Thank you very much for the reviews people, I'm so happy you like the story so much, sorry for the delay but things were hectic around here :)
I'm very happy you liked the birth scene so much :D
This is the end of the first book of the story, the second book will be posted here as well so don't worry about a thing.
Huge thanks to my beta Marla1 for her precious help, I edited a couple of things after she betaed so any errors are mine.
ANOTHER GREAT THANKS to my friend, Alepou(mayissa) for her p r e c i o u s help and support with the story, you're one of a kind, girl, love ya
Enjoy...
Chapter Thirteen
Starting all over Again
My eyes opened slowly as I felt weight shifting behind me. There was sunlight in the room but I guessed it was afternoon. I felt two warm lips kissing my hair and neck and I beamed as I saw my little miracle before me and Emmett right behind me.
'Sorry for waking you, she was whimpering and I thought she'd be calmer closer to you.' He whispered to my ear and I smiled and nodded my head. I was in the middle, with my baby close to my body as I lay to my side with Emmett behind me, the two of us in a fetus position. Indeed, Emmelie seemed annoyed by something but I placed her close to my chest and she seemed to relax as she started nibbling my gown's fabric. I chuckled at my hungry little angel and decided to sit up as to feed her. Emmett saw our daughter trying to get some milk and he sat up first, opened his legs for me and I sat between them, my husband hugging me with his entire body as I brought Emmelie close to me and breastfed her for the second time in my existence, the feeling was just as brilliant as the first time.
'Esme left when she saw me waking, she's probably preparing a huge meal for us.' Emmett whispered in my ear as his large hand caressed Emmelie's little head while she sucked my breast with eagerness. I smiled and nodded my head as I kept her close to me.
'I'm starving, to be honest.' I said and Emmett smiled and kissed my cheek as he had set his head on my shoulder so we could both watch our baby. When Emmelie was done, I brought her even closer to my chest and kissed her silk-like skin; she was so warm and smelled that brilliant sense of babies. I adored my little daughter.
Esme entered the room and indeed was carrying a huge tray full of food, two plates of pasta, salad, two glasses and a bottle of water along with bread were on and I felt my stomach groan as I had spent almost a day without eating but breastfeeding. Esme smiled even wider as she approached the bed and set the tray carefully on a table nearby. She took Emmelie from my hands so I could stand up carefully and I did so, feeling sore and tired still. Emmett stood up as well and Esme brought Emmelie inside her crib.
'You should eat and then have a bath, I have prepared everything, your father said you should stay in bed and relax. He's at the hospital but he will check on you when he's back.' My mother told me as I sat back on the mattress next to Emmett and she brought the food closer. I nodded my head as I knew I needed to recover for a few days and started eating with the same eagerness my daughter had feed herself from me, minutes ago.
When both Emmett and I were done eating Esme sent us to the bathroom as she would keep an eye on Emmelie who needed to be changed and lulled. When Emmett closed the door of the bathroom behind him, I smiled as he came closer and gave me a passionate kiss. We knew we shouldn't have sex for at least five weeks, all the pregnancy DVDs and books commanded the mother's full recovery and it would be a hard thing to do as both Emmett and I were always hungry for each other.
Slowly, the kiss got slower till I felt like melting in my husband's arms, he supported me with his hands and then helped with my gown, the poor cloth was full of sweat and a little blood so I just tossed it away and looked at Emmett who was still in his clothes. I helped him with his shirt and trousers and when he was naked as well, we brought our bodies in a hug again. For a moment I felt insecure as my body was changed from the pregnancy, I could now see the extra weight on me, it wasn't as much as I could have gained but it was not the flawless body I had before the pregnancy. Emmett broke the kiss and looked inside my eyes as if he could read my mind.
'You're perfect, you know that.' He told me and I smiled as I knew he didn't care for anything else than my happiness, to him I was perfect. I knew we had a limited time as humans and soon, in a matter of weeks we'd be back to our immortal state. Only then had I noticed we had changed so much, both externally and internally. We looked older as time hadn't been frozen for us for the last months but the biggest change was internal, we matured even more to a way only our baby could make us mature to.
Emmett helped me inside the bathtub after he entered it, I sat in front of him, my back against his chest and I enjoyed the warmth of the water on my tired body, relaxing my muscles and intoxicating my senses along with my husband's touch. For a moment, I wished I could be the strong vampire I should be, for a moment, I wanted to be back to my vampiric status now that I had my child. I was going to be happy in a few weeks when the venom would be active in my dead by then body. I gasped as I realized that I wasn't going to be miserable again and my heart ached at the thought of my healed wounds. I always starved for choices and I finally didn't only had them but also exploited them to the fullest and I was rewarded for it and all the risks I had taken.
