Sorry that it took so long to get this chapter up but I rewrote it atleast five times and when I finally got something I like my computer decided to not save it. I did it in the point of veiw of Esme. I don't know what I will do for the next chapter but I love to get ideas.
Older Grandpa
Chapter Five
Esme's P.O.V.
It is Wednesday Nessie has been allowed to see Jacob today so Alice can see if things are going to turn out okay. Right now I am sitting on the couch trying to read but I just can't. Alice and Carlisle are in the kitchen talking about how to tell Charlie, Jasper is with them but I am not quite sure what he is doing. Rosalie and Emmett are working on the cars so as they say "we can get outta here as fast as possible if we have to" , and Bella and Edward are in the living room with me.
"Mom, everything is going to be fine as long as we stay together," Edward said putting his hand on my knee. Sometimes I hated that he could read minds but I loved him all the same.
"But Edward what if we say something wrong?" I pleated.
"Esme we have Alice, she will tell us if something is going to happen," Bella could be very convincing at times. Just then Alice, Carlisle, and Jasper walked in.
"Are you doubting me Esme?" Alice asked me with her hands on her hips. She looked serious, but then she started smiling. "Kidding!"
"Alice shouldn't you and Carlisle be discussing what you are going to say to Charlie?" I asked changing the subject.
"Yeah but he will be here in," her eyes glazed over, "two minutes, and thirty six seconds,"
Well that just worried me more I couldn't live without any of them, if something went wrong. And exactly two minutes and thirty six seconds after Alice told us when Charlie would be here we heard his car pull up. All of my children went to sit in the family room while I got up to stand by Carlisle in by the door.
"Esme honey everything is going to be fine, we will stay together as a family no matter what," he reassured me.
Carlisle swung the door open before Charlie even knocked.
"Good morning Charlie, I suppose you slept well," Carlisle greeted.
"Yes, I suppose you did as well doctor Cullen," this caused a low chuckle from the other room.
"Can I take you coat Charlie?" I asked.
"Yes thank you Esme," he said handing me his coat.
Carlisle took Charlie into our family room while I put Charlie's jacket in our coat closet and grabbed him a glass of water and a tray of cheese and crackers. Humans ate cheese and crackers for snacks right? Oh well if he didn't I would just get something else.
I walked into the family room placing the water and snacks on the coffee table in front of Charlie, and sitting beside Carlisle on the love seat directly across from Charlie, Bella, and Alice on the couch.
"So about why I am here," Charlie started saying, "when you all were gone camping and asked me to look after Renesmee for you, she told me something about your age Carlisle," He stopped.
"And what was that?" Carlisle knew what Renesmee told him, we all knew.
"Renesmee told me that you were three hundred and seventy, do you know why she might think this, because she is positive she knows you are three hundred,and seventy and not even just thirty seven," he sighed.
I could see Carlisle looking at Alice, and Alice giving small nods, or shakes of her head. Throughout the conversation.
"So you see Charlie the reason Renesmee thinks that is because she heard some people in our family talking about my birthday," he looked over at Alice and Edward, "and it is true Charlie I am three hundred, and seventy, you see it is possible that I am that old because I was born in the year sixteen-forty. Back in that time my father believed things like vampires were real and he hunted them down and killed them. One day I found a coven of vampires living in the sewage pipes, I told my father and we got an army of sorts together to take them down. It was the year sixteen-sixty three that I was bitten. It was painful and my most vivid human memory, I hid under a bag of potatoes for the three days it took for the transformation to become complete," He stopped looking at Charlie to he if he was paying attention and continued, "I didn't want to be another one of those monsters that my father killed so I left staying away from humans. I starved myself, I didn't drink until the burn in my throat hurt too much to ignore, so I drank the blood from a deer, and found I could live off animal blood and I would not have to kill humans, I studied to become a doctor. One day I was nursing Edward and his mother because they lived in the time the Spanish influenza hit, Edwards mother begged me to do anything it took to save her baby, like she knew what I was, I took Edward back to my home and changed him. Years after Esme had a beautiful baby that had a liquid in his lungs, he died so she thought that she could join him by jumping off a cliff and killing herself, I had met Esme when she was young because she had broke her leg falling out of a tree and I know it sounds stupid but I fell in love, when Esme jumped off the cliff they didn't even bother taking her to the emergency room just straight to the morgue, I could hear her heart beat so I took back to Edward and I's home and changed her. I found Rosalie bleeding to death after being beaten by her husband in the street, I again took her home and changed her. Then one time when we were hunting Rosalie found Emmett who had been attacked by a bear also bleeding to death, it took everything she had to carry him back to me but she did it and I changed him also, Esme and I thought that our lives were whole we had three wonderful children and each other as well. But little did I know that we had two strangers tracking us down, Jasper was actually a Major in the war before he found Alice, Alice doesn't know much about her human life because her first memory is a vision of Jasper. Eventually they found us and, they were welcomed with open arms.
