Holla! I finished my health assignment earlier than expected (Although I didn't do all of it. Who needs good grades? Pfft...not me...) *cough* kill me *cough*. Anyway, it's 10:21 pm in Australia and I can't sleep anymore so I am updating for you today after all :)
-A xx
Esme
And yet another week passed, almost. It was Thursday. Violetta already took Monday and Wednesday off, and she argued again today and I gave in. Mason still hadn't called Violetta back, and Jacob claimed that he wasn't planning on returning anytime soon. I guess he was wrong…
Eleazar and Carmen were filled in on everything, since we weren't really able to contact them often on their journey.
Violetta was living in Carlisle's office. She was sleeping in the couch in there, and she would stay in there all day.
"Why does she spend so much time in his office? Like, I get it, she misses him, but wouldn't she rather sleep in her own bed?" Rosalie asked.
Bella's café was almost done, so they were all home a lot more often now. They changed it already too, it was a quiet café by day, and I very elegant, beautiful restaurant at night. She added fairy lights for Carmen. I hadn't been to the property myself until yesterday, and when they said it was a small space, I thought it was a small space, but it was actually quite large. Perfect for what Bella was going for, too.
"Too many things in her room remind her of Mason." Edward replied to Rosalie, turning a page in his book. "She doesn't know who she would rather miss, but I guess she chose Carlisle. I don't know why, it causes her more pain to be away from him than it does to be away from Mason."
"That's why she chose that, stupid." Emmett said.
"Oh…yeah that makes sense now. Sorry."
A knock on the door startled all of us, but I knew who it was as soon as Edward growled aggressively.
"Mason?" Bella asked quietly.
He nodded and stood up. I shot up and grabbed his arm, "No. Sit down."
He hesitated, but I pushed him backwards gently and he sat back down at Bella's side. I walked to the door and opened it, "Yes?"
"Esme, I am so sorry." He said.
"Don't flatter yourself, Mason, you have done very little damage…" I lied harshly. I heard Carlisle's office door open and Violetta's footsteps approach.
"She's alive…" Garrett whispered from the living room.
I looked behind me as Violetta stood near the corner of the wall, as if she were hiding her body behind it.
Mason looked passed me and at Violetta. He looked so guilty and full of regret. "You look terrible."
"Oh, what a way to greet her after ruining her." Jasper said snidely. Alice hushed him.
"How'd you know I wasn't at school?" She asked quietly.
"I've kept in touch with Seth and Ness."
She went to speak before her phone rang. She checked it and declined the call, but it rang again immediately. She picked it up, "Leon, I can't really talk right now…"
"Where are you? We have marking today."
"Shit, do we? I'm so sorry, just tell Mrs Dite that I'm away and request we do it tomorrow."
"Will you be here tomorrow? I'm worried; you've been away a lot…"
"I'm fine Leon, really." She said, looking very anxious as to what this call would bring her. Leon was the boy in her music class. He screamed, and they made music together all the time. They covered The Amity Affliction a lot, because it was a mix of screaming and the usual vocals. The style fitted them both nicely. He came around on Tuesday to practice their piece. This one was 'Pittsburgh'.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Bye." She hung up and slipped her phone back into her pocket.
"Who's Leon?" Mason asked.
"You are hardly in the place to ask." She shook her head.
"Look, can we please go for a walk? I need to explain."
Violetta thought about it before she walked towards us, "If I'm not back in half an hour, come find me."
I nodded and watched them walk out.
I closed the door behind them and returned to the living room, "I missed him."
"He's not your boyfriend." Rosalie said, "Unless there's something you want to tell us…"
I dropped my mouth open slightly, "Disgusting. He's my son."
I heard familiar tyres approach the house then. Alice had a big smirk on her face. I looked straight to Edward, who smiled and gave a small nod.
I knew my eyes lit up, but I ignored the "awh" coming from all the girls and ran to the front door. I yanked it open as Carlisle pulled into the garage. I second later he walked out from the garage and I crashed into him, jumping into him and wrapping my legs around his waist, my arms around his neck. He caught me and laughed.
