"We're going to be very late if you girls don't hurry up." I yelled to them from downstairs.
All the guys were ready and waiting in the living room while the girls were still upstairs.
"Carlisle we are ready, when we're ready!" Esme called back.
"Should I go up and see what's taking so long?" I asked no one in particular.
"Definitely not." Edward replied.
Bella walked down the stairs.
"First one ready, you're Carlisle's favourite tonight…" Emmett joked.
We all laughed before Melody made her way down to us next, followed by Alice.
"You bet Rose?" Jasper asked.
She just smiled and danced over to his side.
Rosalie came down a couple of minutes later. "Esme, we're waiting on you…" I said.
"You can all go ahead, I don't mind." She answered.
"We'll wait." Edward called.
We heard a loud smash and I immediately went up. "Babe what are you doing?" I asked as I opened the door, not yet looking at her. When I did look up, it was the first time I had seen her all day. She looked upset.
"Esme, what's wrong?" I went and sat beside her on the bed.
"Don't lie to me, okay? Do I look like I have gained weight to you?" she asked.
"I don't think you can, Esme."
"But do I look like I have?"
"You look the same as always." I was being truthful.
"Rose!" she wanted a girls opinion.
"You called?" Rosalie said as she walked in.
"Do I look like I have gained weight to you?" She asked her.
"Esme, you haven't-" I stared, but she lifted her finger to my lips to stop my talking.
Rosalie looked at her, "No Esme, you look the same as always."
"Okay, thanks." She replied with a smile.
"Now that we have established that you haven't gained weight, are you ready?" I asked.
She glared at me, then grabbed her purse and nodded.
"Hey, Seth, Esme's here." Jacob smirked.
Seth nodded at him and jumped up. He walked over to us, "Hey guys, glad you could make it. You look great."
"Thank you Seth, it looks really nice here." Esme replied.
"Please dear god, do not ask him if you look like you have gained weight." I thought to myself.
Edward broke out into a long laugh a second later.
"What?" Esme asked.
I closed my eyes and looked down, trying to hide my smile.
"Carlisle…"
"Nothing, I was just thinking about how beautiful you look tonight."
She smiled at me and I was glad that she believed me. That would have been another argument I definitely didn't want to get myself into.
Leah motioned for all of us to come join everyone else and once Esme was far enough away, Edward began to laugh at me again.
"She almost didn't fall for that." He informed me.
"What?" Emmett asked, intrigued.
Edward told Emmett, Jasper and Bella who were the only ones that were listening.
"You're so lucky…" Bella laughed.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's go enjoy the party and never talk about this again." I turned and walked back to my beautiful wife.
We watched lovingly at our children while they made jokes and laughed and had fun.
Melody had been talking with Renesmee and Jake, and every so often, I would see Seth look at them.
"He is wondering who she is." Edward said.
"She's here to meet them and she hasn't even talked to most of them." Esme joined.
"She's probably just nervous. Hey, Ness!" I called her over.
She came over and gave me a hug, followed by Esme before turning back to me. "What's up?"
"Do you mind introducing Melody to the pack? She wants to meet them but I think she's too shy."
"Sure, I'll do that now." She walked back over to Melody and pulled her over to the first members of the pack that she saw.
We watched as her face was filled with smiles and laughter. When she went around to the last couple of wolves, my body went stiff as I saw Seth.
His face had a shocked look, and he stared into her eyes. Everyone went quiet. Renesmee's eyes lit up once she realised what was happening.
"Is he imprinting?" Esme asked me.
"I think so." I replied ever so quietly. My body was still stiff. I couldn't believe that my daughter had found her soul mate already. We hadn't had much time with her.
"Calm down Carlisle, it's not the end of the world." Jasper whispered.
"You like Seth, why are you so shocked?" Edward asked.
"She's his little girl. Of course he is going to be shocked." Alice defended me.
I could tell from her face that Melody had no idea what had just happened once Seth broke their gaze and had to sit down. Renesmee was quick to fix that and began explaining to her what imprinting was, what it meant and how it happened to her as well.
"So he is my soul mate?" Melody asked.
"That's right. He is a really nice guy too, he gets along with anyone, so don't worry about not knowing him yet, because you will very soon. He will become your best friend. Plus the family already loves him, so don't worry about that either." She smiled.
She nodded to indicate that she understood, and looked over at us.
I smiled at her to show that I wasn't at all disappointed with this. Seth was very nice and respectful.
"Great, another wolf in the house…" Emmett said.
We walked over to Seth and started talking to him, and Melody soon joined us.
