Esme POV:

As soon as everyone was ready, it was almost noon. Mom was in her favorite blue and black swimsuit, Eric wore his black and red swim trunks, Edward chose his army swim trunks, and my twin sisters were looking cute in their bright pink matching bathing suits. I led my family down the street and up to the house where I babysat at. My mom was the only other one who noticed the house because she dropped me off here my first night of sitting for Rose. I knocked on the door because even though I could hear the fun, I didn't know how to get to their backyard. I didn't even know they had a pool! A few minutes later, my angel appeared. He was looking dashing with his hair all wet and his chest without a shirt just made me want to faint. His blue eyes were enchanting and I stared at him, glad I pushed my sunglasses up on the top of my head so I could see him better. God, he looked like a hunk!

"Hi Carlisle," I began, hugging him.

"Hey, Esme. The party's in full swing, but it wasn't the same until you got here," I felt my cheeks warming up and I laughed, very embarrassed.

"Oh, thank you. Why are we always late to everything?"

"It's okay, I'm just glad you're here. They never told us a time, so I think we needed to be here between ten and noon,"

I sighed with relief. "I'm fine then,"

Carlisle picked up my little sisters and he helped me put the floaties on their arms. They played in the shallow end and I carried Edward out into the water and started a game of chicken with Bella on top of Carmen's shoulders. Edward tried to let Bella win, but Bella wobbled, so I won. I was so happy, everyone was rooting for us, and then Carlisle lifted me up on his shoulders. I had the most amazing feeling in the pit of my stomach as he laid his hands on my upper thighs. I was so lost in my moment of passion in my fantasy with Carlisle that I didn't even know Carmen was trying to beat me. She was letting me have a chance at fighting her, so I snapped back to reality and tried to push her off Eleazar's shoulders with all my might, but Carlisle's knees gave out, making us both plunge into the water. "Carlisle!" I teased him, pushing him away, and then he tickled me. I wanted to play another round of chicken, so I exited the pool, only to dive right back in, and I got up on Carmen's shoulders and went against Charlotte on Sarah's shoulders. Carlisle got out of the pool and cheered, "Go Esme!" with his hands in his pockets as I beat Charlotte into the water. I had fun playing with my friends and the kids but then I realized something.

"Oh silly me! I forgot sunscreen!" I shook my head at my own stupidity. I had been so busy helping my parents do my siblings' sunscreen that I disregarded my own and I was ashamed of myself. "Hold on, I'll be back,"

"You can use my sunscreen, if you want," Carlisle was kind enough to help me out, but I remembered that my mom had some and told him that. She was talking to Eric so I found the suntan lotion in her bag myself. I slathered it all over my arms, legs, belly, cleavage, and face. I waited for someone to be available to do my back. A few seconds later, I could smell cigarette smoke behind me, and I coughed. I should've known he was going to follow me all around today. Cautiously, I turned around and saw him in black track pants and a red wifebeater. My breath wavered as he smiled at me. Damn it, I thought today was the perfect day and he would only talk to my mom and Eric, but no, he had to bother me. So that's why he had Carlisle get the drinks with Lily and Mr. Cullen.

"Need some help?"

"No, thank you," I didn't know how my voice could be so tiny. I swallowed back my tears and tried to put on a brave face.

"But you were putting on sun lotion to protect your lovely body, weren't you? You need some on your back. I don't want you getting a sunburn, my sweet Esme," He took the lotion from my shaking hand and squeezed a drop on his large palm. With his other hand, he lifted the straps of my tankini and started to put it on. I was so uncomfortable under his gaze.

"Hi Charles! Thank you for helping out, but I think I should do this, you know, cuz I'm her mom,"

"Moms know best!" he laughed, and Mom finished rubbing the sunblock on my back while I held up my hair. I turned to face her and put my arms snugly around her waist when she pulled my straps down so my cleavage wouldn't show to the general public. Charles was watching her put it on me. "My word, your daughter looks just like you. I see where she gets her looks,"

"Thanks. Oh and I also came over to introduce you to my husband! Eric, come over here!"

"Hey Annie,"

"Annie?" Charles wondered aloud, sounding interested.

