Sweet Audrey

Chapter 1

InuYashaBaby1

Disclaimer: I don't own twilight, but I do own Audrey, and Alex, too.

An: This will have A LOT of chapters with songs. Er.., not this one, but one eventually.

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Jake POV

I had been dreaming a lot lately. I have been sleeping more often-and I was fucking sick of it. I was tired all the time. I guess that type of things happen when you spend a lot of time running around with a half human, half vampire one year old. She was growing too quickly-so quickly. She was bigger than Claire, and Claire is 2 years older. I hadn't thought of it until Edward brought it up-it would only be 5 more years before her body would be old enough to be an adult. I gagged on my ham and cheese sandwich when Edward said it-I loved Nessie, yeah-but I don't think I'm ready to think of her that way yet. Anyway, back to the dreams. I always dreamed of the same girl. Her gentle black locks- her crystal blue eyes. The way she laughed as she jogged into the field of roses. I would run behind her, and would occasionally grab her hand. She would blush-color spread her face. She would always put her hand out when we reached the end-put it out forward. Someone pulled me back, and I let go of her hand. She would prick her finger on the last rose thorn, and a droplet of blood oozed from the top of her finger-then he would come. She would smile at him the way she smiled at me. He was taller than me, but he was pale, and he had golden hair. When he looked at me, I could see the disgusting red eyes of a bloodsucker. He would caress her, and gently coo in her ear. She always gave him her hand, and he would suck all the blood out of her. Then, I would wake up. The dream always reminded me of a Within Temptation video- I think that's where it originated. But I didn't think about it a lot, I just spent most of my time with my sweet Nessie. Like I was now. She giggled-her bell like laugh always made me smile-as I spun her around in the air. I placed her down again.

"Again!" She called to me. I smiled, but shook my head, Noticing Bella's presence behind her. She scolded me with her golden eyes-'Be more careful' they said. Bah. She didn't understand that I cared too.

"Sorry, Nessie-Mom looks like she thinks it's lunch time." I said to her-ruffling her bronze locks. Nessie pouted, but Bella was right behind her. Bella picked up Nessie, and carried her into the small cabin that they called home. Personally-I thought it was too short. I couldn't stand up at all-my back was killing me. I sat in the grass outside for a moment, sniffing the air. Then-I heard a gentle ruffling in the trees in front of me. Bella came outside-her cold face creased with worry. I growled, and put myself in a protective stance.

"It's a human." She admitted. I nodded, and as I did, Edward came out, he was holding Nessie-I was glad-Bella's newborn strength had worn off-she was weaker than the rest of the Cullens. Plus-Ed was the fastest. Out of the woods, walked a tumbling girl-her curly black hair tangled with leaves and twigs. She looked up at me with sweet blue eyes. This was the girl from my dreams. What in all the hells was she doing here? Messing up everything with her beautiful stance and-I couldn't think anymore before she instantly smiled at Bella.

"Bella!" She called out-tumbling her way towards Bella. When she reached Bells, she wrapped her arms around her-Bella seemed taken back, trying to access her human memories.

"Audrey?" Bella said reluctantly. "Little Audrey?" the girl nodded.

"Hi, Bella." She giggled. "You look beautiful-in fact it's little scary." She laughed. Bella did too. Did I miss something? Who was Audrey?

"Yeah-married life does that to you." Bella nodded. Audrey laughed again. Audrey lost her balance, and tripped over into Bella's arms. Taking a closer look, she was also shivering. Yeah-it was cold out here. I guess I didn't really notice. "Jake?" Bella called to me. I walked over.

"Hey." I smiled at her she smiled back.

"Jake, this is my little cousin Audrey, she's a tad cold." Bella said, pushing over Audrey gently. I wrapped my arm over her shoulder and she was immediately shocked by the heat. She tensed, but she quickly calmed. Nessie frowned at me, but I ignored it. "Let's get you inside," Bella said, pushing me into the front door-which was still open. I had to duck my head. Audrey instinctively sat on the couch next to the door. When Edward entered, he shut the door.

"Why are you here, Audrey?" Nessie asked, as I sat on the couch. I pulled Nessie onto my lap.

"Well, aren't you the most pretty little girl in the world?" Audrey said sweetly to Nessie. Nessie blushed, and smiled at Audrey. "The reason I'm here, is because I need someone to stay with, and I was wondering if I could stay with Bella." She said.

