Twilight belongs to Smeyers.

This is the Outtake for reviewing Chapter 31

Carlisle

Finally, a chance to relax. The hospital was crazy today. If I see one more flaming vagina I'm going to puke. You would think young women would know that if the man's penis has a bloody discharge you might want to stay away from it. If I never write another script for ceftriaxone for Gonorrhea coupled with a Zpack for Chlamydia it'll be too soon. Apparently there is a very active young man who needs to change his underwear often and see a doctor. Seriously, how can you miss puss dripping from the tip of your penis?

I laid back onto the bed and draped my arm over my eyes. I took a few minutes to just breathe. I probably could have nodded off except that I felt a hand start sliding up the inside of my leg. I peeked out from under my arm and saw my beautiful Esme slinking up along the side of the bed. I couldn't help but smile. All the thoughts, and visions, from the hospital disappeared into a puff of smoke. All that existed now was this…me and Esme.

I still, after all these years, ask myself how I got so lucky. As I watched her slowly cascade up to my thigh, her soft curls reflecting the soft light of the bedside lamp, her eyes were locked on mine and her lips, soft and red, were reflecting the soft smile of intention. She was magnificent.

I did nothing to impede her journey. I could feel the smile spreading across my face as well. I definitely needed to release some tension and this was my favorite way to do so.

Her hand traced the inseam of my leg to the place where it met the other inseam. She hesitated and her smile grew wider. Gently and slowly she took me into her hand. The pants I was wearing interfered with the sensation but the pressure was just right, like always. She knew automatically what I wanted and exactly how to give it to me. She knew my body as well as her own, as I did hers.

I reached out to her and grabbed her hip, pulling her tight against the bedside as I pushed up into her hand. She pushed back and gave me the eyebrow that told me she was going to be in charge tonight. I didn't mind, not in the least. After being in charge of the ER all day I didn't mind giving up control.

Esme slowly unbuckled my belt and let it fall to either side of my zipper. I could feel myself growing in anticipation. The button, the zipper, Esme's hand reaching into my……what the hell was that?

"Did you hear that?" Esme whispered, apparently she heard it too.

We both hesitated, me lying spread eagle on the bed and her standing at the side with her hand half inside my boxers.

"There it is again…" Much to my chagrin, Esme withdrew her hand and walked over to the door. I grabbed a pillow and threw it over my much-engorged trouser tent.

Esme threw on her housecoat and put her hand on the doorknob. She threw me a worried look; we hadn't been disturbed this late at night since Emmett was little.

Esme opened the door and I saw her eyes follow the form up. Clearly whoever it was towered above her….Emmett. Damn it, who would have thought he'd be cock-blocking at eighteen years old.

I could hear the two of them talking but I couldn't understand what they were saying. Esme turned around and the look on her face made the trouser tent lose its pitch. I sat up and Esme came over to the bed and sat down on the edge. Emmett took a seat in one of the sitting area chairs.

"What's going on?" I was thoroughly confused and equally worried about what I was about to be told.

"Um, dad….I was just wondering if you'd like to go camping next weekend. I just got home from Rose's house and I wanted to catch you before you made other plans."

What the hell? We haven't been camping in a couple years. Emmett has been…um…otherwise involved most weekends since he's been dating Rosalie. I understand, there is nothing wrong with wanting to spend every minute with the one you love.

So why all of a sudden this urge for male bonding? Sounds suspicious to me.

"Yeah, sure, Em, I'll make sure I have coverage. Everything OK?" I looked over at my son and my heart melted. Suddenly he wasn't a strapping young man with barely an inch on either side of him left in the chair but a sad little boy who wanted to reconnect with his daddy. I had to compose myself and hold back my own tears at the realization that we'd taken our relationship for granted lately. I missed him too.

"Umm….yeah." Totally unconvincing.

"Emmett, you know you can tell us anything. We will do everything we can to try and help but we aren't much use if we don't know what's going on."

"No, everything is fine." Still with the head down? Esme and I both just sat there waiting for the suspense to overtake Emmett's will to keep quiet. It always did, it was just a matter of time. Growing up we really didn't have to catch him doing anything…he'd tell on himself eventually.

It must have been weighing heavily on his mind because it didn't take very long.

"Mom, Dad, I think Edward went to go get Bella." It came out so fast it took a few seconds for us to comprehend what he said. Esme gasped and I swore; something I rarely did.

