"Is everyone packed?" I called out.

"Yes." Edward called back.

Esme and I took bags from the living room and started loading the boats.

It had been 2 days since Alice and Jasper had their fight. They still weren't talking, only yelling occasionally. Alice had been spending all her time with Rosalie, Bella or Esme and Jasper had been avoiding everyone.

When everyone was outside, Jasper and I volunteered to drive the boats.

The kids came with Esme and I, along with Alice, who refused to be near Jasper.

Everyone was standing between the boats, talking about nothing in particular but Alice was already sitting in the boat.

Esme tugged on my hand and motioned for me to go talk to her.

I walked over and sat next to her. "Alice, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." She smiled weakly.

"Well you're obviously not okay, that was just a conversation starter."

She looked at me in silence.

"Do you think maybe you were being a little bit harsh, and this isn't only torturing him, but you as well?"

"Yes, it is torturous, for me. It doesn't look like it's affecting him much…"she said quietly.

"Are you kidding? He has isolated himself over the past 2 days. He hasn't talked to anyone."

"I can't let him win."

"Alice, this is stupid, and you know it."

She didn't reply again.

"Alice—"

"He doesn't listen, ever. He looks at other women. I'm not enough for him and that kills me, Carlisle. It kills me. I can't be perfect, I'm just me."

I grabbed her hand. "Okay first, he does listen. Even I lose track of conversation with Esme and stop listening, but when I see you talking to Jasper, he is always switched on and doesn't get distracted. Second, he told us that in Rio, he saw someone he recognised. One of Maria's friends. He said it didn't bother him, but that's why he was looking. For your claim of not being enough, and not being perfect, I think you should repeat that to Jasper and see his reaction."

She looked over at him, "Everyone is with him."

"Jasper?" I called him over.

"Carlisle." She said, shocked.

Jasper was over and was staring at Alice.

"Why didn't you just tell me that it was someone from your past?" she asked him.

"I didn't want you to get worked up over something so small."

I cleared my throat, letting Alice know that that was not what she was meant to be saying.

I would have left by now if she hadn't been squeezing my hand so hard, but I guessed she wanted me there judging by the effort she was putting into it.

She looked at me. "I don't know…" she whispered, as if he couldn't hear.

"Jasper, Alice thinks that she isn't enough for you and that she can't be perfect because she's just her." I explained quickly, before she could stop me.

I stood up to walk away, knowing that Jasper probably wanted some form of privacy with her, even though we would be able to hear everything if they spoke at normal tones. She let go of my hand unwillingly. I gave a reassuring wink before returning to Esme's side.

"Alice, you are so much more than enough. If anything, I'm not enough for you. And what do you mean you can't be perfect because you're just you? You are perfect, because you are you. You are by far the best thing that ever happened to me, Alice Cullen."

Alice looked like she could have been crying. She jumped up and into Jasper's arms and he almost fell from the unexpected contact. He wrapped his arms around his wife and they stayed like that for a while. Once Alice pulled back, Jasper planted a hard kiss on her lips.

"I love you, Alice." He whispered.

"I love you too."

"Okay, let's get going. We have to be back in Rio in time to get the wolves and Renesmee a room. They almost fell asleep on the way." Edward said.

"Did not." Renesmee defended.

"Did too." He replied like an immature child.

Bella rolled her eyes and walked towards the boat.

I laughed at her and she glared at me.

"Okay, let's go." I said, smirking at her.

The boat ride back seemed quicker than it did on the way. We reached Rio in no time and were on our way to a hotel where we would let Jacob, Seth and Renesmee sleep, unlike on the way.

After they checked in and Bella had said goodnight to her daughter, we all went out onto the streets of Rio again. We went as a group this time and danced in the crowds. We didn't know what festival what going, but we were happy to join for the night.

Esme and I watched as our children danced. Alice and Jasper were doing their extravagant dance moves. Edward and Bella were just having fun, and Rosalie and Emmett looked like they had taken dance classes.

"Please tell me we can come back soon." Esme said, looking up at me.

"When everything is going smooth again, we will."

I gave her a long kiss which left her wanting more. I planted a few more on her lips before spinning her around with the music.

We danced for a few more hours before I decided I had enough. Edward, Emmett and Jasper all stopped and stood beside me as the girls danced together, laughing at each other.

"She's so perfect…"Emmett said quietly, admiring his wife.

"We're all thinking that." Edward said.

"She's mine, back off." He joked.

"About our own wives, you idiot." Jasper flicked his ear.

"Carlisle, what happened to your rules?" Emmett whined.

"I don't care anymore." I answered, not listening to them. I was staring at my wife.

The girls danced for a while before they made their way over to us. "Let's go hunt." Esme said, grabbing my hand.

"Okay." I smiled.

"Anyone else want to come?"

They all accepted the invitation, not really knowing what to do now that they finished dancing.

We went out as far away as we could and hunted longer than necessary.