Hello All! Welcome to Chapter 10 of Carlisle's Mistake this story is complete and has 12 chapters, updates should be weekly unless something comes up. This story was inspired by Phoenixhp5t3's The Pastor's Son; all of her work I can highly recommend.
Summary: It's coming close to the end of Bella's newborn year and Bella is frustrated with her lack of independence. Carlisle hasn't been having an easy time either. What happens when tempers flare?
Warning: This story contains spanking; if that's not your thing don't read it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters in this story.
I would like to say a special thank you to Jules Ann for beta-reading this and listening to me vent and talk, I'm so glad I can call you a friend.
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Alice guided Jasper to the clearing and smiled when she saw Edward and Bella already there once again. Rosalie and Emmett appeared moments later.
"Sorry Alice, I thought if I pushed him enough he would stop all this nonsense and just get over himself already," Rosalie apologized softly.
Alice shook her head. "No, it has to be Bella, anyone else and he'll leave," she explained. "It would have worked and you'd have gotten a spanking, but he'd leave afterwards," she added.
Rosalie nodded her head and leaned against Emmett.
Bella looked up at Alice. "It's time isn't it?" she asked nervously.
Alice nodded. "Yes, it's time," she agreed.
Bella nodded and tried to centre herself. "When do I have to…?" She asked. She trailed off not wanting to verbalize what she was going to have to do.
"Tomorrow. He has the day off work, as for when it's probably best to do it while we're at school, that way Edward won't need to worry about his protective urges," Alice suggested.
Bella nodded and looked at Edward, putting her hand on his cheek. "It'll be ok love, I trust dad not to take it too far, and mom will be in the house still just in case," she soothed.
Edward leaned into his mate's hand and nuzzled against it. "I know love, but I still don't like it." He pressed his lips to Bella's hand and moved down so her fingers were in his hair.
Bella obliged and scratched at Edward's scalp soothingly. "You guys better go hunt, dad will be suspicious if you don't come back with bright gold eyes," she pointed out. "We'll return home now," she added.
Alice nodded. "Come on Jazzy, you're going to need your strength if you're going to pump Bella full of enough emotions to bite dad." She took hold of Jasper's hand and started dragging him back to the forest.
Rosalie nodded. "Bella's right Em, let's go hunt. I'm sure we can find a grizzly nearby."
Emmett grinned and started off towards the tree line with his Rosie.
Bella looked at Edward. "Come on Edward, we really need to head back."
Edward nodded and stood up offering his hand out to his Bella.
Bella took his hand and together they ran back to the house. Bella dragged Edward over to the piano and sat down at the bench. "Play for me," she requested.
Edward smiled Bella's favourite crooked grin and sat down with her and started playing her lullaby.
Bella rested her head on Edward's shoulder and listened to him play contentedly.
Alice and Jasper were the first to return from their hunt and Alice came over to join Bella and Edward at the piano singing wordlessly along with him.
Jasper began to set up the massive sixteen-board chess game he had going on with Emmett.
Rosalie and Emmett arrived and Rosalie flopped down on the couch, flicking through channels aimlessly.
Emmett flashed over to Jasper and continued the game they were playing.
Alice looked up at Rosalie. "Rose, now might be a good time for us to start repairing the wall," she suggested.
Rosalie sighed but nodded and switched the television off; she gracefully got up and headed up to the second floor where the fight had occurred.
That was how everyone spent their evening until it was time for school. At 7 o'clock everyone stopped their activities and went up to their rooms to get dressed and ready.
Bella and Jasper stood on the porch and waved Alice, Edward, Emmett and Rosalie off to school. Bella turned to Jasper. "So what are we working on today?" She asked.
Jasper grinned. "Today we're going to be sewing."
Bella groaned. "Sewing, really Jasper? Why do I need to learn to sew?" She asked. She had an almost pleading tone to her voice.
Jasper laughed. "You don't need to learn to sew exactly, but you need to learn to handle tiny things, it'll help with your strength control," he explained.
Bella sighed wearily. "Alright, let the torture of poor innocent needles and thread begin," she agreed resigned. Bella turned and headed back into the house plopping down on the couch.
Jasper let out another laugh and flitted up to his and Alice's room and grabbed Alice's sewing kit. He grabbed the lengths of material Alice had cut out for Bella to practice on, she had almost everything, ranging from thick denim to the most delicate lace. Jasper gathered it all up and carried it downstairs. He spread it out on the floor for Bella and put the sewing box down on the couch next to her.
