Up in Carlisle's office, Esme made her way over to the examination table and laid down. Carlisle could hear Esme's heartbeat quicken.
"Are you alright, love?" Carlisle asked with his back turned to her, as he was getting his things together. When he received no answer, he turned around and saw his wife in the most heartbreaking positions. She was sitting on table her legs against her chest and her head resting on them, her face was turned away from him. He knew that she was crying .
Making his way over to his wife, Carlisle placed a hand on her shoulder closest to him. "Esme, please don't cry. I understand you are under a lot of stress, but I am sure everything is fine." he tried to console his wife.
Esme picked her head up from her knees, tears were still streaming down her face. "I'm scared." she said quietly.
"Esme, I'm sure the baby is fine.." before Carlisle could finish, Esme interrupted him.
"I'm not scared for the baby, I am pretty sure they are fine." Esme said quietly.
"Then what has you so distressed, my love?" Carlisle notice Emse curl her body in tighter and her cheeks get a little bit redder.
"This is going to sound silly, and I don't know why I am crying over it." Esme said, looking away, trying to hide her face.
"Please tell me. It can't be silly if it bothers you." Carlisle tried to encourage
Sighing, Esme looked back him, giving a small smile. "I am scared of being in a hospital setting." She confessed.
Carlisle blinked a could of times, unsure if he heard her right. "You're scared of… Love, you have visited me plenty of times at my work. That never seemed to bother you."
"I was there to see you. We hardly stayed in the hospital if I saw you. Plus I was never a patient. Carlisle, I haven't needed to be in the hospital for about a 100 years. I am scared." Esme rushed out, her cheeks were undeniably red now.
"Okay, we will take this slow, and I will walk you through everything. You are gonna feel some pinches and pressure, but I am going to be here the whole time. I promise."
Esme's face scrunched up a bit. "Do you have to use needles?"
Chuckling slightly Carlisle gestured for her to lie down flat on the Exam table.
After some drawing of blood, and an ultrasound later, Esme was wiping off the gel off of her stomach and gave a small sigh. "Well, what's the diagnoses doc?" she joked.
"Well Mrs. Cullen, you are perfectly healthy 126 year old. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought you were 26." Carlisle laughed, playing along. "And it seems to me, that the little baby inside of you is perfectly fine."
Esme smiles a big toothy grin, leaning forward and capturing her husband in a tight hug. "Thank God." She whispered.
"I believe we should have a family meeting. See if we can get to the bottom of everything." Carlisle suggested. Esme shook her head in agreement.
Making their way downstairs, Esme noticed her family already downstairs, waiting for them in the living room. Sighing, she makes her way downstairs and sits down on the couch, with Rose on one side of her and Alice on the other. Renesmee stands up from her mother's lap and runs over to Esme, who happily has her sit on her own lap.
After a few moments of silence, Rose was the first one to speak. "We know the baby is okay, but so we know how any of this happened?"
Emmett opened his mouth to say something, before shutting it when Rose glared at him. After another moment Edward was the first to speak. "Esme might have a point."
Everyone turned towards Esme anticipating her answer. "What are you thinking, love." Carlisle asked standing behind her, placing his hand on her shoulder.
"I didn't want to say anything and have people worry." Esme took a deep breath in. "I was thinking that maybe the Volturi might have something to do with this. Maybe they are still angry about not fighting, and what we were fighting for." Esme looking down at Renesmee, who was focused on Esme's stomach.
"Maybe they still want to fight, but they needed the upper hand and someone, this happened." Esme finished.
"How would turning Esme human give them the upper hand." Emmett asked.
"I would become the weakest link. I would be easily taken down. If anything happened to me, that would hurt Carlisle. With him distracted he could be taken down, and they rest of you might follow." Esme said, looking at all of her children, her eyes filling up with tears.
"Nothing is going to happen to us. We will protect you." Edward stated.
Alice placed her head on her mother's shoulder. "We won't let anything happen to you. We love you and will fight for you."
"I just don't want any of you to get hurt." Esme confessed. She felt her husbands grip on her shoulder grow a little bit tighter. Looking up at him, she saw his face full of almost every emotion.
"Everything is going to be okay Esme. No harm will come to you, or the baby, or any of us. I will make sure of it." Carlisle said, feeling her hand being placed on top of his.
"I will keep an eye on the Volturi's thoughts. I will know anything if they deci.." Alice trailed off as her face goes blank. Having a vision of something.
Esme gripped her husbands and harder, fearing the worst.
After what seemed like an eternity Alice finally was relieved of her vision. Standing up with a smile Alice cleared her throat. "Benjamin and Tia are coming up for a visit."
"Do we really think now is the time for visitors?" Bella asked. Esme beamed slightly to see her coming out of her shell more. She was no longer afraid to asked questions that might push the boundaries.
"I don't know why they are coming, but I have a wonderful feeling it will lead to a good thing." Alice said.
"When will they be here?" Carlisle asked.
"By night fall." Alice said, before taking Jasper's hand, and they both headed outside.
"Well I guess this meeting is over till then." Rose said.
Emmett and Rose had left the room, leaving Bella and Edward who were trying to figure out why their guest were coming, and Esme and Carlisle, with Renesmee still sitting on Esme's lap.
After a few moments Nessy spoke up. "Whose Benjamin and Tia?"
Smiling, Esme looked down at her granddaughter and got ready to explain. "Well Benjamin is one of your grandfathers cousins. Amun was his creature. Do you remember him?" Nessy shook her head no. "Well he is the leader of another coven. He created Benjamin knowing he would have a great power. Amun didn't want anyone else to abuse Benjamin's power, so he hid him away. Your Grandfather and I found him when we were trying to convince Amun to join us a few years ago, when we were to meet with the Volturi."
"What kind of power does Benjamin have?" Nessy asked.
"He can control the earth's elements. He can make a tidal wave from still water. He can cause great winds and make a fire grow so tall, you can't can't tell where it ends." Carlisle explained.
"He can also cause an earthquake to happen." Edward interrupted.
"When did he do that?" Esme asked
"Alice had a vision of it, it would have been during the battle we would of had with the Volturi." Edward explained.
"What..What else did she see?" Esme asked.
"Sweetie, now is not the time for that." Carlisle said.
Esme nodded, noting she will asked Edward another time
Chuckling slightly, Edwards nodding slightly. "Maybe, Esme."
Rushing into the room suddenly, Alice practically screams. "THEY ARE HERE!"
A second later Benjamin and Tia enter the room. In a flash Carlisle was next to them both extending handshakes that turned into hugs. "Welcome, Cousin." Carlisle said.
It took a moment for Esme to help Renesme slide off her lap and to stand up to greet her guest. Before being able to take a step toward them, Tia was suddenly in front of her, grabbing her hand. She looked at her and smiled, feeling the warmth radiating off of Esme, before pulling her into a hug.
"Ah, looks like you have received my gift." Benjamin stated, looking and Esme and Carlisle.