This was a beautiful exploration of two very underrated characters. Thank you x

Delightful addition to canon.

A lovely play on their names in naming the island---SM must have intended this little word play too---I never picked up on this until now! How clueless of me! LOL! What a passionate second honeymoon! Again, I loved the explanation of the coat of arms. I also imagined over the decades, each of the subsequent Cullen couples: Emmett/Rosalie, Jasper/Alice, arriving to enjoy Isle Esme----now, it's Edward and Bella's turn there! Without Esme's and Carlisle's love and influence as role models, perhaps Edward would have never realized his attraction, appreciation and love for Bella!! (Bella has Esme's same simple background.) Edward owes Carlisle and Esme a real debt towards his own happiness! Maybe you should send us forward in time and create Jacob and Renesmee's time there next and how they have Carlisle and Esme's and Bella and  Edward's love and influences to thank for it! Thanks for an exquisite beginning history of Esme and Carlisle!

Thanks for extending that pleasure! Esme and Carlisle so deserved to be happy and in rapture with each other! I swear I could envision that honeymoon suite lit with candlelight!!

This was J-U-I-C-Y and utterly "Carlisle" in tone---he can be romantic and dashing when he isn't in doctor-mode! I can't wait to see what you cooked up for the wedding and honeymoon!

I cried...it's that simple! How lovely that many of hospital staff rejoiced for Carlisle and Esme! How sweet of Carlisle to bury little Benjamin so reverently for Benjamin's and Esme's sakes! I was so pleased to see your development of our Edward who wasn't jealous of Esme for Carlisle's love and care. It's another of those SM gaps and I always wondered if Esme's initial presence in those pre-Twilight years had been so trouble-free.....

Charles got what was coming to him! If only Carlisle had expressed more of his feelings, wooed Esme a  bit stronger, she might have stayed! How foolish! 

Author's Response:

Hi Michelle!  So nice to find more of your wonderful reviews!  This is the first story I completed, so please excuse any mistakes/oversights!  It was very fun to tell as I have the strongest attachment to Carlisle and Esme of all the Twi characters.  The best part was filing in some of the holes/unaswered questions from the saga, although, you will find some of my backstories are now incorrect since the release of SM's Guide...just ignore that : )

I want to thank you again for the help on Honeymoon Suite.  I have not made the corrections yet because my computer at home won't let me.  For some reason, anything that has a box to fill in, doesn't take.  So I have to do my work at Twilighted on my work computer -- obviously when the boss is not in...

I hope you like the rest of the fluffy story and thanks so much for the reviews!!

Lisa

Yes, I caught it all! Edward still longed for a mother to love, to comfort and  to advise him. You also just made me realize that Edward, at first, needed parenting and needed his rebellious period away from and return to Carlisle and Esme more than a romantic relationship with a another vampire or a human girl (---if this human girl could handle the reality of vampirism,) at this time period! Edward simply wasn't ready in his heart to appreciate romantic love yet; his heart wasn't "soft," nor gentle, nor open, nor tender! He had too much anger and resentment. Any human or vampire female love interest would have felt quite hurt over Edward's cold behavior and would have left Edward! This was a terrific chapter!

Hmmm...sounds like God did have a divine plan for each the Cullens as they entered the family over the decades until we see the birth of Bella and her emergence as Edward's teenage sweetheart!! 

A very sad chapter towards the end! I felt Esme's anguish, delusion and desolation.

I'm proud of you for posting the suicide prevention number!

I had always believed Carlisle had encouraged Esme to survive just a bit more before he bit her; and, that she recognized his beautiful, tender voice. Carlisle is so sweet, honorable and gentle! (Our Edward obviously learned a lot from his parents and Carlisle about how to be a gentleman!)

This was a sweet chapter; another moment SM didn't give us--Edward accepting Carlisle as his second father! Carlisle's sacrifice for his and Edward's safety certainly sounds enough like a father to me!!

I agree with you about the inappropriateness; yet I felt as though Carlisle wished Esme was closer to adulthood so he could approach her. I sensed a frustrated longing within Carlisle already!  This meeting reminds me of Midnight Sun; when Edward longed to be human so he could approach Bella for a date (--or at the very least, be more in control of his thirst for Bella's blood!). Edward constantly thought about how he would/could woo Bella (--once he admitted to himself and to the Cullens that he was in love with her,) better than all the other nondescript, hormone-driven, teenaged boys at Forks High School. Edward sensed that Bella would see his interest, honesty, sincerity and love and be her hero and sweetheart! 

I read this story on fanfiction and this is a hundred times better I really love story's that involve esme and carlisle you are really good as long as you keep writing story's I'll keep reading them :) rating 10000000000000+

Author's Response:

Thanks for being my 300th review!!  As well as a thank you for reading and rating.  I'm so glad you liked the story.  I would recommend you give the "Through Their Eyes" series a try.  Each one shot is from Esme or Carlisle's POV and cover some very key/controversial(?) topics.

Thank you!