Hello my wonderful readers, so upon reading over this chapter I was so mad that this chapter was so small and so rushed! So this chapter has had a lot of changes and a lot of extra added. I have gone over this one so many times I can't tell anymore if there is anything else wrong. If there is please let me know so I can fix it. Anyway enough of that enjoy the new updated version of Chapter 3
Chapter 3. Who are you? (edited)
Ever since he lift, La Push become my second home. Jacob became my rock, he helped me keep those dark thoughts at bay. Most of the time he and I would spend time in his garage while he worked. A few people on the reservation brought their cars to him for some simple repairs such as oil changes or minor repairs. While he worked I would hand him the tools as he asked for them, while other times his friends Embry and Quil would come by and pull Jake from whatever job he was elbows deep in. Most of the time we would watch movies at Jakes, but on the rare occasion that it was sunny we would gravitate to the beach. Today was one of those days and I was going to go to La Push when Charlie stopped me on the way out the door. "You going down to see Jake, Bells?" he asked. "Yeah, since it's not raining today, and the news said that this would only last for the day so I figured that it would be a good idea to take advantage of it." I said as I turned to leave, but Charlie stopped me again. "Why don't you call first Bella? I know that he and Billy don't care if you just show up but with your truck acting like it is I would feel better if you would call ahead. That way they know when to expect you and if you break down they know to look for you." He said. It was true, my old truck had been acting up, which considering it didn't like going over a certain speed it was to be expected to have issues. "Ok, ok I got, it I'll call first." I said as I shut the door and walked to the phone. I punch in the number and waited for someone to pick up. "Hello?" "Oh hey Billy it's Bella I was going to head down there to see Jake, and with my truck acting the way it is dad figured I should let you know when to expect me" I said. "Oh I don't think that it would good for you to come down today Bella, Jack isn't feeling well. Maybe once he gets to feeling better you can come by." He said. "Oh, yea I u nderstand. Can I talk to him?" I asked He's asleep right now, but when he wakes up I will tell him you called ok?" he said. I let out a sigh in defeat and said, "Oh alright tell him that I hope he feels better for me will you Billy?" "I will Bella, you have a nice day." He said quickly. He obviously wanted to get off the phone. With a "You to Billy." we finished saying our goodbyes before I hung up. "Well what did Billy say," Charlie asked as he pulled on his shoes. There had been a few disappearances lately, and that meant longer shifts at the station. So he was on his was in his was back to work.
"Have you heard from your mother lately?" He asked. I looked at him as he sat down in his chair only to find him looking back at me. I wanted to tell him no, but after the last time which resulted in my running across the country from a vampire, he knew when I was really lying or not. "Um yea I did the other day." I said. Truthfully it had been. She and I talked once I wasn't zombie Bella anymore. "How is she then?" He asked. This was starting to weird me out a little. He didn't normally ask how she was doing. Did he know about the letter? "She's fine same as always. Why?" I asked. "Did she mention a strange woman visiting her lately?" he asked. Now he really had my attention. I sat down on the sofa in the living room. "She mentioned something about that yea. What's going on dad?" I asked. "It's probably nothing hun, don't worry about it." He said as he got up and grabbed his belt and holster. "She said that the woman was looking for something." I said as he made his way to the door, but upon hearing my words he froze mid step. "What's going on dad?" I asked. I knew I was adopted but I haven't told him that I knew that. But maybe if he told me what had him on edge I would know if it had anything to do with me. Mom had said my birth mother was looking for me and would want me to live with her for the summer. I wanted to know if this was her. Charlie turned and looked at me, and the look on his face was heart breaking. He looked like his world had torn apart. He slowly made his was over to me where he placed both hand on my shoulders. "It's nothing to worry about kid, but do me a favor and if anyone comes by the house that you don't know call me. I don't care if I am at work or here asleep you let me know. Do you understand Bella?" He said. The way he was speaking it was as if this woman was dangerous. I nodded my head and once I had promised I would call him he left after a quick hug. The rest of the day was spent cleaning around the house and that didn't take long to do. So the rest of the day was spent watching TV marathons.
