Edward-Carlisle, at Forks Hospital.

[ofthefamily]

Carlisle has been keeping as much of an eye on Bella as he can given the fact that she doesn't precisely fall in his rotation at the moment, but it serves the double purpose of making sure that Edward doesn't skip too much school in order to stay with her. He uses the justification of making sure he retrieves her assignments in order to motivate him to go - Edward still continues to manage looking highly displeased at the whole affair.

Bella is asleep the next time Carlisle checks on her that afternoon, so Carlisle heads back to his office to catch up on paperwork.

Comments

[ofthefamily]

"Meg is a worthwhile woman to put your trust in."

Carlisle is...having trouble finding a problem with Edward trusting someone there.

[themidnightson]

Whether Edward thinks about or what of the opinion is moot though, as he doesn't really seem to react at all to the words except for the acknowledgment of having listened to them.

It's not even that he doesn't. If pressed to finite it there are two who form flimsy for the placement. Those who happened to make passing seconds in minutes something more than bearable before his family knew.



"I know."

[ofthefamily]

"And this...Roe-Bear situation is handled?"

[themidnightson]

"Yes."

If in the tone of, and if he ever doubted...

[ofthefamily]

"Good."

Carlisle is rolling his fountain pen over his knuckles now, smooth circles and nervous habit.

"How are you in anything else?" Emmett is thinking of a hunt this weekend.

[themidnightson]

It's almost a blank, cool and smooth, expression, except the smallest notes of a warring of responses. He doesn't like being that far from her now, but he doesn't need a team-up from Bella and his family reminding him to.

"Fine." Calmly said, if not easily won.

And works well enough for both.

[ofthefamily]

"Fair enough."

Carlisle knows better than to go much farther than that.