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Help Me!

Carlisle paced as he waited for Amelia to wake up. She had passed out a few minutes after they started running. He was worried when she didn't wake up within a couple hours. He saw the scabs and bruises around her wrists. He knew she had been cuffed. Her heartbeat was steady but not strong. He heard her stomach growl and he tried to spoon-feed her some broth. She needed nutrients. He did everything he could to get her to wake up but she was too weak and Carlisle had to let her body rest and heal itself.

After a while, he sat by the window looking out of it. He was waiting for Volturi to come after them. There had to be a reason they let her go in somewhat good condition. When he left them, they threatened that they would get him back one way or another. He didn't take anything they said at face value. Carlisle seemed to think they were jealous of him because of the way he chose to live his vampire life. Like he had more strength than any of them because he didn't need human blood to survive but they did. Little did they realize how much work it took to live off of animal blood. There was always the temptation of humans. He tried to stay away from them in general but there was something about Amelia that drew him in. She was different than all the others. Carlisle found himself inexplicably attracted to Amelia. He remembered the night he found her on the street corner. It was only a few months ago when the winter season started.

He was strolling down the street only a few blocks from where he was now staying. He didn't know anybody in the town but people started rumors that he had money and no need for a day trade. Carlisle knew that he needed to keep to himself so when he left in a few years no questions were asked. That is the one thing he hated about his vampire life, his non-aging appearance. People tended to talk when you didn't age. He seldom stayed in one place for more than a year but the last couple years he felt himself staying in places longer. He wanted to get to know people again and interact. He was lonely. He had looked up at a noise he heard up ahead of him. It was a young woman sitting on a suitcase shivering and whimpering in the cold. He couldn't pass her without stopping. As he got closer, he noticed she smelled enticing. He knew he shouldn't interact but he could not help himself. The temptation was too great.

"Pardon me, miss. Do you need any assistance?" he said as he approached her.

"Do you have any spare change for a warm cup of tea?" She said in a frail voice.

"Yes, I do. Would you care if I joined you?" He asked unwilling to leave her alone to fend for herself in the cold.

"That would be lovely." She smiled. Carlisle was captivated. He knew that whatever her story was, he could not let her sit out in the cold. He had a guestroom she could stay in until she an available room at the inn. He escorted her to her cup of tea at the local establishment.

By the end of the night, he had talked Amelia into staying with him even though she was weary of the man she met. She had been thrown out by her husband who decided that he would rather be with his lover than his own wife. She had nowhere to go because her family alienated her because she married her husband against their wishes.

They stepped out of the inn and headed the few blocks he had left in his route home. She was shivering in the cold. The wind was really blowing. Of course the cold didn't bother him. She didn't know that though. He took his jacket off and put it around Amelia.

"Mr. Carlisle, you will freeze. I will be fine." She exclaimed as he put his jacket around her.

"Don't worry about me. It's only a couple blocks and my parent's would turn in their grave at my ill manners if I did not offer." Carlisle smiled. It was a smile lie. His father was very much alive and probably hunting his kind at the moment. His mother died giving birth to him, so she had no part of his life growing up but he only imagined the woman she was and what she would have taught him.

Amelia smiled and accepted his coat. They rushed to his house and Carlisle showed her where her room was. In the enclosed space, Carlisle was tempted to break his vegetarian diet. Her scent was intoxicating and the warmth only made it swirl around him.

"Carlisle?" a weak voice broke into his trip down memory lane. "Carlisle?" a little more panic crept into her voice.

"I'm here, Love. I'm here." He said calming her as she spotted him across the dark room. The fire in the fireplace was the only thing lighting up the room.

Amelia laid back down in the bed. She knew she was safe and recognized her own room at their cottage. She was glad she wasn't dreaming about her escape. She was afraid to open her eyes and it not be real. That would have been torture to wake back up in her cell. She felt Carlisle's arms wrap around her. She inhaled his scent. He felt cool but she assumed it was because it was freezing outside. The window he was sitting at was not near the fire.

