I let my fingers trace slowly over Carlisle's bare chest as we laid in bed. "What's on your mind?"He asked me softly. I sighed and cuddled closer to him. "I just…I feel bad for thinking this way…but I wish Bella would have never moved here to live with dad. I wish she would have stayed away."I confessed to him.

He ran a hand gently through my hair. "Why do you wish that?"He asked. I shrugged softly. "Ever since she came…she's put us in danger. The nomads came. You went away and Edward almost died. I almost died. Now we have to fight a newborn army because of Bella being Edward's girlfriend."I told him.

"She…she's being selfish. She is playing Jacob and Edward. She says she doesn't love Jake but then she keeps doing things to make him believe she wants him. Edward is just standing by while she does it. It's not fair to our son or to Jake."I told him honestly. He sighed softly.

"I know that it's not fair of me to think but I just can't help it. Rosalie is right in a way. Bella has been putting our family in danger Carlisle."I sat up and faced him. He pulled himself up and leaned back against the headboard. He stared at me. "What else is wrong?"He asked quietly.

"Liam. Our baby boy. He's has an imprint. He can die if he doesn't see her at least once every few days. Those wolves hate us. They won't care that our son is an imprint or not. They'll hurt him or kill him."He nodded his head and clasped his hands.

"And the Volturi. If they come here, they have the potential to know about Liam. Who knows what they'll do if they find out about him."I said. Carlisle shook his head and grabbed my hands yanking me over to his lap.

"Ariana…I can't tell you what to do about Bella. That's her business. I agree that there has been some danger for us but it cannot have been all Bella's fault. Liam, however, we cannot keep him from Leah. It's unfair to them both. They're made for each other. They would have found each other eventually. The Volturi won't find out about Liam either. We've been careful about him."He told me.

I sighed looking away. "I just want our family safe, Carlisle."I said quietly. He lifted my head up and kissed me softly. "And we are safe. This army is going to be nothing. Jasper is training us and we have the wolves on our side." I stared up at him and nodded my head.

I pulled up to my dad's house to see Bella and Alice standing outside talking. I parked and got out with Liam. He ran inside of the house while I walked over to the girls. "We're all going hunting. Powering up for the battle."Alice said. "Oh. I can't wait to head out actually. Jasper and I have a little game going on that I need to finish and win." I told them smirking.

Alice giggled. "You're welcome."She told Bella. She walked over to her car and got in. I turned to Bella. "Excited for your weekend with Eddie boy?"I asked her smiling. She blushed darkly and shook her head. We headed inside the house. "Hey. You want a sandwich?"Dad asked seeing us. I smiled and kissed Liam's head. He was at the table eating a sandwich.

"No, I'm good." Bella said. I nodded. "None for me."

"Well, the sister, I like."He told us. I smiled. "You like everyone but Edward, dad."I told him. "Alice. Yeah, she's great."Bella said leaning back against the sink.

She stared at him for a bit. "Hey, dad, I was wondering. Why didn't you get remarried? After mom."She asked. I looked over at them. Dad sighed. "I don't know. Guess I still haven't met the right gal. Why?"He asked a little awkward. "I don't know. I thought you just maybe gave up on the whole institution of it, of marriage."She told him.

"But do you think there's any value in it?"She asked. Dad put the knife down. "Yeah. Yeah, marriage has value. When you're older. Like your sister."He said pointing to me. I smiled. "I'm 23 dad."

"Well, much older than 23. Like your mother."He said sighing. My smile dropped a bit. "It seemed to work out fine for her the second time around, later in life."

"Yeah, I guess."She said. I sighed. "But it's okay to get married when you're young. Like Carlisle and I. We're married and we're young. We have a bunch of adopted kids. We work perfectly."I told them. Bella nodded.

"Yeah. I mean, I see you guys when I'm over there. It's…it's amazing the way you two fit each other."She said smiling slightly. I smiled gratefully at her. Dad looked over at me. "I like Carlisle. He's a great doctor. He's a gentleman too. Treats you like the queen that you are."He said pointing at me.

Dad looked over at Bella before crossing his arms over his chest. "You definitely don't wanna have to get married because you weren't…"He looked up at the ceiling. "Careful."He finished. "What?"She asked confused.

I put my hand over my mouth to cover my giggles. "Look, you know what I'm talking about. There's things you need to think about if you're gonna be physically intimate."He said cringing.

I couldn't hold it in anymore. I burst out laughing at him. "Okay. Don't have 'the talk' with me, please."She said grimacing and moving to the door way. Dad held his hands up. "Well, it's just as embarrassing for me as it is for you."He said.

"I doubt that. And don't bother, cause mom and Ariana beat you to it like 10 years ago."She informed him. "Well, you didn't have a boyfriend 10 years ago."

"I'm sure things work the same way."She told him. I giggled softly trying to be quiet. "All right, so…you guys are taking precautions and…"He said trailing off as he turned back to his food. "Okay, dad, please, just don't worry about that. Edward is old school."

I snorted in amusement. She's got that right. "Old school. Great. What's that? Like, code for something?"He asked. "Oh, my God. Dad. I'm a virgin."She exclaimed holding both her thumbs up to him. I laughed loudly in my seat.

Dad cringed and waved his hands around. "Okay! Good. Glad we covered that."He said. Bella ran up the stairs. "Me, too."

Dad hummed turning to us. "Virgin. I'm liking Edward a little bit more now."He said to himself. I giggled shaking my head. "You're so bad."

He chuckled. "Thanks, Ariana. I didn't need to do this with you. It's weird."He said shrugging. I smiled softly.

I giggled loudly as Carlisle picked me up over his shoulder as we ran. "Carlisle! Put me down you goof!"I yelled giggling. He laughed loudly and twirled us around. I could hear the others laughing at us.

He set me down gently and wrapped his arms tightly around me. He leaned his forehead down onto mine. "I love you so much Mrs. Cullen."

I smiled brightly up at him. "I love you so much more Mr. Cullen."He grinned and pecked my lips.

I pulled away and took off running. His laugh traveled up to me. I could hear him running after me. I squealed as he lifted me up into his arms. Carlisle kept running for a few more miles. He placed me down onto the ground gently. "Ready?"He asked. I smiled and nodded.

We took off in different directions to hunt. I ran into a few mountain lions and deer. I took them all down and drank from them. When I was finished, I ran back find Carlisle. I stopped when I saw him still drinking from a mountain lion. I leaned back against a tree and waited for him to finish.

He didn't take long. Only a few more minutes at most. He looked up smiling at me. I grinned back at him. He ran up and picked me up bridal style. He started walking at a human pace to head back to the others. "What do you think will happen to Leah and Liam when we have to leave Forks?"I asked Carlisle.

"Hm…I think she may either come with us or…Liam will stay."He said. My head snapped up to him. "What? No he won't. I refuse to allow him to leave us."I told him firmly. He chuckled. "I don't think it would be up to you darling. If we leave when he's an adult, he can do what he wants to."

I shook my head rapidly. "No. No way."

Carlisle smiled softly. "He's our son. I know you don't want him to leave us but he may just want to. He probably won't be gone long. You know that he'll always come back to us Ariana."He said kissing my head softly.