Chapter 2: Carlisle and Esme

Bella's POV

I started to cry. I was finally in my mother's arms again. For Esme really was a mother figure in my life. That is how I always saw her. Esme didn't seem to mind in the leas that I was crying and my tears were soaking her shirt. She just held onto me and hugged me like a mother comforting an upset child. I really wished that this moment would last forever.

My baby started kicking again. Esme placed one of her hands on my stomach. The baby reacted and started kicking with even more intensity then before. Then, I could have sworn that I saw a smile appear on Esme's face.

"Come on Bella let's go home. This weather isn't good for you" she said. "Just by looking at you I am already extremely worried about your health and I don't need you to get worse on me"

I sighed. I knew that I looked terrible. I knew that my health was deteriorating. But I hated worrying the people that I loved. Yet, I could not help but be happy that Esme was here. I smiled at her. For the first time in what felt like a long time I was happy again. I attempted to get up and walk by myself but she insisted on carrying me. She picked me up and carried me withe ease.

"You're pregnant" she said. "Does this mean that I'm going to be a grandmother?" she asked.

"Yes. Edward is the father" I replied.

"I knew it" she said. "From the moment I heard the the baby's heart beating I knew it"

"How? I mean, you all can't have babies. How did you know Edward is the father?" I asked.

"For two reasons" she said. "First of all I know you. You love Edward to much to ever cheat on him with another man. The second reason is that normal babies don't grow so fast. We would have definitely noticed if you were pregnant before we left"

As soon as I was reminded of what had happened I started to cry again. When Esme realized that I was crying she stopped walking.

Now she looked like she was about to cry to. "Bella I am so sorry. We should have never left you like that. Leaving you was a mistake. You're absence has done more to this family then we ever thought possible. Bella, you are part of this family"

"But then why did you all keep ignoring me? When I realized that I was pregnant I tried contacting each and every one of you but you all ignore me"

Esme looked like she would be in tears now if it were possible for her to still cry.

"I'm so sorry Bella. We just keep making mistake after mistake. We had decided that it was best if we didn't talk to you anymore. We thought it would be better for you if you didn't have any contact with us anymore" she explained. "It was wrong though. We should have known that something wasn't right. And for that I am so sorry" she said.

"Carlisle answered his phone yesterday" I said.

"What? I wasn't aware of that. He didn't say anything. What happened?" It was clear that she really did have no idea that Carlisle and I had talked yesterday.

"I tried to tell him about my situation. I really need him. This pregnancy is having a bad impact on my health and I'm really worried about my baby's health as well as my own. But Carlisle wouldn't let me say anything. When I told him that I was having problems he said that my issues were probably not that big of a deal. He said that I was probably just making a big deal out of nothing. He said that my human issues didn't matter to him and that I could handle them myself. Then he hung up before I could say anything" I explained.

"He said what?! I can't believe that he would say something like that you! That is so unlike him! I can't believe that he would say something like that to you! Don't you worry Bella I will deal with him as soon as we get home! I will not let anybody, not even Carlisle, be so harsh with you and get away with it!"

It was weird to see Esme upset about this. Actually, it was weird to see her upset about anything. She was rarely every angry or mad about anything.

After a few moments of silence she asked "How did you find us?"

"To make a long story short I did a lot of research and found out that Carlisle was working at Cornell University. It was after the phone call yesterday that I decided to take a trip over here to find you all. The phone calls weren't working so I had to take more drastic measures. I just hope that Charlie is okay" Just thinking of my father made me feel guilty. The worry my absence must be causing him! But that was an issue that I would have to deal with later.

"Is everyone else home as well?" I asked.

"No it's just Carlisle and I. Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and Alice went away on a hunting trip. And Edward...well, he left. No one knows where he is" she said sadly. It made me sad to know that Edward wasn't here with the rest of his family.

"Anyways we're home now" Esme said.

I looked and saw a huge mansion of a house that was not unlike the one that they had left in Forks.

"Carlisle" Esme called out as soon as we walked inside the house.

Seconds later Carlisle appeared. A look of shock appeared on his face when he saw me in Esme's arms.

"Bella? What? What's going on here?" he asked. He then took in the rest of my appearance. His eyes lingered on my baby bump the longest. A look of confusion lingered on his face. Then he looked at the rest of my body and that look of confusion was replaced by a look of extreme worry.

"What's going on?" Carlisle asked.

"Bella needs your help right now. You two are going to talk and this time you will listen to Bella" Esme said coldly. "and once you are done helping Bella we will be discussing that phone call and the way you treated her yesterday"

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