Emmett kept caressing me, massaging me, playing with my soaked locks and kissing my skin and I started responding to him as I let my mind and heart enjoy the happiness.
'You made it,' I whispered to him and he looked at me confused, I smiled as the brilliant innocence in his eyes could only match Emmelie's. 'You made me happy, complete, you gave me my happy ending, Emmett,' I said and confusion turned into joy as he smiled and kissed my lips.
'Than I'm a happy man too.' He told me when the kiss ended and we smiled at each; content as we heard our baby crying from the other room and Bella not Esme singing a lullaby to Emmelie.
The days passed by very quickly, my last days as human for the second time couldn't be compared to anything however. I was happy every time Emmelie would wake up and scream out loud in the middle of the night, I almost welcomed the tiredness as my little girl needed me and Emmett at anytime. I counted the days to my change, I was almost eager to be a vampire again and not being depended on physical needs, I couldn't wait for the moment I would be able to stay up all night and watch my little Angel sleep.
Those thoughts were rushing in my mind as I breastfed Emmelie in the middle of the night, almost a week before my turn. Those were the last times I would be able to breastfeed my child and I enjoyed them very much. I still couldn't believe how much I wanted to be a vampire again, I couldn't believe how much I wanted to be the strong, cold, immortal creature I was. But still, I wanted so, because now, I was happy, because now I didn't want to die and lose this happiness. Now I wanted to spend the rest of immortality by my child, husband and family's side with no fear and opened wounds in my soul. Being a vampire would never be my first choice but now that I'm complete I can stand forever better than before.
Emmelie stopped sucking my breast and looked at me as she let a couple of bubbles escape her mouth. I chuckled quietly, not wanting to wake up Emmett who was sleeping by our side, peacefully. He deserved some rest as he was the one who always ran around the house and brought everything needed for Emmelie when I would sleep and the baby needed something else than milk.
'This, little Emmelie, is your daddy.' I whispered to my child as she kept looking around and occasionally at me with interest on her little face, her blue eyes sparkling in the little light of the lamp on my nightstand. 'And he's such a good man, little one; he loves us both so much that sometimes I'm wondering how a heart can contain so much love inside it. Your dad, Emmie, is a unique person.' I kept on whispering as I focused on my baby who also looked up at me.
'I may have been moaning for being a vampire for far too long, but hadn't I been changed by grandpa, I wouldn't have met your daddy and I wouldn't have been loved, and I would not have been able to love him like I do. If my prayers that night had been heard, I would have died a miserable, vain, shallow person instead of living and experiencing all this. I wouldn't have you or your daddy and that would be Hell for me.' I whispered and felt a weight left my shoulders as I confessed to my little daughter who seemed to be lulled by my voice. I was glad none else was around to hear me.
'I wouldn't have the family I have today. I wouldn't have found the love of my life and I would have been another victim in the 10's. I think I don't deserve all this happiness. Sometimes, I think all this is a dream of my numb by the beating mind and I will soon wake up in that hard street of that alley, bleeding to death.' I whispered and I took a deep breath as Emmelie remained silent in my hands.
'But no, this is true, all of you are true. I have been through Hell and returned and I'm glad I did so, because I love both you and your daddy so very much, little Angel.' I said and smiled at my lulled daughter. I kissed her forehead lightly and placed her back in her crib at my bedside. I watched my baby sleeping with her little stomach and chest raising and falling slowly as her eyelids moved slightly in her sleep.
I marveled at the perfection of hers. When Nessie was five weeks old, like Emmelie was now, she had matured way too much for an infant, and I adored Nessie but I was marveled at the slow pace of my baby's growing. She was normal, Emmelie was so tiny and cute and normal, the only thing I ever wanted and I couldn't believe I had it all, normality.
I didn't care of the pain or the risks; I didn't care of the fear and the worry, the Volturi or anyone else as long as I had Emmett and Emmelie by my side. I smiled at my little girl as I brought my hand close to her head and caressed her soft, blond hair. She was perfect, my perfect, little child. As I laid back on the mattress, I felt Emmett's arm snake around my waist and I got closer to him as he pressed his lips on my forehead. I looked at his half asleep face and saw his little smile.
'I love you too, Rosalie.' He only said and I smiled as we both fell back to sleep.
I could feel my heart thudding as I moved down the stairs of the house, with Emmett by my side, holding Emmelie carefully in his hands. Today, we would be turned again and it was the common decision of the family to have Bella and Edward taking care of Emmelie for the next five or six days, we needed about three days for the turn only and then two or three more days away from our human child as not to have accidents with results that we would not be able to reverse. Caspar warned us to stay away from our child for the first two days of us as vampires again and we weren't going to take chances with our baby's safety because of our thirst.
