After The Adoption: A Twilight Fanfic

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Family Drama

Rose POV

I pulled into the parking lot of The Coffee House; I sighed as I switched off the car and sat back in my seat. I hated this; I never wanted to do it, it was too painful. I don’t even know why I do it; something just keeps me coming back. I climbed out of the car and put on my best mean girl face before strutting into the place, flipping my hair over my shoulders as I went. The entire Coffee House went silent as I strode in, I fixed them all with a glare and they returned to their conversations. I walked to the back of the coffee house, sliding into one of the secluded booths. A black hooded figure was sitting in the booth, anxiously clutching her cup of coffee.

“Oh take of that stupid hood,” I snapped. I saw her flinch but I kept a straight face. She pulled off her hood, revealing her short blonde hair. I gasped. “What did you do to your hair?” she shrugged, taking a sip of her coffee.

“It was time for a change,” she said. I stared at her, shocked. Who would have thought that she of all people would cut her hair? It was as short as her brothers; they almost looked like twins now.

“But it was so long,” I whispered. She rolled her eyes and ran a hand through her hair.

“I was thinking of dyeing it black,” she stated.

“Why didn’t you?” I asked. My composure was back, my face blank.

“My parents would have murdered me,” she said. I glared at her, what a lame excuse. We both knew her parents didn’t give a damn about what she did with her hair; all they cared about was keeping her brother out of trouble.

“Bullshit, now what is the real reason?” I asked, leaning across the table. She stared at me, her ice blue eyes cutting into mine.

“My brother told me that your sister demanded to know the truth, I presume you’ve told her?” she said.  I knew she was trying to change the subject, but I wasn’t in the mood to put up with her crap. I nodded, thinking about Alice and Renesmee sitting in the living room, tears running down their faces. I was glad I had to go; otherwise it would have turned into a snot fest. “I hope she doesn’t believe them.”

“She will. Why though?”  I asked.

“Can’t you see? He loves her,” she said. I stared at her. I hadn’t really noticed Alec and Renesmee’s relationship, and I didn’t really take an interest in my new sister’s love life, but she hoped that Alec really did love her and Renesmee him. Alice was not the only one in the family who lost something in that accident, I lost my sister, my best friend, my partner in crime. After the accident my family wouldn’t let me see Jane anymore, and I had to pretend I hated her along with everyone else. Strangely enough it wasn’t my mother and father keeping me away from Jane, it was my brothers. They went crazy when they found out what Alec had done, they forbid me to see Jane and the rest, and that was the end of it. We weren’t talking to them; we drove Alec out of town and made the rest of the family’s life miserable, and all for what? Just because I have three idiot brothers who couldn’t let something go. I felt my hard face and mean demeanor slip away as I grabbed Jane and pulled her into a hug.

“I miss you Janie,” I said, tears streaming down my face. Jane hugged me tighter, which was kind of hard since we were leaning across the table.

“I miss you too,” she whispered. I released her and sat back in my seat, wiping the tears off my cheeks.

“I hope you are right Jane, if they love each other, maybe it would re-unite the family,” I said.

Carlisle POV

It was a normal Friday; I had finished my rounds and bandaged up a fair share of cuts and bruises from the infamous Isobel Swan, the Chiefs daughter. She was extremely clumsy and shy, the poor girl. I wished her luck. I was just finishing some reports when my brother walked into the hospital, his black hair slicked back and his brown eyes shining with mischief.

“Carlisle, a word, in private?” he asked, gliding over to me. I glared at him before leading him to my office. Aro was a very powerful man, he always gets what he wants and he was a master manipulator. My brother and I didn’t really get along well, for obvious reasons. He was power hungry, selfish and arrogant, and I was the total opposite. There was only one thing my brother and I agreed on and that was family. It was important to both of us, and I knew that what had happened between Alice and Alec was hard on both our families. Alec had to leave, Alice was almost paralyzed and the rest of them were cold and distant from each other.  I entered my office and sat behind the giant mahogany desk; he closed the door behind him and strolled over to me.

“What brings you here?”  I asked. Aro shrugged and sat down on one of the plush green chairs in front of the desk. 

“I was hoping that you would do me a favor,” he said, twirling around in the chair. I raised my eyebrows; Aro never asked anyone for a favor, he usually demands them. I nodded, telling him to go on. “Come to Italy, bring the family, I'm sure Marcus would be delighted if you came.” He said. Marcus was our older brother; he lived in Italy in Volterra. Every two years he invited us to his villa, kind of like a family reunion. The last time we went was before Alec and Alice got together and then we never went again. I stared at Aro, maybe this wasn’t such a bad idea, this family feud had gone on long enough, it was time for them to kiss and make up, even if we had to lock them in a broom cupboard, so to speak.

“So if I were to say yes…?” I asked.  Aro smirked and stood up, walking over to the family photo that hung on the wall.

“Think about it, the kids have been fighting too long, this isn’t healthy. A trip to visit Marcus and Didyme would be the perfect way for them to make up. A week in Italy in their villa would be perfect.”

“I think a trip to Italy would be perfect.”