Violetta
I returned home at around 3:30. Carlisle and Esme followed behind me in their car. I felt bad for ruining their public alone time. I should have turned around and gone the other way instead of trying to go passed them unnoticed.
Charlotte and Lyla were asleep in their cribs when Mason got home, "Isn't it a little early for them to be asleep already?"
"They're having a late nap…" I admitted.
"They're not going to sleep properly tonight. You need to keep them on a schedule the best you can."
"I know." I nodded. He kissed me and went to get changed, careful not to wake them up.
"How much are you against leaving them here on their own?" Alice asked once he returned.
"I am strongly against it." I said.
"Then wake them up." She said.
"You do not wake them up, Alice." Rosalie said, "I'll stay here."
"No, you helped me with this. Everyone did, so everyone has to come."
"Damn." I pretended to be disappointed, "Maybe you should just tell me what it is."
"What what is?" Mason asked.
"We have a surprise for you." Bella said.
"I was wondering why everyone else was here so early…"
"Can't you just—"
"No!" Alice stressed a little too loudly. A few seconds later, I heard both daughters cry.
"Thank you, a lot." I rolled my eyes.
"At least they're awake…" She said, "But I didn't mean it. Sorry…"
I stood up and Mason and I walked towards the room.
"Wait!" Kate said. She and Tanya flashed to us, "We've got it. Trust me."
"Fine, you can change their diapers then." I said as I sat back down.
"Uh…Carmen?" Tanya asked.
"No." Carmen shook her head.
Esme rolled her eyes and stood up. Carlisle smiled as she walked to my room.
"Wipe it off your face." She said as she disappeared.
"Rosalie, go help her so we can get going." Alice said.
"Normally I would tell you to, but I'll be nice." She stood up and followed Esme.
"Where are we going and for how long?" I asked.
"Wait for the surprise." Alice said.
"But do I need to like, bring anything for them?" I asked, motioning to my room.
"No." Alice shook her head.
"Okay." I nodded and sat back, waiting until I was instructed to get up. My mind wondered back to the Volturi, and Edward was staring intently at me.
I looked at him, "Don't worry about it." I said before he could speak. "I'm just thinking, not acting."
"Are you considering, though?" He asked.
I shook my head.
"Why do you still try to lie to me?"
I smiled, "My efforts are useless, I know."
"Okay, let's go." Rosalie said, carrying Lyla out and handing her to Kate.
"Oh! Lyla laughed today, like a real laugh." I said to Mason as we stood up.
He smiled, "At you?"
"At Carlisle." I said.
"Go me." Carlisle smirked as he stood up and walked down the staircase behind us. We were following Alice, Rosalie, Jasper and Emmett. Everyone else was behind us.
We went through the kitchen. "Wait. My children need to be fed before they throw a tantrum."
"…I second that…" Tanya said, looking at Charlotte in her arms.
I heated up 2 bottles of breast milk that I had previously pumped this afternoon. They didn't latch onto me, and I didn't really want them to, to be honest.
I tested the heat on my wrists and gave the bottles to Kate and Tanya.
"Whoa, okay, you're really hungry." Kate said as Lyla took the bottle immediately as it touched her lips.
I smiled and walked back to Mason. We followed them out and into the forest.
"Ta da." Rosalie and Alice said at the same time with large smiles. They presented a small cottage to us. It didn't look like Edward and Bella's in Forks, except the size was similar, but it was a bit bigger.
Carmen approached me, pulling Eleazar by his hand. She handed me a key and I took it hesitantly. I gave it straight to Mason.
"Why do I have it?"
"I feel bad taking it." I said quietly.
"The key or the cottage?" Esme asked.
"The cottage." I said.
"You guys really didn't need to get us a cottage." Mason shook his head.
"We're sick of your crying babies. We will have them for one more night, and then they can come here with you." Carmen said.
"Why not tonight?" Mason asked.
They all smirked at either each other or him.
Leah rolled her eyes, "You're so stupid. We're giving you the night to yourselves."
"Why—Oh…" He realised what she was saying.
My laughed broke through as he stared at me until I calmed down.
"I'm sorry, but you're just so innocent."
