"Get rid of it!" Rosalie insists.

"He's gonna freak. Damn it!" Emmett huffs.

"Don't worry, I'll hide it." Edward promises. He rubs the burning end of the joint on the bottom of his shoe. Jasper watches nervously as Carlisle slows down. Edward shoves the blunt up his sleeve.

"What are we going to tell him? He's going to ask why we're out here!" Rosalie asks.

"I'll take care of it, Rosie." Emmett says. Jasper scrunched his brow at hearing Emmett call his sister by the nickname his father and himself called her, but keeps his mouth shut. Instead, he watches Carlisle ease his car around the Jeep and into the garage.

"Should you put it in the garage?" Jasper asks.

"I don't know." Emmett admits. "Maybe if we just stay still he won't see us."

"Like a dinosaur." Edward whispers.

"I thought it was sharks that can't see you if you hold still?" Jasper questions. Edward shrugs.

"Seriously?" Rosalie scoffs. "You two have already smoked too much."

They watch as Carlisle climbs out of his car and carries an armful of greasy paper bags into the house. The four let out a sigh of relief when they realize Carlisle isn't coming to the jeep, but it's short lived, because Emmett's phone starts to ring.

"He's calling!" Emmett panics. They all stare at the phone as it rings, and only a few seconds pass before Emmett answers nervously. "Hello?"

Hey, what are you guys doing in the drive way? Carlisle asks.

"Well, uh, I thought the Jeep was making a weird noise." Emmett lies quickly. "I wanted the others to hear it."

Okay. Well put it away and come inside. I have dinner.

"I thought you were staying at the hospital tonight?"

Your mother kicked me out. He sighs. Anyways, come on inside and get some food.

Emmett nods and hangs up, not thinking that Carlisle couldn't see his nod through the phone. He eyes Jasper, Edward and Rosalie before grabbing the steering wheel and pulling the Jeep back into the garage. He jumps out, and as everyone else follows his lead, he reminds them of the lie.

"Remember, the Jeep was making a weird noise."

They all nod and head into the house. Carlisle gives them a weak smile as he pulls paper-wrapped hamburgers and french fries out of the paper bags. They all force a smile back to try to keep from looking suspicious.

"How's Mom?" Edward asks.

"She's good. Hasn't had any problems. She told me to come home and make sure you guys are okay. She'll most likely be coming home tomorrow afternoon. I got tomorrow off, so I thought we could all take the day off and get a nice dinner for her prepared and take care of the housework so she doesn't have-" Carlisle pauses mid-sentence. He scrunches his brow as he recognizes the familiar stench. "Do you smell that?"

His four kids shake their heads no with wide eyes. He narrows his eyes at them.

"Where is it?"

"Where's what?" Emmett says, playing dumb.

"The weed. I can smell it on you. Where is it? Hand it over." Carlisle says firmly and holds his hand out. Edward sighs and shakes his arm, letting the half used joint fall into his hand before placing it in Carlisle's open palm. "Where's the lighter?"

Emmett sighs and digs in his pocket for the cheap Bic lighter and tosses it to Carlisle.

Carlisle flicks the lighter, and sets the flame against the joint between his lips. The kids jaws drop as they watch. He closes his eyes and takes a long drag, holding the smoke in for what seemed like forever to Edward and Jasper.

"Dad!" Emmett laughs. Carlisle finally blows out the smoke out up towards the ceiling.

"God, I so needed this." He says with a sigh.

"You smoke?" Edward questions in disbelieve. Carlisle chuckles.

"There's a lot you kids don't know about me."

"Are you going to share?" Emmett asks.

Carlisle smirks and eyes the four teens in front of him. He laughs at their nervous faces. Except Emmett's. Emmett can't hide the giddiness in his eyes and the big, goofy smile that spread from ear to ear. He pulls the joint back to his lips again, keeping his eyes on Jasper, Edward and Rosalie as he does.

"Listen," Carlisle says, smoke easing out of his mouth. "Your mother does not hear about this. Understand?"

Four heads nod quickly.

"I'm serious. If she finds out about this, there will be hell to pay. She will freak out if she knows."

They keep nodding.

"So are you going to let us have some too, or not?" Emmett repeats. Carlisle eyes them again.

"Grab the food and lets go upstairs." Carlisle says. When the boys jump to get the greasy burgers and fries, Carlisle holds up one finger to stop them. "I need all of you to promise me that this stays between all of us. If anyone else finds out about this, I could be in huge trouble. Esme will be pissed, my reputation in this town would be tarnished, and we could lose our foster care license. Understand?"

Edward, Emmett and Jasper nod without hesitation. Rosalie hesitates until Carlisle sighs.

"Rosie," He says. "Listen, sweetheart-"

"No, no, it's fine. I won't tell. But, um," She wrinkles her nose again. "Do I have to come?"

"Oh, no, sweetie." Carlisle laughs. "Of course not."

She smiles a little and the boys rush towards the food, then follow Carlisle and Rosalie up the stairs. Rosalie gives a quick goodbye, leaving the boys of the house to pile into the small, upstairs bedroom. Carlisle questions all the cardboard boxes that lined the hallway and let out a heavy sigh when it was explained to him that they were filled with Emmett's things. It just reinforced the fact that Emmett isn't moving back in.

Emmett sits on the counter of the vanity, Jasper and Edward sit next to each other on the edge of the bathtub while Carlisle shuts the door and stuffs a towel in the crack between the door and the floor.

