Perfection
Summary
My version of Rosalie's discovery and rescue of Emmett...
Disclaimer:
I do not own Twilight or make any money from this story.
Chapter 1 of 1
Posted: November 29, 2008
Perfection
"Come on, Rosalie. It can't be that bad! Focus for a minute. It'll almost smell right... tasty..."
I could hear Carlisle's voice in my head, the way I always did when I was hunting. Today, after weeks of deer and elk, was the first time I'd agreed to try predators.
Bears.
I'd heard that there was a bear problem in Tennessee, so I went there for my first struggle with a carnivore.
It didn't take long to find the bear - all I had to do was follow the scent. It was much more intense than elk. More alluring.
It seemed ... human.
Crouched to the ground, I hurried forward. Apparently, the bears were fighting among themselves - there was howling, ripping, snarling. I shivered in anticipation, and my throat burned.
I snuck closer, careful not to ruffle the leaves. Once I turned the corner, I saw the bear.
And I froze.
It was attacking a young man with dark brown hair - a man who was bleeding profusely, howling in pain, his eyes screwed shut in obvious agony. The bear sensed my approach and let go of its victim, scarpering into the forest in the opposite direction, away from me. I straightened up, deliberating whether I should just take advantage of the young man's almost-carcass. My throat was raw with thirst.
Then the man looked up, though, and his blue eyes fell on me. He was confused, in pain, and yet there was that look of absolute adoration I reveled in.
Without pausing to think, I scooped his battered body up in my arms and started running.
Where his skin was on mine, it felt like an electric shock. I ran faster than ever, hoping against hope that Carlisle would be home, that Edward would be out so he couldn't make fun of me. I was barely aware of the moaning man in my arms, and I had totally tuned out the scorching flames that were ripping at my throat. I didn't want to lose the one in my arms. Of that, and that only, I was certain.
Minutes later, we arrived home. Carlisle didn't ask any questions, for which I was grateful. He took the man from me, carried him to the couch and laid him down, biting his wrist and licking over the gashes left by the bear. They closed and stopped bleeding very quickly, and we both sat down on the young man's side, waiting.
When he let out the first groan of agony, I took his hand in mine, clenched my teeth, and waited. I remembered my own transformation much too clearly, and I felt for him. But a small, greedy voice in my head told me that in a few days, he'd be mine forever.
I leant forward and started explaining what was happening to him as soon as he'd stopped yelling in pain. He didn't seem near as disgusted as I had been, which surprised me. I promised him we'd be together forever now, and his struggles lessened even more after that.
He woke, changed, two days later. I refused to leave him, so I sat there quietly while Carlisle explained everything to him yet again - all the silly rules made by the Volturi, and the ones he'd imposed upon himself and expected all of us to follow as well.
The young man reacted surprisingly well to my presence, holding my hand and seeming completely at ease. His name was Emmett, he told us. And, strangely enough, he confessed that he felt just as drawn toward me as I did to him.
We hunted together for the first time that night, and I was impressed by his incredible force. We went after that bears again, and he didn't rest until he'd killed the one who'd attacked him three days earlier. He seemed elated with his new strength, his new weapons.
When the second bear was finished, he turned to me with a peculiar expression in his face. His eyes, red as they were, held a strange emotion that made me weak in the knees. Quick as a flash, he was in front of me and gently lifted his hand to my face. No words were spoken, and none were needed.
I don't know what made me do it, but I threw my arms around his neck and our lips met in a fierce kiss. My experience with kissing was less than pleasant, but this instinctively felt right.
More than right.
Perfect.
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I could hear Carlisle's voice in my head, the way I always did when I was hunting. Today, after weeks of deer and elk, was the first time I'd agreed to try predators.
Bears.
I'd heard that there was a bear problem in Tennessee, so I went there for my first struggle with a carnivore.
It didn't take long to find the bear - all I had to do was follow the scent. It was much more intense than elk. More alluring.
It seemed ... human.
Crouched to the ground, I hurried forward. Apparently, the bears were fighting among themselves - there was howling, ripping, snarling. I shivered in anticipation, and my throat burned.
I snuck closer, careful not to ruffle the leaves. Once I turned the corner, I saw the bear.
And I froze.
It was attacking a young man with dark brown hair - a man who was bleeding profusely, howling in pain, his eyes screwed shut in obvious agony. The bear sensed my approach and let go of its victim, scarpering into the forest in the opposite direction, away from me. I straightened up, deliberating whether I should just take advantage of the young man's almost-carcass. My throat was raw with thirst.
Then the man looked up, though, and his blue eyes fell on me. He was confused, in pain, and yet there was that look of absolute adoration I reveled in.
Without pausing to think, I scooped his battered body up in my arms and started running.
Where his skin was on mine, it felt like an electric shock. I ran faster than ever, hoping against hope that Carlisle would be home, that Edward would be out so he couldn't make fun of me. I was barely aware of the moaning man in my arms, and I had totally tuned out the scorching flames that were ripping at my throat. I didn't want to lose the one in my arms. Of that, and that only, I was certain.
Minutes later, we arrived home. Carlisle didn't ask any questions, for which I was grateful. He took the man from me, carried him to the couch and laid him down, biting his wrist and licking over the gashes left by the bear. They closed and stopped bleeding very quickly, and we both sat down on the young man's side, waiting.
When he let out the first groan of agony, I took his hand in mine, clenched my teeth, and waited. I remembered my own transformation much too clearly, and I felt for him. But a small, greedy voice in my head told me that in a few days, he'd be mine forever.
I leant forward and started explaining what was happening to him as soon as he'd stopped yelling in pain. He didn't seem near as disgusted as I had been, which surprised me. I promised him we'd be together forever now, and his struggles lessened even more after that.
He woke, changed, two days later. I refused to leave him, so I sat there quietly while Carlisle explained everything to him yet again - all the silly rules made by the Volturi, and the ones he'd imposed upon himself and expected all of us to follow as well.
The young man reacted surprisingly well to my presence, holding my hand and seeming completely at ease. His name was Emmett, he told us. And, strangely enough, he confessed that he felt just as drawn toward me as I did to him.
We hunted together for the first time that night, and I was impressed by his incredible force. We went after that bears again, and he didn't rest until he'd killed the one who'd attacked him three days earlier. He seemed elated with his new strength, his new weapons.
When the second bear was finished, he turned to me with a peculiar expression in his face. His eyes, red as they were, held a strange emotion that made me weak in the knees. Quick as a flash, he was in front of me and gently lifted his hand to my face. No words were spoken, and none were needed.
I don't know what made me do it, but I threw my arms around his neck and our lips met in a fierce kiss. My experience with kissing was less than pleasant, but this instinctively felt right.
More than right.
Perfect.
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