It had been a wild day at the Cullen household. Everyone was still in shock that Esme was pregnant. As shocking and surprising as everything was, Esme had never been happier. Her wildest dream came true. Her and Carlisle were going to have a baby of their very own. The details of everything was uncertain but that was to be figured out on a later date. As the sun began to descend Esme could feel herself drifting off into a deep sleep. A feeling that was long forgotten from her human years.
"All right my darling, it's time we take you up to bed." Carlisle said as he was watching his wife struggling to keep her eyes open.
"No, Carlisle, I'm..fine.." Esme practically whispered as sleep overcame her and she fell asleep on the couch.
Carlisle chuckled slightly to himself and lifted his wife off the couch effortlessly and carried her to their bedroom. Once she was placed in bed with the blankets covering her, Carlisle took a step back and looked at his wife. She looked peaceful sleeping in their bed. Carlisle finally understood Edwards fascination with watching Bella sleep back when she was human. He took a moment and admired her.
He was pulled from his thoughts, he heard his family all talking downstairs, slowly getting louder and louder. Fearing they might wake up Esme, he ran down stairs. "Everyone, just for the next few hours, all I ask is you guys speak quietly. Esme is human now, which means he needs sleep. She's upstairs now. Try to revert back to when Bella was pregnant."
"I'd rather not." Bella murmured, causing a small chuckle from Edward, pulling her in for a side hug.
"But what if I need her?" Renesmee asked, looking up a Carlisle with the biggest puppy dog eyes. No wonder Esme lets the child get away with practically everything.
"Well little one, she will wake up as the sun wakes up. Speaking of. Why are you awake? Isn't it past your bedtime?"
"Too much ice cream." Edward confessed causing Bella to roll her eyes in annoyance.
"Emmett, why don't you take Renesmee out and both of you can burn off some energy. Go a little past the house so her squealing won't wake up Esme. You both can come back in when she feels tired."
Emmett nodded in agreement and picked up Nessie at vampire speed, running outside in a flash.
"The rest of you, I beg of you to be quiet. If anything happens, you can find me either in my office or with Esme." Carlisle said to his remaining children. After acknowledgements from all of them, he slowly made his way up the stairs, not waiting a creak of the stairs to wake her.
Making it to his office, he pulled Esme's folder, determined to figure out what was going on. After a couple of hours of studying Esme's blood and charts and everything he could think of, he couldn't figure out why Esme was now human.
His head began with thoughts that had nothing to do with Esme's condition, but had everything to do with Esme. He bag to think of her and the almost 100 years they have been together. He thought about the young 16 year girl he met and practically feel in love with at the very sight of her. To the woman he saw in the morning, hanging on the edge of death. To who she is today, his wife carrying their baby.
He decided he needed to watch. Not for science but for him. He walked into their bedroom and found Esme on the right side of the bed, laying in the fetal position. He couldn't help but think of how small she in a chair across the room, he began to wonder what she was dreaming about.
"Us." Edward's voice had started Carlisle. He looked at Edward and quickly back at Esme, to make sure she was still sleeping. Getting up from the chair, he and Edward went down the hall to talk.
"She dreaming of us, Carlisle. Dreaming of her family. How happy she is, and happy she hopes everyone else is." Carlisle chuckled to himself. Of course his wife would dream about her family. She had so much love for all of them.
"It's nearly dawn. I think Esme would enjoy waking up to you next to her." Edward said, his father placed his had on his shoulder giving him a small nod, before making his way back to his bedroom. Walking back into their bedroom Carlisle decided to lay next to Esme, waiting for her to wake up. He let his mind wander about this next chapter in their lives. Feeling nothing but blessed, taking in the moment as much as he could, feeling a long forgotten feeling.
Downstairs Edward began pacing back and forth in the family room. With his daughter in bed at his own home, and Bella staying there to watch over their daughter, he was desperate to get a moment alone with Alice. When Emmett began to fidget a little and was having a hard time keeping quick, Rosalie decided to take him on a long walk from him to get everything out.
Edward finally let his curiosity get the better of him and made his way to the kitchen were Alice and Jasper were playing a game of chess. "Alice.." Edward practically whispered.
"I'm a little bit busy." Alice chimed.
"Please, you are refusing to even think about your vision and it's killing me. I need to know. Alice, I've never asked anything from you, except this once." Edward pleaded.
Alice looked up at Jasper, who quietly got up from his chair and left the room. "Edward, if I tell you you have to promise not to tell anyone, especially Esme and Carlisle."
"I promise."
Closing her eyes and taking in an unnecessary breath, Alice began to explain her vision. "A little while when Esme was in her garden, I saw Carlisle walk up behind her and hug her, causing her to smile. When she smiled, that's when I saw it. It was a bright and sunny day. Esme is sitting in her garden, wearing all white, surrounded by freshly bloomed flowers. She is holding a little baby in her arms, smiling down on it. Carlisle comes up to them and sit down next to Esme. I've never seen them so happy. That's when I heard Esme say, 'Can you believe it. One of our very own.' And that's when I knew that they were going to have a baby." Alice practically giggle, remembering her sweet and innocent vision.
"Alice, you know that's not the vision I mean." Edward voiced his annoyance
"Edward.. I" Alice began.
"Alice. Please. She's our mother. If the worst is to happen, we should be able to figure out how to protect her or save her."
"Okay, but you can't tell anyone." Alice said again, receiving a nod from Edward. "Well, after my first vision, I got so excited that I wanted to tell them right then and there. I took a step forward and was hit with another vision, of having me tell them they were going to have a baby. Esme gets angry and tells me that's nothing to joke about, and storms off into the kitchen. I get a lecture from Carlisle about how inappropriate that was, and runs to comfort Esme."
"Alice, having them mad at you, is not the worse thing in the world. When they realize you were right they would probably apologize and Esme would more than likely make you a Queen for the entire pregnancy to make up for it." Edward interrupted.
"I'm not finished." Alice stated. Looking down at the unmoved chess pieces. A few moments passed before Alice begins again. "When she collapses, must like she did the other day, and we find out that Esme is human and is pregnant, Carlisle has it set in his mind that nothing good can come of it. It was like reliving what you and Bella went through, only worse."
"Worse? How much worse?" Edward asked, reliving the few months that Bella was pregnant. Remembering the hell the both of them went through.
"Carlisle suggest an abortion and Esme declines. Knowing that this would be their last chance at a baby, and wanted to carry this baby and raise it, in honor of her first son. Carlisle tells her that he wants nothing to do with it, fearing it might hurt her, like Nessie did with Bella. Believing only something evil could turn her human and he locks himself in his study. Esme throws herself into a depression and.. and." Alice couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence, but pictures the events from her vision in her head.
"And history repeats itself, by Esme trying to end her life, not knowing how to life without Carlisle." Edward finishes for her. "But Alice, he found out on his own. I think it's safe if they were to find out about your visions."
"No, Edward."
"Well why not. They are happy now, and have nothing to fear." Edward said.
"Because. Can you imagine Esme finding out what the future might have been. Finding out that Carlisle doesn't want the baby." Alice said, having Edward nodded in agreement
They suddenly heard a small soft voice coming from the entrance of the kitchen. "What?"
Edward quickly stood up, "Esme.."