Chapter 1
Carlisle's Point of View
I sighed. Not three minutes earlier the social worker had said to me.
"Dr. Cullen, you're rarely home. You have a 3,7,and 11 year old. It would be better to put them in a home where the parents can take care of them." I shook my head. There is no way. I couldn't do that to them. Could I? I mean it isn't fair for Emmett to have to take care of Alice and Edward. I sighed.
"I might have to." I murmured to no one. I heard a small gasp and looked over at the steps. Alice's big brown eyes looked back at me in fear.
"Alice why are you awake?" I asked walking over to her.
"'Cause I heard you talking to a person. Are you gonna give us up?" Alice answered throwing a new question at me.
"No of course not. I love you all too much." I answered picking my three year old girl up. I carried her up to the room she shared with her two older brothers. I set her down in her toddler bed.
"How do you get out of this thing? I mean I put a gate here and you still get out." I asked her. She only giggled in reply. I smiled and shook my head at her before kissing her good night.
"Dad?" Edward asked as I was walking out of the room. I turned around to see him and Emmett sitting up in their beds and Alice struggling to climb into Emmett's bed.
"Yes Edward?" I asked him.
"Why aren't you getting rid of us? I mean besides loving us." he asked me as I watched Emmett pull Alice up into his bed and tucked her in beside him.
"Well," I answered. "if it wasn't for you kids. I'd be insane from the depression of losing your mother."
"Really?" Emmett asked.
"Yes." I answered. "Now got to bed, all of you. It's almost 11." I shook my head and walked into my room and fell asleep. I heard talking from the kids room.
"Emmett was our Mama pretty?" Alice asked.
"Yeah." Emmett answered.
"Did she love us? All of us?" Alice asked.
"Yup." both boys answered.
"What's your favorite memory of her?" she asked.
"I loved helping her make chocolate covered apples. I remember Edward used to get chocolate all over his face from the melted chocolate. She used to do that because Edward REFUSED to eat fruit." Emmett answered.
"My favorite memory was Mom reading to us. I remember when she was pregnant with you Alice she used to read to us and you'd kick a lot and Mom would have Emmett and I put our hands on her stomach and feel you kick." Edward answered. I smiled at my children's memories.
"How old was I when Mama died?" Alice asked.
"one." Emmett answered.
"How old were all of you?" she asked.
"I was 5 and Emmett was 9." Edward answered.
"Oh." Alice answered.
"Now go to bed you two before Dad comes back in here." Emmett said.
"Kay night Edward night Emmett." Alice answered.
"Night Alice Night Emmett." Edward said.
"Night Edward, night Alice." Emmett said calmly as we all fell asleep.
