Hi... chapter 60 is here... I apologise for this week, but my hand ( wrist) was kind of hurting and I couldn´t type...too much...
today I managed to finish this chapter, I hope you will like it...
I wrote down another chapter yesterday in my Mirrors story if you aren´t tired yet... :-)))
have a nice sunday...
Chapter 60
On monday morning Carlisle took Ellen to dr. Miller´s appointment. He phoned there and got a very good term prior to his office hours so that he could drive her there.
He was impatient to see Ellen walking light on both legs. When the door opened, she was going out with the help of one crutch and he immediately headed to help. First he kissed her forehead: „ How does it feel to walk again on both legs?"
She grinned: „ Relieved…..happy that I can finally do everything by myself….."
He smiled: „ I shouldn´t ask if you wish to carry, should I?"
Ellen shook the head: „ No, no, I want to enjoy the feeling…."
„Good…."
„Ellie, dear, could we go to the office? I am afraid about the crowds on monday morning…"
he watched her smiling when she replied: „ Whatever you wish, love…."
He smiled and helped Ellen on the way to the car. He was talking about getting the leg used to walking and advised how to start slowly. Ellen didn´t even notice they walked pretty far to his car.
When they arrived to the office, there were many children with their parents. Ellen was greeted by two women who came with children from her class. When she saw them, her heart jumped, she was planning to return back to work in the next week.
She phoned to the director and he agreed. She missed the school work so much and she was looking forward to the kids. She hasn´t seen them since the middle of december. She will be teaching for two weeks and then they will have the spring break again.
That means two weeks of free again. This all sounded so promising.
The waiting room was full of small patients but otherwise she was kind of free. She prepared everything Carlisle needed on friday and she was reading a magazine or sending emails to her father. Recently they began communicating more and she was glad about that.
She talked to her mother during the weekend and mum complained about the Paris weather. Ellen knew she couldn´t say anything about coldness in Forks. She replied back to dad, when the phone rang again and she devoted back to work.
She knew that she would have to talk to the director soon but she wanted some more time. It was apparent that she would be teaching just untill the end of the year. Then she would have the baby and when they talked about it with Carlisle, he wanted her to stay at home as long as possible. She wasn´t against, actually she wished that.
She didn´t have the chance to enjoy Patricia´s childhood at home, she had to work, but now she could do that. She was looking forward to that.. Carlisle had money, it seemed that lots of them. She didn´t want to be called a gold digger but she believed that it is a nice opportunity and she didn´t want to miss that. She had no idea how everything would go wrong soon.
The day went pretty fine and they were on the way home. Carlisle opened the door and she followed him. During the day she was slowly trying to put more pressure on the leg and it worked.
She felt more confident in walking again. Soon she will be able to use the leg as before. She had to smile at the idea. When they entered the room, Ellen was looking around. She couldn´t hear anything.
She asked: „ Are we alone at home?"
Carlisle disagreed: „ No, I believe no, Edward texted they would be waiting for us…"
She nodded and at the moment Rosalie and Emmett came from the kitchen, Alice and Jasper opened the window from the garden and entered, and the door upstairs opened and Patricia ran away from the room followed by Edward and Bella screaming aloud: „ muuuuuuuum, daaaaaaaaaaad…I am here…."
When she was almost downstairs she fell and jumped the two stairs down on the ground. Ellen stopped breathing first but then she was at her daughter in a minute when Carlisle shouted aloud:
„ AWAY….everyone….NOW.!." He could smell the blood running out of Patricia´s knee.
Ellen was shocked when she realised what happened. The fall wasn´t bad itself, it didn´t look like dangerous or so but the knee was full of blood soon.
Alice said: „ Don´t worry, we can make it…."
Ellen shouted: „ Get away from my child…. I don´t want you to move here….."
She didn´t realise she acted hysterically again…"
In a second everyone was gone… Ellen was holding her small daughter crying and holding Ellen´s hand.
She was silently soothing her while Carlisle tried to take out the first aid kit and cleaned the wound. He replied: „ I am sorry, but I will have to stitch it….."
Ellen nodded and kissed Patty´s forehead.
Patricia watched Carlisle with her innocent eyes and asked: „ Daddy, what does it mean to stitch it?"
He carried her to his study and begged Ellen to take his things upstairs. She was still in shock and followed him impatiently. She whispered: „ Will she be alright?"
he nodded immediately but she couldn´t miss his look.
She has never seen this in his eyes. She didn´t pay attention to this.
She was so worried about her baby girl. She was holding Patricia in her arms so she wouldn´t have to look at her knee.
Patty watched Carlisle preparing the stuff. He tried to act normal to Patty.
He was nice, friendly and soothing. She asked: „ What will you do, dad?"
He smiled and said: „ It will be soon over, I will give you something so you won´t feel the pain and will repair your knee so no more blood gets out…." She swallowed and turned to Ellen: „ Mum, do you think it will hurt?"
