Author's Note:

Hello to everyone. Hope everyone is doing well. Here is the next chapter. Thank you to those who are still reading and to those who have added the story to your favorites. I am so glad you are enjoying the story.

Enjoy!

-Lisa

Chapter Thirty Seven

The day after Molly was safely returned to Bella was a brief day of celebration. Since they weren't allowed to leave the state of Florida yet, Bella and Carlisle took Molly to Disney World. Bella was unable to go on any of the rides however Carlisle took Molly on everything and everything she wanted to go on. Their afternoon was interrupted by Detective Biers calling for Molly's final interview. Detective Biers showed that he had a heart and allowed Molly to finish her day at the world's happiest place before she stopped at the police station for a few final questions.

One their way out, Carlisle carried Molly. She was fast asleep with her head resting on his shoulder. With his free hand he reached for Bella's hand and laced his fingers through hers. "We'll have to come back, with both of them in a few years."

Looking up at him, Bella leaned into Carlisle and squeezed his hand. "They will like that." She paused before smiling. "There's going to be two of them and soon."

He nodded as they reached the outside of the park. The grin on his face couldn't be hid. "Less than four months away."

"Are we going to be able to handle both of them?"

"No," he said looking at Bella with a smirk. "But we'll make it. We'll do the best we can. After all, that's all we can do. We'll be fine and they both will be fine."

Bella smiled as she stared at Carlisle. "You are Mr. Optimistic, aren't you?"

"Well, it's the truth. What else are we supposed to do?"

Bella placed her free hand on her stomach. "I can't wait to meet him."

"Me neither. I hope he looks just like you and Molly with your big, wide brown eyes."

Bella shook her head. "No, I want him to have blue eyes like you."

Squeezing her hand back, Carlisle looked at her. "We're just going to have to wait and see."

After Detective Biers interviewed Molly, she was cleared to go home. They stayed the night once more but then were on the first afternoon plane back to Boston. When they got home, they had received word that Alec was going to indeed pull through and not face any charges. He had helped the police and kept Molly safe and that was all that Bella had cared about. She felt that she owed him a lot more than she could ever tell him.

Carlisle also spoke to his lawyer about looking into how Bella was left out in the dark and wasn't told for days that the police knew where Molly was. He didn't know if he had a case, but Carlisle thought it was worth looking into.

Molly quickly fell back into her routine. Bella had kept her home for a few days. Alice, Jasper, Edward, Emmett and Rose had visited her. They all came bearing gifts of sorts for her. Molly was excited. After visiting with Alice, she begged her mother to go back to school. How could she say no?

For the most part, things returned to normal. The trip to Vermont was postponed to the following year. Carlisle felt bad though, after all their getaway was Bella's Christmas gift. With Molly being gone, he hadn't done anything special for Valentine's Day, he was inching to take Bella out and spend an evening alone with her. It wasn't that he didn't love Molly or didn't want her around, it was just he wanted some adult alone time.

Bella refused to go out. She feared that if she did then something terrible would happen to Molly again. At first Carlisle was supportive. Bella had lived in fear and was scared about the whereabouts of her daughter while she was missing, however, after a month of hanging low, Carlisle was frustrated. Bella had a hard time letting Molly do things she loved, like taking Zoe for a walk with Carlisle. After a week or two, Bella finally gave in and let Molly go on her beloved walks, however, she waited on the couch by the window and waited until they came home. She always made herself look busy when they walked through the door, however Carlisle knew better.

One night as they were getting ready for bed, Carlisle brought up the idea of going out for dinner.

"I'm sure Alice wouldn't mind watching Molly Saturday night. We could go out for dinner and maybe do something else," he suggested.

Bella took in what he was asking for a moment. She reached for her lotion and began lathering it on her arms. "I don't think we should go out Saturday night." She looked up at him sheepishly. Carlisle had a look of sheer annoyance. "What?"

Carlisle shook his head as he finished pulling his pajama shirt over his head. "I know what you are doing."

"Oh really? And what is it that I'm doing?"

"You don't want to leave her. I get that, but you have to live Bella, outside of Molly."

Bella rolled her eyes. "There has to be a reason that I don't want to go out? I've been really tired lately. He's been moving a lot at night and-"

"Really? So you know on Saturday night you'll feel tired? Bella, it's Tuesday. We're talking about four days away here." He stared at Bella as she looked away. He walked over and sat next to her. He placed his hand on top of hers and looked up at her. "Honey, you went through something traumatic. Molly was gone for several weeks. I understand the worry about her. I worry about her too and I don't want anything to happen to her, however you have to live and let her live."

