Disclaimer: I don't own twilight.

A/N: So bare with me in this chapter, I'm trying to explain how the vampires are in at least my story, while trying to show how Carlisle feels towards Bella's gift. I hope it is not too cringy, I might go back and tweak this chapter later if I find it just a little too weird. But the me currently (I got two hours of sleep last night and it is currently 2am now) thinks it's pretty well at the moment. Anyways, I hope you guys like this chapter and please tell me how you think this confrontation went over and how you guys like Carlisle so far, I'm always up for feedback ;)

Chapter 10 - Forever

Carlisle

I watched as Charlie quickly vanished at the distance and then laid eyes on her. She seemed quite hesitant in every move she took, maybe even shy. Bringing her eyes up to mine every once in a while and then quickly jolting her head down to stare at the ground.

No words can possibly describe how happy I was to hear that she wasn't actually human, to know that I could have her, that she was obtainable. Although, a part of me hated to see that she was to forever to live a life as a soulless vampire. She deserved a much better life than this, a human life with human opportunities that were now unavailable to her.

"Uh," She spat out, looking a bit surprised she even spoke at all. I couldn't help but grin at how uncomfortable she seemed at the situation. "Did you want to talk to me about something?" She asked, avoiding my eyes as she turned to face me, instead she looked at my shoes.

"Isabella, don't you know it is rude to not look someone in the eyes when speaking to them?" I asked in a teasing fashion.

Her eyes widened a bit as she slowly met my gaze, I could've sworn that her cheeks even reddened a bit. Although it would be impossible for regular vampires, maybe it was possible for her, given that her gift gave her all sorts of other human qualities.

"S-sorry," She stuttered, "I don't know why I'm acting so shy," She claimed, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

I laughed at how human she could act without even trying, "You're a natural."

"What?"

"At acting human, you're a natural." I uttered softly, "It's amazing."

She ducked her head and I swear I saw a hint of a smile.

"Thanks, you too."

I laughed softly, "Me too?" I asked, "I will tell you now, Isabella Swan, I have to think of every move I take before actually taking it. Making sure it's a human enough position to be in."

She snorted slightly, "Must be a pain."

"Oh you have no idea!" I claimed, and she truly didn't.

As a vampire, I have to constantly slouch and sit in uncomfortable positions in chairs, on a couch, and even standing could be a burden. Every impulse in my body tells me to straighten up, walk normally, keep my head straight and untilted. But if I wanted to look as human as I possibly could, I had to take these measures.

"Isabella," I softly murmured, wanting to be a bit more formal as I approached this next step, "I have to ask you a question, it might seem strange now, but it simply has to be addressed."

She nodded, looking a bit sick. "Are you going to tell the Volturi?" She choked, looking down at her feet.

I shook my head, "Of course not, do you know what that would put my family and I through? With Edward in the house, we would all certainly be dead."

There was a breif pause as I waited for her to reply, I wanted to take things slowly, wait until she was ready to hear. But she ended up surprising me, "Why do you have a human living with you?" She asked, seeming to forget her previous question immediately.

"What?" I asked, taken aback with the sudden question.

But it made sense, as far as she knew, Rosalie and Emmett were together, Alice and Jasper, and then she believed the blind cover that Esme and I were together.

"He had mated with someone in my family," Was all I told her, hoping that she could put the pieces together herself.

"So," She trailed off, "Is he with some other person that I don't know about yet?"

I sighed and looked at my own feet for a change, but nonetheless, I put a smile on my face. If she wasn't so cute, I surely would have gotten irritated with how blind she was to her feelings as well as my own.

"No, no, you have met her."

"So," She trailed off once again and then her eyes widened, "The only people I have not seen be overly affectionate with one another is you and Esme!" She claimed excitedly, finally figuring one of the last bits of the puzzle.

But she hasn't fully completed it yet, now came for the part that I couldn't tell if she realized yet or not. It was not uncommon for vampires to be unaware of mating with one another. It happened with an old friend of mine, Garrett. He decided to come and visit us after things got a little too out of hand for him at his last location, finding himself on the run.

Which had been perfect timing for when our family in Alaska decided to visit, hearing news of a new addition to the family, Jasper. It was then that Garrett and Kate first started becoming quite close to one another, although, sometimes it seems like nothing, as though you and the other person were simply joking around with each other a bit too playfully. And it also wasn't uncommon to be lead into the misbelief that you had found your one true mate, which was one of the stories Jasper had told us.

So that ended with the belief that it was simply with them parting ways, each year finding something missing. Year after year I would get calls from Garrett, 'How is she doing?', 'What is she up to?', 'Has she found anyone else?'. And Esme would get similar questions from Kate, at least until we decided to have another 'family get together' that only involved Garrett and Kate.

Hopefully it would not take my girl and I that long to be with each other, I don't think I could stand another minute without her knowing she was mine and I was hers.

"Correct," I murmured, a piece of stranded hair behind her ear, "Edward's mate is Esme."

She nodded slowly, looking as though she was finally fitting the final pieces of the puzzle together.

"So that means," She trailed off, eyeing me questionably.

I nodded, assuming she was talking about whether or not I have mated. "I'm the last one to mate in my family."

"Oh," She claimed, seeming a little hurt and I laughed a little, inching a bit closer than what I should have.

"Isabella Swan, do you know who I mated with?"

She shook her head slightly, I could see a small hint of a smirk, "Who?" She asked, clearly wanting to hear it.

"It was you."

A/N: So Happy New Years everyone! I hope you all are starting off with a great new year, I know I am with releasing this chapter. I simply couldn't wait for this chapter to come out, so I spent a couple days planning it and I do think this is the best version I came up with that allowed time for Bella's POV. I'm still not sure if I want to just go ahead and have them start dating, or if I want Bella to have some time to think about things, get used to the idea. But hey, at least Carlisle got to finally tell her. And I hope you guys don't mind my interpretation with how Carlisle would act around his mate, I wanted him to be slightly more teasing towards her, but also serious at the same time. I imagined that Carlisle was a bit more playful with Esme in Twilight, so maybe. I'm still trying to shape their personalities with each other, so bare with me for the next couple of chapters and tell me if you like his personality he currently has :)