"Only he's allowed to call me that. Eric, this is my friend and Rosalie's father, Charles Evenson, and Charles, this is my husband, Eric and Esme's stepfather. My ex husband was a jackass to me and didn't treat my girl fairly,"

"Oh, nice to meet you," Charles said and the two men shook hands. "Anne, I'm sorry your ex was an asshole. You didn't deserve a guy like that, and Esme should have never had to put up with him,"

"Thank you for your kindness,"

"Eric, you picked a great family to step into. Keep your woman, she's a good one," I cringed as Charles gestured towards my mom, touching her arm slightly. She stroked my hair and I buried my face into her chest once again.

"What's the matter, dear?"

"I love you, Mom, that's all," I squeezed her tightly and then let go. Eric must have seen the light touch done on his wife, because he pulled her in for a passionate kiss, squeezing me between them. My mom was breathless as they separated from each other.

"Thank you, baby," she whispered, I guess to both Eric and I.

"I will always love my wife and kids. Aren't you hot?" Eric asked Charles, and I stifled a laugh. It was ninety degrees out!

"Do-do-do-do-do, do-do," I hummed under my breath.

"Shave and a haircut, two bits," my mom responded and a nanosecond later, Charles repeated her.

My mom threw her head back and laughed out loud.

"You okay?" Eric asked him.

"Nah, man, its all cool! Come meet my wife, Lily!" They walked away from us, I let out a huge exhale, and I stole a glance at Lily, who was talking to Carlisle and flirting with Mr. Cullen. That's when I decided to introduce my mom to Lily.

"Hey Mom, see that woman over there talking to Carlisle and his dad?"

"The blonde one?"

"Yeah, that's Rosalie's mom. She's really cool. Here she is," I murmured as she walked up to us. "Hey, Lily, this is my mom, Anne, and Mom, this is Ms. Hale, Rosalie's mom,"

"But you can call me Lily," Lily said warmly, shaking Mom's hand. "Nice to meet you,"

"You too,"

Lily smiled. "We're the same age, as Esme says,"

"If you're over the hill-"

"Who's over the hill? Thirty-five isn't old, Mom!" I interrupted her and then laughed.

"Oh, my precious little girl...see one of the reasons why I love her?" Mom held me securely against her chest and stroked my hair.

"Awww, you girls are so cute! So, Charles introduced me to your husband and he said Eric was Esme's stepfather,"

"Yes, because Esme's birth father was a nasty person to us both, especially to Esme,"

"Wow, I never knew. I hate people who don't like their children. Charles is Rosalie's stepfather but for a different reason," Lily started explaining the story to my mom and at the end, Mom hugged her and said "I am so sorry,"

I sat on one of the chairs next to Renee and Carmen."Hey girls, I'm waiting for my sunblock to soak into my skin,"

"Aaah, I'm just getting a tan," Carmen sighed, flipping over from her stomach to laying on her back while putting on her sunglasses and adjusting them until they were just right on the bridge of her nose.

"I'm giving my little nudger a rest," Renee said with closed eyes.

"Well, I'm going in!" I heard Charles yell. I saw him rip off his shirt and throw it on one of the chairs, which was Renee's, and it landed on her stomach. She yanked it off her immediately. Charles kicked off his heavy pants, revealing a very tight speedo, and the pants fell over Carmen's face.

"Get it off!" Carmen freaked, fanning herself. I picked the pants off with my thumb and index finger, not wanting to touch the pair of nasty smelling track pants.

"Eeewww, why did he do that? His whole stomach is hanging over his speedo like a beer gut, he's got man boobs, and he almost looks naked!" Renee pointed out as he jumped into the water.

"I guess he's trying to make a good impression by not being too creepy but its not working!" I concluded. "He looks so gross!"

"I know! I wonder how an old, fat guy like him got a nice skinny girl like Lily to fall for him?" Carmen asked, and I giggled.

"I have no idea,"

"Oh, well, we're gonna go into the hot tub, are you coming with?" Carmen asked.

