Esme POV
Esme couldn't believe their luck. Due to bad weather conditions, they were now stuck in Alaska until further notice. Esme practically drag her feet as they walk to their rental car, wanting nothing more than to be eaten by bears to rid of her selfish lonely life.
"Why can't I just plop on one of your backs and we run to Italy!" She whined for the tenth time that day.
Rose screech. "I can't ruin my hair!"
"Rosalie!" Alice rolled her eyes. "Esme we can't let anyone see us, what if we run into a pack of humans or something and someone spots us running? The Volturi would have all of us dead!"
Esme sighed. They reach to their rental car and Rose drove them to their cousins house. Carlisle never mention anything about having cousins and Esme prayed that they weren't like the blood sucking Volturi.
Remember to be nice Es..
They reach to the house and Esme felt her eyes go big. She never seen such a beautiful mansion like cabin before until now. It was like some type of winter wonderland!
"Rosalie! Alice!" A man with dark hair and golden eyes greeted them.
Alice hug him. "Eleazar! So nice to see you again, thank you for having us."
"Your always welcome here." The man smiled at the girl.
Esme stood behind them, hoping not to be notice. She felt a bit shy and uncomfortable with being around the Cullen's family after her break up with Carlisle.
"And who is this?" Eleazar ask.
"Esme." Rosalie said. "The girl who broke my father heart and led him to suicide."
Alice elbowed Rosalie arm as hard as she could, she couldn't believe her sister impolite manners.
Eleazar smiled though and shook Esme hand. "I don't believe that one bit."
He showed them inside where Esme meant his wife Carmen and their three "daughters" Kate, Tanya, and Irina. Esme thought the Cullen's were drop dead gorgeous, but the Denali sisters seem like goddesses from god himself. Esme self esteem drop after meeting the girls.
Carmen showed Esme to her room and let her have time to rest from their travels. Once alone, Esme slump into bed and closed her eyes.
Breathe... Your doing this for the kids
Kate POV
"So how do you like your new possible step mommy there?" Irina giggled.
Rosalie huffed. "She nothing but my dad ex girlfriend Irina, you should know that after the dozen relationship's you've have."
The room went quiet and no one said a word for some time. The girls were all playing a fair game of cards, something they often enjoyed doing together. So far, Tanya wouldn't stop cheating and Alice was somehow winning while Rosalie was getting frustrated because she was losing very badly.
"I think you cheat Alice." Kate accused.
"No, I'm just a winner." Alice smiled.
They shared a little chuckle and continue playing. Kate loved Alice cheerful attitude towards life and people. Even when people were accusing her of cheating.
"So why did you bring Esme if she your dad's ex girlfriend?" Irina press on.
"Because Alice is dumb like that." Rose responded.
Alice rolled her eyes once again for that day. "Dad still loves her and she still loves dad. They need each other to survive."
"Oooh are they going to get married or something?!" Tanya clap.
"Defiantly not." Rose told her.
"Well, dad did buy her a engagement ring."
They all drop their cards kept for Alice. Rosalie, who look like she was a deer in the head lights, got up and without word left the room. Kate felt bad about her cousin being so upset and made the decision to follow her.
"Rose!" She ran after.
Rosalie stop in the middle of the forest, snow had began falling harder and Rose fell to her knees in the deep cold.
"I'm going to lose my dad." She half cried. "Either way, I'm going to lose my dad."
Kate sat next to her cousin and took her hand. She knew exactly how she felt for she lost her mother to the Volturi for turning a child into one of them. You don't know pain until you lose someone that you loved dearly.
"Do you remember your parents?" Kate question. "Your real parents? Mom? Dad?"
Rosalie look at her, puzzled. "A little..yeah. Why?"
"I remember too." Kate look at the forest. "My mother use to love to bake. She would make cookies and muffins and sometimes if we were good she would make these brownies that were the best in the world."
Rose sniffed.
