Holder of My Heart, Chapter 4
((Well, Chapter 4 is here! The first three haven't been the most eventful, it seems. I need to step it up!
-A.W.))
**(Clayton POV)**
I finally made my way to Washington, expecting to find Julie especially easy. I wondered who she's been with and if she's missed me. She'll probably barely remember me at all, so I'll have to explain it like this:
-Name's Clayton Ellwood, age 21 when I was changed into a vampire by Julie.
-From Denver, Colorado, stationed there during the Civil War.
-Was with Julie for about 3 months before she left me completely. I recently acquired her cell phone number from Aro, who is a close friend of mine.
-Has a little girl who claims to be Julie's sister, Elizabeth. I didn't mention her over the phone because I didn't know if that was the truth, but they looked somewhat alike. She was about 12, with dark brown hair and deep green eyes with the same voice as sweet Julie.
I was carrying her into Forks, stopping to see if I could tell where she was. Liz was asleep on my back, although she was vampire for the most part. She must be a hybrid, like Julie. I chose to stop for a while and laid her under a tree to rest. It was really early in the morning, so Julie would probably be asleep.
"She's.. She's with someone.." I heard Liz mumble sleepily. She had the ability to see what anyone was doing at any given time anywhere. She was also a lightning user.
"Who's she with, little one?" I sat beside her and gently placed a hand on her forehead, making myself able to see what she was seeing.
Julie was asleep in the middle of a forest. It was a beautiful place and as she slept softly, there was a man, looking not much older than I stroking her hair. He looked as though he was a vampire. I heard her whisper.
"C-Carlisle.." Was that his name? Carlisle.. I heard that name from Aro before.. The leader of a Vampiric Clan. Why was she not sleeping with dreams of me but instead of this, this outsider..? What had gotten into her?
I released my hand from Liz's forehead, eyes red from rage. And to think, I came all the way here just to be rejected. How dare she?
"I'm gonna go alone for a while. You stay here, okay?"
"O-Okay. Kureitonu-sama." She spoke some japanese, I guess she was interested in it or something.
And with that, I ran off toward Julie.
**(Julietta POV)**
I was snuggled close to Carlisle, just waking up as the morning sunlight caught my eye as did his glistening skin.
"Good morning, Jules."
"Morning." I yawned and rubbed my eyes to wake myself up a little more.
"Sleep well?" He asked me.
"Well enough." I stretched and got out of bed. I had a slightly bad feeling about today. Clay was coming today. My collar's jewel glowed as did Carlisle's bracelet. I saw a vision of my little sister, Lizabeth. I could have sworn she died, but I saw her under a tree, sleeping happily with a smile on her face.
"What's the matter, Jules?"
"I saw my sister."
"Your sister?"
"She's close by." I was ready to take off when he grabbed my arm, stopping me.
"It might be a trap.."
"I don't care..! If my sister is alive, I'm going to see her!" I snatched my arm away and ran deeper into the forest, searching desperately for my dear little Elizabeth. I could feel him chasing me, calling my name to stop me, but I bluntly ignored it and kept on with my search. I made it to another clearing in the woods and was heartbroken at what I saw. Lizabeth up close looked just like she did before she.. I slowly walked to her and could tell Carlisle was just standing there, watching me, watching her. I kneeled beside her, waking her up.
"Sorry, little one, did I wake you?" She stared at me for a really long time before smiling and nodding.
"Julie~!" She hugged me. Not the normal, 'you're my sister so I'll hug you.' hug, but the 'I love you and missed you so much..!' hug.
Told you.
Did you tell me, Jules? Really?
No, but you found out it's not a trap, didn't you?
I guess I did.
Say it.
You were right and I was-..
You were what?
I was wrong.
That's what I thought.
Ended telepathic conversation with Carlisle, I picked Lizabeth up and held her close to me.
"I love you, Elizabeth Celeste Reath."
"I love you too, Julie~." I buried my face in her long, brown hair. She smelled just like she did back then.
"How did you find me, anyway?"
"Kureitonu-sama brought me here~!" Kureitonu? Clayton. She must have found him and claimed she was my sister. He's not too far off from here.
"Liz, this is Carlisle."
"Kārairu-sama." She knew Japanese names? Amazing. I looked at Carlisle, awaiting a response.
"Aete ureshī yo. Pleased to meet you, Erizabesu." He knew Japanese too? What was I missing here?
"Carlisle, can you take Lizabeth for a while? I have something to take care of." They could probably spend the time talking words that I didn't know anyways.
"Sure, if she wants to come with me. Sore wa daijōbudesuka?" Is that alright?
"Hai." And with that, she took his hand and skipped along in the direction I came. I went off to go find Clay.
Clay, where are you?
I'm looking for you, Julie. We need to talk.
Okay.. About?
Who the hell is Carlisle? He seemed really angry.
A friend of mine.
A friend who snuggles in bed with you? The fuck is wrong with you, Julie?