"You mean Mommy." Nessie corrected.

"Oh." Audrey seemed astonished. Audrey looked at Bella, shocked. Bella smiled.

"Why don't I show you?" Nessie said, pushing her precious hand up to Audrey's face- which was covered in bruises-I assumed they were from the woods. I pulled her hand away, and Bella pulled her away from me, giving her to Edward, whispering something so quiet I couldn't hear. Edward carried her in the direction of her room.

"Edward's brother died-We took her in." Bella quickly explained. Audrey smiled.

"That's so kind of you-she looks so much like Edward! But she has uncle Charlie's curly hair. And your-." She paused and stared and looked into Bella's eyes. "That's strange-I could have sworn-you had brown eyes-." She shook her head. "She is such a lovely child."

"Why do you want to stay here?" I interjected.

"Oh umm.." Her breathing went quick.

"Oh, it's fine, you really don't have to tell us if you don't want to, Audrey." Bella said. "You can stay here for as long as you would like."

Audrey's face lit up.

"Are you sure..?" She quickly said.

"Why wouldn't I, for my favorite cousin?" She smiled. Since everything calmed down, Bella had the Cullens build a room off Nessie's for me. Bella pushed Audrey in that direction. "Jake, you wouldn't mind sleeping on the couch, would you?" I ground my teeth. Gah.

"Of course not." I forced a smile, Bella chuckled.

"Oh, I couldn't take his room, I'll sleep on the couch." She smiled. "I don't want to interject your family life-I just want a place to stay for a little bit." She said. "The couch is fine, Bells." Bella looked at her reluctantly. "Really." Audrey started gently pulling the leaves and sticks from her hair. She smiled at me. The same smile from my dreams. I blinked. Damn. Even with the purples on here face- she still looked beautiful. Bella pushed a pile of extra blankets into my hands, and I put them beside me on the couch. She turned and went into Nessie's room. I stood up, hungry. Jelly today, maybe? Nah, to colorless. Audrey frowned. "Do you think I could take a shower?"

I paused. "Sure." I said, wondering for a brief second about her in the shower. Edward cleared his throat. She smiled and stood up.

"Where is it?" She asked. I pointed towards a room off the small kitchen. "Thank you." She walked away, and I noticed a large bruise on the back of her neck. Where did she get a bruise so... big? That thing was like David and Goliath... well, more like Goliath, (but you really can't say Goliath without David, can you?) I shut my eyes, reminded of the man of the dreams-that white toothy grin. She shut the door to the bathroom quietly. I moved into the room to see what Edward and Bella were talking about.

"She's just so fragile." Edward stated. "Why?"

"She had a rough childhood." Bella countered.

"How rough is rough?" I asked, when I noticed Nessie snuggly dreaming in her bed.

"Rough enough." Bella said. She looked sad in some way. I nodded. I knew it had to be bad. "But she's a good person." Bella noted.

"I can tell by her thoughts. She only cares about other people." Edwards smiled.

"How long is she going to stay?" I asked.

"As long as she wants-I may be a vampire, but I still remember her-from my human memories." Bella said, putting a cold hand onto Ed's shoulder. "Her mother is my aunt-Charlie's sister. She's my only cousin from his side." Bella quickly explained. "Little Audrey Kristina Swan."

"How would she get a bruise on her back?" I asked "And the ones on her face?"

"I don't know. She was... well, she bruises very easily." Bella explained, sitting on the edge of Nessie's bed. "Just a small fall would have bruised her very badly." I sighed. I was tired again. I decided to go into the small addition that was my bedroom. I shut the door behind me and collapsed on my bed. Letting the droopy arms of sleep pull me into her bed- comforting me from my confusion.

