'Carlisle, come over here would you,' a dark haired man called from the other side of the room causing the blond man, who was trying to keep a little mahogany haired girl in order and do some paperwork, to look up.
'What is it, Aro?' Carlisle asked as he rose from his chair, his eyes darting back to the child – who was now crawling around in circles – more often as he got further away.
'We wanted to ask your op-' a snow haired one began before his eyes jumped over Carlisle shoulder.
The three other men – Carlisle, Aro and another dark haired man – followed his gaze to find the young girl with mahogany coloured hair and golden eyes standing on two feet waddling towards them.
They all shared worried looks no doubt due to the fact that the child, although looking old enough walk, wasn't actually anywhere near the age where that would be expected. However, Carlisle caught himself quickly giving the child what she deserved: applause and praise. The other men followed his lead, albeit a little less convincingly.
'What are we doing?' the dark haired man who had yet to speak hissed quietly. 'We should be panicking about how quickly she's developing and growing, not celebrating.'
'Calm, Marcus,' Carlisle said, sweeping the girl into his arms. 'We'll figure it all out. For now, act like every new development is a good thing, it'll upset her if we don't and the last thing we need is a often upset child in this castle.'
'You think it's possible … to stop the growing?' Aro asked, looking at the child with fear.
'I don't know, Aro,' Carlisle voice sounding strangely weaker than normal. 'But I'll do my best, I think it's slowing but I'd suggest savouring your time with your daughter unless there's nothing we can do.'
Aro swallowed, while the three other men looked extremely saddened. Aro, Marcus and the snowy hair man all left then, leaving Carlisle and the child standing alone in the large room.
'We'll figure something out, Isabella,' Carlisle sighed, looking sadly at the small girl in his arms, staring up at him with wide golden eyes. 'I promise.'
Terrible, I know, but I really wanted to have this in it and I just couldn't, for the life of me, make it sound better.
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