"Wait, because I don't want to go out this is an issue?"

"Yes. I'm worried about you," Carlisle said as he looked into Bella's eyes. She took her hand away and rolled her eyes. "I think you need to talk to someone."

"Talk to someone?" She asked insulted.

"Yes. I think you have all of these fears and you can't deal with them and you might need some guidance on how to handle them."

"You aren't serious Carlisle, are you?" Carlisle shrugged his shoulders and leaned back as he looked at Bella. She shook her head. "You are ridiculous, you know that right?"

"Bella, it's been a month and she is home, sleeping down the hall. She has been able to mostly get back to her normal life, you should get back to yours."

Bells stared at him and waited for him to say something. She shook her head and spoke harshly. "I'm sleeping in the guest room."

"Now who's being ridiculous? Stay here, please?"

"No, you think I'm crazy. You want me to go see a crazy doctor."

"I don't think you're crazy. I just want you to get the proper support for yourself and Molly. I can understand where you are coming from with feeling guilty and everything, but you need to move on. Be thankful she is down the hall. Kiss her everyday and enjoy the time you spend with her. You know how precious it is and how quickly it can change."

Carlisle thought he made a point with Bella. He looked at her as she just looked right back. She picked up her pillow and began to walk out of the room. She turned on her heels and looked at him. "I'll be down the hall if you need me."

"No way! I think you are remembering wrong dear brother!" Alice laughed at dinner. Bella decided that she would have a dinner party instead of going out on Saturday night. Edward was telling a story from their childhood which Alice obviously didn't share the same memory of.

"Yes. You were thirteen and you were so mean to me."

"I was never a mean person!" Alice rebutted.

"You were a teenager, of course you were mean! You were trying to show off to your new friend, I forget her name and you were mean. As matter a fact," Edward said as he chewed his last piece of pork, "You felt guilty about it, so guilty! After you went to the school dance you came home with a pack of baseball cards for me. You left them on my nightstand but you never said anything about it."

"I don't remember any of this!" Alice laughed.

Jasper turned and looked at Carlisle and Bella. "Are you sure you want another one? Look at them."

Carlisle reached for Bella's hand. "Of course we do. There's no doubt that Bella is a great mother and Alice and Edward were just the experiments. I think I know what I'm doing now," he joked.

"Hey!" Both Alice and Edward shouted.

Carlisle smiled as he looked at Bella. She was still mad at him and was barely speaking to him after insinuating that she should see a therapist.

"Well since we are all here and talking about kids, we have something to share with you," Rose began as she looked at Emmett.

"We're having a baby!" Emmett blurted out. Rose looked at him and smacked him on his head. "Ow, what did you do that for?"

"We were going to tell them together, remember you big goon?" Rose asked.

"Congratulations!" Alice said as she rushed from her seat and hugged Rose. "How far a long are you?"

"I'm just starting my second trimester. We miscarried a few times before so I wasn't sure if we should say anything but, we are having a little girl," Rose explained.

"I'm so happy for you two," Bella said as she reached to squeeze Emmett's hand.

"Mommy, can I show Edward how to use the dance game for Wii?" Molly asked interrupting.

"Of course, if Edward would like to go," Bella smiled as she watched Molly skip into the living room with Edward close behind. "I'm going to start to clean up and get desert out here."

"No, sit down. I'll do it," Carlisle said as he placed his hand gently on Bella's wrist.

She quickly removed his hand. "No, I want to do this. Sit down and enjoy our company," Bella scolded him as she picked up dishes and began to walk into the kitchen. She turned on the water and placed her hands on the sink. She started crying. The stupid hormones from pregnancy were making her a mess. She took in a breath and began to rinse them. She shut the water and was ready to grab another arm full of dishes when Emmett startled her.

"Hey, everything all right?" Emmett asked cautiously as he placed dishes in the sink.

Quickly, Bella wiped her eyes and looked at Emmett. "Everything is fine. Just hormones."

"So you crying has nothing to do with the tension between you and Carlisle?"

"What tension? There is no tension between us."

"Really? I could have sworn that you-"

"Emmett, we're fine," she yelled at him. "I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm just stressed at the moment."

