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Post by knicky614 on Jun 18, 2008 10:44:43 GMT -5
Esme finally reached the driveway after a short sprint home from the Fork's Hospital and from hunting with the rest of her family. As she began walking down the long concrete road she took out her cell phone and dialed Alice's cell phone number. It rang until her voicemail picked up. Esme giggled as she realized her overactive adoptive daughter must be conversing with Bella in some way about the wedding. She left her a message saying, "Hi dear, if it's possible we all need to meet at the house tonight...and I was hoping you could gather everyone together. Thanks hun, bye."
She hung up and slowly began to look around to make sure no one was watching. When she found that there wasn't anyone around, she took off toward her beloved home of her family.
She stopped at the front door to unlock it and gracefully glided in to the main room. Esme knew Alice would be the quickest to get everyone together, so all she had to do was wait. She sat on the large sofa to the left.
As Esme quietly twiddled her finger's for the first half hour, she began to imagine what the wedding would be like. She knew that Bella would not have something very big, and there will probably not be many people there either.
She looked over to find that there was a book on the coffee table next to the couch. It was called "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. (lol) She had never heard of it before, but without even looking at the back, she opened the book and started reading.
(lol I couldn't resist but to put something in there about Stephenie Meyer.)
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Post by eve on Jun 18, 2008 11:54:34 GMT -5
(omg. I cracked up when I read that. lmao)
Rosalie glided down the stairs and into the family room. "Hey, Esme," Rosalie said as she saw Esme sitting on the sofa, "Alice told me to come down here. What's the meeting for?" Rosalie heard Alice say something about 'Carlisle's new findings' or something of the sort, but she wasn't exactly sure what it was for. Rosalie gracefully took large steps into the kitchen as she waited for Esme to respond. She opened the fridge and pulled out some celery, carrots, and apples out of the fridge as a snack they could have during the 'meeting'. She took out the peeler and began to peel the carrots in one swift movement.
When she had finished peeling the carrots and apples and de-stringed the celery, she chopped them up into bite sized pieces and put them on a platter tray. She grabbed the tray and walked into the living room and set down the tray on the coffee table. Rosalie crossed her legs and laid back on the sofa and waited for the rest of the family to join them.
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Post by carlisle on Jun 18, 2008 14:35:33 GMT -5
He rapidly made his way down the halls, taking clipboards from the doors, and filing them away. Grabbing his coat, he replaced it for the white Doctors robe he was currently in. He snapped up the buttons, replaced his wallet in his back pocket then made his way back out the doors. But Dr. Cullen Carlisle didn’t look back, his foot stepped outside the door. His eyes met his car in the lot and quickly made his way towards it. His eyes scanned the vehicle as he noticed footprints in the dirt in front of the car in the dirt. He squinted an eye observing them before getting inside and driving home. Carlisle couldn’t get ahold of what cruel being would enjoy taking away innocent lives. When he was turned he attempted many times at taking his own life, he couldn’t even think of taking some one else’s.
Pulling into the drive way, the engine then shut off. He took a glance in the rearview mirror before hopping out. He left everything else inside, it was hardly as important as his family and Bella’s safety. He made his way up the thin stones to the front door, before pushing it open. He walked in as Rose placed food down on the coffee table, he smiled softly before turning to Esme who was reading a book he hadn’t seen before. He looked around taking that Esme had already talked to everyone. He made his way over to the sofa with Esme on it and sat down next to her. He placed a hand on her’s before letting go and leaned forward rubbing his temples. Carlisle was not usually the one to feel too much stress, he could usually block it out with thinking of something else. But this, it was far too important to try and shove away.
Honey orbs looked up to meet Rose, without warning the stress faded behind him for a few moments. “ You seem to have everything running smoothly Rose” The melodic voice replied to his adoptive daughter who looked as if this had been planned for weeks. The small smile placed on the paled lips didn’t last too long. He placed one foot over the other at the ankles and went back to massaging his temples. The hospital was going to get dangerous, very close to revealing there secret, and yet this was the time it needed him most. It was his '‘specialty’. The girl that himself and Esme had saw send a small chill down the calm and compassionate father. They could be standing around Bella one of these days, but this wasn’t going to happen. Fate wouldn’t dare be so cruel to Bella as it had been for the rest of the family.
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Post by emmett on Jun 18, 2008 15:16:30 GMT -5
Emmett was in his room with the stereo up a little too loud for probably the rest of the worlds liking. Though when he heard from Alice about the meeting he immediately turned it off. He chuckled looking around the room before pulling himself to his feet. He made his way down the staircase, smiling down to the three who were already sitting in the main room. “Hey” He replied in an almost too cheerful mood for the Carlisle’s expression. He slowed his step as he walked over to Rose, picking her up with once hand around the waist swinging her once before setting her down. He then whispered in her ear quietly.
