I had to leave Izzy a few years ago. I didn't want to but it was something I had to do. I never trusted Charles Wilson so it was very hard for me to leave Izzy with him. There is a lot you will learn about Isabella Swan and me, Charlotte Swan, in this story. Enjoy!
Isabella POV
"Hey Bella, hurry up and finish eating so we can go outside in the snow." Emmet yells from the living room.
"Remember, you can't hit her as hard as you hit me. She is only human." Edward tells his brother.
"Oh shut up. I have been around her a full year now. I am sure I know how to play with her." Emmet replies.
"Over protective." Jasper mumbles under his breath. Edward tackles Jasper and the both of them began to wrestle around on the floor.
"Boys, if you are going to wrestle please do it outside." Carlisle says. I finished eating and bundled up. I put on shorts, Edward's boxers, a pair of my own jeans, and sweat pants on top. I threw on a tank top, short sleeve shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweater, jacket, and a coat.
"Why are you putting all of that on?" Edward asks me.
"I don't want to come in early because I get cold. None of you will get cold and I want to be able to stay out as long as I can, with the rest of you." I answered. We walk downstairs. We all walked outside.
"Come on Carlisle, you too Esme." Emmet says walking out the door. Alice threw the first snowball and hit Emse in the back of the head. Everyone laughed. Esme picked up a snowball next and threw it full force and knocked Alice over. I'm surprised she didn't see that coming but considering how hard she was laughing, I am guessing she was off focused. Everyone start throwing snowballs left and right. Emmet made a lot and carried them up a tree and threw all the snowballs and hit everyone. Once he jumped out the tree he was ambush with a ton of snow coming in his direction. Jasper and Edward was throwing snowballs at Emmet at full vampire speed. Maria made two huge snowballs and threw them at Jasper and Edward. Victoria and I threw a snowball and hit Maria. Of course my hit didn't do much damage but Victoria's did. Next thing I notice is Emmet laying face forward on the snow. Everyone stops playing.
"Em, are you okay?" Maria asks concerned. Emmet jumps up laughing.
"Nice shot." Emmet says laughing.
"Dude that wasn't us." Jasper and Edward say together.
"Doesn't matter." Emmet says as he threw a snow ball and hit everyone in the face with it.
"Hey, mind if I play?" Charlotte says with a smile on her face as she jumped out of a tree. I laughed, now knowing who hit Emmet in the head.
"Yeah, we can always use an extra player." I answer with a smile. I ran up to her but Edward pulled me back giving me a warning look. I snatched away from him, clearly frustrated with his protective instincts. I ran to Charlotte and jumped on her as I wrapped my legs around her waist. "I was hoping I would see you soon."
"You know I would never leave you alone for too long." She replies. Emmet threw two snowballs and hit both of us.
"Enough serious talk, now lets play." He says. Esme and Carlisle gave each other looks that I ignored. Everyone played for a very long time, just laughing and enjoying each other's time. Later as we played, Edward asked Charlotte a question.
"You aren't cold? You don't have on a coat and we have been in the snow for a few hours." He says. She smiled at him.
"No, I have lived in some of the coldest places in my life time, the cold weather doesn't bother me anymore. Over time I have learned how to keep myself warm." She says. Edward nods in understanding. "You guys aren't cold? Considering the amount of clothes all of you have on, seems like Bella is the only one covered up." She states. All of the Cullen's looked at each other, trying to think of a quick answer. Charlotte start laughing and I joined her. Charlotte was laughing so hard she was holding her side. Edward, Jasper and Maria start to give fake laughs. "You should have seen ya'll faces." Charlotte says laughing. "Hey, don't sweat it, I know you are vampires." She says smiling. Everyone sighed and Charlotte and I giggled.
"How do you know that?" Rosalie asks her.
"To start with, I smelt you a mile away and I can tell by just looking at you." Charlotte replies.
"What makes you think we aren't dangerous?" Edward asks.
"For multiple reasons. The first reason is because most of you feel like you know me and second reason is your scent it different from other kinds of vampire, indicating that you only drink from animal blood." She says.
"How do you know that?" Emmet, Esme, and Carlisle ask together. Charlotte said nothing.
"Why can't I read your mind, just like I can't read Bella's?" Edward asks after a moment of silence.
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot, thanks for reminding me, Edward. Bella we need to talk, now actually." Charlotte says.
"Okay, it is getting late, how about we go on a walk tomorrow around 10." I say confidently. Edward shot me a look that I ignored.
"Okay, that works for me. I move into my house tomorrow around 5 in the afternoon, so 10am is perfect." She replies.
"Cool."
"I should be going." She pause. "It was great seeing you again. I knew something was telling me to leave and now I know why." She says smiling at Edward and me. I blushed and she laughed. She looked at Alice for a long moment then walked into the woods and was gone.
"Charlotte wait!" I yell, hoping she would hear me. A few seconds later she came back out of the woods.
"I can't, sorry." She says.
Please, I think to her. She shakes her head.
We do not get along, she replies in her thoughts. I give her the puppy dog look.
"Stop it" She says out loud. I smile then continue giving her the puppy dog look. She moans. "Fine, now stop doing that." She says playfully angry. I smile at her. "Great, now that you stop doing that, bye." And with that she walked into the woods.
"Ugh!" I groan and stump my feet going up the stairs into the house. Edward was right behind me. Edward and I sat on the couch. The rest of the family came in as well. "Esme?" I ask.
"Yes." She answers.
"May Charlotte stay here for the night till she moves into her house tomorrow. I do not like the idea that she will be sleeping outside in the snow." Esme looks at Carlisle for a few seconds.
"Yeah, I guess that is okay." She answers after they apart. I jump off the couch and hug both Carlisle and Esme.
