A/N: Okay, here's the next part. It's told from Carlisle's POV, hope there's no confusion.

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Bonding Gone Wrong

Part 10: Carlisle

I looked down at Cade's remorseful face and then turned to look at the others who were still facing the corner. I sighed, there shoulders were slumped and at least one of them was still rubbing at his backside. I hated what I'd done but I understood it was necessary. I might not enjoy it but it was my fatherly duty to protect my children and help them see the error of their ways.

"Boys," I called out.

I watched as my sons assembled themselves in front of me all looking subdued.

"You are confined to your rooms for the rest of the evening. When your mother returns you will each explain yourself to her. Understand?" I said.

"Do I have to? whined Cade at the prospect of telling his mother anything.

"Yes, now go," I said.

I watched the four of them ascend the stairs. Cade hadn't been the only one to show concern over telling Esme. I'd seen the wide-eyed looks the other three had given me. Esme loved her children dearly and tolerated a lot from them but the boys knew their mother wouldn't be happy about their behavior. She'd have plenty to say to them.

I grinned at the memory of the last time she'd dealt out one of her lectures. It had been Jasper and Edward that time. I'd spanked them both for mouthing-off to me. When she'd found out she'd sat them both down in the kitchen and lectured them for over two hours on respect and inappropriate language. Then she'd had them sit there and write an apology letter to me. She hadn't let them up until she'd been satisfied with said letters. I was smiling as I sat down in my study; I was recalling Esme's explanation as to why she'd had Jasper and Edward do that.

Flashback:

"Why?" I asked Esme as I tightened my grip on the letters my sons had presented me.

"Why what?" asked Esme.

"Why did you have them write these? You know they've been punished," I asked her.

"Yes, I'm well aware that you spanked them. But tell me this Carlisle what would they had done had I not done what I'd done?" asked Esme.

"Esme…" I started only to be cut-off by my wife.

"Carlisle, they heal fast, you know that. We'll if you think for one minute that I was going to allow them to heal that fast after I've warned them myself about their language and disrespect you would be severely mistaken. How comfortable do you think it was for them to sit on those hard kitchen chairs?" asked Esme knowingly.

"I see," I said smiling slightly.

"I'm not being cruel. But they've been warned. I wanted the lesson to stick," said Esme defending her actions.

"I'm sure it did darling. You are correct to assume that having to sit on an already aching backside must have been truly uncomfortable," I said.

"Oh, it was, believe me it was. You should have seen the look on their faces when I told them to sit," said Esme smiling slightly.

End of Flashback…

Oh, yes the boys were not looking forward to telling Esme. They knew she'd have something to say.

I sighed once more as I flipped through the documents on my desk, not really seeing them. I couldn't help but feel saddened over what had occurred. What had started out wonderful had ended disastrous.

Some part of me realized that what I'd done was necessary; my sons had to learn that I won't excuse or allow such irresponsible behavior. But the other part of me, the part of me that condones violence of any type was belittling myself. No matter how many times I found myself in this predicament it never got easier to handle. One would think I'd be use it by now, it had been almost one hundred years since I'd taken on the role of a father. But I suppose one can never get used to such unpleasantness.

"What happened?"

I looked up. Esme was standing in front of my desk. I suppose I'd been so lost in my thoughts that I'd failed to notice her arrival.

"Let's just say that my day didn't quite turn out as I had planned," I stated as she sat down quietly waiting for me to tell my story.

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