Esme

Violetta walked in, massaging her temples. Mason walked sleepy behind her and threw himself on the ground in front of the fire. Clearly as hung over as she was.

"Did you sleep well?" Carmen asked.

"I slept well, but I didn't wake well." Violetta said, sitting down and resting her head on me. I brushed her hair from her face and kissed the top of her head.

"Mason?" Rosalie asked.

No reply.

"Mason!"

He jumped, waking up immediately.

"You fell asleep already?" She asked.

"Shh." He breathed with an irritated edge, laying his head back down. I threw a cushion at him.

The door opened and Edward walked in. Eleazar was a step behind him. "Your husbands are all requesting you." He said.

"Bye guys." Tanya rolled her eyes.

"You're coming too." Eleazar said.

They all stood and walked out the door. Mason stood up and followed Edward slowly.

Violetta and I were a little hesitant. Edward appeared back in the doorway, "He's sobered up and very worried, and very sorry to both of you."

I nodded and looked at Violetta, "You ready?"

She nodded and walked out. I followed her and closed the door behind me. Mason was waiting at the tree line. Violetta walked over to him and took his hand. Edward walked with me in silence. He knew I didn't really want to talk right now.

When we finally reached the house, Carlisle appeared out the front door. He walked straight to Violetta, as she was a few metres in front of me.

"I am so sorry, sweetheart. I should never have drank that much. I didn't mean to bring memories back or scare you."

She shook her head, "It's fine." She hugged him and then kept walking, catching up to Mason.

Edward walked from my side up the porch steps and Carlisle stood looking at me.

"I am so sorry. I never meant to—"

"Scare our daughter? Scare me? Drink so much that you couldn't walk or speak? Carlisle you know about our pasts. I know, you should be allowed to have fun, but not when you're returning home to us. At least, not Violetta."

"Not you either." He walked over to me, closing the distance between us. I had to remind myself that it was Carlisle, not Charles, who was approaching me. "And yes, I never meant to do any of that. I didn't even mean to get that drunk. One moment I was just tipsy, and the next I was tripping over and Eleazar was helping me to and from the car. I guess that drinking game didn't like me very much. I am so sorry, Esme."

"I'm surprised you remember what happened."

He looked at me with a guilty expression.

"They told you." I concluded.

He nodded, "I am so sorry. But I would never hurt you or Violetta, darling."

"I know you wouldn't, but those memories and fears aren't going to disappear."

"I know that." He placed his forehead on mine. I kissed him once to show that I forgave him.

He kissed me back a few times before I placed my fist against his chest. "Go take a shower. You smell so strongly of alcohol."

He smiled, "Sorry."

I kissed him once more, "Go."

He turned around and walked back to the house. I followed behind him and went into the living room.

"Where did Mason go?" I asked.

"Bed." Violetta said. "Dad smells like pure alcohol…"

"I know. I told him to shower." I sat down and kissed her head. "He really is sorry."

"I know he is. I also know he wouldn't hurt me at all. Not intentionally."

"Good." I smiled. "Breakfast?"

She looked at me for a few seconds.

"You need to eat something. What do you want?"

"Pancakes?" She asked.

I smiled and nodded. "You guys want pancakes?" I asked Renesmee and the other wolves.

"Yes please." They smiled.

I nodded and walked into the kitchen, followed by Tanya and Bella. We talked and laughed while I cooked. Bella helped me, and Tanya sat at the counter island. She was never a good cook.

"Trust me, if I were to help, you're whole kitchen would be on fire." She laughed.

"It's pancakes!" Bella laughed.

"Oh, she'll find a way to ruin it." Garrett said as he walked in with Kate.

"Remember when Renesmee and Jacob came to visit us? Yeah, we had to repair our kitchen." Kate said.

"And I wasn't allowed to help." Tanya added with another laugh. "Garrett and Eleazar did most of it."

"She's not allowed to cook anymore!" Carmen called from the living room.

I served up the pancakes for the eaters, and Mason joined them after I called him 3 times. I ended up going to his room and forcing him downstairs.

I cleaned up a bit and felt arms slide around my waist. I smiled and turned around in Carlisle's arms.

"Our children are in the room." I laughed as he kissed playfully down my neck.

"They don't care."

"Yes we do." Jacob and Seth said at the same time. Violetta nodded in agreement with them.

"Killjoy…" Carlisle smirked.

"Behave." I warned him.

"How would you like it if Mason and I did that in front of you?" Violetta asked.

"I would feel irritated, because you're 15."

"I'm always going to be 15!"

"Maybe not."

"No, I'll be dead one day." She said. Carlisle turned and we both stared at her. Concern spread through me. "That was not supposed to sound so depressing, I'm sorry." She said.

"Games on today!" Emmett exclaimed to no one in particular from the living room.

"What time?" Jacob called to him.

"Noon!" He replied.

"Inside voices!" Mason yelled at both of them. We all broke out into laughter at him. The poor boy was just hung over, but that wouldn't stop anyone from irritating or teasing him today.

"I have a shift." Carlisle said quietly to me. I hadn't realised he was dressed for work until he brought it up.

"When do you finish?"

"My shift ends at 3, but I'll have to stay later to do paperwork."

"When are you leaving?"

"Now." He replied.

I kissed him, "Go save some lives."

"I'll try." He smiled and kissed me back. He kissed the top of Violetta's and Renesmee's heads before exiting the house.

"You forgave him quickly…" Tanya said, still sitting at the island.

"I was never mad with him. It's not his fault I can't handle a little alcohol in his system."

"You sounded angry outside." Garrett said.

"He hates that I am never upset with him, and he never forgives himself until I get angry and then forgive him afterwards, so I just pretend to be angry and he forgives himself."

"Does he know that you pretend?" Kate asked.

I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know, but he never brings it up."

"He always knows when you're faking and when you're serious." Edward said, appearing beside Bella.

"Well, there you go." I said, picking up the kid's plates and cleaning up. The wolves had a pack meeting, and they were taking Violetta and Renesmee with them this morning to stay all day on the reservation.

"Does it really count as a pack meeting if you take people that aren't members of the pack?" Bella asked.

"We mostly just hang with Emily and Kim when they have the actual meeting where they talk about serious stuff." Renesmee said.

"What about Rachel?" Edward asked.

"She never comes."

"She uses that time to catch up with my dad." Jacob expanded.

"You seem to be having pack meeting quite frequently lately…" I said.

"We never really do anything serious. It's just an excuse to hang out and for them to escape their families."

"Oh, but not you guys, because you would never want to escape us." Bella smirked.

"We're quite happy here, actually." Seth smiled.

"Did you just say 'quite'?" Leah asked him.

"I've been spending a lot of time around the formal vamps okay?"

Leah rolled her eyes, "Mum wants to see us before we head off to Emily's, so we better go."

"Yep. Thanks for the food, Esme." Seth smiled.

"No problem." I smiled back and watched them all walk out.

"We'll catch up." Mason said to them from the living room.

I looked at Edward questioningly.

"They would like to shower and change first." Edward assured.

I nodded and continued cleaning.