Chapter 2
Jacob put Renesme on his back as they went to leave the Cullen house. Both of them waved happily and headed to the reservation for a campfire with the tribe. The full moon and stars in the darkening sky illuminated the snow blanketed ground and made the landscape look like a true, winter paradise. Edward and Bella watched as Jacob and their daughter disappeared through the trees. He put his arm around her and the two of them headed toward the music room so Edward could play one of Bella's favorite tunes. To her, it never got old.
Carlisle and Esme passed them in the hallway. "Off to play for Bella?" Esme asked with a smile.
"It's almost like you are the mind reader," Edward responded. He and Bella smiled. "But just for a short time, we need to join the others and hunt."
Carlisle noticed their dark eyes, "Sooner rather than later."
"Right after a song, then we'll go." He lead Bella by the hand to his favorite place in the house.
Esme sighed and smiled, "Young love." "Yeah. He is much happier than in the decades past. I like seeing him like this."
"I see no reason for it to end." Carlisle pressed his forehead to Esme's then closed his eyes and gave her a series of soft kisses. He could hear Edward's melody playing the background. Esme backed against the dark hallway wall and pulled him to her, never parting their lips. Carlisle opened his eyes and stared at his love, then brushed her hair back. She breathed in heavily. He backed away momentarily and offered her his hand. Not more than a second after she took it, the two of them were in their bedroom, entwined even closer than the moment before in the hallway.
Edward played his favorite love song twice, and Bella cuddled into his shoulder. "I love it when you play my song, Edward. You should do it more often."
"Then it wouldn't seem as special," he told her, continuing the graceful melody on the piano keys. The last few notes came to an end and Bella lightly kissed his cheek. He returned a kiss to her nose and the two of them rose from the bench. "Now it's time to rip some deer apart," he laughed, knowingly killing the sensual mood.
Bella chuckled along with him, "I just have to talk to Carlisle first."
"About...?" Edward raised an eyebrow. Bella smiled and followed to where her senses lead her, playfully suggesting to Edward that she was faster. The house was silent and she was about to call out for Carlisle, though bit her tounge in time to save her and well, everyone, the embaressment.
Since she had been with Edward, she had never seen his parents be overly affectionate like she and Edward were, nor touchy feely like Emmett and Rosalie, but in that moment she knew that they were no different from the rest of them.
Carlisle passionately caressed Esme's neck with his mouth, and she clung to him tightly, partially beneath the thinnest of sheets that usually served as nothing more than decoration for their bed. His hand traveled from beneath his wife's back, and Bella caught the shimmer of his wedding ring as Esme entwined her her hand with his on the mattress. Carlisle's name escaped her lips before Bella spun around to leave, bumping quietly into Edward, who she hadn't heard come up behind her. Without making a sound, he motioned for her to be quiet and the two of them left the house to hunt.
Once deep into the forest, Edward stopped and smiled at Bella, "Peeping Tom."
Bella would have blushed had she still been human and spoke defensively, "I am not a peeping Tom."
He gave her a playful look, before she began to scold him, "Why couldn't you read their thoughts and tell me not to go upstairs?"
Edward shrugged, "Their thoughts didn't suggest anything like that."
"How is that possible?"
"I'm serious," he told her, "There was nothing really lustful, just, well, love. I don't know I can't remember exactly."
"Let's just hunt."
"Are you going to tell them, or am I? You know.. that you're a peeping Tom."
Bella hit him hard in the arm, a little angry. Edward tickled her and changed the mood almost immediately. She smiled and looked toward him, "You think we'll still be wild about each other after being together as long as Carlisle and Esme?"
Edward touched her cheek with his hand, "I'll always be wild about you, Bella."