Esme

When Violetta and Carlisle returned, I decided to tell Violetta everything about my past. I had told her bits, but never got into so much detail. This was everything I could remember.

"I'm so sorry." She said quietly.

I smiled, "Carlisle made it better. I don't have many bad days anymore, and when I do, he does everything he can to help me get through that day."

"Can I ask you something?" She was looking at the carpet below us. We were sitting on the floor in her bedroom.

"Sure."

"Did he ever say anything? Like, about me to anyone else?" She looked up at me.

"He has in the past, but never often. He hated himself, and he still does, for leaving you. Every time he thinks or speaks about it he just fills with guilt and sorrow. He regretted leaving the moment he left that night. He spent 3 years thinking you were dead until he finally found something very small on you. He saw you in Minnesota a while ago. Maybe 5 years ago? He wasn't sure if it was you, but it brought him hope."

"Yeah, it was me."

"Did you see him?" I asked.

She nodded, "I followed him there. I was going to see him, but then I saw Rosalie with him and I freaked out and left."

I smiled, "You were scared of Rosalie?"

"No, I was scared that he had replaced me."

"He could never replace you, sweetheart."

She smiled weakly and stood up, "I'm going to get a drink."

"Okay." I followed her down the stairs and sat beside Carlisle in the living room.

"Don't you have a shift?"

"I do tonight." He said. "Call me if she has another nightmare tonight, though." He whispered so she wouldn't hear.

I nodded and he kissed the top of my head as I lied down and rested my head on his lap.

"Are you okay?" He asked quieter than before.

I smiled, "I'm fine, I'm just finished telling Vi my past and now I'm thinking about it."

Violetta walked back in before he could say anything else.

"Hey, how do you feel about school?" Carlisle asked her.

I saw panic flash through her eyes. She didn't say anything, but Jasper appeared at her side, guiding her to sit down on the couch. "Breathe." He whispered to her.

I pulled myself back up and looked at Carlisle before my eyes returned to her. She was shaking slightly, but she was trying to hide it. She was blinking tears away. Anxiety attack.

We waited in silence for a few minutes as Jasper whispered to her and she calmed down.

"I don't think she wants to go…" Emmett said quietly.

"Shh." I hushed him.

"I haven't had a very good experience with school…" She said almost silently.

"Okay." Carlisle smiled, "No school."

Violetta's phone rang then. Her face lit up a bit as she looked at the contact name. "Hey Mason." She greeted.

I smiled at Carlisle. He rolled his eyes and sat back against the couch again.

She stood up and walked out of the room. I assumed it was so we couldn't hear him on the other end.

"I definitely understand how you felt now." Carlisle said to Edward.

He laughed, "You'll get used to it."

"Stop. He makes her happy." I said, "Did you see her eyes light up when she saw it was him?"

"Her mood changes really quickly." Rosalie said.

"Oh, not as quickly as yours…" Jasper smirked.

She slapped his arm and he winced, "Shut up."

He stood up and rubbed his arm, pretending it was still hurting. "Mum! She hit me!"

"Rosalie, don't hit your brother." I rolled me eyes.

"He started it." She said.

"I don't believe he touched you." Carlisle smirked.

"He touched my nerves..."

They laughed for a while.

"Okay, we're going to hunt." Alice stood swiftly and took Jasper's hand, walking out just as quick.

"They're not going to hunt at all…" Emmett smirked.

"No, they are not." Edward smirked too.

"You must be really irritating to have around." Bella said to him.

"Oh, you have no idea." I said.

"Esme, would you like me to voice what you were thinking about earlier?"

"No, no it's okay." I shook my head.

Carlisle looked at me with questioning eyes.

"Oh, it involved you alright." Edward smirked at Carlisle.

"Violetta is still sort of new here, Esme."

"That's not what you said the first night she came."

"That was different."

"Oh?"

"This is an uncomfortable conversation." Rosalie intercepted.

"I'm just saying." I raised my eyebrows.

"No, Esme."

