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Chapter Seventeen
Monstros
Rosalie
I was so happy as I folded Emmelie's bath suit in her small suitcase, I was humming to myself as I could hear my four year old girl squealing and laughing while she played with my husband in the backyard of our cottage. I was too busy trying to make everything perfect for all of us as Emmett and I hadn't set a toe in Isle Esme for more than twenty years.
Esme had kind of banned us from her island as the last time we visited it, the house was almost smashed into pieces. I could understand her pain for the house, we had almost caused it to collapse but I was always a little sad and jealous when the rest visited the house there. It was a brilliant island and a great place for me and Emmett to have some free time without prying ears, eyes or reading minds powers to interrupt us.
After so long, Esme had finally allowed us to visit her property only because Emmelie was going to come with us and when Rennesme showed to Emmelie what Isle Esme was through her powers, my four year old daughter couldn't stop begging for the beautiful beach with the white sand. Esme –like everyone else- couldn't of course deny a thing to my little Emmie and finally Emmett and I were free to visit the island in the Atlantic Ocean once again.
I was rushing through the house in flashes, bringing more clothes for the three of us along with anything Emmelie was going to need as the house in Isle Esme had nothing ready for a little human girl. I kept on, bringing things around in suitcases, thanks to Alice all of us had new clothes for our few-weeks long trip in Isle Esme.
In a moment, I was zipping close a large suitcase and the next moment Alice was standing by my side, with a small smile on her face. Speak of the Devil… I smiled back at her as I kept working on another suitcase.
'Can I help you Alice?' I asked impatiently as I pushed the clothes deeper in the suitcase as to zip it close. Alice nodded but that moment Emmelie burst in the house running towards me as Emmett was chasing after her in human speed, his booming laugh and her cute but loud squeals echoing through the house. Emmelie ran in my hug and I scooped her up in my arms as Alice tried to speak through the noise.
'Yes, actually, I wanted to tell you something I saw…' Alice said and looked uncomfortable between the three of us. I ignored her as Emmelie played with my hair and I blew on her neck, Alice seemed irritated by the lack of attention.
'Tell me,' I said as I kept playing with Emmelie who tried to hide herself from Emmett's tickling fingers behind me. Alice sighed and looked at me.
'I need you to be alone as to tell you.' She said and I sighed but kept playing with my girl, trying to "save" her from Emmett.
'You can tell me now, Alice, what could it be?' I said but Alice scowled at me, I did the same at her. 'Tell me now, sister or forget it, if it's not anything dangerous.' I said as I couldn't leave Emmelie and all the fun right now, if it was something important then Alice would have inform everyone so I was sure it was one of those crazy Alician visions of me and Emmett in embarrassing situations for her standards.
'Fine, I tried, you brought it on yourself.' She told me irritated and left the house in a flash, I shrugged and both my daughter and I tried to avoid Emmett's tickling hands that eventually trapped us on the bed and tickled us without mercy.
We moved in the big house when we were done packing and waited till it was dark as to leave with no problem and prying eyes. We said our goodbyes to everyone, promising once again to Esme that we'll be very careful with the house. Rennesme –who looked like a sixteen year old girl -gave me a big kiss and showed me through her powers that she and Edward had set up a swing close to the house, between two trees and showed that it's be nice for me to lay there, I gave her another big kiss on the cheek and nodded my head. Everyone hugged and kissed little Emmelie and when we were finally done, Emmett drove us with his jeep to the airport in Huston.
Emmelie was asleep during the fly to Rio, she was very hyper at first but after the first thirty minutes she started dozing off in my arms till I promised her I would wake her up when we were about to get to the boat and she finally allowed herself to fall asleep. Everyone in the first class of the airplane were stunned at mine, Emmett and Emmelie's beauty but I tried to ignore them all even if I enjoyed the attention, Emmelie needed to be in a normal environment, it was a promise both Emmett and I had done when she was still a little fetus.
We took a taxi to the docks and I kept Emmelie in my hands till we got out of the taxi, Emmett doing all the talking in faultless Portuguese so I wouldn't wake Emmelie up, Emmett and I were holding all our suitcases, they lifted nothing to us and I was also holding Emmelie against my chest safely. It was almost dawn when we got to our boat and even if I didn't want to interrupt her sleep, I had promised Emmelie to wake her up.