"Have any more, Emmett?" Carlisle asks. Emmett knits his brow together.

"How do you know it's mine?" He asks defensively. Carlisle snorts.

"Because you've been smoking since you were fourteen." He says. "Remember the bag you hid in your clothes hamper? The one that went missing?"

"You knew about that?"

"Knew about it? Hell, I smoked it." Carlisle laughs. "Anyways, roll another. We'll hotbox the bathroom."


"Man, Esme is going to kill me." Carlisle sighs. Jasper laughs.

"Like how she was going to kill you for those parking tickets?"

"Like how she was going to kill me for those parking tickets." He says with a chuckle.

"Dad," Emmett asks, staring at his father through smoky haze. "How did you find my weed?"

"It was in Edward's shirt sleeve."

"No, my fourteen year old weed."

"Oh. I did your laundry."

"And you smoked it?"

"Yup. Hid in the woods and lit up." He explained with a lazy smile, then looks at Jasper and Edward. The two are laughing so hard that Edward rocks backwards and falls into the tub, making them laugh even more. "What's with those two?"

"Dunno. Something's funny." Emmett says.

"Is Edward always like this when he's high?"

"How do you know he's been high before?"

"How do you know he's been high before? How would I know what he's like?"

"You boys really think your old man is blind, don't you? I know more than you think."

"You know that I snuck Molly Hunter in my room and fucked her when you and Mom went out of town for your conference?" Emmett questions. Carlisle shakes his head.

"Nope. Didn't know that. But your grounded for that."

"Can't ground me anymore."

"Damn. You're right."

Carlisle stares at Edward, laughing freely. And God knows Jasper needed a way to relax. Carlisle knows he needed it, too, and so did Emmett.

"Is Edward always like this when he's high?" Carlisle asks again. Emmett nods.

"Sure is."

"It's good to see him laugh." Carlisle admits, then sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. "God, I'm the worst father."

"Did you hear that?" Edward chuckles. He bites his lip and tries to calm himself as he pats Jasper's side. "Dad said he's the worst father! What is he thinking?"

"He's crazy!" Jasper laughs along.

"They don't seem to think so." Emmett points out.

"I'm smoking weed with my kids. That's pretty much the worst thing I could do."

"Not even close." Emmett disagrees and shakes his head. "You could be smoking meth with your kids."

Carlisle shrugs, but then chuckles as he watches Edward and Jasper.

"I think those two have had enough. Let's get them out of here." Carlisle instructs, getting to his feet and holding his hand out to Edward, still stuck in the bathtub. Edward laughs again and takes it.

Emmett and Carlisle escort the laughing Edward and Jasper out of the bathroom, the smoke rolling out of the room and dispersing into the hallway. They make their way to Edward's bedroom, where Edward collapses onto his bed, still chuckling.

"Why did Mom make you come home?" Emmett asks.

"She said I was worrying too much. Sent me home, told me to make sure you kids were okay." Carlisle explains again.

"Are there any more burgers?" Jasper asks. He starts to rub his stomach. "I'm starving!"

"You already ate two burgers and a large fry, kiddo." Carlisle chuckles. Edward starts laughing louder and leans towards Jasper.

"You already ate!" He laughs.

Jasper furrows his brows at Edward, but smiles. Emmett chuckles and announces that he's going to get some snacks from the kitchen before slipping out of the room.

Carlisle watches Jasper and Edward. He smiles to himself, happy that they're finally getting along, and sees a chance to get some questions answered.

"Jasper, Edward," He says to get their attention. "What really happened the other day when you two were fighting?"

"Fighting? We're not fighting!" Jasper says.

"I know your not now. I'm talking about the other day. With the boots. What really happened?"

"What really happened, Edward?" Jasper asks. Edward giggles.

"Maybe I did kick them on purpose." He admits with a smile. Carlisle nods.

"Why would you do that?"

"He left them in the middle of the room!" Edward says, still giggling. Jasper smiles.

"Yeah, I left them there." Jasper adds on.

"So you're both guilty?"

"Yeah," Both boys say and start laughing again.

"Edward, why were you so mean to Jasper?" Carlisle questions some more.

Edward starts laughing harder again, and Jasper joins him. The two boys forget about Carlisle's most recent question, and he accepts that he won't get an answer. Carlisle's satisfied that he at least got the answer to the boot problem.

Emmett comes back with an armful of snacks and distributes them throughout the room. Jasper and Edward laughing back and forth about stupid jokes, leaving Carlisle and Emmett to watch in amusement.


"Oh, shit," Carlisle grumbles as he rubs the sleep from his eyes. He looks around the room at the sleeping boys. Emmett is leaned against the wall, his head tilted to the side as he snores. Jasper and Edward are curled up on the be, a corner of blanket barely covering either of them. Carlisle thinks back to the events of the night before.

If Esme was annoyed with him for hovering over her at the hospital, she'll be enraged to know that instead of making sure their kids were okay, he smoked with the boys in the bathroom.

Shit.

He looks a Emmett, then at Jasper and Edward. The two boys went from worst enemies to best pals after a few hits. Carlisle has to admit to himself that he enjoyed seeing a glimpse of what a happy family they can be. It gave him hope that maybe the two youngest teens could be true brothers after all.

He sighs and prays that everyone in the house sticks to their promise.

So I've been working on this chapter for a while. I'll admit, this isn't my best chapter, but hopefully it isn't too bad. Please review!