"I also remember one time when we were little we got in trouble for stealing a chicken." Kate grinned to herself. "Mama said there was no food, so us girls decided we would get food then. I help Tanya over the fence in someone yard, she spent probably fifteen minutes chasing the chickens until the owners came out and ran us out with pitch forks."
Rosalie giggled. "Pitch forks?"
"That's what we had at the time." Kate chuckled. "I don't think we ever ran so fast before and when we got home mama lectured us for risking our lives like that."
Rose smiled some. "My mother would always buy me fluffy tight dresses and she would always put such tight curls in my hair."
The two girls sat there for what seem like forever just remembering their parents and the old days when they were like everyone else.
"I miss my mother." Rosalie told her.
"Me too." Kate admitted. "But I love having Carmen, she like my second mom."
"How did you cope with having Carmen as a motherly figure?" Rose look down.
Kate glance over at Rosalie and could see the pain written all over her face. She wish she could take her pain away, but in the end this was something Rosalie had to get over with by herself.
"Well, I didn't." She said. "For the longest time Carmen was just some other women until I grew close to her and notice that she wasn't my mother, but she was my friend and then later after I realized she was never going to replace my mother I look to her as my vampire mom than my human mom. Something I think every vampire should have."
Rosalie nodded and they sat there for a little longer in silence, enjoying the peace.
Esme POV
Esme felt uncomfortable as she sat in the dining room with everyone eyes on her. Since she was human of coarse, Esme had to eat which Carmen happily made her some tacos and enchilada's, but that also meant Esme would be the only one eating actual food while the others just sit there and stare.
"Everything taste alright Esme?" Carmen ask.
Esme smiled. "It taste wonderful Carmen, thank you so much."
Esme quickly bonded with Carmen the moment she meant her and she appreciate Carmen kindness. It's hard to feel welcome when your surrounded with a bunch of vampires, however Carmen treated Esme like she was one of them.
"We are so glad you guys came." Eleazar spoke. "It's so nice to have company."
"We just appreciate you guys having us on such sort notice." Alice told him. "Carlisle would of defiantly been thankful."
They went back to silence as Esme finish up her meal. After dinner, everyone went there separate ways. The girls went back to Irina room, Eleazar to his study, and Esme help Carmen clean dishes.
"You really didn't have to help." Carmen told her.
Esme grin. "It's my pleasure."
"Your too much of a sweetheart, Carlisle is very lucky to have someone like you."
Esme thought about her words for a second and shook her head a little. Carlisle deserve someone better than Esme, someone that was his kind and would also not break his heart like Esme did. Esme didn't feel like she deserve such a wonderful creature such as Carlisle, she deserved nothing but dust.
"I heard you and him were having some problems." Carmen mention.
Esme bit her lip. "I guess so.."
Carmen set the dish she was washing down and gently laid a hand over Esme's for comfort.
"You love him, I can tell."
Esme wipe a tear, knowing that Carmen was right.
"Never let the person you love go that easily."
"He doesn't love me back." Esme confess. "Not anymore at least."
"That's not true." Carmen said. "You know Carlisle called one day. He told Eleazar that he had meant the one and oh man did he ever brag about you."
"Really?" Esme question.
"Really!" Carmen beam. "I remember him telling Eleazar how dazzling you were and how much loved you had to give. He could of went on all day long about how you were such a terrific women and how cute your laugh was."
Esme sniffed and giggled, feeling herself blush a bit like she always did when Carlisle talk about her. He seem to know how to make her heart flutter a dozen beats.
"Go to him Esme." Carmen was serious now. "Go to him and never let him go again. Once a vampire falls in love with his/her soul mate that's it. They are bound to be together forever and I've never heard Carlisle take such an interest in a women before until he meant you."
"I broke his heart though.."
"But you could never break his love for you." Carmen patted her hand.
Esme nodded and thank Carmen for the advice. She knew what she had to do now and she never felt so sure of it until her talk with Carmen.
Esme had to go get her man and save his life before it's too late..
