A/N Hey guys, so this is from Carlisle's POV. I hope to have the next chapter up by the end of the week. But we'll see. Let me know what you think!

I sat in my quiet office, contemplating, as I often did, the past six years of my family's life. They had been hard to say the least...the very, very least. How we had gotten to this point, I had no idea, but my family was falling apart, and there seemed to be nothing I could do to stop it.

Rosaline and Emmett had moved out quite some time ago. They stopped by for a visit every now and then, but they hadn't been living with us for about five and a half years. Alice and Jasper still lived with us, but they were no longer in the house. Alice said that Jasper couldn't stand to be within twenty feet of Edward because of his constant state of despair. So they lived in a little house a couple yards out from the main house. Esme was always doing something; she never left herself a moment where she could just sit. I knew she did this because if she allowed herself to think, she would break down. Her family was falling apart, and for a mother, it was impossible for her to sit there and watch her children be this way. And Edward…well he was a different story all together. He lived with us when he wanted and left when he felt too restless. Everyone stayed out of his way and walked on egg shells when they had to be around him.

Esme lived in a constant state of worry because of him. She would lie in my arms at night just to try and stem the helplessness she felt.

Edward never talked about why he was the way he was, but we all knew the reason. It was the main reason why my family was crumbling into ruins. I don't know when we became so dependent on one person to keep us together, but we had. And when she had been ripped from our lives, we ran around like chickens with their heads cut off.

It was Bella…Edward had said that we were never to see her again; that we couldn't write her or call her or contact her in any way. He wanted her to forget us…so that she might have a chance at a normal, safe life. But we were all guilty of breaking that rule…and more than once.

Emmett had told that on more than one occasion, he and Rosaline had gone down to Forks. I remember the day when they came by for a visit and Emmet pulled me aside, saying that he had to tell me something.

He had told me that he and Rosaline had run through Forks on their way up to Alaska. It had been maybe just a little after a year since we had left her. Emmett was slightly upset and he did little to hide it as he spoke to me.

"First off you have to promise not to tell Edward." Emmett started off.

"Okay son, but what is this about?" I asked, so confused as to why this had to be a secret, but I should have known.

"Bella." He whispered out.

My eyes shot around me at the mention of the name. Edward was not with us right now, he was somewhere is South America, but it would not do my family well to dwell on the past.

"What about her," I asked once I was sure no one was paying us any attention. "Is she alright? How is she doing?"

"That's just it Carlisle, when Rosaline and I got there, we expected her to still be there…you know packing for college or whatever. I mean we got there maybe a day after Fork's graduation."

"What do you mean? Are you saying she wasn't there? Has something happened to her?" Oh that would just destroy Esme! Her daughter, in trouble and nothing she could do about it.

"As far as I know she's fine. We stopped by her house…and it strongly smelt of her, as if she had been there maybe the day before…"

"So how do you know she was gone? She could have been staying with a friend." I interrupted him hurriedly. I too needed to know that my daughter was fine. And Emmett did tend to jump to his own conclusions.

"Let me finish will you?" He asked exasperatedly.

"Yes, of course son, I'm sorry."

He nodded and continued "Rosaline and I walked around town, trying to figure out what we could. We thought what you thought, and we wanted to see if maybe she was with her friends and just walking around town. But she wasn't. And the more we skirted around, the more we found out…"

"What do you mean?"

"Well apparently she and a Mr. Jacob Black skipped town the day before. She left with him right after graduation. Everyone was talking about it. We over heard someone saying 'they just hopped on their bikes and took off'. Some of Bella's friends said that they had been playing it for a couple months now, that sometime after January Bella said she and Jake were leaving town right after graduation. We thought her friends were a much more reliable source. But there were some many rumors too. Bella was pregnant and her and this Jacob left to elope. Others said that she and Jacob were moving to somewhere where it was easier to score drugs and booze."

"What about Charlie? What was Charlie doing?"

"Well like I said we stopped by the house. Billy Black was there with him. Charlie seemed pretty upset, but not about her leaving. He was upset about her not going to college. It sounded like he was glad she had found someone who took care of her…someone who…wouldn't leave her."

That was the only time Emmett ever talked about Bella, through I know he and Rosaline visited Forks whenever they came up to Alaska for a visit. I knew both Emmett and even Rosaline were hopping they would see her again. But I know they never did.

Just a few days after Emmett came to me we were all sitting in the family room watching a movie when Alice had a disturbing vision.

"Carlisle…I have to go…something terrible has happened!"

"Alice what is it? What did you see babe?" Jasper asked nervously, looking concernedly at his wife.

"Bella…something's happened to her."

Emmett and I exchanged a looked before Alice continued on.

"Bella…she…she was riding a motorcycle…and it was raining and dark. It looked to me like she was riding through northern Illinois or southern Wisconsin. And…and all of the sudden she crashed. Her bike went off of the road and into a steep ditch. And it looked like she was fine…she was groaning but cussing something awful! And then she calls out for someone name 'Jake' and then that's it…her future goes blank…n…no…no more Bella."

