Carlisle walked in through the door and his whole family was there to greet him, it was only 3 days after the fight between Hanna and Caius, but it had felt like weeks had gone by, seeing Hanna in the bed, completely oblivious to the outside world, it had drove him crazy seeing the bruises form and her eyes flickering beneath her eyelids, he had to get out of there. He told Aro that he was leaving, and then he walked out, got to the airport and was flying home within an hour.
Aro hadn't tried to stop him either, just gave him a look and nodded, then left the throne room, probably to check on Hanna.
Esme rushed up to greet him, drawing her body close and encasing him in her arms. He returned the embrace and looked at Edward over her shoulder, who met his gaze without flinching.
Hanna was protecting Aro because she had to Edward, but because she wanted to. She recently got into another fight with Caius, he nearly killed her, Carlisle saw the alarm in Edward's eyes, but nothing more. Did he no longer love Hanna as he had before going to go see her? To rescue her?
"Welcome back, Carlisle, it's nice to see that you are well," Edward said and then walked to his room with a bowed head. Music began to flow from the stereo, classical, it wasn't loud, but it was loud enough to block out sounds from upstairs, whatever Edward might be doing.
Carlisle sighed and turned to the rest of his family. Alice and Rosalie smiled at him and Jasper bobbed his head in understanding. Emmett was no where to be found, he was probably hunting, and it looked like Rosalie, Alice and Jasper were going to go join him.
Carlisle retreated to his office and Esme gave him one last hug then went to busy herself elsewhere in the house.
Giving up on trying to get any work done, Carlisle went to Edward's room, and before he got the chance to knock, Edward opened the door and greeted him with a strained smile.
"Why did you stay there with her, Carlisle?" He asked, stepping back to let him in, they sat on the couch. Carlisle leaned his head back.
"I had to make sure she was okay Edward. After what had happened with you, I knew I had to stay. Hanna has always had problems with keeping to her own business, and keeping out of fights, I knew she would get into another one, but I had to stay and make sure it didn't kill her. Caius almost did, he was prepared to, but Aro stopped him and gave her to me, to take care of. I believe she has lost everything valuable to her, that she has nothing left to look forward to. She is no longer allowed outside, and if she is, she is to be with someone and she isn't allowed to leave Italy. She has no one there with her Edward, she's completely alone, and now I fear she's beginning to blend in with the Volturi." Carlisle said and Edward nodded, unsure as to what to do to help. He wasn't going to back to Italy, he wasn't going to face her after he had done.
"You fear she's going to kill herself?" Edward asked and Carlisle shook his head, Edward didn't quite understand yet.
"I fear she's going to go into her Hibernation state, and I don't know how long that will be. Her dying would be better then that Edward, it causes her extreme pain in the beginning, of going into this state, and we don't know how long it will take for her to wake up again, and if she does wake up again, she'll have no idea who we are, if we end up meeting her again. Her body dies Edward, and her soul is thrown out, until it is time," he said. He looked at Edward, but there was no change on his face, there was nothing there.
"How is that worse then death?" Edward glared at the floor. Being this monster was worse then what she had to go through, wasn't it?
"Because you have to see her again, and she'll have no idea who you are. Trust me Edward, if she goes through with the Hibernation, I promise you'll see her again. Think about it, I wasn't any near Forks when she went into Hibernation last time, and somehow I ran into her here," Carlisle said and it dawned on Edward. He gave a snort, he was still angry.
"Then I'll just make sure that we never get close, I wont even talk to her," he hissed and got to feet. He started to pace the room. It was getting to him far more then he was letting on. He didn't even want to see Hanna right now, and if the next time he saw her and she didn't even remember him, then he would probably have a breakdown.
"Edward, you have to go see her," Carlisle whispered, getting up and placing a hand on Edward's shoulder. He heaved a sigh, and knew he was right, he had to see Hanna before she did anything.
"I'll leave in a few weeks then. School ends in a few weeks, it would look weird if I just up and disappeared," he murmured, coming up with a way to stall some time.
Carlisle nodded, it would take Hanna another few weeks just to recover.