Chapter Twenty-Three
Rosalie and I stayed beside Emmett, waiting for him to wake up. I called myself and Rosalie sick at hospital and school but forced Edward to go. It didn't take much convincing. Meanwhile, we watched as Emmett's body healed until there was trace of the wounds that would have otherwise disfigured him.
However on the third day, Esme came back after shopping for clothes for Emmett and we waited. Finally at around six PM, he opened his eyes.
"Emmett?" He blinked his red eyes, looking around at us all.
"Where am I? WHAT am I?"
"You were very close to death, Emmett. You had been mauled by a bear. Can you remember?" I asked. Rosalie watched from beside Edward, her hands behind her back. Emmett looked at his lap, frowning.
"There was a girl... A shiny girl..." He murmured. He then looked up and saw Rosalie. He was in front of her in a second. Edward and Esme both stood on the defensive on either side of her. However Emmett just took one of Rosalie's hands, kissed it and looked at her in the eyes. "I am forever in your debt." Rosalie smiled softly.
"It was my pleasure."
"Emmett?" He turned to face me. "Emmett, you're a vampire. You're immortal." I explained to him. A wide grin spread across his face.
"Immortal? Makes me sound like a God." I smiled.
"Not quite. But you know what a vampire is... Yes?" He nodded slowly.
"Garlic, stakes, coffins and burnt to a crisp in sunlight," Then he frowned, confused. "But it was day when you came to rescue me." He said to Rose.
"Yeah, none of those stories are actually true." She explained.
"Rosalie, how could you have been so careless?" I gasped.
"I'm sorry, Carlisle. I saw him getting attacked and forgot all else." She replied. Esme touched my arm. I hadn't even noticed her moving to my side.
"If it had been me getting hurt, you would have done the same." I sighed.
"You're right."
"So... If the stories about vampires are false, then does that mean you don't drink blood right?"
"No we do drink blood... But we drink animal blood." Rosalie told Emmett. I slowly walked round my desk to stand a few paces in front of him.
"Emmett, we're vampires but we're a family of vampires that try to lead alternative lives. We don't want to drink human blood; we feed on animals to create a new way of life. If you chose to, you could leave and go your own way. But if you stay, you commit to this life. And to this family." Emmett looked around at us all then his eyes lingered on Rosalie before going back to me.
"Could I stay?" He asked. I smiled warmly.
"Of course. Welcome to our family."
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Carlisle and Esme
FanfictionA prequel to Twilight. Carlisle Cullen is a central part to the Cullens. In fact you could say he was the core to the family. But how did the Cullens come about and what is his part in the story of the Twilight Saga? In this crossed prequel to Twili...
