CHAPTER 2 OF THE JOURNEY...
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Carlisle drove home in a relaxed pace, the baby seems to frighten every time he revved the engine a little. So he thought it would be better to drive in a normal speed. As he reached home he thought of his family and their potential reaction. No doubt Esme and Rosalie would be happy. They loved children, since they can't have their own. Emmet would just go along, he was a happy go lucky kind of person. Alice will be happy to have a new shopping target. The problem will be, Edward and Jasper, both are struggling with what they are. Anyways, Carlisle thought, let's see what happens. The baby was sound asleep, she looked angelic.
He stopped the car at his underground car park, unhooked the baby from the car seat that was generously given by the child services. He could hear excited voices within the house. Esme seems to find it very difficult to remain patient, she flew through the door to Carlisle.
She stopped just inches away from Carlisle, if he wouldn't have been holding the baby she would have launched herself to Carlisle, she misses him every time he goes on a long hospital hours. She looked at the baby and a brilliant smile lit up her face like those twinkling star lights in Christmas. She motioned to Carlisle, if she could hold the baby, he readily handed over the little one to Esme.
She cooed at the sleeping baby. 'Carlisle she is an angel' Esme gasped. 'Wow, she is not hurt is she'?
'No, I have checked myself dear', Carlisle replied with a smile. Esme was always such a tender soul, she loved to mother one and all. It's so sad that she didn't have the chance to mother her own child.
Carlisle's internal monologue was interrupted by Rosalie, she too have arrived to get a look at the baby. Edward it seems, is determined to keep his distance. Carlisle sighed, there was nothing he could do to change Edward's mind. He is as stubborn as a mule sometimes. He can hear jasper helping Alice place a cot and a wardrobe for the baby.
'Let's take her inside shall we', Carlisle reminded both Rose and Esme, both of them were busy cooing at the baby.
'Carlisle may I make something for the little one to eat'. Esme asked
'Not at the present dear, young ones such as this little one need baby formulas and things like that. I will go the supermarket tomorrow to bring all the necessary things to feed her alright'.
The baby woke up just as they crossed the threshold of the garage and into the foyer area of their home.
She looked around her surrounding in wonder, she smiled a little impish grin towards Carlisle. Carlisle felt his own mouth curl into a smile in return. Esme looked at the scene with so much love. Her mind told her to imagine, this was hers and Carlisle's own baby, he would come home from work, walk through those gates kiss her on her cheek then look at this little one with love a kiss on the forehead.
Her daydreaming was interrupted by a high pitched giggle, what she saw melted her heart. Carlisle had made his way to the couch in the living room and now was making flying motion with baby bella, lifting her up and down in waves. Esme leaned on the frame of the door way and sighed. It was of contentment.
It was some hours later, that Edward and Jasper came in the living room. They kept their distance. Edward could already hear the love and adoring sentiments flowing out Esme and Carlisle. He took a whiff of the scent and felt as if his whole body was being scorched. He hissed his need to Carlisle, who immediately moved bella to the kitchen to keep her away from Edward. Jasper had fled the scene, the moment he felt Edward take a whiff.
You are not going to hurt a child Edward, I know that. Just control your emotions and thirst son—Carlisle reasoned with Edward.
After a while of immense fight with himself, finally Edward could feel some of his control somewhat returning to him.
He held his breadth and ran away. Flying through the forest.
He had tried to harm a child, an infant. He was surely a monster. How can Carlisle ever say that he trusts him? He was not at all trust worthy. This human baby is already loved by his parents, Rose, Alice. He cannot advise them to lose the child. They were very attached to the child. He felt like tearing his hair out of its root.
He thought about the consequence of staying near the child. He would surely lose control and hurt the baby. NO! I most definitely won't be harming an infant. I shall not fall so down below in my eyes and of Carlisle's so as to harm a child. I shall endure. And if it gets too much I will leave. I cannot let Carlisle and the whole family lose this one ounce of happiness that has arrived after centuries of loneliness and yearning for a child in his family. After all he has spent a century listening to Esme and Rose lament about not having the capability to have a child.
Yes, he will have to endure this pain if it means it could bring a little bit of peace and happiness into the lives of the women in the Cullen family!
With that thought he turned around from the place he has chosen as his refuge and started to head home.
NEXT UP—INSIDE THE CULLEN HOUSE DRAMA!