Some of us can do special things for instance Alice can see the future except when one of the Quileutes or Renesmee have something to do with it. Edward can read everyone but Bella's mind, Jasper can manipulate emotions, he also feels the emotions of everyone around him, Renesmee..." Charlie cut him off.
"Wait Renesmee is a part of this?" he nearly shouted.
"Yes," Carlisle continued, "Renesmee is only half though, as I was saying Renesmee can show you her thoughts by touching you. If you want any of this to stop you can just go to your daughter Bella, you see she is a shield who can protect you from any power we may possess,".
Charlie sat there looking blindly in front of him for a while, not speaking. Then finally he lifted his head and looked at Carlisle, "So you are telling me that you are all vampires?"
"Yes, that is exactly what he is saying Charlie, but we aren't going to hurt you," Alice better not be going to far. Her eyes glazed over for five seconds and then she shouted, "Don't you dare Emmett," Emmett walked out from behind the couch and sat down, I would have to punish him later, scratch that Carlisle would have to punish him later.
"So maybe Bella can tell me why she really left without telling me those months ago when you the Cullen's left town," he said turning towards Bella.
"Uhm... yeah about that, uhh you see I was going to hang out with Jacob but he couldn't so I went cliff diving, so I jumped off the cliff, and Alice told everyone but Edward wasn't home so when he called Rosalie told him I was dead. But Jacob saved me, Alice couldn't see me being saved because it was Jacob so she drove back to see I was alright. One night Alice had to go 'camping' and Jacob came over, you were organizing the funeral at the time, and Edward phoned pretending to be Carlisle. Jacob answered and said you weren't home and that you were at the funeral, Edward thought it was mine so he went to Italy to get himself killed. Alice saw this coming and came back, so we flew to Italy and just barely escaped alive," I am sure Bella would have gone beat red if she could have.
"So what about the time that you got in a fight with Edward and went to live with your mom, I am guessing you two were not actually fighting," Charlie was taking this a lot easier than I expected.
"Yeah that one, well the truth is we were playing baseball and these other vampires came and one of them is a really good tracker his name was, and he thought I smelt good and then all the Cullen's protected me to he thought it would be fun to kill me. So we had to leave so he wouldn't kill you and then he got me to go to the ballet studio and he was going to kill me there, believe me it was hard getting away from Alice and Jasper. So I got to the studio and I heard moms voice and ran towards it but it was from a video of when I was younger. So James bit me and then the Cullen's came and Edward sucked the venom out, and James broke my leg and then I woke up in the hospital," I had a feeling this was hard for Bella to tell her father.
"But you all go outside during the day, and where do you sleep?" Charlie asked.
Everyone laughed at this, Charlie just stared at us confused.
"Do you know how hard it is to laugh when you are so confused? And I don't mean like haha sarcastic laugh I mean a haha that was funny laugh," Jasper said trying to hold back an awkward confused laugh.
"Charlie let me explain," I said getting his attention, "we aren't like all those vampires you see in the movies, we can go out in the sun but we have a sort of disco ball effect so we don't go where people can see us, and we simply just cannot sleep so we don't need coffins," that got me thinking, what if we did need them, the whole design of the house would need to change.
"Esme seriously, not the time," Edward whispered, too low for Charlie to hear. Which caused an eruption of laughter from everyone but Charlie and I.
"What did I miss?" Charlie asked.
"We also have incredible senses, vision, hearing, and smell. You see Edward heard what Esme was thinking and whispered something and although it was too low for you to hear it we all could," Jasper spoke for the first time.
Charlie looked at him in awe, "what was Esme thinking about?" Rosalie asked.
Don't you dare tell them Edward,
"How she would decorate the house if she had to use coffins," why does he never listen to me?
This caused another eruption of laughter, this time Charlie joined in. He seemed to be very comfortable with this.
"Ughh, stupid mutt!" Alice exclaimed.
"Alice what's wrong? Jacob isn't even here," Jasper said shaking her.
"I thought Alice couldn't see Jacob," Charlie questioned.
"I can't, and that is exactly how I know he is coming, I can't see anything!" she exclaimed.
"How long?" Edward asked bordly.
"Twenty-two seconds, he must have been out for a walk when he decided to come back," Alice hated not being able to see.