Bella looked at all the fabrics in horror. "Jasper what am I supposed to do with this chiffon?" She asked incredulously.
Jasper was slowly starting to pump in the emotional cocktail he'd brewed with Bella to get her newborn fit to be realistic. "Don't worry Bella, it'll be a while before we use that," he soothed. "We'll start with some simple canvas cotton." Jasper picked up the roll of canvas cotton and cut two small squares. "Now we're going to do a simple shape in the middle, pick whatever shape you want and then sew," he instructed. He handed the square to Bella and opened up the sewing box picking out two needles and handing one to Bella. "Choose your cotton and thread the needle," he coaxed. Jasper sat down next to Bella and waited for her to start.
Bella stared at Jasper incredulously and huffed. "I know how to sew thank you Jasper," she snapped irritated. She couldn't believe Jasper was making her do this, she knew part of her irritation was due to Jasper's influence but how much she wasn't sure.
Jasper continued the steady flow of emotions, making them stronger and stronger as he continued.
Bella was getting more and more frustrated and after she broke her fifth needle and Jasper insisted it was nothing to worry about, to pick a new one and continue, she snapped. She launched herself at Jasper snapping and clawing at him.
Carlisle had been listening to Bella's growing frustration with the strength control task and heard when she lost her tenuous control of her emotions. He was up and out of his seat in an instant, flitting downstairs, and pulling Bella off of the very startled Jasper.
Bella thrashed about in the arms that held her, panicking, she felt her panic increase and she bit down hard on the arm that was restraining her.
Carlisle worked to restrain Bella until she calmed down; he was more than used to newborn fits, what he wasn't used to was his children biting him. He froze for a second allowing Bella to escape his grasp and launch at Jasper once more. Carlisle recovered quickly and caught her mid-leap and tucked her tight into his chest. He turned her head so her cheek was pressed against his chest and locked her face in that position so she couldn't bite him again, he had her knees crushed up to her chest to stop her thrashing about, in this position there wasn't much she could do but wait until she was released.
Bella was doing the only thing she could do and that was snarling and hissing and attempting to struggle as much as she could in her confined position.
"Isabella Marie Swan Cullen, you stop this right now," Carlisle growled warningly.
Jasper had completely stopped his emotional influence on Bella then, allowing her to react normally to her coven leader growling at her.
Bella gasped when she realized what she had done and rationality sunk back in slowly. She stopped snarling and went still in her dad's arms.
"I'm going to let you go now Isabella, I expect you to go up to my study and wait for me," Carlisle ordered firmly. "Are you calm enough to do that now or do I have to continue to restrain you?" He asked.
"I'm calm," Bella told him. She tried not to let her voice tremble but she wasn't quite able to help it.
Carlisle nodded and slowly set Bella down. Once she was on her feet he gave her a hard swat. "My study, now," he ordered firmly.
Bella yelped but ran up to her dad's study and stood in the doorway for a second before entering and starting to pace the room. She didn't know whether to sit and she felt too nervous to sit anyway, everything hinged on her now, she had to get this right or things would never go back to normal.
Carlisle turned to Jasper. "Jasper, are you alright son?" He asked concerned.
Jasper blinked at being called Son but nodded. "I'm ok Sir, I should have recognized her mood shift quicker and tried to help her out, rather than waiting for her to calm herself down. I over estimated her," he apologized.
Carlisle shook his head. "It's not your fault son, why don't you go hunt? I need to have a talk with Bella about biting." From his tone it was clear that the suggestion of a hunt was no suggestion but an order.
Jasper wanted to send Carlisle some determination to see this through, but decided against it, Alice would have said if it was needed and any deviation from the plan could result in it not working. "Yes Sir, I think a good long hunt could do me some good," he agreed. He sent Bella a wave of sympathy before turning and running out of the house.
Carlisle surveyed the mess that Bella had made of the sewing stuff and shook his head. Clearly his youngest daughter needed more time to work on her strength control – and her temper. Well it was high time he reined his family back in, he'd tried to avoid dealing with them as he had before but clearly that was to their detriment. Taking a breath and drawing on his resolve he walked up the stairs to his study and walked in. He crossed the room and took a seat behind his desk ignoring his pacing daughter. "Take a seat Bella," he commanded.