She kissed her cheek: „ I am sure it will be okay…..just squeeze my hand if it hurts too much…"
Patricia nodded and Carlisle replied: „ Now it will just sting a bit…." Patricia almost cried out but Ellen tried to calm her.
She was suffering with her. Luckily Carlisle was pretty fast and so in few minutes it was over.
He was all the time talking to Patricia, trying to calm her.
He knew that Ellen was with her all the time, calming her every minute but he wanted her not to worry.
When he finished, he cleaned everything, kissed Patty´s forehead and whispered: „ You are my brave girl…." She smiled with tiring smile. She was already exhausted. Ellen was holding her in the arms and in five minutes she was asleep.
Few moments later Carlisle asked: „ May I take her to bed?" Ellen agreed: „ Yes, please….if you would be so kind….." He laid her on her bed in her room and wanted to leave. Then he noticed Ellen´s scent.
Well, he could expect it,he knew she was following him to Patty´s room.
He couldn´t help it, but he felt that Ellen did something very wrong.
He was never angry with her. Untill now. He always tried to be understanding and supporting no matter how much it hurt his feelings.
He always did things to be the best for others. He wasn´t selfish at all. Why couldn´t she be understanding too?
Why did she have to behave the way she did? Why couldn´t she be silent. She could know that if someone of his family tried to touch single hair on Patty´s head, he would be the first one to defend her.
He couldn´t get it. He didn´t hear anything from the house. No noise. It seemed everyone disappeared out of sight. He couldn´t help it. How is it possible that she didn´t even want him away from Patricia? Why did she allow him to stay?
Ellen was watching him and he was acting weird. She could see the look in his eyes before in his study and she knew something was wrong. Actually very wrong. And she had no idea why. She was just afraid of Patty.
She would be worried anyway but if they are vampires, how can she know they won´t jump after her little girl. Yes, the thought seemed ridiculous but who knows? She has no experience with vampires at all.
He tried to calm down so he wouldn´t say anything to Ellen. He felt it wasn´t the proper time for a talk. And in his mood he could say something he would regret later and he didn´t want that. He turned to Ellen: „ Will you excuse me for a moment? I would need to solve something…"
She could see he hasn´t even looked in her eyes. He simply announced it and was on his way downstairs. She stayed watching him take the jacket and leave. She couldn´t even say anything.
She just moved down against the wall and hugged her knees. She felt so terrible. He was angry with her and she didn´t know the reason. What did she say so bad? Yes, she didn´t want them to move closer to Patricia but it was understandable concerning their blood lust. Therefore she didn´t understand.
She began sobbing, she didn´t like to know that Carlisle was angry at her. Maybe he will decide to dump her. Maybe he will want to be alone rather than with her and two children. If he does it, she will understand, but it´s gonna be incredibly hard. He has really never acted like this towards her.
It was apparent that he was angry with her. To Patty he was amazing as usually. He treated her like a princess.
Ellen moved to the side and suddenly she could feel a hand on her shoulder. She looked up and could see Bella. She sat down next to Ellen and leaned against the wall too: „Good position for thinking…."
Ellen just looked in her lap. She suddenly said: „ Carlisle is angry with me….."
Bella caressed her hair: „ I am sure he isn´t….."
Ellen protested: „ No, he is…..I saw that… in his eyes..."
Bella whispered: „Elly….you´ve managed to open the old wounds… even though you had no idea and nobody can blame you for that…"
She gasped: „ Open the old wounds?"Bella continued: „ It happened on my 18th birthday….when I was still human…..Alice wanted to hold a party for me….I was against….I cut because of the paper…. The blood caused Jasper to attack me…..Later after this disastrous party the Cullens decided to leave and Edward broke up with me for some time. He promised it would be as if we had never met before…."
Ellen stared: „ Do you think Carlisle will leave?"
Bella smiled gently: „ Noooo, I didn´t mean to say that…"
She continued in her talk untill she told her about saving Edward from the exposing himself. Ellen listened and whispered: „ oh my…I must have hurt them….so much…..especially Jasper…if he still feels bad about it….."
Bella nodded: „ Actually yes, even though we have talked about it so many times…. He apologised countless times….it´s still inside him…I tried to persuade him that I wasn´t angry with him for a single second, he still blames himself for everything…"
Ellen was giving everything together and it made sense. Untill now, she couldn´t understand the behavior of Carlisle´s kids. Ellen looked at Bella who was holding her. Bella continued as if she read her thoughts:
„ Concerning the situation, the Cullens are a bit oversensitive to this topic…I understand that you had no idea…. And it must be hard to accept everything …..."
Ellen replied: „ It slipped in the moment when I was so worried about Patty, I didn´t have the chance to think….."
Bella stopped her: „ Elly, don´t apologise, I know and I understand you… and I told this to Edward…a mother thinks first of her baby, then of everyone else…"
Ellen sadly nodded: „ That´s true…but Carlisle thinks something else…"
Bella smiled: „ Don´t worry, Ellie, he will rethink his position….give him some time…"