"Excuses are easy to make, don't you think?" well that was the most random thing Carlisle had heard all day. Right in the middle of their work Maria had just decided to blurt something out, and this is what she came up with.

"For some people they are, for others they find it easier to simply tell the truth" Not the best thing to say, but it was all he could come up with

"Like you?" and yet again, she threw him off a bit

"Well…I guess"

"Hmmm, people always seem to be making excuses. Mia say's she doesn't want to make amends with Edward because she doesn't want to risk being hurt more by him" "well obviously this wasn't as random as he had once thought, because it seemed to be going somewhere "And I used the excuse that I needed some time away from home, just to get away from Jane and Aro"

"Is it really that bad there? I mean…did you really care for him that much"

"It's not so much the fact that I cared about him, it was the idea that he could toss me away so easily" he touched her hair as she finally turned to look him in the eyes "after two hundred and fifty years it was as if nothing happened. He see's a beautiful girl in need of his help and all of a sudden…I no longer exist. And then he has the great idea of calling me his daughter. I guess I have you to thank for that one"

"Why would I be at fault for that, if I may ask"

"He figured if you could have a family he could to. But he didn't seem to understand that I didn't want to be shoved down to second best" she whispered "I would have rather just left, but he wouldn't let me until now. Only for short periods at least then I was "requested" to come back"

"He sent someone to get you?"

"No. he sent someone to tell me it was time to come home, and I knew if I didn't he'd send someone to get me. And I wouldn't be forgiven easily for abandoning"

This time he pulled her into his arms for comfort when he saw that she was starting to get a bit distant and quiet.

"And Jane didn't make it much easier" she whispered 'she always seemed to be shoving it in my face. I'm prettier. I'm more wanted. I got the guy you didn't"

"Well if it's any consolation, if I had been Aro I would have chosen you hands down" she laughed a bit at the thought "if I had meet you long before Esme maybe I wouldn't have had to go through the pain I'm in right now"

"But Esme…she just lost hope" she whispered "I saw her before I left. She seemed a little lost"

"What do you mean?"

"She was Happy with her new boyfriend but, it looked like she had been even happier once. Maybe when you two first meet"

"I let my job get in the way too much" he shrugged "and esme was more of a stay at home kind of person"

"Because of the time she comes from" she laughed "and from what I've heard she was married when she was human" Carlisle nodded "no matter how good or bad her husband may have been, it was still the life she was use to. In some ways it's her fault to. For not moving on form that style of living. If she had gone out from the house and gotten an education and a job she wouldn't have been so bored"

"you must have been born before me" Carlisle laughed "you seem to know more"

"No, that's women's instinct" Maria smiled, leaning up a bit and kissing his cheek "But you will learn about that as time goes on. It takes men many life times to learn"

"I feel a little insulted"

"Don't. Its just fact. We women like to confuse men. It makes life more fun"

"Well I hope I lean a bit quicker then most men. I don't want to be left behind"

"I don't think you will be" she smiled

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"You know it's almost 4 in the morning" Mia turned in her spot to see Edward walking up to her. She simply shook her head and turned away

"What do you care?"

"I really don't. Carlisle and Maria do"

"They should know I'm fine"

"What ever" It was time for Mia to act. She knew if she didn't now she probably never would. She made a sharp turn on her feet and grabbed hold of Edwards shoulder, stopping him from moving

"Talk to me" she whispered "please Edward tell me what I did wrong. Why do you seem to hate me so much?"

"You show no signs of liking me" he said in his usual gruff tone

"I don't want to be the person who's trying to be nice all the time only to be yelled at and hated" she whispered "I can't handle being nice if you won't show those same feelings to me. I miss you Edward but…you're so attached to this family and I can't leave Casius"

"Then don't"

"But I want to know what happened. Before you meet that Bella chick we we're getting along alright again, and then…"

"You saved me" she took a step back from him, trying to take in his response "the one time I wanted to die, you had to go and save me"

"When my own brother comes to Volterra and begs my boss to kill him because he believes some human girl is dead I have to step in! you were being stupid Edward!"

"I was making my own choice!"

"one that would have crushed the Family you have now!" it was Edwards turn to step back "when I saw you talking to Aro like that…I never meet these people before but I knew they had to really care for you to put up with you for almost 100 years!"

"What a nice way of putting it"

"Edward, I can't come up with excuses anymore. I want us to be brother and sister again"

"There's no way we can't be Mia"

"I mean the way we treat each other. Right now we act as if we're enemies. As if we hate each other. I know that's not true in my case but…for you it may be different. I want to change that"

"I wanted to die"

"But didn't it help? You got to be with her. She never really died!"

"Still…"

"Still nothing Edward Mason!"

"It's Cullen!"

"That's it? Mom and dad are nothing to you anymore?"

"The are Mia but Carlisle saved me!"

"And gave you this life. I don't exactly call that saving me. The only good thing for me is Casius and Maria"

"I would rather live forever then have died without living any of my dreams Mia"

"You still can't really live them" she shrugged softly "you can't have a pure human child, or a human family. You can't die old with the person you love more then anything. I see that as a rip off"

"It may be a rip off, but I would still rather be alive now then dead long before my time"

"Maybe your right" she shrugged softly "but then maybe if you think that way, you can forgive me for giving you another chance with your girlfriend. She became your wife after all"

"And then she died"

"And everything in your life seems to be falling apart right now I know" she whispered "but, you need to deal. If you really care about Carlisle enough to take his name, then you should also care enough to think about his feelings. We both know he bit us because mom begged him, and because he was lonely. With Esme gone and the other four together…if you were gone he really would be left with almost nothing"

"But the others would still be around"

"As couples" she explained "they wouldn't be around for him the same way you can be, or Maria can"

"I don't understand Mia"

"He needs someone who's not focuses entirely on someone else" he was kind of starting to get it "He needs another guy around who can help him. And not a human like rose suggested to him. Yes she explained everything to me Edward. She needs someone who knows him more then everyone else. More then even Esme may have known him"

"Me…"

"Exactly. You were with him longer"

"But they had…other connections"

"They also had you around when Esme was bitten. Not as much one on one time as you and him had before he bit her"

"Fine, I get it. But still"

"Just…think about forgiving me. Please?"

"Alright. I'll think about it"

"Thank you" Walking up to him she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him a tight as she could before heading off back towards the house. He stood there for a few minutes thinking before turning on his heel and following.

P.S: Excuse any poor grammar there may be. I just got off work its 2:30 in the morning and I'm tired lol