Chapter Two
(Martha's POV)
I was bored and annoyed, two things that are bad for anyone, but especially a vampire. Especially when that vampire is me.
I was bored simply because I had nothing to do. I had cleaned the house and then done a few hours of embroidery and then read a book. I was annoyed because of Carlisle.
It hadn't taken me long at all to catch up with Carlisle in the woods after he finally gave me his mysterious crush's name, and there he had told me I had to stay away from her. She was a 16-year old human. Carlisle had used every excuse he could think of for me to stay away. I had hinted at her possibly being in love with him and wanting to marry him, and he said she was too young for marriage. He also said that the only way they could have been together was if he was to change Esme, which he refused to do to anyone unless it was a life-or-death situation. Then he brought up how she would forget about him after we moved away to start over in Chicago in about a month. I had said if we would be leaving in a month, what harm could there be in me meeting her? Carlisle had remained firm, however, and in the end, I had promised him I would stay away. What he didn't know was that I had also promised myself he wouldn't find out when I did go to meet Esme Platt.
It was about two weeks after Carlisle had treated Esme, and the rain was pouring down when I decided today would be as good a day as any to meet Esme.
I know it was wrong, and I did feel bad about it, really I did, but I had snuck into the hospital and used my vampire speed to filter through the piles and pile of paper that were different files of patients that had come into the hospital. When I had found Esme's file, I quickly looked up her address and replaced the file where I had found it and raced out. As soon as I was home, I wrote the address down and hid the journal I wrote it in. She lived on the outskirts of Columbus, out where their were lots of farms. Carlisle had taken the automobile to work though, so I would have to run to the Platt's farm. Not that that was a problem for me, I just hoped that the Platt's didn't know where the Cullens lived….it would be hard to explain why I would be so interested in Esme that I would walk that far.
So I got myself set up to go out into the rain, and then ran, beating most of the raindrops before they could hit me. I slowed down to a human walk when I drew close to the farm so that I wouldn't be completely dry when I arrived and so that if anyone looked out a window, they would see me coming. Carlisle would be disappointed in me enough as it was if he found out I went behind his back. I didn't want to think about how disappointed he would be in me if I did something that could potentially expose us to the humans we lived around. That would not be good.
I reached the front door to the farm, and a young woman opened the door.
"Hello?" she asked
"Hello, I'm Martha Cullen…my father treated a girl from this home for a broken leg about two weeks ago"
"Yes, my daughter, Esme"
"Well, Carlisle was at work, and so I decided to come up and see how Esme was feeling, and also see if there was anything I could do to help with around the house. I had a broken arm once, and I know how hard it is to get anything done, and how easy it is to get bored."
The woman smiled, "How nice of you…what did you say your name was again?"
"Martha"
"Well Martha, please come out of the rain and make yourself comfortable."
"Thank you" I said with a smile as I stepped inside. I took off my shawl and the hat I had put on and Mrs. Platt took them from me to hang over the fireplace so they could dry.
"Esme" Mrs. Platt said, leading me into a bedroom that had a girl sitting up on a bed with a cast on her leg. "This is Martha Cullen. She is Doctor Cullen's daughter, and she came to keep you company."
"Hello, Esme" I said with a smile.
"Hello" she said with a small smile of her own. I could already tell she was sweet.
"How is your leg feeling?"
"It feels better. I am just completely bored."
"Understandably so." I said as I walked over to the bed and sat on the edge of it.
Esme looked to the door for a minute, and I saw a small frown on her face, but she quickly covered it up.
"What is it?" I asked
"Did your father come with you?" I saw a faint bit of pink fill her cheeks as she spoke. So I was right, she did have a crush on Carlisle.
"No, he had to work today. I came alone."
"Oh" Esme said, and I saw he face fall just slightly
Esme and I chatted the morning and afternoon away, and before I knew it, it was about time for me to head home. Carlisle would be on his way home from the hospital, if he wasn't already there.
I opened my mouth to tell Esme I had to leave when I heard Mrs. Platt say something that send a bolt of fear to my unbeating heart
"Dr. Cullen! What a surprise, please come in."
Author's Notes: Haha....I love cliffhangers....review if you want to see what happens next
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