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Happy Belated mcflea007

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"Alice, can you look one more time?" Edward's quiet and tense whisper met my reluctant ears. I sighed and set my papers down, my hand going to my forehead. My poor son. The fourth time this month.

It was quiet for a moment as Alice watched the future, focused on finding one specific moment.

She sighed, "I'm sorry, Edward. There's nothing." In my mind's eye, I watched her touch his arm, mimicking what I would do. "I'll let you know what I see anything, okay?"

Her quiet footsteps traveled down the hall, and Edward groaned softly to himself as he leaned against my wall.

"Edward?" I called. "I want to speak to you."

Obediently, he opened the door and stepped inside. He pushed it shut as he came closer to my desk.

I stood up to face him. "Edward, I'm concerned," I sighed.

"I'm sorry, Carlisle," he apologized. "I just--I need to know."

"The future changes every day, son--"

"That's why I keep asking! What if--what if something I do today--in the next five minutes--changes the future to go in the direction I want it to go? I have to know, Carlisle!"

"Edward." I stepped around the desk to lay a comforting arm oh his shoulder. "If something happens, Alice will know. Nothing has happened yet--you need to stop asking her and just wait--"

"I can't wait!" He exclaimed suddenly in a groan. He walked away from me, turning away and pinching the bridge of his nose between a thumb and forefinger. "Carlisle, you just don't understand--you can't understand what it's like to live with three other couples that are completely in love and be alone!"

"Edward, I was alone--"

"I know, I know--but that was different. You weren't suffering as I am now! I hear every thought, every desire--do you know what that's like? To believe that you are completely and utterly alone in the world? You can't--you didn't know what love was until you found Esme. But I know, Carlisle. I know what I'm missing out on. Carlisle, I need to know that there's someone out there for me--that I'm not going to feel this...empty forever."

He sighed, a sound of complete melancholy, and slowly I went to him. I pulled his arm and forced him to look at me.

"Edward. My friend, my son. There is someone out there for you, I know there is. Even if, as you believe, we all are dammed, God would not be so cruel as to let us be dammed alone." Edward smiled very slightly, and I smiled back. "Just keep faith, my son. Your day will come, and once it does, every day that you'll spend with that lucky girl will make up for every year you spent doubting her existance."

His smile was soft and dubious as I released his shoulder. "Thanks, Dad. I...I'll stop asking Alice so frequently." He left my study silently, and although he had smiled at me I was not convinced: he doubted my words and would remain lonely no matter what words I would use to convince him otherwise. I sighed and slid back to my seat, my heart aching with its pity for my son.
And here's another late birthday present! :XD: Happy 19th, ~mcflea007!! (Just for the record, her birthday was in the middle of April :XD:) Reason why it's so late: I started working on an idea right after you told me it was your birthday, but then I got stuck and couldn't keep going so I stopped working on it until I had this idea a while ago so here it is. :XD: I hope it's okay! You asked for a Carlisle/Edward bonding moment, and I hope this qualifies as one. =] If you're not happy with it, I can always rewrite it/write another! I want you to like it. =] Anyway, happy belated! =D
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