I never thought we were still together, Clay.
You told me forever, Julietta!
Why do you think I left? I can't make promises!
Then you shouldn't have ever came and changed me, or devoted your love to me or anything!
Clayton, you don't understand, I-
I understand perfectly, Julie. It's over. Gotcha.
No, Clayton. I thought we were friends.
I want to be with you, and if I can't have you, then we can't be friends either.
You're being difficult.
Me? Difficult? Ha! You've no room to talk, Mrs. Carlisle Cullen.
I told you, he's only a friend.
Then who holds your heart, Julie? If it's not me, and it's not him, then who?
...I hold my own heart, Clayton.
And with that, I hung up on him. That was I lie. I had romantic feelings for Carlisle. I just didn't want Clay to know. They better not meet each other. Pray to whatever God there is that they won't. I walked along the forest, whistling to myself and my thoughts, wishing for some way to make this alright. For my true feelings to not hurt anyone.
Like that'll ever happen.
**(Liz POV)**
I walked along with Karairu-sama, holding his hand close to mine, expecting him to say something about how he felt about Julie. He didn't.
"Karairu-sama?"
"Hai?"
"Anata wa, Jurī ga sukidesu ka?" Do you like Julie?
"Yoku, sore wa fukuzatsuda to, sanshō shite kudasai." Well, it's complicated.
"Yes matawa no." Yes or no.
"Yes."
"Anata wa kanojo ni tsuite nani o sukidesuka?" What do you like about her? He looked to the sky, a small smile on his face.
"Watashi wa kanojo ni tsuite no subete ga sukidesu. Kanojo no me kara kanojo no ganko-sa ni kanojo no koe ni. Subete no mono." I like everything about her. From her eyes to her voice to her stubbornness. Everything. That was a shocker to me. Not even Clayton has said that about her.
"Anata ga kanojo to kekkonshitaidesu ka?" Do you want to marry her? That question made him stop walking, jerking his hand gently away from mine.
"I can't marry her, Liz. Even if I wanted to.."
And with that, he left me. Alone. In the woods. I turned around and saw a man, younger than Karairu but older than me. He had short dark brown hair and yellow eyes. Another Cullen, it seemed. He was with a blonde, and they looked like they were together.
"Little girl! C'mere a minute!" I didn't know who they were, so I turned on my heel and ran. They easily caught up to me and the man grabbed my arm tightly and wouldn't let me go.
"Let me go!" I squirmed and struggled, but to no avail.
"Tell me who you are."
"No! Let me go!"
"No can do, little one." And he tried dragging me away. I fought and kicked and screamed, but nobody answered me.
"Let.. Me... Go!" And before I knew it, a small yet strong bolt of lightning struck him, leaving me to hit the ground with a massive pain in my arm from his strength. I got up and ran toward where Carlisle went, tripping along as I did.
"Why you little..! Get back here!" And he got back up like nothing happened and chased me. I looked desperately for Carlisle, scared for my life.
"Karairu!" And I tripped, falling right into him. He was like a dad to me and I just met him this morning.
"Are you alright..?"
"M-My arm hurts.." And the two other vampires caught up to me, glaring at me with black eyes.
"Emmett, Rosalie, leave her alone."
"Carlisle, she shocked Emmett with lightning!" The girl, Rosalie, shouted.
"She couldn't have.. She's only a child."
"Admit it, you brat!" Emmett said, twitching from the shock.
"I-I don't know what you're t-talking about..." I buried my face into Karairu's chest, my head throbbing.
"Let me take you home, Erizabesu."
"H-Hai.." He put me on his back and carried me to his house. Once he took me there he laid me on the couch and let me rest.
"Your arm still hurt?"
"N-Not really.." I put a hand on my head indicating that my head was in pain.
"I'll make you something for that." And he headed to the kitchen.
"I hope you're okay, Julie."
I'm fine, Lizabeth.
How can you hear me?
I'm your sister, that's how.
This is so weird, sis!
Is it, really?
I've never used telepathy before.
Well, now you have.
Where are you?
On my way there. Where are you?
At Karairu's place. It's super nice, sissy~!
I live there too, you know.
Cool!
So, I saw you use your lightning.
Yeah... I wasn't proud of it.
You're getting better at it. Good job.
Thanks.
Come to the front door.
Just a minute~!
"Rizabesu?"
"Yes Karairu?"
"Can you get the door?"
"Sure~!" Lo and behold, there she was.
"Welcome back, Julie~!"
"Thanks, sis."
"Rizu, come to the kitchen, please."
"Hai~!" And I ran off to the kitchen to see what Karairu has done for me. He handed me a small cup with what looked like tea inside of it. It smelled like lemon, which made me smile.
"Drink up, it'll get rid of that headache."
"Ocha shite itadakiarigatōgozaimasu!" Thank you for the tea! I sipped it happily. It made me feel warm, and my headache was gone instantly.
"Arigatou, Karairu."
