Finding Bella
Watching Bella walk off the dance floor and away from me felt like being sacked by a 300-pound linebacker coming full force at me, it hurt. I reluctantly let her go and Tanya grabbed my hand and led me out to the middle of the dance floor. I have this strange feeling someone was behind getting Bella and I to separate.
Dancing with Bella was like holding an angel in my arms, she felt warm and inviting. She smelled wonderful, the only way to describe her scent was that it was like standing in a meadow of freesias and strawberries clearly it was her distinct scent. There was just something about her that I could not describe, I was drawn to her like a moth to a flame.
I looked over to where she would be waiting for me, she was checking the cake, she looked up and smiled at me and I could not help but smile back. She was so stunning tonight, the plum dress she was wearing accented her slim waist and her sexy butt, and it took all my control not to grab onto it while we were dancing. A very annoying blonde bimbo interrupted me from my ogling of the beautiful angel in plum.
" Edward you are suppose to be paying attention to me not the plain Jane over in the corner."
" What did you just say?" did I hear her right that Bella was a plain Jane.
" I said you are suppose to be paying attention to me not that thing over there." She pointed at Bella and when I looked over towards Bella my stomach sank Renee was talking to her and I could tell she was upset, tears were getting ready to stream down her face I knew that I needed to get to her and calm her down.
" Tanya it's been a pleasure but I need to go." I gave her a small smile; she would not let go of my waist and turned us around away from my Bella. Wait where did that come from, my Bella, I had no clue how she even felt.
" Tanya please let go, you're not the girl of my dreams, that girl is over there and she needs me right now." As looked to where I was pointing she was gone, and standing in her place was a very smug looking Renee.
" Tanya please let me go now before I do something I will regret." She let go of my waist, and stormed off the dance floor.
I ran off the dance floor and out the doors of the room, I looked all over the reception center for her, the only other place she could be was the bathroom. I stood outside the doors pacing and hoping to god she would walk out. The doors opened and out walked the other blonde bimbo Kate.
With desperation in my voice I asked " Kate is Emmett's step-sister Bella in there."
" No I was the only one in there, I don't know what's up with her but she shoved passed me and ran down the hall crying." She was picking at her fake nails.
I walked away from her and down the hall and out the front doors praying that she was outside, I looked all around, she was nowhere. I went up to the valet. " Have you see an pretty brunette in a plum dress."
" Um yeah I saw her get into a cab that had just let off someone."
"Shit she's gone" I pinched the bridge of my nose.
" Sir are you all right." The valet asked.
" No." I walked back in the front doors and into the reception hall, I saw Renee talking to Tanya and my blood started boiling, I walked over to the two of them.
" What did you say to Bella." I all but yelled at her, I was pissed but did not want to cause a scene we were after all at Emmett's wedding.
" I don't know what you are talking about, I did not say anything." Renee tried to play it off.
I got up in her face her nonchalance attitude was pissing me off. " I saw her talking to you and she was clearly upset, and now she's gone, Kate said she pushed passed her and ran out the front door crying, so don't sit there and lie to me."
" Edward what's going on." Jasper and Bella's friend Alice were now standing besides me. Great I must have been a little louder than I thought.
" Bella is gone, she was talking with Renee a few seconds ago, I knew she looked upset but I was dancing with Tanya. When I asked Tanya to let me go so I could go to Bella she was gone; I checked everywhere for her even the ladies room. Kate was in there and said she pushed passed her crying and she ran out the front doors. I went outside to find her but she was not out there, the valet said he saw her get in a cab."
" That's not like Bella she wouldn't just leave without letting me know, she's got to be her somewhere the Valet must be mistaken."
" I am pretty sure it was her." I started pacing again; Bella was out there alone and upset.
I got in Renee's face again " Tell me right now what you said to her to make her so upset."
" I did not tell her anything that she did not already know, she's not worth your time, just let her go."
" If you ever make her upset again I will personally see to it you are not breathing air." I was ready to slug the bitch from hell.
" Calm down Edward, come on let's go out on the balcony and cool down OK." Jasper dragged me out into the warm summer New York air,
" Dude calm the fuck down before you do something you will regret."
