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Dr. Carlisle Cullen ([personal profile] ofthefamily) wrote2010-08-18 09:14 am

Carlisle-Rosalie.

Carlisle is in the house for several reasons. One - it's a rare sunny afternoon. Two - he doesn't have a shift until this evening.

Three - it's actually quiet. Most of the family is out.

So Carlisle's in one of the sitting areas by a stretch of windows, pen and notebook in hand.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
"She sounds... very mysterious," Rosalie notes.

"How long have you known her?"

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"You mean... you told her? Or she just... knew?" Rosalie asks, blinking in surprise.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Rosalie falls silent. She had no idea there were people like that in Milliways... She starts to have second thoughts about spending more time there.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Rosalie pauses a moment to consider her words before answering.

"Do you really think it's safe... that some of them know about us?" she asks, her expression gravely serious.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like what?" Rosalie can't help asking.

She glances down at the drawing of the infirmary. That's all well and good for Carlisle, certainly, but in her usual selfish way Rosalie's wondering what good it would do her to go more often.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"I just can't help wondering what the Volturi would have to say about it," Rosalie points out, flat and blunt.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Doesn't that just make them more likely to kill us?"

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Rosalie gives her father a long, intense look. It's almost angry, almost hurt, and somehow confused.

She seems to break out of it, though, before she asks, "How do you know they wouldn't?"

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
"We will have if we tell people what we are," Rosalie objects immediately.

And then, almost as though it were an afterthought...

"Besides," she swallows-- her voice is too soft; it seems to come out with difficulty. "You're missing the point."
Edited 2010-08-25 11:52 (UTC)

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Rosalie's embarrassed, or maybe hurt, so she gets a little defensive.

"You're acting like I wouldn't care if anything happened to the rest of you," she accuses, her voice a little higher in pitch than normal.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Rosalie can never stay irritated with Carlisle for long. She's never figured out why-- maybe it's the way he tends to turn the other cheek like that... But she can't bring herself to mind, either.

She sighs, heavily. And gets up off the armrest to kneel and lean over it, resting her cheek lightly on Carlisle's shoulder.

"I'm sorry," she admits, unable to look at him. "I'm just... worried." She adds, with difficulty again, "I don't want anything to happen to you."

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Rosalie just closes her eyes, settling ever so slightly closer into her father's arm.

She can't help thinking that only someone who was purely evil would intentionally hurt someone like Carlisle. At the same time, she thinks about how grateful she is for him and Esme and the rest of their family, even if it's more people to worry about.

But she's not sure she can admit that out loud.

[identity profile] jealous-rose.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She exhales, and sits up to look at him.

"I'm not sure," she admits. "Emmett won't be home for another couple of hours."

After a pause, she asks, "How about you?"