No, Emmett, You Can't Change The Cat

Carlisle's Point Of View (POV)

It was a slow day at the hospital, as Alice predicted. So, as always, I was prepared. I kept myself busy by working on books of crossword puzzles; I was on the fourth book of fifty puzzles during this hour. I was about to fill in the last answer to puzzle forty-nine when my office phone rang. I picked it up on the first ring, hoping to find that someone had come in and needed help. These puzzles were so easy; I didn't know how the humans did it!

"Hello, Carlisle Cullen speaking."

"Oh, Dr. Cullen, your son Emmett, well, he just came in asking for you. I'm not sure what's wrong..." The words came out in a rush from the secretary's lips.

"Send him up. It's a slow day.

"Right away, Dr. Cullen."

Before long, Emmett was standing in my office, behind my chair. I spun around and asked, "What would you like, son? Are you hurt?" I said the last part smugly. It was difficult for vampires to get hurt, but anything is possible, especially with Emmett. He could have asked Jasper to rip his arm off, which he would have done happily. Or, worse yet, he could have ripped Jasper's arm off himself.

"Well, Dad, I'm ever so sorry to bother you at work...but I kinda have an important question," he started. I motioned with my hands for him to continue. "Umm...can we change animals?"

A moment of silence passed. I expected none the less from Emmett. "Yes, son, we can."

"Awesome! Can I change the cat?"

"Emmett, we don't have a cat."

"Yes we do. Bella bought me one."

"Why on earth would Bella buy you a cat?"

"Uh..."

"Why, Emmett?"

"Jasper and I were bored so we might have given her some.... some sugar and caffeine."

"Emmett, exactly how much caffeine and sugar did you and Jasper give her?"

"Two lattes and twenty packs of fun dip."

"That explains that."

"So, can I change the cat?"

"No, Emmett. You. Can't. Change. The. Cat."

He trudged out of my office groggily.

"Kids these days," my coworker said, while walking by my office. I wondered how much of that he heard.

"You have no idea," I replied, shaking my head