A few days past and the tension had slowly passed and Charlie seemed to go back to his normal self in a way. Every other day I would call Jakes only for Billy to say he was asleep. I was starting to get a little mad but what could I do? My best friend was sick and I didn't want to cause trouble just because he couldn't answer the phone. But I still called in a hopes he would be the one to answer. The rain had returned just like the news had said and since then that is all that the weather had done. It was a rare day, both Charlie and myself were off and while we were both doing our own things, his being watching whatever game was on, and mine preparing the meat for dinner that night. I had just place the pork chops in the fridge to marinate when Charlie called me from the upstairs. He had been doing something up there for the past fifteen minutes. I was just about to answer when there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" I said as I headed towards the door. I opened the door to see two woman standing there. One had light blue hair that was pulled back into a braid, and the other had black hair and hers was pulled back into a bun at the top of her head. "Can I help you?" I asked. The two women looked at each other before the one with light blue hair spoke. "Is this the Swan residence?" she asked. "It is. What can I do for you?" I asked. "We are looking for an Isabella Swan. Are you her?" She asked. "I am. What is this about?" I was starting to lose my patience with this lady. "May we come inside for a moment so we can talk to you?" She asked. I looked at them for a moment, so far it was only the blue haired woman was talking, the other was staring at me and it was making me a little nervous. "Bella? Who is at the door?" Charlie asked as he walked up to where I stood at the door. "Hello can I help you ladies?" He asked. The blue haired woman yet again spoke up. "Yes we are here to speak to Isabella." "May I ask why? As her father I tend to ask questions when strangers come to the house asking to talk to her. As you probably saw by the size of our town it's hard not to miss a new face here" He said. He was slowly getting into Chief Swan mode. "Well you see the thing is…" The blue haired woman began to say, but was interrupted by her friend. "She's my daughter." She said she said quickly. I looked at the both of them wide eyed. I didn't know what to say it was like my brain had just decided to shut off. But that didn't stop Charlie from talking. "No she's my daughter she has been for 18 years and her mother is Renee not you. Now if you would both be so kind as to leave." He stated as he grabbed the door to shut it. "Dad, I know. Mom sent me a letter before my birthday." I looked at Charlie watching his face. He went from having a blank look on his face to one he had a few days ago a look of utter sadness. With a sigh he moved aside and opened the door wider a silent gesture to the women for them to come in. I also stood aside taking a place next to Charlie at the door. Charlie motioned for them to follow him into the living room, before collapsing in his chair. I followed in just after. I pulled a chair in from the kitchen while the two women sat on the sofa.
We sat in silence for a while before the blue haired woman spoke. It seemed like she was the type to like talking while her friend was the opposite. "Well um how about some introductions." she said with a smile. "My name is Bulma Briefs and this is my friend Chi-Chi Son, your mother. Your father wasn't able to join us unfortunately, his name is Goku." I looked over at Chi-Chi to see her staring yet again. I had had enough of the staring. "Um why are you staring at me?" I asked. Chi-Chi jumped and blushed slightly at being having been caught. It wasn't like she was trying to be discrete about it. "I'm sorry. It's just you and your brother don't look anything a like any more. When you were born you both were always so hard to tell apart, aside from the obvious of course, you both looked so much alike." She said. "Wait I have a brother?" I asked. "Yes you do your twin brother Goten. But the reason why we are here was to find you again, it was the hardest thing I have ever had to go through in my life, having to send you away. I will explain eventually of course, you deserve the truth but for now just know that we did it to keep you safe. But we are also here so I can ask if you would like to come and visit for the summer, get to know your family and if you chose to continue to stay with us." She said with a small smile. "You mean live with you permanently?" I asked. "Yes but only if you want to, I understand you have a life here and a family that loves you here, I would never demand you come with us when you hardly know us." She said but I could see the hope in her eyes.
I sat there for a moment, I had known for months what my decision was but I still needed to think about it. I sat forward in my chair and placed my face in my hands. There was something that they wasn't telling me I could feel it, but that could wait for now. The real question was if I really wanted to stay here? Did I really want to continue to see the memories that held him in them, that could only disappear by leaving this town? I must have sat there in silence for some time before I sat up again to see Chi-Chi's nervous face. I looked at Charlie before saying, "Ok I'll go." I said. It was hard not to miss the smile on Chi-Chi's face and it was also not hard to see the sadness in Charlie's. Obviously Chi-Chi had seen this and with a sad smile she faced Charlie before looking over at her friend and then myself. "Bulma, could I speak with Charlie for a moment?" She asked but I also figured that she was also meaning for me to leave as well. "Would you like a cup of coffee?" I asked Bulma. With a quick acceptance I stood and made my way into the kitchen, it was the best privacy you could give someone in this house while not going either outside or upstairs. I quickly made my way over to the coffee maker and began to get the things needed for making a pot of coffee. Aside from the sounds from the coffee maker the kitchen was relatively silent. Bulma had taken a set at the table and I was leaning against the counter. "How long have you known her?" I asked out of the blue. This caught Bulma off guard as her head jerked just a little. She must have been deep in thought. "Well I have actually known your father for far longer than I have known your mother. Your father and I meet when I was just 16 years old. I was looking for some artifacts and in a way and adventure, and it was during that time I met your father. He actually helped me find the six missing pieces to the artifact I was looking for and along the way we eventually meet your mother. You could say it was love at first sight for your mother at least. Your father however was and sometimes still is rather dense. She said with a chuckle. "Your father is a fighter and that is what lead to them meeting. There was some trouble where she lived and we just happened to go through where she lived. That is how they met and the saw each other a few other times but after that they never saw each other again. Unfortunately for your father he had promised to marry your mother and years later the met up again. Your father was taking part in a martial arts tournament, and your mother just so happened to be there as well, not as a spectator but as a competitor. Of course he had forgotten all about it and when they eventually went up against each other he didn't recognize her, obviously because of how much time had passed by. She was able to make him remember her and what he promised. It wasn't long after the tournament that they got married." She finished the story with a chuckle. With the coffee done I grabbed two mugs and placed them on the table before grabbing the creamer and sugar and the coffee pot. After filling both cups they both set at making their coffee to how they liked it.