Just like Alice had said exactly twenty-two seconds later Jacob came in with Nessie on his shoulders. I know he would never hurt Nessie, but I couldn't help being afraid she was going to fall.
"Hello Jacob," Carlisle greeted him.
"Wazzup doc?" Jacob said and then him and Nessie burst into laughter.
"Why are you here DOG?" Rosalie asked.
"Rosalie," I scolded her.
"Sorry mom, but really," she paused trying to force his name out, "Jacob, why are you here?"
"I live just outside this house you realize that right? I mean I am sure I would have a room of my own in the house if it didn't reek of vampire stench," he turned around and saw Charlie staring at him.
"Uhm... oops," he said when he noticed Charlie with his mouth hanging open.
"He already knows Jake," Bella said rolling her eyes.
"Wait you knew?" Charlie said peering at Jacob.
"Uh, yeah I guess I did," he said letting Nessie off his shoulders.
"Hey man don't feel bad, I have a wife that can see the future and yet I am always one of the last ones to find out what is happening," Jasper said laughing.
We were all laughing when we suddenly heard the t.v. and Emmett's loud screaming turn on. This made us all laugh harder.
"Please Charlie, won't you stay for the game?" Carlisle asked trying not to laugh.
Charlie and the boys all watched the game while I started making lunch.
"Charlie would you like to stay for lunch?" I asked setting plates on the table.
"I thought you didn't need to eat," he said eyeing the food.
"We don't but I love to cook for Jacob, Nessie, and the pack," I truly did love cooking for them, "there is plenty extra if you want to stay," I cooked extra hoping he would stay.
Charlie stayed and ate, by the time everyone was done eating though there was nothing left.
"I have a shift in half and hour I should go home and get ready," he said after I had cleared the plates. I put them in the sink and went back to say good bye to Charlie.
"Bye Charlie, it was great having you over, you'll come back tomorrow. It is so great being able to just tell you, you knowing that I can see the future and all. Oh and Jacob won't be here," Alice said glaring at Jacob.
I gave Alice a disapproving look just as Bella hugged her father blocking my view of Alice.
"Good bye dad," Charlie looked calm as Bella hugged him. I guess we didn't tell him about newborns though.
"Wait what happened to strictly need-to-know?" Jacob asked as Charlie was heading out the door. We all turned and waited for a response.
"I guess I finally just felt that I would rather have the truth over anything," Charlie said with a sigh. He gave one final wave and left.
I thought.Esme's P.O.V.
It is Wednesday Nessie has been allowed to see Jacob today so Alice can see if things are going to turn out okay. Right now I am sitting on the couch trying to read but I just can't. Alice and Carlisle are in the kitchen talking about how to tell Charlie, Jasper is with them but I am not quite sure what he is doing. Rosalie and Emmett are working on the cars so as they say "we can get outta here as fast as possible if we have to" , and Bella and Edward are in the living room with me.
"Mom, everything is going to be fine as long as we stay together," Edward said putting his hand on my knee. Sometimes I hated that he could read minds but I loved him all the same.
"But Edward what if we say something wrong?" I pleated.
"Esme we have Alice, she will tell us if something is going to happen," Bella could be very convincing at times. Just then Alice, Carlisle, and Jasper walked in.
"Are you doubting me Esme?" Alice asked me with her hands on her hips. She looked serious, but then she started smiling. "Kidding!"
"Alice shouldn't you and Carlisle be discussing what you are going to say to Charlie?" I asked changing the subject.
"Yeah but he will be here in," her eyes glazed over, "two minutes, and thirty six seconds,"
Well that just worried me more I couldn't live without any of them, if something went wrong. And exactly two minutes and thirty six seconds after Alice told us when Charlie would be here we heard his car pull up. All of my children went to sit in the family room while I got up to stand by Carlisle in by the door.
"Esme honey everything is going to be fine, we will stay together as a family no matter what," he reassured me.
Carlisle swung the door open before Charlie even knocked.
"Good morning Charlie, I suppose you slept well," Carlisle greeted.
"Yes, I suppose you did as well doctor Cullen," this caused a low chuckle from the other room.
"Can I take you coat Charlie?" I asked.
"Yes thank you Esme," he said handing me his coat.
Carlisle took Charlie into our family room while I put Charlie's jacket in our coat closet and grabbed him a glass of water and a tray of cheese and crackers. Humans ate cheese and crackers for snacks right? Oh well if he didn't I would just get something else.
I walked into the family room placing the water and snacks on the coffee table in front of Charlie, and sitting beside Carlisle on the love seat directly across from Charlie, Bella, and Alice on the couch.
