"Mom, I promise we will be okay." Rose said, standing by the front door, hugging a teary eyes Esme.
A few days have passed since Tia and Benjamin agreed to wait at home for Gracie. Esme had convinced Emmett and Rose to stay for a couple of days, not wanting them to go back to Italy, fearing they might get hurt.
"I just don't like the idea of you guys being there and getting caught." Esme confessed.
"Mom, I promise that we are going to be extra careful and we won't get caught, besides if they do spot use, I will throw Emmett at them." Rose joked.
"Besides, we have never been caught before." Emmett said, giving Esme a hug.
"Before!" Esme asked shocked.
Emmett's face dropped slightly, before grabbing Rose's hand and leaving at Vampire speed.
"Did he say before?" Esme asked, her heartbeat quickening with anxiety.
"I believe he did, but Love, let's not worry about that now." Carlisle said, pulling her in for a hug. "My love, how about we stay here for another day and make our way back home sometime tomorrow."
Esme still had her head in her husbands chest groaned slightly. "I love our children dearly, but we haven't gotten a lot of quiet time since we have been here. Can't we stay a little bit longer?" Esme wined slightly.
Chuckling, Carlisle helped Esme left her head off of his chest, but kept her in his arms. "My love, we could stay here till after the baby is born but we both know that's not the best idea."
Nodding in agreement, Esme smiled. "I know, and it would be nice to see our children again."
"How about we squeeze in as much fun as we can today. We can go to the beach, or go for a walk in the woods, whatever you want." He suggested.
Without a moment of hesitation, Esme agreed. "Okay! Let me shower and stuff first. Oh this is so exciting!"
A few minutes later, Esme was walking down the stairs, wearing a maternity sundress with a floral print that came down to her knees. The dress showed off her baby bump perfectly.
"You look beautiful my Love." Carlisle said when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Why thank you! You look just as dashing." Esme loved the laid back look that Carlise sported whenever they came to the island. He was in a white button down T-shirt, with a few of the top buttons undone, and tan shorts.
"Have you thought about what you want to do today." He asked, taking her hand, has they headed for their front door.
"Well I thought we could go to the main lands and look though some o the local shops, and maybe get lunch somewhere." Esme said, when they got outside.
"Whatever you want. I want you to be as relaxed as you can be."
Once they were off the boat on the mainland, they walked hand in hand to a few different shops. Esme bought a few new clothes for herself and some things for her kids. Esme was browsing through a store, while Carlisle went to buy her a pretzel, she came across a baby section. Esme began going through clothes and realized she had no idea what the gender of her baby was. Her mind began to wander about their baby and what the future held.
"Here you are my Love." Carlisle said with a giant pretzel in hand. He grew slightly worried when she didn't turn around to greet him. "Esme?"
"Hmm." Was all she responded with.
Moving over slightly, he looked at what she was holding in her hands. A little white onsie that read Mommy loves me with a pair of light tan and white zig-zag pants.
Chuckling, he placed his head on her shoulder and his freehand on her extended stomach. "Be patient my love, they will be here in a couple months."
Taking in a deep breath, Esme turned around to face her husband, smiling. "I think, I am going to buy this." she said, walking over to the cashier.
"Do you dare to do that with Alice's sense of fashion." He joked.
"I believe our baby can make even the most horrendous outfits look cute." She cooed, as she stepped up to the register.
As the day went on, Esme felt more relaxed then she had in months. After a nice quiet dinner back at their home, Esme and Carlisle decided to sit down on the beach and watch the sun go down.
After a few minutes, Esme decided to speak her mind. "Are you worried?" She asked.
"About what?" Carlisle asked, shifting to look at his wife.
"Are you worried about what the future will hold for our baby?" She asked, placing a hand on her stomach, looking down at it.
"Well if you are referring to the amount of dirty diapers we are going to have to change, I think I can manage." He joked, hoping to make her smile.
"No, I mean, Benjamin said this baby will be human, are we going to watch this baby grow up and grow old, only to die in about 80 years. Or are we going to freeze them in-time and hope that they meet another vampire that they would spend all of eternity with." Esme wondered, her voice almost a soft whisper, as she continued to rub her hands on her abdomen, feeling their baby kick.