Emmett raised his eyebrows. "Like I couldn't tell. You know what you need? You need an evening away with your man in there."

"Emmett-"

Emmett continued to speak and ignore Bella repeating his name over and over. "Since Rose and I are going to be parents, you should let us watch Molly for a while. Neither one of us have much experience with children. Molly is the best case scenario of a child."

"You are not using my child as a human guinea pig Emmett," Bella laughed. "So a baby? Wow."

Nodding his head, Emmett smiled as he pointed to Bella's stomach. "Look who's talking. You're well on to baby two now. When did you grow up?"

Patting her stomach, Bella smiled. "I seem to have this baby making thing all backwards. You and Rose are doing it the right way. Shouldn't parents be married before the kids come along?"

"I don't know. I think you have it right this time. Actually, you had it right both times, you just weren't trying. Mike was robbed of his time with you otherwise I'm fairly certain that he would be here with you now and you would have like nineteen kids or something by now," Emmett paused to watch Bella laugh. "He was taken too soon, but that man in the dining room loves you. Carlisle isn't going anywhere. I think you are stuck with him."

"I hope you're right. I love him too."

Emmett sat at the table and looked at Bella. "Do you remember that time when your dad took a bunch of us fishing at his favorite spot? Remember how we had to go through the woods to get to it? What were you, like ten?"

"I think so. Was that the time we had to get across the water and only way to do it was to walk across that log?

"It was. Glad we are on the same page. You were always doing what you could to keep up with your brother. You were so afraid to walk on that log."

"Well, if you remember correctly it was because I fell Em, don't you remember?"

Emmett nodded as he continued with the memory. "I do. You fell into the cold water. When we headed home you had to across the log again. With determination you got across the log without falling."

Laughing, Bella sat next to her friend. "You seem to forget that I wanted to go home and the only way to get home was to cross that stupid log. All I could think of while I was on it was the big splash I made going across it the first time." Bella sat next to Emmett and smiled. "We did have some fun times as kids, didn't we?"

"We did. There was a reason I chose to visit memory lane with that particular story."

"Oh god Em, are you going to make me walk across the Charles River?" Bella laughed.

Returning her laugh, Emmett placed an arm around her. "Nah, I promise. Plus your brother would kill me if I even thought about it. I brought it up because that experience scared the hell out of you, right?" He watched as Bella nodded in agreement. "That trip scared the hell out of you but you went back and squished your fear, didn't you?"

"I did but if I wanted to go home, I didn't have much of a choice, did I?"

"I don't know. We could have left you to the wolves."

"Thanks a lot!" Bella laughed as she punched his arm.

"I'm just teasing you. You know that if you were that scared Billy would have carried you across that log on his back. You were always daddy's princess." Emmett told her as he held her hand. "My point is you got over that fear and I know we went back many times after that. We were stupid kids to go party there in the middle of the woods. There are things in life that you have kind of worked through and you have succeeded."

"I'm not following you now. What do you mean?"

"There is no doubt you are a great mother."

"Emmett, stop it now please," Bella quietly stated now knowing where the conversation was going.

"No, let me finish please. You love your daughter more than you love anything or anyone else in this world. You provide everything for her and absolutely care and nurture her unconditionally. She is a growing kid and is constantly changing what seems like every day. As she grows up we are going to do your very best to protect her and keep her safe but you aren't going to be able to be there for her every minute of every day."

"I know that," she whispered.

Taking a deep breath in, Emmett continued. "Then why won't you let someone watch her? Why won't you let Rose and I watch here at your house?"

"Because I'm scared. I left her three times and something happened to all three times"

Emmett nodded taking in Bella's emotional state. He looked at her and then continued. "Okay, that's fair, but Bella, those were three different times and they were kind of spread out. How many things happened to her between the times she broke her arm to when she was in the accident with Jacob? From that accident to this last thing? Not every time something bad happens."

"But-"

"But nothing. You need to-no, you deserve time with Carlisle. You two need real grown up time for just the two of you."

"Em-"

"Don't 'Em' me Isabella. I'm older and wiser than you, trust me. You two are going to have a baby in the not so distant future. You need to connect with him before then. I'm talking one night of Rosie and I watching Molls while you and Carlisle go out for a dinner and a movie, I'm not talking Paris for a month. Maybe we could watch her over night before junior there comes along so you and that man you love can get your freak on. Frankly I don't want to think about how you have a second bun in the oven because I love Molls, I really do but she is so much work. I think I'd be too exhausted to shake my groove thing. Understand?"