"Thank you. I promise she won't be any trouble." I say. I called Charlotte, telling her that she could stay at the Cullen's home tonight. She moaned and groaned about the situation, saying she will be just fine outside.
"It will be rude for me to tell them that you aren't coming. It will sound like you don't like them or you don't want to be around them." I tell her even though I am sitting on the couch surrounded by the Cullen's.
"Bella get this straight, first of all, I can hear them next to you, second of all I honestly do not need a place to stay." She says. "Thank you Carlisle but no thank you." She says sweetly to Carlisle through the phone.
"It is no problem for us to allow you to stay here seriously. I do not think it is a good choice for you to sleep outside in the snow either." Carlisle replies to her. She sighs and there was a long pause on her end of the phone.
"Alright, I will be there in a few minutes." Charlotte says and hangs up.
"I should fix her something to eat." Esme says and walks into the kitchen. I sat on Edward's lap with a smile on my face.
"Why are we letting a stranger stay with us? We do not know anything about her other than her name." Rosalie whispers. Lately my hearing has become much stronger than it ever was. I sat there acting like I didn't hear what Rose said.
"We are doing this for Bella." Edward answers.
"What if she brings danger to our family?" Rose asks.
"Rose, she is human. How can she bring danger to us?" Emmet asks.
"What if the Vultori finds out about her staying here?" She whispers back.
"She will only be here for a day." Alice says rubbing circles on Rosalie's back to calm her down. At that moment we heard Charlotte pull up in her car. Esme and Carlisle met her at the door, welcoming her inside. She smiled politely to them and thanked them both for allowing her to stay here.
"I am confused. You have a 200,000 dollar car but however you couldn't pay to stay at a hotel tonight." Rosalie says with full on attitude.
"Rosalie." Esme warns.
"Actually my car was 246,000 dollars and I did not ask to come here." She says somehow politely. I heard Jasper, Emmet and Edward chuckle lightly by the way Charlotte delivered her words. Esme held a smile on her face as well.
"Would you like something to eat?" Esme asks Charlotte. Charlotte stared at her in shock.
Are these people really that nice, she thinks to me. I smile and nod to her. Wow that is…..different, she thinks.
"No thank you. I am not hungry at the moment." Charlotte replies. Esme smiles to her.
"Well if you get hungry, you are welcome to use the kitchen." Esme offers.
"Why do you have food if you do not eat?" She asks politely. Esme laughs.
"Bella is here very often so we have to keep food around." She answers. Charlotte smiles at me. "Why don't you come with me and I will show you where you can sleep." Esme offers. Charlotte follows her upstairs as I go sit by Edward.
"It is getting late, I think Charlie will start getting worried if I do not get home." I tell him.
"Carlisle and Rose was wondering if you will stay the night since we do not know Charlotte very well. You seem to know her very well so will you stay the night?" He asks hesitantly.
"Sure, let me call Charlie." I reply. I did not tell Charlie why I decided to stay the night, I simply asked him if it is okay that I stay the night. He agreed. I walk upstairs to my old room, where Charlotte is staying for the night. I do not use the room anymore since I began to sleep with Edward in his room. I didn't bother knocking as I walked inside her room. She smiled to me as I entered the room. I shut the door behind me and made my way to the bed. Charlotte sat at the top of the bed and I sat next to her.
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you again." I practically whisper to her. She gives me a weak smile.
"Bells, I have wanted to come back for a few months now, but I was not sure if you wanted to see me again." She says looking at her hands in her lap.
"Why wouldn't I want to see you?" I ask her confuse.
"Well I was gone for so long and I thought you would be upset with me for leaving you."
"Well I am sure I would have been pissed off with you if I haven't met Edward. If I never met Edward, I would be alone, so I would be pissed off with you but considering that I have Edward, I am not that mad. I am somewhat upset with you because you never told me why you left. I am grateful that you told me you were leaving, I would have been very upset to wake up one day and realize that you were gone. So I want to thank you for that." I smile to her.
"I could never leave without telling you." She says looking at me.
"But, why did you leave?" I said yawning.
"We will talk about that tomorrow. Why don't you go to sleep now?" She suggests. I moved over and laid my head on her lap and dozed off to sleep.
Charlotte's POV
I sat there as Bella slept on my thighs. I thought about what I was going to say to her tomorrow. How would I start off the conversation? Would she believe anything I told her? As I sat there thinking, my stomach growled. I moaned not wanting to get up. I know Esme said I could go get something to eat but I feel uncomfortable walking into someone else kitchen. It comes across as rude to me. I haven't eaten in a few day so I should go eat something. I sat there for another 40 minutes before I finally walked downstairs to get something to eat. I picked up Bella's head slowly and laid it gently on the pillow. I walk hesitantly down the hall then down the stairs. Rosalie and Alice we sitting cuddled up on the couch. I tried to ignore their presence and walked into the kitchen. Rosalie has not been the nicest person to me since I arrived so I think it is best that we stay out of each other way. Esme provide spaghetti for me with a note next to the pot.
Charlotte,
I made spaghetti for you, if you want something else you are welcome to fix yourself whatever you like. You and Bella are the only ones who use the kitchen.
Love, Esme
She is such a sweet person, I thought to myself. I ate the spaghetti out of the pot. I did not want to look around their kitchen for a bowl. I ended up eating the entire pot. I walked back upstairs, showered, and laid next to Bella, throwing the covers over both of us. I never did sleep that night so I laid there for the rest of the night staring at the ceiling.
How does Charlotte know Bella? What is Charlotte going to talk to Bella about tomorrow? Why does Rosalie not like Charlotte so much? Why does Edward try to keep Bella away from Charlotte?