I hadn't left Emmelie from my hands or eyes for the last six weeks and I was more anxious of being separated from my child for days than being turned once more. I knew the pain, I had felt it already twice, and the labor's pain was one close to match the turns' pain but being away from Emmelie seemed really hard for me to experience.
I tried to push those thoughts out of my mind as we entered the dining room, where Carlisle asked the turn to take place. Everyone was in the room already, waiting for us to arrive. Emmett brought Emmelie to Bella's hands and my sister took my daughter carefully, not wanting to disturb her sleep.
I felt like suffocating not only for being away from my baby for days but also at the idea of the next time I would see my child, I may could see her as my meal and not my own flesh and blood. I was suddenly afraid of myself hurting my own child no matter how much I didn't want such a thing. I knew the only ones understanding me in the room were Emmett, Bella and Edward as my husband had the exactly same fears, like Bella did when she had Rennesme and Edward had been through it all with Bella herself. I sighed deeply and kissed my baby's head from my sister's hug as caressed her little arms.
'I will take care of her, Rose, don't worry.' Bella told me sincerely and I only nodded my head and moved a step back from my child.
Emmett kissed our baby as well and then Bella and Edward left, taking Emmelie with them as not to have her hearing while the full of mine and Emmett's screams, turn. They were going to spend the next days in their cottage and they would return when both Emmett and I would be ready and able to accept our little human girl back.
Emmett gave me a kiss, reassuring me silently that everything was going to be fine and I nodded my head as I stole a last kiss from him, our last human kiss with our hearts pounding in our chests and our lips pink, warm and soft at the touch. He took my hand in his and we climbed on the table, laid down side by side and waited. I saw Caspar coming at the edge of the table and putting each of his hands on our chests. I felt like the first time he did the same thing were centuries ago, when I was a barren vampire as to be turned to a human. Now, I had a child, I was that human and soon to be a vampire once more. I closed my eyes as I felt his cold hand against my chest and took my last, humanly necessary breath.
And then it started, flashes from that alley back in 1933, pain and fear, even more flashes from my life as a vampire, Emmett, Carlisle, Esme, Edward. Emmett being in my arms as I was running to save him. Seeing Bella for the first time, more pain, Alice and Jasper creeping all of us out as they showed up from nowhere and knew everyone by name. Even more pain as I could feel the venom activating inside my every fiber. I could feel myself screaming as my entire being was suffering, every inch of my body, in and out felt like being ripped apart and I knew the pain so very well but still, it was too much to handle.
I was probably tossing and turning, screaming and moaning and hissing and whimpering even if I knew screaming didn't really help as the venom didn't enter and spread in my body slowly but activated itself all over around my being. I screamed even more and struggled to nothingness as in my tormented brain I knew, nothing could stop the process. Nothing could save me from the pain as I felt my heart beating like crazy her last beats. The pain went on and on and on till I didn't know if it was day or night, morning or afternoon, the only thing I knew was pain and desperation and my begging for all this to stop.
And then, my heart stopped and my eyes opened after the stop. I looked around me and found Esme and Jasper close to me as Alice and Carlisle were close to my husband. I soon realized that my senses were as sharp as they should be, I could hear and see and smell everything and the first thing I noticed, oddly enough was the lingering stink of Jacob's around the house. I wrinkled my nose as I stood up and looked at my mother and brother. I smiled at them and they did the same with me. I noticed it was afternoon and some sunrays were escaping from the clouds. I stood up and marveled at the white color of my skin. I couldn't feel any pain or sore spot in my body, no tiredness, only the old by now aching in my throat was back.
I stretched my arm and smiled when I saw my skin sparkle as the sunlight contacted with my arm, the marks from Carlisle's saving bites were now visible to my vampiric eyes, same marks as the ones on my ankles and throat. When I looked out of the window, at the direction Bella and Edward's cottage were, I saw my eyes on my reflection and noticed the crimson color of theirs. That was a huge change to my other-than-that, flawless form, the blue color I shared with my daughter was gone and replaced by that old crimson colour, the last time I had seen my eyes that shade were decades ago because of my first turn.
'How do you feel, Rose?' Esme asked me as she moved close to me and I smiled at her, genuinely.
'I'm fine, I feel good, strong and good.' I said and smiled wider as I spoke in vampiric speed again. That moment I turned around and looked at Emmett as he also opened his eyes and looked around him, I rushed close to him and pecked his lips, adoring the old sense of our lips brushing against each other, our skin so strong and yet so velvety soft.
'My Angel,' Emmett whispered as we broke our kiss and I smiled at him as I felt like we were decades back, when the family contained only five people and he was the newest addition. Now, we were ten people and our little daughter was the newest member of the family.
The next days were even harder than the ones of mine and Emmett's transformation. It was hard for both of us as we both felt powerful but Caspar was right, the venom absorbed the strength quickly and soon, we needed to go hunting, and Carlisle and Jasper came with us to make sure we wouldn't attack some human. I felt good and confident as both Emmett and I were very careful and killed only a few animals to feed ourselves.
