Chapter 2
~Present~
Now here I am sitting in Andy's little cousin driveway. Waiting on her and her father, Charlie, to come home. I sighed and laid back into my seat. I was listening to Pierce the Veil when there was a knock on my window. I sat up and looked up I saw Charlie standing there. I stopped my music and got out. "Is there something you need, sweetie?" He asked me. I held out my hand "Yes I do and I'm Scarlett Marx. I don't know if you remember me but I'm friends with your nephew Andy Swan." He shook my head before realizing I was the same little girl three years ago. "Scarlett?!" I nodded my head. He pulled me into a hug "Oh my god you've gotten so big. How have you been?" I smiled "Thank you. I'm doing okay. How have you and Bella been?" I asked as he motioned me towards their home. He sighed "We've been fine but I don't like her current boyfriend, Edward Cullen." I smiled at him "Well Charlie I know you're not going to like him. His a boy that's dating your daughter, it's your job to worry about her." He shook his head "No I've been having this feeling that he's going to hurt her for no reason." I nodded and sat down at the kitchen table "Describe him and his family to me." He nodded and told me about his father being the best doctor here and how his children are very smart and polite. He went on about their appearances. Pale, hard skin with gold eyes. I sighed "Charlie do you remember when Andy and I was younger and these two people with red contacts walked up to us and played with me and Andy?" He nodded his head "Well they wasn't humans. They're cold ones. A different type of vampire" Charlie looked at me. He went to answer but I held up my hand "Those cold ones drink human blood unlike the Cullen's who drink animal blood. They was looking for their dinner when Andy had left me and these two men was walking towards me. They basically saved my life and yours because they had guns ready and loaded to take you out." I sighed and looked at him. "So you're saying that my Bells is out in the woods right now with a downgraded vampire?!" I looked up shock and confuse at this "What do you mean?" He sighed and handed me Bella's note. I ripped it up and ran outside into the woods.
I saw Bella running around in the woods aimlessly. I ran up to her "Bella sweetie clam down. It's me, Scar. Come on baby rosebud I need you to calm down and tell me what happened." I cooed her until she calmed down. Soon was nothing but sniffles and hiccups. I stood up with her in my arms and carried her bridal style out the woods. I was almost there when this very tall and much built man came bounding into the woods with three others like him. The first one walked up to me "Is everything okay?" He asked and I looked down at Bella who was clinging onto me. I nodded "Yes everything is okay. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get her back before she catches a cold." I walked past them and out the woods. I was about to call out to Charlie when someone else did. "Charlie? Charlie they found her." I rolled my eyes and shielded Bella away from prying eyes and walked into the house.
I walked up the steps and placed her onto her bed and held her just her cousin Andy would have done. I felt her sighed and turned into my arms shaking slightly. "He left me… They left me… They never loved me…. He never loved me…. I was just a distraction for them." She just kept repeating those lines over and over again. I tensed as I put everything together "Bella." I called out in a hard voice. I was staring a head when I felt her tensed I nuzzled my face into her hair like I used to when she was sad and hurt and started purring. I smiled slightly as she lifted her head up. "Scar?" She strutted out. I nodded "Hey there baby rose bud." She grabbed onto me and cried well more like screaming bloody murder and cursing at every fucking thing that happened. I sat up with her and place her hands on the top of her head and opened the window and the door to get some fresh air. "Rosebud I'm going to get you some water and then have Charlie to get everyone out of here. After that me and you are going to have a girl's night. Is this okay?" She nodded. "Okay I'll be right back." I ran downstairs to get her some water "Can everyone leave. She is fine as of right now and she's working through some anger right now and I'm pretty sure that you don't want to be in the crossfire of it." I explained. Everyone followed out except for the tanned skinned people "Scarlett, is Bella gonna be okay?" I looked over at Charlie and nodded "She's going to be. She just need time to grieve and see that she is worth something." I walked back upstairs.
Bella was standing in front of her closet pulling out very fancy clothing. I walked up to her "Rose bud what are you doing?" I asked as I placed my hand on her shoulder. She turned around with a pink frilly shirt "This is what he and Alice bought me against my wishes. They always told me that I should dress like this or I should let Alice take me shopping even though I said no but that doesn't matter. It's like since they're damn near hundred years old they know everything about everything." She huffed out and went back to throwing out clothes. Soon enough she was done and all that was left was only two pair of jeans, and three shirts and two pairs of converses. I shook my head "Tomorrow after school we're going shopping." I said passing her the bottle of water. She took it and sat down on her bed. "I don't really like shopping." I nodded "Yeah Andy told me about it." She smiled at me. "How is he?" I smiled and nodded "He's fine. He's staying in Mystic Falls in my house." Bella looked up at me shocked "Your house?!" She stuttered out. I laughed and nodded "The house came to me when my mother passed away." I sighed thinking about my mother and her parents. I felt a pair of arms wrap around me. "Oh darling I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to bring her up." She patted my hair and I wrapped my arms around her "Its fine baby rosebud. You didn't know." She nodded and let go of me. "You should go to sleep." I went to walk away but she grabbed my hand "Stay." I nodded and laid down with her.