It was Sunday, the day of our flight. Esme had been running around all morning, making sure our bags had everything needed in them and that we had enough food in the house for all the people that ate it. She was crazy, in a different room every 30 seconds, organising and cleaning.

I caught her before she left the kitchen, checking the pantry for the 5th time. "Esme, stop."

"What? No, I have to make sure they have everything here."

"They're adults Esme, they can handle it." I pulled her towards me.

"No, what they're probably going to knock the house down. They're going to break everything."

"Mami, it'll be fine. I'll make sure Uncle Emmett and Uncle Jasper don't ruin anything." Renesmee tried to calm her.

"Why do I feel more comfortable leaving you in charge of the house rather than your parents?" Esme questioned herself.

"Because you know they won't care as much as me if this place goes down." She joked.

"You need to sit down." I pulled Esme with me to the living room and pushed her onto the couch. "Stay."

I went up to grab our bags and bring them down.

"Excited?" Bella asked.

"I haven't really been thinking about it all morning." Esme replied.

"You'll have a great time." Carmen assured. The Denali's were staying for another week, enjoying their time away from home and with other people besides just their coven.

"Just leave extra money at every place you stay so that they can repair the damage…" Emmett smirked.

"I will not hesitate to slap you." Esme said immediately, not even thinking about it.

"Calm down, honey." I walked over from the staircase and put my hands on her shoulders.

"He's right…" Esme told me.

I snickered, "If your mood swings are going to be like this for 2 weeks, you're going without me." I joked.

"We shouldn't be going at all…" she shook her head. "At least not Germany, it's too far away. Damn it Carlisle why did you let me choose Germany?"

"Because a little bird told me it was beautiful this time of year and that they really wanted to revisit." I said, leaning down and kissing her cheek.

"Are you always like this when you leave?" Tanya asked.

Everyone had soon joined the unusually large room.

Esme didn't reply. "No, she's not." I answered for her.

"Well, it depends on the extent and how she expresses it. It happens every time, but in different ways. We all went to Isle Esme a while ago and even though we were all going, she was screaming at us for the whole day before we left." Emmett laughed.

"Did not." She defended

"You did." Jasper joined.

Before she could snap, I decided to interrupt, "Well I see that is going to start a very entertaining argument, but we should leave."

"Please take care of my house." Esme pleaded as I pushed her to the door.

"Have fun!" Melody said enthusiastically. She flew into my arms and gave me a big hug as well as Esme.

Edward and Bella were taking us to the airport and would be picking us up too. They waited by the car as we said our goodbyes to our large family.

Esme had come to realise just how excited she was as we got closer to the Seattle airport. She started to ask me questions about places we were staying. Were they near any major attractions?

They were. I made sure each one was close enough to one attraction or another. In Dresden, for 2 nights I had booked a small cabin just outside the city. It was beautiful and excluded from any other people, hidden behind a forest. There was a small driveway and walking path up to it from the road that was lined with stunning trees that overhung, making it like a tunnel.

"That sounds perfect." Edward said to me, hearing about it.

"What is it? Tell me!" she was bouncing up and down with excitement.

"You have to wait." I teased. She rolled her eyes.

"Have you planned anything for the next two weeks?" I asked them.

"I have for the first week, but it's a surprise to Bella, so I can't tell you right now." He smiled over at his wife.

"I still hate surprises…" she spoke quietly.

He chuckled at her.

"Eyes on the road." She smirked at him.

"Oh come on, what will seriously happen if we crash?"

"You'll ruin my Mercedes, so let's not let that happen…"

"So keep it away from Emmett?" Bella joked.

"Yes." Esme said seriously.

Esme and I said goodbye to Edward and Bella before boarding our plane. Esme was talking non-stop, overly excited for our trip. She would ask a question, and then ask another before I had the chance to answer the first. What started out as questions about our trip, turned into random questions. Most of which she already knew the answers to.

After being on the plane for several hours, most of the people were asleep. Esme pretended to be after exhausting her brain from all her talking.

I watched her as she took steady breaths. She really looked like she was sleeping, but occasionally she would move so subtly that I don't think anyone but me noticed. She intertwined her fingers with mine and turned her head to look at me. She stared in silence.

"What?" I whispered so quietly that no one else would hear.

"You're just so…perfect." She breathed.

"Not as perfect as you, my darling." I leant down and planted a soft kiss on her lips.

An announcement over the speakers interrupted our conversation. We were about to land.

"Are you ready to start our vacation?"

"I'm more than ready." She smiled wide.

I rented us a car, and we drove slowly through Berlin to our hotel. When we walked in, Esme looked mesmerised. "Whoa, it's stunning."

"Yeah, the pictures weren't close to as good as this." I agreed. I walked over and pulled the curtain away from the windows.

We were on the top floor, and the view was amazing.

It was dark, but bright lights lit up the city. "I cannot believe this. When we came last time, we aimed for the more residential view, didn't we?" she asked.

"Yeah. You wanted to know what it would be like to actually live here. This time I thought you might like to know what it was like visit in 5 star hotels at overly expensive prices…" I laughed.

"Room service provided?" she joked.

"Ah, but look what I brought." I held up bottles of blood. "Wine?" I suggested.

"Perfect."

"I'll call, why don't you get settled for the night?"

She nodded and moved towards her bags. She picked up her make up bag and one of her clothes one's before going into the bathroom. "I'm going to have a quick shower…"

The wine came several minutes after I heard her turn the water off in the shower.

"Wine is here, sweetheart." I called.

"I'll be out in a minute!" she called back.

I poured the wine and mixed in the blood.

"Shit! Alice!" I heard Esme say, trying to be quiet so I wouldn't hear but failing.

"Esme? Is everything okay?" I asked from behind the closed door.

"Uh, yeah. I'll be out in a minute." She sounded like she wanted to cry, all choked up.

My message tone went off so I went to check my message:

"Shit Alice, wtf are you thinking? He'll hate that."

It was from Esme, and obviously wasn't meant for me.

"Es, you sent that to me. What will I hate?"

"Ah shit, sorry Carlisle."

"What will I hate?" I asked again.

She opened the door slowly and stood in a light purple lingerie outfit.

"Apparently she thought this would be fun." Esme spoke slowly.

I smirked, "I don't hate it." I began a quiet short laugh.

"Don't laugh! She didn't pack anything else!"

"Okay first, why did you let Alice pack everything? And second, I'm not laughing at you, just about this situation. I think it's sexy…"

"I let her pack because I was busy shopping for food." She looked down at her outfit then back at me. "You do like it?"

"You sound shocked…"

"Well I guess I've never really done…this." She motioned to the outfit. "And assumed it wasn't what you were in to."

"Into?" I laughed at her wording. "Esme, all guys like their wives in sexy lingerie. It's hot."

She laughed at me.

"The wine is ready…" I changed the subject for a moment.

"You want me to drink wine, in this?"

"Don't worry; you won't be in it for long…" I winked and smirked at her.

"Doctor Cullen, are you going insane?"

"I think you're driving me there the more you stand there in that."

She giggled and switched the bathroom light off and followed me.