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CHAPTER 2
I didn't know exactly what to expect when we arrived back to the home I hadn't seen since I left for my wedding. It looked the same. Of course it was raining. The rain was the perfect setting under the circumstances.
Edward was following behind me as I walked up house and opened the door not excepting anything good when I walked in.
I looked around the living expecting to see dad asleep on the couch the way he always would be after a long day. One thing was missing, the tv was on but dad was no where in sight.
"Dad. I'm here. Where are you?" I asked waiting for a response.
"I'm in here Bella." He replied as I made my way to the kitchen where is voice and one other voice was coming from.
As soon I saw him he got up quickly and gave me a hug as I began to sob into his shirt. That's shirt number two I have ruined. As I parted from our embrace I saw Sue sitting at the other side of the table drinking what looked like tea.
"Hi Sue. Thank you so much for being here for dad. If you want you can get back to your family now." I said. "Although you certainly don't have to if you don't want to. You can stay as long as you like." I added when I could see the look she gave my father. She understood what he was going through more than anyone. She too had lost her spouse just a three years ago.
"Thanks so much Bella. If it's ok with you I'd like to stay. Seth off to college now and Leah's well she left with Jake after the wedding reception. So I am home all alone." She said with an endearing smile on her face.
"Bella, where would you like me to put our things?" Edward asked as he walked in the door with our suitcases and his hair dripping wet from the rain.
"You can take your things up to your old room, Bella. It's still the same as it was when you left. Renee couldn't bear to change it. You know she is…..I mean was." Dad said as he corrected himself. How many times would he have to do that until it became more than just some bad dream.
Edward and I made our way up my old room. As we both walked in I couldn't help but remember the amazing times he and I had made in this room. Our first kiss, nights he would stay after dad had fallen asleep and then my mind went back to the time with my mother. She and I dancing in my bedroom while dad was fishing. Making painting for my dad on Father's day. Even the day she and when she and I had moved to Arizona was the last time I had been in here with her.
"Seems weird being back in here doesn't it?" Edward asked bringing back to the present.
"Yeah, it does. I was just thinking back to memories you and I have made in here. I still can't believe they haven't thrown this crappy computer in the dumpster already. You know at the computer was when I figured out you were a vampire, you know that?" I said as I thought about the evening after he had drove me home from our first kind of real date.
"Bella, after you go to sleep tonight I need to go hunt and I thought I might visit the family to kill the time. Is that ok with you?" he asked.
"Of course. You don't have to ask for anything. Tell them I said hello." I replied.
"I just wanted to make sure."
That evening after talking with dad about the things that needed to be done while I was here, Edward and I went upstairs to go to bed. Edward tucked me in and kissed me goodbye as he jumped out the window. Now it really felt like old times.
I was surprised to drift off to sleep so fast. Must be the jet lag I thought to myself as I fell asleep.
I opened my eyes to still see darkness outside. I turned to find my phone and saw it was only three o'clock.
"Tap, tap, tap." I sat straight looking for the culprit for the noise I had just heard. Could it be Edward back already? I looked and realized I had left the window open for him. That then took that off of the list. I got out of bed and walked down the hall to the bathroom and could here Charlie snoring from his bedroom. I guess things never change. I never could get how mom could sleep in bed with someone who sounded like freight train. Although, not everyone was lucky enough to have someone who didn't sleep.
After finishing washing my handS, I walked down the stairs to get something to drink and saw the television on and Sue fast asleep on the couch. I went over and turned the infomercial off and walked off to the kitchen.
The TV must have been the noise I heard but still I couldn't figure out how I had heard it from upstairs. I grabbed the bottle of water from the refrigerator door and walked back up stairs to my bedroom. I took a swift chug of the water and laid back down and fell back to sleep waiting for morning to come.
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