Trauma • Carlisle Cullen

Feared (Chapter 25)

"Hey Eleanor, we're back."

My eyes widen in shock. Is this real?!

My mother and my father are standing at the door.

"Get away from me." I say.

"El, we're really sorry." My mother says.

"Yeah, you've said that before." I say.

"Honey, please, let us in." My father says.

"I know you are both running from the police." I say. "Mom, you are running from murder. Dad you are running from being a kidnapper."

My father grabs me and my powers don't work. This happens a lot. My powers don't work when I need them and my invisibility doesn't work when I need it to.

"Get your dirty hands off of me!!" I yell.

My mother beats me up while my father ties my arms and legs together. He throws me into a wall.

***

I am laying in the living room. It is pitch black. At least I think it is my living room. The lights turn on. My parents are standing there.

"Get away from me." I say.

"You aren't in your house anymore." My mother says.

"Ugh, where are we?" I ask.

"In the woods. In an old broken down cabin." My father says.

"I've been here before." I say. "I used to come here all the time."

My father kicks me in the stomach.

"Well, you are never leaving." My father says.

"You aren't my father." I say. "A father would care for me." I look at my mother. "And you aren't my mother. A mother would be there for me."

They both start beating me up.

I turn invisible and grab a knife to cut the ropes off. I knock both of my parents out.

"Ugh, why was this so easy?" I ask myself.

I drag both of them to the police station and cover my bruises with makeup. I then head to the Cullen's house.

"Hey El!" Carlisle says. He immediately hugs me and kisses me on the lips.

"Hey Carlisle." I say, kissing him back.

"Follow me." Carlisle says.

We go hiking in the woods and then come across a little clearing in the woods with flowers.

"Eleanor, I've loved you since the first day I layed eyes on you." Carlisle says. He gets down on one knee.

I am shocked. My eyes and mouth open in shock.

"Eleanor Jackson, will you marry me?" Carlisle asks.

"YES!!" I yell. I wrap my arms and legs around him and we kiss. I love Carlisle.

***

Back at the Cullen's house, we are all talking and laughing.

"So El, what did you do today?" Rosalie asks.

I think about my parents but then I look at Edward and he is looking at me.

"Well, I hung out at my house and then I came here and Carlisle proposed to me." I say. I show them the ring.

"Congrats El! Anything else happen?" Edward asks.

"Ummm, no not really." I say.

'Where are they now?' Edward's mind says.

'Police' I think back.

'Are you ok? I don't see any bruises.' Edward's mind asks.

'Makeup' my mind says.

I yawn and lean onto Carlisle's shoulder.

"I better get you to bed." Carlisle says. He picks me up and carries me to his bed. He throws me one of his huge t-shirts and I put it on after taking my original clothes off. I climb under the covers.

"I love you." Carlisle says.

I put my head on his cold chest.

"I love you too."