Esme

I missed home. Sure, I love this place, a lot, but with all the drama, and the little time to ourselves, this visit was completely different to others. Normally, Carlisle and I would have a lot time for romance, and that's one of the things I loved about the island, it sparked something else in us, something we wouldn't normally have at home. This time, we didn't really get to experience it much, and I missed it.

Carlisle was trying to keep everyone happy and everyone calm around each other. He was putting so much effort into that, and I loved that side of him, the family-before-anything-else side, but I also loved the romance.

I was lying on a towel on the beach while everyone else was in the water. I was listening as Carlisle was having fun with Renesmee, Violetta and Leah, making them laugh a lot.

Eleazar and Carmen were just talking in the water, swimming, and laughing, and all the children were playing volleyball on a floating net that Emmett had bought the other day back on the mainland.

My hand grazed over the scar above my collarbone as I pictured Carlisle behind my closed eyes. I smiled to myself. I opened my eyes and sat up; watching as Carlisle picked Renesmee up and spun her around, throwing her into the water. I laughed as Violetta begged for him not to do the same to her through her laughs. He laughed and did it anyway, and again to Leah.

I realised now that Seth wasn't with them, or in the volleyball game. I looked over the water and couldn't see him. Panic rose inside of me as I searched the sand quickly. He was sitting by the rocks to my right at the edge of the water, and he looked upset.

I glanced at Edward, who was looking at me now. He nodded and looked over to Seth. I stood up and walked over at a human pace, giving him time to think of an excuse that wouldn't work.

He smiled at me and I sat down at his side. Carlisle was glancing over at us, but he turned his attention back to his daughters and granddaughter, not wanting to draw their attention to Seth.

"What's up?" I asked him.

"Nothing, you?"

"I came to see why you're so gloomy over here."

"I'm not gloomy." He shook his head.

I stared at him for a few seconds before he sighed, "Okay, so I'm in a bad mood."

"You're upset." I said.

He shook his head and looked over the water.

"Seth, come on. You know you can tell me anything, right?"

"Yeah." He nodded.

"Do you want to tell me?"

He looked at me for a few seconds, "Nah, I'll be okay. Thanks."

"…I was sort of hoping for a "Yeah Esme, I do" followed by what was wrong."

He didn't reply.

"Is it because you don't have another half here with you?"

"Please, Leah is the closest I'll ever have to "another half"."

"You'll imprint one day, honey."

"That's not it anyway." He shook his head.

"Do you want to go for a walk? Out of earshot?"

He thought about it, but he never gave me an answer. I stood up and grabbed his hand, "Come on." I pulled him up.

He walked beside me as we went towards the trail that led around the perimeter. I asked him easy questions first, and I got to the point once I was positive no one could hear us.

"What is it, Seth?"

"It's nothing, I just…sort of miss Forks and the wolves."

"Is that because you don't think you fit in here?"

"You're good." He nodded, "I'll give you that."

I smiled, "Seth, we're a family of vampires, hybrids and wolves. I think you fit in just fine. Although your appearance may look younger, your mental age is probably older than Emmett and Garrett, if you think you're too young. You're family, honey, you fit in."

He sighed, "Yeah, I guess. I'm just in a bad mood, it really is nothing. I'll be fine tomorrow."

"Really?" I asked.

He smiled, "Yeah, thanks."

I didn't want to push him or anything, so I decided to leave it at that.

"What about you?" He asked.

"Me?"

"You weren't in the water, and you look a little distracted."

I smiled, "I was just thinking about Carlisle and how we haven't had much time to ourselves, that's all."

"Sorry, I know none of us have really left you with any time."

"No, it's completely okay. Having you all around us makes both of us much happier."

"Yeah, did you see Carlisle with Leah, Ness and Vi? He was so happy."

I smiled and nodded, "He was."

Seth started laughing.

"What?"

"I was just about to suggest something really stupid."

I looked at him curiously.

"I was going to say, maybe if you couldn't get anyone to leave you here; you could go out to dinner or something on the mainland."

I laughed with him, "A nice deer or two?"

"A few tapirs."

We laughed again, imagining just how unromantic that would be. Hunting wasn't the cleanest of events.

"Do you want to go back?" Seth asked.

"Sure." I nodded.

We walked back towards the house and the beach where we previously were.

We walked out of the trees and Leah and Renesmee called Seth over. Violetta was talking to Mason and Jacob, laughing as they spoke.

The volleyball game was still going. Carlisle walked up to me, slicking his wet hair back.

"Who's winning?" I called.

"Us." Emmett and Garrett replied at the same time. They were on separate teams.

"Not keeping score, then?"

"No, they're winning; Emmett just doesn't want to admit it." Edward said.

I smiled as Emmett hit the ball over the net and Tanya hit it back.

"Hey." Carlisle smiled as he reached me.

"Hi." I tilted my head to the side and kissed him, "You're having the time of your life out there."

"I think today definitely reaches the top 10 days of my life. Not number 1, though, or number 2, or 3."

"What was 1, 2 and 3?"

"Well, number 1 was when I found you dying, that's not why it was good; it was good because you became mine. Number 2 is when you became mine again, when you accepted my marriage proposal, and number 3 is when Violetta came back to us."

"Amazing how I can come before your daughter twice. Is that maybe because you're trying to make me feel special at this current moment?"

"No." He shook his head, "That was the truth."

"Mm, sure." I kissed him again, slowly and torturously. I bit his lip lightly before I pulled away. He growled quietly.

"They're all pretty busy…" He said, motioning to the water.

"They're all counting on you to keep the peace between the teams."

"I've got that." Edward called, "Go get freaky."

I raised my eyebrows at him, "Excuse me?"

"You know it's true." He smirked.

I shook my head and saw Violetta looking at us in disgust. Carlisle glanced over to her, but she looked back to Mason before his eyes caught her.

"Is Seth okay?" He looked back at me.

"Yeah," I nodded, "He's just feeling a little bit left out I think, he's in a bit of a bad mood."

"But, we're not worrying?"

"Not at all." I shook my head, "Why do you ask?" I knew exactly why he was asking.

He smirked and took my hand before sprinting into the trees. He didn't stop until we were a very long way from the beach. He ended at our little secret place. It was underneath a lot of forest canopy, and in the cliché place, through the waterfall. We walked under the running water and I stood underneath it for a second to let it soak my hair before Carlisle pulled me to him. He started kissing me immediately, from my lips, to my earlobe and down to my collarbone.

"Oh, so that's why you were asking."

He laughed, "You knew very well why I was asking."

His breath felt amazing against my skin. I moaned and dropped my head back as he continued on my neck and his hand roamed to my chest. I tangled my fingers in his hair, moaning louder as his hand explored downwards.

"You look so good in this bikini, but it would be a shame if it were to be ruined. Shall I remove it?"

I smirked as his hand pulled the tie at the back undone, and the one at my neck. It fell and I kicked it away. He moved downwards and pulled at the string on my hip with his teeth. I bit my lip as he undid the other one next.

Like I said, this island always sparked something else in us.