Edward's POV

"Ok you two out with it." Carlisle had his I'm your parent you are in deep trouble look on his face. And stop trying to read my mind Edward, you are not going to get out of this.

Alice and I looked at each other in desperation.

We were sitting in Carlisle's office.

Carlisle was sitting on the other side of the desk while Esme sat near me with Alice on my other side.

"May be you should explain Edward. I'll be right outside."

The little pixie was trying to make her escape. "Edward I'm feeling very embarrassed. How can I discuss my brother's sex life with my parents?"

Ok I got her point. When I couldn't discuss this how could Alice.

"Young lady you stay right here. I know you are involved in this as much as Edward. You two have been plotting something I feel it. And I want the truth. Start from the beginning."

At least Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper were out. Carlisle had sent them on a fools' errand to get some stuff for the garage. I think he knew we needed some privacy to discuss this. He knew what the subject matter might be and he was concerned for me. He didn't want to make things more difficult.

"I.. I think it's Edward's story. So he must tell you." Guess I owe it to the pixie to explain things. After all it was my fault we were here together.

Carlisle's POV

I can't help but enjoy this situation. I've always wanted to be a father and it is very rarely that I am needed to play the role with 100 year old kids. So I relish in such moments as these where they have to answer to me. In all honesty I do not want to embarrass the kids or hurt them in anyway. But something funny was going on and I cannot ignore it anymore. It is obvious that both my kids have lost the ability to handle it in a mature way. The humans were getting suspicious and I think it's time I intervened. I can see that Esme felt the same way. We can not delay the inevitable any longer. I wanted to give Edward time to come to me on his own terms when he felt more comfortable talking about this but I feel even he has lost control of the situation at the moment.

"Ok. Edward. I know this has something to do with Bella. I will help you out. I already know that she did not want to resume her relationship with you once we got back. I feel I can understand it to some extent. She must be feeling insecure about your love. I feel you will have to work at earning her trust again Edward. So I was happy that you were making progress when you went out on that date with her. I assumed you made some major progress that day but I feel I have come to the wrong conclusion. I think it is time that you enlightened me on what exactly happened and what has followed. Esme and I have some confusing ideas about what happened but we do not want to go on guessing as we feel it has reached a point where the co-conspirators are battling against each other. Am I right?"

"I'm sorry Carlisle. What happened today was entirely my fault and not Alice's. I pushed her in to the mud."

"Edward, I'm failing to understand a situation where you would do something like that to Alice. Well, once again why don't you start at the beginning?"

"I.. I went motor bike riding with Bella."

Edward shifted uncomfortably in the chair. I can feel that he was very embarrassed.

"Honestly Edward. We are just trying to help, we don't want any detailed descriptions of what happened."

Edward hunched forward in his chair, while Alice had a huge grin on her face. Guess it's time to get Alice to help out.

"Or would you rather explain it Alice?"

"Well, let's just say he had the ride of his life and then fell off the bike." Aha! We seem to be getting some where. Ok.

"What exactly do you mean Alice?"

"Well let's say he had the ultimate joy ride that made him forget to even hold on to the bike."

Edward covered his face with his hands. Ok. I think I understand and his soiled clothes provided the perfect explanation.

"It's ok no more explanations are necessary I think Esme and I have a good idea of what happened. So I guess Bella's psychological evaluation project, the air freshener project and the clothing project are all related to this?" I looked at Alice.

She was vigorously nodding yes.

"Ok. So we will continue to use those code names to keep Emmett and Rosalie in the dark. I guess there is no fooling Jasper is there?"

"None what so ever, he can read Edward's feelings very well." Alice was quick to respond.

"Now what has all this got to do with you two fighting in the mud today?"

"Alice didn't warn me today when she already knew what was going to happen." This time Edward spoke up.

"You mean you saw the fight Alice?" I asked her incredulously. I couldn't imagine Alice wanting to get all her clothes dirty if she already saw what was going to happen.

"No no Carlisle! I didn't tell him that Bella was going to see he had wet his pants in class."

Alice said loudly in defense and then covered her mouth in chagrin giving her brother a look of dismay. It was obvious she had spoken without thinking. Edward slammed his head against my table. Esme hugged him to her and he buried his face in her lap. Ok. He was beyond mortified now. I could get that. How was I going to handle this? I didn't want to put Edward through any more humiliation. I was actually happy that he was responding this way to a girl. Esme and I had both been afraid that I had turned him too young and he would never develop any sexual feelings for another being. The Victorian ideologies at the time had meant that the usual adolescent hormones were kept under tight control. I was sure that Edward had never even pleasured himself. I saw Edward shudder in Esme's lap and Esme gave me a warning glance. Oh! no! Had I just thought it? "Sorry Edward." I knew Edward could read my mind so I decided I might as well have a private conversation with him, father to son.

