Chapter 2:
(Bella POV): When I woke up the sky was not its usual gray, letting yet another sunny day in Forks happen. I was surprised to wake up with a note beside me. It was from Edward. It read: Bella, I just had to stop by to see you since I miss you so much. We will be back tomorrow evening since it is forecasted to be sunny again. I love you so much. Be safe. Love, Edward.
That was very sweet and thoughtful of him to do that. I got dressed and headed down the stairs to get some breakfast. Charlie had already left for the day, leaving a note behind detailing he had to finish up some paperwork at the office, and then he was going to go fishing with Billy. It was Sunday, and I only had one more assignment left to do so after I had that done I decided to do some chores. I got the laundry started, cleaned the bathroom, then did some reading for a while. I must have taken a small nap because one minute I am reading Wuthering Heights and the next Charlie is gently shaking me awake to let me know he was back from fishing. I looked at the clock which now read 5:30, and I let out a groan. "I am sorry Dad. I didn't realize I had fallen asleep. I don't have anything out for dinner. How about we order a pizza for tonight?" I said in a groggy fog. He chuckled a soft chuckle, then said, "Sounds great to me Bells. I was actually craving some pizza, so I will order and let you wake up a bit." I smiled at him, grateful that he was so easy to live with. We sat in the front room eating pizza and watching the game. Well, Charlie was watching the game, I was making corrections to problems I knew I had wrong on my calculus assignment. After I finished the problems, I noted the time, and gave Charlie a hug as I headed upstairs to take a shower and go to bed. Charlie hollered "Night Kiddo" as I started up the stairs. He was too engrossed in the game to fully turn his attention to me. I was kind of sad knowing that Edward wasn't going to be in my room again tonight but I was happy that I would get to see him tomorrow night. After my shower, I shot off a short email to my mom, and then climbed into bed. For once sleep and I found each other rather quickly. I guess I had been more exhausted then I had thought, and the next thing I knew my alarm was going off. I groaned as I rolled over to shut it off. I got dressed, bounded down the stairs, grabbed a bowl of cereal, then picked up my bag to head out the door. Charlie was just a few seconds behind me, so I waved to him as he got into the cruiser. I got to school a bit early, but I wanted to make sure I had all my calculus questions answered and corrected. As I was finishing up looking over things Jessica, Angela, Eric, and Mike were making their way over to me. "Hey Bella, did you get that calculus assignment done?" Jessica asked. "Just went over it again to make sure all the questions were answered." I answered back sheepishly. The morning went slowly, and by lunch time, I had a bad feeling something bad was either about to happen or had just happened. I met up with Angela after school to go to her house to help her address her graduation notices, and still could not shake this feeling something bad was going on.
(Charlie's POV)
It was a long day already, and I had to drive back to the Seattle area since the rookie forgot his notepad in my cruiser yesterday morning. Of course he didn't bother to let me know until this morning, but then I can't blame him too much. With him being in a big city, I guess it is easy to forget what location you may have set it down at. I was sure glad to get outta there since all the murders and disappearances had everyone on edge. I was looking forward to getting back to Forks and the chaos of wild animals being spotted. I was about ten miles outside of Seattle when I noticed a car on the side of the highway with the four-way emergency flashers on, and the hood up. I stopped to assist the person, only to discover that it was a pretty redheaded woman who looked rather flustered. "Hello ma 'me, what seems to be the problem here?" I asked as I approached cautiously. She flashed a beautiful smile at me then said in a pouty voice, "It started sputtering, then just quit. As if that wasn't bad enough, I dropped my cell phone in a puddle so now that doesn't work. I was just passing through Seattle on my way from Bellevue to Sequim to visit a sick friend. I don't know anyone between here and there, so I don't where to get the best help." She looks so scared to be stranded, so I told her I would look and see if what little mechanic skills I had would help the situation or not, or if I was going to have to call in a tow truck to help her. "Well, I can take a look and see what I can do, and if I can't help there, I will call in a tow truck for you if you would like?" "Oh, thank you, off-, I mean Chief Swan. I am Victoria by the way." What a polite young lady, and so full of gratitude. I walked over to the front of her car, and took a look around. Fortunately, it was something simple that even I knew how to fix it. "Oh, I see the problem. It looks like a belt came loose. Let me get into my trunk and I can fix that up for you just fine." I told her as I headed for the back of my cruiser. I must have been in an off state of mind because I didn't see her next to me, so I jumped a bit. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just curious about the type of tool you need to see if I might have one in my trunk." she said, but for some reason I felt the need to be on alert. I held up the long Philips screw driver to show her, and her face fell as to signal that she did not have one. I followed her back to her car, but that is when I saw a blur, then felt a pain as if something had hit my hand. Soon after that, I felt a burning in my hand. It was as if I just put my hand in a fire, and had it stuck on a piece of burning wood. The woman suddenly was standing next to me, but something had spooked her because she turned and ran off. I heard a voice I thought I recognized as Sam Uley from La Push. I was on the ground thrashing in pain when he picked me up, and put me in the cruiser. He got into the driver seat, found the siren system, and flipped them on. I was being rushed back to Forks, but to my surprise, I was at the Cullen's residence and not the hospital.
