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Taramisu100- hope this chapter answers your questions a little
Sarah- this story will include a little more about the other characters than the other ones did but it will still be Jasper and Alice focused and most of the planned storylines will centre around their children when it isn't about them.
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Lucas followed his parents into their bedroom and closed the door behind them before turning to face them. Esme was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him nervously while Carlisle stood beside her, his hand resting on Esme's shoulder.
"What happened son?" Carlisle asked softly and Lucas looked at him wide-eyed for a moment, unable to believe his father wasn't getting angry at him.
"Umm, Brandon and See wanted to go to the club," Lucas started but didn't hide behind his friends for long. "I agreed to go too. I didn't want our group splitting up. I don't see why everyone is angry. What did we do wrong?"
"Technically nothing," Carlisle sighed.
"Then why are all the other parents mad?" Lucas asked.
"Because a nightclub is filled with humans," Carlisle explained. "And you younger ones do not have the experience fighting the thirst around humans that us older vampires do. One of you could easily have slipped."
"I didn't think of that," Lucas nodded. "I suppose it was a little silly."
"Did you consume any alcohol?" Esme asked quietly.
"No Mom," Lucas assured her. "The others danced a bit but I just sat at the table with Angel the whole time. That was it, honest."
"I believe you," Esme smiled.
"And Brandon and Sierra have been in trouble for this kind of thing before," Carlisle added. "I think their parents will be pretty firm in their punishments."
"What about me?" Lucas asked. "Am I being punished?"
"No, I don't think so," Carlisle murmured as he glanced at Esme and she nodded her head to let him know she agreed with him. "You admit it was silly and now you understand why places like that are not a good idea for our kind. You didn't really do anything wrong, just unwise. I suspect your friends won't be allowed out for a while anyway so not being able to do anything with them will be punishment enough. You will get nothing further from us."
"Thank you Dad," Lucas smiled, glad his parents were reasonable but he had a feeling his friends wouldn't fare so well.
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"What the hell were you doing?" Edward demanded as he continued to glare down at his daughter.
"You have known Jacob and I would be together since I was born," Renesmee pouted boldly.
"When you are an adult!" Edward fumed.
"Daddy, I am an adult!" Renesmee snapped.
"You are too young to be carrying on with a man," Edward argued.
"You can't protect me forever!" Renesmee yelled. "Jacob loves me, he won't hurt me."
"You are still too young," Edward said stubbornly.
"I'll be too young when I'm one hundred if you have your way!" Renesmee cried.
"Nessie, that's enough," Bella sighed as she stepped between them. "Go home, we can talk about it later."
"But Mom…" Renesmee started.
"Go home," Bella said firmly. "Your father and I will be there soon." Renesmee glanced at her mother but wisely kept her mouth shut and turned and walked away from them and once they were alone Bella turned to look up at Edward.
"We knew she would get together with Jacob one day," Bella pointed out softly.
"I know, but…." Edward murmured and Bella cut him off.
"She is an adult now Edward," Bella added. "She is old enough to make her own decisions."
"But, she…" Edward tried again.
"She is responsible and mature," Bella said calmly. "They love each other and they will be together whether we like it or not. Charlie tried to keep us apart and it didn't work did it?"
"Well, no," Edward admitted.
"We have to let her grow up and build her own life," Bella smiled. "And part of that is falling in love. Don't spoil it for her. Please, Edward."
"I know, you are right," Edward sighed.
"Of course I am," Bella grinned and took his hand in hers and leaned up to kiss him before leading him back to the house to find Renesmee.
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When Rosalie, Emmett and Jackson entered Angel and Letty's room the two girls were sitting side by side on Angel's bed. As soon as they saw their parents and uncle Angel got to her feet and took a step closer to them.
"Mom, Dad, I am so sorry," Angel gushed quickly. "I knew it was a bad idea. As soon as we got there I made sure Letty stayed with me and I wanted to leave."
