Set a couple of days after the funeral.
After they left, Bella sat down. She was absolutely exhausted and couldn't fathom the idea of going home. Though that place didn't feel like home anymore, not after Drogo had come. Her life had been completely ruined and she had no one to lean on. Not even her mother.
Flashback
Bella was distraught. Drogo had just left, leaving her alone to stare at her father's blood on the kitchen linoleum. The funeral was in a few days and Bella still couldn't believe that this was happening. A knock on her front door brought Bella out of her day dreams.
She opened the door, to see her mother. Bella didn't want Renee to see the blood, so she walked out of the house and closed the door behind.
"I thought I would give you guys a surprise visit!" Renee said with much enthusiasm.
"Mom . . . Charlie's dead."
Renee's eyes popped open really wide. She had never anticipated this. "Well," she paused, trying to pick out her words carefully, "At least I'll get my daughter back!"
"What? What do you mean?"
"What, it's not like Charlie was a great father. I mean you don't even like Forks."
"Well,mom, my opinion has changed. And Charlie was a wonderful dad to me! If you are just going to desecrate his memory, then leave." Bella didn't even care if her mom was her only escape. She wasn't just going to stand there and let her mom badmouth Charlie.
She still allowed Renee to come to the funeral, but it wasn't an easy thing for her to do.
End Flashback
Bella opened the door and was relieved that Drogo was not there. A heavy sigh escaped her lips, as she turned on the lights.
"Bella, why is there blood everywhere?" a voice said from the living room. She spun towards it, to see someone she would have never guessed. Jasper Cullen was sitting on her couch.
"Bella, whose blood is it and why is it on every surface I can see?"
She had no answer that wouldn't make him even more suspicious. When she suddenly felt the need to pour out all her secrets, Drogo walked in. He had a sleazy smile on his face, until he saw Jasper in 'his' house.
Jasper could feel the fury and aggression rolling off of him in waves. He tried to calm the man down, but the anger did not die down; however, this stranger kept his face calm, collected, and friendly. Jasper's face crinkled in concentration, fore he realized that this man in front of him sort of sounded like the man Alice described to him and his family. He couldn't understand why a girl like Bella would want to be with this malicious man.
"I'm sorry, but what is your name?" Drogo asked.
"My name is Jasper; I'm a friend of Bella's."
Drogo laughed in his head and thought, 'Just wait till tonight Bella. You'll wish you had never been born.' He had to punish her for letting someone in the house, especially a Cullen. He had heard of them from a bartender in Port Angeles and how they had been really close to his captive.
"Well I'm so sorry, but Bella and I have a previous engagement." If only they did. Jasper could tell that this man was anything but sorry. He was just about to stop the guy and demand answers, when he saw Bella's look. Her eyes were telling him to leave, pleading with him. Unbeknownst to him until now, she had also started to tremble badly. He decided to abide by her wishes and leave.
"I'll see you around Bella." Jasper was then basically pushed out of the house. Only when he was standing outside, he realized that he had never even gleaned the man's name.
At the Cullen House hold
Carlisle was in his office filling out piles of paperwork, when he heard urgent knocks on his door.
"Come in." Jasper opened the door with a very worried look on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"I went to Bella's house today, and what I saw was very weird."
Jasper continued, "Her house seems to be coated in dried blood, a lot of it was Bella's. Then she walked in feeling very worried, looked around, and her emotions changed to relief. I questioned her about the blood, but a man walked in." Jasper kept explaining about the man's actions to get him out of the house and Bella's pleading gaze.
Carlisle was baffled. Even though Bella had cheated on his son, he still loved her like a daughter. He had no clue what was going on with Bella and didn't know what to say to Jasper.
"I don't think you should tell anyone else about this. Maybe you should just keep an eye on Bella at school. I don't have any other explanations without further information."
Jasper left not appeased. But he wouldn't push the matter further.
Not one of the Cullens expected what would happen the next day at school.
