Second chapter! enjoy :) mwa
Disclaimer I do not own any of the twilight Characters. Sigh :/
The next morning I woke up to someone ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door over and over again. I groaned throwing my pillow on the ground and stomped down the stairs and opened the door "what the he-" I stopped when I saw who was out there
"Shit" I said covering my mouth
with my hand. "Sleep in"? Edward asked smirking, I nodded my head and looked him over, he was wearing a tan wool sweater that fit him so well my mouth began to water and black slacks, thenI looked down at what I was wearing and blushed, I had on nothing but a t-shirt boy shorts.
"I'm sorry, I'll only be 5 minutes" he nodded leaning against the door frame
"I'll wait" god he looked so good.
"come on in make yourself at home" I called from over my shoulder before running up the stairs. I rushed into my room throwing on the first thing I saw
dark blue jeans and a light scoop neck sweater, spotting a perfume bottle sitting on my dresser that I had never used before I grabbed it and spraying it on myself before running to the bathroom to brush my hair and teeth.
Once I was done I grabbed my backpack and bounded down the stairs with one minute to spare. "Okay I'm ready to go "I said to the empty hall way
I craned my neck and looked into the living room to find Edward looking at family photos, he was holding my school photo from years ago when I walked into the room
"I never knew Charlie had a daughter" he said frowning down at my picture I took a step closer to him
"How do you know so much about char- I mean my dad"? I asked
"That" he said putting the picture down "is a long story, which we don't have time for" he said looking at his watch and walking out of the room.
The ride to school was quiet, I didn't ask him again how he knew my father, but that didn't make me any less curious. Even though I was in his first class I didn't follow him to his classroom instead I made my way to the cafeteria to get a cup of coffee, and a donut to make up for my missed breakfast, just as I sat down the bell rang. I slowly made my way to class sipping my coffee and trying to calm the butterflies in my stomach. When I got to class I walked straight in not looking at his desk and made my way to the far back corner of the room and getting comfortable. Today we were starting our novel unit which I was most excited for because we were reading withering heights, I had basically memorized the book so I didn't have to pay much attention. By now everyone was in there seats waiting for class to begin.
"Good morning everyone" said Edward standing up and picking up a heavy box stacked with copies of Withering heights.
"I hope you all slept well because today, the real work begins "he said while walking down the rows dropping a book on our desk as he went by.
When he got back to his desk he picked up his own copy and held it up
"Has anyone heard of this book"? He asked, almost everyone's hand shot up, he nodded "how many of you have actually read it" half the hands. Went down "all of it" he said outing the book back down on the desk the rest of the hands went down except for one. He smiled and nodded at me. "that's what I thought" before we begin reading he said I have a criteria for you on- I tuned out after that I could hear his voice clearly but not the words they were forming, I hummed into the palm of my hand imagining his own holding mine, or what it would feel like to have him lean in and kiss me while he cradled my head with his hands. I sighed putting my hands flat on the desk; I noticed my donut looking very delicious and very lonely sitting on a napkin just waiting to be eaten. I really shouldn't I thought to myself, after several long moments of eyeing down my donut hungrily I gave in "fuck it" I said grabbing my donut and stuffing it into my face, I let out a soft moan as I began to chew a clearing of a throat drew me out of my stupor. I looked up to find the entire class including Edward staring at me I felt the blush spread across my face as I tried to discreetly wipe my mouth with my sleeve, a few people laughed. "Is that good" Edward asked smirking.
"mhm" I said nodding with a mouth full of food "glad to hear it" he said "on with what I was saying" I tuned out once again keeping my head down and letting my hair cover my face still embarrassed. The rest of the day went by quickly, I spent a half hour in the nurses office to embarrassed to go back to class after I got hit in the face with a basketball in P.E, now I was sporting a cut fat lip. Not cute. When I got to my locker I found the boy from my English class leaning against it.
"Oh hey Bella" he called when he saw me; I took a hesitant step forward before walking the rest of the short distance to my locker. "What's up"? I asked shifting my books to one arm so I could open my locker; instead I dropped them on my foot
"I got it" he said picking up my books and waiting for me to open my locker, "so" he said placing them safely in my locker
"Are you going to the dance" he asked looking at his feet.
"Um...ugh...actually...well...I ugh..." I sighed looking up into his cute face "I don't know yet" I answered. I hadn't thought much about the dance it was only the second day of school.
"When is it again" I asked scratching my head trying to look deep in thought.
"Next Friday" he said smiling I dropped my hands looking for an excuse to not go. I looked over his shoulder to see Edward talking to another teacher, they were both laughing about something, I smiled he looked so young when he laughed.
"Hello earth to Bella" he said waving his hands in front of my face. I reluctantly turned my gaze back to Mike.
"What day is that again?"
"The 17th "He" said leaning against my locker.
"Ah" I said putting my hands in my pockets
"I can't go it's my birthday, and I promised my dad I would go out for dinner with him" I half lied.
"Oh yeah it's totally cool I was just seeing if you wanted to come with our group" He said walking backwards
"But enjoy your birthday I'll see you later" he said smiling once more before turning and walking away.
I shook my head at his retreating from "Boys" I muttered to myself before turning and walking straight into someone "sorry" I mumbled walking around the figure.
"I guess you don't want a ride home" they called as I walked away. I turned to see Edward standing where I bumped into him smiling.
"Oh, I didn't know it was you" I said smiling back warmly and joining him to walk to the car.
"How was your day"? He asked casually as if we were friends
"Good, I was wondering if I could-"I got cut off by someone shouting my name "dad"? I asked looking at him standing beside his police cruiser.
