The Life of Emery Paige

Uh Oh!

It's been a couple of weeks since the accident as we're calling it. Bella did something she doesn't normally do, she took a lot of cold medicine so she could sleep. While she waited for the drugs to kick in, she dried her clean hair till it was impeccably straight, and fussed over what she would wear tomorrow. With everything ready for the morning, she finally laid next to me. She was driving me nuts, she couldn't stop twitching. She got up and rifled through her shoebox of CDs until she found a collection of Chopin's nocturnes. She put that on very quietly and then lay down again, eventually, she fell asleep, and slowly after her, I did as well. I woke early, mostly due to Bella waking up excited about her day with the asshole. Once they left Alice showed up and let herself in, she said "Hey let's go." I pulled the blanket over my face "I don't feel good." she said "Then you have to come, Carlisle is off and he can check you out." I said "Do I have to?" she said "Yes, come on. If you're sick you shouldn't be alone." I sighed but got up and threw on a dress, I ran a brush threw my hair and put it in two braids before following her to her car. I spent the day sick in the Cullen Household, Carlisle checked me out but he said it could be a cold but to be sure he sent a blood sample to the lab. 

Alice, Rosalie, and I laid on the couch and watched movies. Rosalie has been a lot nicer to me since we now share a similar, horrifying experience. Alice said, "You should spend the night." I sighed I hadn't told them about the nightmares, so I said "I can't." she said "Why not?" now she was pouting I headed into the kitchen but she followed me, I finally said "I can't spend the night because I can't sleep by myself. I've been sleeping in Bella's room since I got home from the hospital." Alice said, "Why?" I took a sip of water before looking down "I... I keep having nightmares about that night." Alice said, "I thought you didn't remember?" I said, "I didn't, at first, but after a while, I started to remember, and now every time I close my eyes I'm back in the abandoned building." Alice said, "So how much sleep are you actually getting?" I said "About 3 hours." she was shocked "A night?" I said "What? No I wish, I mean 3 hours a week." she said, "That's not good." I said "I know." she said "You don't have to sleep by yourself but I do want you to spend the night. Please!" I sighed but agreed, however, Alice ended up having to go hunting, in fact, I thought everyone went hunting leaving me completely alone. 

I woke up sweaty, out of breath, and nauseous. I glanced at the clock and saw it was 2 am, I tried to take some deep breaths to cure my nausea but it made it worse so I ran to the bathroom to puke. That's when I realized I wasn't completely alone, Carlisle appeared behind me and rubbed my back "Are you ok Em?" I rinsed my mouth out and let him lead me back to bed. He sat next to me and I said "Not really, I told Alice I shouldn't have come. I'm sorry." he said "It's ok, it's not your fault you don't feel good. How long have you not been sleeping well?" I said "Since I came home from the hospital, the more time that passed, the more I remember, and the more nightmares I have." he hugged me so I laid my head on his chest he said, "Why didn't you tell anyone?" I said "Because I didn't want to bother anyone." he pulled the blanket over me and said "If you have a problem, you can always come to me or Esme. We will always help you with anything." I said "But you don't have to." he leaned back against the headboard keeping his arms around me "I know, it's not a matter of needing to, it's a matter of wanting to." I slowly fell asleep again, and for the first time in almost 3 weeks, I stayed asleep. 

The next morning I woke up by myself, but I felt really rested, still sick but at least I got some sleep. I took a nice hot shower and got dressed in leggings, a tank top, and an oversized hoodie. I was brushing my hair when Alice came in "Feeling any better?" I said "Not really, hopefully, this doesn't last long." she said, "I don't think it's going to go away soon." I put the brush down and turned to face her, I crossed my arms "What do you know?" she said "I know Carlisle needs to talk to you in the study." and she disappeared I groaned "Alice." but headed to the study, I gently knocked on the door and Carlisle said, "Come in Em." I opened the door and sat in the chair across from his desk. He said, "Emery, your blood results came back." I said "And?" he set a paper in front of me and said, "You knew this was a possibility." I read the results and my heart dropped. Esme came in and said "Sorry to interrupt but Bella and Edward are here." Carlisle nodded to her and she left the room, he said "Are you ok?" I gave him a fake smile and said "Well, I have to be so..." I left the study and headed to the kitchen, I threw the paper in the trash and grabbed a bottle of water. Esme said, "You ok sweetie?" I nodded so she headed to Carlisle as Bella and Edward came upstairs. I was gonna stand in the doorway but Esme held her hand out for me so I grabbed her hand and let her lead me to Carlisle who put himself between us. 

Edward said, "Carlisle, Esme, this is Bella."Carlisle stepped forward so I leaned against Esme as Carlisle said "You're very welcome, Bella." He raised his hand tentatively, and Bella stepped forward to shake hands with him. She said, "It's nice to see you again, Dr. Cullen." Carlisle said "Please, call me Carlisle." she grinned at him "Carlisle." Esme smiled and stepped forward as well, reaching for Bella's hand and dragging me with her. "It's very nice to know you," Bella said "Thank you. I'm glad to meet you, too." Edward said "Where are Alice and Jasper?" but no one answered, as they had just appeared at the top of the wide staircase. Alice called out "Hey, Edward!" She ran down the stairs, a streak of black hair and white skin, coming to a sudden and graceful stop in front of Bella. I giggled slightly as Carlisle and Esme shot warning glances at her which she ignored. She said "Hi, Bella!" and bounced forward to kiss her cheek. If Carlisle and Esme had looked cautious before, they now looked staggered. There was a shock in Bella's eyes, too. Alice just kept talking "You do smell nice, I never noticed before," No one else seemed to know quite what to say, and then Jasper was there tall and leonine. I felt Jasper's calming emotions spread through the room making Edward stare at Jasper, raising one eyebrow, Jasper said "Hello, Bella," Bella said "Hello, Jasper. It's nice to meet you all, you have a very beautiful home," Esme said "Thank you, We're so glad that you came." 

Carlisle's expression distracted me from this whole meet and greet, he was gazing meaningfully at Edward with an intense expression then Edward nodded once. I leaned against Carlisle to kinda nudge him, and he glanced at me with his 'I'll tell you later' look. Esme noticed Bella looking at Edward's piano so she said "Do you play?" inclining her head toward the piano. Bella shook her head. "Not at all. But it's so beautiful. Is it yours?" Esme laughed "No, Edward didn't tell you he was musical?" Bella glared at him "No. I should have known, I guess. Edward can do everything, right?" Jasper and I snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look." I hope you haven't been showing off, it's rude," he laughed "Just a bit," Bella said "He's been too modest, actually," Esme said "Well, play for her," Edward objected "You just said showing off was rude," she encouraged him "There are exceptions to every rule," Bella said "I'd like to hear you play," Esme said "It's settled then." and pushed him toward the piano. Esme and I followed Carlisle upstairs and I said "So what did I miss?" Carlisle said, "Alice had a vision this morning, 3 nomads will be passing through town, I just don't know if Edward will tell your sister." I said, "Oh he'll tell her." Esme said, "How can you be so sure?" I said "Because he is obsessed with her and now there is potential danger coming to town which means he is going to be even more stalkerish." he said, "I'm not a stalker Emery." I said, "You snuck into her room at night without her knowledge." Esme said "Enough you two." I rolled my eyes but headed into the study and grabbed a book to read. Carlisle also came in and sat behind his desk to read a book.