The Power of Three [Twilight/Charmed]

Part Two - Chapter Seven: Carlie Matthews

Amelia looked up at the night sky dressed in her boxed long sleeve PJ set, her thoughts focused on her past as she closed her brown eyes as she thought about all the things that had happened to her; Bella was asleep on the couch and Rosalie was watching her curiously. 

"When my cousins retired... I had just come into my powers and things around me where falling apart, I lost all of my friends when I became a Charmed One. My boyfriend dumped me since I could no longer do the things that I used to do with him. My father didn't understand, my siblings had their own problems... I had no one to turn to," Amelia said softly making Rosalie tilt her head softly as she listened to the witch speak. 

It was clear that Amelia was explaining why she had chosen to help Bella; Rosalie listened intently knowing that the time for questions would come later. 

"I started to take pain killers, they helped me cope and when we were fighting demons it made it easier for me to concentrate, I was like that for a year. My family didn't even notice, it was when we took on a vampire coven that we met Garrett; he helped us take them down in exchange for us not killing him," Amelia mused making Rosalie look at her sadly, she had never thought the brunette would have done such a thing; she didn't seem like the type to crack under pressure. 

But then again Rosalie had never felt the pressure of having the world rely on her, she hated to think how much pressure and stress that the young woman had to deal with. 

"Garrett picked up on the pain killers in my blood and he confronted me about it, wouldn't leave me alone; he started to hide the pain killers so that I couldn't take them and spent time with me so that I had someone to talk to," Amelia continued making Rosalie nod as the brunette turned to face her with a sad smile. 

It was clear that the witch was grateful for what Garrett had done for her, she watched as Amelia moved to sit down; she looked at Bella for a moment before she continued. 

"He helped me get over my addiction, gave me someone to talk to, he understood what I was going through; I was upset when we broke up but I understood when he left," Amelia said smiling sadly, she moved to rest a hand on her stomach as she looked at Rosalie as she prepared to tell her the part that she hadn't even told Paul. 

The vampiress watched Amelia waiting for the next part of her story. 

"I met this guy after Garrett left... Ethan was nice and I was happy for a while since he was Wiccan as well," Amelia murmured making Rosalie smile at her softly as she listened to Amelia's story; she knew that there was a chance that it wouldn't last long. 

"We were together six months before I feel pregnant... I was sixteen at the time," Amelia said softly as Bella looked at her, she had woken up at some point in the brunette's story and was now listening to her as well. 

Bella rested a hand on her stomach, she felt dread knowing that whatever had happened had changed Amelia and had caused her to fall out with her brother. 

"Aiden found out and told our Dad, he said he did it protect me but I didn't believe him, still don't. My Dad insisted on taking me to the doctor's for a scan to see if Aiden was right," Amelia mumbled softly as tears filled in her eyes, she had never felt so helpless in her life on that day. 

Rosalie looked at Amelia sadly, she couldn't believe that Aiden had ratted his sister out to their own father like that; she wondered what the brunette would have been like as a mother. 

"It wasn't until I saw the machine that I realised what was going on. I will hear that horrible noise in the back of my head for the rest of my life. I was strapped down while they took my baby," Amelia said softly while Rosalie and Bella stared at her; they couldn't believe that this had happened to her. 

Amelia closed her brown eyes as she tried to calm herself; she swallowed the lump that formed in her throat. 

"The looks of pity I got from my family after the abortion. They were nearly as bad as the abortion itself, Ethan dumped me and I was alone again," Amelia said opening her eyes and looked at Bella and Rosalie. 

They were all silent as Amelia took a deep breath, she knew that all the vampires in the house were listening to her; her story was a sad one and the reason she had sided with Bella. 

"I slowly learned to forgive my family for what they did for me. I say a little prayer on the day that my child was lost, I would never wish a forced abortion on another woman," Amelia whispered making Rosalie nod as Esme slowly entered the room, her eyes glistened with unshed tears as she looked at the brave young woman. 

"Thankfully my story has a little of a happy ending... I found Paul," Amelia mused with a soft smile, Rosalie nodded her head knowing that this was the brunette's happy ending and that no one was going to take it away from her this time. 

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"What do you think the baby would have been like?" Bella asked while she had something to eat, Amelia's suggested diet was helping gain a little weight that she had lost while she had first been pregnant. 

"I saw it would have been a little girl... my hair, her father's blue eyes," Amelia mused looking at Bella; she had slowly started to lose a lot of her previous annoyance with Bella. 

Amelia was being to see that Bella was just a little misguided and now seemed to realise that not everything was about her; it was like she wasn't meant for a human life. 

"What would you have called her?" Rosalie asked curiously making Amelia pause for a moment, she had never forgotten the plans that she and her ex-boyfriend had made for their baby. 

Amelia doubted that she would ever forget the months that she was pregnant with her first child, she would always think about what could have been if her baby had lived. 

"Carlie," Amelia said softly making Rosalie smile at her, it must have been hard for the brunette to forgive her family for doing that to her even if now she did have Paul now. 

"Carlie Maria Matthews," Amelia mused softly making the other two smile softly at the name that the brunette had chosen, it broke away from the family tradition of starting the name with the letter A. 

"It's a beautiful name," Rosalie stated making Amelia nod softly, she watched the brunette for a moment as a moment of sadness filled the two of them for children that they would never get to hold. 

"What are you going to call peanut?" Amelia asked making Bella laugh softly resting a hand on her stomach, she licked her lips in thought while Rosalie looked at her waiting to hear what she had planned. 

"I was thinking EJ... Edward Jacob, after the two most important men in my life," Bella mused making Amelia nod her head, she liked the idea and so did Rosalie; the three women sat quietly talking between one another unaware that Edward listened from the door. 

Edward frowned watching his wife talk happy about the monster inside of her, he didn't know what he could do to make her see that that thing wasn't a baby. 

Edward even felt sick when she had mentioned the name that she had chosen for it, he didn't want that monster named after him if it was going to kill his wife.