Carlisle

I came home from a double shift to 7 vampires in our living room. Esme, Alice, Emmett and Edward had moved in about a week ago, and everything was panning out nicely.

"Shouldn't you be at school?" I asked them.

"Esme said we didn't have to." Bella said.

I looked to Esme who had a guilty look on her face. "They pressured me. I'm weak…" her mouth curled to a small smile.

"You're so lucky that I'm home in the mornings for the rest of the week…" I told them sarcastically. I planted a kiss on Esme's lips before walking upstairs to have a shower.

Once I got changed and opened my bedroom door, I smelt a wolf. I went downstairs to see Jacob, Sam and Paul in my living room.

"About time…" Emmett joked.

Bella sat as far from the wolves as she could. Her eyes were too dark to be close to them. Although their odour was revolting, if we were too thirsty, the scent of their blood would overcome the dog smell.

"I already told her too hunt, but she wouldn't go." Edward said.

She rolled her eyes and didn't make eye contact with me.

"Can we get on with this?" Jacob asked.

I stared at him for a moment. "Who let you into my house?"

"That would be me, sorry." Rosalie said quietly.

I was shocked to hear that.

"I wouldn't have if it weren't for the reason they're here…" she clarified.

I sat down and waited for them to explain.

"Okay, so we know there is some…conflict between our families at the moment" Sam looked at Jacob, then Bella and Edward. "But I think we need to work together on this one. We crossed an unfamiliar scent around the outskirts of town a few weeks back, then closer in the next week, and then last week it was around our reservation. Yesterday, it was close to this house when we tracked it." Sam explained.

"We've only caught sight of him once, and we have been tracking the situation for a while, seeing if it were someone who knew you." Jacob motioned to Esme. "He did go very close to your old home last week, but we don't know what he is after and why he keeps coming back…"

Esme shifted uncomfortably and made eye contact with Alice, Edward and then Emmett.

I decided not to bring it up with the wolves here. "We'll go see if we can catch the scent tonight. We'll keep you posted." I said.

"Same here." Paul said.

"I can't believe you fell for another bloodsucker…" Jacob commented, very quietly.

"Excuse me?" Bella spoke at a normal volume.

"You fell for a bloodsucker…" Jasper said.

"That's not the same…"

"How in any way is that not the same?" Bella asked.

"Is it because you have a dick? You think you can put it wherever but as soon as someone else wants to, look out…" Rosalie smiled at her own comment.

"Rose." I hushed.

"He hardly even has a dick…" Bella whispered before laughing. Rosalie laughed too, Alice tried not to, and Esme cracked a smile which she tried to hide.

Jacob went to speak again before Sam interrupted him. "Let's go, Jacob." He spoke sternly, not wanting to start anything else between our families.

When they walked out, all of the guys and Alice as well cracked up with Bella and Rosalie.

Esme laughed quietly, not wanting Emmett to notice, she would never live it down.

"Even Esme is laughing!" Edward said between chuckles.

Bella looked at me and I shook my head in disapproval.

"Oh come on, Carlisle. He insulted your family." She said.

"That doesn't mean we insult back. Rosalie, you too."

"Please, that was awesome!" Bella smiled.

I let them continue for a few minutes before it died down.

"What's going on?" I asked Esme.

She cleared her throat. "Nothing important." She tried.

"I thought we agreed to no secrets."

"Unless absolutely necessary…"

"I seriously doubt that this is one of those times."

She looked at Edward before sighing.

"Well, you know about my husband as a human? I told you he died, and he did, he is just…a vampire…"

"No, she didn't bite him." Edward answered my thoughts.

"Oh, god no. If I had, I wouldn't have left him to change, I would have drained him. Someone else did. That's why we have been moving around so often. He keeps finding us, but whenever we go he is around, we can't catch him. Emmett and Edward have come close a few times over the years, but were never successful." She explained. "They never let Alice or I go with them."

"Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"Because you would have worried…like you are now, stop."

"Do you know why he's trying to find you, even after this long?"

She looked at Edward. He went to speak but she hushed him and shook her head. "No, we don't."

"Don't lie to him, Esme…" Alice said quietly.

"Okay, this here isn't going to work if we keep important secrets from each other…"

"Gee, thanks for throwing me under the bus…" she said to Alice.

"He's following us to kill Esme." Edward said quickly, not wanting Esme to be able to stop him again.

I paused for a moment, processing what I had just heard.

"Carlisle?" she asked.

"Does he have any gifts?"

"Nope." Emmett smirked. "I can see where this is going…"

"Well he should be easy to kill then." I said, ignoring Emmett's comment.

Emmett smirked wider and rubbed his hands together. "When do we start?"

"Tonight, but after we tell the pack, and after we hunt." I raised my eyebrows at Bella.

She shook her head, not realising I was still looking at her.

"You cannot starve yourself, and you will feed." I said, my voice sombre.

"I'm not starving myself. I just don't want to hunt."

"Then I'll bring you something." Edward said.

"No, I'll go." She said, not wanting to argue, and not wanting Edward to have to hunt for anyone other than himself.

"Well, let's go." Emmett jumped up, excited to finally have more than enough numbers to surround Charles Evenson.

We all stood and left with our significant other. I decided that I would not let Esme leave my sight while this man was still living. Who knew what could come of it. Esme definitely wasn't one to fight back, her nature was too kind.

"We're not going to London." Rosalie said to Emmett.