"Well, what would you want to do." Carlisle asked, reaching a hand up and rubbing her back.
"I wish we didn't have to choose." Esme admitted. "I don't want to make the wrong decision. I don't want to take away a life that could have been, just because we wanted to be selfish."
"Well, how about we ask them." he said, wrapping his arms around her shoulders, pulling her close.
"What do you mean."
"As they grow up, they will know they are being raised by Vampires, we can't hide that. As they grow older we will discuss the option of them becoming a vampire, much like we did with Bella." Carlisle said.
"But hopefully less messy." Esme joked.
"Yes my love, that would be ideal. We can have them choose the life they want to live." Carlisle suggested.
"I like that idea. Talk to them about the pros and cons of living each life and let them decide how they want to live." Esme said smiling.
"And we will support them with whichever one they decided to go with." Carlisle stated, placing his own hand on her abdomen, feeling their baby kicking.
After a few minutes the sun had vanished beneath the surface of the water and he felt Esme's body grow heavy. Chuckling, he picked her up effortlessly and placed her on their bed. He suddenly heard her breath in deeply, letting him now, she was still awake.
"Go to sleep my love, I am right here." Carlisle said, hearing in mere seconds her breathing grow heavier. After throwing his clothes in their hamper, he climbed into bed and held Esme, sensing another group of Vampires near them. The Volturi.
The next morning, Esme was running around, cleaning up the house, washing, drying and packing up their clothes, getting ready to head home. When she finished packing she sat down on the couch and began to relax, missing her vampire body. As a Vampire she never needed to rest, she never grew tired. Now she could barely make it up and down the stairs without feeling winded. She felt herself drifting off into a nap when she heard someone enter the room.
"Ready to head home." Carlisle asked, causing her to smile with her eyes still closed.
"Five more minutes." She joked in a sleepish tone.
"My love, we will miss our flight, you can take a nap on the plane." Carlisle said smiling.
A couple hours and a short nap later, they were pulling into their rainy driveway. The moment Esme got out of the car, she heard Bella and Alice, gasping about her baby bump.
"Esme, you look so cute!" Bella said, placing a hand on Esme's stomach.
"The baby has gotten so big! I am so excited!" Alice squealed, placing her had on Esme's stomach as well.
"Mama Esme!" Esme hear a little voice call from the front door that could only belong to her granddaughter.
"Alright everyone, it's raining outside, let's head in." Carlisle announced, placing is hand on Esme's lower back, kissing her temple, before going over to
Once inside, Esme sat down on the couch her children close behind, but one was missing.
"Where's Jasper?" Esme asked. She had been noticing throughout her entire pregnancy he was around as much.
"He's upstairs. He is working on something." Alice said, waving her hand, almost dismissing Esme's concerns.
"Mama Esme?" Nessey called for her attention, standing next to her. Esme notice she had grown a bit since she had last seen her. She looked to be about 10 years old.
"Yes my tiny love." Esme answered smiling, watching her granddaughter carefully.
Renesmee's hands where shaking slightly and were close to Esme's baby bump.
"When is the baby going to come." She asked, without looking away from the bump.
Esme smiled, grabbing a hold of Nessy's hands softly and placing them on her bump. "Baby should be here in about 15 weeks." Esme answered.
Nessy closed her eyes, her hands still on Esme's baby bump. She looked as though she was concentrating on something. Esme was about to ask if she was okay when noticed Alice suddenly grow still with a vision. Esme looked to Edward and he was watching her thoughts. Everything grew still and quiet in a matter of moments.
Just as soon as everything went quiet the day picked back up again. As soon as Alice came out of her vision, Edward put his arm around Bella and smiled. Feeling a bit more at ease Esme felt her granddaughters hands move away from the baby bump.
"Incredible." Edward stated smiling. Referring to Alice's vision.
"Alice, what did you see?" Esme asked.
"I think that it's time you should speak to Jasper." Alice said happlier, ignoring her question.
"Talk to…"
"We all know that it is bothering you he hasn't been here. He feels bad as well but you should go up stairs and talk to him about it. Let him explain himself. He's too ashamed to come to you himself." Edward stated.
Nodding, Esme stood up from the couch and made her way upstairs. Her family was speaking a volume she couldn't hear, but before reaching the top of the stairs she heard the word. "Baby"