Carlisle looked up to see that all of their children and grandchild were standing outside the bathroom door, looking in with concerned looks on all of their faces. He looked back at Esme, and could see there was dark circles forming under her eyes, and a few wrinkles were forming near the corners of her eyes and her mouth.
"Esme, can you stand?" Carlisle asked. Esme shook her head yes and with his help, she stood up. "Okay, let's go to my office so we can figure out what is going on." As they began to walk out of the bathroom, Esme started to feel dizzy. As soon as they left the bathroom, Esme legs gave out from under her, causing her to fall back in Carlisle's arms. "Esme!" Carlisle almost shouted, catching Esme.
Concern was written all over his face and could be heard in his voice. Esme could only make a small moaning noise before her eyes rolled back in her head and she closed her eyes. "Esme...Esme!" Carlisle was now shaking and screaming his wife's name. After no response, he picked her up and carried her up to his office, placing her down on the table.
"Is Mama Esme gonna be okay?" Renesmee asked, running up to the table and holding onto to Esme's hand. Carlisle's heart broke, see how worried his granddaughter was. He walked over to the side of the table were Renesmee was holding her hand and crouched down to her level.
"I'm not sure, but I promise that I am going to figure it out. It might take awhile, so why don't you and the others go outside and play or go haunting, okay?" Renesmee shook her head yes, her eyes filled with tears. She looked over at Esme before looking at her father who was standing at the door way. Giving a small nod, Edward walked over to his daughter and picked her up by her waste. She leaned down and gave Esme a kiss on her forehead and whispered
"I believe in you" in her ear.
After being put down Renesmee ran out of the room and heading for their backyard where everyone could hear a game of family football start. Edward took a step forward and took his mother's hand, like his daughter had just done.
"She is still with us Carlisle. I can hear her thoughts. They are all scattered and moving so fast. She's worried. If she was awake she might be putting herself in a panic attack. I can't tell if she is arguing with herself or not." Curiously Carlisle looked down at his wife moving her bangs out of her face, before looking back at Edward.
"What do you mean?"
"It's strange. Some of her thoughts are wondering what is happening to her. If she is fully human. Why all of this is happening. There is, however, a softer voice, that doesn't sound like Esme and I can barely hear it, trying to calm her down. Maybe it's her human side?" Edward asked. Carlisle shook his head in confusion.
"I don't know. Edward, why don't you go outside with the rest of them. See if you can send Alice up here. I wanna know if.." Carlisle trailed off, looking back at Esme. He heard Edward leave the room and go down stairs and then head outside. He could hear him talking to Alice.
Suddenly, he could hear Alice's voice, clear as day. "I'm sorry Carlisle." before he heard her run off into the woods.
Pushing the worst case scenario out of his head, Carlisle grabbed his hospital bag and grab his stethoscope. Putting the eartips in his ears and placing the diaphragm on her chest, she could clearly hear her heartbeat. Removing the stethoscope, he grabbed an IV. He knew that if she were a vampire, he wouldn't be able to pierce her skin, and it might break the needle. After finding a vein in her arm, he pushed the needle in, having it go in with ease.
Carlisle gave out an unnecessary shaky breath. He reached over and grabbed a tube and he drew her blood. After testing her blood for everything he could think of Carlisle came up with nothing. At this point the sun and gone down and was threatening to shine its light once more. Esme had been down for almost 24 hours. If she hadn't been a vampire, Carlisle would have thought that she was normal healthy young women, who fainted. He had no idea what was wrong with Esme, and grabbed a chair and sat down next to her, placing his hands on hers.
"Esme, I am so sorry. I wish I knew what was wrong with you. I want to figure out why you have turned human. Why you have fainted. I am stumped. I am so sorry, my love. I have failed you." Carlisle began to sob and tearless sob, placing is head on the side of her bed.
Suddenly he felts a hand run through his hair. "My love, you have not failed me." He heard Esme say. He looked up quickly, seeing that his lovely wife was now awake.
"Oh, Esme!" He grabbed ahold of her shoulders and pulled her into a hug. He had half a mind to never left go, till he heard his wife give a small gasp like she couldn't breath. Letting go of her quickly, he watched as she took a deep breath in. "I'm sorry, my love. I forgot how fragile you are right now." Esme gave a small smile and sat up fully, swinging her legs over the edge of the hospital bed causing him to stand up. Carlisle was refusing to meet her eyes, feeling ashamed that he can't figure out how to fix his wife.
"Carlisle.." She said softly. He shook his head no. Reaching up slightly, she placed her hand on his cheek and moved her head slightly so she could try to reach his eyes. "Carlisle.." She said again, only to get the same response. "Love, you haven't failed. This is something new, that nobody knows how to fix. We have to be patient and do a lot more test. Maybe we can visit your cousins or ask Alice is she has seen anything weird."
Getting up from his seat and walked across the room, till he finally turned around, letting his eyes, met hers. "I have tried to get Alice to talk to me but she won't. She ran into the woods and hasn't returned. Edward can't hear her thoughts and Jasper went looking but can't find her." Esme's eyes grew wide and she began to hyperventilate.
"What?! One of our children is missing and you decided to look after me instead?!" Esme's voice was getting louder and louder but the second. She jumped from the bed and started looking for her clothes.
"Esme.. Sweetie you need to sit down." Carlisle said, reaching her trying to get her to calm down. "She is over 100 years old, I think she will be okay to run around the woods by herself." He tried to convince his wife. She finally found her clothes and had started to change into them, when Carlisle heard the rest of his family walking into the family room, including Alice.
"Love, listen." He grabbed ahold of his wife's shoulders from behind. "Can't you hear that?" Esme closed her eyes and concentrated on any noise that could happen. She was able to hear a very faint, far away and muffled voice of Emmitt's booming laughter.
"I..I can hear Emmitt laughing." Esme said, opening her eyes, turning towards her husband.
Frowning for a moment, Carlisle quickly put a smiles back on his face. "Lets go downstairs and talk with our kids." Esme nodded quickly before turning and practically running to see her children, causing Carlisle to chuckle slightly. The love she had for their children was one that was rare and pure.
By the time she reached the bottom of the stairs and entered the family room, her kids were waiting for her with open arms. She reached for them all, hugging all of them. When all the hugs and kisses were given, Esme felt a small pull on her skirt. Looking down she we met with a crying Renesmee.
"Mama Esme.." She choked out. Esme reached out, picking her up and hugging her, noting that she was heavier than usual. "You scared me." She heard her beloved granddaughter say.
"I am so sorry my love. That wasn't my intention. I am okay now." Esme said, sitting down on the couch, with Renesmee still in her arms.
"Are you? Are you okay?" Rosalie asked in a tone that most would consider angry.
"For now." Carlisle said, standing at the bottom of the stairs. "We still don't know why or how Esme is human, but she is up and walking around. So for now, she is okay."
Renesmee lifted her head and looked at Esme. "Because Mama Esme is okay, can we watch a movie."
"Of course we can pumpkin." Esme said.
They all sat and watched the movie that Renesmee picked out. Before the movie was over Renesmee passed out on Esme's lap, who was stroking her hair. When the movie was over and all was quite Bella got up from her seat to retrieve her daughter, as she leaned down to pick her up she stopped quick and pulled away. Esme looked at her questioningly "What is it?"
"I think that everyone should come as close to Esme as possible and listen". As they all gathered around Esme who sat still on the couch, their eyes grew large. They all could hear a soft and faint, third heartbeat.