Sam rushed to the door of the Cullen's and as Carlisle answered in surprise at first, whatever Sam told him made him have a look of panic in an instant. I could not understand why I felt like there was an intense fire burning me, but I managed to scream out "put the fire out please!" I half understood what was being asked, but then the conversation that Sam and Carlisle were having lost me again somewhere about the change is too far, and in just a few moments I would somehow be sleeping sort of. Sam had a very sad look on his face, and although I could not see why, he said he dreaded telling Billy what happened, but he would take that job over telling Bella or Edward. This all confused me more than what was actually happening to me. Was I dying? Oh, no! Not that! What would Bella do? Renee? Sue? I can't die! I have to live! "Bells!" was all I could manage to scream out at this point. I felt Carlisle's cool hands on me, and then he spoke to me. "We are calling her now Charlie, but I don't know if she will get here before you fall asleep." His voice was filled with sorrow, but he did not use the words "before you die" so I guess I am just in so much pain that I would be sedated and asleep before she could get to me. Just as that thought crossed my mind the next thing I could tell was darkness and pain. The pain of burning, and the darkness was pushing down hard on me. Why could I still feel the pain if Carlisle was going to give me something to stop the pain. I do remember the burning wasn't so intense, but then I could still feel the pain of it, so I knew I wasn't dead. I couldn't hear anyone right now, but I could swear I could hear someone sound angry and swear vengeance would be done. I had the feeling of someone holding my hand which made the fire less painful, but just as that felt nice, the burning started to intensify in my legs and torso. I wish they could put that fire out already.
(Bella POV)
I was just reaching my driveway when my phone rang. It was Edward, and for the first time I was scared by his tone of voice. "Edward, what is it? Why do you sound so heartbroken? Who got hurt? "Bella, love, we need you to come to the house now! Charlie is here under the care of Carlisle. I can't tell you more until you get here." I am on my way!" was all I could say as I pushed my truck to its limits. I was greeted by a very panicked Edward and Alice, and a very pissed off Emmitt and Jasper. Rose, Esme, and Carlisle were very somber, and at that point I was shaking with fear that maybe Charlie somehow figured out what they were, and threatened them to stay away from me. I soon put that thought to rest when I saw Sam, Seth, Jared, Embry, Quil, and Jake. Jake had beaten me there by five minutes. They all asked that I sit down so the news would not cause me to collapse. I then thought the worst, my dad, Chief Swan to the good people of Forks, was murdered. "W-w-what is going on?" I softly asked. Carlisle and Sam stood in front of me and Carlisle spoke very gently, "Bella, Charlie was on his way back from Seattle when he stopped to help a motorist in need. It turned out to be a trap, because Victoria was the stranded motorist. She bit Charlie, and before she could finish him off, Sam ran up to him scaring her off. By the time he was brought here the change was already taking place. He lost consciousness just a minute after being brought into the house. I am so sorry Bella, but Charlie will be one of us, and I fear for your safety when he wakes." I stared blankly in disbelief at Sam and Carlisle for a moment, then the silence was broke by Alice. "Huh?! Well, this is new! It seems that Charlie won't hurt Bella when he wakes because he is still aware she is his daughter." I shook my head in shock. "Ch-Charlie will remember I am his daughter, and so he won't hurt me when he wakes up? Is that what I heard you say, Alice?" As I asked that Alice skipped to my side, turned to me with a smile, and simply said, "Yes." Sam and the other wolves conveyed their condolences and elations at the same time. They were sad that Charlie was going to be a vampire, but were happy that I would get to be with my dad after all. Alice felt bad that she didn't see this coming, but since it was actually meant to kill my father to make me more vulnerable, it could have been worse. I have to admit a small glimmer of relief washed over me as I could now tell my father that I was going to become a member of the Cullen family as a vampire after graduation, and he wouldn't have to worry about me anymore. I figured that Jasper's unique gift helped me with the relief since I could still feel the pain of my father being attacked by Victoria. All we could do now was wait. I had called the station to let them know that Charlie was not feeling well, and was taking some sick time. I know it was unheard of, Chief Swan taking sick days, but I said that he may have gotten food poisoning from one of the fish places there in Seattle, so that held them off for a while. As for me, and the rest of the Cullens, it was business as usual, until after school.