Silence filled the kitchen yet again and if you had asked me if I had been straining my ears for Charlie's voice I would be lying if I said no. "You coming with us means a lot to her." She said and it was Bella's turn to jerk out of her thoughts. "Having a fighter as your husband means he makes a lot of enemies and some of those enemies tend to go after the families and especially the children." She said a distant look on her face. "Your husband is a fighter also?" I asked. "Yes he is, you could say he was born to fight." She said with a laugh but didn't explain further. When your mother had your older brother it was many years before we figured out having fighters for husbands was dangerous. But now isn't the time to explain in detail that story." She said as she looked down at her mug. "By brother you mean my twin?" I asked I was a little confused. "Oh no silly me, your older brother Gohan." She said with a lite palm to forehead. "Is there any more siblings I need to know about?" I asked. "No there is just your twin and your older brother." She smiled as she drank from her mug.
"When are we leaving?" I asked I had been talking myself out of asking this but it eventually slipped out of my mouth. "Pretty soon actually we have a flight we have to catch. We was planning on tonight, if we had seen you or not." She stated as she leaned back in the chair. That was a lot sooner than I had imagined. "Oh I didn't expect it to be so soon." I said as I pulled my lower lip in between my teeth. Can we leave tomorrow? Just so I can say good bye to my friends?" I asked. "That will be fine. We have a place to stay for the night. We will be back tomorrow around lunch time if that is alright?" Bulma said. I had just told her that would be fine when Charlie walked into the kitchen with Chi-Chi right behind him. "I think it's time we left." Bulma said as she stood from her seat. Charlie walked them to the door while I started cooking supper. Charlie never came back into the kitchen leaving me to cook supper without being in the way. Supper was a quiet affair, both of us sat there in silence as we ate. Neither one of us wanted to say what we wanted to.
I really only had Jake to say goodbye to, and I hoped Billy would let me come by to say goodbye. "Hello?" Billy answered. "Hey Billy its Bella. I know you already told me that Jake is sick and that it wouldn't be good if I came by, but I was hoping you would change your mind." I said, praying that he would change his mind. "Bella I know you and Jake are good friends, but it wouldn't be a good idea for you to come over." "I know Billy but I wanted to say goodbye. I'm leaving tomorrow and I probably won't be back till the fall when school starts." I said. Maybe that will change his mind. "You're leaving?" was all he asked. "Yes I am. I will be leaving tomorrow with my mother." I said. "Renee's here?" He asked. What was with him and his questions? "No not Renee, Billy. I found out that I was adopted and I just met my birth mother today. She wants me to go with her for the summer. So I was hoping to get to say goodbye to Jake before I leave." I said. "Bella hold on for just a minute." He said. I could hear the sound of the phone being put down and then silence. I looked over at Charlie, he had walked straight back to his chair just stared at the wall. "Bella are you still there? Billy asked. "Yes Billy." I said. "Bella Jake's asleep. The doctor wants him to sleep as much as he can to, fight this bug he has so I would rather not wake him up." Oh ok I understand Billy. Would you tell him goodbye for me and that I will be back in time to start school in the fall?" I asked. "Of course Bella." We said our goodbyes and we hung up.
"You ok dad? I asked as I walked over to the sofa. He looked up and I could tell he was sad. "You know you don't have to call me that anymore. Not now that you know the truth." He said as he looked away to stare at the dark TV screen. "You're still my dad no matter what. Yes she is my birth mother but I, don't know her. At least not yet. Besides you and mom raised me you're all I have known, finding out I was adopted isn't going to change that." I said. He looked at me again and he seemed to feel better after I said that. "What time are you leaving?" He asked. "Not until tomorrow, Bulma said that they would be by tomorrow at noon." I said. I spent the rest of the day with Charlie, watching TV, taking a walk down memory lane which included old pictures and even a few videos, before it was time to head to bed. While Charlie was asleep I took the time to pack my things. Packing while Charlie was awake just felt wrong, he already knew I was leaving, packing while he was awake just seemed to rub it in. Chi-Chi hadn't mentioned what I should bring or how much so I decided to just pack the necessities that would last a week or so. It didn't take long before I was finished and in bed falling asleep and dreaming about what my birth place would be like.
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