Emmett and Rosalie were talking quietly in the living room when I walked out. They didn't acknowledge my entry at all until I spoke. "We need to talk about last night."
Neither of them replied, just stared at me.
"Jasper, Alice, can you come in here please?" I called.
They were in the room a second later and Alice's face dropped when she saw the other two.
Esme came in the same time as them. I motioned for Alice and Jasper to sit down.
Jasper sat and didn't seem to be holding any grudges against his siblings. Alice on the other hand, didn't sit and wouldn't look in their direction.
"Okay, I'm going to start with the risks that took place last night. Emmett, Jasper, you both need to understand that neither of you is trying to offend the other seriously. Emmett, you almost killed Jasper last night. You need to control your anger better."
"I hardly touched him…" Emmett said.
"Within 3 punches, you severely cracked the skin around his neck. Another few and you could have ripped it off…"
Emmett's mouth dropped open slightly. He didn't know that he had done that much damage.
"If you weren't such an egotistical—" Alice started muttering.
"Alice!" Esme stopped her.
"You know what Alice? I'm really getting sick of your shit." Rosalie snapped.
"Back off." Jasper defended his wife.
"All of you stop right now!" I raised my voice so it was louder than their fighting that had picked up.
"My god you're like very small children…" Edward mocked.
Bella hit him, "Don't get involved." She whispered.
"Hey Jake, make some popcorn…" Renesmee joked.
"Ness!" Bella warned.
Seth and Melody were standing behind the couches, listening.
"It appears we have gathered an audience…" Rosalie glared at Edward.
"Well what did you expect to come from this Rose?" Jasper was very irritated by them now.
"Everyone stop right now." I demanded.
"Or what?" Alice sounded overly tired and very fed up with the situation.
"Or all 4 of you are leaving this island, never coming back, and definitely not coming back to Forks." I threatened.
"You wouldn't kick us out." Emmett said.
"Try me!" I yelled.
Emmett went to talk back before Edward noticed how serious I was. "Emmett if you want to be welcomed back home, stop right now because he isn't joking."
"I'm setting the rules now. No one fights, physically or verbally, no one talks back to Esme or me, no one does anything to offend someone else and no one ruins this vacation any more. At least try to get along. Do I make myself clear?" I talked with a stern voice to prove that I wasn't backing down. I looked around at everyone in the room.
They all either nodded or replied with a quiet "yes".
Esme grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the room once the conversation had completely stopped.
"That was a little harsh don't you think? Threatening to kick them out? Setting so many rules?" Esme said.
"Esme, if Edward wasn't there, Jasper could be dead right now. It's gone too far and the family is going to fall apart if things continue the way they have been. Threatening to kick them out was the only way they would understand just how serious I was, and if I didn't set those rules then it would just carry on for years."
"Yeah, okay." She looked upset.
I pulled her into a hug, "I'm sure it will all turn fine after a while. The rules won't last very long, knowing how this family communicates."
She stood up on her toes and planted a single kiss on my lips.
"Carlisle? Esme?" We heard Emmett call.
Esme and I walked back in to our family in the exact same positons as before.
"Last night was a drunken mess and I never meant to hurt anyone and I'm really sorry for that." He said.
"We're all sorry for the way we have been acting lately. It's just been so long since we have gotten away from each other, but we still really don't have an excuse." Edward added.
I nodded as a thank you. "My rules still stand." I walked out.
"Sorry Esme…" Rosalie said. "We'll try our hardest to be better."
"You don't need to be better, you just need to keep it from getting this far. Within one night, Jasper was almost killed and you and Alice turned on each other. There is no way our family will last if that's how it is around here."
"We know, sorry again." Alice said.
Esme turned and walked in the direction that I did.
"Carlisle, maybe we should cut our trip short. It obviously isn't doing the good that we expected it to." Esme said, sitting across from me at the dining table.
"We probably should, but I don't think they will like that very much…"
"Well we can come back in a couple of months; it's just too tense around here."
Alice ran in before I could reply. "Come on, we have family bonding to do."
"What?" I said suspiciously.
"It won't be that bad. Jasper and Emmett and already laughing together again."
"And you and Rose?" Esme asked.
Alice didn't answer that, just dropped her smile slightly. "Come on, it'll be fun."
I looked to Esme and she stood, not wanting to argue with Alice about set plans.
We walked outside to where the family was standing. My hand was intertwined with Esme's and she squeezed when we saw Emmett and Jasper making jokes. I looked down at her and a smile had spread across her face, a nice change from her constant frown throughout the day.
"Okay—" Alice started, but a gust of wind picked up and we all caught the scent of two vampires.
To them, it was unfamiliar. To us, it was Dean and Clara. We didn't have time to tell them before they all sprinted off in the direction. Edward and Bella stayed behind because Edward noticed our thoughts. The wolves phased and ran just behind the vampires.
"Oh no…" Esme said quietly.
"Six vampires and two wolves who are all wound up with each other. This is definitely not going to go down very well…" Edward said.