'Wake up, Emmie bee, we're in the boat.' I said quietly as I leaped in the boat carefully and silently, Emmett leaped in next to me and took the suitcases from my hand and placed them in the deck, he waited till I woke up Emmelie so he did not startle her with the machine of the boat. Emmelie whimpered in my hands and looked around her sleepily; I kissed her head and smoothed her golden hair away from her face.
'Where are we, mummy?' she asked me when she laid her blue eyes on my golden ones.
'We're in the boat, baby girl, you asked me to wake you up.' I said and nodded to Emmett, he prepared the boat in a few flashes and started the machine, Emmelie snapped out of her sleepy state and I placed her on the floor of the boat, she squealed happily and moved close to Emmett and the helm. Emmett gave it to her –keeping one of his own hands on it, of course- as we headed for the east. I sat close to them and enjoyed the time in the boat as the sun moved higher and higher in the cloudless sky and soon the first morning rays were making both Emmett and me sparkle. Emmelie had gotten used to the sight since she was a baby but she always marveled on her parents' beauty, I was so happier with her attention in spite of those prying eyes in the airplane.
'I wanna sparkle too, mummy,' Emmelie told me seriously and I opened my arms for her to come to me, she did so and I hugged her close, her skin even hotter as here in South America, the temperatures were so very higher than our cold Alaska. She seemed more comfortable close to my cool skin as I kissed her forehead and hugged her close to me.
'You will, beautiful, when you'll be older,' I said and Emmelie smiled and nodded her head as this conversation had started taking place for the last months.
'Promise?' she asked me and I smiled and nodded, she would sparkle like me, her father and the rest of the family eventually.
'I promise, love,' I said and she smiled and snuggled in my hug as she watched the ocean around her. By the time we reached the beach in Isle Esme, Emmelie was asleep in my arms again as I knew she would. She was a sleepy head like I was – when I was human- so I was prepared for her to fall asleep in my arms once again. Emmett this time took everything from the boat and brought it in the house.
I took Emmelie to the blue room as Esme had called it after she had renovated the house, years back, right after Emmett and mine trip here. I knew how the house looked like through Rennesme's gift as many times she and her parents visited the island for the last years and I was glad the house looked as good as new, when Emmett and I had left it back in the late 80's, it was like crumbles.
I turned the air-conditioning on around the house for Emmelie to be comfortable in it while she slept and later on and stayed with her for awhile as I was worried for the moment she'd be up in a strange house without her mother by her side. Emmett was downstairs and I could hear two humans arriving in the house a couple of hours later. Probably it was those two humans who were holding the house while the family members were away.
I never liked those two, I still remembered how that Kaure looked at me when she had first met me and Emmett, twenty years ago, I didn't like her mother too, when she was coming here those years back, I knew they knew and they never took it too far as to insult us, still, they knew who or actually what we were and that made me uncomfortable, I felt like the family could be exposed. Gustavo was always calmer, more subdued but that Kaure had her eyes glued on us as we'd take our fangs out any minute. My jaw set as I remembered what Bella had told me about Kaure screaming at Edward about Bella's pregnancy, a few years prior.
Esme and Carlisle had decided to keep her coming in the house as they trusted her in a way I didn't understand but the fact was, none of the Cullen kids and eventually, grandkids liked that woman and I, Emmett and Edward were on the top of the list of hating her. Emmelie stirred in my hug and I smiled down at my baby girl as she opened her eyes and yawned, smiling at me as I traced my cool hand down her face.
'Hey you, mummy,' she said quietly and I smiled at her and kissed her forehead and the tip of her nose.
'Hey you, Emmie, you slept well?' I asked and she nodded her head and sat up, looking around her.
'My room?' she asked and I nodded my head, she grinned as she realized we were laid in a double bed. 'Nice!' she beamed and I smiled at her. I had changed her in a yellow gown and she stood up and looked out of the window, she seemed enchanted by the white sand and crystal water that waited for her, outside. 'Can we go out?' she asked me and I smiled at her, other little four year olds would have burst outside already.
'I'd like you to have breakfast first, then we can play outside and you can swim later, princess, when the food will be settled in your tummy, is that a plan to you?' I asked and she nodded and smiled at me. I needed to buy some time for those humans to be away so they wouldn't see me or Emmett sparkle. Part of me wanted to stay here in the room, let Emmett and only to endure the glares of the Indian woman but the other part of me knew that I shouldn't be hiding in my family's own house and that my girl needed to be in the kitchen as to take her breakfast properly.
