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I knew that Charlie wasn't going to let me get off the hook this easily, but I still couldn't believe the way he was acting. What had Alice told him? Or why had Alice called him, did she see something? I sat down across from him in the old kitchen table and waited for his questions.
"So did you get a ring?" Easy enough, but still odd. I put my hands on the table and looked at the glittering ring as he closely eyed it. He whistled.
"That is some ring." He sounded disgusted as if he thought Edward was spoiling me and he shouldn't cause the only thing he's ever bought me is that car. Not that I'm not grateful for it or anything.
"It is. It was Edward's biological mother's."
"He's rich, then?"
"Ummm. Sort of yeah." Not only from inheritance, though.
"But that's not why-
"No, Dad. How vain do you seriously think I am? I love him and I loved him long before I knew about his money." Which was true.
"About you loving him, are you sure he loves you?"
"What do you mean?"
"How do you know that he justs wants to hurt you again and leave you?"
"I know he won't. It's complicated." I seriously do know he won't leave me, but what am I supposed to do tell Charlie I'm in love with a vampire who thirsts for my blood and only left to keep me away from harm's way?
"I'm your father, and I demand to know why your so intent on possibly putting your fragile heart in danger again?" He seemed to be acting like the normal Charlie now. Besides he was right, somewhat. I wasn't putting only putting my heart on the line, but possibly my whole life. I have to put this very carefully so I won't let anything slip. I took a deep breath before starting?
"You remember Dad, when I left last spring? Of course you do," I said as he nodded his head, "but do you remember the reason?"
"Yes, Bella, I do, but I never really understood it." This was going to be harder than I thougt.
"I left because, I was becoming to close to Edward. I was not comfortable with the idea of having a boyfriend. In Phoenix, nobody noticed me and I was very used to the idea. I left because I was scared of the commitment. I had the intention of never coming back. But, then he came and tried to convince me to come back." I hoped I was making myself clear.
"Okay and then you fell and he felt bad or what?" I guess I wasn't making myself clear enough.
"No, I fell off the stairs when I went to visit him at the hotel. He thought that if I never met him we would have never 'clicked" and then I wouldn't have left. And he wouldn't feel obligated to bring me back. He left because he realized that he was the reason I was getting hurt all the time. He thought if he left everything would get better, he'd forget me, I'd forget him, and life would go on. But it didn't." That was as close to the real story I could get without actually lying and telling him the whole truth. By the look of his face he was buying it.
"How did he leave? I mean how did he convince his whole family to leave on his behalf. And why did he come back?" This part was going to be hard. I had no choice to lie a bit.
"Carlisle's new job offer posed the perfect opportunity. He was never going to take it, but Edward pressed on, intent on making me safe. He couldn't bear to see me hurt, but then again he couldn't bear not to see me.
"He came back because, Alice came to visit, and you know how I jumped off the cliff for the fun of it? Well, Alice came down here and didn't see my truck so she drove down and saw my truck parked at La Push. She got out, looking for me, and then she saw me jump off the cliff. Since she couldn't do anything she called Edward, and told him that she thought I was committing suicide."
"Were you though?"
"No, Alice went back to stop Edward from doing anything stupid. She was too late though. By the time she got back home two days had passed, I don't know how. Edward had called her and Jacob picked up and he refused to give it to me. Jacob told him that you were at the funeral and he assumed mine, but you were at Harry's funeral. He got very depressed and ran away to Italy."
"Why Italy." Shit, I slipped. Now I have to lie more than I can handle.
"Ummm... He's biologically Italian and he wanted to visit his home country before he died." I know that sounds cheesy but. Charlie bought it.
"I see."
"So me and Alice flew to Italy to make sure he didn't commit suicide. I had to be there because Edward would no way believe Alice unless I was there in the flesh. So, then we convinced him to come back and he explained to me why he left." I shuddered as I remembered the actual truth and the Volturi."
"Why is it that when you left him he came after you, but why didn't you go after him." I didn't have to lie anymore.
"I seriously believed that he didn't want me anymore."
I looked down as I said that.
"He must really love you to be able to leave you so you wouldn't get hurt." I realized he was looking down as if he was carrying a great weight on his shoulders.
"I'm so sorry Bella, I didn't know. I wish I did. I didn't mean to be so hard on you." It seemed as he was going to cry.
"Dad, I forgive you because I know how hard it is for you to accept someone you love is falling in love with someone else." I looked up and looked at his face and knew at once what I meant.
"Well then Bella, congratulations. I'll be proud to walk you down the aisle. But, tell me one thing, don't you love Jacob?" I sighed. He was never going to get over that was he?
"Dad, I love Jacob, but not like I love Edward. I love Jacob like a brother. Even though he's younger than me, he seems more like an older brother. But, I could never love him like a lover.
"Oh." He seemed a bit disappointed. But, I don't care. I've made myself clear to Jacob and he knows I love Edward. But I feel bad that I broke his heart.
"If you're done questioning me I have a question for you."
"Ask away."
"What did Alice tell you? I'm curious."
"Pretty much everything you told me, but in less detail. She also told me that Edward is going to marry you and nothing is going to stop him. She told me not to blow up because it would break you heart not to have me there on the most special day of your life."
"She was right you know." She wasn't but, but knowing Alice she probably told Charlie that to make him feel bad. And it seemed as if it really hit home.
"I know. Can you imagine me not be at your wedding? The most special day of your life? But, Bella I love you too and I can't just bear to see you get hurt."
I got up to leave.
"Where are you going?" He asked, probably wanting to spend 'quality time' with me. But, I don't think I could bear to stay here any longer.
"I'm going to Edward's"
"Speaking of Edward, whose car did he go with? Your car is still here."
"He never left." Charlie was never going to understand our relationship. Not even the human aspect of it.
To be continued...
It might be awhile before the next chapter is up. I need to work out the kinks in my mind before I write it. But I promise it will be good the major story line is coming.