"You can't tell me you knew what they meant by "We'll have them for one more night, and then they can come here with you"." He said.
I nodded, "I did get it from that."
"This is a very uncomfortable conversation to have while your family is surrounding us."
"But, you can still stay at the house whenever you want…" Carlisle said.
"He's having separation anxiety already." Garrett smirked.
"Stop. It's cute." Kate said.
"I'm not having separation anxiety; I just don't want them to have another child…"
I raised my eyebrows at him and looked at Mason.
"Well, this is becoming tense." Mason said quietly.
"Thanks guys." I smiled and hugged them all. Mason thanked them too, but he didn't hug anyone.
I looked at Charlotte and Lyla.
"Uh oh, Vi is getting worse separation anxiety than Carlisle is." Jasper said.
"I knew it!" Garrett exclaimed.
"Okay, maybe this was too soon…" Rosalie said.
"It's just one night." Alice said.
"Why are you so eager for them to get it on?" Jasper smirked at her.
"I just want them to have fun."
"You know what else is fun? Spending time with your children and knowing they're safe." Mason said.
"Hey." I hushed quietly. I wasn't sure if he was being rude or not. "One nights okay, I guess."
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"I'm not sure if this is a conversation to have in front of all my parents, but yeah, it'll be fine."
"All your parents. That sounds so strange." Jasper laughed.
"You'll forget about it once you're…occupied. Trust me." Bella nodded.
"Bella forgot." Edward smirked.
"Gee, thanks." Renesmee smirked.
"To be fair, I was a newborn and had just discovered the lengths of sex as a vampire."
"This is gross." She said.
"Yeah, but Vi already knows. Will it be as easy, do you think?" Edward asked.
"Well that depends on how good Mason is." Bella smirked.
Mason looked down in embarrassment and I bit my lip, avoiding their eyes.
"Okay, so the girls are coming with us?" Esme asked.
I hesitated, "Sure."
"You can have them here or you can come home if you want." Carlisle said.
"He just doesn't want you to leave." Carmen said, "Eleazar is feeling the same, too."
"It's like a 5 minute walk from the house as a slow pace…" I said to them.
"I will be able to read their thoughts from the house." Edward said.
"That's magnificent…" I said sarcastically.
"Ha ha, he's going to know every dirty thing you're doing…" Jacob smirked.
"What makes you think I'm "dirty"?" I asked.
He smirked, "Mason's thoughts as a wolf when he is horny, oh my god."
"It's repulsive." Leah said.
"And disturbing." Seth added.
"You are never allowed to phase at the same time as them ever again in your life." I said to him.
"Sorry…"
"Look, I want to go home. Yes or no to taking the children?" Tanya asked.
"Yes…" I answered in an unsure tone.
"And…we're leaving before you change your mind. Have fun!" Kate smirked as they turned and walked back along the freshly made path leading to the house.
The others followed them, leaving Carlisle, Esme, Eleazar and Carmen.
"Well, I don't want to encourage this, but have fun…" Carmen said before she turned and left. Eleazar followed her, obviously bothered about this new arrangement happening.
"You still have to come to the house." Carlisle said.
"Look, to be honest, I'm not into the whole house to myself thing, so we'll probably be there more than you expect." I said.
Mason nodded, "Safer for the girls, too."
I nodded in agreement.
Esme hugged me and kissed Mason's cheek. I hugged Carlisle and kissed his cheek.
"Well, enjoy your night. We're going to enjoy ours…" Esme smirked and pulled on Carlisle's hand.
His eyes widened as he looked at her.
"Bye!" I called before they disappeared into the trees.
I turned and looked at Mason.
"This is pretty cool." He admitted.
I smiled and nodded before kissing him a few times. He returned the kisses, but his eyes were filled with desire, and he released it into the kiss. It was very seductive. Once he pulled away, I took in a breath, "They're right, I'm going to completely forget..."
He smirked and took my hand, leading us to the door. He unlocked it with the key and put it on the table near the door.
We wondered around, looking and admiring the place. "This was in one of Esme's books. She designed the house." I said.
He smiled, "She's very talented. It's very nice."
"Do you like it?"
"I do, do you?"
"I love it." I smiled.