Bella looked up and shot her dad a pleading glance. She'd rather stand and pace than sit and squirm if it was all the same to him.
"Do not make me repeat myself Isabella," Carlisle pressed.
Bella swallowed nervously but nodded and slowly made her way over to the chair and sat down reluctantly.
Carlisle looked at his youngest daughter and shook his head, his arm was still stinging some, but it wouldn't prevent him from delivering the spanking Bella was in such dire need of. He was still struggling though; his mind was struggling to ignore the memories of his child screaming for him to stop, begging for her mother.
Bella knew her actions were driven by Jasper's emotional cocktail, but that didn't stop her from feeling all kinds of guilty, unfortunately her dad's continued silence wasn't helping her much and the guilt was just piling up. She couldn't take it anymore and burst into tearless sobs. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm an awful daugh… person, please don't throw me out and please don't leave, I'm so sorry," she sobbed.
Carlisle felt his heart shatter at his Baby Girl's cries, but here she was in his study knowing she was in trouble, but she wasn't terrified of him beating her again – no she was more scared of being thrown out or him leaving. He wanted to gather her in his arms and promise her it would all be ok, but he knew his words would fall on deaf ears right now. He needed to show his daughter, his whole family, that things would be ok. "Bella that is enough with the hysterics. I have told you many times – before and after your transformation – that we will never cast you out, I am disappointed you feel I would now," he reminded her firmly.
Bella quickly worked to control her sobs and looked back up at her dad with wounded and worried eyes.
Carlisle shook his head at the expression on Bella's face; she looked like she thought the world was going to end. "You, my child, seem to have a lot in common with me, it seems when we lose our temper we decide to act in a most egregious way. Though I will admit your actions are far less damaging than mine were, it seems you hold a similar weight of guilt over your actions," he acknowledged. "I would like you to tell me what it is you have done wrong and what the consequence for your actions is in this family," he requested.
Bella blinked unsure but nodded hesitantly. "I-I lost my temper and tried to attack Jasper, w-when you pulled me off and tried to get me to calm down I… I bit you," she admitted. She said the last bit in a disbelieving whisper.
Carlisle nodded but waited for Bella to continue, when it appeared she was not planning on continuing without prompting Carlisle cleared his throat. "What is the consequence for attacking me or your mother in this family?" He asked.
Bella gulped. "W-well normally a-a severe spanking."
Carlisle nodded. "You are still a newborn – though I expected you to have slightly better control over your emotions at this stage, I suppose the atmosphere at home hasn't exactly been conductive to allowing you to work on controlling your anger… we will work on that. Still newborn or not, attacking your mother or me is never acceptable, though nor is me attacking you as I did three months ago."
Bella was about to insist that she had forgiven him when he held up a hand to stop her speaking.
"Yes Baby Girl, I know you and your siblings have all forgiven me, however it will take longer for me to forgive myself. Due to my appalling actions that day we are going to forget your actions that day as well, you have been punished more than enough for that. However it stands to reason that beating you the way I did would not teach you the correct lesson in that biting your mother or myself will not be tolerated which is why we find ourselves here," Carlisle observed.
Bella hadn't dared wanted to hope yet, but when her Dad called her by his pet name for her she felt her heart soar.
Carlisle saw the hope and elation shining in his daughter's eyes, but there was still a small hint of hesitation. Carlisle understood that, he knew words wouldn't be enough to prove to Bella that he was still her father. With Rose and Alice it would have been enough for them, but Bella was that much more sensitive, she'd need to know in no uncertain terms that things were back to normal and the only way to do that was to spank her as she deserved. "I am sure I do not need to explain to you just how unacceptable your behaviour downstairs was do I?" He asked.
Bella shook her head.
Carlisle gave Bella a hard stare. "A verbal answer Bella," he ordered.
"No Ca-Daddy, you don't need to explain," Bella answered hesitantly. She tensed up for the rebuke but relaxed when it didn't come.
Carlisle simply nodded. "Good, well I see no reason to postpone this any longer," he acknowledged. He got up and moved over to the couch and sat down. "Come here Bella, lower your jeans and panties and lay over my lap," he directed firmly.
Bella got up and walked over to her dad, she unsnapped and unzipped her jeans, pushing them down to her knees and then quickly pulled her panties down as well before throwing herself over her dad's lap.
Carlisle rubbed Bella's back. "You've earned this spanking Baby Girl, but if at any point you feel scared at all tell me," he told her softly.
