Eye of the beholder: Chapter two
Author: Just so you all know, this isn't an Embry and Rose fic. It's just that there some of the more major characters in this fic, so that's why there paired.
Sarah's P.O.V
To say I was nervous was an understatement. I was a nervous freakin' wreck. Embry was supposed to pick me up after work, and I was so scared. What if he didn't like me? Or worse what if he liked me and I scared him off?. I mean what could I talk to him about? I didn't really have any hobbies, I wanted to be a botanist when I graduated, I always had a thing for flowers, and plants. I had covered the bruise on my face from my mother's slap, and the burn from the soup with make up. Add long greasy hair and no one would notice, I checked the clock every five minutes waiting for when I would see Embry again. Ohhh please God don't let anything happen that could ruin this.
Rosalie's P.O.V
We all sat in a circle, me Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle, Alice, and Esme. Bella, Edward, and the mongrel were out with sweet Nessie. She had wanted to spend the day with them so they took her to Port Angles to go shopping. Alice had called a family meeting to inform us that we may be receiving a new member to the family.
"Are you sure you saw Rose with her Alice?" Carlisle asked.
"Definitely, I recognize that hair from anywhere, she held the girl, as she cried, well sobbed, and told her everything would be ok" Alice said.
"Can't you see her now?" Esme asked.
"No" Alice said frustrated, "I mean kinda but her future is very fuzzy right now, and I don't know why?" she said.
"Rose do you recognize the description?" Jasper asked.
"No" I simply said, how should I know who this new mystery girl was? Once again someone had come along and caused our family a whole bunch of problems wasn't Bella enough?
"I've been keeping an eye on the girl but I haven't picked anything up, all I know is she works at the Newton's store, she lives with her mother, and it's not exactly pleasant." she said.
"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked.
"Well her mother has abused her since the age of three, physically and mentally" she said.
"How horrible!" Esme growled, outraged that a mother could hurt their child so.
"Yes, it has caused her to be rather...pitiful. And her school life is hardly better, the teachers love her of course, but many of the students particurly the popular ones, pick on her adding to the abuse she receives from her mother, she has low-self-esteem, she thinks she's ugly, and she believes she is the most unimportant, non-special, person in the whole world, her entire line of thought is one great big angst requiem, poor thing" she said.
"But how does this involve us?" I asked. I feel for the girl but why should we involve ourselves just because one little girl has issues.
Alice glared at me "Have some compassion Rose."
"Well just because she has it rough doesn't mean we should get involved, enough has happened lately to bring us more than enough of that, we've already overstayed our welcome in Forks and some of the folk are beginning to talk, if we involve this girl in our life it may cause us more scrutiny then what we already have" I said. "Why should we turn her? Just because she has it rough? If we turned every person we knew who had a troubled life, we would need a bigger house (which we have) all we should do is call social services and let them know" I said.
"And tell them what? Oh sorry to bother you but I had a vision of a girl being abused by her own mother care to look into it?" Alice asked sarcastically.
Emmett wrapped his arm around my waist calming me down. If there was one thing he was good at, well lots of things, it was calming me down. He grinned that boyish grin at me and I smiled, only him. "But what would force us to change her into a vampire?" Jasper asked.
"I don't think it's one of us" she said.
"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked.
"Well that's the thing, the part where she gets turned is all fuzzed up, I know she gets turned soon, veryyy soon but I don't know the when, the who, or the specifics".
"Maybe it has something to do with the wolves." Emmett said and we all stared at him, "Maybe she's around one of them when she's attacked and that's why she is getting all fuzzed up in Alice's vision" he said.
I reached up and gave him a big kiss on his dimpled cheek "I knew there was another reason I married you" I said and he grinned.
"Of course!" Alice said smacking her forehead "Why didn't I think of that...Damn dogs, they always find a way to fog up my visions" she said in an annoyed voice.
"So what should we do?" Esme asked.
"How about some of us follow her, keep an eye on her, if anything happens we'll give you a shout, in the meantime the rest of us should get in contact with Edward and Jacob and let them know what's going on." Jasper said, he always was the tactical analyst of the family.
"Great idea Jasper, Rose, Emmett you go to the Newton's, we'll stay here and contact Edward and the others" Alice said.
"Wait why should we go?" I asked.
"She grinned "Because you're the one who's going to comfort the girl, and seeing her for yourself might make you more sympathetic to her plight" she said.
Stupid, annoying, small, freaky, psychic, pixie.
Embry's P.O.V
I drove from Ls Push to the Newton's store. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I had girlfriends before, that kinda stopped when I went all furry. I had only recently went back on the market. I had never had a problem with the ladies, I wasn't a man whore like Paul (Although that had stopped once he imprinted on Rachel) I wasn't some smooth talking Casanova, or some playa as Seth liked to say. I simply listened to them, I was nice to them, and I talked to them. Of all the wolves I was the most romantic, I still talked to all my former girlfriends, when I ended my relationships there were no tears, or angry words. I just knew that it wasn't a relationship but still we would remaining in contact and be good friends, just because you break up with someone doesn't mean it should end a friendship. Every once in a while, one of the girls and I would go out on a small date, or a make out season. It was that that made Seth called me a playa. He was in awe of my ability to have so many women be friends but still be willing for a nice make out season. It had been a while since I had been on a real date, maybe that was why I was nervous, I mean she was beautiful, but she had such a defeated look on her face, like a dog that's been kicked to many times. And when I talked to her last night I noticed a bruise forming on her cheek. She seemed so fragile, like she was made of glass, I liked her hair, it had a natural shine to it, but I wondered why she wore such large clothing, I could tell she had a few good curves, she should show them off more. I wonder maybe that's what she dressed for, not to show her curves; maybe she just wanted to make a quick stop to the store not meet any guys. God I hope nothing goes wrong tonight.