"I'm sorry Edward. I really am. I didn't mean to speculate about your private life. We were only concerned about you. And I want you to know that I do not believe much in the ideologies of the Victorian era. Repressing basic human needs is not the way to handle things. Procreation is very necessary for the continuity of human kind. Pleasure derived through it is also a way to ensure the survival of the species. There is no shame in it. You have to understand that. What you feel is very normal and your reactions are also normal. We as vampires are frozen into these bodies. Your reaction was the same as the reaction of a normal seventeen year old boy. With time and effort you will have better control of your urges. There is no need to be embarrassed about any of this."

I saw Edward slightly nod yes. That's good. I should further reassure him.

"Esme and I both understand it and I'm sure Alice and Jasper do too. They might tease you but it's just their nature as your siblings. If it gets too much for you to handle you can always come to me and I will warn them. But I'm sure Alice will not let anyone put you in a situation where you are offended. I know she cares too much about you to do that.

Speaking of which…."

"What exactly happened today?"

Edward finally looked up. This was good. He was getting over his initial embarrassment.

"Alice left the class room when I was in trouble and I had no way of escaping without any of the students seeing me."

"But the new clothing project would have seen to it that this type of an incident wouldn't happen right?" Now I was surprised. I remembered my conversation with Alice and the advice I'd given Edward.

"Well Carlisle the 'know it all over here' decided not to wear the new stuff! I warned him that he'll be sorry. But he just didn't listen. Did you Edward? None of this would have happened if he listened to me." Alice was now angry.

Edward hung his head. Now I understood. Poor Edward! Things were definitely working against him these days.

"So if Alice didn't help how did you get out of the situation?"

"Bella helped." Edward whispered looking at his hands. What? Esme and I were both surprised at that piece of information.

"I knew she would help that is why I ran out of the class room. It was an opportunity for them to bond together."

A small smile spread across Edward's face at this. He didn't look up from his hands and he looked very shy.

Oh! oh! things were going well for Edward.

"I take it Bella didn't find out anything on the motorbike ride but she found out today in class?"

"Yes." It was Alice who answered.

"That was really nice of her."

"Yes. Bella took him home after saying she was faint. She even got him to hold her in front of him to cover up hostage style and dressed him in a bed sheet which he snagged in the tree in front when Charlie came and washed his clothes." Alice talked non-stop at vampire speed.

Esme and I looked at each other in utter confusion at this bit of information. Edward once again had his head in his hands.

"What do you mean Charlie washed Edward's clothes? Does this mean I have to have a chat with the Chief of Police as well to calm matters down? Don't tell me you two did something to offend Charlie too."

"No no. Carlisle. Charlie only saw the bed sheet Edward was wearing on the tree in the front yard while Bella was washing his clothes when he jumped in through Bella's window."

Now this was getting more interesting and by now Edward was giving Alice a helpless glance as if to say he should have explained this.

"Ok. Edward. So let me get this straight. Bella got you to take her home covering up for you and then she washed your clothes for you? Am I right?"

"Yes."

"And she gave you a bed sheet to wear till they got dried."

"Yes."

"Now what happened to that bed sheet?"

"I.. I heard Charlie coming and went out to hide the Volvo then jumped into Bella's room in a hurry and and in the rush…. I …I …. snagged the bed sheet on the tree in the front lawn…."

With that he started laughing hysterically and Alice joined him. Both Esme and I were speechless. We froze in shock. How could Edward laugh at his own predicament? He must have had to go naked into Bella's room and had to cover up with something she had. Or had she caught him naked? And why would Edward find that a laughing matter?

"Carlisle …I… I….. was wearing …. underwear…."

Ok now it was Esme's and my turn to join them.

When we finally managed to stop laughing, I had to ask Edward this question.

"You.. mean to say Bella caught you in your underwear?" I couldn't believe that he would laugh at that. I would have been mortified if the girl I was trying to win caught me like that.

"No.. no. She thought I was naked. That's fine by me. I covered myself with one of her jackets while hiding in her clos..closet…. You should have seen her f…face…."

And he started laughing again. What? This time Esme, Alice and I all stared at each other. Since when was the Victorian ok with his girl friend thinking he was naked? He sure had changed a lot during the past few days.

Edward finally stopped laughing.

"Ok ok you guys. It was not funny at the time and I was beyond mortified. But when I saw her reaction I was elated. She was unresponsive to my advances all this time and this is the first time she had shown any interest in me. So I have decided to think of all this as a positive sign."

I patted Edward's back. He was beaming at me now. All the embarrassment gone, his eyes were gleaming and he had a hopeful smile on his face.

Esme hugged him and not to be out done Alice climbed on his back and hugged him from behind giving him a kiss on his cheek.

All was forgiven. I felt very happy and proud of my family. Esme held my hand while we watched Edward walk out of the room with Alice still clinging to his back plotting different ways to get Bella back. They were back together again. Bella had no hope what so ever of escaping these too when they put their minds together! I smiled. I hoped they succeed. My family will be complete if Bella joined us…. I couldn't ask for more.

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