Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Differences Between Us Make Us Special

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 14: Emmett and Rosalie McCarty Cullen

Emmett and Rosalie felt that they had been away long enough. It was time to return home to the family. It didn’t take long for their flight to land. It was dark in Seattle so they didn’t waste time renting a car and made their way to the closest wooded area and ran for home.  They slowed as they approached the house. Upon stepping onto the drive way Emmett tensed pushing Rose slightly behind himself while crouching slightly. A low growl rumbling from his chest. Carlisle appeared on the porch once hearing the growl. With his hands raised in a diplomatic position he approached Emmett speaking lowly to him.

“Emmett son what is wrong?”

“Who is here Carlisle?” he growled.

“No one is here but your mother and I.”

“I smell others. Who was here?”

Carlisle taking a deep breath picked up the departing scents of Edward and Isabella. It was like watching a light bulb click on above his head.

“Emmett son they are gone from here. They are new friends of mine who I am helping at the moment no need for you to work yourself up.”

Rose standing from her crouch behind Emmett placed a soothing had on his back, cooing softly in his ear until he calmed enough to stand upright.

“Explain please father” Rosalie asked.

“Why don’t we go inside and I will explain as much as I can.”

“Okay. Come Emmett.”

The three walked into the house. Carlisle in the front and Emmett bringing up the rear. He was still unsure of the threat level. After living with Jasper for decades you become slightly more aware of your surrounds. That and Jasper had taught him to be more vigilant when it comes to strange newcomers.

Upon entering the living room Emmett relaxed more seeing Esmé or his mom gliding gracefully around the room with a carefree smile on her face. She was placing freshly cut flowers around the room. No doubt from her gardens out back.

“Please sit and I will tell you all about our new friends. Esmé would you like to join us.”

Esme smiled and stopped what she was doing. She quickly skirted over to Emmett and Rose giving them each a hug and kiss on the check, welcoming them home like any mother would do. They all sat in pairs. Emmett and Rose on the sofa and Esmé perched on the arm of the chair that Carlisle had sat in.

“Now tell us about these new vampires?” Emmett urged.

“Oh Emmett dear they are wonderfully sweet and kind, well mannered. I can’t wait for them to return this summer.” Esmé gushed before Carlisle could even open his mouth.

“Now Esmé dear let me fill them in before you go all wishy-washy again.” Carlisle chuckled slightly causing Esmé to slap his arm playfully.

Emmett watched his parents in this strange display. It’s as if while they were gone that something wonderful had happened and brought a peace and happiness to them. This confused him even more causing him to get even more on edge then he was before. Was this some kind of gift that they used on them? Would they go back to normal if he destroyed these vampires who seemed to have brainwashed his parents? Carlisle must have sensed the change in Emmett’s thoughts and called him out.

“Emmett we have not been brainwashed. I am no mind reader but I know that look and we are perfectly fine. They are our friends and you will treat them as such. You will understand once I tell you more.” Esmé chuckled at the mind reader reference.

“Then get to talking pops ‘cause this shit has my spidey senses tingling and I don’t like it one bit.”

“Fine. Last summer while you were all away on your adventures. We met the most interesting new friends. You have all met my colleague Dr. Masen correct.” they nodded. “Well his son had passed away in a drunk driving accident. When his daughter and her husband went to the funeral they met his two children. Now from what we heard Edward Sr. who is Dr. Masen’s son was estranged from his family. So they only knew about the children and had never met them.”

“What does that have to do with the new vampires?”

“I’m getting to that Emmett now let me finish.”

“Fine”

“So like I was saying. When Renee and Charlie went to the funeral they met the two children. It seems that Edward Sr. had given the kids up to an orphanage in Chicago.”

“Why would he do that?” Rose asked slightly angry.

“I’m getting there. Now where was I? Oh right. Edward Sr. gave the kids up and never told anyone. So when Renee spoke with them after the service she found out that he had given the kids up years before because he couldn’t handle the disabilities of the two by himself since his wife died giving birth to their youngest daughter.”

“That is so sad why would the disabilities make him give up the only parts of his wife he has left?” Rose asked.

“Well Rose he blames the daughter for her death seeing as she was the one being born but he knew he couldn’t get rid of one without the other hating him for it.”

“What about the disabilities you spoke of?” Emmett asked. “And how old were they when he gave them up and how old are they now?”