"Shit!" Emmett's eyes jerked up and met mine as I swung my legs over the side of the bed.

"Carlisle." Esme scolded. "Emmett, what do you mean? Where is Edward? I saw his car over at Jazz's earlier."

"Well, he wanted enough time to get to Phoenix before somebody tried to stop him so we…."

"Damn it!" Swore again. I jumped t my feet and turned to tell Esme to go get Alice for an emergency family meeting in the living room.

"Emmett, you better come clean and tell me the WHOLE story….everything you know. Edward needs my help now and it won't do any good for me to go in handicapped."

"Ok Dad, but one thing first."

"What?"

"Why are your pants all hanging open?" I looked down and saw my fly wide open displaying my black boxer-briefs and the clear meaning of the locked door.

"Ugghh! Dad, you're…..you're a DAD! And Mom….blech." Emmett may have dry heaved at this point but I was so fixated on the color change of his skin that I could be mistaken. "….ugh, that's my MOM!! I gotta go sit down."

"Emmett, how do you think you got here?"

"EWWW, TMI Dad, T M I!" It was starting to be hilarious, his reaction to the confirmation that his mother and I were still sexually active. Geez, if his mother and I reacted the same way every time we knew he and Rosalie had "knocked boots" then we'd be in serious trouble. That boy definitely took after me on that front.

"Alright, Son, I'll be right down….as soon as I cage the panty python."

Blech…..another dry heave for Em.

I couldn't help it, it really was too much fun messing with him. He liked to dish it out so well, I just had to see how he'd take it. It was true actually; I did have to do something about my pants. I walked into our closet and pulled out the first pair of pj's I could reach.

As I walked down stairs I noticed I was wearing Donald Duck fleece sleep pants. All us boys, including Jasper, got matching sleep pants one year and it made me miss Edward something terrible. Upon further investigation I was also wearing the "Call me Dr. Love" T-shirt Edward gave me for Christmas. I was so glad to see his sense of humor coming back.

I wasn't going to go change, I felt a little closer to Edward in this get-up, but it was going to be a little difficult to have a serious conversation in it. Hopefully the seriousness of the situation would help the situation.

I was glad to see everyone already in the living room when I got there. I took my place on the couch next to my wife.

"Alice, Emmett…I know you think you're doing what's best for Edward, and for Bella, but this is a very serious situation here. There could be kidnapping charges along with God know what else Charlie could think up. I need to know what's going on and I need the truth. You guys know we love Bella too." I looked over at my wife and could tell she was fighting back tears.

"But…we have to go about this legally or Edward will be sending Bella letters from jail when she's eighteen instead of seeing her." I could tell from the expressions on Emmett and Alice's faces that it was sinking in.

"Carlisle…" Alice had tears in her eyes and she sounded incredibly worried. "He just couldn't wait any longer. He's been trying to do this the right way but when he found out Bella was going to have his baby, he had to…"

"Wait. What? Is Bella pregnant?" I had to stop her and clarify. Either I didn't hear her right or she just told me Edward and Bella are going to be parents.

"Ummm….yeah, dad. Charlie came over…" Emmett's voice was full of worry too.

"Charlie came over?" How the hell did I miss all of this? What else was being withheld from me?

"Yeah, on Wednesday. He told Edward Bella was pregnant and pretty much threatened his life if he had any contact with Bella." Emmett was shaking his head and his eyes were begging me to fix this.

"Oh, this is far worse than I'd imagined. I need to know everything, right now." Alice and Emmett filled me in on all that they knew. Part of me was very proud of Edward for being a stand-up man and taking charge of taking care of his family. Another part of me wanted to kick him straight in the ass for being so stupid and acting like a love-sick teenage boy. But an even bigger part of me was now dedicated to the protection of my….I guess you would call it my grandchild. There was an innocent baby involved now and that baby deserved both of its parents.

I looked back up into the faces of my family and their eyes were all filled with tears of worry. "Ok, Alice when was the last time you heard from Edward?"

"I text him yesterday. He said he was with Bella and they were safe."

"Ok, that's good. Do you know where they are going?"

"Not for sure…"

"Alice?" I raised an eyebrow up at her. Alice was never 'not for sure' her gut feelings were more concrete than the presumptions most of us function on in normal everyday life.

"Ok, I think he'll probably take her to Grammy and Pop Pop's. He feels safe with them and he probably thinks they'll understand…you know about getting married so young."

