Esme's POV
I can't let Bella jump off that bridge. It'll kill me again if I loose another baby. Carlisle sits next to me as he drives. I wanted to drive to take my mind off my baby girl if only for a few hours but Carlisle says I'm in no state to drive. "Carlisle, can I drive now?" Carlisle looks at me, his eyebrows creased together in a soft frown. "Darling," He starts softly. "you're in no state to drive, it'll just make you worse." How? How will me driving make my state worse? Carlisle grabs my hand and squeezes and rests it on the gear stick. "Just let me drive, okay. You, try to relax for a little while, we'll be reaching Forks soon." I nod and close my eyes, somehow falling asleep, which I haven't done since I got turned.
The wind nips at my face as I walk out of the hospital. My baby boy is dead. He's dead and I can't live without him, I need to join him. I don't know where I'm walking but I don't care, no one needs me. Charles is an abusive pig, my parents don't care for me, my friends don't want to be my friends anymore so I have nothing to live for, so what is the point of being here? I hear water hitting the rocks. Where am I? I've been so wrapped up in my grief that I haven't been focusing on where I've been walking. Not that I care. I see that I'm on a cliff, that's surrounded with water beneath. This is a perfect way to die. I take a deep breath and start running to edge of the cliff and jump, not making a sound as I hit the freezing cold water. The water is strong which makes me drowning even easier. I hear muffled voices as I drift to the bottom of the water, swallowing me.
I gasp hard as my eyes snap open. Carlisle has pulled the car over and is looking at me, his eyes full of concern and love for me. I look out of the window and I see that we're near forest, near Forks and near Bella.
Without any hesitation, I jump out of the car and run. I need to get away and hunt for a few minutes before I break down again. I hear Carlisle and Jasper calling me to come back but I don't. I keep on running until I hear running beside me. I stop for a moment before running again but my my legs won't move. I know someone has restrained me and I know who it is: Carlisle. Why is he out here?! I want to be alone. I start struggling against his hold. "Let me go!" I shout, still struggling to get out his arms. I hear him chuckle in my ear, it's warm. "That's not going to happen, my love, unless you talk to me about what's going on in that pretty little head of yours." I roll my eyes. He's not getting an answer from me. "Esme?" Carlisle whispers lovingly, nipping my ear. "Talk to me, my love." His voice is silky. He's used it in the past to make me open up but it's not gonna happen anymore, he can't use his silky voice on me anymore. "No, I won't. Just let me go!" I grow at my husband. Carlisle doesn't flinch as he hears my growl. "Ah, you're angry and upset, aren't you?" No. I shake my head but Carlisle turns me around in his arms so my back is no longer pressed against his broad chest. I'm facing him now. I look at his eyes. They're black, he's with hungry or angry with me. He's angry with me. "Hit me, my love." He says. What? "Carlisle, I'm not going to hit you, no matter how angry or upset I am!" I hiss. Carlisle frowns at me. "You can't keep your emotions bottled up all the time, Esme!" He snaps at me, releasing his hold on me. "Watch me, Carlisle!" I shout at my husband. It's rare that we get into any arguments. Carlisle's eyes darken. He's angry at me. I take a step back from him. "What will Bella say if she found out her Mother was bottling her emotions up? How would that make her feel? Would it make her happy? No, it'd fucking make her worse!" He yells at me. How dare he use Bella as a way to make me feel guilty and let my emotions out! I growl louder, making him flinch. "Don't you dare use her as a way to get my emotions out to my system, ever." I hiss before hooking my foot around his ankle and yanking him on the forest floor before running back to the car where Alice and Jasper are still in the car, looking at me with sad eyes. I know they've heard it all.
I slide into the driver's seat and wait for my husband to get in the passenger seat. Carlisle is in the car in a flash. I avoid his gaze which is looking at me. I'm fuming with him. He's going to pay for trying use my youngest daughter in order to let my emotions out.
Carlisle POV
I hate that that I had to use Bella in order to get Esme to unload her emotions but I didn't work. I need another way to get Esme to let her feelings out of her system. But knowing Esme, she's just as stubborn as Bella. Esme is driving like Edward when he saved Bella from those guys in Port Angeles. "Esme, slow down." I say calmly. My wife's head snaps toward me, her black eyes silently saying 'don't talk to me, Carlisle.' I nod and look out of the window, watching the forest all blur together.
We reach Forks in less than half an hour after Esme and I were in the forest. Esme drives to our old house and I smile at it. Then I frown when I get a whiff of a human. It smells revolting, like someone has killed a wild animal in our house and hasn't disposed of it. Me, Esme, Jasper and Alice all look at each other. Why is there a human in our house? Who is it? We all get out of the car and see Emmett, Rosalie and Edward all giving me and Esme the same look of confusion. "Do we know who is the house?" Emmett's voice sounds scratchy, as if he's been crying. Maybe he has. "We're about to find out." I say as calmly as I can manage. I don't want to sound like I'm panicking because I know my family will start panicking and they won't settle down for at least two hours or more.
I walk ahead of my family towards the door. Being the leader and father of the coven, it's my job to keep my family safe from everything that I think is a threat and humans are the biggest threats to our kind. "Stay behind me." I hiss protectively at my family as we arrive in the house, the scent of the human stronger as we get further into the house. "Carlisle." Esme whispers in an angry tone, she's still angry with me about using Bella to let her emotions out. Instead of verbally responding to her, I growl at her and she goes silent. I hear footsteps and crashes coming from upstairs. Who the hell is in our house? I think to myself as we all walk soundlessly up the stairs to where the crashing and footsteps are coming from.
The crashing and footsteps are louder as we walk past Edward's room. The kids and Esme all get a little nervous as we reach Edward's room. The scent is a foul odour and it's revolting. If we were humans, we'd probably already passed out of thrown up at the smell.
I slowly grab his doorknob and twist it until I hear it click. I hear a soft gasp on the other side of his door so I know someone is definitely in his room. I throw a quick look at son, and he's not happy, he looks like he's ready to kill whoever's in his room. I open the door and all of my family gasp at the figure in Edward's room, one thought is running through all of our minds:
What are they doing here?