"I'm so glad you found me. I was so scared." She said softly.

"You are safe now. You have nothing to fear." Carlisle said. He looked back at the window while he stroked her hair. He knew that he would have to be on the lookout for the Volturi. He knew they were up to something but this time he will stop them before they get to Amelia. She would not have to go through whatever horrors she had just faced.

It took a couple weeks for her to adjust to the surrounding. Every noise in the house she jumped at. She didn't want to leave the house in fear of being snatched again. Carlisle was patient with her. He had to purposely make noise when he came into a room. She flinched and grabbed the nearest thing she could use as a weapon if he startled her. Soon she started relaxing and she started working in the garden, running to town for food. Amelia started to feel normal again but was more aware of her surroundings. Carlisle helped her feel safe again. He guarded her whenever she went into town, he watched out the window for the first week looking for any sign of trouble.

"We should go out tonight." Carlisle said breaking the silence as they were sitting in front of the fireplace.

"Where would we go?" Amelia asked. She set her knitting needles down.

"I was thinking the theater. See the play in town." Carlisle suggested.

"Sounds like fun. I shall get ready then." She said getting up and heading towards the room.

They arrived at the theater a short time later. Carlisle was glad she agreed. He loved the show that was on tonight. It was Romeo and Juliette. A timeless piece. He had seen it time and time again but he never grew tired of the drama and the love story. He had plans to tell Amelia the truth about him that night. He wanted her to spend the rest of her life with him but he knew the fact he could not age would raise questions. As they were walking out of the theater, it was dark. Amelia stepped in front of him and started walking towards the house. They were about 10 blocks away from it. Carlisle held the door for a couple people then trotted to catch up with her.

They turned into an alley to cut some of the distance out. Out of the shadows Carlisle saw a group jump out in front of them.

"Tell Aro, he can't have her." Carlisle said as he pushed Amelia behind him. "She does not know of our true nature."

"Tsk, tsk." Aro said. He came out of the shadow separately. Carlisle was shocked to see him out while his goons did his dirty work. He had been on the lookout for them and when they didn't come, he thought they were safe. That they moved on. Aro laid a hand on Carlisle's shoulder and sighed.

"Let her go Aro. Your qualm is with me." Carlisle said.

"You honestly thought we were just going to let her go? You were going to tell her about us and now you know what will happen to her and to you if you try to stop us." Aro smiled cruelly.

"No!" Carlisle said as they wrenched Amelia from his side. He knew trying to fight him would only cause her more harm, but she was destined to die. Aro made it clear.

"Carlisle! Help me, Carlisle!" Amelia screamed as they started dragging her away. She was struggling against her captors and he could only imagine what was going through her mind.

Carlisle didn't move. He stared at her and saw his future with her go down the drain. He didn't want anything to harm her and here he was, helpless. He had to make a plan and get her away from them.

"If you move, she dies here." Aro whispered.

"I will turn her. Just like you showed me. I will turn her." Carlisle said reluctantly. He did not wish this life on anyone, let alone the woman that he loved. "We will join your coven. Just please, give me a few years. Give her time to say goodbye to the ones she loves." Carlisle bargained trying to buy Amelia time to disappear.

Aro held his hand up and stopped his guards. "What loved ones Carlisle? You found her on the street corner."

"Her mother, father, siblings." Carlisle said. "They are spread out throughout the country. Give her time and then we will join you."

"Fine, you have 2 years. If she isn't changed. You will be sorry. Don't make me regret this, brother." Aro said and his men then released her.

Amelia ran to Carlisle and hid her face in his chest. Carlisle wrapped his arms around her and watched as Aro and his men retreated. Carlisle was going to use this break to his advantage. He had been toying with the idea of leaving the Volturi party and now he has a reason to. he needed to save Amelia, save her soul.