He intertwined his fingers with mine again and we entered the last room that we hadn't seen. It was so beautiful. It was elegant and old; it looked perfect for the house.
I smiled as Mason slid his arms around my waist from behind. He kissed up my neck and his hands moved down torturously.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to control myself.
He pushed me forwards and turned me around quickly, pushing me onto the bed. He climbed on top of me and kissed along my collarbone and travelled downwards, stopping just before he reached the low cut of my shirt.
"Cruel…" I said quietly.
He returned to my lips and tugged on my bottom lip before tracing them with his tongue. I moaned into his mouth as his hands roamed.
He pulled away and smirked, looking into my eyes. I gave him a suspicious look before he moved himself down my body until he reached my thighs. I was wearing jeans.
"How much do you like these?" He asked quietly.
I laughed and he undid the button slowly, pulling the zipper down.
"This is mean." I laughed.
He managed to pull my jeans off without much effort; surprising since I had trouble getting my jeans off myself when I wasn't in a desirable mood.
We returned to the house in the early morning. Mason had to go to work, so he left after kissing my cheek and greeting my family as he walked past the games room where they were seated.
"How was your night?" Emmett smirked as I walked in the room. "Did you break anything? I was really disappointed when Edward and Bella didn't at their place."
I didn't reply, but I bit my lip.
"You broke something!" He said excitedly, "This is great."
"I didn't break anything Emmett."
"Not furniture, anyway…" Edward said quietly.
"…What?" Carlisle asked.
"No, he's just messing with you, dad."
Carlisle glared at Edward as he laughed, joined by the other males in the room excluding Eleazar. He wasn't in there.
"Where's Eleazar?" I asked.
Carmen smiled, "Sneak upstairs and watch him with the girls." She whispered.
I smiled and walked up the staircase silently. I looked into the living room where Eleazar was sitting on the ground, entertaining both of my daughters. It was adorable, and I wished he could have children of his own.
I felt my mood drop from light to dark. I heard Jasper and Edward both at the bottom of the stairs. I walked back down silently and walked straight passed them. They followed me as I walked to the dining room.
"It isn't your fault that he can't have children." Edward said quietly.
"None of you can have children. It sucks to watch you all have so much fun with mine, and have so much potential to be perfect parents, but you can't. I can, and Renesmee can, and Leah can, but the rest of you will never have that feeling. Esme, Rosalie, Carmen, Alice, Kate and Tanya could all be the "perfect" mother that every kid wants, but they'll never have that chance."
"Vi, they've all accepted that. They know they can't have children, and sure, when they see you with Char and Lyla, they long to be mothers, but at the end of the day, it doesn't really concern the majority of them anymore." Jasper said.
"The majority. It affects Esme and Rosalie indefinitely."
"They've learnt how to deal with it; it's all they can do." Edward said.
"Did you see Eleazar up there? He would be the best father in the world. I never really pegged him as a guy who would want kids, but he does."
"More than Carmen, but he understands that he can't have his own." Edward said.
"You need to let go of everyone else's problems." Jasper said quietly.
"So you want me to become a stone-hearted bitch? You want me to be like Rosalie except when in the presence of a child?"
"Hey." I heard Rosalie.
"I should have got an abortion." I mumbled.
"You regret having your daughters?" Jasper asked.
"No." I shook my head.
"So you would have gotten an abortion just to keep everyone else happy before yourself if you knew it was going to be like this?"
"I don't know…"
"That's a yes." Edward said. He shook his head, "Put yourself first for once. Enjoy your life."
My eyes narrowed, "Gee, thanks. It was that easy, I'm cured now. You did it, you eliminated the hatred I hold against my life."
He rolled his eyes, "I didn't mean it like that."
"Of course you didn't." I stormed out of the room and towards the front door. Carlisle appeared at my side and put a hand on my shoulder, "Please don't go."
"Don't do that." I shook my head.
"Do what?"
"Pretend I'm breaking your heart by walking out the door."
He shook his head, "You're not breaking my heart."
"Can I just go for a walk? Please?"
He thought about it for a second before he called Esme in. He opened the door and motioned for us to walk out.
"Oh, we're walking too?" She asked. Carlisle nodded and they followed me down the porch steps and into the trees.
