Eleazar POV

"Alright, come on, let's do this then," Tanya sighed. She wasn't as enthusiastic about this as the rest of us. She took the pills and gave them the blood test and everything, but she wasn't really worried about the results. She was more just doing it just so she knew.
We sat in the hard plastic chairs in the waiting room under the harsh lighting. It only added tension to the worry we were already feeling. I had no idea how anyone would react if they found out they couldn't get pregnant. I knew it would shatter Carmen.
As we waited I wondered how the Cullen's got on. They had done this the day before, but they hadn't rung us or anything so I was assuming it was a good thing. Tanya wasn't, she was worried the entire time. I could see her stressing now, not for herself but more for Carmen and Garrett who really wanted this. I hadn't realised how much this actually meant to him until he freaked out when he got sick from the pills, terrified that they wouldn't be able to have kids. The doctors said it would be fine and that lots of people got sick from them.

The man in the white coat came out. He called mine and Carmen's names first. If I was human my heart would have been racing in my chest. Carmen squeezed my hand nervously.
The lighting was nicer and the chairs were more comfortable in his office. I listened to his doctor speak and wished he would just speak plain English.
As I sat there lost in my own thoughts, I realised I had missed what the doctor had said. I looked at Carmen. She had a huge smile on her face so I guessed we were good to go. As we walked out I picked her up and spun her around. She giggled and hugged me.
"Tanya?" the doctor asked. He had a weird accent.
"Yes?"
"It's your turn. Come into my office."
She made no indication of moving. "Can you just tell me here? I don't really care that much…"
"Yes."
"I can get pregnant?" she looked confused at his answer. Yes what?
"Yes."
She looked at me and shrugged. Still unsure what he meant.
"Yes, you can get pregnant," he confirmed.
"Yay," she mumbled, not looking very excited about it. She looked kind of sad actually.
Garrett was squirming, knowing that they were next.
"Can't you tell us here too?" Kate asked.
"I need to discuss something with you two, please. I would prefer it to be private."
Garrett and Kate looked at each other. As they walked toward the door, hand in hand, I noticed Garrett trembling a little bit.
I listened to the clock ticking as we waited for them to reappear. When they did they were both smiling, relieved.
"What was that about?" Carmen asked.
"They said we might have trouble, but that we should still be able to," Kate replied grinning. "I thought they were going to tell us we couldn't."
Tanya hugged Kate and we walked outside.

"You think if I ring Carlisle, he'll answer his phone?" Tanya asked as we waited at the airport for our taxi.
"No," the four of us answered at the same time.
"Point taken." She dialled the number anyway. As expected, he didn't answer it.
"One day someone's going to be dying and he's not going to answer the damn thing," Carmen laughed.
"He works at a hospital, someone's always dying," Garrett replied.
"Don't be morbid," Kate told him. He rolled his eyes.

As soon as we got in the door Tanya rang the Cullen's from the house phone.
"Pick up, pick up," she murmured impatiently while it rang. I had no idea why she was so desperate to talk to them but guessed that once again she knew something we didn't.
"Maybe they're hunting?" Kate suggested quietly. Tanya was not deterred.
After a few seconds I heard a voice on the other end, but it was too quiet to make out the words. I felt my mind begin to wander again but forced myself to concentrate.
"Alice, it's Tanya."
She paused, listening to the response.
"Yeah, we're all fine, Kate and Garrett might have a little bit of difficulty, but apart from that everyone's good."
"…" I wished the phone was louder.
"What about you guys?"
As she listened to the reply her face fell. "You mean like no, completely no, or just-"
Alice interrupted and Tanya bit her lip. Me and Garrett looked at each other and I could see my own fear mixed with curiosity on his face. Alice spoke a bit louder for a sentence. I didn't hear it but apparently Garrett did.
"Shit…" he mumbled under his breath. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and began searching for a number. Tanya was watching him but she didn't look scared like he did, just sad and slightly pissed.
"Are they okay? Do you need help with anything?" She asked into the phone, still looking at Garrett.
"Bye Alice, call us if you want anything…"
After she hung up the phone she remained staring down at it. The rest of us were too scared to ask who it was.
"Alice and Jasper…?" Kate asked quietly, almost silent.
"No," mumbled Tanya. She seemed to be talking to Garrett even though it was Kate who had asked. "Carlisle and Esme."
The entire room froze and nobody knew what to say next.
"Do you think they're going to be okay?" She asked Tanya.
She shrugged in reply, practically slamming the phone back into the cradle. She was defiantly mad.
"Calm down, Tanya, they'll be okay," Garrett told her. She muttered something and went into the kitchen. I heard her washing the dishes, the cutlery clattering together in the sink. We waited in the lounge for her to calm down. After a while it was clear she wasn't going to. We looked at each other, not sure exactly why Tanya was so upset by it. I mean, yeah it sucked and it hurt a lot because they were good people and our friends, but Tanya was usually in control of her emotions so seeing her like this was very, very strange. She didn't often let us know she was upset so there must be a lot below the surface that we weren't seeing, that she was hiding from us.
"Tanya," Kate said from behind her. It was an unspoken rule – don't hug Tanya unless she hugged you first. "What's wrong?" She reached to touch her but pulled her hand back.
"It's not fair!" Tanya mumbled, her voice shaking.
"What's not?"
"Why can I have kids when they can't?" A tear slid down her cheek, followed by another and another and another. She tried to wipe them away but they were quickly replaced. We stood in shock. It was unnerving, seeing the leader of your coven upset like that – we used them for support and if they break, then we all do too. Garrett recovered first. He broke the rule and wrapped his arms around her. Instead of pushing him away like I expected she would, she leant into him and let him comfort her.
"It's not fair," she whimpered again. "It should be them instead of me! I don't even want kids. Esme-" A sob interrupted her. "Why them?" Seeing her cry made me want to cry. By the look of it, the only one really coping with her was Garrett. I wondered if him being a nomad had something to do with it.
"It's not your fault," he told her, rubbing her back. "They'll be okay; they deal with things like that."
She nodded against him. "Okay."
"But you have to calm down otherwise they'll be upset that you're upset, okay?"
"Okay."
He let go over her and she wiped her face again. This time it stayed clear. When she continued with the dishes they no longer banged together. We were all incredibly grateful to Garrett.
"Do you think the Cullen's are okay?" Carmen asked me quietly when we were alone together.
"What do you mean?" I asked her
"Well, you saw what happened to us when Tanya was crying. If Carlisle cried in front of them or if Edward found out he was upset, I think they would fall apart…"
After I thought about it I knew she was right. They wouldn't be okay if Carlisle wasn't.
"Maybe we could see if they would come and stay with us for a while, until things calm down a bit?" I suggested. She nodded and squeezed my hand before going downstairs in search of Tanya to tell her of our plans.