DISCLAIMER: THE TWILIGHT SAGA BELONGS TO STEPHENIE MEYER!

"I agree," Carlisle said.

I was scared. What was happening?

"Carlisle, what's wrong with me?"

He smiled. "Don't worry about anything, Esme. It's all going to work out. It'll be okay."

As I went to hug him, he backed away. Hurt, I looked into his eyes.

"Esme, sweetheart, I forgot how tantalizing the scent of your blood is," he explained, looking sorry for unintentionally hurting my feelings. He pulled me close to him. "I'm sorry, Esme. I love you. I have enough self-control. Dear God, if I ever let anything happen to you-"

"Don't think like that," I said. I smiled and touched my lips to his. I waited two seconds, then drew back. "That wasn't bad, was it?"

"No kiss with you is ever bad, Esme."

I grinned as he took my hand in his and we walked into the kitchen.

"I'm guessing you're hungry," Carlisle theorized.

I nodded. "A bit."

"I'll call Bella and ask if she would come help us make something."

I laughed. "We're not the best cooks."

Carlisle chuckled with me as he dialed the number to reach Bella. Since he was on his cell phone, I could hear the other end of the conversation perfectly.

The phone rang twice before Bella answered, "Hello?"

"Hi, Bella, it's Carlisle," he said.

"Hi, Carlisle. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Actually, yes. Do you mind coming over and showing us how to cook?"

"Really?"I could hear the confusion in her voice.

"I'll explain when you get here-that is, if you don't mind coming."

"Of course I'll come. See you soon."

"Thank you. Bye, Bella."

"You're welcome. Bye."

In ten minutes, the sound of Bella's truck could be heard in the driveway.

I followed Carlisle as he went to the door to greet Bella.

Bella smiled. "Hi. So what do I need to do?" Then she saw me and whispered, "Esme?"

"You can see where this gets complicated," Carlisle said. "Esme's human, and none of us know how to cook."

Bella laughed. "Well, this would be the first time that I had to show you guys how to do something."

Bella showed us how to make simple things and then gradually showed us more complex recipes. All I knew was I hoped I wouldn't need these recipes for long. I was so scared of being human; when you're human, things you don't want people to know will be uncovered.

For example, there's the blushing. Emmett's made fun of Bella about how she turns beat red, but now I can sympathize with her. Now all I do is blush when I look at Carlisle. It reminds me of the time when I had first met him...I blushed every time he touched my leg.

I was also scared of the reason I was human. I just suddenly turned human-that was odd. I was scared that there was no reason, that there were no facts to go along with this. Not even one little theory.

But as long as Carlisle was there for me, I knew everything would be okay.

There was the sudden urge to vomit again. I ran to the bathroom to throw up the food Bella just taught us how to make.

Carlisle used vampire speed and was in the bathroom by the time my jogging brought me there. Bella was standing in the doorway, tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry," she said through tears. "I thought that everything in the food was good..." She trailed off. The poor girl thought it was her fault that I was throwing up.

"Bella, honey, it's not your fault," Carlisle said, walking her into the living room. I stood up and followed them, sitting on the other side of Bella.

"I've been vomiting all day," I explained. "Trust me, sweetie, you're not at fault."

It was moments like these when I wished Carlisle and I were able to have children. Not that the kids were bad-it's just...a baby, that would become a toddler, that we could see grow up.

And it was all my fault. If I was human, I would be able to give him the kids that we could have.

Alice soon came in the room, bouncing on her feet. She was always a bit over hyper. Carlisle and I have discussed the possibility that she had ADHD.

These were the times when I really did feel like Carlisle and I could be concerned parents. Just thinking about Alice in a concerned way, just being worried about her...it gave me the feeling of being a mother.

"Bella, you can stay for the night!" Alice exclaimed. "Well, you still have to call Charlie and ask for permission, but I already saw that he would say that you could! Slumber party tonight with one sleeping and the other awake!" Then she turned to me. "Oh my gosh, I saw it in my visions, but I didn't know if it was actually going to be true! Mom, you're human! I can't believe it!"

I smiled at my daughter's enthusiasm. She was always excited over the littlest of details-Carlisle and I were glad that she was easy to please and always happy. We understood that our kids could sometimes feel down about remaining a teenager forever, but we still felt that they needed to enjoy being a teenager. I was so happy that Bella gave Alice the opportunity to have a friend and someone to laugh with.

"Why don't you and Bella go call Charlie?" Carlisle suggested.

Alice nodded happily and dragged Bella off into the kitchen to use the phone in there, sensing that I wanted some privacy with Carlisle to discuss being human.

That's when I felt something move inside me.

"Carlisle, something just moved in my stomach!" I whisper-yelled, not wanting to alarm the girls in the other room.

He froze. When he finally did move, he looked at my stomach.

"Are...Are you sure?" he asked.

"I swear. Something just kicked me!"

"I felt it," he said, his hand laying on my stomach, which seemed a bit bigger than normal.

"Carlisle, do you think I could possibly be..."

"Pregnant?"

I nodded. "Oh, my gosh! Carlisle, I'm pregnant!" I shrieked, causing the girls to come running in the room.

I smiled at them. "We think I'm pregnant!"

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