Audrey POV

The warm water caressed my bruises as it flew over it. Bella was very kind to let me stay in her house. I thought as I stared at the strings of bruises distorting the white color of my bland skin. One-the gentlest of all- a sweet hand, placed delicately on my wrist. How did Alex leave such bruises? Was this kind of pain inflicted when someone is as terrible as I? I shook the thought quickly. I knew my mother would never want me to think of myself poorly, but how could I not, when everyone was so wonderful around me? I was glad for this though. Many people would be terribly happy to have my place, and I thanked God every day I was alive, for life was a blessing. I learned this the hard way. I turned the hot water off and shivered there for a moment. Was all this worth it? It was, it was worth it. It was worth it to be in the warm embrace of Bella once more. And that Renesmee... she was so gorgeous. But she looked a lot like Bella. Like the old Bella, anyway. The new Bella had the same personality-but looked different. So in theory, she was the same Bella. So, she must be the same. She was so gorgeous-and her husband oh! Goodness, he is rather handsome. Maybe I have a thing for older married guys. But that's so terrible! I hope not. And that Jake-he's handsome-but not in the same way. He looks like he's a body builder. I'll have to ask Bella why he stays here. But I don't mean to pry. I wiped my body off, careful to avoid the bruises, and brushed through my hair quickly. I got dressed, and stepped out of the bathroom. Edward was sitting on the couch, and Bella was beside him. Jake wasn't there, and I wondered quickly if he was okay.

"Hello." Edward smiled. "Are you feeling better?"

"Oh, very much so," I replied. "Thank you for letting me use your shower, I appreciate it."

"Of course," Bella said

"We're going to have my father come over and take a look at your bruises." Edward said smiling. Oh no. Would, would he see all of them? At my look of worry, Edward said: "Oh, don't worry. My father is a doctor." I let out a sigh, but that wasn't what I was worried about. My bruises spanned the length of my body. There was a quiet knock on the door, I only heard it because I was looking for it. Bella was instantly gone, I could have sworn she just disappeared, but I didn't give much credence. The man standing before me reminded me a lot of Alex, but Alex had a browner tint to his hair. I wondered what he was doing...? Was he thinking of me...? Or was he spending time with his wife, Kyra? I shivered.

"Hello." The man said. "I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen, I'm here to look at your bruises. "
He smiled at me, and my head went woozy. I smiled back at him. He looked like a terribly kind man.

"What bruises?" I tensed, up... How did they know? "The ones on my face' I fell in the woods... I swear I did..."

"We know, but Jake said he saw one on your neck, can I see it?"Carlisle said, still retaining. Oh, that was sweet of Jake. I just met him, and he was worried. I suppose he's a very nice boy. I wonder what he favorite sport is...?

"Oh, I forgot about those bruises." I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood. Nothing changed.

"Sit here, please." He pointed to the couch; which was now vacant. Bella and Edward had left the room, how courteous! I nodded, and slipped off my shirt, revealing my array of bruises. I sat on the couch, and pulled off my pants.

"Oh my god." Carlisle said, staring at me. Was it that bad? I hadn't noticed. "You're covered!" He moved towards me, and looked at my arms. There were only small bruises there. But purple blotches lined the rest of my body like a splattered paint brush. Carlisle gently touched the bruises. "Where did you get these?"

"Uh, I'm like Bella, I fall a lot." Lie. Lying Liar. Carlisle picked up my left arm, and pointed to the bruise- a gentle wide shape of a hand-Alex's hand.

"Who gave these to you?" Carlisle altered the question a bit.

"Nobody." I lied.

"Nobody?" Carlisle raised his eye brow.

"Well, obviously, someone did." Bella said, coming in from the kitchen, handing me a sandwich and a pile of potato chips(they were on a plate). I smiled graciously.

"Stop blocking her Dammit!" Edward called from the kitchen. Huh. Was he watching Basketball? Alex used to like Basketball.

"I don't recall any pain." I said, this time, not lying.

"Well, these bruises are pretty bad. They'll fade in a couple of days, but if someone did these to you, you really should tell us." Bella said, sitting next to me. Bella was always my favorite cousin. She would visit me on weekends when I was in the hospital. I was 3 years younger, but she always loved to spend time with me. She would play Uno with me, and would always let me win. That was the kind of thing that made her more a big sister than the big special cousin. But, as I got out of the hospital, I talked to her less and less. But I remember her wedding, I was there-boy did she look gorgeous. We were different in the way we looked, me with my black hair, her with her brown. Me with my blue eyes, her with her melted chocolate ones-Well, they were golden now.

"Nobody did these." I smiled. Lying again. Never good, I needed to stop this. Lying is never the right option.

"Your lying." Jake said, leaning on the door. When did he get back...?

"Nobody did these." I cried, shaking my head. "Nobody did these." I repeated.

"Tell the truth, Audrey." Bella said.

"He...he didn't mean to, he just did it... it's my fault, really, Alex he didn't know his own strength when he..." I started to explain, trying to make Bella understand-I couldn't lie to Bella.

