Romeo and... Cullen?

6. Abnormal Vampirism

Alice and Jasper called Edward as soon as they discovered Bella missing from her hotel room. Verne cursed herself for being so stupid, all three of them didn't need to go to the front desk for some information. She should've stayed behind. She should've anticipated her friend being reckless and stupid.

        "We'll find her," Jasper tried to reassure.

        "It's us finding her too late, I'm worried about."

        When they finally found the correct ballet studio, Verne entered just in time to see James throw Edward into a mirror. James strolled over to Bella and bit her, causing the Cullen to spring into action and push him off of her. The rest of the family had shown up at this point. Emmet and Jasper went to handle James while Verne crouched near her friend.

        Verne knew James was a tracker, Laurent was very helpful in telling them that. What she didn't realize was that he'd have the same speed as Edward who was the fastest in their household. He evaded her brothers, successfully flinging Jasper across the room as well. Verne was now the only thing in between James and Bella at this point. She stood up to better protect her friend.

        James reached for Verne's arm but she lunged at him. His only defense was to bite her and attempt to push her back like he did with Edward. Verne wasn't the strongest in her family and James' tactic worked. Verne slammed into the mirror, in too much pain to move. She watched from her slumped over position as Carlisle coaxed Edward through sucking the venom out of Bella. She would still have to be taken to the hospital for the broken leg and probably a few other injuries Verne couldn't see. The rest of the Cullens were putting out the fire they had set to burn James in.

        When the panic had died down and the smell of smoke subsided the Cullens suddenly became aware of the smell of the ballet studio.  Carlisle's face snapped up from looking at Bella to meet Verne's eyes. The rest of the family followed Carlisle. Bella's blood wasn't the only scent in the studio. So was Verne's.

        "Carlisle, what's happening to her?" Edward demanded staring at the bleeding bite mark on her collarbone.

        "Do something!" Alice and Rosalie yelled.

        "I've never seen..."

        The Cullens were scared to get close. Carlisle had been a vampire long enough to know almost everything there was to know. If he couldn't figure it out, there was a cause for concern. Verne wasn't supposed to be able to bleed, no vampires were. Verne had finally snapped out of whatever pain she was in and stood up. Racing over to Bella and helping her up, Verne looked at the rest of her family.

        "Are we gonna get her to a hospital or what?"

        When Bella was situated comfortably in the hospital, Carlisle insisted on he and Verne leaving so he could run some tests on her back in Forks. The rest of the family could join as soon as they made sure Bella was discharged from the hospital.

        Aside from the less amber color of your eyes and the dark circles, Verne was perfectly fine. Carlisle had her in one of the hospital beds at Forks Hospital. He had spent the better portion of two weeks running all sorts of tests. Of course the rest of the hospital stayed away, everyone was worried that something serious might be wrong with one of Dr. Cullen's children. They wanted to give him some privacy if there really was a problem. No one dared even take a peek at her file. The only gossip was when they saw Carlisle carrying blood bags to Verne's room. What they didn't know was that the bags were filled with animal blood and not for a blood transfusion. Her siblings had been visiting and Bella had dropped off any homework Verne had missed.