She broke down in dry sobs and we all just stared at her in horrified shock. When Alice recovered slightly she said that she had to go…she had to stop it…and if not stop it, well then comfort Charlie or something…Alice had always had a soft spot for Charlie.

Esme and I told her to go and see what she could do. She would never forgive us if we told her to stay here…not that she would have anyways…but still.

She and Jasper were leaving the house ten minutes later, promising they would call as soon as they knew anything.

Esme was a mess…more so than normal. She was fretting about the house…cleaning things furiously…things that she had already cleaned twice that day. She didn't stop until I took her in my arms and held her. She sobbed in my arms all the way up until the time Alice called.

Alice called two days after she and Jasper had left. They had checked all of the hospitals in the area until they found her. Alice had called back distressed and worried.

"She's in a hospital in Rockford. She's not that hurt, but she's with a…a werewolf. Carlisle, she's been with this thing for almost two years now…"

"Jacob Black?" I asked finally making the connections. Jacob Black was a Native American Indian that lived in La Push. He was part of the Quintelle tribe…the ones that had made that treaty with us so long ago.

"Yes…how did you know?"

"Alice…come home as soon as you are finished up there…don't do anything to rash." And with that I hung up the phone. Bella had found herself a new supernatural family to love. It seemed she just attracted us wherever she went…Edward had been so very wrong to leave her…and to make us stay away as well.

After that day Alice and Jasper kept tabs on her whenever they could. From what we could gather she traveled a lot…so whenever Jasper and Alice could find the time to find her…they did.

Esme and I had only seen her twice in the past six years…the first time had been by total accident.

Esme and I were vacationing in London for a few weeks.

We were walking the streets deep within the city at night. Esme and I loved to people watch…it was something to pass the time and we got to be in the company of each other. The night clubs of London were thriving and teaming with life as night dwellers and clubbers walked about.

When we saw her, she was a good couple yards in front of us. She and a friend…one, who did not smell like a werewolf, had just stumbled out of a club entrance further up from us.

We knew it was her right away, and I could tell Esme was fighting with herself…she wanted so badly to see her daughter.

We followed her down the street, listening to her animated conversation with her friend.

"Oh Danny…I'm so glad you talked me into going out tonight!"

"I am too…I've missed you…its too bad Jacob couldn't join us."

"Yeah, he can be a party pooper sometimes." She giggled and the man beside her laughed too.

"Well…I am glad I got a night with you to myself…Jacob's always hogging you."

"You talk about me like I'm a piece of property." Bella said defensively, but her words were slurred and it became apparent to both of us that Bella and her friend were drunk.

"A very, very hot piece of property." The man said before he leaned down and nibbled her ear slightly.

Bella kind of shrugged him off a little before saying "I'm not drunk enough for this."

The man chuckled "That's why I brought this…" He said trailing off as he brought out a small plastic bag from his pocket. It had white powder in it and it only took one guess to know what it was.

I was waiting for Bella to say 'no' but she didn't. Her eyes widened and she smiled at the man.

"You really know how to swoon a girl huh?"

"You know it babe."

Esme was heartbroken and so was I. We didn't know what to do and for a parent to helplessly watch their child do that…well, it killed us. I had always thought that Bella had a good head on her shoulders…but I suppose we had messed her up pretty well.

The second time was here in Alaska. It appeared to us that she and Jacob were just riding through because they only stopped in town for ten minutes before they took off again.

So my family was in ruins…and the one that could fix us needed to be fixed herself. But no one seemed to know how to go about that. Edward would surly do something rash if her ever found out we had all seen her on more than one occasion. Yes, we were stuck and as the leader of this family, I felt like a failure.

The phone on my desk rang and broke me out of my thoughts. I answered it.

"Carlisle Cullen"

"Dr. Cullen? Its nurse Dickers, I am so sorry to call you on your day off, but I've got a case here and we're short staffed."

"Sure Emily…I'll be right in, it's no big deal."

"Thank you Dr. Cullen."

"No problem…I'll be there in ten."

As soon as I hung up the phone my door burst open and Alice barged in, a frantic look in her eyes.

"Carlisle, where are you going? I know things are bad…but just what the hell are you planning on doing." She came right up to my desk and slammed her fist onto the cluttered surface.

"I just got a call from the hospital, they're short staffed. What is this about Alice?"

"Your future…it just disappeared!"

"Alice…I'm just going to the hospital…I'm sure it will be fine…" I drifted off as Alice got that look on her face.

Seconds later she was looking at me strangely. "I just saw Bella in a hospital room. She was all banged up…she mentioned that Nurse Dickers and then she disappeared. Carlisle…she's HERE! She's in Denali and she's in the hospital! You have to go!"

"But what about my future?" I asked as Alice hastily pulled me from my chair and started pushing me towards the door. For a small person…when she wants to, she can have the strength of ten vampires.

"If I know Bella…and I do know Bella, then she's with Jacob. And you know she disappears when she's with Jacob…so that means that you're supposed to go over there and treat her! So…GO!"

I didn't need to be told twice. My daughter was in the hospital and I was being called to help her. To hell with Edward and his damn rules…my daughter was hurt, and so help me God if I don't do anything about it!