Bella nodded. "Yes daddy… I'm not scared," she answered honestly.
Carlisle nodded and looped his left arm around Bella's slim waist to hold her in place, he raised his other hand and brought it down hard on her bottom, quickly followed by another swat and then another.
Bella yelped at the first swat and started squirming slightly; she couldn't help it.
Carlisle quickly found his rhythm and held his squirming daughter over his lap. "Everyone loses their temper, it's something that can't be helped being what we are, but if you ever bite another member of this family you won't sit down for a week, and I will make sure that happens by spanking you every night for a week," he lectured as he spanked.
Bella kicked her legs some. "Owwie! Daddy! I'm sorry! I won't bite anyone again! I promise!" She cried out as she was spanked.
Carlisle nodded. "I'm going to hold you to that promise little lady," he told her. He switched the focus of his swats to her sensitive sit spots.
Bella liked her dad's new target area less than his first and drummed her legs against the pain, though it was all for naught as the spanking continued on regardless of her kicking and squirming.
Carlisle held his daughter effortlessly over his knee as he covered her backside; sit spots, and upper thighs with hard stinging swats. He did his best to ignore her pleas and cries, but each one tore at his heart, still he knew he had to continue; he'd stop if she seemed even the slightest bit scared, but at the moment she was just reacting to the spanking as expected.
Bella kicked, squirmed, and sobbed. Her bottom quickly heated up and she couldn't hold back her dry sobs. She promised to be good forever, to never ever lose her temper again, she apologized over and over again, but nothing stopped the relentless onslaught of her dad's hand on her rear end. Finally she gave in and just went limp over his lap, sobbing her heart out.
Carlisle had been waiting for Bella to give in and once she had he tipped her forward and delivered the last ten swats, making them count. He then stopped and rubbed her back for a moment allowing her to process that the spanking was over before picking her up, pulling her panties back up, and cuddling her into his chest.
It took Bella a moment to realize the spanking was over and when she had and her daddy picked her up she threw her arms around him, sobbing into his neck and clinging to him desperately.
Carlisle rubbed Bella's back and rocked slightly, whispering comforting nothings in her ear and gently massaging her scalp. "Shh, it's ok Baby Girl, it's all over, you're forgiven and I love you so much, I'm here, shh, Daddy's here, I've got you, you're ok, that's it, cry it all out," he soothed.
Bella sobbed into her dad and allowed his comfort to calm her. When her sobs turned to sniffles and hiccups she peeks up at him from under her lashes. "Please, please never leave me like that again daddy… please?" she begged.
Carlisle felt his heart clench and he knew what Bella meant. "Baby girl, nothing on this earth – myself included – will ever stop me from being your father again. I am so sorry for my actions both that day and after. I promise you I will never act so atrociously again," he promised.
Bella looked at her dad searching his face and eyes to gauge the truth to his words before relaxing and snuggling back into him.
Carlisle held his daughter tightly and then tilted her chin up so she was looking at him again. "How would you like to help me repair another heart I have damaged with my actions?" He asked.
Bella looked at him confused.
"We should invite your mother in, she has been separated from you kids for far too long," Carlisle supplied.
Bella beamed and nodded eagerly.
Esme needed no further invitation and flitted into the room, she stood in the doorway for a moment before going to Carlisle's side and sitting down next to her husband and opening her arms to Bella.
Bella leaned over, so she was still sat in her daddy's lap, and wrapped her arms around her mom, holding her tightly.
Carlisle smiled a little. "Jasper, I know you are within hearing distance, why don't you join us as well?" He asked.
Seconds later Jasper appeared in the doorway and looked hesitantly at Carlisle. "Pa?" He asked.
Carlisle nodded. "Yes Solider. I am sorry I put you in such an awful position, thank you for taking care of the family while I was…" he struggled to find the right word to describe his less than stellar actions.
"Being a bit of an idiot?" Jasper suggested a small cheeky smile tugging at his lips.
Carlisle laughed. "Yes, I supposed that fits as well as anything," he agreed lightly. "However that is the only any only time you may call me that," he added half playfully half serious.
Jasper flitted over and sat on Carlisle's other side and leaned against his father. He was so happy that things would be right again, he couldn't wait to see his Alice happy once more as he knew she would be by their father's return to sense.
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There you go, Chapter 10 of Carlisle's Mistake. Let me know what you thought.