"Daijobu." I watched Julie casually stroll in.
"Carlisle, you know that she struck Emmett with lightning, right?"
"So it was her after all." I went into the living room and hid in a coat closet. I heard footsteps walk past me and upstairs so I felt it was safe to come out.
"K-Karairu..." Only one person went upstairs, Juri, Karairu went downstairs. That's why I didn't hear someone stay downstairs. My little naive self.
"Caught ya."
"L-Let me go.." I struggled, but he only held me tighter.
"You don't need to be ashamed of your power."
"I'm n-not!"
"You're in denial." Tears flowed down my cheeks.
"I'm not.."
"Don't cry."
"I'm not crying.."
"But you are." He wiped a tear from my face.
"Sorry, okay?" Small smile.
"It's fine. Go check out the house, okay, imoto-chan?"
"Hai~!" And I ran up the stairs after whispering in his ear.
"Talk to Julie about your feelings for her~." Julie was coming down as I went up.
"Please, please, don't clam up and not tell her, Karairu.."
**(Carlisle POV)**
I watched Julie walk down the stairs and then sighed. How would I tell her?
"Jules, can we talk?" She tilted her head and looked at me.
"Huh? Sure." I took her onto the patio.
"Look," another sigh. "I've liked you for a really long time."
"Yeah, and we've been friends for a while."
"And I'm with Esme."
"Married."
"But.. I like you. More than her."
"Say no more, Carlisle~." Then she kissed me. Julie kissed me. It was soft, almost hesitant. Her lips, though, they taste sweet, like caramel, but minty too. Of course, I gladly accepted her offering, locking our hands together. We kissed for a long time, it seemed, and when we were finished, she looked as dazed as I did. She moved away from me but I only pulled her closer and held her for a while, her slight warmth making me feel warm, even if I normally do not.
"Was that okay, Carlisle..? The kiss, I mean.."
"That was great, Jules."
"Oh.. Alright." She got up to leave but I gently pulled her back down beside me.
"Leaving so soon~?"
"I-I have someone I need to see.."
"Okay. I'll be here, Jules."
And in that time, as she left, I was thinking of a way to break it to Esme.
**(Julietta POV)**
Clayton, are you still around?
..I am. What of it?
Can we talk, in person?
Why? So you can tell me about your boyfriend?
Not at all.
Fine. Head about a mile northwest from where you are.
On my way.
I headed there with ease and found him in a tree, staring at a flower.
"I'm here."
"I know. What do you want?"
"To apologize."
"For?"
"Being a bitch to you. I didn't intend to."
"It's fine."
"It's not fine."
"Can we just let it go?"
"Fine. Can we be friends?"
"Whatever."
"Great. I'll see you later."
"Can I have one more kiss?"
"What?" I turned back to him, skeptical.
"Please?"
"No." And I left back home. I wanted some time with Lizabeth, to catch up on things. I snuck in through my bedroom window. Waiting was Liz, laying on my bed looking at a magazine.
"Kon'nichiwa, onee-chan."
"Spend some more time talking Japanese with Carlisle?"
"Nope. He went out someplace."
"Oh. Okay. Wanna talk for a few?"
"Sure, but I wanna go to bed soon."
"How long have you been a vampire?"
"Since that day you thought I died. Master Jasper raised me from a newborn and then I escaped."
"Oh.. He's here, you know."
"I know he is."
"Want to go see him?"
"Maybe in the morning."
"Time for bed?"
"Yeah." We both got ready for bed and shared my room for the night. I held her close to me and she fell asleep almost instantly.
"I missed you, Liz."
"You.. Too.. Sissy..~"
I love you, Elizabeth.
**(Carlisle POV)**
Little did Jules know that I was leaving Esme as she fell asleep. Little did Esme know that I didn't love her anymore.
Little did I know that I'd probably gotten Jules in a lot of trouble.
((That's finished with. Simple enough, introduced a couple characters, made some romance and some action and suspense. Love this chappy~!
-A.W.))
((But wait, there's more~! A sneak peak of Chapter 5~~!))
I was running, again. Esme as well as Emmett and Edward were after me. They stayed on my tail this whole time and I'm really scared for my life. Seeing how they could rip my head off in an instant. Carlisle was nowhere to be found, and I'd probably be forcer to take them down. I was setting the forest on fire as I ran, not sure how to control my power at all. I'm sure Carlisle would notice this and find me before they did.
"Get back here you slut!" I heard Esme call after me, but I wasn't willing to respond. Thanks to my clumsy self, though, I tripped over a vine and fell, feeling something crack which was really unfortunate, seeing how I needed my arm to get up. The forest was burning all around me and Esme with her team found me and put me over Emmett's shoulder, punching me hard in the back every time I moved.
Carlisle..
Where are you, Jules?
Dunno, but they caught me.
Don't worry, I'm on my way.
Thank goodness I had my collar, which was glowing.
Please hurry, Carlisle...