A New BeginningBy: thevampirewolf4816

Book #5 of The Twilight Series

A sequel to Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Bad News

This was the part I hated… the reason that I ever had a doubt about whether my new life would be all I thought it would be. It's been nearly six months - the happiest six months of my existence - since the Volturi left us in peace. Six months was pushing it already.

Edward was trying to pass for nineteen, even though his perfect body didn't look a day over seventeen. The others were trying to pass for ridiculous ages too…all for me, so that I wouldn't have to lose Charlie. But now I knew that we had to leave. It was time.

Telling him would be the hardest part. He would try to hide his grief, but I knew how much it would hurt him. Because that's what I did…I hurt people…it's a talent. Ask everyone I know.

We're moving to Alaska to be with the Denalis. Edward and I would be going to Dartmouth in New Hampshire, but I'm a mother now…and after coming so close to losing Renesmee once, I guess you could say she and I are joined at the hip. Though there was still the fact that Edward had already paid both of our tuitions, it didn't even make a dent in his - sorry,our - bank account.

Edward, Renesmee, and I were on our way to Charlie's to…tell him goodbye.

"Why me?!?" I wanted to scream out to nobody in particular. Why did I always have to hurt people? What was wrong with me? I wanted so badly to tell Charlie everything. I knew he was strong enough…but I couldn't. I had to protect him.

As we pulled into the driveway, I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Not only would saying goodbye hurt him, but I would miss him too. Charlie had been so strong these last few months, stronger than I ever could have expected him to be. He was strong because I had promised him that if he was, we would stick around. But I'm sure six months wasn't exactly his idea of 'Sticking Around'.

I knocked on the door. I heard him sigh and heave himself off the couch. There was a clump, clump clump, clump, and then he was at the door. I breathed in a deep fiery breath just before the door opened.

An eye-crinkling grin lit up his face.

"Well hi, Bells! I didn't know you were coming by tonight!"

"Hey, Dad," I tried to smile as warmly as I could, "Thought I'd surprise you."

"Hello, Charlie." said Edward as politely as ever.

"Edward," Charlie grunted back in acknowledgement. "And there's my girl!" he exclaimed as he reached for Renesmee. She answered him with a dazzling smile.

Charlie gestured for us to come in and sit on the couch.

"Dad," I began, "There's something we need tell you."

His grin automatically faded and his expression became wary.

"What?" he asked cautiously

"It's about our need to know subject…" I warned him.

"And?"

"Well…" I didn't know how to begin, "You know how I said that we couldn't stay in Forks forever…well we-"

"You're leaving." He said flatly, cutting me off. He sounded like he was trying to convince himself.

"Well yes, but-"

"When?"

I looked at the floor guiltily, "Two days."

He grunted and mumbled something that would have been unintelligible to human ears… "Knew it was coming…"

"Do I get to know where?" he asked me.

"No. It's a secret. I'm really sorry dad, you have no idea how much I wish I could tell you everything… but I can't."

"I know Bella, believe it or not…I can see that you do want to tell me, and if you say you cant, then…I trust you."

I didn't deserve his trust though. I suddenly had a flashback of all my fuzzy human memories since I came to Forks…my awkward car ride back from the airport…him getting me my beloved, rusty truck… him putting up with me during my zombie stage…when he tried to have 'the talk' with me…anyone else would have had me committed years ago. But he put up with me and all of my lies, and I was just going to leave him in the dust. I would be – hopefully – living and prospering twenty years from now, and he would be dying. I was a hideous person.

"I'm glad you see it that way, Dad.

"I love you Bella, and despite all this craziness… I'm glad you came to live with me here in Forks. Will I… er… ever see you again?"

"Well, we'll stop by before we leave…if you want us to. I just thought it might be easier if I didn't tell you an hour before we were leaving."

"No, I'm glad you told me now."

I forced a smile.

A huge weight was lifted off my chest, and I felt a little less guilty about what I was doing to him. Again, he had taken it better than I had any right to expect him to. Why couldn't anyone ever just yell and get mad at me for once? Everybody just had to be so understanding and nice…all the time! It was going to make me sick!

"There's just one minor problem…" Charlie began, serious again.

Finally, I thought, someone is actually going to get mad at me!

"What?" I asked, ready for anything he could possibly dish out.

"Renee."

That, I wasn't ready for. I sucked in a deep breath of air that cut the insides of my throat like razor blades. I hadn't thought much about Renee. I was so stupid! What was I thinking? Was I just going to ignore her pleas for me to visit her and fall off the face of the earth? No. And I thought I had it made…Charlie took the news well, and I was happy beyond belief…but apparently, it wasn't possible for me to be happy for more than a day without something else going wrong!

"Oh." Was all I managed to choke out.

"Yeah…oh." Charlie said, noticing my reaction.

There was a long awkward pause…

"Well, what are you going to do?" Charlie asked after what seemed like an eternity.

"I…I…I don't know."

"Well you better figure it out since you're leaving in two days."

"Eh-hmm," Edward cut in, to my frantic thoughts. "Charlie, we were going to ask you to make up a plausible story that you think Renee could wrap her head around, but if you don't want to-"

"No, I want to help you guys as much as I possibly can. I'll do it."

"Thank you, Charlie."

"Just trying to do what little I can."

I had a strange sense of déjà vu when he said "Just trying to do what little I can." I remembered back to when I was a human mixed in to the super-natural world. When I was a liability, and not an asset. I remembered slicing my arm open with a rock…because I felt like I needed to. I remembered going to save my 'mom' from James…because I felt like I needed to. And I didn't want Charlie to do anything for us because he felt like he needed to.

"No. We don't want you to feel pressured into anything. You don't have to-"

"I want to Bells, because I see how much stress you're under, and I want to help you.

"Thank you, Dad. Really, thank you for everything."

"You're welcome Bella."