It was about an hour after dark when we arrived at Rio de Janeiro. We collected our bags and made our way outside to the 3 cars waiting for us.
Bella and Edward decided to come with us and let the kids go together. We were all going to the same place anyway.
"Shotgun." Edward called.
I smiled, and my thoughts about being close to Esme changed his mind.
"Actually, Carlisle, you can have front." He gave me a clever smirk. I laughed and took it.
Esme returned from telling the driver of the kid's car where to go and I told ours. I assumed Alice would know where but I texted her just in case. She did, as I suspected, so we were on our way to the docs.
"So, are Gustavo and Kaure still cleaning Isle Esme?" Edward asked.
"Yes, they go once a month when we are not there to clean dust and they come once a week when we are there." Esme said.
Bella cleared her throat and we all looked at her.
"What?" she switched her gaze between us.
"That's you tell…" Edward said.
"My tell?"
"Since it isn't necessary for you to clear your throat, when you do, it's because you're uncomfortable." Edward said, knowing that the driver wasn't listening at all.
"I'm not uncomfortable…" she tried.
"Do you not like Gustavo and Kaure?" Esme asked.
"No, they're fine." She smiled, but it took her a second too long to answer.
"Why do they make you uneasy?" I asked.
"They don't…" she looked down at her hands.
"Bella…" Edward said, asking for an explanation.
"The honeymoon…" she said quietly, not looking up.
"They've seen a mess like that multiple times. Carlisle and Esme used to go quite often…"
"It's not the mess." She shook her head.
"Is it because she hated you? Because she really isn't a nice lady at all." Edward believed his words.
"Sure…" Bella said, wanting to end the conversation.
I knew that what Edward had said wasn't the reason, but Edward seemed to believe it, so I would voice my concern later when no one was really around. I didn't like my family feeling so nervous all the time and Bella had been like that a lot lately.
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Edward said. I forgot he could hear, but he knew that she didn't want to tell him so he would let me ask her later. "And I agree…" I assumed he was talking about the constant nervous vibe she had been giving out recently.
We were silent for a while. As we drove past streets, there were people dancing everywhere and there was loud music.
I texted Melody and told her to pull over. As they did, so did we, at my request, followed by Alice's car behind us.
"What are we doing?" Esme asked.
I smiled, "Partying."
"It's just like on our honeymoon." Bella said to Edward.
"Love it." Edward agreed, and followed Bella out of the car.
I held Esme's door open for her to get out and took her hand once I closed it.
"What's going on?" Rosalie asked as everyone met up.
"We're going to party." Edward smiled and motioned towards the many people. "Carlisle's idea by the way…" he raised his eyebrows, knowing that they would all be shocked.
"Getting into the Rio spirit I see." Alice smiled at me
I motioned towards the people, "Meet back here in an hour, and be careful." I said, looking towards the younger ones. Melody was smiling at me, and I figured she was getting over our little feud.
"We will." Renesmee said, almost jumping up and down with excitement. She pulled Jacob and pushed Melody and Seth towards the people. As they left, Emmett took Rosalie's hand and they did too, followed by Alice and Jasper and Bella and Edward.
I pulled my wife into my arms, "You're so beautiful." I complimented before giving her a few kisses.
She pulled me towards the crowds and we danced with them. After a while, we took a walk out to the other side of the crowds and there was a few lively businesses, a lot of the people on the seats outside were with their partners, getting a little too into their kissing.
"Drunk." Esme laughed as she was a couple who looked to be almost to the point of ripping each other's clothes off.
I agreed before pulling her into a hard kiss.
"Carlisle…"
"Look around you Esme, everyone here is doing it, and there are no kids in sight…" I smirked.
She looked over her shoulder before turning her gaze back to my eyes and returned my kiss even harder. We stood against the wall as I kissed her forehead, her cheeks, her nose, her collarbone and finally her lips.
Before we knew it, it was quarter past 9 and we made our way back to the cars. Everyone was waiting there.
"What happened to an hour?" Emmett asked.
"We were…having fun and lost track of time." Esme said.
"Do we want to know what fun you were having?" he asked.
"Gross, let's go." Melody interrupted.
"That was not it." Esme clarified before everyone returned to their cars.
"It was getting there…" Edward laughed as he turned and pulled Bella to the car.
"Really? I do not need to hear this." Melody had a look of slight disgust on her face.
"I'm not sorry…" he said before opening the door.
We continued on the road.