New Moon 9

Trees passed Skylar in a blur as sped down the road. She drove like a madwoman but she didn't care. At that moment her only thought was getting to Carlisle.

The drive to the Cullens house felt longer than usual, Skylar was growing impatient. Her foot pressed on the gas further, pushing the car forward more. The sight of their drive came through and her heart picked up more. She ignored the dizzy feeling and continued.

Skylar whipped the car into the driveway and sped down it. She had barely put the car into park before got out and ran up the steps. She had to take a breather at the steps so she would pass out from a headache. The house light was on showing that there was life again.

Her eyes were shining with tears as she walked in. It didn't matter if she was crying because Carlisle was home and she had a chance. He wasn't going to know about her tumour just yet, she didn't want to worry him.

She walked further into the house and turned into the family room. She stopped in her tracks when she saw him. Her breath caught in her throat, it was like he was waiting for. It was hard for her to see him from her failing vision. But, she could make out that he was standing in the middle of the room with a glorious smile.

She let out a sharp breath and ran to him. Carlisle opened his arms for her to jump into them. She pressed her lips to his, desperately trying to bring him closer.

Carlisle pulled away and leaned his forehead of Skylar's. He had her back and she was alright. She began to cry and rest her head on his chest, "You came back!"

"I promised didn't I?" he replied.

Skylar laughed before letting her lips connect with his again. Carlisle wrapped his arms around her waist and enjoyed the feeling of her in his arms again. The moment ended just as fast as it had begun.

Skylar looked up to him with a confused expression. His eyes met hers as he took her beauty like it was the first time. Then he motioned behind her.

She spun around and met the eyes of the rest of the Cullen family minus Alice and Edward. Skylar left Carlisle's side and ran to the four vampires. Emmett stepped forward and brought her into one of his bear hugs.

He squeezed her tight one more time before letting her go. Skylar then turned to Rose and gave her a small smile. Rose rolled her eyes and brought her into a hug. Skylar smiled at the short hug, something she thought Rose would never do.

Then she turned to Jasper who was reluctant. Skylar gave him a reassuring smile and embraced him in a big hug. She thought he needed it after all he went through.

She turned to Emse next who enveloped her into a big motherly hug. Esme held Skylar tightly, "We all missed you so much, Skye. Carlisle was a mess,"

"Believe me, I was too. A lot has happened," Skylar sighed.

Esme released her and Skylar went back to Carlisle. She silently watched her encounter with the rest of his family and gave a small smile. Skylar took his hands in hers and tucked herself close to him.

"Where's Edward?" she frowned.

The family looked guilty, before Carlisle spoke up, "He's with the Volturi. He believes Bella's dead and wants to die too,"

"What are they going to do?" Skylar asked kind of concerned. She blamed Edward for all of this but she didn't want to see him die and Bella suffer.

"Bella and Alice are on their way to stop him," Carlisle said.

She stayed silent and looked at the floor. She hoped Bella and Alice got to Edward in time. Skylar looked up to Carlisle and then the other 4, "Can I sleep here tonight?"

"Of course you can Skylar," Esme said, "you're always welcome here,"

Skylar smiled at Esme. The woman looked between the two mates, "Anyway, we'll leave you two alone,"

Once the 4 vampires walked away Skylar turned around to Carlisle. She grabbed his scarf and pulled him to her lips. Once she pulled away she sighed, "I'm so sorry for how I acted. I should've controlled myself,"

"No Skylar, I don't blame, I think I would've done the same," Carlisle mumbled, "I'm sorry too,"

She bit her bottom lip, debating whether or not she should tell him. She grabbed his hand and began to lead him to his office. She hadn't been there since after she got diagnosed.

Carlisle and Skylar walked over to his leather chair and once Carlisle sat, Skylar sat on his lap. She faced him with her legs hanging off either side of the chair. She searched his face.

He stared up at her. He thought she was dead and he wanted to know why Alice couldn't see her future. "So where did you go?" she asked.

"Alaska. We went to live with our cousins for a bit. Edward left not long after we arrived. Right after Alice's vision of you actually. He didn't tell us where he was going at first then we learned he was in Italy," Carlisle explained, resting his hand on Skylar's thigh.

Skylar frowned, "Do you think Alice and Bella will get to Edward in time?"

He nodded, but there was a look of concern on his face, "Yes, I believe they will. They'll be there tomorrow morning and then back tomorrow night,"

Carlisle look at Skylar before looking at his desk, "You came and got the photo,"

"So you knew I would come," Skylar laughed, "I came a week after you left. I wanted to see if sitting here would make me feel better and it did,"

Carlisle nodded, "So what else happened while we were gone?"

Skylar cleared her throat and prepared herself to explain the past few months, "Well after you left Bella became really depressed. I was just angry but then Natalia helped me calm down and then I was just sad. Bella was worse than I was. She didn't talk to anyone for three months and the only time she left the house was to go to school. She invited Jessica Stanley and me to a movie one night and got on the back of a random guys motorbike claiming she saw visions of Edward,"

"Then she decided to but some messed up motorbikes. She asked me to go to Jacob Black's house with her to fix them, so I did. Hanging out there made me feel better because it got my mind of you and the tu...," she trailed off on the part about her hospital visit and took another breath in, "we fixed the bikes, Bella rode one and she hurt herself. Then we went to the movies with Jacob and Mike Newton. Jacob got mad at Mike and left me and Bella for ages with no explanation,"

"Take a breath Skylar, you look like you're about to pass out," Carlisle said putting his hands on her cheeks.

"Okay," she breathed, "anyway Bella and I showed up at Jacob's house and he looks completely different. His hair was cut and he got a tattoo. Then Bella made me go to this meadow that Edward took her to and we ran into Laurent and some huge wolves. And then we went to Jake's house again and we found out that he, Sam Uley and a bunch of other guys were werewolves-"

"Wait, Laurent? And you found out about the werewolves?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes and yes," she replied, "you know about them?"

"Yes," he smiled, "we have a treaty with them. But I didn't realize Jacob Black was one of them. Did you show them your powers? What did Laurent want?"

"He came to kill Bella for Victoria. I stopped him and the wolves killed him. And yes they know about my powers. When we found out Bella slapped Paul and he shifted so I had to use them on him,"

"Victoria's here?" Carlisle furrowed his eyebrows.

"They chased her out," she smiled softly.

He hummed, "Is that all?"

"Um..." she contemplated on telling him. But she didn't want to worry him more than he already was, "yeah that's basically it. I got pretty close with the wolf pack, they're like brothers,"

Carlisle leaned forward and kissed her forehead, "I'm glad you made new friends," he sat back and looked at her with a confused face, "but what about you? Are you okay, you look really pale?"

"I'm okay," she leaned forward and kissed his lips. Carlisle leaned back for a moment and then pressed his lips all over her face making Skylar laugh.

"Can we go to bed now?" she with innocent eyes.

"Of course," he stood up, picking Skylar up. She wrapped her legs around his face and cuddled him.

She let out a little squeak when Carlisle took off to his room. They were there in a flash and when they got there Skylar let go of him and walked over onto the bed.

Carlise stood over by the door, "Do you want to change?"

Skylar looked down at her jeans, "Do you think one of the girls have some sweatpants?"

"I'm sure Esme does," he smiled, "I'll be right back,"

He was gone in a second and Skylar laid on the bed. Her headache had subsided but she suddenly felt dizzy. Her head began to feel light and her vision was getting darker and darker. She tried to call Carlisle but she could make a sound. As her vision got darker and she was fading in and out of consciousness, her body froze and started shaking. Once the shaking started her eyes rolled back and the room went black.

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