Brought Up This Way
Prologue
The bell rang, signaling the end of another school day. Outside it was quiet, it came as a soft rumble at first, but then all of a sudden, it was like a fire alarm. It came suddenly, the laughter, the chatter of children. A man, tall, handsome, still young with a moustache, stood with his arms crossed watching as all the little children came rushing out of the school. He watched and waited. His brow started to crease in worry just as a small girl, around five came slowly walking out. The man smiled. The little girl with long brown hair and chocolate brown eyes looked up and smiled too as she saw her daddy waiting for her with open arms. She ran to him and he picked his little girl up and spun her around. After the warm embrace, he put her down and grabbed her hand and led her to the parking lot.
"How was your day, Pumpkin?" He asked with a warm smile. The little girl looked up at her dad and stared at him for a while. The dad noticed and looked down at her with worry. "What's wrong baby?" She shook her head.
"Nothing." She simply replied. He decided to let it go.
"So how was your day? Did you learn anything new?" The little girl hesitated, but finally answered her dad's question.
"Good. I learned my ABC's!" She stated proudly. Her dad, equally as proud, took her little girl out for ice-cream. She seemed unusually quiet and her dad started to worry.
"Bella what's wrong, sweetheart, tell me." She stopped picking at her ice-cream and looked up with tears in her eyes.
"Daddy, I don't want to go back." The man was confused and hurt. What happened to his little girl? Did they hurt her? Were the teachers abusive?
"What happened?" He asked for the millionth time, this time completely serious.
"Some- some kids keep being mean to me." She said in between her sobs. Her dad took her in his lap and comforted her. "They call me mean things and throw things at me when the teacher wasn't looking." The dad, hurt and heartbroken, took a napkin and wiped the tears off his daughter's face.
"Have you told any of the teachers yet?" He asked. She shook her head no.
"They said I would be a tattle-tale and that's bad."
"Oh honey," He said in a soft voice. "It doesn't make you a tattle-tale, but it will certainly keep those bullies away." The little girl looked up, all bright-eyed and puffy, to her daddy. "Tell you what, tomorrow we'll go up to the principal's office and tell him about these boys, alright?" She nodded yes because she knew her daddy, the police officer, would handle it.
The next morning, they marched up to the office her dad all ready to have those boys suspended. He demanded to speak to the principal and they let him through. He told him the situation and the principal assured they would get detention. The father was pleased and the little girl relieved. She wouldn't have to put up with those bullies any longer and her daddy made sure of it.
"They won't bother you anymore." He softly whispered to his baby girl. "Have fun, okay? I'll pick you up after school." Miss Bella Swan nodded and smiled. With a kiss to the forehead she was off starting school worry free for the first time. Charlie Swan watched his little girl hurry to class with a smile on his face.
There you go. That was chapter one. What did you think? I know it was kinda sort, but hey, it's the prologue. (:
Did anyone think Charlie was a creeper in the beginning? hahaha.
So anyway, Review&Comment, I would love to hear feedback. Tell me what I need to fix. Tell me what you loved. I will update next week!
~Love Gaby.