"So about why I am here," Charlie started saying, "when you all were gone camping and asked me to look after Renesmee for you, she told me something about your age Carlisle," He stopped.
"And what was that?" Carlisle knew what Renesmee told him, we all knew.
"Renesmee told me that you were three hundred and seventy, do you know why she might think this, because she is positive she knows you are three hundred,and seventy and not even just thirty seven," he sighed.
I could see Carlisle looking at Alice, and Alice giving small nods, or shakes of her head. Throughout the conversation.
"So you see Charlie the reason Renesmee thinks that is because she heard some people in our family talking about my birthday," he looked over at Alice and Edward, "and it is true Charlie I am three hundred, and seventy, you see it is possible that I am that old because I was born in the year sixteen-forty. Back in that time my father believed things like vampires were real and he hunted them down and killed them. One day I found a coven of vampires living in the sewage pipes, I told my father and we got an army of sorts together to take them down. It was the year sixteen-sixty three that I was bitten. It was painful and my most vivid human memory, I hid under a bag of potatoes for the three days it took for the transformation to become complete," He stopped looking at Charlie to he if he was paying attention and continued, "I didn't want to be another one of those monsters that my father killed so I left staying away from humans. I starved myself, I didn't drink until the burn in my throat hurt too much to ignore, so I drank the blood from a deer, and found I could live off animal blood and I would not have to kill humans, I studied to become a doctor. One day I was nursing Edward and his mother because they lived in the time the Spanish influenza hit, Edwards mother begged me to do anything it took to save her baby, like she knew what I was, I took Edward back to my home and changed him. Years after Esme had a beautiful baby that had a liquid in his lungs, he died so she thought that she could join him by jumping off a cliff and killing herself, I had met Esme when she was young because she had broke her leg falling out of a tree and I know it sounds stupid but I fell in love, when Esme jumped off the cliff they didn't even bother taking her to the emergency room just straight to the morgue, I could hear her heart beat so I took back to Edward and I's home and changed her. I found Rosalie bleeding to death after being beaten by her husband in the street, I again took her home and changed her. Then one time when we were hunting Rosalie found Emmett who had been attacked by a bear also bleeding to death, it took everything she had to carry him back to me but she did it and I changed him also, Esme and I thought that our lives were whole we had three wonderful children and each other as well. But little did I know that we had two strangers tracking us down, Jasper was actually a Major in the war before he found Alice, Alice doesn't know much about her human life because her first memory is a vision of Jasper. Eventually they found us and, they were welcomed with open arms.
Some of us can do special things for instance Alice can see the future except when one of the Quileutes or Renesmee have something to do with it. Edward can read everyone but Bella's mind, Jasper can manipulate emotions, he also feels the emotions of everyone around him, Renesmee..." Charlie cut him off.
"Wait Renesmee is a part of this?" he nearly shouted.
"Yes," Carlisle continued, "Renesmee is only half though, as I was saying Renesmee can show you her thoughts by touching you. If you want any of this to stop you can just go to your daughter Bella, you see she is a shield who can protect you from any power we may possess,".
Charlie sat there looking blindly in front of him for a while, not speaking. Then finally he lifted his head and looked at Carlisle, "So you are telling me that you are all vampires?"
"Yes, that is exactly what he is saying Charlie, but we aren't going to hurt you," Alice better not be going to far. Her eyes glazed over for five seconds and then she shouted, "Don't you dare Emmett," Emmett walked out from behind the couch and sat down, I would have to punish him later, scratch that Carlisle would have to punish him later.
"So maybe Bella can tell me why she really left without telling me those months ago when you the Cullen's left town," he said turning towards Bella.
"Uhm... yeah about that, uhh you see I was going to hang out with Jacob but he couldn't so I went cliff diving, so I jumped off the cliff, and Alice told everyone but Edward wasn't home so when he called Rosalie told him I was dead. But Jacob saved me, Alice couldn't see me being saved because it was Jacob so she drove back to see I was alright. One night Alice had to go 'camping' and Jacob came over, you were organizing the funeral at the time, and Edward phoned pretending to be Carlisle. Jacob answered and said you weren't home and that you were at the funeral, Edward thought it was mine so he went to Italy to get himself killed. Alice saw this coming and came back, so we flew to Italy and just barely escaped alive," I am sure Bella would have gone beat red if she could have.
"So what about the time that you got in a fight with Edward and went to live with your mom, I am guessing you two were not actually fighting," Charlie was taking this a lot easier than I expected.
