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Jacob chuckled as the radio started to play some 80's pop song and he cut his eyes over to Ana, raising a brow as Ana asked calmly, "What?"
"500 Miles?" Jacob nodded to the cd player in Ana's Mustang, laughing a little as he shook his head. The car came to a stop in the parking lot of the police station and Ana shrugged, laughing a little herself as she admitted, "It's a good song, okay?"
"It's older than we are and a little lame."
"It's my road trip song, okay?" Ana laughed as she grabbed the grease stained brown paper bag of food and then started to get out of the car, pausing to ask Jacob, "You coming in too?" as Jacob mulled it over, he really hadn't been around Charlie since he'd been coming over to visit Bella pretty regularly. And he didn't like the idea of having to hide Bella's pregnancy from the man, either. He didn't like having to hide what he turned into from either Ana or Charlie, but for now….
"Come on, Jacob. It's not like he'll kill you or something." Ana tapped her foot impatiently against the pavement, hand on her hip and the other hand in her hair. Finally, Jacob got out of the passenger seat, stretching as he did so, shutting the door behind him. "This is a 5.0?" he asked, his eyes catching on the chrome plated insignia on the side and Ana giggled a little, nodding. "It took four years just to get the money together to put down a down payment on this.. But I knew what I wanted from like, the time I got my learner's permit."
"So you don't change your mind often, huh?" Jacob asked, making a mental note to himself that like him, she was apparently very stubborn and set in her ways. Also that made him feel a little more at ease. He wondered briefly if she still had the crush on him she'd had at age five.
"Nope. Renee, she tried to get me to get a sportier car, tried to get me to let Phil sign for it, I refused. I was the only 11th grader biking and walking to school but honestly, I gave zero fucks. I was determined to have the exact car I wanted." Ana laughed a little as she and Jacob made their way into the station, Ana calling out her father's name as her brown eyes scanned the room for him. Charlie's head snapped up from a mountain of paperwork and he stood, walking to his youngest daughter, hugging her as he stepped back after releasing her from the hug and asking "You're here early? I thought you were coming the week before school started."
"Slight change of plans." Ana had been just about to tell her father that she came because Bella was apparently going to pop out a kid now, but Jacob coughed and while her father was caught up in hugging her, he gave a shake of his head no and Ana realized then that Charlie knew nothing of what Edward and his family truly were, just how much Bella was willingly giving up to be the wife of the pale faced creep.
"Is it because your sister's sick? Because I've already talked to the Cullens and they're not letting anyone see her." Charlie looked at his youngest and Ana nodded quietly. He got this feeling, there was so much subtext he was missing but all he knew was that if they didn't let him visit his daughter soon, he was going to put his badge to good use like he should have years ago when the kid first started to sniff around Bella so much.
It ate at Ana, keeping anything from her father; especially something as detrimental as her health, so she scowled a little to herself when neither person was paying attention and made a mental note to really lecture her supposed 'older' sister on maturity and honesty. Finally, realizing she'd fallen silent, she said quietly, "Oh. All I was told was that she was sick. If that asshole husband of hers won't let me see her, I swear to God.." as she hugged her father. Charlie hugged her back and then said quietly, "I know what you mean, kiddo.. You two talk often, she sound like herself to you?"
'Not really, no' Ana was tempted to answer, but instead, she plastered on her best fake and hopefully convincing smile and said quietly, "Maybe it's just whatever she caught while on honeymoon."
"Yeah, maybe that's it." Charlie let it go for the moment even though he'd been nagged by everything under the sun it could possibly be and none of the options were pretty in his opinion.. Hell, he'd even dreamt a few nights ago that his daughter was a vampire.
When he voiced the thought to Jacob and Ana, for a split second, he saw a panicked look in Jacob's eyes, but Jacob quickly started to laugh. Charlie asked the next and most obvious question to take the tension out of the conversation. "How'd you run into Jake?"
"He was at the diner in town." Ana said quickly, Jacob nodding, playing along. "I hadn't seen Ana in years so I thought I'd hang out with her a while today."
"Good, that's great. You two were always really close when you were little." Charlie looked from Ana to Jacob and smiled, reaching out to fluff Ana's hair and after another hug, he dug out his keychain and handed her the house key. "No wild parties." he joked, Ana laughing for a few seconds, then deadpanning, "Right, because I like people coming over and making a mess that I'll have to clean later." and Charlie laughing.
Once they were outside, Jacob stopped when Ana stopped and had a good five minute tantrum on the steps of the police station, chuckling as he asked, "Get it all out?"
"Fuck no, I did not. But when I get my hands on my sister's throat, I swear to God… I cannot believe she didn't tell him that she's not deathly ill, she's pregnant. And that he has no fucking clue what she married."
"Wait a minute.. You knew?" Jacob asked, puzzled. Ana nodded and then said "When they were in Florida visiting Renee.. I noticed he was weird.. I confronted him about the weird shit and he told me everything. And I've regretted actually letting her leave Florida thinking I was fine with her marrying a fucking corpse every single day since… I mean, what's her malfunction anyway? And then somehow she gets pregnant by said corpse? I'm getting a headache just thinking about all this."
"Me too, Ana.." Jacob muttered quietly, and after clearing his throat he asked, "We told Charlie we were going to hang out today.. Do you want to?"
"I'd actually like that. If I go back to see Bella right now I might strangle her." Ana muttered as the two got into her car and headed back to Charlie's house so Ana could start unpacking and settling in and they could hang out.
And color me shocked! I have 2 reviews, 5 favorites and 8 follows so far. I felt inspired, so I wrote the continuation of the previous chapter. I hope it sort of establishes a sense of who Ana is and how she feels about the events she knows of unfolding around her. And I'm going to make Charlie a little more integral and aware of things too.. I'm basically picking and choosing what from Breaking Dawn I keep and what gets cut and what gets rewritten if that makes sense.. I hope you guys enjoy this, I just feel grateful to be writing again.
