Well here's the next chapter.


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Gray Weather, briiittx xch, DarknessFallsLikeRainAroundMe, Lauren, Dark Shining Light, and Cinderellaellabella.

Y'all are the best!

NOW ON WITH THE STORY ! ! !

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, for if I did I would be on a tour in Europe rather than doing homework EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!

The cruelty of this unjust world was enough to make me sick. It was worse than depressing when I couldn't even use my credit cards. Of course I hadn't thought to bring any cash. I never carried cash. Why? Because I always have my credit cards. The scenery rushed past us as I slammed the gas pedal down hard. The speedometer read 95 as I headed back in the direction of my eternal doom.

CPOV

I knew she would be here in a matter of minutes, so I sat down with Esme on the couch to wait. Practicing tough love was never my strong point. Esme stood up then and walked back to the kitchen where Emmett was scrubbing the walls with a toothbrush.

"Emmett! Stop doing experiments with the human food and get back to scrubbing." I heard her say. His voice was defensive when he answered her after a minute.

"But Mom! If a couple silver cans can make Bella act like a complete mental psycho, then imagine what all this could do!" I heard a loud bang and Emmett's shrill scream.

"Emmett, so help me! I'll take away your marshmallow gun for a month if you don't get back to work right now!" I hid my smile as she stomped off to find Jasper in the garage where she had set him to polishing Edward's Volvo. I happened to consider Edward's obsession with his car a little unhealthy, but to each their own I suppose.

I heard the Porsche's wheel's hit the driveway then and I took a deep, unnecessary, yet essential breath. They were both out the car and into the house seconds later, hauling Jasper with them. Emmett and Esme emerged from the kitchen then and suddenly we were all congregated in the living room.

"So, anyone want to take a seat?" I asked, hoping they couldn't tell how worried I was. Esme resumed her place by me on the couch, but the rest of them just stood there staring at me.

"Or not," I said more to myself than to them. "I think you've all been very childish and I want to have a mature conversation regarding punishment." No one as much as blinked. They had stopped breathing and now they were just staring me down.

"Let's not act like sulky teenagers. Alice, I assume you know that I've deactivated all of you charge cards for the time being." I went on. She tilted her head a fraction of an inch to indicate yes, but otherwise didn't move.

"Rosalie, all of your magazine subscriptions have been cancelled till further notice and you aren't allowed to drive your car for a week." Rose shifted her wait to her left foot and continued to her left foot and continued to glare at me. I peered at Esme from the corner of my eye. She seemed to understand that I needed back up.

"Jasper, I'm taking away your computer and internet privileges for a month." Esme's voice was hard and cut across the silence like steel: hard and unflinching.

Jasper's glare became more pronounced and his lips moved just the tiniest bit, a human wouldn't have noticed, as if he were about to say something.

"Emmett, no television for a month as well. And you may not drive the jeep for a week." Emmett looked like he was about to protest, but Esme raised her eyebrows at him, daring him to say something. He looked down at the floor instead. Other than the Rosalie impatiently tapping her foot, no one moved or said a word.

I stood then, and smiled warmly. They continued to glare back.

"I'm so sorry that it's come to this, you may go now." Esme said with genuine pity. That one sentence was all it took and we were suddenly standing alone in the room. She stood then and leaned into me. I hugged her back and sighed heavily. I hated having to punish them, but occasionally it was necessary.

We didn't see hide nor hare of them for the next several hours. I finished up some paper work I had needed to do for the hospital regarding Mike's grandmother and her prescriptions. That woman took way to many pills, in my opinion. Esme finished up an oil painting she had been working on.

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The sun was just coming up when a loud crash resounded from one of the children's rooms. I rushed upstairs to find an Emmett sized hole in the south wall window of Edward's room. I sighed, exasperated, as Rosalie stood off to the side looked like a child caught with her hand in a cookie jar.

"He fell." she offered quietly. I rolled my eyes.

"Get out of your brother's room. Let's go. Esme will be sorely unhappy that she has to replace this window for the second time this month." she nodded and headed out into the hall way. I descended the stair case as Emmett hit the front door.

"Why did you break Edward's window?" I asked incredulously as he caught site of me.

"I, um, fell. See, what had happened was-" I cut him off mid sentence. Whatever had happened, I didn't want to know. I rarely ever wanted to know when it came to him and Rose.

"Save it," I said. "Whatever happened, don't let it happen again." With that I walked out to my car to head to the hospital. I had some extra work to get done today and I wanted to proceed with out any kind of taboo story about those two floating around in my thoughts.

As I opened the car door I almost felt bad for leaving Esme home alone.

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And there you have it. Yes, I know it's been months since I last updated. Sorry bout that.

I realize this is a fairly short chapter, but bear with me. I do appreciate everyone who has read my story.

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I can't promise when I'll update next, but you'll be okay till then.

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