"I might in a while," I said while getting up and putting my goggles back on. I was about to do a neat dive into the pool, but I was pushed from behind roughly and the frigid water surprised me. I was frozen solid. I tried swimming to the shallow end to play with the kids, but Charles held me by the waist, pressed his dirty, saggy skin to mine, and dragged me towards Charlotte and Peter, who were making out, and started tickling me, holding me underwater. I started laughing uncontrollably even though it felt weird and Carlisle was the only one who had my permission to tickle me. Water filled my lungs and I could barely breathe while trying to cough. Charles lifted me up out of the water so I could gasp for air but then he pulled me back down again. He copied everything I did in the water like somersaults and handstands and then went back to tickling me nonstop. I could feel the tears flowing down my face, filling my goggles.

"Charles, please stop," I tried to tell him.

"Getting a little territorial, aren't we?" he sneered and then started at my belly again, worked his way up my sides and then my armpits, enjoying what he was doing. "Take a look at this," He pulled down his trunks and I closed my eyes so I wouldn't see it. It was disgusting!

"No," was all I was able to say but then strong hands twisted Charles' fingers off my flesh and I was soon out of his grasp. Carlisle was now carrying me with my arms around his neck, clinging myself to him. I wiped my tears away in the water and I was glad he wouldn't notice I was crying. My heart was beating hard against my chest and I took a deep breath.

"Thanks, Carlisle," I sighed. "Why don't we go into the hot tub? Everyone's in there,"

"All right, come on," Carlisle looked behind us and saw that Charles was playing with the kids while the rest of the adults were talking poolside with drinks in their hands. I alternated between freestyle and breastroke. "They have such a nice pool,"

"I agree. It's so refreshing, but are you cold?"

"A little. Charles pushed me in when I wasn't expecting it, and I got a bit of a shock, but I'm fine," I lied straight through my teeth.

"That's good," He helped me into the hot tub and sat us between Renee and Peter. "Hey, guys," Carlisle announced.

The rest of the couples stopped their kissing. "Hey, Carlisle and Esme,"

"We just got freezing," Charlotte said.

"Yeah, cuz you were sitting around making out instead of playing with the kids," I teased her, and all of us girls laughed.

"Hey, you gotta admit, it's fun," Carmen said, and Eleazar chuckled while pecking his love on the cheek.

"It is, baby,"

"Aw," both Siobhan and Liam said as Carmen and Eleazar exchanged a full mouth kiss.

"Well, I gotta sit out. My ten minutes in the hot tub are up. Pregnant, remember?" Renee reminded us and pointed to her expanded belly. She pulled Charlie out with her, and they knelt by us so they could still talk to us.

"I know you're still having fun, though," Sarah said, and Sue agreed, "Yes, it's very cool here...and hot too, literally!"

"It's very hot, indeed. But I got so cold that my skin is turing into a prune!" a deep male voice said above us, one that made my skin crawl. Charles stepped into the tub, right between me and Carlisle. I scooted closer to Carmen, but Charles' naked side was still touching my hip and making me have a queasy feeling in my belly. "My wife's over there, busy with the ladies," He jerked his thumb behind us. "And the kids are too busy playing. That's probably why they never want to sit in a hot tub. I understand why you teens want to, though. Kissing...very fun to do,"

"Yes, very fun indeed," Carlisle nodded. "Sucks that both Esme and I are single,"

Charles put his arms around us both, and I shivered even in the heat. "Kids, it doesn't matter if you're dating anyone or not. Just as long as you have a great time, right?"

We both nodded and smiled but I had to fake it and hold back my tears. I tried looking at Lily, but she was busy with my mom.

He brushed his fingernail against my side and I sucked in a gasp. A giggle came out before I could even stop it.

"Dude she just likes to be tickled by me," Carlisle said all of a sudden, sounding alarmed, and Charles stopped what he was doing.

"Alright, sorry man, I didn't know," he apologized while dipping his finger down my bottoms and trailed his dirty fingers up and down inside my butt crack. I was about to pee myself, but when Charles sighed in pleasure, Eleazar gave him a weird look. "Thinking about your wife again?"

"Oh yeah," he muttered and took his hand out of my suit. He tried to hold my hand underwater and make me grab his boner, but I pulled it away and hugged Carmen around her waist so I could get every part of me away from him.

"Oh, Esme, I love you too, girl!"

"Well, folks, I'm burning in here, so I'll be taking off..." Charles finally stalked away, and I relaxed and let myself drift to Carlisle's side.

