A/N: Hey everybody!(: so I really hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I know it was kind of short but I wanted to just put my idea out there and go from there. So this chapter will definately be longer. Hopefully alot longer. So please review!(:
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BPOV:
"Bella, wake up." I heard my best friend's voice and groaned. "Hey sleepy head, my mom has breakfast made and your mom is downstairs. It's time to wake up." He whispered in my ear and I sighed. I slowly opened my eyes to find that they stung and my throat was dry from crying so much. I sighed and stared at Edward. He was looking at me with a sad expression and I felt tears prick my eyes. I closed my eyes in an attempt to keep the tears from spilling over and took a deep breath. "Bella." Edward whispered and he wiped the tears that had manage to escape from my cheeks. I took another deep breath and opened my eyes. "Are you alright?" He asked me and I shook my head. He pulled me tightly against him and I let my tears spill over. "Bells, I hate seeing you like this. Take a deep breath and calm down. Please." He told me and I did what he told me until eventually the tears stopped. We laid like that for a little longer before a knock on his door startled us.
"Bella, Edward, come get some food." Esme called through the door and I sighed before I pulled away from Edward and climbed out of the bed. I went into the bathroom in Edward's room and looked at myself in the mirror and sighed. My eyes were red and puffy from crying all night and I looked very depressed. I splashed some water on my face and attempted to tame my hair, only to be very unsucessful. I took the toothbrush that I kept at Edward's house out of the drawer and quickly brushed my teeth. When I went back into the bedroom, Edward was waiting patiently leaning against the wall.
"Are you ready?" He asked me sadly and I nodded, not trusting my voice enough to speak. "Alright, let's go." He told me as he wrapped his arm around my waste to support my weight as we walked downstairs. We walked into the kitchen and I was instantly hit with the smell of bacon and eggs.
"Well hello there sleepy heads. I thought I was never going to see your lazy buts out of bed. Here Bella, I made your plate for you. How are you this morning sweety?" Esme asked me and I took a deep breath before answering her.
"I've been better." I told her and she nodded. I sat down at the counter and Edward sat next to me after making his own plate. "Breakfast smells delicious Esme, thank you." I told her and she smiled warmly at me.
"You are so very welcome my dear. Now when you are finished eating your mother and I would like to talk to you." She told me and I nodded. Esme left the kitchen and me and Edward finished our breakfast in silence. Once I was finished, I took my plate to the sink and began washing it before Edward stopped me.
"You go talk to them. I got this Bella." He told me and I gave him a grateful smile before drying my hands and walking out into the living room. My mom was sitting on the couch looking sad and embarrased and Esme had a look of shame on her face.
"What's going on?" I asked them as I stopped in my tracks and my mom's eyes shot up to me.
"Bella, come sit down dear. Your mother has something she would like to tell you." Esme was the first to speak and I slowly went and sat down across from my mom.
"Bella, you remember Phil right?" My mom asked me and I nodded my head, looking at her in confusment. "Well, we are moving to Pheonix to live with him." She stated simply and my world came crashing down around me.
"What?" I asked, trying to make sure I heard her right. At that exact moment the doorbell rang and Esme jumped up to answer it. "Mom, We can't be moving in with Phil! Dad just died! What is going on here?" I exclaimed and she bit her lip and tears fell down her cheeks.
"Bella, please. I don't have a choice." She told me and I looked at her in amazment.
"Isabella! Renee! Let's go!" I heard a man's voice boom and I jumped. That's when I realized it was all true.
"Mom, please! Do not make me do this!" I screamed as my tears fell down my face.
"Bella? What's going on?" Edward asked as he came into the room and I looked at him and my heart broke. I shook my head and ran out of the house.
Three Years Later...
