The Twilight Saga is all Stephenie Meyers!
Chapter 1 – The first generation
High school, 10th grade
"Esme you have to go to the ball with us!" A beautiful blond girl shouted to her best friend.
"No, I don't want to go!" The girl called Esme answered calmly.
"Why not?" Esme's other best friend wondered.
"I don't have a date and I don't want to go alone!" Esme explained.
No one had asked her so she didn't want to go and feel like the third wheel all night. The ball was supposed to be fun and both of her best friends, Renee Dwyer and Charlotte Whitlock already had dates with two of the hottest men at school, Charlie Swan and Peter Hale who also happened to be their boyfriends.
"Will you go to the ball with me?" A young blond man asked quietly from behind Esme.
The girl, Esme turned to look at the boy next to her. She had secretly been in love with that boy for years but she never dared to say anything to him.
"Yes, I would love to." Esme gave the boy a shy smile and the boy smiled back. Carlisle Cullen, it was the name of the blond boy. He was also one of the most wanted men at the school and could have any girl he wanted and he wanted Esme Platt but he hadn't dared to ask her before. He was afraid she would say no if he did.
The two couples and Carlisle and Esme went to the ball together and had a great time.
"Okay, this is the last dance so boys, grab the girl you like and give her a reason to remember this night." The speaker announced.
Peter and Charlie immediately grabbed Renee and Charlotte's hands and brought them back out to the dance floor.
"Do you want to?" Carlisle asked Esme, gesturing to the dance floor.
Esme smiled and put her hand in Carlisle's and he escorted them to where their friends where. The boys had all been best friends since kindergarten as for the girls. All of them were 17 years old except for Esme who still was 16. She would be turning 17 in October.
The music was about to stop and Carlisle and Esme were slowly swaying to the music.
"Can I kiss you?" Carlisle whispered, his lips only an inch from Esme's.
Esme's head had gone all dizzy, he smelled so good. A shaky "yes" escaped her lips though.
Carlisle didn't waste any time and leaned in to give Esme a sweet kiss on the lips. Her lips were so soft.
Esme closed her eyes during the kiss and when she opened them one minute later, they contained a mix between love, happiness and confusion.
"This was my first kiss." She confessed after the kiss had ended.
"My first kiss too." Carlisle responded, blushing slightly. Esme looked at him in shock.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Carlisle asked, nervous that she'd say no to that question.
Esme though, couldn't be happier. "Yes!" She exclaimed and kissed him again, with more passion than before.
Carlisle could hear their friends clapping and whistling behind them.
"About time!" All of their friends said at the same time, giggling but then they congratulated the new couple.
Soon after it was time to go home.
"This was the best night of my life." Esme assured Carlisle, standing on her toes to be in the same height as Carlisle.
"I'll see you tomorrow, drive home safe." Carlisle kissed Esme goodbye before they broke loose.
Esme turned to see her best friends making out with their boyfriends too.
"Come on, we have to go now." She called out to them; their parents would be worried if they didn't get home soon.
The girls went to Renee's car while the boys had gone with Peter's car.
All the way home, the friends had talked about the ball. Charlie and Peter teased Carlisle for not asking Esme before while the girls tried to press Esme on information about how much she liked Carlisle Cullen.
After the ball the couples had spent almost every moment with each other or with the group, they all grew a very strong love one another. Years passed quickly by.
"Tomorrow we will be graduating, I can't believe it!" Renee exclaimed with a girly scream.
"Me neither, but I've been longing for college. It will be so fun!" Charlotte added.
"I don't want us to split up." Esme said depressed. The group had all chosen different schools and they were going to leave the day after graduation for their new cities and lives.
"We won't split up, we'll meet soon again." Renee promised, but she wasn't sure that was the truth.
Renee and Charlie were going to move to New York to go to a university there. Charlotte and Peter were moving to South Dakota to be with Peter's relatives and go to university there.
Carlisle and Esme were left in Forks. Carlisle had wanted to study medicine since he was a little kid and got in to med school in Washington so he was staying. There was no way that Esme would leave alone or leave Carlisle so she also decided to go to school in Washington, she was going to study architecture, she wanted to be a interior designer.
Graduation day went by in a haze. It was lots of goodbyes and a fancy party in the evening. The six friends said their real goodbyes and promised to see each other again. This wouldn't be the end of their very long friendship.
"I'm going to miss you so much!" Tears were running down Esme's cheeks as she hugged her best girlfriends goodbye.
"We're going to miss you too!" The three girls hugged each other at the same time. The boys only gave each other many claps on their backs, but even them were emotional for the goodbyes.
"Bye!" Esme screamed after her friends when their cars slowly disappeared around the corner. They were gone. They had left and she wasn't going to see them anytime soon, she knew it.
"I'll be okay, we'll see them again, some day." Carlisle took Esme in his arms and let her cry as they sat on his front porch.
And he was true.
5 years later
Carlisle had gone trough med school and was about to start his residency at Seattle's most prestigious hospital. Med school had been really hard but Carlisle had graduated with the grades he was proud of and was accepted to anywhere he applied and he chose Seattle because it was close to home.
