna go home?"

"No.. I wanna stay here a little longer." She was sopping wet and was probably freezing.

"You'll catch cold if you stay out here."

"I-I won't.." She snapped her fingers again and was in another completely different wardrobe as well as being completely dry from head to toe.

"You're so different, Jules."

"Is that bad, C-Carlisle?" Her voice had a sweetness to it now, and I liked that at the moment. Oh, what I would do for a nicer moment right about now. I picked her up onto my back and walked along the bridge, heading toward a place I knew was nearby. She just went along with it, nuzzling her head into my back.

"Do you like flowers, Julie?"

"I believe I do. Why?"

"You'll see." I led her to a magnificent garden that I knew she'd enjoy. A large fountain in the center, many flowers surrounded us as we entered. I set her down and let her take a look around.

"Carlisle.. It's perfect.." It made me think of Shakespeare, something I was highly fond of.

"Wanna act something out?" I knew she liked acting. I knew she knew Shakespeare. Perfect.

"Sure. If you want to."

"Alright." And so it began.

**(Julietta POV)**

"O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as is a wingèd messenger of heaven unto the white, upturnèd, wondering eyes of mortals that fall back to gaze on him when he bestrides the lazy-puffing clouds and sails upon the bosom of the air." I knew where we were. He strolled to me leisurely, knowing I'd be alright with this scene. I turned away from him, a grin coming on.

"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet." He moved back away from me, probably like he saw in a play.

"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?"

"Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes. Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and for that name, which is no part of thee take all myself."

"I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized. Henceforth I never will be Romeo." He turned to me and walked to me yet again, a sincere smile on his face. I turned back toward him and met him halfway.

"What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, so stumblest on my counsel?" This seemed to be going well.

"By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am. My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself because it is an enemy to thee. Had I it written, I would tear the word."

"My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words of that tongue's uttering, yet I know the sound. Art thou not Romeo, and a Montague?"

"Neither, fair maid, if either thee dislike." He was inches from my lips. Woah~. I had to keep it going. For now. My turn.

"How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore? The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee here." I moved back, wanting to tease him a bit.

"With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me."

"If they do see thee they will murder thee." Slight smirk tugging at his lips, he guided me deeper into the garden.

"Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet, and I am proof against their enmity."

"I would not for the world if they saw thee here~!"

"I have night's cloak to hide me from their eyes, and but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate than death proroguèd, wanting of thy love." Carlisle~. We were running playfully after each other, I was in front running backwards. I tripped over a tree root and fell on my back. He tripped over the same thing and landed on top of me. I can't falter, but I simply laid there, ready to say my next line. I whispered.

"By whose direction found'st thou out this place?"

"By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes. I am no pilot. Yet, wert thou as far as that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise." He got up and dragged me with him, probably about to give me the time of my life, as he already was. I was slightly tired by then, though, and a small yawn escaped me. He stopped and turned to me.

"Sleepy?"

"Y-Yeah, a little.."

"Here, let me show you to your room for the night, milady." And he carried me to another clearing in the forest. There was a bed in the center of it under a few trees. It had a white bedspread and white pillows but had a single red pillow and maroon comforter. He gently laid me down in it and sat on the bed beside me, letting me curl up within the soft, warm blankets.

"Sleep well, Jules." And I fell into one of the best sleeps in both of my entire lives.

**(Carlisle POV)**

As she fell asleep, I laid beside her and held her close to me. I wouldn't fall asleep, that's a given. She would be beside me for the entire night, though. That could give me a chance to learn a little more about her. How long would that take? Hopefully enough time for her to not awaken before I finish. Time to get a little profile on my little Jules~.

((That's all for now~! Not as long as the other two but still pretty lengthy. I hope it's liked. Chapter 4 is on it's way~~~

-A.W.))