That was the last time I had spoken to Edward in the three years since I moved. I heard my mom sobbing in the room next to me and closed my eyes tightly as the tears welled up. I would be next. It all started about six months after we moved to Pheonix. Phil had forced my mom to marry him and came home drunk one night and couldn't control his temper. My mom had a friend over for tea and he exploded. He beat my mom that night, making sure to never touch her face so the bruises could be hidden easily. I sat in my room and cried, praying that he did not come for me. I could not fall asleep that night, for fear that Phil would burst through the door at any second. He stayed away from me and only beat my mom for the next month or so, but eventually, he got bored with her and came for me. I screamed and cried for my mom to help me, but she just stayed in the corner and cried silently and watched. I hadn't spoken a word to my mom since. I put on a happy face for school and went to work afterwards. I tried to stay out of the house as much as possible. I didn't have any friends, in Pheonix I was known as the wierd pale girl. I missed Edward and his family every night of my life and hoped to hear from one of them someday. At that exact moment, Phil came bursting through that door, pulling my mom by her hair. He threw her in the corner before turning to me. He beat me until he was tired and then went to bed. I curled up in bed and cried. Before Renee left, she sat on the side of my bed.
"Bella, I am so very truly sorry for getting you into this baby." She told me and she laid her hand on my shoulder, but I flinched away from her touch. She sighed and left my room, closing the door behind her. I got up and locked the door, it helped me sleep at night. I sighed and went to my happy place, back in Forks when my dad was still alive and we would al go over to Edward's house for a barbeque, and eventually fell asleep. I woke up bright and early the next morning to the front door slamming, signaling Phil leaving the house, and sighed a breath of relief. I rolled out of bed and turned my light on. I grabbed a pair of jeans and a plain blue long-sleeved shit and threw it on. I went into the bathroom and brushed my teeth, combed through my hair, and put it up in a ponytail. I checked the mirror and made sure all the bruises were covered. I sighed and grabbed my backpack and car keys and went downstairs. I heard my mom shuffling around in the kitchen and sighed. She wasn't supposed to be up yet.
"Goodmorning Bella. I made you some breakfast. Do you have time before school?" She asked me and I shook my head, grabbed an apple and jumped in my old, beaten up, chevy truck. Phil wouldn't allow me to drive anything else, and I had to pay for the gas and any fixing up it needed to run. As long as my mom was with Phil and I was living with them, I would have this truck, or nothing to drive. I didn't really mind though. My truck was the only thing familiar. My dad had gotten it for me, we fixed it up together before he died so I had something to drive when I turned sixteen. I felt at home when I was driving it. I pulled into the school parking lot and parked. I sighed and pulled out my history book and started to touch up on my studying. I had a test today. I needed to keep my grades up so I could get an academic scholarship and get away from this hellhole. The first bell rang, signaling everybody to get to class. I sighed and put my notes back in my backpack and headed off to my first class. This was going to be a long day. I walked into my english class and right as I turned the corner, my teacher did too and we ran into eachother, sending my book flying. I bent down to pick it up and the teacher gasped. I looked up at her and saw her looking at my hip. I looked down and saw a newly formed bruise from the night before revealing itself. I gasped and quickly stood and pulled my shirt down. I looked down at my feet and bit my lip and walked back to my seat and sat down. The second bell rang and the teacher began class.
"Goodmorning everyone. I hope you had a good weekend. I have something to take care of very quickly so if you could just excuse me. Start reading chapter twenty in the book. Bella, if I could speak to you for a moment outside please?" She asked and I groaned internally but smiled and nodded my head. I got up and followed her outside, closing the door behind me.
"You wanted to see me?" I asked her and she nodded and looked at me in concern.
"Yes, what was the bruise from that I saw earlier? On your hip?" She asked me and I sighed and felt tears prick my eyes.
"Umm.. yeah... I fell over the weekend." I told her and I could tell instantly that she didn't believe me and she knew the truth. The best way to get out of this was to beg her not to tell. "Oh please don't tell anyone! I am begging you not to tell anyone! Please!" I begged her as the tears fell and saw her eyes begin to water.
"Bella I have to." She stated simply and I knew there was no talking her out of this. The only thing I could think was this was it. Me and my mom were dead. He would kill us. I knew it. "Why don't you go get your stuff." She told me and I nodded and walked back into the classroom. I forgot I had been crying so when I walked in, the class gasped. I ran over, grabbed my stuff, and ran back out. She took my hand and walked me to the office.
"Mrs. Thompson, can I help you?" The secretary said and she nodded.
"Yes, I need to see Mr. Nash." She said and the secretary nodded. I sat down at the chair outside the office while she went in.
"Bella, can you come in here please?" I heard Mr. Nash call and I took a deep breath and stood up.