"I figured you would want a ride home" he said smiling at me and then his gaze turned to Edward and he froze. I could feel Edward stiffen beside me. "Edward", he said taking a step forward and tilting his head to the side. Edward nodded back
"Charlie" he said stiffly.
"What are you doing back"? Charlie asked looking between the two of us.
"I'm working" Edward replied coolly. Charlie nodded in response.
"Well we should go" Charlie said opening my door for me.
"I'll see you tomorrow" Edward said walking to his car.
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I didn't say a word to Charlie the whole ride home; I planned to ask him how he and Edward knew each other during dinner.
"You don't have to cook tonight" Charlie said putting the car into park "I ordered pizza" he said sheepishly.
"Dad" I groaned "what happened to eating healthy" I said getting out of the car. "Pizza is healthy" he protested
"Whatever you say old man" I muttered unlocking the door and headed straight to the kitchen to sort out dinner. Two beers and five pieces of pizza later Charlie looked relaxed, so I figured now would be the perfect time to talk to him.
"Hey dad I was wondering" I waited for him to look up from rubbing his belly.
"How do you and Edward know each other"?
"Hmm" he responded.
"Edward and you, how do you know each other"? I asked impatiently
"Well it's a small town" he began just as his phone rang, he held up one finger before answering it and leaving the room.
I sighed in frustration running my fingers through my hair, I wondered if Edward ever got into trouble and that's how they knew each other.
"Bella"? My dad called walking into the room while shrugging on his uniform jacket.
"Work "? I asked while scrubbing the plates in the sink due to no dishwasher.
"Yeah" he said shaking his head before leaving the room.
After the dishes and my homework were done, I decided to do some laundry. Like usual I would have to go pick up Charlie's dirty clothes off the floor, because he was too lazy to bring them down to the laundry room. After I brought my clothes down I went to collect Charlie's, when the door bell rang I looked at my watch wondering who would be at my door. I ran down the stairs, skipped through the hall and swung the door open to see who was there.
"Oh" I said looking at Edward still wearing his work suit.
"Hello to you too" he said smirking. "Is Charlie here"? He asked looking at the empty driveway doubtfully.
"No sorry" I said leaning against the door "he won't be back until late" I continued. He nodded looking down at his feet before smiling at me but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Alrighty I'll see you tomorrow then" He said walking back in the direction of his car that I could just make out in the rain.
"Wait" I called after him, He turned but didn't say anything.
"What happened with you and Charlie" I asked taking a step towards him.
"It's a long story Bella, and you're getting soaked" He said
"I've got time" I replied "Do you want to come in "I asked pointing towards my house "Or we could go somewhere" I suggested. " I was just heading towards the diner"
"That's fine" I cut him off " Just give me two minutes" I said before running back into my house leaving my dad a note and grabbing my purse of the counter. I ran to his car that was now parked in my driveway with the passenger door open.
"Brrrr" I shivered "it's freezing" I said rubbing my arms. He looked me over once before turning on the heat. We drove in silence to the diner. After being seated he ordered two Coffees, seeing me shiver again he sighed, taking off his jacket and handing it to me, I took it graciously and wrapped it around my shoulders taking in his scent. I watched as he rubbed his eyes and ran his fingers through his damp hair. We stayed silent until we got our Coffees and I was beginning to grow impatient.
"So" I said blowing on my drink.
"So" He mimicked taking a sip.
"When did you and Charlie meet" I asked drawling swirls in the table.
"When I was 7" He said. I looked up meeting his eyes; he wore an expression I didn't recognize. I nodded not taking my eyes off of him.
"How" I asked still looking at him. He sighed
"You don't have to say anything" I said seeing how stressed the topic was making him.
"It's fine" He said sharply. I waited for him to continue.
"When I was seven" He began. "My parents died in a fire, they don't know what caused it, only that my parents were trapped and couldn't get out" He said looking around.
"My father was in foster care his whole life and my mother was raised by her father" He said shaking his head "Her mother was unstable" he went on "Anyways that left me with no family and no relatives I could live with" he sat back and became silent for a moment. I leaned forward "So how does my father play into this"? I asked.
"Your father was one of the cops investigating the fire, He was also In charge of taking me to social services after the funeral" He paused for a minute "But instead he took me home, He told me that He would make sure that I was taken care of, and that I would be put with a family that would love me" He said his voice became shaky. "Social services granted him custody over me until they could find a home for me, I lived with him for three years" he said. I counted our age difference I would have been six, I didn't visit my dad until I was 9.
" Just as I was starting to feel comfortable and happy again, thinking that this was my forever home, me and Charlie" He said looking at me in the eyes "They found me a family" he said folding his arms and leaning back "Don't get me wrong I love Carlisle and Esme, But It was hard, After that I would still want to visit but I guess he wasn't interested, I invited him to my birthday and my grad and he never showed up" He stopped looking back up at me "Ever".
I took a deep breath taking it all in; I wondered why Charlie never told me about Edward before.
"I'm sorry" was all I could say, I reached across the table and squeezed his hand, looking up into his deep green eyes.
"Me too" he whispered squeezing back.
"We should go" He said standing up and and leaving a $10 bill on the table.
"Yeah" I breathed taking one last whiff of his jacket before handing it back to him. He shook his head.
"Keep it" He said wrapping it back around my shoulders.
"Holy shit" I said walking outside it was raining even harder now and the car was parked down the road because the parking lot was packed. Edward Chuckled softly.
"Wait here" he said running off in the direction of the car.
I stepped back under the shelter and waited for him to bring the car around. He drove it right up to the restaurant got out and opened my door like a perfect gentlemen. I smiled to myself as I looked out the window. I looked over to see the corners of his mouth turned up in a ghost of a smile. I was beginning to really Love forks and the man that was sitting next to me.
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