We had hot dogs for lunch and a while later, my mom called me back inside the house, needing help with getting the ice cream for everyone. I slipped out of the hot tub and walked through their back door with my we were in the kitchen, I felt someone's presence directly behind me, and Mom dropped the spoon she was holding so it clattered to the floor. She jumped and turned around. "Oh! It's just you," she said, putting her hand to her heart.

"Nice running into you ladies. I need a moment alone with Esme, and my wife really wanted to talk to you some more,"

"Oh, that's fine," Mom left and I heard the back door close. I put the bowls of ice cream down and dared a look. I jumped when I saw the dreaded man. "Oh! You scared me!"

"Esme, my precious..." He came closer to me and put his sweaty hand on my jaw while he stroked my cheek with his thumb. "You have such smooth skin," He licked his lips and his monstrous eyes darkened with lust. My eyes burned with tears that were threatening to spill.

"Don't touch me, I-I'm only fifteen," I said in a voice much shakier and softer than I meant it to be.

"You're mom's a pretty little thing, but you're even lovelier than her. You look like you're in your twenties. I mean your lips are so full and luscious, you're very sexy, your tits are smoking hot in that little tankini you got on, I can almost see them, and your ass is totally spank-able. I wonder how many boys, or men are lusting after you, wanting to make your pussy wet and soaking through your panties. Oh, fuck...shit, don't tell anyone I said that. I'm just high and I didn't mean it. I'm sorry, that was terribly rude of me,"

"Can I please just bring the ice cream out to the party? It's melting," I couldn't stop myself as I gulped, self-conciously covered my arms over my exposing top and backed away from him all the way to the counter while I was vibrating and frozen stiff. I choked on my oncoming sobs, sniffled, and hiccuped a few times.

"Forget the ice cream," he said in a raspy voice. He lifted my face to meet his. "Look into my eyes for five minutes, darling,"

"No!" I could barely speak, so it came out as a squeak. I looked down as best as I could.

"I'll kiss you anyway," I squeezed my eyes shut as hot tears trickled down my cheeks and dripped off my chin. I was saved when the door opened and Lily stormed in, her blue eyes blazing with anger.

"Get the fuck away from her, Charles!"

"Lillian, I was only talking to her, and now I'm gonna jack off. Now shut your fucking trap, you stupid, selfish whore!"

Lily brought out the drink she was holding behind her back and poured it on his head so it dripped down his face and into his eyes. He screamed, "Aaah! It burns!" and crashed to the floor. He tried getting up, but Lily kicked him in the nuts.

"You're a lying, cheating bastard. Go jack off and fuck yourself, idiot!" Lily reached around him to get the ice cream and pulled me with her. "Are you okay, baby?" I collapsed once I got out the door and she let me go. I nodded.

"Thanks, Lily, I'll be fine," Wiping away my tears, I crawled to the pool's edge, got into the water, and blew my nose when I was under. Carlisle was on one of the chairs, watching the whole thing.

"Esme, what's wrong?"

I came up from the surface. "It's nothing,"

"Well, come on, don't you want some dessert?" he asked. "Take my hands,"

"Thanks," I said, and with all his willpower, he lifted me out of the water with both his strong arms.

Everyone was eating their ice cream sundaes that Lily was passing out with delicious whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles. I ate mine so he couldn't talk to me anymore and I wouldn't have to give him any lame excuses. I thoroughly enjoyed the Oreo ice cream with the bananas and toppings.

I wanted to let him be buddy-buddy with Charles because he deserved another guy friend. When he was about to say something else, Renee gasped and let out a loud scream. "OHHH! The baby's coming!"

That's how the party ended. Thank God Charles didn't come with us. He was too busy hiding his sick self in the bathroom. When people wondered where he was, Lily simply explained that he got heatstroke and had to take a cold shower. That was halfway right. He was perving after me, but no one was aware of that.

But only she and I knew the whole entire ugly truth.

Thank you to reviewers k8lin713, Just4Me, LaurenFacinelli, cuddyannie, that kiwi chic, and TeamCarlisleandEsme8! Prepare yourselves for some drama filled chapters in the coming months! School started Monday so this is the last daily post...I'll try to update at least once a week. Peace out dudes!