This
fic was written for THE GAZEBO FIC CHALLENGE: The Essence of Charlie
Swan
Prompt used:
Charlie watching Bella struggle in New Moon
Please see the C2 - THE GAZEBO FIC CHALLENGE: The Essence of Charlie Swan for more fics in this competition.
A/N: All the info is above xP
Charlie's POV:
I can't believe it.
My relatively happy daughter was incredibly depressed now. All because of him.
Every day I am forced to watch her. She speaks when talked to, eats, and does everything she is supposed to but there is no life. It's like she is all hollow inside. There are no emotions, except at night. Every night since he left she's had nightmares, and in the beginning, I couldn't get to sleep through her piercing shrieks and mutters of his name. But I'm used to it now. I don't like it, but I'm used to it.
Once I suggested taking her to her mom. A bit of sunshine wouldn't hurt her. And there would be nothing to remind her of him. But she wouldn't go. No matter how much I asked her, she refused to go. And when she got fed up of me asking, she threw a temper tantrum.
It would have been comical if it wasn't so horrible. I mean, an eighteen year old, throwing a temper tantrum? Everyone laughs at that. But it scared me. It meant that Bella, who had always been a person who always acted their best and never tried to bother anyone, had cracked.
So I let her stay, even though it killed me. Any good father wouldn't want to see their daughter waste away. Even her friends shied away from her, though that might be because of Bella's one word answers, and the haunted look in her eyes.
I was worried that eventually all of this would make her insane. Because they weren't coming back. Never. And even if they did, as soon as Edward laid his eyes on my daughter again, I'd rip his head off. He wasn't ever going to hurt Bella again.