Sarah's P.O.V
I can't do this. Why in the world would someone like Embry want to go out with me. I'm fat, ugly, my hair is greasy and full of split ends. I'm completely dull, totally uninteresting, what am I supposed to do, tell him about the entire flora I've studied? He probably will just cancel, he probably came to his sense's and realized I was so not worth his time and is now with some other babe, who is worth it. I felt my eye's begin to burn with unshed tears. I heard the bell ding, letting me know there was someone at the front desk requesting assistance. I walked from around the back and saw the most gorgeous man and woman I have ever seen in my life.
Rose P.O.V
I sighed in annoyance, I can't believe once again I have found myself playing guardian angel for another helpless human. How did I get involved in this?. Emmet and I walked in we came to the front desk like Alice had told us to do. Emmet tapped the silver little bell and we saw the girl walk out from around the back. She was about five foot eleven; she had pale skin, and dirty brown hair. she was a tad bit too skinny for her own good, she had a nice pair of Carmel eyes, and nice curves. How could this girl have self esteem issues? She had a nice girl next door look going on for her, all she had to do was change her cloth's which were three sizes too large for her size, a manicure, maybe cut her hair. Not too much though her hair had a nice shine to it. I felt Emmett chuckle, he knew what I was doing, he called it dolling up. When I wasn't worrying about my appearance I had a habit of dolling someone up as he said. I would see someone and I would think of all the ways they could look more sexy, or beautiful. The girl looked at us with big eyes. Obviously she had never seen such beautiful people before. "Can I help you?" she asked. She didn't look us in the eyes, not exactly. She would look just outside of your eyes, giving the illusion she was looking at you, it was as if she was scared to look at us.
"Yes, we were wondering, what size tents you have?" Emmett said doing all the talking "We were planning on having a family hike and were looking for the largest tents you had" he said with a grin.
She blushed and I felt a stab of jealousy, I know it wasn't her fault that Emmett was so gorgeous but I still felt a sting of over protectiveness. Humans always had these kind of reactions (To me especially) being pretty had its advantages, but sometimes it can be a pain haveing to deal with admirers. "Well sir" she said in a whisper, god she sounded just as breakable as she looked. "If you'll follow me I'll show you all the tents we have available" she said and led us over to some tents. I was bored out of my mind, but Emmett was enjoying himself, he was always more of an outdoor person than me. We stayed there for twenty minutes, asking random questions about tents, and what would keep us the most warm, what would be the most roomy, etc. finally we bought a red tent that could separate into three separate tents. We left the store, and she saw us out with a polite "Have a nice day" and she sounded like she really meant it to.
We walked back over to Emmett's car, and after we put the tents in the back we got in.
"She's nice" Emmett said starting his car.
"Nice doesn't make a vampire" I said as he pulled out.
"Ah come on Rose, if Alice saw it then it was meant to be" he said with a grin.
"Don't forget Alice's vision's change" I said pulling out my cell phone.
"You saw her Rosie, would it really be so awful to be one of us?" he asked.
"There are other ways to help her, becoming a vampire may have some perks but there are downsides Emmett" I said calling Alice.
"Hello Rose" she said cheerily.
"What do we do now?" I asked.
"Do? Aren't you still there?" she said sounding surprised.
"No, we just left, there were no signs of vampires at all" I said.
"But you should still be there what...ah damn it quick you have to get back there right now!" she shouted over the phone.
"Why what's wrong now?"
"She just disappeared, I can't see her".
Sarah's P.O.V
I wished the customers a good day. The man had been really tall, with curly hair, and he was really ripped. The woman was drop dead gorgeous, she was the perfect blonde. I was instantly envious, oh what I would do to have her hair, her skin so flawless and pale, her figure so perfect. I sighed, they were both very pale, and they had interesting eyes, topaz colored. Why couldn't I be that lucky and look that good? I wondered if I would ever find a guy like that. I heard the door open and turned to see Embry. Maybe I already had?
Embry's P.O.V
I made it to Newton's a little early. I thought I saw the blond leech and her giant husband pass by in there car but I wasn't sure. I walked into the store and saw Sarah, she was behind the front desk filling out some papers, she looked up when she saw me and smiled, she had a nice smile she should do it more often. "Hey Embry" she said.
"Hey sorry I'm early" I said.
"It's ok I only have like five minutes left anyway" she said. "So what are we going to do today?"
"Well first I figured we would get a bite something to eat, then we could go down to first beach, down in La Push" he said.