" Jasper, Bella is somewhere all alone and upset, and I have no clue where she is."
" I get that but come on is it really worth punching the lights out of the she devil."
" Fucking yes Bella is worth me going to jail."
Alice came out with her purse, cell phone and Emmett and Rosalie, " She's not answering her phone."
" Edward what happened." Emmett came over to me and put his arm around my shoulder.
" Renee must have said something to Bella that clearly made her very upset, she ran out of here and we have no clue where she went."
" Ok so we know she left, so lets' go and find her, Alice you are our best bet to find her, you know all the places she goes." Emmett was out of his mind, this was his wedding night, and there was no way I was letting him miss out on anything.
" No Emmett this is your wedding night, Jasper Alice and I will find her, do you mind if we take off."
" Of course not that's my little sis out there, please find her. I'll deal with the bitch from hell." Emmett gave me a hug.
" Let's go, where's the first place we should look?" I looked to Alice for an answer.
" Home, did you drive a car here cause I only have room for one in my car."
" Yes, I will follow you, but if I loose you what's your address."
" 162 E 92nd street."
We ran out the front doors Alice grab Jaspers hand and led him over to a yellow Porsche, I nodded in their direction and headed of to my Vanquish. I usually don't drive it in the city, but I was hoping to take Bella home and I wanted to impress her, so much for first impressions, she probably thinks that I am a jerk for dancing with Tanya and leaving her alone with Renee.
I pulled out onto the street behind Alice and Jasper, wow I thought I drove fast, that girl must have a lead foot. I lost them somewhere around Central Park, good thing Alice gave me the address. They were just walking up the steps to the front door as I parked my car. I jogged across the street and up the stairs to meet them.
" Let's hope she's here." Alice put her keys in the lock and we walked into a foyer and up a flight of stairs, I was just going on autopilot not really paying attention to my surroundings,
Alice was flipping on lights as she went from room to room calling Bella's name. " You two stay here I'm going to go and check if she's in her room."
She ran up another flight of stairs. I started pacing; it felt like hours before she came back downstairs, the look on her face told me what I already knew she was not here.
" Her dress is laying on her bed and there is no sign of her anywhere." She sighed and flopped down on a brown microfiber sectional.
" I can't just sit here and wait, I have to find her, she's upset." I started walking towards the stairs I had no clue where to look for her but I needed to do something I can't just sit here and hope she comes walking through that door.
" Edward wait you have no clue where to find her, Alice is our best bet." Jasper went and sat by her.
" I know that but we have to leave at noon for Florida I just cant get on a plane knowing she's upset."
" Wait you guys leave for Florida tomorrow, why did you not say anything." Alice gave Jasper a look that say's your in-trouble mister.
Jasper held up his hands " Hey I did not have anytime I was going to tell you when I dropped you off at your front door, it's just for a week and we will be back, sorry I did not tell you do you forgive me." He gave her a kiss, which turned into a make out session.
" Ok you two can come up for air now, this is not helping with the Bella matter."
" Sorry, hey let me call Angela and see if she's at the restaurant." She dialed the number and I listened in as she talked to Angela.
" She what, thanks Angela I will call you if I hear anything." She threw her cell down on the couch,
" Angela said she called her and asked her if she could be at the restaurant for the morning delivery, Bella never lets anyone check the food in, something is not right, this is not good."
"Well what do we do now, do we just sit here and hope she comes home." I flopped down next to Jasper on the couch.
" Alice has Bella told you what Renee's problem is? God I seriously want to punch her. How could she treat her only daughter like that."
" Edward I don't know if it's my place to tell you, Bella should be the one to tell you that."
" Well just give me something to go on, to understand it better." I pleaded with her.
