Carlisle
Another week past, and every day I got a call about Rosalie and Alice.
"It's getting way too frequent. Maybe we should go back…" Esme said.
"That's what I was thinking. We can come back here whenever we want anyway, it is your island."
"When do we leave?"
"Later today, we have to wait for the cleaning crew to come in and out first."
"Okay. I'm going to take a shower."
She disappeared behind the bedroom door when I picked up my book.
A few hours went by before Gustavo and Kaura, the cleaners, came to the island.
I greeted them, and introduced them to Esme.
"Do they know?" Esme asked me once the walked away, starting their rounds.
"Yes."
"Good or some of the mess in their might not seem too normal…" She was referring to the bed which we had broken, and the room was a mess that I didn't let Esme clean.
It didn't take them long, and they would be returning later with a new bed.
We decided we would leave before they came back, or we would be waiting a long time.
I packed all the bags in the boat, and Esme called Edward to see how things were going.
When she hung up, she turned to me, "Rosalie left last night and hasn't been back, they don't know where she went."
"Is Emmett with her?"
"No, and he is quite upset."
"We better leave now then, before she gets too far."
We reached the mainland within a few hours and we took the next flight back to Seattle.
It was dark when we landed in the early hours of the morning. I called a taxi to take us back to Forks.
I tipped the driver extra on top of his ridiculous price and took the bags inside, following Esme.
Alice and Jasper were in the living room when we walked in. They weren't surprised, they knew we were coming.
"The house is spotless for 6 teenagers who had a large fight and broke things… or did you clean it 10 minutes ago when you saw us coming?" I asked Alice.
"An hour ago, actually." Jasper corrected.
"You didn't have to come back." Alice said.
"Yes, we did." Esme answered.
Edward, Bella and Emmett came through the back door, from a hunt I assume.
"Anything from Rose?" I asked any of them.
Emmett kept walking and walked upstairs in silence.
"No…" Bella replied.
Esme followed Emmett, and I sat down with the others.
"So she's been gone for 2 days?"
Jasper nodded.
I picked up my phone and dialled.
"Hello, Eleazar. How is everyone?"
"We're quite well, thank you. And you?"
"Not so. Has Rosalie passed through your residence by any chance?"
There was a pause and a whisper. "She's there, isn't she?" I guessed.
He sighed, "She is, and she says she doesn't want to come back yet. She's very angry about the current situation, to which we have no clue about."
"She and Alice haven't held the same acceptance of each other as Esme and I had hoped."
"Carlisle!" Alice said quietly, not wanting Eleazar to hear. "We were perfectly fine until she decided to get all bitchy…" She whispered quietly to herself.
Jasper looked torn. His sister, who he held the most love and respect for was gone, and his beloved girlfriend was hurt too. He didn't know which side to take.
"I'd like to come up there if you don't mind."
"Of course." Eleazar accepted. I hung up the phone and looked around at them.
"Okay, I'm going to get her. Could you all just, be nice, please?"
"We will." Alice answered.
Bella snickered, feeling defensive for her sister. Alice snapped her book shut and ran upstairs, aggravated.
I looked at Bella, and when she looked back I shook my head in disapproval. "That's not being nice."
"Don't be so rude." Jasper snapped at her.
"Okay, you can all go to your own rooms now."
Jasper sighed, but didn't move. Bella and Edward walked upstairs. "Now, Jasper." I said sternly.
"Why are you angry with me?"
"I am angry with all of you! Now go upstairs, and don't come out of your room. Another argument between any of you and I will not hold back."
He stormed out. I walked upstairs and found Esme. She was sitting beside Emmett, but they were in silence.
"She's in Denali. I'm going to get her if you want to come." I offered to both of them.
Esme stood up and pulled Emmett with her. "Come on, Em. You'll see her in half a day."
He stood and followed us downstairs. Jasper was out of his room again, watching TV.
"I'm coming." He said.
"No you're not." I declined.
"Why not?"
"Because it is your partner she is fighting with. She'll be just as angry with you for not standing up for her. Stay here."
He rolled his eyes, "Fine."
We got there within 15 hours, stopping to hunt once.
"Despite the circumstances, this is really beautiful…" Esme said as we walked through the snow and up to the house.
Eleazar and Garrett met us outside. "The girls are trying to talk with her, but she isn't really responding." Garrett spoke first.
"Please, come in." Eleazar motioned to the house.
We walked into their living room where Rosalie was sitting, blank faced, staring at nothing.
"Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, it's nice to see you all again." Carmen greeted. She stood and kissed us all on the cheek.
"We'll let you talk." Tanya stood, followed by Kate. They walked out and towards the kitchen.
"Rosalie?" I sat down.