Edward and Bella made sure to come to the house in shifts to inform us about Emmelie, the information was always the same as Emmelie was so much different from Rennesme. Our baby could only sleep, cry, drink milk and need to be changed but everything that Edward or Bella said each time made my need for my little girl huger.
When three days after the turn had been passed both Emmett and I moved to the cottage, where Bella was with Emmelie and Rennesme. It felt like six decades since I had seen my baby even if it was only six days with the three of them in a blur of pain. Both Emmett and I entered the little house and noticed a small crack in a wall of the living room, Emmett nudged me lightly and I just grinned and slapped his arm, our granite like skin making a small metallic noise as they contacted. He grinned but we didn't make any other noise in fear of waking either our daughter or our niece from their naps.
We couldn't smell Bella or Emmelie in any other room than the bedroom so we moved quietly and soon, we were able to listen to Bella's voice talking. The door to the room was slightly open and both Emmett and I peeked quietly as we were both curious. Nessie was asleep in her bedroom and Edward – like the rest- were back at the house.
'You, little girl, are the pride and joy of your mom and dad, and believe me, they adore you, no matter what. Rosalie and Emmett are tied around your little finger and that says something.' Bella was saying and Emmett and I smiled at each other as we witnessed an aunt-niece moment of Bella with our baby. 'Your daddy might be loud and your mommy might seem bitter, but believe me, they're very good people who always needed something to make them hope through eternity. That something is you, little one and they adore you for that. You've made your mommy happy and that makes your daddy happy as well, you're the component of their completeness.' Bella said and I smiled as I noticed the scrapbook next to her as she kept Emmelie in her hands and spoke to her. More photos were added to my baby's book and I was more than happy to have people like Bella close to my child.
Emmett and I entered the room quietly and smiled at Bella who beamed at us and stood up with a kind of grace my sister hadn't used us to. Bella hesitated for a moment and spoke.
'How are you?' she asked and smiled at her.
'Worried,' I said and she nodded her head, if someone could understand how I felt towards a human or partly human child, that was Bella Cullen.
'We all are, but that's not what I meant.' She said and I remembered those moments, reversed, now she was asking hesitantly and I was reassuring that I was no danger for my child.
'We're in control,' I said for both me and Emmett and Bella nodded and moved close to us carefully, her eyes scanning every single movement of us.
She brought Emmelie carefully to me and I hugged my baby cautiously, not wanting to brush my cold skin with her little body, keeping her close and safe as the blanket around her acted as a barrier to the coldness of my skin. I could sense my baby's blood but I didn't feel tempted for it, not even the slightest, I was shocked at the realization and I looked at Emmett, only to be even more shocked as his expression mirrored my own.
'I think I got over my thirst,' we said in unison and smiled brightly, we had made it, we tamed our need for human blood, like Carlisle and Edward and Bella had achieved. I was so happy I almost squealed in front of our sister and with my child in my hands. Emmett beamed at me happily and kissed my lips passionately as our baby remained calmed between us. Probably our time as humans and the fact of having a baby, our baby, our own flesh and blood made us get over our need for human blood. I was so happy and relieved both Emmett and I weren't a danger for our little daughter anymore.
When we returned back to the house, everyone waited for us and Emmelie. Caspar and Amelia were waiting as well, probably to say goodbye before heading for the Denali. The two vampires approached me and Emmett and we shook hands politely.
'The best wishes for your child,' Caspar said and Amelia echoed a good wish for Emmelie on her own. 'Probably you'll have visits from Volturi delegates through the years as to make sure that everything is fine and processing properly, but do not fear as long as you don't break the contract.' Caspar said and both Emmett and I nodded our heads as we knew we had full responsibility of our actions in the future.
Sooo?? What you think of it people? was it what you expected? I wanted this chapter to end like this with the turn and Rosalie and Emmett getting over their thirst, I think it would happen if they had their own flesh and blood jeopardized, I know newborn vampire are supposed to need almost a year to come back to normal but as i explained in chapter 11, rosalie and emmett are not newborns all over again, the venom was already inside of them, their bodies "died" again and the venom activated itself once more.
PLEASEEEE review, what you think of the little scene between Rosalie and Emmelie? i luuuved it and what about the scence of Bella and Emmelie? what about her words with rosalie? the ones they spoke in BD?tell me tell me tell me :)
Now about Book 2, I have explained before that this will be a book from Rosalie, Emmelie and sometimes Emmett's point of view, it will be a book of shots with some important moments of Rose's life that will have to do with her daughter, the second book is about Emmelie's life and her turn, there will be a couple of chapters after her turn with the current schedule in my mind.