"Esme, it's been less than a month."
I ignored his comment and the smirk I could hear in it. I buried my face further into his shoulder and breathed in his magnificently alluring scent. He kissed my forehead, "I guess you missed me as much as I missed you, then…"
I took one last whiff before I slowly unwrapped my legs and dropped back down onto my own feet, "You have no idea." I whispered before placing a very long, soft kiss on his lips.
When I pulled away, I looked into his eyes properly, and I saw they were filled with love and adoration, and a hint of desire. His mirrored mine.
"I don't like where these feelings are going…" Jasper said from the porch. I glanced behind me briefly to see them all on the porch, watching us.
"Or these thoughts. Tone it down a bit there, guys." Edward said.
"Fuck off." I said to them.
"Esme." Carlisle raised his eyebrows.
"Sorry." I batted my eyelashes at him. He kissed me once more before he took my hand and walked towards the house. I let go of his hand as Rosalie crashed into him. She obviously missed him a lot more than she was letting on.
I walked up to Carmen and Eleazar's side as I watched him hug our children. I waited for him to kiss Carmen's cheek and shake Eleazar's hand before I held myself to his side again. I missed his touch and just his presence.
We all walked inside and I sat with him, holding his hand and myself close to his side. I rested my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes.
"She literally has not relaxed since you left. Between Eleazar and Carmen being gone, us, Vi and Mason, she hasn't had much time to chill out." Jasper said.
"You've been stressed out for 3 weeks?"
"2. Eleazar and Carmen got back last week." I said. My eyes were still closed and I was breathing his wonderful scent again.
Edward laughed, "You're so creepy, Esme."
I laughed with him, "Shut up."
"What?" Emmett asked.
"She's enjoying breathing his "wonderful" scent again." Edward said.
They all laughed and I opened my eyes so they could see my glares, "Go away."
"Fight me."
"Outside, come on."
"No thank you." Edward laughed.
"Yeah, because you know I'll win."
"Hey, how long has it been?" Kate asked, looking at her phone.
"Like, 20 minutes." Bella said, "We still have 10 it's okay."
"What?" Carlisle asked.
"If Vi isn't back in another 10 minutes we have to go out and find her." Emmett said.
"She's not at school?" Carlisle aimed the question to me.
I shook my head, "She argued again. Mason came back today and they went for a walk so he could explain. I have no idea how it's going to work out. Personally, I don't think there is anything he could say that could make her forgive him."
"Oh, all she needs is a sorry." Edward said, "She was so relieved when he was back, she didn't even care about what happened. Leon might be a problem for him, though."
"He doesn't deserve to have a problem. He needs to get over himself." Rosalie said.
"Wait, who's Leon?" Carlisle asked.
"He is apparently the only person Vi talks to at school; she doesn't even speak to Ness, Leah, Jake or Seth anymore. He's in her music and English class, and they make music together. He screams, and she sings, and together they cover mostly The Amity Affliction songs." I explained.
"Have you met him?"
"Yes, he came over on Tuesday. He is actually a very nice boy. Smart too." I smiled. "Maybe if it doesn't work out with Mason…"
"All Leon wants is to get in her pants…" Edward said to me. "There's something you don't know about her that apparently several people at her school do."
"What is it?" I asked.
"How do I put this? She has…reverted back to her old ways of dealing with things…"
I looked at him in confusion. There were a million things she could have started doing again.
"She's becoming the school "slut" again?" Bella asked. That made sense with his previous Leon statement, now that I think of it.
Edward nodded, "Gold star."
"Do they at least pay her?" Emmett asked.
"This is not a joking matter, Em." Rosalie said quietly. "It's pretty serious."
"And the stress returns…" Jasper said, looking at me as I sat forwards and put my head in my hands.
Carlisle rubbed my back, "There is so much I need to talk to her about."
"Don't even try. She doesn't listen." Alice said, "She'll say sure, and even make promises, but she always breaks them. At least, she has over the last 3 weeks…"
"Your daughter is a very difficult being." Alistair said.
Carlisle nodded.