"She thinks I am a total bitch now." She spoke in a sad, far away tone.
"No, she understands." Esme assured.
"I shouldn't have left; it just became too much to cope with."
"I totally get that." Emmett agreed.
She snickered and looked at him, "Please, you and Jasper are as close as I have ever seen."
"That's true; he is a good gaming buddy." Emmett smirked, "But Edward still has to be my punching bag; Jasper just makes me fall in love with him…"
She laughed then, "Yeah, he does that."
"You probably hate me now too, right? I was too harsh." Rosalie looked at Esme, who was caught off guard.
She hesitated, "No, honey. It happens."
"Well, it doesn't happen like that often."
"Like what?" I was beginning to think there was a lot more to the story.
"Did you not hear the story?"
"We heard that Alice said something that offended you and you both showed attitude towards each other." Esme explained.
"Who said that?"
"Edward and Bella."
She snickered, "I would have expected more from them, seeing as they were the initial reason for it all."
"What?" I asked.
Emmett sat back, "They were a little…loud. Alice and Rose were in the living room downstairs and Alice asked why no one on your side of the family could be quieter. When Rose asked what she meant, she accused Rose and me of breaking your rules. Rosalie being too loud, and…faking." Emmett laughed.
Rosalie cleared her throat, telling him to stop talking. "That is my father."
"Rosalie, do we need to talk about this again?"
"No, definitely not. We didn't do anything; Alice just thought she was being funny."
"Why did that offend you so much?" I asked.
She looked at Emmett, hesitating. "We just, got close. And I was angry with myself."
"Okay, that's fine. It happens to the best of us. I think we should go home and sort out whatever is happening between you and Alice so we can end it." Esme said.
"The best of us?" Rosalie raised her eyebrows and looked at me, "I hope you didn't break your own rules…"
"Of course I didn't."
She smirked, "I'm not convinced... let's go. I want to lie in my own bed."
We stood and thanked the Denali's.
We ran back, seeming quicker than the way there.
"Alice, downstairs please. Bella and Edward, upstairs or out please." Esme called when we entered the door.
Rosalie sat down beside Emmett.
Alice and Jasper walked down and sat on the opposite couch to them.
Bella and Edward stayed upstairs.
It took us about half an hour to resolve it, and I was expecting longer.
"Just so you know Alice, we didn't break the rule." Rosalie said quietly.
"To hell with the rule! Fuck whoever you want, I don't care anymore!" I didn't realise I was yelling.
"Carlisle?" Esme looked slightly scared. My little outburst probably resembled her past, which I would have to apologise for later. I stormed out, and went upstairs to my office.
I heard Esme say something to them before Alice interrupted her. "None of this would have happened if you never met him." She said it fiercely, but I didn't know if she meant it or not.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realise this was about me." Esme snapped. "Alice you have no reason to bring us into your petty little games."
I heard Edward run down the stairs then, and I noticed that I had calmed down, so I walked down quietly.
"Alice!" Edward yelled.
"I didn't say it." She snapped.
"Esme has done everything for you, how dare you even think of speaking to her like that."
"I. Didn't!" She yelled back at him.
"When did Charles even come into this!?" It all fell silent then. I had entered the room, and they were all staring at Esme, realising how that may have affected her.
"Whoa. Normally I would ask, but I don't think I want to." Esme said quietly, before standing and walked upstairs.
"Okay, all of you to your rooms now. No one leaves for the rest of the night. I avoided eye contact with any of them.
"Oh, god. I feel so bad now." Edward whispered to himself.
"So you should. You said it with her present." Alice snapped before making her way upstairs.
"Are you going to apologise?" Emmett asked with no intention of sounding rude.
"She doesn't want to speak to any of us." Edward left too. Bella followed him.
"Well, that took a very unexpected turn…" Rosalie said.
"I should find her, right?"
"He said she didn't want to talk to anyone." Jasper pointed out.
"For better or for worse." I recited before turning and walking up.
I heard Rosalie and Emmett leave in the Jeep. Jasper went to Alice.
"Esme?" I asked softly, walking into our bedroom.
She had her back to the door, staring out the window. She didn't make a sound.
I walked over and slid my arms around her waist, "I'm sorry."
"It's not the first time. Alice has done it before."
"She didn't mean it."
"She was thinking that if I stayed with Charles, she wouldn't be in this mess. A vampire. I didn't change her, it's not my fault. I helped her."
I hushed her, "I know you did."
She turned around and buried her face into my shoulder. "When will it get better?"
"When you decide you want to let it go." I whispered. "You're still stuck there, thinking of what you could have done differently, what you did wrong, and your…son."
"I can't let go."
"You can, just maybe not yet." I kissed her head, and held her for as long as she needed.
