Ok just a warning I am a little nervous about writing this chapter. I know how I want it to play out, I just worry I'm not going to live up to the standard in my head.

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Hidden Desire

Chapter 4

Carlisle's Pov:

I watched the door close behind her feeling shut off in that moment, feeling her absence stronger than I had ever before. I focused instead on her lingering scent inhaling deeply holding onto the rich sexy earthy smell. Holding that one part of her inside me for as long as possible and since I didn't breathe I should be able to keep that part of her here for a good while. It was enough to keep me going as I waited to face the firing squad which was going to be my sons anger.

A soft rap on the door catching my ear as Esme's soft auburn head peaked through the small crack she had made. "Is it safe to come in?" She asked. "Of course my dear," I answered her automatically reverting back to the role I had played with her so convincingly for oh so many years.

I walked at a human pace around the desk that I had only moments ago been so close to laying claim to Bella on. Running my fingertips over the wood grain unable to keep from smiling at the warmth that lingered there. Even more evidence of Bella as her heat had penetrated into it when she had sat there before allowing me to take her lips.

Taking my seat, as Esme moved to sit on the couch that graced the wall facing the rubble of wood and books. "Need I ask?" Her voice rang in the silence breaking the unclean direction my thoughts were taking of Isabella's parted legs wrapping around mine as I took her mouth. A smile I could not hide from her stretched wide across my features, ah my Esme knew me so well.

"So my dearest husband now that you have crossed that line, what do you plan to do about your son, and my daughter?" She asked me as she took her own human pose crossing her legs and resting her arm across her knees. I noticed the silly grin she was trying to hide it showed mostly in her eyes. Ah my Esme always felt her feelings for all to see.

"Dear heart, I intend to speak with Edward as soon as he returns. I am hoping to allow his rage to vent at me. Then perhaps he will see reason. It's probably best that I enlist Alice's help. I know I owe him an apology. I do feel guilt at hurting him, but he was aware all along this was going to happen eventually. On the other hand Isabella, well she deserves a rather in depth explanation to the nature of our true relationship yours and mine as well as hers and mine."

I could see the mischievous smirk that hit her face before she spoke. "I do feel bad that we didn't explain it to her sooner. Perhaps at the baseball game when I noticed her openly ogling you I should have just told her. I honestly took a small pleasure in making her sweat for staring at what she thought was my husbands ass. If I had known that this would come so soon, I would have told her everything and then maybe this whole scene could have been avoided."

I could always rely on Esme to tell it like it was. She never minced words only said exactly how she felt whether you like it or not. Another thing that made her my most trustworthy companion and dearest friend for all these years. The role we played together as a married couple had come from nothing more than necessity. There was no more love between us than that of the dearest of friends for more than a hundred years.

"Esme if I had ever thought for even one second that Isabella would return my affections I would have told her myself long ago. Do not take the blame for what was meant to happen." I heard another knock and the door swung open to reveal the rest of my children piling in single file. Alice leading the charge tugging a clearly ashamed Jasper along behind her.

"Jazz honey really! No one is upset with you, how could we be we all wanted to eat her earlier, and you were just overwhelmed by all the blood as well as all our of desires to taste her. Shesh so just stop pouting you big emo baby doll." Alice whispered and then kissed him soundly as he glared at her then smacked her ass. She had that boy wrapped firmly around her tiny perfectly manicured finger.

Emmett barreled through the door next never one to disappoint his face lit like a child who was going to be allowed to say their first swear word. Teetering on the edge of his self control. "Lets have it then son." I said to get it out of the way. "If he sees them bounce he's ready to pounce. If her booty jiggles dear old dad starts to wiggle." He laughed loud at his own joke and a small chuckle escaped Jasper against his attempt to hide it.

"Is it out of your system now?" I asked him hoping to get past it. "Ah Creeper it's ok we all understand." Again Emmett as well as Jasper roared with laughter as I cocked my eyebrow this was one term I actually didn't know the meaning of. Seeing my confusion my son was all to willing to explain. "A term the women use to describe people who do weird things, like stare at you while you sleep, or look at you for hours through a window. Example, "omg, I was gettin wasteyface at the bar, and some creeper was totally creepin on my bestiessss!1!" Emmett's valley girl impression and his stance one hip out while he fake texted his bff a sight that almost had me breaking into my own fits of laughter.

He stopped laughing, thanks to a resounding slap to the back of his head by Rosalie bless her soul. She saved me from having to admit to my annoying son that I sometimes found him entirely to humorous. Emmett grumbled something about it not being his fault I was a Manther. I ignored him with an unvampire like snort, as Alice started speaking. " Carlisle you know I am Uberthrilled that you finally made a move. I have seen you with her over and over in my visions. I tried to tell Edward from the start that she wasn't his but he wouldn't listen stubborn as ever to make up his own mind, and not be ruled by what I see. Convinced that his singer had to be his mate. So sure that it was the path that fate had for her."

She stopped rather suddenly as her eyes fogged slightly and a vision took control. I sprang to my feet unable to hold still while I waited knowing on a deep level that something was wrong with what she was seeing. The seconds ticked by me counting each one. Ugh… why couldn't she has a fast forward button in times like these.

Finally what seemed like hours passed as her eyes focused once more into the present. She was stricken panic in her voice as she spoke, "Why? I don't understand. We are leaving Forks." She stopped when questions fired at her from all sides. "Why?" "When?" "Where are we going?" "Why would we leave it's only been a few years we have more time here." Then my own question, "Is she coming with us?" Her eyes met mine, and I knew even before she spoke the words. "She's not coming with us Carlisle, Edward will come back, whatever happened while he was gone has decided it. We will leave by morning. I don't see us ever coming back, we just leave, I tried to pull a vision of her back to see what happens. I can't get a hold on her its like she's clouded in a thick fog."

I shook my head violently Alice's visions were based on one mind set. Well my mind set was not to leave behind the woman I had wanted, and was finally able to take as mine. I wasn't leaving her behind if I had to leave I would steal her away with me. Alice clearly saw my denial of her words. Reaching out to comfortingly touch my hand. "Father we are all leaving without her, I am so sorry." She turned with the others walking silently from the room. Leaving me alone to wait for Edward. To wait to hear the words that changed my path that would make me leave her behind…

My readers, I hope I did justice to this chapter. I fought with myself on how to write it. I know it's a little short, but as you know I am burning the candle at both ends and I am feeling the flame. I will do my best to make the next one longer since I finally get a day off work after 6 days straight of horrid hours. I hope you love it. Remember Reviews make my world go round creepers LMAO!

Tisa.