I've seen quite a few castles in my day, but none every failed to stun me as much as the Volturi's castle. The frightfully captivating bricks gave you a sense of leadership and control; while the seductive flower garden contrasted that and welcomed you with sweet, floral scents. I walked a few feet mesmerized by the beauty surrounding me. Silently Carlisle walked up behind me and held my hand. He was starting chuckle at my gawking. "Don't you think this will be a nice place to have our babies?" I nodded. But, obviously what else could I do? This was probably the most beautiful place on earth; other that Isle Esme in any case. I smiled at Carlisle and he smiled back at me, his expression now content instead of dread written all over it. "Shall we go in, love?" Carlisle's voice was always very persuasive with people, but never with me. He told me that he'd want me to be able to do activities with him on my own freewill. I gently pecked his lips and took off running to the large, mahogany castle door, my happiness felt endless; Carlisle's laugh seemed as if magic; so impenetrable and so pure that even a cold, heartless demon would have to let a grin slip. Now matter the amount of fun Carlisle and I had enjoyed, he grabbed my hand once more and whispered, still beaming in almost a scolding way. "Very naughty, Esme; I don't want you to do so much activity. You could seriously hurt yourself or go into labor early at the conditions you're at right now." I sighed as he led me to the door to wait out the duration of my pregnancy.

Personally I thought I'd already lived out the most of my hell, but I was sadly mistaken. With the mixture of Aro's curiosity, Caius's resenting stare, Marcus's over friendliness towards me, and to top it all off Carlisle's worries had made this the worst 'vacation' ever. Aro had a tape measurer wrapped around my enlarged stomach area, so as to record how rapidly the babies were growing everyday; and they were definitely growing. "So, Aro; how are the babies?" I wasn't so much concerned for my life as I was the babies, so I really didn't care if I died right on the spot. "Well the babies made you stomach grow another three and a half inches" My eyes widened. Three and a half inches! God I was getting really fat. Sure I was pregnant, but that was no excuse from my point of view. I was supposed to just get a little bit bigger, but not atrociously. I sighed. "Thank you, Aro." He politely helped me down, his eyes having a surprising hint of remorse in them. "You're welcome, Esme. Please be careful. Carlisle would go into spiraling depression without you." I nodded knowing what he meant by that. That would happen to me as well if I lost Carlisle. I left Aro's office, my instincts were very alert right then. Why was I so protective of myself right now? Even Carlisle had noticed something was wrong with the way I was so cautious over my pregnant area. Nothing was going to happen to me or the babies. So what intrigued me to protect them around the clock? I ignored that thought and continued along the path to the room which Carlisle and I shared for the time being; my head began to hurt, but that was the least of my concerns.

My hands were shaking as I reached aimlessly for the handle in a pathetic attempt to enter the room. I sighed, my hormones raging as if a rabid dog ready to bite the first person in sight. "Carlisle, can you open the door, please?" my voice sounded shaky and weak as I called for him. But as I was about to try another attempt to open the door, Carlisle did so and immediately guided me to the big bed and laid me down. "Esme" His voice sounded relieved. "Are you alright?" Carlisle wasn't playing by the tone of his voice. "Yes, dear, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" He sighed, his face having the same expressionless look as he did on both the airplane ride to Isle Esme and every time he saw how much weaker I was getting. "The babies are to be born in less than a week's time, so I just wanted to see if you were experiencing any early signs of labor." Carlisle looked at me concerned. "Have you been experiencing signs of labor" I shook my head. "I'm fine." My voice was hasty as I told him that. It was if I was trying to cover up a lie I had just told. Carlisle sighed in relief. "Good." I smiled but the pain that shot through my body made the very movement wipe away within a matter of seconds. I clenched my stomach in agony, knowing instinctively I was going into labor. My body gave out and I collapsed onto the floor screaming in pain the contractions increasing substantially.