Esme

We got back quite late, not wanting to walk into anything. When we got home, the house was completely black. I heard their breathing inside, only two of them. There was a note stuck to the door.

We're at mum and dad's cabin. Make yourselves known when entering…

-Nessie

I took it off the door and opened the door as loudly as I could and hit the wall as I walked by it.

"We're back!" Emmett called up.

Rosalie hit him, "Shut up. If they're busy, they won't hear you, and if they're not, they're probably asleep."

"They're not asleep. Vi wouldn't be able to sleep after what we told Mason to do. She'll just be craving more."

"What did you tell Mason to do?" Alice asked.

"I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because it's a trick that you don't know is a trick, and if I tell you, you'll know the next time Jasper uses it."

"Do you all use it?" Rosalie asked.

"Yep." Emmett nodded, "And now so do Mason and Jacob."

"I hate knowing that." Carlisle said.

"Does Carlisle use it?" Kate asked.

"Yes, even Carlisle uses it." Jasper nodded. "That's probably how he kept Esme going through all these rooms in the house…"

"Not all in the same night…" I said quietly.

"Several though, right?" He asked.

I nodded.

"Yep, he used the trick." Garrett nodded.

"I used the trick." Carlisle admitted.

"No, what's the trick?" I asked him.

He raised his eyebrows and smirked before walking into the living room and switching the light on.

"Mason." I heard Violetta say quietly. I looked at Rosalie, she was smirking.

"What?" He asked her sleepily.

Rosalie's smirk dropped, "Awh, I thought it was going to be a moan or something."

"You told me to wake you when they got back if I was still awake."

"Why are you still awake?"

"The trick." Emmett and Jasper said at the same time.

"How are you not? I was screaming and you didn't wake up…"

"What!? Are you okay?"

"Yes, I am. I had a nightmare again and you were out cold."

"I'm so sorry."

"No, it's okay. Go back to sleep."

After their words were exchanged, I heard the shower run.

We talked quietly amongst us in the living room, trying to keep it down for Mason.

Violetta walked down the staircase after a while in the shower and she looked shocked to see us, "Jesus." She took a breath. "You all scared me, I forgot you were back."

"Lucky you wore clothes then…" Jasper said.

"Why aren't you asleep?" Carmen asked, "It's 3 in the morning."

"I couldn't sleep. And no, it was not because of the trick you taught him. He won't tell me what it is…"

Emmett smirked, "That's my boy."

She walked through to the kitchen and I got up and followed her. Rosalie was right behind me.

"Why aren't you asleep really?" I asked.

"I had another nightmare. Mason didn't even wake." She smiled at she started boiling water. "I couldn't fall asleep again afterwards." She was talking really quietly.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just have a bit of a headache and I'm tired. And a little sore…"

Rosalie giggled, "Tell me everything."

"No, Rose." She shook her head and put 2 sugars into a mug and dropping a tea bag in.

"Did you kill it? Please tell me you did everything we told you to do?"

"Yes, Rose. I did."

"Yay!"

"Shh. You'll wake him up."

She finished making her tea and walked back into the living room with it. We followed her and Rosalie started asking questions again.

"Rosalie! Please. I have a headache, I'm tired and I don't want to discuss it with you." Violetta said to her.

Rosalie dropped at Emmett's side.

"Something tells me it didn't go well…" Jasper said.

"It went fine." She rolled her eyes. She was sitting on Carlisle's other side and dropped her head on his shoulder. He kissed her hair.

"Maybe you should try to sleep again…" Bella said.

"Nope." She shook her head.

"Vi, don't let it get to you." Edward said quietly.

"It's not." She replied.

Carlisle and I looked at each other briefly. I looked over to Jasper, who had the same concerned look as I probably had.

"Well…" Eleazar changed the subject, sensing how irritated and uncomfortable Violetta was getting. We talked for another few hours, and Violetta eventually fell asleep with her head in Carlisle's lap. I lay a blanket over her. We talked at a very low volume.

In the morning, Mason came down the staircase quickly. "Is she—" He stopped when he saw and her sighed in relief. She was still asleep on Carlisle.

"It took a while, but she eventually fell back asleep." I said to him. He nodded and went back up the stairs. The shower started a few seconds later.

Violetta woke up about 5 minutes later, and she looked exhausted.

"Maybe you should start school tomorrow…" I said as she sat up from Carlisle.

"No, I can go today."

Renesmee and Jacob walked in then, and Renesmee looked just as tired.

"Ness, you look terrible." Edward said.

"Gee, thanks dad." She smirked.

He rolled his eyes, "You're still going to school."

"See?" Violetta asked me, "It's not meant to be that big of a deal, Esme."

Mason walked down the staircase and sat on the couch, "Did Sam text you?" He asked Jacob.

"Yeah, I wonder where we're going."

"What?" Renesmee and Violetta asked at the same time.

"Sam said we need to go today, we just don't know where or for how long."

"They want us there now…" Jacob said. He kissed Renesmee once, "I'll call when I know more."

She nodded.

Mason kissed Violetta's lips once, "Have a good day."

She watched him disappear behind the wall and then lay back down. Carlisle moved her hair from her face.

"If you're going to school, you should probably get ready…"

She took a deep breath and sat back up. She stood up flashed up the staircase.

Renesmee looked at Carlisle and I. "What's her cover story?"

"She's my niece, and she's 16. Just, if anyone asks, claim it's personal and you don't want to speak about it."

"Is she in my classes?" Renesmee looked hopeful.

I nodded, "All of them…"

"Thank god. No one there is even remotely interesting."

"You have a boyfriend…" Alice said.

"I didn't mean like that, I can't speak to anyone without almost falling asleep, or losing focus and tuning them out."

"Ah, the town of Forks." Bella said.

Renesmee laughed an obvious fake laugh and grabbed her books and Violetta appeared back down the staircase.

"Let's go." Renesmee said, walking to the door.

Violetta followed her, looking completely at ease, like it was a causal day for her. She didn't look at all afraid.

Once they walked out, I brought that up, "She looked pretty casual about it."

"She's terrified…" Jasper said.

"She thinks everyone will hate her." Edward said.

Carlisle looked towards the door, "I should have assured her again that she didn't have to go…"

"Carlisle, she'll be okay. It's Forks, nothing happens here."

"Yeah, the worst that could happen is someone offends her or Ness and she decks them…" Emmett smiled.

"15 bucks says she gets sent to the principal's office in the first week?" Jasper asked.

"Nope." Emmett shook his head.

"You're on." Edward said.

"Come on guys, give her a break." Bella said.

"I'm thinking Jasper will win this one…" Carlisle said.

"You would be thinking correct…" Alice said.

"You should just pay up now. You heard the woman."

"Things could change…" Edward said, although he knew he had lost.