Violetta
I fell asleep after being too exhausted to even keep my eyes open for longer than a few minutes. When I woke, I was underneath the warm covers in my bed. It was still dark. When I opened my eyes fully, I saw Carlisle sitting in the corner of the room, reading a book. He looked up at me and snapped the book shut as he saw my eyes on him. He put the book down and flashed to my side, "Hey, baby girl."
I grabbed his hand and pulled him backwards so he would lie down. He obeyed and I lay against him. He brushed the hair from my face and kissed my forehead.
"I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I didn't even mean to hurt Edward that badly."
"I know you didn't sweetheart." He whispered quietly.
"I don't want to hurt anyone else." I buried my face further into his side.
"We can help you control it. It won't take long to learn." He assured, "We can call in some family to come help too. One of them has a pretty dangerous gift."
"I hate being dangerous." I spoke quietly.
He kissed my forehead again and held me in silence for a while. "Would you like to meet the pack today?" He asked.
I had been up for not even half an hour and I already knew I was having a very bad morning, which would turn into a very bad day.
"Not really." I answered.
"Okay, that's fine." He smiled. "Hey, Let?"
"Yeah?"
"So you know how Edward is very irritating?"
"Yes."
"I think we should go downstairs and stir him and Emmett up. They'll end up going outside and fighting. It's quite entertaining, and despite Edward's gift, Emmett almost always wins."
"I don't think—"
"I know you don't feel well, but you need to push yourself to get out of bed, even for a little while." He cut me off.
Esme was right, he was good.
"How did you know that?"
"Well, it's very visible in your eyes, and you wanted me to lay with you, but you're trying to keep your distance from me, so it was obviously seriously needed."
"I'm only keeping my distance because I don't want you to get hurt if I leave."
"No, you're distancing yourself because you're afraid I'll leave again. You can't really lie to me, Letty. The others find it impossible to get away with their lies."
I didn't say anything.
"Violetta, I'm not going anywhere, I promise."
"You promised that I wouldn't see you again, as if it were a good thing."
"I believe I wrote, "For your own protection, I promise you won't see me again until it is safe." Until it is safe." He emphasised.
I didn't say anything again.
"I failed, though. I left to keep you safe, and they still got you."
"It wasn't your fault." I said.
"How was it not my fault?" He asked.
"Well, I went to them. They didn't come looking for me."
"I though you said they kept you in Italy so they could get information?"
"They did. I went and asked them to kill me, as every other attempt never ended up working because I wasn't brave enough, but my gift was too "valuable", so they kept me there."
"How did you get away?" He asked.
"Well, I refused to drink the human blood, so for a few months they would collect animal blood for me, or get me human food. After those first few months, they started taking me out to hunt with 3 guards to escort me. As time went on, they became more trustworthy of me, and one day when they just sent one guard with me, I took the risk and ran." I explained. "Aro called me a few months later, said it was very hard to find me, and that I was free to return to continue my "mission" whenever I felt that I wanted to."
He was silent now.
"They'll come for me one day, and when the day comes, I just hope none of you are present to see it."
"We will be, and we will fight alongside you."
"I wasn't planning on doing much fighting; I was just planning on pissing them off so much that they execute me."
"We're going to have to talk about these…behaviours you're demonstrating." He said gently.
"Not today."
"Not today." He repeated.
I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep again.
It was light when I woke this time. Carlisle was still lying with me. He had his book with him.
Esme was sitting in the chair that he was before I woke the first time. "Good morning, honey." She said with a warm, already familiar smile. How did someone with her past smile so brightly? All the time? And she was just so kind, all the time. A heart like hers had been through things I could never imagine. How was she still the sweet woman she was? How was she not bitter like Rosalie?
I heard Edward laugh from downstairs. Within seconds, he was standing in the doorway. "Like Rosalie." He repeated, laughing again. I smirked. "The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets, and the kindest hearts have felt the most pain." He continued.
I saw Carlisle look at Esme out the corner of my eye with a small, grateful smile.
I looked at her too.
"I don't know how many times you've said that one quote while referring to me." She said to Edward.
He shrugged his shoulders, "It's the most accurate one in your case. It also says the prettiest eyes have cried the most tears, but you can't cry, so I don't know if that counts."
"She doesn't need to cry to have the prettiest eyes." Carlisle said.
She smiled and looked down at her hands in her lap.
"I think it's amazing that, no matter how long you have been together, you are always able to make her flutter with a few simple words." Edward said. "She has butterflies."
"Let's stop talking about me now." She said, still smiling.
I heard the front door open and close, and I caught the wolves scent's, along with Renesmee's.
"Good morning sweetheart." Bella said to her, "And you guys." She added.
"I'm a girl." I heard Leah's voice ring through the house. She was using a joking tone.
"How are you feeling?" Esme asked me.
"I'm okay." I said quietly. "How are you feeling?" I asked, referring to the pain I had caused yesterday.
"I'm fine."
"She has a bruise." Edward said lightly.
"Edward." Esme scolded.
"Don't lie to her."
"Stop." Carlisle said to them.
"I'm so sorry Esme."
"It's fine." She rolled her eyes and smiled at me.
"Hey, Letty? You need to do something for me today that you're probably not going to like…"
"What is it?" I asked.
"Hunt. Or eat human food." Carlisle said.
I took in a breath and nodded. I could always just claim that I hunted.
"Oh, bad move planning it right now. It won't work now that I know." Edward said.
I rolled my eyes.
"What?" Esme asked.
Edward looked at me, "Nothing."
I gave him a grateful smile and sat up. I flicked my hair over my bowed head and tied up my blonde locks into a loose ponytail.
"Don't you wish you could do that with you hair, Carlisle?" Edward joked.
"Oh yeah, that is my one goal in life." He smirked.