"When he hit you?" Carlisle pressed.

"No, no, no!" I cried. Bella wrapped her arms around me pulling me off the couch.

"Don't press her." Bella hissed. "You don't even know her... stop trying to understand!" Her voice didn't waver. "it'll be okay." She cooed sweetly in my ear. She picked me up bridal style. I let my tears soak her tee shirt. "Shhh... it'll be okay." She hummed. She lay me down on a bed-it was soft-I couldn't see where I was my eyes were closed tightly. Bella stood up, but I opened my eyes and grabbed her arm.

"Don't tell them... about Mom-and the, the..." I couldn't finish the sentence. She smiled weakly-her teeth were a bright white. She wasn't the same Bella, with her stumbling and her heavy blushing-she was a Bella trapped in a gorgeous body.

"I won't tell them a damn thing." She said, I laughed, and slipped my hand off her arm, letting her leave, she shut the door. I didn't like to think of my past often-it was like running away from a fire-to think of it was like to stop running, and the fire would engulf me completely. I stared at the bruises on my body... Why were they there? Reminding me of what a terrible person I was. I had slept with a married man, and I had the bruises to show for it-the worst part was I enjoyed it. What a slutt I was. I started to cry again, curling under the blankets. I tried to remember Alex's face, and it came to me like a dream. His eyes, a shade of gold... the shade of color that Bella's eyes were now tinted, his hair, a gentle sandy blonde, his smile, a shining white. Then I saw his hand, the ring adorning it. Was I some kind of monster? I could never tell Bella. Never. I breathed out another sob, wondering how much he thought of me. I doubt often. He was so happy when he was with Kyra. Kyra was his beautiful wife, and I was just a tenant in his huge house. He left me, but he had a right to. I mean, I fell in love with a married man, and made him have sex with me. That was a cruel thing I did to her. They ran a beautiful inn, that was now closed-I woke up in it, the whole thing empty- with a sold sign in the front lawn. They had let me stay there; I had run away from my grandfather, I didn't like him very much. Anyway, so they let me stay there for free. Over time, I fell head over heels for Alex. I was the only tenant-so they spent many, many days with me. I thought-stupid me... I thought he fell just like I did. Long glances across the dinner table... stealing kisses on the back porch... all leading up to the final act, the closing curtain-him courteously taking my virginity, leaving my scarred with these bruises. But for a weird reason, I was incredibly happy. To have at least have given it to someone I loved, whether or not he loved me was another thing, sadly. If only those things walked hand in hand. Anyway, over time bruises fade-and so did memories. In time I would forget, but there is no insurance. All I could do was live for other people, for now- as I had in the past. Maybe I would visit Italy. Who knows? Anyway, I started to think about my mom-a gorgeous brunette. She had spent her entire life supplying food and shelter for little me. My father had left my mother when she told him she was pregnant-she never told be his name- but apparently, I looked a lot like him. My mother gave me what she could-but she was dying from AIDS-which she inherited about a year after I was born. When I was 9, I got terribly sick-I had leukemia. It was genetic, and it was also inherited from my father. I was hospitalized for 4 years. When I was 10, I was moved into a room with a boy who was 14 at the time, his name was Nick. Nick was dramatic, and handsome-he had curly brown hair, olive skin and green eyes that could light up a sky. He was truly my first love. He was also dying from cancer-just like me, at the time it had seemed. He refused treatment, and everyday he was getting worse-throwing up blood, his olive skin was pale and white. But he told me how beautiful he thought I was. And he told me he always wanted to go to Italy-to walk the beaches. He told me, when he went I could go too, and we would hold hands and walk together. On my eleventh birthday, he told me to walk over to his bed-he had gotten to a point where he couldn't move- and I walked over, and he gave me my first kiss. It was warm and sweet. Then, when the heart monitor beeped like crazy, he pulled away and smiled:

"See you in Italy, Audrey." And he died. Just like that. I was later told that his mom took his ashes to Italy and sprinkled them onto the beach.

Then, when I was 13, my mother got sicker and sicker, and she passed away-taking her own life, she wasn't able to pay for my medical bills-let alone her own. Ironically, 10 days after her death I went into remission. I have yet to have a trace of cancer left in me. I lived with my grandfather for a couple of years, but I decided to leave, and that brings us back to the start of our story. I cuddled into the warm blanket over me, letting myself slip silently into the whips of sleep.

End of Chapter 1

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