"MARRIED? He plans on getting married to her…now? But they are too young."

"I think he plans on waiting it out until Bella is eighteen. Just stay away till then."

Esme's head jerked up and her tears finally spilled out over her lashes. "But that's over seven months away!" I put my arm around her and pulled her close to me. She leaned into me and snuggled her head into my shoulder. It would kill Edward to know the pain he was putting her through.

I rubbed my forehead with my hand, trying to think of something that would fix this situation…or at least make it better. That's when my cell phone rang.

I thought it would be the hospital….perhaps another flaming vagina the residents couldn't handle…but it was a number I didn't recognize. I contemplated not answering but thought perhaps Edward might call from a payphone or something…even though I was sure he would have his phone. He never went anywhere without his phone.

"Hello."

"Hello is this Doctor Carlisle Cullen?" The voice sounded vaguely familiar but stressed and a little weepy.

"Yes, this is Dr. Cullen. Who is this?"

"Oh good, I had to beg the hospital receptionist to give me this number. This is Renee Dwyer….Bella's mom." Bella's mom? Did something happen? Did Charlie find them?

"Are the kids ok? Renee, do you know where Edward and Bella are?" There were sniffles on the other end of the phone.

"No, I don't know where they are…but Bella just called…" More sniffles. "She said they were ok but…Carlisle…they plan on staying away until they're old enough to get married. That's not until November! We have to do something. I can't lose her again!"

"Calm down, Renee. My other kids just informed my wife and me of their plans. We'll do what we can. We have to make Charlie understand that he's forcing Bella make a choice and she's gonna chose Edward."

"Carlisle, are they really that serious? Bella's had her share of issues, but it isn't like her to make snap decisions like this. She's always been fairly responsible. Except for the pregnancy scare of course…" that got my attention.

"Wait…pregnancy scare? You mean she's not actually pregnant…"

"No, thank God. How did you…shit. Charlie. That's why Edward came down here isn't it?"

"Apparently so." I sighed. Even though they weren't going to have a child, they were stilling planning on running. "Renee…I've seen Edward and Bella together, and it's amazing the effect they have on each other. If you had seen the way Edward was before Bella came into his life, and compared him to the person he is now, you'd never guess it was the same boy. Same goes for Bella."

"I wish I could have seen it. I was too busy trying to make up for past mistakes…" I heard the tremble in her voice and gave her a minute to compose herself. "My husband Phil and I have been talking…If I come out there…to Forks…maybe I can talk some sense into Charlie. But, I'll need your help."

"Certainly, Renee. We'll pick you up at the airport and you can stay here while you are in Forks…we wont take no for an answer…we can fill you in on the drive from the airport. Call and let me know what time your flight will be in."

"Ok. Thank you so much."

"You're very welcome." I filled the family in on my conversation.

"Dad, we need to convince Charlie that Edward isn't the person he thinks he is….I think we might have something that will help with that." Emmett gave me a sly little smile and I was a bit reluctant to find out what it was.

"What's that, Em?"

"Hang on…" Em got up and sprinted up the stairs two at a time. He came back down a few minutes later with an unlabeled DVD in his hand. "Take a look at this." We all watched as Mike Newton basically confessed to plotting against Edward with Jessica Stanley. My jaw was hanging open and Esme's face was screwed up to reflect her disgust.

"Ummm….I'm not even going to ask how you got this….and I'm not even going to comment on the contents of this video…but I think, maybe it might be…helpful. Alice, you have anything up your sleeve we should know about?"

Alice sunk down into the cushions of the chair a little. I didn't really need an answer after that. "What is it?"

"Well, I've been talking to Irina…Tanya's best friend. I've been working on being friends with her for a while….and she just showed me some emails that Tanya sent her after she moved to Alaska. Basically Tanya tells her that Edward was never less than a gentleman to her and that she regretted treating him like crap. She didn't know she had it so good. She feels really bad about the whole thing but she's too embarrassed to ever do anything about it. Maybe if he saw those emails he'd believe that Edward didn't do anything to Tanya either."

"Ok, we'll try anything to get Charlie to open his eyes. Mom and I will be getting ready to go get Renee as soon as she tells us when she's coming in. You guys just stay out of trouble and tell me immediately if Edward calls or texts you, understand?"

"Yes, sir." Alice and Emmett both went up to their rooms and I sat in the living room for a few minutes just holding Esme as she wept for Edward…and for Bella… and waited patiently for Renee's call.