Ahh! hope nobody's mad at me for leaving Forks! :)

Chapter 26

Rosalie had taken the time to attempt giving a full tour of the house, despite the short attention span of the younger members of the family, and once or twice her husband. All in all, everyone was completely taken back by the size of the place. It would certainly prove to be enough room for everyone, and then some. Alice had been right in thinking ahead. In time, they would all certainly have more children, whether it be ten months from the present day, or ten years. On top of it, there was more than enough room to gain more privacy, though there were also a number of common areas where they could all certainly spend time together watching movies or playing pool.

"So, grade me," Rosalie said, "How do you like it?"

"A through F?" Edward asked with a smirk.

She gave him a looking, thinking he was going to purposely throw out the letter "C", "D" or "F".

"Just asking," he told her.

"Yes, Edward. Classic letter scoring. What do I get for choosing this house?"

He smiled, knowing she was almost hoping for a reason to jump on him. "I give it an "A" Rosalie."

Rosalie tried to hide a slight raise of her eyebrows, which was pointless seeing Edward could read her mind regardless of what was said or shown aloud. She smiled. "Thank you."

"I agree," Alice said, raising her hand.

There were nods all around.

"Rosalie," Carlisle said, "Thank you for thinking of me. It was very unselfish of you, and of everyone."

She smiled, "You're welcome Carlisle."

He smiled back and Esme took in everything with a similar grin as she leaned up against him. "We should look into that school you were all talking about," she said.

"I think Caleb could pull off a freshman in high school," Rosalie told her, "And his rapid growth spurt that's right around the corner will help him progress through the next three grades without a problem."

Esme nodded, seeming to agree with her.

Carlisle, too, agreed it would be a good idea. The thought of him falling for a human girl crossed his mind, making Edward laugh. The two of them shared a smile and Carlisle looked down.

"What?" Esme and Rosalie both asked.

Edward continued grinning, "Carlisle is just a little nervous that Caleb might... do what I did." He looked at Bella.

"What fall in love with a fragile, human girl?" Bella asked, looking into his eyes.

Edward snickered again and Carlisle smiled, shaking his head.

"Nah," Caleb said, "Not a big fan of human girls."

Carlisle began to laugh, as did Edward, Emmett and Jasper.

Caleb smiled at his father, then began to laugh with them.

"You say that now," Edward said, looking at Bella again before slinging an arm around her.

"Do you still loveeee Alice?" Emmett asked Caleb.

"What?" he asked shyly and taken off guard. "I don't love Alice... like that."

Alice and Jasper both laughed.

"I remember when you had a huge crush on her," Alexandra said to her brother.

"Had," he said, looking at Alice now, "No offense. I'm just afraid of Jasper so I had to ignore my feelings."

Esme shook her head and smiled and Carlisle laughed again.

"The humans aren't hard to resist," William said.

"That's easy to say, you have Maddy," Mackenzie said, "If Channing Tatum was at this prep school, I'd consider getting up the courage to ask him out."

"Well, this ain't 21 Jump Street," Emmett told her.

"He is cute though," Rosalie whispered to her daughter, who nodded.

Emmett laughed, "Cuter than me?"

"Not even close," she told him, kissing him on the lips.

Mackenzie made a face, as all of them typically did when seeing a display of affection from their parents.

"What room do you guys want?" Rosalie asked, looking at Esme.

"I liked the one in the back right corner that looks out onto the back patio," she said with a shrug, looking at Carlisle.

He smiled, "Whatever you want is fine by me."

"Bella and I are taking the next one over," Edward said, looking at Rosalie.

"I didn't want that one anyway," she told him, "Emmett and I are planning on taking the bottom level one by the pool." A smile formed on her face.

Alice pulled Jasper by the hand, "We have a few different ones in mind." She looked at him, "Let's go decide."

"Do you like the office?" Emmett asked Carlisle, knowing it was something that Rosalie had talked about several times.

He nodded, "I do. It's the biggest home office I've ever had."

"Fireplace and all," Rosalie said with a smile. "You really like it?"

"I do," Carlisle assured her.

The two of them smiled.

"Caleb," Esme said, "Choose a room in the same vicinity as us upstairs."

He didn't put up a fight, seeming to have already had his eyes on a space he liked. "Okay." He darted toward a tall staircase around the corner from where they stood.

The rest of the family began to disperse, still checking out the house for themselves.

Carlisle and Esme strolled slowly around the lower level for the second time, ending up on the patio that looked up toward the balcony outside what would soon become their bedroom.

He sighed and looked at her.

"What?" Esme asked, looking at him with a small smile.

"I'd never had a fear that one of them would fall for a human, so I liked having the kids in school. It kept them social. Maybe they learned a new thing or two. Culture changes all the time, as do educational tactics and methods of learning." Carlisle said.

"You're worried Caleb may fall for a human girl if he goes to school?" she asked.

He shrugged, "I don't know. A little, I guess."

Esme smiled at him, "Well, our family is two for two in that department."

He smiled at her, knowing she was referring to their relationship, and the relationship of Edward and Bella. From day one she had never been unhappy about their pairing. It was just the opposite. Carlisle loved that Esme was "pro-love". Still, the complications of Edward and Bella's relationship earlier on made him slightly anxious at the possibility of a repeat.

"Carlisle," she said, placing her hands on chest, "Everything will work out just fine. No worrying. He hasn't even been enrolled yet. Maybe he won't until next year, who knows?"

He smiled, knowing she was right. Her happy nature made him loosen up a bit. "You're right."

"I know," she teased with a wide grin, kissing him once on the lips.

Carlisle snickered lightly and kissed her a second time.

"We'll have a long talk about this tonight, okay?" she asked.

He nodded, "Okay."

Esme took his hand, looking up toward their room again. "Should we go unload the trucks?"

Carlisle nodded again and he called out to Caleb to join them in the driveway. Everyone hoped by that night they would all at least be settled in their rooms so they could begin to make the new place feel like home.