"If you knew it was such a bad idea why did you take your sister there in the first place?" Rosalie demanded.
"It was her birthday," Angel sighed. "I didn't want to spoil her fun."
"I wanted to go Mom," Letty added and stood up next to her sister, not wanting her to take the full wrath of Rosalie. "I made Angel do it."
"I sincerely doubt you could force your sister to do anything," Rosalie growled.
"Do the two of you realise what could have happened there?" Emmett demanded angrily. "Any of you could have slipped and exposed us all. That many humans so close, there is no telling what you could have done."
"We didn't think of that," Angel murmured.
"We didn't even notice them," Letty added. "Their scent I mean. None of us were tempted."
"That doesn't change the fact you shouldn't have gone somewhere like that," Rosalie growled. "You may have adult bodies and have lived for twenty years but those years have been sheltered. You don't know the things that are out there. One of you slipping wasn't the worst thing that could have happened. You could have met up with one of our kind. You don't know how to defend yourselves. What if you had been attacked?"
"We had Lucas and Brandon with us," Letty argued.
"Mere children!" Rosalie roared.
"We didn't think Mom," Angel murmured, not wanting to provoke her mother's anger.
"You damn well didn't," Rosalie agreed. "Do you see now how stupid it was?"
"Yes," Angel nodded.
"I guess so," Letty mumbled.
"For the rest of our stay here you are not to go anywhere with any of the other kids unless an adult is with you," Rosalie said firmly.
"And that means your mother, me or your uncle," Emmett added. "Not even hunting."
"We have to hunt with you?" Angel frowned.
"Exactly," Rosalie nodded. "You lost your right to freedom by making stupid decisions. You are grounded until we go home."
"Okay," Angel murmured sadly.
"Letty?" Rosalie pushed.
"Yes Mom," Letty nodded.
"Good, now get to bed," Rosalie snapped and turned on her heels and stormed out of the room.
"You're Mom and I are very disappointed in you both," Emmett added. "Particularly you Angel." He turned and followed Rosalie and Jackson sighed as he watched his two sad nieces sit back down on the bed.
"It won't be too bad girls," Jackson smiled sadly at them. "I'll take you hunting whenever you want."
"Mom is so mad," Letty whispered.
"You scared her," Jackson sighed. "She went through so much to have you both the thought of losing you frightens her. She'll calm down. It's only because she loves you so much."
"I know," Angel nodded.
"Good night girls," Jackson smiled at them and walked out of the room to let them get ready for bed.
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When Edward and Bella returned to the house they had decided that Bella would speak to Renesmee and give her their permission to continue seeing Jacob. Edward sensed the Whitlock family in the living room and guided Bella in the back door and they discretely disappeared upstairs. Edward headed to their room and Bella found Renesmee in her own room.
"Is Dad still mad?" Renesmee asked carefully.
"Confused," Bella corrected. "I don't think he realised you were all grown up until today."
"Jacob and I weren't doing anything wrong," Renesmee frowned.
"I know that," Bella smiled at her. "And so does your father. He just has to accept that you are an adult now."
"You can help him with that?" Renesmee grinned.
"I can try," Bella laughed.
"And I can still see Jacob?" Renesmee asked hopefully.
"Of course you can," Bella nodded. "Just tell Jake to stay away from the house for a while. Let your father accept al this first. It's a lot for him to deal with but he will come around."
"I better call Jacob and let him know," Renesmee grinned.
"I'll leave you to it," Bella smiled and stood up, her smile broadening as she realised the expression on Renesmee's face was pure happiness and love.
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"Brandon, Sierra," Jasper started in a dangerous voice. "I believe I made my feelings clear two years ago about the two of you going to human clubs. And I understand that you have blatantly ignored me and continued to do so. Is there a reason?"
"Its fun Daddy," Sierra pouted and Alice let out a groan.
"Its fun?" Jasper repeated in disbelief. "You defied me because it is fun?"
"Well no," Sierra stammered. "I just mean going to the clubs is fun. We didn't want to disobey you Daddy."