I crossed my arms and slumped back. Bella and Edward were trying their hardest to keep their laughter back but failed.

"You look like a kid who was just told they couldn't have a lollipop." Edward said.

"She was just told that she couldn't have a lollipop…" Emmett laughed.

I threw a pillow at his head.

"Hey, you didn't seem to object when they were at the bonfire."

"Because Violetta was at the bonfire too."

"Oh my god…" Rosalie breathed before she shot up and sat beside Bella.

Emmett sat back on the couch and smiled at her.

"Emmett, that's the couch they fucked on." Rosalie said.

"I know."

"You're sick." She shook her head.

Carlisle was laughing with his head in his hands, "This is just getting worse."

"It wouldn't be worse if you didn't reject me in front of our children." I smirked. "But, it's okay, you just won't be getting laid again for another few weeks."

"Aw, well we don't have to wait that long…"

"But she's still sort of new here." I repeated what he had said.

"Oh man, you just fucked yourself over." Emmett laughed.

"That's exactly what he will have to do for a while." I said.

"You are being awfully savage today Esme." Bella laughed.

"I don't like being rejected."

Violetta walked back in and I hushed everyone.

"Are you talking about me?" She questioned.

"No, we were talking about your parents' sex life." Emmett said.

"Lovely. Should I leave?"

"No, please." Carlisle said.

She smiled and sat down beside me.

"What was that about?" I asked her.

"Nothing, he said he just wanted to hear my voice."

Carlisle snickered and I hit his arm. "This is why you aren't getting laid!"

"I believe you were the one not getting laid first." He said casually to me.

"No one is getting laid because Carlisle didn't want to…yeah with Esme while you were still "new" here." Edward said to Violetta.

"Nice to know that I'm affecting your love life negatively."

"It's not negative at all…" I hid my smirk.

"Oh! Ouch!" Carlisle sat up and laughed.

"Maybe you should go away for a few days…" Violetta said. "I mean, I would go, but I doubt you would let me."

"The reservation." Rosalie said quietly.

"No." Carlisle replied immediately.

"Well then you two should." Violetta said again. "You all should, I mean, we all know Jasper and Alice aren't hunting."

"How do you know that?" Bella asked.

"Their eyes were very bright earlier, and they were black before I left the room."

"So you want us all to leave you here. By yourself?" Carlisle asked her.

She rolled her eyes, "Where am I going to go? Ness will be here too."

"That's not a bad idea…" I said, turning and looking at Carlisle. He didn't know what to do, so I battered my eyelashes and smiled.

"That's not fair." He said to me.

"I didn't do anything…"

"You know I can't say no when you do that!"

"Yes or no Carlisle?" I asked, still batting my eyes.

He struggled to fight against my convincing eyes, and he failed. "Fine."

"You need to learn to stand up for yourself man." Edward said.

"I don't want to leave you without adult supervision." Carlisle ignored Edwards comment.

"Ness it an adult."

"An experienced adult."

"You don't trust me?" She asked manipulatively.

"No, I do, I just—"

"Cool, so you'll all go and Ness and I will stay here." Violetta cut him off. "I'm going to eat something." She stood up and walked out.

"She already has you wrapped around her finger…" Bella said.

"You did the moment he met you." I said.

"I'm weak." Carlisle said. "Well, who's up for a weekend away?"

"Me!" Emmett and Edward called loudly.

"Who's ready to drink?" I asked quieter.

"Me!" Rosalie and Bella agreed.

I heard the typing sound on Violetta's phone. She must have been texting several different people at a time, judging by how fast she was typing and how long.

"Where are we going to go?" Emmett asked.

"Wait for Alice and Jasper to return before we decide anything." Carlisle said.

"Let's watch a movie." Rosalie said.

"Pick one." I replied.

All of the others said they didn't care, so Rosalie looked through a pile.

"No, not that! Please?" Edward begged.

"Ah! You said you didn't care. No complaining." She said as she took it out from the case.

She put 'The Notebook' on and returned to the spot she was in before, at Emmett's side.