Authors Note: Hey guys, this is my first fan fiction so I hope you like it.
A Hunch
The years had passed in relative calm since the Volturi had been forced to walk away from the confrontation in the clearing. Renesmee had grown up, far too quickly for either of her parents, and was now living happily with Jacob and their two children, Callum and Rebecca, away from the rest of the family, in New York.
The rest of the Cullens were living in Los Angeles for the moment, Carlisle working at the city hospital, Edward, Bella, Jasper and Alice were attending high school once more, while Rosalie and Emmett were attending college, Rose studying Fashion, and Emmett sports. Life was peaceful, aside from Alice's excitable tendencies and shopping sprees that is.
It had been a long fifteen years since they had left Forks, and although Bella spoke to her father at least once a week she hadn't seen him in quite a while, in fact she hadn't seen him since they moved to L.A., three years ago. She missed him terribly, and aside from what he told her on the phone she knew he wasn't well. That thought plagued her frequently, much to Edward's despair.
Now they were due to graduate from high school once again and Bella was determined to return to Forks for a while to keep an eye on Charlie, though she knew the rest of her family would probably not be able to join her and Edward as not enough time had passed, and they would all be easily recognised if they were to be spotted in Forks, and they all had plans of their own for the summer. Of course, she and Edward would also be recognised, but two were a lot easier to conceal than eight, or possibly even ten.
The two were already packed and waiting for the end of the graduation ceremony to take their leave. Their family were going to tell their friends and neighbours that they had eloped if they were to inquire. And so, as the many mortarboards rained down upon the congregated students they took their leave. Moving swiftly and silently through the crowds, their exit unnoticed by most. Of course those who noticed were those who had been expecting it, their family, and they showed nothing of their sadness for the departure of the pair, for they knew it would not be for long.
BPOV
We were on our way to the airport, Edward was driving his newest purchase, some fast car, I still didn't really care about what make it was, as long as it got us from A to B. The scenery flew past the window, but I wasn't really paying attention to anything. My whole mind was focused on my last call from Charlie, he hadn't sounded well, and despite his insistence that he was fine I didn't believe him, at least I knew why I couldn't lie well, it was genetic.
I knew Edward was worried about me, but that was nothing new. And his furtive glances weren't doing a whole lot to calm me down.
"Bella?"
His voice was filled with the worry visible in his eyes as it
dragged me from my thoughts.
"Yeah?"
"He'll be fine,
you know he will."
"I hope so Edward, but... I don't know
there's just something..." I trailed off, I didn't know what it
had been about the call that had shaken me, but something had. I felt
his hand reach for mine and I grasped it, needing his touch to keep
me calm. I allowed my eyes to wander over to him, his face was calm,
almost expressionless, but his eyes betrayed his true emotions.
"I
know love, but try not to worry."
"I'll try." But I
doubt I'll succeed. A small smile settled on my lips in an
attempt to reassure him. The most nerve-wracking thing was that Alice
hadn't been able to see anything about what was going to happen.
After a few more minutes and we'd pulled up outside the airport. Shutting off the engine Edward had gotten out of the car and round to my door, at human speed, before it had even registered in my mind to get out of the car. I took the hand he offered and climbed out of the car. Whilst I went to go check in Edward grabbed our bags, we only had carry on since we could always buy more clothes if we needed to whilst we were in Forks.
We waited in the departure lounge, Edward had his arms wrapped around my waist and my head resting on his shoulder, until we were ready to board. The flight didn't take too long, and neither did the journey to Forks. Well, honestly it could've taken days and I wouldn't have noticed. But eventually we turned down the familiar road leading to the Cullens Forks home.
EPOV
Bella was silent whilst we waited for the plane, and barely spoke for the rest of the journey, only answering the steward when he asked her a direct question. It hurt me to see her like this, she was so worried, and I do believe she was scared, scared of what she'd find when we got back to Forks. Back to Charlie.
I wish there was something I could do to make her feel better, but all my attempted words of comfort had apparently fallen on deaf ears. So after she'd mentioned wanting to come back after graduation, I'd been quick to agree and had sorted some furnishings for our home back in Washington.
As we pulled up outside the familiar building, I couldn't help but remember the first time I had brought Bella here to meet my family, the fears I'd had then were nothing compared to the ones I'd experienced in the following year. And though I still worried about her I knew there was no cause, she was resilient now, unbreakable, on the outside at least. And for this reason I hoped that her fears about Charlie were unfounded, that she had just gotten the wrong idea about his tone of voice, but I doubted she had.
I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed the top of her head as we stood and looked at the house. Her arms resting on mine, her body more relaxed than it had been in weeks, as she leant into me. "Home, sweet home." She whispered as we stood there, still as statues, barely breathing.
"Lets go get settled, I'll call Carlisle and tell him we've arrived and then we'll go see Charlie, alright?" She nodded, freeing herself of my grip she headed up the steps and into the house, taking her luggage with her. I followed soon after, carrying my own bag.
Authors Note: Ok, so there's Chapter One, done. Please let me know what you thought. Chapter 2 will be up shortly.