Emmelie took my hand but I scooped her in my arms as she locked with her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck, I kissed her head as we moved to the kitchen and I placed her on the floor when we entered the room. There, Emmett with Gustavo and Kaure were standing, Emmett as casually as he could under the stares and glares of the woman. She turned her head towards me and Emmelie and her eyes widened for a moment as she marveled at my beauty and the lack of aging on me as she had already seen in Emmett, I was sure. Her eyes however changed from awed, fearful and wary to hateful and angry when she laid her eyes on the blonde angel by my side.
She pointed at Emmelie and looked at me furiously, Emmelie slipped her little hand in mine and I felt anger shot through me for the fear my daughter felt because of that woman staring and glaring at her and her parents.
"O que e isto? E como o outra?" ("What is this? Is it like the other one?") Kaure asked as she kept pointing her finger on Emmelie who hid behind me. I moved a little forward as to cover her and answered coldly.
"Nossa filha,"("Our daughter,") I answered through clenched teeth. She looked shocked between me and Emmett and then on the spot Emmelie was hiding behind me.
"Nao devias de estar a acusalar!" ("Your kind shouldn't be breeding!") She almost exploded and Emmelie clutched my hand harder, Emmett moved close to me and blocked Kaure's view from me and our daughter.
"Tem calma, Kaure, o que fazemos com o nossa familia e da nossa conta e apenas da nossa conta…" (Calm down, Kaure, what we do in our family is our business and only…") Emmett said as calmly as he could and I turned around as to hug my girl, Emmelie clutched to me and I moved slightly as to have her covered by Emmett's body.
'Sssh, it's ok princess, this woman just doesn't understand.' I said quietly and I glared back at Kaure whose eyes were still glued on me and my family.
"Voces e esta sao contra a Mae Natureza! tal como os outros dois e a outra rapagira!" ("You and this, are going against Mother Nature! Like the other two with the other girl!" she snapped back as she pointed at Emmelie again and Gustavo tried to stop her by gripping her arm and whispering a few words about her behavior to people who paid for her service but also never bothered her in any possible way.
"Se ja acabaste com a casa, sai,' ("If you're finished with the house, leave, now' I ordered and Gustavo nodded and looked at both Emmett and me apologetically, Kaure snorted and turned to leave.
'Monstros, todos voces…' ("Mosters, all of you.") She murmured as she left with Gustavo from the door of the kitchen. I sighed as Emmelie remained clutched on my body and Emmett turned around and looked at me, we didn't need to speak, we never liked her but deep down, I felt angry with myself for agreeing with her, we were against nature in many ways, still, we never provoked anything, we just survived through the change of our status. Emmett hugged both me and Emmelie and kissed our heads.
'It's ok, Emmie bee, this woman won't disturb you again,' Emmett soothed our girl and Emmelie nodded and hugged her dad with her left arm which released my neck.
'She doesn't like me daddy-bear?' Emmelie asked and I smiled at her nickname for her dad.
'She doesn't like a lot of people, hun, don't worry, she just can't accept the difference in the world.' I answered and Emmelie seemed to understand what I was telling her.
'I don't like her, she's screaming and I can't understand,' Emmelie pouted and Emmett smiled at her and kissed her nose.
'It's OK, Emmie bee, mummy and I understand her language but don't understand her ways, there are a lot of people like her, little minx,' Emmett told Emmelie honestly and our daughter accepted the words with a smile and a shrug, like I would if I was in her shoes.
The days passed and everything ran smoothly from the day we arrived in the island, Emmett and I made sure that we took Emmelie to explore every possible place in the island while Kaure and Gustavo were visiting the house to keep it clean and organized.
We taught Emmelie to swim in the first days here. Emmelie was enjoying herself as she saw the beautiful little forest, the coral reefs, the submerged caves and the sea turtles, she loved the sunset while we played in the beach and she was so happy when Emmett lit a fire, careful not to hurt himself or me in the slightest and we made Emmelie's steak on it while we played in the beach till Emmelie fell asleep in the blanket that we set out on the sand.
I was currently laying on the swing Rennesme had showed me through her gift and I was so glad my brother and niece had set it up. I enjoyed the peace immensely. Kaure and Gustavo were about to show up so I made sure I would disappear in the back of the house where the swing was set. The sea was before me but I didn't bother as my little girl was still inside the house. My eyes were closed and I liked the warmth of the sun against my skin, I was wearing a bath suit, out of need to wear something, and not to have a tan, nothing in the world could give me a tan so I just laid on the swing, enjoying the moment.