Esme had graduated with a degree in architecture and was now working as an interior designer. She had her own company and did most of her work at home. She and Carlisle had bought a house in Forks; it was perfect for them with three bathrooms, four bedrooms, one living room, kitchen and washing room. Esme had gotten to design it all by herself.
"Do you know who our new neighbours are?" Esme asked Carlisle curios when he got home. He had been doing some grocery shopping.
"No my love, we'll just have to wait and see." Carlisle greeted Esme with a soft kiss on her lips as he put the bags on the desk.
Little did they know that their new neighbours actually were their long lost friends.
Carlisle and Esme hadn't seen Charlie, Renee, Charlotte or Peter since they left Forks, five years earlier. They had talked often in the beginning but as time passed, their conversations had been more unusual. They all had so different lives now.
"We might greet our new neighbours somehow?" Esme questioned later that evening as she lied on the couch, her head in Carlisle's lap.
"We might do that, do you have any ideas?" Carlisle replied, running his fingers through Esme's hair.
"I have baked cookies."
Esme and Carlisle got up early and prepared two baskets with cookies and fruits in to give to their new neighbours.
"It's half past ten, do you think it's to early?" Carlisle asked looking through the kitchen window, searching for any kind of light in the other house.
"We'll see, let's try to knock on the house to our left first." Esme suggested with a nod to the left house.
Esme took one bag in her hand and the couple walked over to the other house.
*Knock, knock* Esme knocked on the big front door.
"I'm coming." Someone yelled from the inside, the voice sounded very familiar but still not to Esme.
Then the door opened.
"Oh my god!" The person who opened the door exclaimed, her hand covering her mouth, which was open in shock.
"Oh my, I can't believe it's you!" Esme also exclaimed and threw herself on Charlotte.
"Peter get yourself out here now!" Charlotte yelled for her husband. They had been married for two years now.
Carlisle also greeted his friend happily with a tight hug and a wide smile on his lips.
Then Peter also came in sight, he looked pretty shocked when he saw the persons who knocked on his door.
"Essie, Carlisle!" Peter shouted and gave them both big hugs.
"We actually came to give our new neighbours this." Esme said, holding up the basket for Charlotte to take.
"Your cookies, I love your cookies!" Charlotte said excited, she had missed Esme's cookies. Esme had always been the friend to cook and bake for everyone.
"Thank you!"
The four friends had so much to talk about but it had to wait a little bit. Charlotte and Peter had to eat breakfast and unpack some more stuff first.
"Will you come over to us for dinner tonight?" Carlisle asked after a whiles thinking.
"Of course, at six?" Charlotte asked enthusiastically.
Esme agreed with the time and she and Carlisle left.
"I still can't believe they're here, after so long." Esme whispered, snuggling her head into Carlisle's jacket.
"Me neither dear, but I'm very glad they are."
Esme ran into their own house to get the other basket and the two of them walked over to the house to their right.
Carlisle knocked on the door this time and it was opened by another familiar face a few seconds later.
"Esme, Carlisle!" Renee shouted and threw herself on first Esme to give her a bone-crossing hug. She gave Carlisle one after.
Charlie also came out in his pyjamas to see what the deal was about.
Their greetings were almost identical to the ones with Charlotte and Peter. Esme also invited Charlie and Renee over for dinner tonight, she didn't tell them about Peter and Charlotte. That would be a secret until the coming evening.
"What are we going to make for tonight?" Esme asked frantically. She had to make something good. It was a good thing that Carlisle was free from work this day, otherwise Esme had gone mad by doing so many things on her own.
"I'll make a salad and you can make the desert. After that we'll make the dinner together." Carlisle suggested, salad was one thing he could do. Other than small things like brunch or cold dishes, he was pretty useless in the kitchen.
"I'll make a cheesecake." Esme thought out loud, her friends had always loved her cheesecake and she knew Carlisle did too.
"Sounds delicious." Carlisle commented, he loved Esme's cheesecake.
Esme started to work with her cake while Carlisle made a Greek salad for the dinner.
"Now what are we having for dinner?" Esme asked two hours later, her cake was in the fridge and so was Carlisle's salad.
"We all like lasagne." Carlisle said. He remembered when they were young, they all loved lasagne and it wasn't that hard to make either.
"Lasagne it is then." Esme decided, luckily they had all ingredients at home. It would have been tight with time if not. They hadn't gotten back home until after noon from Charlie and Renee's and they had used almost two and a half hour to the salad and desert.
After the lasagne was done, it had already become five o'clock.
"We better get changed now." Esme said after a look on her watch.
Esme didn't really know what to wear. Would a dress be too much, or jeans too usual? She didn't know so she decided to ask Carlisle for advice.
"What do you think I should wear?" Esme held up one purple dress with valance and pair of jeans and a blouse.
"Go with the dress." Carlisle said, wanting to see Esme's legs. She always wore jeans while working.