"Sure that sounds great, you know I've been here all my life and I've never been to La, Push?" I said.
"Really? Wow everyone comes down there".
"Well, I always seem to be busy" she said a little sadly.
"Well there's a first time for everything, you'll like it, there's a nice view".
She checked her watch "Well I'll go punch out, be right back" she said and left to go clock out.
I watched her go; the way she walked was so contained, like she was moving to avoid attention. Everything about her, the way she walked, talked, moved, it was like she was afraid she would be noticed. What could possibly cause her to be so scared of the world? I didn't know but I swore I would find out.
Alice P.O.V
She ran, she ran and ran. But where would she go? Everyone thought she was dead, she was no longer mortal, if she returned to her mother she could kill her in a fit of bloodlust. She needed to do something, anything to escape her new grim reality. She ran faster than a human could ever follow, she was like a ghost unseen, by human eyes. She came to a stop in a clearing, the moon hidden by clouds. She fell to her knees sobbing. But there were no tears, Vampires had no tears. She just lay there crying for her lost life, her lost love. Rose appeared like an angle from the darkness, her eye's full of pity for this girl. "Why me?" the girl asked as Rose came to sit be her, putting her head in her lap. "It's not fair, everything was starting to get better, why did this have to happen" she begged to know. "I don't know" Rose admitted. "These things happen, it doesn't matter how beautiful you are, or how old, or rich, or poor, it doesn't matter how good your grades are or what family you come from, bad things can and will happen to you, all that matters is what you do afterwards, will you be strong and overcome this? Or will you let it consume you?" she asked. "How can I do this I'm all alone" she whispered. Rose picked her head from her lap and stared into her crimson red eye's "You poor thing, all your life you've suffered, you had to keep it all bottled up, you had no one to lend you strength, but now Sarah Cullen you are not alone, you have us" she said. "Cullen?" the girl asked. "Of course, you think we would just let you deal with this alone? We're here for you, if you want" Rose said. "Thank you" the girl said. Poor thing. She seems so sad; I wonder how bad her life really is. I thought to myself. Edward, Bella, and Jacob were in the living room with us. Edward nodded to my thoughts, he knew what I saw.
"Damn it, Embry's not answering his phone!" Jake shouted shutting his cell phone.
"Maybe he forgot it?" Bella said.
"Maybe, idiot always forgets to charge it, or leaves it at home" Jake grumbled "I called Quill he said Embry was going on about this girl he met, and was going to meet today" Jake said.
"Any idea where he's going to take her" Edward asked.
"No, and as long as the girl is with him, Alice can't see her" Jake said.
"And Rose and Emmett lost her" I said, "Apparently Embry picked her up from work".
"Ok, so how, and when is she supposed to be turned?" Jake asked.
"Don't look at us" I said, "Just because I saw her as a vamp doesn't mean we'll turn her".
"Who, then?" Jake asked.
"I don't know" I said frustrated "I just know it's sometime today, while she's with Embry" I said.
"Maybe it's a nomad" Jasper said, "its possible one could have gotten through to La, Push, it's happened before"
"But from where?" Bella asked.
"That's the question, besides we don't know for sure it happens in La Push, he could have taken her anywhere, Forks, Port Angles, who knows where this attack will happen?" Edward said.
"Isn't there some way to contact him?" Bella asked.
"Unless he shifts to wolf, and the only reason for that would be to fight a vampire, and I think we all know why that would happen" Jake said darkly "I have informed Sam of the situation, he said he would let us know if anything would happens, and that he would keep an eye out for Embry".
"Rose, and Emmett are trying to locate him right now, all we can do is join in on tracking them" I said.
"Carlisle and Esme will stay here to keep an eye on Renesme, the rest of us will look for them, Alice and Jasper will keep to Forks, me and Bella will meet up with Emmett and Rose in Port Angles" Edward said.
We got up and went to find them, nothing had changed with my visions, I only hope nothing bad happens to ruin their date.
Embry's P.O.V
I drove to Port Angles with Sarah. We hadn't said anything on the drive over and I was getting kind of nervous. Should I say something first? Or should I let her start a conversation. Finally I decided to say something and get it over with. "So" I said, "How long have you been in Forks?"
"All my life" she said "It's just me and my mother" she said sadly.
"Yeah, I live with my mom to, where's your dad?" I hope that wasn't too personal.
"He left, when I was three" she whispered.
"Sorry, I never knew my father, I never knew who he was" I said.
"Well we both have something incoming then" she said smiling, "We both have dead beat dads".
"Yeah, we do" I laughed.
"So what do you do?" she asked.
Truthfully I didn't have a job. Being a wolf was a twenty four hour gig. How lame was I no job, and stuck home with my mom. "I'm looking for a job right now" I said, "But hopefully I can find one soon" I said. Truthfully I hadn't even tried to find a job.
"I'm hoping to be a botanist on day, you know studying plats and everything" she said blushing.
"That's fine, plants are pretty cool" I guess...they smell fine.
"Thanks, I would like to go to college but, money is a bit of a problem" she said.
"Don't worry" I said grinning at her, "You're going places I can tell".
Author: Well that's chapter 2. Please review and let me know what you thought.