“It’s got Carlisle in a twist? Were in for it now aren’t we?” He took a step back from rose to study Carlisle’s face. He tried guessing exactly how bad it could be to cause such humanly trait as rubbing his temples to rid himself of a headache. It had something to do with Bella, it always was something with Bella, she was basically a glass vase in the household. The only problem was, she wasn’t replaceable as a vase. He sighed taking a seat in the chair, watching Esme read, then turned towards Rose. He looked up the stairs, only three more, wherever those three were. They seemed to be the most free willing spirits of the family.
Emmett crossed one foot over the over, leaning his head back against the comfortable chair. His mind wandered to various things, he wished it’d rain already. He was about ready for a thrilling game of baseball, even a race, or hiking. He was getting being at home sick, if there was such a thing. His eyes moved across the ceiling. It was hard to find new hobbies when you had already done most of them. Yet, he still had an entire eternity to come up with new ones. He shifted in his seat to look back up at the family that was present, it was quiet, Emmett wasn’t especially good with quiet, or sitting still for that matter.
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Post by eve on Jun 18, 2008 15:25:42 GMT -5
Rosalie leaned forward as Carlisle walked in the door, looking immensely stressed. There must've been something at work that had gone wrong, or will go wrong. Carlisle never, ever was stressed unless something, or someone, was threatening someone's life. Thoughts suddenly went through Rosalie's mind like a movie playing fast. The Volturi. All the evil they'd done. That could be the stress that showed on Carlisle's face. The Volturi were here. At least that's what Rose thought. It was difficult to image what they could be doing at this moment. "Carlisle, what's the issue? Could it be them?" Rosalie put emphasis on the last word, hopefully hinting about who she was talking about. Rose couldn't think of anything that would put more stress on Carlisle's face at the moment. Then she thought that she would leave Esme and Carlisle alone for a bit and got up off of the sofa. She murmured something about 'going to get Emmett'. But before she could even take a step, Emmett himself came down the stairs and lifted her in the air, causing a giggle to be released from her throat. "Stop it!" Rose whispered in his ear still giggling. As he set her down. She laid back for a few moments, then Emmett whispered in her ear. "Oh, I'm not sure. But I think it could be about Bella, or the Volturi," Rose said that last part even more quietly. Then she got back up and started up the winding stairs.
She went into her own room and walked into her closet and next the mannequin. There were no clothes on it, so she tried to clear her mind by picking out clothes she would wear the next day. She went through her jeans and found a pair or white capris and slid them on the mannequin. Then she went through all of her tops and decided to put a strapless midnight blue shirt with ruffles on the top and bottom and then put a raven black mini jacket over it. She stepped back and examined the outfit. She chose a pair of midnight blue ballet flats with a black buckle on the front.
Rosalie walked out of her closet and looked at her bedroom. It was always kept neat and clean and she would have it no other way. She laid down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. She moved her foot so that it hung off of the edge, but her leg hit something with a pointed edge. She reached down and picked up a small picture frame. In it, was a picture of their family, all looking extremely happy. They were smiling, and Emmett was rubbing the top of Edward's head with his knuckles; and Alice and herslef had their hands around each others' waist and looked like they were holding on to each other as if for dear life. Rosalie laughed softly as she saw Jasper behind her with bunny ears just behind her head. Rosalie remembered that day very clearly. This was before they had moved to Forks and had met Bella, not that that was a bad thing. In the background, she saw her old home, in it's perfect condition. When they moved, everyone was very sad. But, now they had a future here, with Bella. And if they hadn't moved here, Edward would never have met Bella, his one true love. His soul mate. Rosalie sighed as she remembered the past...
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Post by knicky614 on Jun 18, 2008 16:25:47 GMT -5
Esme watched as almost all of the Cullen family came into the room one by one. She knew Alice's word could travel fast.
As she sat there on the couch very calmly as not to distress everyone just yet, she looked over to see that Carlisle looked more nervous and stressed then she had ever seen him before.
He sat there staring at the ground rubbing his temples raw. She gently lifted her hand and placed it on his back and gave him a soft rub to try and sooth him.
She began to worry even more...was it really that bad? Finally she put her book down and looked around at her family. They stared at her intently...worry lining all their faces...eccept Rosalie...who then asked if anyone wanted a snack.
Esme giggled at the thought of really eating food for once. Was she just putting on a show, or were those for Bella? Anyways, she didn't really care at the moment.
At her giggle, they all looked very confused at why Esme was laughing and Carlisle was about to have a panic attack. She decided to get serious and begin to explain what had been going on.
"Everyone...me and Carlisle have discovered a mass increase of vampires in Forks...some of them are from other countries, but many are being changed right here...in our home of Forks...Carlisle and I are concerned for Bella's saftey."
She sighed as she finally got out all of her concerns to her family at last.
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Post by eve on Jun 18, 2008 16:47:21 GMT -5
Rosalie began to show little bits of worry a little bit at a time as Esme told them about the vampires. Everyone seemed to stiffen. Rosalie knew this had something to do with Bella. Nothing could cause this much stress to Carlisle unless it involved someone's life, especially Bella's. "So, what are they doing?" Rosalie had an idea, but she wasn't sure if that was what it was. Everyone looked very tense, as if they were speaking like Bella had actually died. That prospect certainly didn't brighten Rose's spirits, it really brought it down.