"Yeah that one, well the truth is we were playing baseball and these other vampires came and one of them is a really good tracker his name was, and he thought I smelt good and then all the Cullen's protected me to he thought it would be fun to kill me. So we had to leave so he wouldn't kill you and then he got me to go to the ballet studio and he was going to kill me there, believe me it was hard getting away from Alice and Jasper. So I got to the studio and I heard moms voice and ran towards it but it was from a video of when I was younger. So James bit me and then the Cullen's came and Edward sucked the venom out, and James broke my leg and then I woke up in the hospital," I had a feeling this was hard for Bella to tell her father.
"But you all go outside during the day, and where do you sleep?" Charlie asked.
Everyone laughed at this, Charlie just stared at us confused.
"Do you know how hard it is to laugh when you are so confused? And I don't mean like haha sarcastic laugh I mean a haha that was funny laugh," Jasper said trying to hold back an awkward confused laugh.
"Charlie let me explain," I said getting his attention, "we aren't like all those vampires you see in the movies, we can go out in the sun but we have a sort of disco ball effect so we don't go where people can see us, and we simply just cannot sleep so we don't need coffins," that got me thinking, what if we did need them, the whole design of the house would need to change.
"Esme seriously, not the time," Edward whispered, too low for Charlie to hear. Which caused an eruption of laughter from everyone but Charlie and I.
"What did I miss?" Charlie asked.
"We also have incredible senses, vision, hearing, and smell. You see Edward heard what Esme was thinking and whispered something and although it was too low for you to hear it we all could," Jasper spoke for the first time.
Charlie looked at him in awe, "what was Esme thinking about?" Rosalie asked.
Don't you dare tell them Edward,
I thought."How she would decorate the house if she had to use coffins," why does he never listen to me?
This caused another eruption of laughter, this time Charlie joined in. He seemed to be very comfortable with this.
"Ughh, stupid mutt!" Alice exclaimed.
"Alice what's wrong? Jacob isn't even here," Jasper said shaking her.
"I thought Alice couldn't see Jacob," Charlie questioned.
"I can't, and that is exactly how I know he is coming, I can't see anything!" she exclaimed.
"How long?" Edward asked bordly.
"Twenty-two seconds, he must have been out for a walk when he decided to come back," Alice hated not being able to see.
Just like Alice had said exactly twenty-two seconds later Jacob came in with Nessie on his shoulders. I know he would never hurt Nessie, but I couldn't help being afraid she was going to fall.
"Hello Jacob," Carlisle greeted him.
"Wazzup doc?" Jacob said and then him and Nessie burst into laughter.
"Why are you here DOG?" Rosalie asked.
"Rosalie," I scolded her.
"Sorry mom, but really," she paused trying to force his name out, "Jacob, why are you here?"
"I live just outside this house you realize that right? I mean I am sure I would have a room of my own in the house if it didn't reek of vampire stench," he turned around and saw Charlie staring at him.
"Uhm... oops," he said when he noticed Charlie with his mouth hanging open.
"He already knows Jake," Bella said rolling her eyes.
"Wait you knew?" Charlie said peering at Jacob.
"Uh, yeah I guess I did," he said letting Nessie off his shoulders.
"Hey man don't feel bad, I have a wife that can see the future and yet I am always one of the last ones to find out what is happening," Jasper said laughing.
We were all laughing when we suddenly heard the t.v. and Emmett's loud screaming turn on. This made us all laugh harder.
"Please Charlie, won't you stay for the game?" Carlisle asked trying not to laugh.
Charlie and the boys all watched the game while I started making lunch.
"Charlie would you like to stay for lunch?" I asked setting plates on the table.
"I thought you didn't need to eat," he said eyeing the food.
"We don't but I love to cook for Jacob, Nessie, and the pack," I truly did love cooking for them, "there is plenty extra if you want to stay," I cooked extra hoping he would stay.
Charlie stayed and ate, by the time everyone was done eating though there was nothing left.
"I have a shift in half and hour I should go home and get ready," he said after I had cleared the plates. I put them in the sink and went back to say good bye to Charlie.
"Bye Charlie, it was great having you over, you'll come back tomorrow. It is so great being able to just tell you, you knowing that I can see the future and all. Oh and Jacob won't be here," Alice said glaring at Jacob.
I gave Alice a disapproving look just as Bella hugged her father blocking my view of Alice.
"Good bye dad," Charlie looked calm as Bella hugged him. I guess we didn't tell him about newborns though.
"Wait what happened to strictly need-to-know?" Jacob asked as Charlie was heading out the door. We all turned and waited for a response.
"I guess I finally just felt that I would rather have the truth over anything," Charlie said with a sigh. He gave one final wave and left.