A/N: Thanks for those of you who informed me of my horrible math. :P I have adjusted it so that Carlisle and Esme were a very young age of seventeen (which is actually happening quite commonly nowadays) when they had Jasper, making Carlisle now turning thirty five years old.

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Unfortunate Contentment

Chapter 5

Carlisle

After sending a message to Edward, I turned off my light and hopped into bed. Not long after, I received his reply.

'Lol true. Guess we'll have to see.
Honey, I love you more than my own life.
Ha! Pretty sure I win.
Btw, I know our date will be perfect, if
only time went faster. Sleep well handsome. Xx'

With a smile on my face, I found it much easier to relax and fall asleep after reading it.

The next day, work was actually great. Things kept happening; enough to keep me occupied, but not too much for it to be hectic and cause me stress. Patients gradually came in, needing my assistance.

For fourteen years I've been working at Forks Hospital as a Paediatrician. And I loved it.

I loved kids, and I loved helping people.

But not nearly as much as my baby…

I shook my head as I finished up my last break of the day.

Edward was always on my mind.

But time had gone by really fast today, and it was only a couple of hours until I'd be leaving.

My heart thudded an extra beat as I remembered that we were going to the movies tonight. True, Jasper, my one and only child was coming as well. But that was alright. I felt guilty that we hadn't had some father and son time in a while.

Maybe I could suggest a day for just the two of us.

I smiled as I considered asking him later if he would keep Sunday free to spend with his dad.

It still amazed me how comfortable Jasper was about my sexuality. When I'd finally told him, he'd said that he'd known for at least a year. When I asked him how he shrugged.

'I'm not sure, just something about you made me think so…maybe it's because you dress so well,' he'd joked.

Jasper had always had an uncanny ability to understand people, without them needing to speak. He could feel them and their emotions without even trying.

Once, when he was five, we'd taken him to a park; Esme and I. After a few moments of playing with him, I'd noticed a young woman sitting on a bench by herself as she watched some of the kids on the playground. When Esme asked me to come sit down with her on the picnic blanket as Jazz played, I obliged, kissing her cheek and sitting myself down as she smiled at me.

I looked back to watch Jasper, making sure he was being careful. But when my eyes couldn't find him quickly, my heart started to pound louder and louder. Finally, I spotted his wavy, blonde waves as his legs jogged unsurely to the woman on the bench.

Before I knew it, he'd gone straight over to this stranger, to hug her. I sat up to watch him curiously. While I felt my own, I could see the woman's surprise as her eyes widened when the little boy hugged her tightly for no apparent reason. But then suddenly, she was crying as she held him. I slowly got up and went over to them.

Her quiet sobs rang through my ears as he shushed her gently.

"It's okay," his high voice whispered to her, "It will be okay."

My eyebrows joined as confusion ran through me. How had he known she was upset? I'd had no idea when I saw her just sitting here…

She sniffled quietly before hugging him tighter and then letting him go. Smiling sweetly at him she said, "Thank you sweetie. You have no idea how special you are."

He childlike chuckle spilled from his mouth as he smiled sweetly at her, "Thanks, ma'am. See ya later!"

He ran off back to the playground as I turned to face her. She smiled at me, "He's gonna be a real charmer that one," she said as she wiped underneath her eye.

I grinned, "Yep, takes after his mother."

"Really?" she asked amusedly, with a cocked eyebrow.

I blushed as I nodded.

"Could've fooled me," she joked. Suddenly, her face turned serious, "I have no idea how he knew I was upset. He's a smart one alright. I um…I lost my daughter a few weeks ago. This…This is the first day I've gone outside of the house."

My jaw dropped in shock. How horrible.

"I'm so sorry," I said.

She shrugged, "Yeah, but what can you do? The Lord has plans…and everything happens for a reason…"

I could only nod.

So, since he was very young Jasper has acquired a completely different understanding of the people around him. And although it was at an extremely young age in my life, it was the best day of it when he was born. His existence made Esme and I so happy; he was almost enough to keep us together.

But after denying it for so long, I had to finally tell Esme the truth about my sexual orientation.

Luckily she understood completely, and to this day we still love each other on some level; holding each other in a certain part of our hearts forever.

Before I knew it, it was six thirty; home time.

I beamed all the way home, I couldn't wait to see my Edward.

When I walked in the front door, I couldn't hear anyone as I headed for the living room.

Suddenly I felt a familiar pair of arms wrap around my waist.

"Hey love," he whispered.

After that, I turned around quickly, wanting my lips on his as I sucked his tongue into my mouth.

A/N: Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed some Carlisle time :)