Hey guys, thanks for reading, next chapter may be a little slow as I have my first assignment due in less than 2 weeks. Wish me luck! Enjoy reading. Next chapter will be - Alex's first visit to England! [My home!]

"Carlisle, how is he? Is he okay? Oh our poor baby!" Carlisle rushed over to comfort his wife who was down in visisble distress with a look of great horror on her face.

"Esme our son is fine. Do not worry yourself, you must start packing." Noticing the confused look on Esme's face, he chuckled. "We are going to England dear, tonight. Just the three of us, me, you and Alex. The kids will be fine, they won't cause too much damage to the house or themselves hopefully. Which reminds me I must first call Edward and tell him the front door needs replacing and I will also call Alice so she and Rosalie can at least start clearing the front garden whilst we are away. I was thinking, I may take a few months off work aswell, spend more time with the kids. A lot has been going on under this roof that I don't even know about and I should." Esme was shocked but understood and nodded at her husband, that sounded like a good eye. She stood up and kissed her Carlisle's cheek before leaving to go pack and also to assure herself that Alex was indeed...fine. Esme went up to her son's room and noticed the huge garbage bag of Alex's broken stuff, the stuff he loved but destroyed in anger not long ago.

"Alex, honey, are you in here?" Esme wanted to make sure something like this never happened again, once was enough.

"I'm here, Mom." He called from the bathroom, when he came out a few seconds later, his hair looked like it had a whole tube of hair gel in it. Esme sighed, she had never liked the fact he used that awful stuff in his wonderful hair. Alex walked over to the garbage bags and placed more stuff in the. When he was done, Esme grabbed him by the shoulders and encased him in her grasp, wanting to never let go of her precious son. She began running her hands through his hair but stopped when she saw how the gel was now all on her hands.

"Alex, why must you put that stuff in your hair? You wear far too much of it." Esme groaned.

"Mom, it's to look good, besides I like it."

"Of course it is, but you always look good, you don't need that in your hair, it's already perfect just like you."

"Mom, I just want to say that I'm sorry for what I said and did. You didn't deserve to be shouted at like that. You and Carlisle are my parents, I've known that for a very long time." Esme loved hearing that, since she had begun to doubt herself after Alex's outburst.

"Alex, it's ok, you are forgiven. But in future, rather than destroying the house could you please come to us instead? I don't want this to ever happen again, and if it does, you will be grounded for a very long time." Alex laughed.

"But you know I hate being grounded, it's so boring!" He said dramatically and stepped back out of his mother's arms.

"That's the point, you aren't meant to like being punished, if you did, you'd be a very strange child." She laughed, knowing that the whole family was strange.

"Hey I am strange; I'm a vampire of course." Alex laughed and smirked at his mother.

"You should start packing when you're done with that Alex." Alex groaned, packing was a tedious task and he hated it.

"Can't you do it for me? Please." With that Alex batted his eyelashes at her, hoping to convince her.

"Alex,I think you are old enough to do your own packing now. Don't you?" She arched her eyebrow.

"No, I'm still young, it will take me forever Mom." He pleaded with all his might.

"You know I have to do your father's packing aswell, whilst he calls Edward, Alice and his boss. So that means I have two sets already to do, if I have to do yours aswell, we might miss our flights and then we can't go." Alex groaned but knew he was beat. Check mate to the mother.

"Oh fine." Esme then remembered something, that had happened last time they took Alex away on holiday and he had done his own packing.

"Now, I don't want to hear you running around at full speed, as your clothes will be in a mess."

"So I can't even use my vampire speed even though that's natural? That's stupid Mom." Even though they had just had a tremendous heart to heart, that didn't matter anymore.

"Alex, you will do as you're told or we won't be going and that's final. Do I make myself clear?" Alex nodded and Esme dragged her son's black and blue suitcase from under the bed into the middle of the floor near the garbage bags.

"Best get started then honey." Esme then left the room.

Alex opened his wardrobe and began rifling through the large collection of clothes he had. Having a sister that loved fashion had its benefits of course. He pulled out several shirts first which he didn't recognize but were definitely his style and thanked his sister. Next he packed his favourite pairs of jeans and chinos. He now had enough shirts and trousers to last their trip. Daytime clothes were easy to do, he packed several pairs of three quarters and t-shirts. Next came the essentials, boxers and socks went into the suitcase. He knew that England suffered from drastic cold weather at this time of year so also made sure to pack a woolly hat, scarf and gloves, he didn't need them as such because he was a vampire, he didn't feel the cold. But he knew that if it was freezing and he wasn't seen wearing them, it might cause suspicion which could be deadly not only to him but to his parent's aswell. Next he packed other things like a baseball cap, towels, jackets, hoodies, shoes, vans, sneakers and his lovely warm coat. Next he found his school bag and emptied the contents into a drawer, he then put his PSP Vita and games in there, his phone, ipod and the chargers needed. He then put his newest sketch pad in there and his equipment like pencils, felt tips and others. He hadn't done any drawing in a number of months but felt that the trip might give him some inspiration. He went in the bathroom to get his toothbrush, shower gel, toothpaste, comb, hair gel and deodorant. They went into his toiletery bag that his mother insisted he have and then into his school bag. He put his favourite hoody on, and then closed his case and school bag before heading downstairs with his stuff. Esme came downstairs a few minutes later and was shocked to see that Alex was already done, it usually took him forever to decide what to take.

"Alex, could you grab your father's case from upstairs? Please." Alex nodded and did so. When he came back downstairs, his mother was doing her hair in the hall way mirror.

"Where is Dad anyway?" Alex said, he hadn't seen his father in a while.

"I believe he is talking to his boss about having some time off."

"He's leaving the hospital, why?" That was a big shock to Alex, his father loved his work.

"No honey, he's not leaving, just taking a leave of absence. He wants to take at least 3 months off, so he can spend some time with you kids." Alex smiled, he was definitely happy about that.

"So we will be spending more time together as a family?" Alex said in disbelief, he never imagined this.

"Oh yes honey, family movienight, family game night, I'll be sure to help you with your homework too whenever you need it. I am so sorry this happened Alex, I didn't realise we were being such bad parents." Esme doubted she could ever forgive herself for neglecting her son in this way.

"Mom, you are already forgiven. Now you just need to forgive yourself." Esme smiled and hugged her son tightly.

"I am so lucky to be your mother Alex." Esme said, stroking her hands back.

"And I am so lucky to be your son, Mom." And they meant every word.