(I'm like, reeeeallly sorry. I'm having a totaly brain cramp. I cannot think of anything!!!)(sorry!)
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Post by carlisle on Jun 18, 2008 16:48:02 GMT -5
Carlisle looked up as more and more people filed into the room, it wasn’t until he saw Bella that he finally lifted his head. He sighed quietly looking around, where was Edward and Alice? He noted the extremely fidgety Emmett and it lightened the hard mood Carlisle was in for the time being. He felt Esme’s hand on his back and let his hand drop from his head. He heard her start, his eyes wandered once more, they shouldn’t say too much before Edward and Alice, they were the ones closest to Bella after all, it wouldn’t look obvious if they were always with her. He listened to his wife’s words and chuckled softly. She didn’t dare sugar coat anything, it was very blunt and frank, he was just waiting for Bella to faint from the small heart attack of words.
“Yes” Carlisle replied his voice was calm, and well mannered. You wouldn’t have ever guessed that something was bothering him. In one respect he was glad Edward was out of the room so he couldn’t have heard the possible theories that had went through his mind only moments before. He shook his head nodding to Esme’s words before continuing on his own. “ There not little bites, the bloodluster is obviously not just thirsty. It leaves it’s victims less then drained. I do not believe this is the Volturi’s work. Even they aren’t this incredibly heartless. My only guesses lead to is a few nomadic vampires…who” Carlisle paused to make sure he hadn’t lost any of them, especially Emmett. “ have the thrill for the kill”
Carlisle sighed quietly. He looked towards the staircase once more before looking back to the others for a moment. Scanning each of there faces, he then nodded slowly. “There have been more then a dozen cases in just the past week run through the hospital. This is not only for Bella’s safety, she is of course at risk in this time of nomad’s running about. But also our safety. The town may start to have more suspicions then usual we need to be on our best behavior also..” He watched Emmett then thought of Jasper also, they were the worst when it came to control. Honey orbs nodded. “ Nomads tend to find our way of life, disgusting and will do anything in there power to gain forces” Carlisle was about to open his mouth once more before stopping himself. “We should wait for Alice and Edward to continue, Esme” Carlisle replied quietly.
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Post by emmett on Jun 18, 2008 17:12:38 GMT -5
Emmett nodded to Rose, it could be possibly a mixture of both. Em heard a clunk and turned to see Bella catch herself. When she became a vampire she was going to have perfect balance, for trying to have it while being human. He chuckled to himself before he felt Roses hand glide along his back. The fidgeting soon enough stopped. He heard Esme and froze for a few moments. He heard Roses comment and soon enough Carlisle to the rescue with the explanation. Em turned towards Bella and noticed Edward was soon present, no wonder the room was so quiet, there wasn’t any immediate safety plan screaming.
He listened to almost every words there father and mother had told them. Though as Carlisle continued to talk of what they could do, Em felt like he shrunk about 8 times into his seat. Carlisle didn’t need to point himself and Jasper out. They had already knew. Em felt a small lump in his throat thinking of someone trying to peruse him. It wouldn’t work, he wouldn’t let it. Though if they caught him off guard, in the middle of a hunt, would he be able to stop himself? Em turned to look at Rose and closed his eyes once. He continued to listen to Carlisle. So it was worse, it involved the entire family, after Em thought about this for a few moments he added a few things together.
Carlisle worked with it there, what if people start suspecting him? Then they’d suspect the whole family, then Bella for hanging out with them. Then of course the humans went crazy like Carlisle’s old life and would start throwing sticks and garlic at them like it was going to do something horrible. He watched Carlisle and agreed that they should wait for Edward and Alice, they would have to get ahold of Jasper immediately. Em watched Carlisle closely, he wished he could ask Edward what he was thinking, he always acted so calm the worse Em had ever seen was a rub of the temple and that didn’t even say too much. Em then froze, they weren’t about to be put on house arrest were they? A small bit of panic hit him. “Were not going to be put on a type of House Arrest are we? Because if we are…..it’s going to be a lon..a LONG eternity in this household” Em wasn’t about to have to sit inside all day, he was probably going to end up chewing his own foot off. He looked back to Rose and held a eschewed smile. “Well…it was bad” [/i]
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Post by lara on Jun 19, 2008 11:33:57 GMT -5
He was back from hunting, eyes once more a light, golden honey in color. Edward approached his home quickly, eager to get back to Bella. It was always difficult being away from her, even for short amounts of time. It made him anxious.
He stepped through the front door, intent on immediately heading up the stairs to find Bella, who he presumed would be with Alice, no doubt going over wedding details again. But he halted in surprise before he could take more than two steps at the sight of his family gathered in the living room.
"What's going on?" he asked, furrowing his brow in confusion. He entered the room, sweeping his gaze over their faces one by one. He didn't like what he saw there. Each one of them looked troubled somehow. Edward felt a slow, cold trickle of alarm begin to creep through him.
"Where's Alice?" he asked. And then, more urgently, "Where's Bella? What's happened?"
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