" I cant tell you everything, but what I can tell you is when Bella moved to Forks I was the only person she trusted enough to confide in. She told me that her parents divorced when she was five, Renee felt like she was suffocating in Forks so she took Bella and left moving from town to town, when Bella was twelve they ended up in Phoenix where they would be until the summer before Bella's senior year. Bella said that Renee was never really a mother, Bella was more the parent and Renee the child. When she met Phil they wanted Bella to move with them to Florida. Bella felt like it was time to get to know her father better so she decided to move to Forks, Renee took that as Bella rejecting her and choosing her father over her. Renee never called Bella; she did not even come to her graduation. We went our separate ways after high school but kept in close contact, when Charlie died I came back to support Bella, Renee showed up at the funeral pretending to be upset that Charlie was gone. When the lawyer called Bella about the will Renee thought she was invited also and showed up and made Bella's life a living hell claiming that she deserved what Charlie had left. She called Bella a spoiled Bitch when Bella refused to share with her. And they have not spoken since that day in the lawyer's office until this weekend. I think Bella just wants her mother to love her." She finished her explanation and got up off the couch.
" Do you guys want something to drink? I know I need a beer." She walked out of the room. I looked over to Jasper.
" Dude you just met the girl and you have your tongue shoved down her throat."
" Like you have any room to talk look how you're acting, it's like Bella's your girlfriend."
" Whatever, I just feel protective of her I cant explain it."
" I can, you love her." Alice said as she handed Jasper and I a beer.
" It can't be love, I don't even know her." I turned away from them and looked out the window, is that what it is I love her, it can't be, I have never loved a girl before.
" Ok so say I have feelings for her, what do I do, do I just sit here and wait for her to come home."
" No you go and find her." Alice said.
" And how do you think I go about that, New York is a big city."
" Well you can start by reading this text I just got from her." She handed me her phone I opened the text and read it.
I'm sure you are worrying your pixie head, right now, I just needed to go home and figure some things out I will see you tomorrow night sometime, have fun with Jasper your meant for each other, Love you, B. P.S. I won't be able to answer my phone for a few hours.
" I don't get it she's not here so where did she go."
" Home." Alice looked at me like I was an Idiot, it finally clicked she went home to Forks.
" Fantastic now what, she's gone back home and I have to leave in the morning, I cant get on a plane knowing that."
" Well then do something about it."
" What do you want me to do, if I am not in Florida the coach will bench me for the season."
" If it was Alice I would be at the airport right now without even thinking about it, I will explain to coach that you had a family emergency and are planning on meeting us there, go get your girl." Jasper patted me on the back. " I'll grab your bags. Go she needs you."
I ran down the stairs and out the door, I got to my car and got in and pulled out of the parking spot. The drive to JFK felt like it took forever. I pulled into a short term parking spot, and ran into the airport, and up to the ticket counter the next flight available to Seattle was leaving in 30 min. There was no way I was going to make it through security in time, I needed to turn on the charm and get myself through security faster.
" Ma'am this is an emergency, do you know who I am."
" Yes sir, your Edward Cullen quarter back for the New York Giants and the NFL's most eligible bachelor."
" Yeah well I need to get on that flight to Seattle, so can you help me get through security faster so I can." I gave her the Cullen Charm.
" It would be my pleasure." She smiled and batted her eyelashes at me, why do women think that works, it's the least attractive thing to do.
She ushered me through security and they were just about to close the doors, I flopped down in my seat in first class and closed my eyes, I really hope I don't scare the poor girl away when I show up in Forks. God I just needed to get to her, I feel like my whole world is collapsing around me not knowing if she's ok. The plane made its way to the runway; I had a six-hour flight and a three-hour drive ahead of me to much time to worry about her.
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We touched down in Seattle around three in the morning I made my way to the rental car kiosk and rented myself a silver Volvo s60. I needed to get to get to Bella, I have no clue where she is going to be, Alice texted me on the flight and said that she had sold Charlie's house before moving to New York, so looking for her there was out. I knew I just needed to drive, Forks was a very small town and everyone knew each other Alice enlisted the help from her mom to be on the look out for her and if she saw her Alice would text me.
Three hours went by fast, I just passed the welcome to Forks sign when I saw the flashing lights in my Mirror, and it was six in the morning and still dark, no cars in sight. Shit just my luck, I rolled my window down knowing the officer would be coming up to the car.
" Cullen figures, License and registration please." The officer said.
I looked up, shit I have the worst luck, Newton the one person I despise on the planet pulls me over I am sure he is loving every minute of this." I dug through my wallet and handed him my license and the registration from the glove compartment.