Bella stared at Emmett with a questionable face without saying a word. Seconds passed by before she erupted into laughter. "There is no one on the face of this planet who talks like you."

Very seriously, Emmett looked at Bella. "What can I say, it's my gift to the world."

"And to think, about ninety percent of that was heartfelt. I think another five percent was sarcasm and the other five percent was references to sex talk."

Emmett put his hands on his ears. "Sex? No way, I'm not talking sex with you. You're like my sister and isn't that some kind of insect or something? Gross."

"Oh Em, what will we ever do with you?"

Emmett pulled Bella into a hug. He rested his chin on her shoulder as he spoke. "You will listen to me because I am much older and wiser than you are Isabella."

"Older, yes but wiser? I don't know about that. That might be debatable."

"Ouch, that hurt Swan. Right here," he said pointing to his heart.

"I think you have thick skin. You'll be all right." Bella paused as she released Emmett and sat up.

Emmett began to speak. "Like I said, at least think about it. Please let Rose and I do this for you. We'll watch her here so she doesn't have to leave the house."

"I'll think about it, I promise to at least think about it."

After their heart to heart, Emmett helped Bella bring dessert out. Conversation continued to flow as everyone helped themselves. Carlisle went to tell Molly and Edward dessert was ready. He sat next to Bella who was listening to a story Jasper was telling. She glanced at Carlisle and offered a slight smile.

After the guests left, Carlisle cleaned up the remaining mess while Bella got Molly ready for bed.

"I love you mommy," Molly said hugging her mother. She crawled under her sheets and watched as Bella pulled them up.

"I love you too baby."

"Will Carlisle be in to say goodnight?"

Before Bella could answer, Carlisle walked in to Molly's room. He was rubbing his forehead and stood at the foot of Molly's bed. He looked frazzled. "Sorry I missed our story time Molly. I was on the phone with work," he paused as he looked up at Bella. "I might have to go back in tonight. We are short doctors and the ER is full." He said as he watched Bella nod her head. He then turned his attention to Molly. He hugged and kissed her goodnight and walked out of the room with Bella.

They walked down the stairs and into the living room. Carlisle sat in the chair and looked at Bella. "I'm sorry that I don't think I can stay the night tonight. I'm waiting for a call back. How are you feeling?"

"Tired, but fine. Are you going to be able to work? I mean, you worked all day today and you have to go in tomorrow afternoon. Are you going to be able to do that, physically?"

"I'll be fine. I'll just rest up this weekend. Molly has that birthday party you're bringing her to so I'll just stay home and rest while you are with her. I'll meet up with you guys later and we'll have a game night or watch a movie or something." Like we have been doing every weekend since we got Molly back.

Bella moved to the end of the couch. She had been thinking in the hours following her conversation with Emmett. Bella felt she and Carlisle growing apart a little and didn't like the feeling one bit. He didn't hold her at night when they were in bed, let alone fool around anymore. He still kissed her good night, but it was only on the cheek but there was no passion since returning with Molly. Bella knew it was her fear that was holding him back. She feared that eventually if she didn't get over her fears she would lose him.

Reaching over, she grabbed his hand. She laced her fingers through his and looked at him. "I was kind of thinking about something."

"What is it? What are you thinking about?"

"Well," Bella began as she took a breath. "I was thinking about Saturday."

"What about it Saturday? Does Molly have that party? I thought it was this week."

"Oh no, she does have that party but I was thinking, well," She squeezed his hand. She traced his knuckles with her thumbs as she looked at him. "Maybe if you feel up to it we could, well, we could go do something, just the two of us?"

Carlisle looked at Bella with a bit of shock on his face. He switched from the chair to the couch and sat close to Bella. "What?"