"Sighing Esme picked the dress. She knew that Carlisle had chosen the dress because it was most revealing but she agreed. It was just her friends and a dress. They had all gone swimming together so there wasn't so much to reveal.
They had just changed clothes when the bell rang.
"I'll go and open, you take the lasagne from the oven." Esme rushed downstairs to open the door.
"Hello!" Esme smiled and greeted Charlie and Renee with hugs and kisses on their cheeks.
Renee had brought a big flower to Esme.
"Thank you so much, I'll put it in the kitchen." Esme decided, she had always had a thing for flowers. They made a great deal while decorating. One single flower could change a room from boring to nice.
Renee and Charlie didn't have time to sit down until the bell rang a second time.
"Do you have more friends here?" Renee asked curious, of course they would have found other friends, Carlisle and Esme were a great couple. They were both sweet and friendly.
"You'll see." Carlisle smirked.
"Look who I found outside." Esme shouted from the hall, soon after she entered the kitchen again. With Peter and Charlotte on her heels.
"Peter! Charlotte!" Renee screamed.
"The gang's finally back together!" Peter sighed happily after greeting Renee and Charlie.
"This is awesome!" Esme stated.
"I can't believe we all live next doors to each other. I never thought I would see any of you guys again." Charlotte confessed.
"Me neither, but I've never been more happy to be wrong." Renee said.
"Let's eat before the food gets cold. We've made lasagne." Carlisle told them.
The dinner went great. There were a lot of talking, a little bit eating but the group seemed to manage to finish all of the food anyway. They spent almost the entire evening to just talk, catching up on the other's lives.
Peter was going to work in Port Angeles; he was going to sell cars. Expensive, nicer cars than usual people had. He had always loved cars and had a porch himself. Charlotte had gotten a job in a clothing shop, the shop sold prom dresses and wedding gowns. That was a perfect job for her, especially since she was the fashionista among the friends.
Charlie was going to be a police. He had gone through police school the past five years and had gotten a job in Forks with he took; he loved Forks and always regretted to ever leave. Renee was also an interior designer but hadn't found a job yet. She moved back with Charlie because he got a job. She had applied for some companies but hadn't gotten an answer.
"You can work with me?" Esme suggested, she had her own company and could hire anyone she liked.
"Are you sure?" Renee asked, shining up with the thought of working with her best friend.
"Yeah, but I'll be your boss, of course."
"We'll fix with papers and stuff on Monday, come over here when you have time. I always work from home and only leave to go to customer's houses to do the practical design." Esme explained.
Renee agreed with that and the night continues on with talks about any subject possible.
"Are you thinking about marriage anytime soon?" Renee asked Esme a few hours later. With some wine and all the talking, the group seemed to act as usual, as the past five years never happened. Or they did happen but the time apart didn't matter.
"No." Esme said sternly, she had dreamed of her perfect wedding several times but Carlisle never seemed to catch it so she didn't say anything either.
"Have you thought about having children?" Esme asked, wanting the attention at someone else and away from her marriagelessly life.
"We have, haven't we, Charlie?" Renee smiled up to Charlie who didn't look anyone in the eyes.
"Well, yes." Charlie replied, he had never been comfortable with them talking about his private life even if they were close friends.
"We'll trying at the moment but it never seems to happen." Renee had never had any problem with sharing her private life with her friends but she looked sad after her sentence.
"I'm sure you'll get pregnant soon." Charlotte rubbed her back, wanting to cheer her friend up.
"We haven't talked about it so much yet. We just said we would wait until after we both had stable jobs and we have that now so I guess we'll see…" Charlotte explained.
"Exactly." Peter added, wrapping his arms around Charlotte's waist, pulling her close to him.
"How about you? You can have a baby without marriage." Charlotte pointed the question back to Esme.
"We haven't been talking about it at all." Carlisle replied, looking down on the floor.
Peter, Charlotte, Renee and Charlie all dropped the question soon after. They all caught the cold vibe they got from Carlisle and Esme after asking them about marriage and children. The four of them were all married and was thinking about having babies soon.
"Well, we better head home. Now when we live so close we can meat anytime." Charlotte got up from the couch and stretched her stiff muscles. They had been sitting down a very long time, the time was after three am.
"We should probably go to bed too." Renee said, also getting up from the couch, groaning when the cold air hit her.
"I guess we'll see you tomorrow."
Both couples gave Carlisle and Esme's their goodbyes and thanks for the evening before heading home.
Esme quickly cleaned up in the kitchen before they also headed to bed.
"Do you want children?" Esme whispered in the dark when they had lay down in their big and soft bed.
"Yes of course I want children, I don't know when though." Carlisle whispered softly.
"We can talk more tomorrow, goodnight." Esme cuddled herself close to Carlisle and he wrapped his arms around her under the sheets.
"Goodnight, I love you Essie." Carlisle kissed her head softly.
"Love you too Car." Esme murmured, already half asleep.
Okay this was the first chapter.
I thought of this story as a Carlisle & Esme story in the beginning and maybe a Bella & Edward story later… You'll see what happens!
Love Twiiliighter