"Then why did you?" Jasper roared.
"Because we are bored!" Sierra yelled back as she jumped to her feet. "All we do is study our lessons and hang out at the house with you and Mom and Oliver and Stella. We only leave the house when we hunt. You don't let us do anything!"
"You have your cousins here now," Jasper argued.
"To do what?" Sierra frowned. "Play stupid baseball? Have chess and card games. We don't have lives Daddy, we are just existing. We have never done anything outside the family. Even you used to go to school and college. And Mom's told us all the stories about trips you took and places you went. Why can't we do that?"
"So you defy my orders to try and get more freedom?" Jasper asked.
"Well no, that doesn't make any sense," Sierra sighed. "But we are bored. That's why we go to the clubs."
"I forbid you to go there," Jasper snapped. "I told you explicitly not to and you went behind my back and did it anyway!"
"That was wrong," Brandon admitted and grabbed Sierra's hand and pulled her back down to sit beside him, knowing her fiery temper wouldn't get them anywhere.
"You obviously didn't think so," Jasper snarled. "I have a good mind to pack you both up and take you back to Denali right now."
"Daddy, no!" Sierra gasped. "Please?"
"I don't suppose it will do any good," Jasper sighed. "You have been doing this there as well. But you will both be punished. Neither of you are to leave this house without your mother or I. No exceptions. Brandon? You can forget about the new car you wanted for your twenty-first birthday. Sierra, you won't be going to spend the summer with the McCarty's like you had asked. Your mother had already arranged it as a treat for you but after this incident we can't trust you. I'll inform Rose in the morning."
"Dad!" Sierra whined.
"Do you want more?" Jasper growled. "Keep pushing me Sierra."
"No Daddy," Sierra whimpered.
"Brandon, you are no longer to take your sister anywhere on your own," Jasper added. "While we are here with the others its Mom and I. When we get back to Denali the two of you are not to go out alone together. One of us or Oliver or Stella has to be with you at all times."
"Okay," Brandon nodded, knowing form his father's mood projections it was better not to argue.
"And I cannot believe you all lied to me about this," Jasper added as he glanced at Oliver, Stella and Alice.
"We're sorry Jazz," Stella whispered.
"We really are," Oliver nodded.
"I know why you did it," Jasper sighed and his eyes turned to look at Alice and they all felt the sliver of sadness slip through his anger. "Your mother asked you to."
"Jazz, Mom didn't…." Oliver started but Alice shot him a warning look that stopped him in his tracks.
"Jazz, the children don't need to hear this," Alice whispered softly.
"You're right," Jasper nodded. "Let's go outside." He turned and stormed outside and Alice sighed as she got to her feet.
"Mom?" Oliver murmured with concern.
"It's okay Oliver," Alice whispered. "I deserve what I get."
"But Mom…." Oliver protested but Alice ignored him as she followed Jasper outside.
"Daddy is really mad," Sierra whispered once they were alone.
"What did you expect?" Stella snapped harshly.
"He won't hurt Mom will he?" Brandon asked, his worry evident to the others.
"It will be all your fault if he does," Oliver growled meanly. "It was you she was covering for."
"Oliver," Stella sighed tiredly.
"No, they need to hear it," Oliver snapped. "Neither of you have thought of anyone else but yourselves. You have no idea how much you have put Mom through and now you have damaged the relationship between Mom and Jazz."
"We didn't want to do that," Sierra whispered with tears in her eyes.
"Well you have," Oliver snarled, for once ignoring her tears. "I suggest you both get to bed and think about what you have done to our family tonight."
"We won't do it again!" Sierra sobbed.
"You better not," Oliver threatened and Brandon got to his feet, gathered his sister in his arms and led her upstairs.
"Don't you think that was a little harsh Oliver," Stella sighed.
"Maybe," Oliver murmured. "But maybe now they will realise they can't do things like this anymore."
"I hope so," Stella nodded.