“Well the kids were 7 and 5 when he gave them up. Edward will be 17 in May and Isabella just turned 15 in September. As for the disabilities I mentioned Edward is deaf, and Isabella is mute.”

“Are you saying that he can’t hear anything and she doesn’t speak and they have been in an orphanage for 10 years and only found out after their father died that they had family they could have been living with?” Rose was appalled. If Edward Sr. wasn’t already dead she may have killed him herself.

“Yes rose but they are very special. They are happy where they are. They have family there even if they aren’t blood related.”

“Well I guess that isn’t so bad.” Rose said sinking back into Emmett.

“That still doesn’t explain the new vampire’s dad.”

“Well Emmett you see. Those new vampires are Edward and Isabella.”

“Wait but you said that their parents died and that they are only 15 and 17. how can they be vampires and living in an orphanage with human children?”

Now Emmett was really confused. He didn’t understand what Carlisle was saying. How was that even possible? Carlisle saw the confused look on his face and explained.

“They are only half vampire. They eat human food, sleep, and age. But I don’t think they will age much longer. They have our strengths, but none of our weaknesses. They can go out in the sunlight and not sparkle. They don’t need blood to survive but I believe they can ingest it if need be. They have a heart beat and are only slight cooler than a normal human. They can bleed and bruise like humans but heal quickly, much like the shape shifters in la push.”

“Wow!”

“That’s what I thought. But that isn’t even the best part.” Carlisle was as giddy as a kid in a candy store who was just told he could get anything he wanted.

“And that would be?”

“They are both gifted.”

“Huh?”

“Yes it is incredible how the pair communicate and interact with the world around them. They are both highly intelligent and are wonderful to be around.”

“Okay so what are their gift’s.”

“Oh yeah sorry got carried away. Edward can read minds, and Isabella can project her thoughts to others.”

“So even though Edward is deaf he can still hear you, and Isabella can’t speak with her mouth but can with her mind…and no one has ever questioned this?”

“Not that we know of. They will be returning here for the summer and I can’t wait to speak and work with them again.”

‘Whoa work with them?”

“Yes Emmett work with them. They help out around the hospital when they are here. The patients love them and they work wonders with all the staff. They are highly respected in the community, I can’t wait to see what they decide to do once they are adults. I imagine they will do great things.”

“You have a crush their pops?” Emmett Chuckled.

“Emmett Dale. Don’t you even start on your father! Those children are a blessing and I am glad they came to us for help.”

“Help with what?” this peaked Emmett’s interest.

“Well they didn’t know why they could do what they can, and wanted answers. It seems that the pack at the Reservation were thinking they were like us but didn’t know how that was possible. Edward overheard their thoughts and apparently mine as well and came to me for help. We talked and took some blood so I could run it and compare it to normal human blood as well as vampire venom and came up with the half-breed results.”

“Have you told them?”

“Yes I sent a letter out to them immediately afterwards.”

“Well Carlisle if you are okay with them then I won’t start nothing but I would like to meet them myself and make my own judgment calls.”

“Oh Emmett I think you three will get along just fine.” Esmé smirked. She was thinking of the pranks the kids pulled last time they visited. No one else figured it out but Esmé knew. It was mother’s instinct or something like that. She always seemed to know things. They all thought she had a gift but wouldn’t admit it.

(E&B)

Months passed and Emmett and Rose listened to Carlisle read the letters from Edward and Isabella every time they came. It seemed to them that Isabella did most of the writing and just added Edward in along with whatever she was writing always using we instead of I.

One day Carlisle came home from work chuckling to himself and seemed to be in high spirits. He waved a letter in the air and they all joined him in the living as usual when a letter came.

“Who is that from Carlisle?” Esmé asked.

“Well my dear it seems that our dearest Isabella is a sly one.”

“Oh how so?”

“When I wrote to her telling them that we thought our mail was being tampered with she decided it best to send her letters to me via her grandfather. He came up to me with this letter at work and said that Isabella had asked him to give it to me in a letter she had wrote to him.”

“She bypassed our mail by having it sent to someone else!”

“Yes now let’s read what they have written.”

He read the letter out loud and everyone chuckled at her cleverness for sending it third person mail. She told them they still planned on coming this summer and couldn’t wait to hear what he had found out. Rose and Emmett made the decision then that they would stay with the family and meet these new friends.