Disclaimer: It's all Mrs. Meyer's

The house was quiet when he walked in. Too quiet. He sniffed the air. He didn't smell anybody, and he certainly didn't see anybody. Was he, could he possibly be, home alone? He almost gasped out loud at the ludicrous thought, but no matter how much his mind denied that he could ever have the house to himself, it seemed to be true.

What could he possibly do with all of this alone time? Should he go hunting? Nah, he could do that when the house was empty or not. Calculating what he should do for the next couple of hours, he gently set his medical bag on the ground near the door. Scrunching his eyes in thought he swept up the long staircase and walked down the hallway to his office.

It didn't take long after he had entered his office, to know what he wanted to do. Having not been this excited for a long time he glided over to the bedroom that he and his beautiful Esme shared, and closed the door quietly behind him. He let out a low chuckle at his almost spy-like antics and got to work.

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It was several hours later when the rest of the Cullen's finally came home. Esme entered the living room first, with Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, and Edward trailing behind her.

"Remind me again; why we have to go to the dentist when our teeth are absolutely perfect?" Jasper said annoyed, but glad to be home after hours of hearing 'Wow, your teeth are just so white!' over and over and over again.

Esme smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, Jasper, sweetie, but all normal teenagers in Forks go to the dentist, and well, we do have a façade to keep up."

"Yeah, Jazz, we could get braces together!"

Jasper looked at Alice horrifically. Edward snorted.

Emmett let out a booming laugh. "You get braces to straighten out your teeth, dummy, we could bang our teeth with a hammer a hundred times over and we still wouldn't need braces."

Rosalie scoffed. "A hammer, Emmett? A hammer couldn't break one of my eyelashes."

Edward smirked. "You can't even see your eyelashes, because their covered in so much gunk."

Rosalie snarled. "It's not gunk you idiot! It's mascara!"

"Well, then gunk looks awful on you." Rosalie bared her teeth.

"Hey!" cried Emmett defensively, "I like her junk!"

"Gunk, Emmett. Not, junk."

"Oh… Well I like that too."

Rosalie flashed him a smile. Edward just rolled his eyes.

"Kids," Esme said sternly. "Can you please try to be nice to each other, for at least a little bit? I love it when no one is fighting."

They all nodded.

"Carlisle, were home!" Esme yelled.

Silence. "Father?" called Edward.

"One minute!" was the muffled response from upstairs.

Carlisle came down the stairs a minute later. His tie hung loose around his neck and his hair was disheveled, as if he kept running his fingers through it.

Carlisle walked over to Esme and softly kissed her forehead.

"Sorry, I was just finishing up something. How was the dentist?"

"Awful."

"Boring."

"Terrible."

"Creepy."

"I thought it was all right!"

Everyone stared at Alice.

Jasper sighed. "Were not getting braces, Alice."

Alice pouted. Carlisle chuckled.

"Well," Esme said, "no one had any cavities."

"That's good. It means everyone has been eating healthy."

They all snorted.

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After everyone had settled down, Esme and Carlisle were snuggled up on the couch, just talking. All the kids were somewhere else now, Carlisle thought. It was only a matter of time before…

"Carlisle!" So, Edward was the first one to find it. The others shouldn't be too far behind….

"Carlisle!"

"Carlisle!"

"Carlisle! Is this for real?!"

"You have got to be kidding me! We have to wear scrubs!?"

Much sooner than he thought, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Edward, and Rosalie were all waving their little pink slips in front of his face. He guessed they weren't too excited for what he had signed them up for.

Holding up a hand for silence, he began. "I know this isn't exactly what you guys want to do, but its summer. You guys don't have school, and the hospital really needs some help."

"We have to work eight hour shifts? For a week? Please, tell me you're joking, Carlisle?"

"I'm sorry, Rosalie, but I really think it's a good idea."

Carlisle looked at Jasper. His face was emotionless, but Carlisle could detect some doubt in his eyes.

"Jas-"

Jasper cut him off. "I can't do this, Carlisle. Work at a hospital? I can barely control myself at high school, and you want me to work somewhere where blood is practically served on platters?"

Carlisle waited a minute for Jasper to collect himself.

"No, Jasper. I knew it would be too painful for you, so I got a special job for you."

Jasper looked at his little pink slip. After finding nothing related to his 'special job' he looked back up at Carlisle.

"Well," began Carlisle slowly. "I'm having you work the front desk with the rest of the ladies. The check-in room is enclosed with sliding glass doors. As long as you stay in there you should be fine. You could even hold your breath when the doors open if that's necessary." Jasper looked even more horrified than he did before.

Esme stood up. "I think it's a wonderful idea, Carlisle. The hospital will love all the extra volunteers. Did you get me a job as well?" A guilty look finally crossed Carlisle's face.

"Well…. I actually planned a mini vacation for us, dear."

Esme's eyes lit up. "A mini vacation? To where?"

Carlisle smiled and grabbed her hand. "I have all the information saved on the computer. Here, come see it."

Carlisle and Esme went up the stairs, leaving five remaining vampires open- mouthed and dumbfounded.

"Remind, me to never let Carlisle stay home alone again."

They all nodded in agreement.

A/N: So, after a couple of months of not writing anything I decided to follow up this story with what Carlisle would do if he was home alone. I'm even thinking about making this a series. Who do you want to see next?