Quinn O'Connell was the pretty girl in pink, the homecoming queen and all-around straight-A student. Most people saw her as uptight, narcissistic but most importantly... They saw her as a control freak with her perfect blonde hair and patronising sm...
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Quinn felt perfectly relaxed where she sat beside her family. Alice had her back to the armrest of the large couch; her legs draped over Jaspers lap and her feet resting in Quinns and Jasper had his arms stretched out on either side of him over the back of the couch, Quinn's blonde curls delicately splayed across his arm. Emmett and Rosalie were on Quinns other side, tucked up underneath a blanket and they were all completely content as they chatted about pointless things.
"Okay" Emmett spoke decisively and they turned to him, breaking their gaze from the TV where a movie played that none of them paid particular mind to. "So, if I stole a syringe from Carlisle and stole some Bambi blood, then injected said blood into ice cube trays and froze them... They'd be like blood sweets, no?"
"I mean, I suppose" Quinn scoffed while the others just laughed.
"Question being, why would you want to?" Jasper pointed out, tapping patterns with his fingers aimlessly on the back of the couch, completely unfazed by the blonde girl under his arm. Quinn was Jaspers sister, through and through; he had long since accepted that fact.
"For my own personal enjoyment, Jaz. Why else?" the muscly man laughed and Rosalie rolled her eyes though a happy smile painted her lips. Rosalie was happiest when she was with her family and that was true for all of them. "Do you reckon Eddie boy and Bella have destroyed the island house yet?"
"They better not have, I will riot" Quinn laughed and they responded. "Though, I've heard that a bed was injured." she mused and Alice giggled gently.
"It's such a stupid idea" Rosalie huffed, rolling her eyes as she balled a cushion into her arms, hugging it close to her chest in silent annoyance. "He can barely stand to be around her without wanting to tap a vein."
"Edward has better tolerance now." Alice piped up. "When he thought Bella died, it really put things into perspective for him."
"It doesn't change the fact that if he held her hand even half as hard as I hold Emmett's, he'd shatter all the bones in her fingers."
"That's just because you've got killer grip strength" Emmett teased and Rosalie scoffed, rolling her eyes and nudging him slightly in the side.
"Edward wouldn't have done it unless he thought he could resist. He wouldn't put her in danger like that" Alice informed sweetly.
"Yeah, but the boy wanted to get some, did he not?" that earned Emmett a smack upside the head from Rosalie, much to the amusement of the other three on the couch as he pouted. "What about you, Q, you and Carlisle have a romantic story to go with the hot vampire sex?"
"She will tell you nothing" Carlisle's voice filled the room and they whipped around as he entered through the front door, ruffling his hand through his hair to dislodge the water droplets that resided there from the hammering rain from beyond the window.
"Perfect timing, Carlisle. As usual" Emmett scoffed though Quinn grinned as she stood on the couch, hopping easily over the back and half-skipping toward the doctor. When she reached her fiance, she pulled him into a big hug before cringing at how drenched he was.
"I need a shower" he laughed and she nodded with a bright smile. Carlisle had just gotten back from a long night shift and Quinn always managed to miss him when he was gone, no matter how much time went passed. "I'll be right back" he promised her and vanished promptly.
"What? Not gonna join him?" Emmett smirked and Quinn hit him on the back of the head as she passed, rounding the couch much more modestly to take her seat beside Jasper again. The major dropped his arm from the back of the couch to rest over her shoulder and she smiled at him as Alice cuddled into his other side. The seer grinned at her blonde sister, uncaring that her husband was cuddling the other girl too. They were all family.
"Did I hear Carlisle?" Esme questioned as she and Jack entered.
"He went for a shower" Alice piped up and Esme smiled, nodding as Jack dropped down into an armchair and pulled Esme to sit on his lap. The mother giggled girlishly but allowed it and the others smiled in happiness at seeing her smile. Jack made Esme seem to free.
"I'm back" Carlisle returned and they looked over at him, finding that he had perfectly dressed once more in a knitted grey sweater that was very Carlisle. Quinn grinned at him as he squeezed himself in between Quinn and Rosalie and the youngest blonde turned into his chest instantly, humming in appreciation as his glorious scent washed over her. Quinn ran her hand over the fabric on his chest and he chuckled as he pressed a kiss to her forehead, glad to see her smile when he did. The family were silent for a very long time as their attention was brought back to the television again. But it was perfectly peaceful.
It was Alice who broke the silence, freezing and gasping all in one go which was a clear indication that she was having a vision and Quinn frowned at her as Alice sent her a wide-eyed look, inviting her into her mind. The blonde girl gasped as she read Alice's thoughts, a look of horror and worry twisting her features as she pulled her phone from her pocket and phoned Edward as quickly as the slow phone would allow. All around, the Cullens looked on with confusion.
"Quinn?" Bella questioned with a broken voice as she answered.
"Bella, are you alright?"
"I'm not one hundred per cent sure?" the newlywed responded in confusion and Quinn frowned, looking up at Carlisle who was already watching her intently.
"Why? What's wrong? Alice just--"
"Just what?" Bella demanded and Quinn blinked, shaking her head.
"Here's Carlisle" she returned gently and handed the phone over to her fiance. The doctor had a calm expression and his beautiful voice was just as content as he spoke to her, pulling Quinn gently into his chest in a reassuring manner as Alice fretted under the hands of Jasper.
"Bella, what's going on?"
"I don't know. I'm a little worried, can vampires go into shock?" the human on the other end of the phone shuddered and Quinn frowned as Carlisle blinked down at her, thinking.
"Has Edward been harmed?" Quinn pulled Carlisle closer when he said that and he placed his chin on top of her head, stroking her hair down her back as he spoke to Bella as calmly as he possibly could.
"No...I know that it's impossible but... I think that I'm pregnant" a whole mixture of reactions broke out throughout the room when that was said and Carlisle had to place his finger over his lips to shush the rowdy Cullen vampires as he spoke to Bella. "Carlisle, I swear something just moved inside me" and then there was a crackle and they weren't talking to Bella anymore, but to Edward who- From just his voice alone- Quinn knew was experiencing a huge mixture of emotions.
"Is this even possible?" the mind reader demanded and Carlisle held Quinn somehow even tighter though she didn't protest as she ran her fingers over his back soothingly.
"I will have to do some tests on Bella to find out what it is, to find out if it's alive. I need the two of you to get the first plane back that you possibly can. Quinn and I will be waiting at the airport for you. Try not to panic Edward."
"Okay, yeah." Edward stuttered.
"Stay safe, Edward," Quinn spoke, knowing he could hear her.
"I will" his voice cracked with a hundred emotions of stress as he hung up on them. And that was when panic raged in the Cullen house.