"We haven't exactly been out in a while, well, in a long time, and maybe, you know," she said shyly, "Maybe it's time for us to have a date night. Emmett and Rose said they'd watch Molly here at my house if we wanted to spend the night at your place. Em said we need adult time. I've been sitting on the conversation Em and I had earlier today and well, it really hit me that maybe we do need some time, just the two of us. As much as I love my daughter and am more than thankful for having her home with us, we need to spend time by ourselves. I miss you," she paused as tears left her eyes. "I feel like we are growing apart and I don't want that. I love you and I don't want our relationship to change. I know that you are frustrated with me and I'm sorry for the way I have been acting and treating you. It isn't right. I'm so afraid that you'll leave me and I don't want that. You take care of me Carlisle, you take care of all of us and I've never told you how appreciative I am of you. You did so much to help me while Molly was gone and really, I haven't treated you all that well. I've been ignoring you at times and-"

"Hey," Carlisle spoke as he pulled Bella into his arms. "Don't cry. I can't stand it when you cry. Shhhh," he said as he rubbed her back. "Don't worry. I have been pulling back a bit because I didn't know what you wanted. I didn't want to push you to make you angry. It seemed like every time I went to hold you you'd pull away. I knew you just needed time. Bella, honey, you're do the best you can. I'm not going anywhere. Even if you asked me to leave, I'd still fight for you, you have to know that." He paused to place his fingers under her chin. "I'm not going anyway where Isabella. I love you too much to give up easily."

Bella turned into Carlisle and let him wrap his arms around her. She cried into his shoulder as he smoothed her hair. A few moments had passed before she looked up at him with a slight grin. "So Saturday I guess we have a date then?"

Carlisle hugged Bella once again. He raised his head to kiss her forehead. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."

"So the pediatrician's number is on the fridge with my cell and Carlisle's," Bella explained as she pointed out the numbers. Carlisle was in the living room talking with Molly while Bella went over things with Rose and Emmett.

"I think we have this part and you told us about her bed time and what she likes to eat in the morning. We've got this. Oh, we'll have her call you before she goes to bed too so you can say goodnight," Rose promised.

Emmett stepped up and smiled at Bella as he held a magazine in his hands. "If we can't reach her doctor in case of an emergency, we can always contact the head of Boston's best pediatric emergency room team of doctors as reported in Boston Magazine."

"What are you talking about? Let me see that," Bella said as she took the magazine from Emmett's hands. She read a brief blurb in the magazine about Carlisle being named one of the best in the entire state. She always knew he was a good doctor but to see it in print made it different. "Carlisle," she called. "Can you come here for a second?"

"What's going on?" He asked as he looked from Bella to Emmett and Rose. "Is everything all right? Are we still going out tonight?"

"Yes, but I was wondering why you never said anything to me about this," Bella smiled as she showed him the article. "This is a pretty big deal!"

"What is this?" He asked taking the magazine from Bella's hands. He skimmed the article that spoke about he and the staff at the hospital. He couldn't help but smirk. "Is this real?"

The room filled with laughter. "Yes, it is. We get the magazine in the mail. Imagine our surprise when we opened the pages and saw you right there," Emmett began to explain.

Carlisle stared at his picture on paper. He chuckled as he looked at Bella. He vaguely remembered someone mentioning the topic while he was in and out of work when Molly was gone. "No one mentioned this at work. I'll have to look into it on Tuesday."

"Now we have a reason to go out and celebrate," Bella smiled.

After handing the magazine back to Emmett, Carlisle took Bella's hand and looked into her eyes. "We don't need a reason to go out and celebrate anything when I'm with you."

"Do those lines actually work? I thought you were smarter than to fall for them, Swan!" Emmett asked as Rose hit him over the head. Emmett gave his wife a curious look before walking into the living room with Molly.

Bella laughed and pulled Carlisle into her. "You promised me the cheesy lines would stop." She pulled herself away so she could look into his eyes. She placed her arms around his neck and stood on her tip toes to kiss his cheek. "You were so close!"

Carlisle placed an arm around her waist and pulled her into him. He kissed her cheek. "Will you ever be able to forgive me?" He asked sarcastically.

Again, standing high to reach his ear, she began to whisper. "Maybe you can show my tonight why I should forgive you?" Slowly landing back on her feet, Bella playfully hit Carlisle before wrapping her hands around his waist. "Seriously Carlisle, those lines are so bad, stop it!"

"I'll try but it's the truth," he promised.

Bella looked at the clock on the microwave and then looked up at Carlisle. "Should we get going?"

"Our reservations are for eight and it's almost seven thirty so I'm thinking that is a good idea."

"Let me run upstairs for a minute and I'll be good to go," Bella smiles as she let go of her boyfriend. As she was walking out of the kitchen, she walked to the living room and saw Emmett and Molly watching movie. She walked over to the couch and placed her hands on Emmet's shoulders.

