I had totally forgotten about how I smelled. I looked back at Edward with frantic eyes, but he was laughing silently at me. I knew he knew what was coming from Charlie, and he quickly stepped back out onto the porch.
Charlie came towards me, red in the face with anger. "Isabella Marie Swan. Tell me right now. Did Edward smoke around you?"
It was all I could do to not burst out laughing. "No way, dad. He doesn't smoke," I answered lightly. I turned to go to my room, but he obviously wasn't done.
"Stay right there, Bella. Who have you been hanging out with that smells like cigarette smoke?" I knew then that he didn't realize... I was the one who had been smoking. I couldn't let him figure that out. Besides, I was done smoking now! Edward had cured my addiction.
I decided to lie. "Oh, you know. Ben's friend Austin. We went to a movie, and afterwards he was... you know, smoking. I had never realized he smoked, until then. Pretty gross, huh?"
I was a bad liar. But Charlie obviously believed me, because next he said, "Well, I don't want you hanging around him when he smokes, Bella. It's disgusting. You smell horrid, you know. It's really gross. Besides, second hand smoke is a leading cause for lung cancer."
I sighed. "I know, dad. I won't hang out with him anymore." Like I actually did. I don't think I'd ever even been in a 6 foot radius to him. But if Charlie believed my lie, I had to keep it up.
Charlie smiled at me. "That's my girl. Now go study," he said, a little anticlimactic if you ask me. I ran up the stairs as fast as my clumsy feet would carry me, tripping once. Edward was already in my room, sitting in my rocking chair. Was it me, or did he look.. severe? Angry?
"Bella," he said, "why did you lie? He wouldn't have punished you if you told him the truth." I humphed down onto my bed, opening my calculus book. "Yeah, well, not all of us can see what he's thinking. Besides, it's better to be safe than sorry. You heard him. He thought YOU were the one smoking," I said and laughed. Edward grimaced.
I was confused. What was the big deal? "Bella, Charlie is calling Austin's parents."
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wow, this is even shorter than the 1st chapter. I didn't realize that, hahah. oh well.
someone said I should continue. so I did. I'm not really into this story, I started a new one last night.
so uh...yep