" Do you know how fast you were going?"
" Um no I was not really paying attention."
" Well I clocked you going 50 it's only 30 MPH, did you forget the speed limit in Forks, or do you think just cause your some hot shot football player you're above the rules."
" NO I am not above the rules, I was just in a hurry and was not paying attention that I was inside the city limits sorry, I have just been on a six hour flight from New York and kind of tired was just wanting to get to my destination."
" And what's that, last thing I heard your parents sold their home, and you had not been back here since right before Chief swan died, oh that's right he pulled you over then for speeding seems like you might have a problem with obeying the law Eddie boy." He smugly smiled at me; yep I was right he was enjoying this. He walked back to his cruiser, and I sat and banged my head on the steering wheel.
A few minutes passed by and the king Labrador was back. " Well we let you off easy only a five hundred dollar fine."
" Easy, that a little excessive don't you think." I know I should not be egging him on but hell that was a lot for only going twenty over.
" Well it's that or jail what do you want." He arched his eyebrow at me.
" The fine is fine, thanks I'll make sure I pay it before I leave."
" Have a good day in Forks." He laughed all the way to his car.
Damn freaking luck, ok get it together Cullen you need to find Bella, think where would she go.
She said in her text that she needed to come home to figure things out, but Charlie was gone, she sold his house so where would she go to figure things out, it clicked the second I had that thought. The cemetery to see Charlie. I drove to the nearest florist in town can't be showing up without flowers, if she's there I need to pay my respects for Charlie, even though the man despised me. He pulled me over at least once a week, not always giving me a ticket, but I was the son of a doctor, rich and the star football player someone he called a punk who thought he could get away with things.
I had to wait an hour in my car before the florist opened; I got a bouquet of wild flowers I don't think Charlie was a roses kind of guy. It was still early so I decided to drive slowly through the town hoping and praying that the lovely Bella would be there, but of course with the luck I was having today she was not there. The cemetery was empty no sign of life, of course there would be no life it's a cemetery. I decided I would go put the flowers on Charlie's grave so I parked the car and got out. I walked around looking for his headstone I noticed some fresh flowers on one and walked over to it, It was Charlie's, Bella must have been here and now she's gone. I bent down placing my flowers next to hers.
I needed to say something but how do you speak to someone that is gone. I stopped over-thinking it and just poured my heart out to him.
"Sir I know you never liked me and I gave you great reason not too, but I am a changed man, I'm no longer the teenage punk who thinks he can get away with everything. I hope that you can forgive me for the things I did back in the day, and I hope that I have your blessing to see your daughter. I know I might not be worthy of her, but I would like to try and be. There's just something about her that I am drawn too, she enamors me. She's beautiful, kind, sexy, sorry but she is, she's smart she's everything I have been looking for in a women but have yet to find, I need to find her to let her know these things to help her, can you lead me to her."
I felt a gush of wind and I heard someone say the cliff's in La Push, go find her, and make her happy. I felt a brush on my shoulder. I turned around nobody was there. Was that Charlie? Was he telling me where she was? Was he giving me his blessing to date his daughter? I touched his headstone " Thanks sir, I'll try to not let you down." I turned around and jogged to my car, was he right? Was she really at the cliffs? What would she be doing at the cliffs? I heard my phone ringing from my jacket pocket on the passenger seat, I fumbled to get it out I answered it not bothering to look at the caller ID.
" Edward Cullen speaking."
" Are you always this formal when you answer a phone." Alice's pixie voice said from the other line.
" No but I did not look at the caller ID, What do you want?"
" Jeez sorry to bug you just wondering if you have found my best friend yet and if she's ok."
" NO not yet, hey question does Bella frequent the cliffs at La Push."
" Um that's her go to spot for thinking, why do you ask."
" NO reason just a hunch, got to go I'll call you when the beauty is found."
I hung up the phone and started on my journey to rescue the beautiful girl. I drove to LA push and out to the cliffs, I looked up at the cliffs and there she was standing on the edge with her arms spread wide like she was going to take flight. I pulled over on the side of the road, when I got out my heart sank she jumped off the cliff, I fell to my knees, tears streaming down my face, I was to late she was gone.