After another few minutes, I heard Violetta's laugh and Mason's amused voice.
"You're kidding." Jasper said, standing and looking out the window, "Oh I'm going to murder him."
"Jasper." I hushed.
"Dad?" Violetta's voice called as a question, as if she didn't believe that she just saw his car in the garage, or could smell his fresh scent.
"Stand up." Rosalie said to him, "She is going to crash into you harder than Esme did."
Emmett tried to hold his laugh back.
"Yes, I am aware that what I just said sounded completely inappropriate and disturbing. Let's forget about it." She suppressed her own laugh.
I pushed Carlisle up and he stood up, rolling his eyes.
Violetta walked in quickly, pulling Mason with her by his hand. Unbelievable. Her eyes lit up lighter than I had seen in months and she let go of Mason and crashed into him. This was the happiest she had been in these last few weeks after Isle Esme. I smiled as he kissed the top of her head. She sniffed and pulled away from him, wiping a tear from her face.
"Why are you crying?" He asked, glancing at me, then Mason and then back to her.
Edward laughed, "She's not upset Carlisle; she just missed you."
"Welcome back, Carlisle." Mason said quietly.
Carlisle looked at him, "I don't like you."
"Oh, honey." I stood up and shook my head, "Sorry Mason."
"Why are you apologising to him?" Rosalie asked. "He's the one that ruined your daughter."
"Rose." I warned.
"Yes, let's all pretend he didn't break her heart and be the cause of her self-isolation and self-harm." Jasper said.
"Jasper!" Violetta exclaimed aggressively.
"I didn't know what I was doing. I'm so sorry." Mason said.
"Sorry doesn't cut it." Emmett said.
"Stop." Violetta closed her eyes.
"I like Leon better." Alice said.
"Stop!" She yelled at them, "Pull your fucking heads out of your arses and grow up." She turned away from Carlisle and walked back out, pulling Mason with her.
He looked very misplaced and upset, and filled with regret. He hated himself, I could tell. The poor boy just didn't know what to do anymore; he thought he was doing the right thing. He was in a lot of pain when he was gone.
"Esme are you serious right now? You cannot seriously be forgiving him already." Edward said.
"It's Violetta's decision and we need to back her up on it."
"What we need to do is make sure Mason is never in the position to hurt her again." Bella said.
"No. What we need to do and are going to do is respect Vi's decision and not voice our negative opinions on it for her and Mason's sake. All of you need to get over yourselves." Carmen said.
"Let us return to our lives of peace within our house." Eleazar said.
I looked briefly at each of my children. They all looked disapproving, but I don't think they're going to argue about it again anytime soon. My eyes landed on Carlisle.
"Well, she's getting lucky before you, Esme." Edward smirked.
"That's so unfair." I crossed my arms.
Carlisle looked at me with an anxious face. I had forgotten how private he liked that part of us to be. I had gotten used to just putting everything in the open over the past 3 weeks. I found it was easier for everyone in the house to trust each other if we didn't keep any secrets.
"What?"
He stared at me in disbelief, "Are you kidding me right now?"
"Oh, Carlisle they don't care…much."
"You've spent too much time with Emmett, Jasper and Garrett…"
"Okay, maybe." I nodded.
A small smirk spread on his lips and he winked at me, "Come for a walk with me?"
"Oh, you're not walking." Emmett smirked, "Hasn't Esme told you over the phone? We don't have secrets here anymore."
"Fine. Come fuck me in the forest." He said.
"Oh, how romantic." I said sarcastically as he smirked again and walked out of the room. I followed him and listened behind me.
"I'm not sure whether I prefer secrets or not." Jasper said.
"Oh, I definitely do." Bella said.
"I don't. This is going to be great. Imagine how much more we will be able to tease them." Emmett said.
I rolled my eyes as Carlisle took my hand and led the way out into our backyard and to the forest. "We have 4 hours before the school children return."
"I love having a schedule." He rolled his eyes.
"They'll be excited to see you."
"If you keep thinking about them, we're not going to accomplish anything out here…"
"Right, sorry." I smirked.