I heard Emmelie's squeal nearing me so I opened my eyes as to see my daughter running towards me with Emmett behind her, chasing her –like always- at a human rate. A few days prior, I had asked Emmett why he was chasing our poor girl all the time and he had said I should have been grateful that Emmelie was exhausted and fast asleep every night. Now that I thought about it, I was grateful indeed since we had been vocal enough not to smash much, except a couple of pillows and a tree. Somewhere deeper in the forest that we smashed in our last hunting trip, three nights ago.
'Mummy! Help me!' Emmelie screamed and I laughed as she ran to me and fell in my hug, I took her in my arms gently and kissed her head as she climbed on the swing above me. Emmett got to us a few moments after, faking tiredness; he kneeled next to the swing.
'You won't be in your mummy's safety forever, little minx.' Emmett warned our girl playfully and she giggled. 'And when I find you on your own…' Emmett went on and moved his hand close to our girl who jolted away but didn't struggle a lot as Emmett tickled her a bit, making her squeal and me to laugh.
'Mummy won't let you!' Emmelie said and I nodded my head at Emmett who growled a bit and laughed with me as Emmelie squealed and snuggled in my arms further.
'Mummy will do what I say, little minx, or grandma will learn about the pillows.' Emmett said and addressed me at his last words. I gasped at his actual threat and poked my tongue at him, he grinned and kissed me. 'At least Ed and Bells destroyed the headboard, we smashed a tree.' He murmured and I laughed but slapped his arm and nodded my head towards Emmelie, he just grinned but I knew how to stop him.
'I still remember the rules of the arm-wrestling… No joking even with me about our siblings'… personal lives.' I said and the grin on my husband's face was gone in an instant.
'It was an unfair match.' He said seriously.
'Still, you accepted.' I said and he laughed and nodded his head. Emmelie seemed irritated from the luck of attention so she stood up, pocked her tongue at her dad and said loudly.
'Daddy-bear can't catch me!' mostly addressing me but her eyes played between both me and Emmett. I laughed as Emmett growled playfully and stood up again as Emmelie squealed and started running towards the sea, Emmett right behind her.
Emmett
I ran behind my daughter, in a slow pace even for a human so she could head up. She kept giggling and laughing as she moved in the first foot of the sea and her little legs splashed water around her as I chased after her. I decided that this time was my turn to win so I raced just a little faster and gripped her in my arms. I was always careful not to damage her little human body, I gently scooped her up in my arms and blew on her neck, kissed her cheek and tickled her as she squealed and screamed for Rosalie to save her. I could smell my wife's sweet scent behind me but I knew she enjoyed the sight too much to interrupt it. I finally let Emmelie down and the out of breath little monster splashed water to me and started swimming in the first feet of the water, never getting too far. I remained in the sea with the water around my waist and relaxed as I felt Rose's arms snaking around my waist.
For the last days, while we made sure Emmelie was having her best holidays, both Rosalie and I felt somehow uncomfortable about what Kaure had said. We were against nature, Emmelie was too, I didn't want to think about it, maybe the human was right, but still, we never killed if we could avoid it, we were different but I didn't want to believe we were monsters, how could I and Rose be monsters when we were responsible for the perfection of Emmelie's life?
'Don't think about it, love.' Rosalie whispered to me as we watched our Emmelie playing in the water and waving at us, inviting us to go deeper with her. 'You killed only twice, out of need, when you lost control.' Rose said and I looked at her, I could see she didn't kept herself in the category she was putting me in, she had never tasted human blood and that was one of the reasons I looked up at my wife with awe and respect, she had killed nonetheless, if you could call those five human beings along with those two guards, she had killed people, like I had, for different reasons.
'If we had met two years earlier, I would have killed them for you. I would have torn them apart.' I whispered, curling my hands into fists at the memory of her telling me what had happened to her, even if decades had gone by I still felt furious about not being there to help her, to save and protect my love, Rosalie smiled at me and kissed my jaw.
'I know,' she only said as she caressed my bare chest, her hand like velvet against my skin. 'I love you, and if we're against nature, then so be it, we've been happy and that matters.' Rosalie said and I smiled at her truly, her beauty couldn't be described with words, they were too cheap, too small to explain, Rosalie wasn't only my mate, she was the mother of my child, the reason for me to keep up through eternity, she was my everything like Emmelie and I were hers, when she considered herself happy, I was happy too.
