I lay down for hours with Esme in my arms. Every so often she would bury her face further into my chest. I planned to stay with her all night if that was what she needed after her very awful day.

My phone rang. It was 2 in the morning, who would be ringing this late? I let it ring out. It called again immediately.

"Answer it." Esme said, her voice muffled.

I answered the unknown number. It was Seth, calling from some else's phone. Melody had been drinking with the boys and drank way too much, along with Renesmee. I thanked him and said I would be there soon.

"Esme I need to go do something." I said.

She sat up, "Who was that?"

"Seth. Melody and Ness drank too much and none of the wolves are sober enough to walk straight so they can't bring them home." I explained while throwing on a shirt.

"Melody shouldn't drink without us around. She could lose all sense of control and slip up."

"That's why I'm angry."

"Ness is on a hot streak." She smirked.

I laughed lightly, "Want to come?"

"Yeah, a drive could be nice. Can we go the long way?"

"Anything for you, my darling."


We went the long way at Esme's request. Although it was only an extra 5 minutes, it seemed to calm her down a lot more than she had been all night. Our hands were intertwined and I was rubbing soft circles on her palm. When we pulled up at the reservation, Billy was outside with the girls, Seth and Jacob.

We stepped out of the car and heard Renesmee arguing with Seth.

"Seth, why would you call them?"

"I told him to. You have both drank too much, now you should go home." Billy said before Seth could.

"Get in the car, now." I spoke coldly to them. Esme was right behind me.

"Thank you Billy." She spoke quietly.

He nodded before turning and headed towards his home.

"The girls probably won't be here for a couple of days minimum." I told the wolves.

Jacob looked like he could pass out at any moment. Seth didn't look as bad as him or the girls, but he was quiet so I guessed he was close to it.

"I suggest you both get some sleep…" Esme said.

They nodded without a word and turned to walk back to Billy's house.

I looked at Esme and she looked back at me. She sighed and looked back at the girls in the car. I followed her gaze. The girls were looking at us and seemed genuinely scared.

"They're terrified…" Esme whispered.

"I would be too if I messed up and both my parents were vampires."

She snickered before walking back to the car.


We drove home the quicker way. Esme had texted Bella and now she and Edward were awaiting the return of their daughter.

We walked inside behind the girls. I assisted Renesmee as she couldn't really walk without almost falling over.

"Badass…" Emmett laughed once they walked into the living room. Rosalie hit him and he winced before putting his arms around her waist and kissing her cheek.

"I'm going to go lay down before you scream at me…" Melody said, walking to the stairs.

Edward took Renesmee up to her room so that she could sleep.

"How harsh are we meant to be about this?" Esme asked me.

"I have absolutely no idea."

"Whoa, Carlisle doesn't have an answer?" Rosalie joked. Emmett and Jasper laughed.

"Maybe no reservation for 2 weeks? We've got to give her some credit, she didn't lose control." Esme suggested.

I nodded in agreement.

"Can we use your punishment too?" Bella asked. Edward laughed at her.

"Renesmee knew better, Bella."

"Would you rather her mope around here for a month? Give you attitude every time you try to talk to her, as well as everyone else?" she raised her eyebrows.

"Okay, 2 weeks with no reservation, and one week with no Jacob."

"Edward…"

"I'm not joking."

"How would you feel if we said one week with no Bella?" Esme asked him.

"Well I would be pretty pissed seeing as I didn't do anything, and I'm also an adult so I probably wouldn't listen…"

"If you did do something, you idiot. Remember that Ness is almost an adult now too, well looks like one anyway. And she definitely thinks she is one."

"I stand by my no Jacob for a week."

"That's just because you hate him." Bella said.

"I'm not denying that."

"3 days without Jacob."

"5." He argued.

"Fine. 5 days with no Jacob, and 2 weeks with no reservation." Bella confirmed and Edward nodded.

"I'm glad that you two aren't my parents…" Alice whispered.

"So am I…" Edward smirked at her.

Alice laughed and leant back into Jasper. He put his arms around her and kissed her when she turned her head to the side. She froze up immediately afterwards.

"Alice?" Jasper asked. "What do you see?" her face was blank, her eyes watching the vision playing out in her mind.

Edward flicked his head up and stared at her. They made brief eye contact and moved their gazes to Esme and I.

I sat up straighter. "What?"

Edward looked back at Alice who I assumed was talking to him through her thoughts. He nodded before looking back at my wife and then to me again.

"Edward?" Esme asked.

"Don't worry about it. Nothing important."

I looked at him with suspicion but decided not to press on the issue. If it was threatening, they would definitely tell us.

"It's times like these when we all wish we had your ability Edward." Emmett spoke up.

"It has its moments…and sometimes it doesn't. Alice please." He shook his head and I look of disgust crossed his face.

"It's an option…" she smirked.

He shook his head and laughed. "I'm going to hunt. Join if you wish." Edward said, standing.

All of the kids accepted the invitation for something to do. Jasper had asked Esme if everything was okay now with her before he caught up to the others.


I went up to my office to do some paperwork while Esme watched a movie with the others who had returned from their hunt. Edward invited me to join them before they started it but I declined.

I was reading by the time it finished. Esme had come up and asked if I wanted to do something but I had declined again. I wasn't really in the mood to socialise, so I stayed in my office until work.