"Hey, I thought you'd be gone by now."

"We're on our way out. I have to run up and get something really quickly. I wanted to thank you. The conversation you had with me made me come to my senses last week."

"See, and you mocked me being wise. You shouldn't contradict your elders' young lady!" Emmett said sternly.

Bella reached behind Emmett and hugged him. "I guess it was so wrong of me. Thank you for the talk and for watching Molly."

Emmett turned around and looked at Bella in her eyes. "Stop thanking me and get out of here. Go out there and have some fun."

Before Bella could say a word, Molly turned around. "Mommy, I thought you were going out. Are you staying here?"

"No, Carlisle and I are still going out. We are going to get some dinner and go back to Carlisle's house for the night. We'll see you tomorrow late morning or early afternoon. Is that okay?"

Molly stood up on the couch and looked at her mother. She held her hands and smiled. "Yes! Uncle Emmy said he would make a fort with me. We're going to pop popcorn and watch a movie in it. He said maybe we could even sleep in it too! Aunt Rosie said she would let me help make breakfast in the morning. We are going to have so much fun! Are you and Carlisle going to have fun?"

Bella hugged her daughter and kissed her cheek. "Wow, it sounds like you are going to have fun tonight. Maybe Carlisle and I will stay here tonight with you guys."

Giggling, Molly looked at her mother. "No way mommy! You go have fun with Carlisle and I'll see you in tomorrow!"

"Fine. Is it okay if I grab something upstairs before I leave?"

"Yes, but then you have to go! I want my fort!" Molly laughed.

Bella kissed Molly's cheek before she turned to go up the stairs. She walked into her bedroom. She was surprised when she saw Carlisle sitting on the edge of the bed.

"What are you doing up here? I didn't hear you go up."

"I wanted to see if you needed any help with anything" He hesitated as he stood up and walked close to Bella. "You aren't changing your mind about going, are you?"

Bella smiled as she shook her head. "Molly is practically kicking me out. She and Emmett are building forts."

Carlisle grinned. "Exciting. Are you sure you don't want to stay here and build forts?"

"I asked her and she said no," Bella laughed. "I just wanted to get my lotion and leave. Oh and my body pillow."

"Well, your pillow is out in the car with your bag I took out all ready. You have some lotion at my house."

"Okay then, you are like twelve steps ahead of me. Are you ready?"

Carlisle walked over and took Bella's hand. He brought the back of it to his lips and kissed it before squeezing it. "I am. Let's go."

Bella was surprised that she wasn't as emotional as she expected when she said good bye to Molly. Molly was so excited to be spending time with Emmett and Rosalie that she didn't put up a fuss. After saying their goodbyes, Carlisle grabbed Bella's hand and they walked to his car.

They dined at one of their favorite restaurants in the North End before returning to Carlisle's house with chocolate cheesecake. Once at the house, Carlisle ran a warm bubble bath for them. When the water was warm, they got into the tub. Bella leaned into Carlisle as his rested his hands on her belly. He could feel their son move around inside her, which caused him to smile. He began to rub Bella's shoulders as he asked, "He's busy tonight. How are you feeling?"

"Tired but I'm happy," she answered as she reached behind her and took his hands and placed them back on her stomach. She rested her hands on top of his as she continued to talk. "He is so busy moving around it seems like all the time."

Carlisle kissed Bella's neck and then moved his lips to the side of her cheek. He stopped to turn his face. His nose was touching hers. "You are amazing you know that? You are so beautiful."

Bella couldn't help but giggle as she rested her hands on the sides of his face. "You think your sweet talk is going to make you get lucky tonight mister?"

Carlisle continued to kiss her as he laughed. "No, but I mean it. I know you don't like it when I talk all sweet, but I mean it. You are an amazing woman Bella," he paused to smile as his mouth touched hers. "My Bella."

Bella turned as she rested her arms on Carlisle's shoulders. Her hands softly stroked the back of his hair line as she kissed him with a smile on her face. "I should probably show you how amazing I really am, you know, in your room."

Carlisle raised his eyebrow. "Really? You want to show me?"

"That's what I said."

Carlisle moved his hands to her sides. "Well then, by all means, show me."

"I'd love to," Bella smiled as Carlisle stood up and took her hand and helped her out of the tub. He wrapped a towel around her and pulled Bella into him, kissing her once again. He led her to the bedroom where their evening really had begun.