"Bella, show Mr. Nash the bruise." Mrs. Thompson told me and I looked at her.
"I don't know what you're talking about Mrs. Thompson." I told her and she looked at me sadly.
"Bella please. I am trying to help you here. I need you to show us the bruise." She said and I shook my head and my tears started falling down my cheeks.
"You aren't helping me! You are getting me and my mom killed! He is going to kill us when he finds out that you know! I am begging you!" I sobbed and she pulled me into her arms. Mr. Nash picked up the phone and told his secretary to call the police and I sobbed some more. The police showed up a little bit later and I had to show them the bruise. A woman officer took my into a room and I had to show her every visable bruise Phil had given me. They asked me some questions and I told them everything. When it started, why I think it started, why my mom didn't stop it, everything. I cried the entire time. Students looked at me curiously during passing period but, thankfully, no one knew what was going on. After I had answered all of the officer's questions, I was put into the back of one of the cruisers and they drove to my house. Here we go. I got out of the car and walked inside and gasped and stopped short at the sight I saw. Tears started falling down my face.
"Please! Don't do this!" I screamed at Phil. He was holding a gun to my mom's head.
"Why did you tell them Bella?" He asked me and I looked at him in shock.
"I didn't. I tried to tell them I fell! They didn't believe me! Please! Don't do this! Don't take her from me!" I screamed and pleaded with him and he chuckled darkly.
"I promised that, if you told anyone, I would kill you, but only after making you watch me kill your mother. And I keep good on my promises." He said and shot the gun.
"NNOOO!" I screamed and I fell to my knees and my mother's side.
"I love you Bella." She choked out and more tears ran down my face.
"Mommy please! Don't leave me! I love you too. Please I need you." I told her and she had tears running down her face.
"Be strong sweety. Be strong." She whispered and I looked up at Phil, who was now pointing the gun at me. I sighed and had finally accepted that this was the end.
"I didn't tell anyone." I told him and he shot the gun. I felt a pain in my stomach and fell back. I screamed and cried in pain. The police burst through the door and tackled Phil to the ground. Two officers ran over to me and my mom, putting pressure on my wound, which made it hurt ten times worse. I screamed out in pain and sobbed loudly. Then, everything went black.
EPOV:
Three years. Three years since I had last seen, or talked to my best friend. The day that she ran out of my house in tears, the day after her dad died, was the last time I saw her. Last I heard she was happy with her new life in Pheonix. She had great friends, her mom and her new husband were happy together. I didn't believe it though. Something was off, not right, with the whole picture. I had tried calling her many times during the first year. Once a night to be exact. But not once did she answer or return my phone calls. I was not myself at all anymore. I went to school, did my school work, came home, did homework, ate dinner with my family, talked about our day at school, and went to bed. I didn't go out. I didn't have friends. I was very antisocial. And all of this started when Bella walked out of the front door that day, out of my life. I was sitting in my room, listening to Bella's favorite song, letting my tears fall down my face. It was the day she left three years ago.
"Edward! Edward what are yo-" My sister Alice stopped short when she saw me as she walked into my room.
"What do you want Alice?" I snapped at her and instantly felt bad at her hurt expression.
"Nothing, nevermind Edward." She said and I sighed.
"Alice I'm sorry. I just miss her so much." I told her and she nodded at me sadly. She came over and sat next to me on the bed and hugged me. I laid my head on her lap and cried.
"It's ok Edward. Everything will be ok." She told me and I nodded and sobbed into her lap. At that moment my mom came bursting through the door.
"Edward! Alice! We need to go! Now!" She yelled at us and I jumped up.
"Mom what's wrong?" I asked her when I saw the tears falling down her face.
"Renee and Bella are in the hospital Edward. Phil shot both of them. They don't know if they will make it or not." My mom told me and my world came crashing down around me. I jumped up and ran out the door to the car. My dad and my brother, Emmet, were already in the started car. I jumped in the backseat and my dad and brother looked at me sadly.
"Everything will be alright buddy. Bella is going to be fine." Emmet said as he patted my back. I nodded and took a deep breath. My mom and Alice got in the car and we began the long drive to Pheonix, Arizona to see my best friend.
A/N: Hey everyone!(: Hope you liked it! Review and the next chapter will come ASAP!(:
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