Esme excused herself and Alice followed her after giving me a reassuring smile. I listened to them running until Carlisle gestured for me to follow him. I followed him up the stairs and into his study, testing his feelings the entire way. I couldn't even enjoy the sight of his small collection of books that lined the study because he was so calm when any other vampire would have been furious. He shut the door and gestured to a small couch, I would have been more comfortable standing but I didn't want to anger him any further. I sat as far away from his as possible and felt some sadness mix with the calm.
"I should have warned Emmett not to startle you," He said after a minute, "I know how friendly he is and it didn't cross my mind that he would great you the same was he greets Edward."
I sat there trying to look relaxed while he started talking, never once looking away from him. I wanted to interject and say I shouldn't have reacted like I did but he continued talking.
"I sired everyone in my family and with Emmett being the baby he's never had to be thoughtful of a new member. Edward is my oldest and has seen the ups and downs of everyone, except for myself."
I knew what he was trying to do and I refused to entertain the idea. Even Alice didn't know everything about me and I sure as hell wasn't going to tell a total stranger.
"I had never thought about adding members I hadn't sired before you two showed up and I should have been more thoughtful about it."
Here it comes he's going to kick me out and where'll that leave Alice? She's wanted this for so long and as with everything I do I mess it up!
"However, Emmett was not harmed, only startled and you seem genuinely sorry for what happened. If you're willing to give us a second chance we'd be honored."
Shouldn't I be the one who needs a second chance not them? What have they really done except break the norm of vampire life? Hundreds of thoughts raced through my head as I tried to think of a response. This was not what I was expecting. I haven't even asked and he's giving me forgiveness.
Carlisle waited patiently until I found something to say. "For Alice's sake." And it was left at that and I was allowed to retreat to the room Alice and I shared.
A/N: Some of you probably expected more of a punishment but I'm applying what I've learned with abused animals that we've adopted/fostered to how Jasper's pretty much been treated up until this point. Punishing them isn't going to make anything better in fact it's going to make the situation worse and any trust you may have built up will have been destroyed.