Emmelie and I sat in the living room, watching Disney's Hercules while Emmelie enjoyed a coca cola as she watched Meg and Hercules hanging out in a nice balcony beneath the stars. Rosalie was in the shower and came downstairs to check on us when she was done, I smiled up at her and winked as I saw her wrapped in the towel but both our heads shot towards our daughter as our little, sweet angel had burped loudly after her last sip of her soda. I chuckled and stretched my hand so we could hi 5, she did so and we laughed but we stopped before Rosalie's scowl.
'This is not a way for a lady to act around people, Emmie, right Emmett, dear?' Rosalie started and addressed me at the end of her words, what choices did I have than to agree with my wife?
'Mummy is right, Emmelie,' I told our daughter, not being able to completely hide my grin as I crossed my fingers for Emmelie to see but still keeping my fingers away from Rose's view.
'Sorry, mummy, daddy-bear.' Emmelie said seemingly honestly with just a hint of a grin in her face.
When Hercules was finished, Emmelie was between me and Rosalie and we smiled at the happy ending of the movie. Emmelie looked at us seriously and took the TV remote and turned it off. I looked at Rosalie for a moment, her gaze, like my own, questioning and we focused back on our girl. Emmelie looked at us and asked seriously.
'Mummy, daddy, what is sex?' Emmelie asked and I froze in my place on the couch, Rosalie just a few inches away from me. I glanced at her and she was as frozen, looking at our baby girl, our little, innocent, baby girl who shouldn't be asking about things like sex in that age.
'Who told you about sex, love?' Rosalie asked slowly and Emmelie shrugged casually.
'Jacob, he said you knew better than anyone.' Emmelie said and I knew what would be the first thing I'd do when we'd be back in Alaska: finish what Bella had once started and kill the werewolf. Emmelie looked at me and I felt like melting in embarrassment on my spot, fuck.
'Well honey, sex is something grownups do when they're married and happy.' I said as casually as I could. Rosalie nodded her head and glanced at me.
'You do sex?' Emmelie asked and Rosalie tried to hide her face in her palm, I gulped down the venom that has gathered in my mouth, suddenly the constant, uneasy feeling on my throat was unnoticed before the uneasy feeling in my stomach.
'Yes sweetheart, we have sex, mummy and I, and you will too, when you'll be very older.' I said through clutched teeth as I said out loud one of the most terrifying things of my existence, I was going to sterilize every male who would just lay eyes on my little daughter.
'Oh OK, is it nice?' Emmelie asked and I sighed and nodded my head but smiled as much as I could manage.
'Yes, sweetie, it's a way for couples to show their pure love.' Rosalie finally spoke and I nodded my head frantically, Emmelie nodded her head as well and smiled at us.
'What will I do first? Sparkle or do sex?' Emmelie asked seriously curious and this time it was Rosalie's time to sigh.
'Sweetie, those things are not related; you have all the time in your life to do both.' Rosalie answered diplomatically; Emmelie seemed satisfied with her choices.
'Thank you, mummy, daddy, can I go and put on my bathing suit?' Emmelie asked and both Rosalie and I nodded our heads in unison, wanting nothing more than to get out of the uncomfortable situation a werewolf in the other side of the continent had pulled us in.
When Emmelie was out of the room, Rosalie leaned against my shoulder and I hugged her close to me, kissing her lips.
'I'm gonna kill that mongrel, Alice tried to warn me about Emmie's questions.' Rosalie spat when our kiss was over and I nodded my head, were I honest with myself, I felt proud of dealing with such a parental thing as to answer difficult questions to our little girl.
'We did well, I think.' I said proudly and Rosalie looked at me and smiled for a moment, nodding her head, the scowl returned on her magnificent face after that moment.
'Still, I'm gonna kill Jacob Black first thing when we're back.'
yeah that was it, what u think guys? the burping was inspired by another story called "Breaking the impossible" by Emmelie Cullen, what u think? emmelie is soooooooooooo cuuuuutttteeee i like her so much and i love her calling her dad daddy-bear i think emmett would be the perfect father-in-law haha glaring and all haha please tell me what u think of Kaure, my friend helped me so much with it as i needed to make the dialog for real as this time Rosalie and Emmett were talking and it wasn't like describing other people talking, what u think of Kaure?
please please please tell me your opinion :)