Carlisle

Esme and I had been lying in bed all night after her upsetting day. Emmett had cleaned up the blue garage floor by the time we got up. We had also heard Esme's car leave the driveway and return hours later.

"Emmett?" Esme called as we walked down the stairs.

"He's outside." Rosalie said.

We walked out where he was standing beside a new car. It had a big bow on the hood. He had a large proud smile on his face.

"I knew you loved that particular car so I got the exact same make and model. Not a thing is different. It took me all night online and all morning calling people around the surrounding cities, but I found it."

"Emmett, you didn't have to do that." Esme smiled.

"Yes I did. I ruined the other one; it was only fair that I paid for it, not Carlisle again. By the way, what inspired you to get such an expensive and rare car?" He asked me. "I mean that shit was expensive. I don't think I will be able to afford another car within the next few centuries." He whistled, "You better love it."

"Carlisle…"

"She didn't know just how expensive it was, Emmett…"

"Oh…sorry…"

He smiled again before walking past us.

"Wait, Emmett. Thank you." Esme hugged him.

He walked inside and Esme turned to me, her eyes went cold but returned tot heir soft touch straight away.

"You know how much I hate spending your money, let alone Emmett's. Why would you get such an expensive car?"

"To be fair, I didn't know Emmett would be buying you a new one. We can't all see the future." I defended. "Also, I know you don't value many things, so I wanted something for you to value."

"I don't need a car to value. I have 7 people I value. People." She repeated with emphasis.

"That is 2 of your cars ruined in the last 6 months…" I realised.

"Yeah, I guess I don't have the best luck."

We walked back inside and into the living room where everyone else was sitting. The TV was turned off now that Emmett had entered. Although it was torturing the rest of them when he was around, they took joy in not letting him watch. He had already resorted to buying a newspaper to see the world news.

"Hey, if you hate spending money so much, what did you do before you came to Forks?"

"Well I split all my money 3 ways and put it in the kids' bank accounts. Alice just bought clothes for me when she felt like shopping, which was all the time."

"Yeah, she literally payed us to be her children…" Edward smirked. They 3 of them laughed.

"Carlisle used to do that…" Bella said.

"I told you, you want more, go get a job."

"I tried! You didn't let me!" She claimed.

"You didn't let her get a job?" Esme asked me.

"She only wanted one so she could move away, so I didn't let her…" I said quieter.

"Oh my god, that's so cute." Esme laughed.

Jasper, Edward and Emmett all mimicked her laugh at the same time, mocking her.

Rosalie, Bella and Alice all hit their boyfriends at the same time.

"Okay…that was really strange." I said, looking at them all.

"Ow." Emmett complained, rubbing the back of his head. He was sitting on the ground at Rosalie's feet.

She leaned her head over his shoulder and kissed his cheek.

"Esme, we're going to Port Angeles tonight for a movie. Want to come?"

"No, thank you." She declined politely. I looked at her with confusion. Did we have anything planned for tonight? Why wouldn't she take the chance to spend more time with Rosalie and Bella?

"Okay…" Alice sat staring at nothing for a few seconds, concentrating on her vision. "What do you have planned for tonight, then?"

"Carlisle and I are going out."

"Are we?" I asked, completely lost.

She elbowed me in the ribs.

"Oh, right." I pretended I remembered our imaginary plans.

Alice looked suspiciously at Edward, but he avoided her eye contact.

"Yeah, so we're going to go for a walk now." Esme smiled and pulled me away towards the back door.


We walked along the river in silence for a while. "Do you want to tell me what that was about?"

"I'm still not in the best mood."

"Why didn't you just say you didn't want to, instead of lying?"

"Alice would have made me."

"Esme, I have a shift tonight…"

"We didn't really have plans— oh…you'll be working when they get back…"

"Yeah…so what are you going to say then? I'm not going to lie for you again."

"I don't know." She let go of my hand and walked over to the edge on the water. I grabbed her hand and pulled her back. It took her a second to realise why.

"Carlisle, it's a river."

"I've seen it happen before…"

"Yeah, to humans who need to breath. It is impossible for me to drown."

I didn't say anything.

"I really terrified you, didn't I?" She asked.

I nodded and met her eyes.

"I'm sorry." She choked out, and I knew her throat had closed up.

I pulled her into my arms and held her there for several minutes. I lifted her onto my back and sprinted to the cliff face.

When we got there, I placed her on the ground.

"What are we doing here?" She questioned.

"Jumping." I held my hand out to her.

She looked into my eyes, then to my hand, and then over to the water. She swallowed hard before looking back into my eyes and placing her hand in mine. We stood on the ledge for a few seconds.

"Ready?" I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.

She nodded, and we jumped.

We surfaced at the same time. She looked upwards to the cliff where we had just jumped from before looking back at me and smiling.

I swam towards the rock wall and grabbed her on my way. I lifted her up so she was taller than me, and rested her back against the rock.

She was still smiling. She put her hands on either side of my face and leant down to kiss me.

"Why did we do that?"

"You jump, I jump." I said before placing another kiss on her lips. "You are not in this alone." I left a trail of kisses from below her ear, down her neck and to her collarbone. I returned to her stone cold lips, that still felt soft and warm.

"Come on Alice." We heard Jasper call.

"Rose, they aren't here. You heard about Esme yesterday. Carlisle wouldn't let her come back…" Emmett said.

They were up on the cliff where we were.

"It's all of them, which means Edward knows we're here." I whispered.

"Alice wouldn't have seen it; she wanted to give us privacy." She whispered back.

"Should we tell Edward to just push them in?"

Esme smiled and nodded.

"Edward!" I heard Bella scream before she hit the water. She was followed by the others. "Jasper!" Alice yelled.

Esme dropped her legs from around my waist and was about to drop down, but I held her there.

None of them had resurfaced yet, so I winked and started kissing her again. She laughed and played along with it.

We heard them resurface, but didn't part.

"Emmett! I told you!" We heard Rosalie yell quietly.

"Gross." Emmett said with a disgusted tone.

"Edward! You knew!" Bella accused.

He laughed, and our lips finally parted.

Esme laughed again, and I let her down this time.

Emmett gasped, "You told him to push us in! You did that on purpose!"

"Carlisle wouldn't let her come back." Esme mimicked his voice from on top of the cliff.

"I would just like to point out that all our outfits are ruined now. I really liked this shirt, Jasper." Alice glared at him.

"Edward told me to." He blamed before smirking and kissing her.

"Let's go to Isle Esme." Esme whispered in my ear. "All of us."

"What?"

"Isle Esme." She repeated.

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

"Yeah, it'll be fun." She smiled.

"Esme—"

She cut me off, "I know what you are thinking. Carlisle, I'm happiest when I'm with my family. So I had a few bad days, doesn't everyone?" She shrugged her shoulders.

I looked into her eyes to find a hint of anything negative, but all they showed was love and happiness. I smiled, "Okay."

She kissed me again, "I love you."

"I love you too."

"Forever."