AUTHORS NOTE:
Thanks, lightbabe, for the review. Thanks to my 2 faves and 3 followers. I love you all so dearly. If you get confused, because this timeline in this story is all over the place, it's basically a mashup of the last 3 books in the Twilight series with big changes made here and there. I hope you'll all enjoy this.
"So.. How'd it go?" Bella asked her younger sister who slunk in and kicked off the heavy soled biker boots she'd been wearing in a corner of the room, proceeded to change for bed. She ignored her, Bella could tell she was ignoring her and she knew that Jacob and the guys must have told her everything.. Because Bella had omitted large chunks of her side of the story.
"Not your business, Bella. Shouldn't you be pining away over that zombie motherfucker?" Carlie asked as Bella blinked at the language. Her sister had the tendency to swear like a sailor on leave, when she was angry, she didn't pull any punches. And obviously, right now, Carlie was furious. Bella sighed and then said "You wouldn't understand the bond, okay? And things are not as simple as you think they are. There's a lot you don't understand. So for you to even make judgements about Edward when you've met him what, one time and for only five seconds? Kind of hypocritical, isn't it? I mean he didn't judge you and we all know what a screw up you are."
Carlie smirked and her posture stiffened. She sat down her drink and turned to face her sister, an angry smirk on her face as she crossed the room and grabbed Bella by the shoulders, shaking her. "Wake up you stupid crazy idiot.. You are not loved by him.. What you are, big sister, is food. There is a huge difference. And if I didn't actually give a shit about you, what you're doing with this guy, how you're so damn hung up on him wouldn't bug me that much. I've seen him do bad things, okay? So do not stand there and have the fucking nerve to tell me I don't know him. Because I know enough to know that if you were a sane and mentally unfucked up, secure person, you wouldn't even be this hung up on him. But you're not,clearly." as she stepped away, letting the hold she had on her sister's shoulders go.
Bella slapped her and she glared, held her hand to her cheek. Then she swung her fist at Bella and the two started to fight. Charlie heard the noises from downstairs over a game he'd been watching and ran in, getting the two girls apart. "That's it. You two need seperate rooms."
"I'll take the fucking attic. The further away I am from that crazy bitch the better off I'll be. At least I will be safer up there." Carlie grumbled as she smoothed her hands down her out of place clothing and glared angrily while trying to catch her breath. Bella looked at her sister and said quietly, "Fine. I didn't want you in here anyway. You're nothing but a bitch who acts out to get attention."
"Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black at this point, sis?" Carlie asked as Charlie put himself between them and asked "What the hell is going on with you two? You two used to be best friends."
"Ask her, not me. She's the one who's so bent out of shape over the fucking creep. By the way, Bella, say what you want but that guy? Is the next Ted Bundy. And if I didn't love you, I wouldn't have the guts to tell you that to your face." she said before shoving out of the room, pillow and blankets in hand. "I'm sleeping on the couch." she called out as Charlie gave his oldest daughter a look.
Edward wasn't even here and the little jerk was still making his presence known, disrupting the tranquility that used to be the life of his family. "Your little sister doesn't like the guy. He scares her. Is there something you're not telling me?" Charlie asked his oldest firmly as he looked at her in concern. Bella paled a little but said quietly, "No, sir. Whatever she thinks she knows about him she came up with on her own. He's never done anything to me, or to her for that matter. So I don't see why she's making a scene. You know how she is when she's mad. Anything to start a fight."
Normally, knowing his youngest child's temper, he'd agree and let the girls work it out on their own. But this time, something was bugging him about several statements Carlie made to him and just now, towards Bella, during their fight.
Carlie sat on the couch, scowling as she flipped through the television trying to find something on to watch. She still hadn't cooled off and she probably wasn't going to tonight. But the fact that her older sister could be so stupid, so blind, really, it pissed her off beyond explanation. "Dad's right.. We used to be closer.. But she's got a death wish now.. And I just want them to stop looking at me like they all expect me to fuck everything I touch up. She's the one with the problem this time, not me. I wish they'd see it, finally. She needs help."
Her father walked in and sat down. For a few moments, all was silent, only the sounds of a boxing pay per view filled the room. Then he took the remote and muted the television and said "What makes you not like the guy?"
She bit her lower lip and shrugged then said "He looks at her like she's food, dad. Beyond that, he's just.. He's weird, okay?" with a scowl set on her lips. Charlie nodded and said mostly to himself "At least I'm not the only one who noticed." as he asked "What are you watching?"
"Boxing match." Carlie answered as she said "Sorry about the fight. She just really pissed me off." and went back to watching the tv set. Charlie watched his youngest daughter carefully then said "You two used to be closer. I remember when you were inseperable almost. What happened?"
'Hmm.. You can take your pick here, dad, but it was either when you guys started worshipping her and expecting the worst from me, granted, that was my own damn fault, or when she became obsessed with becoming a fucking vampire? Either one will work, sir.' she thought to herself as she shrugged and said quietly, "Guess we're not kids anymore."
"I guess not." Charlie remarked as he asked mostly to change the subject, "So... What are you guys going to do tomorrow?" as Carlie shrugged. Charlie asked next "That Embry guy.. Noticed you two seemed to be friendly.."
"It's nothing, Charlie, he's a cool guy, that's it. I'm not really much of a dater." Carlie admitted as he looked at her a moment and asked "Why?"
She shrugged and muttered something he couldn't quite understand and he decided to drop the subject for the moment. Apparently, his youngest had gotten his penchant for being a private person. If she wanted to talk to him about something, maybe if he worked his way back into her life, she'd finally feel comfortable enough to do it.
"It's nice having you both living here." Charlie said as she nodded and admitted "It's nice not being alone in that stupid beach house. I got kinda bored and lonely when Renee and Phil were out on the road. Got boring." as he nodded in agreement. Carlie had always needed people around, unlike himself and her older sister. But she didn't try and show it as much either.
It was almost like his daughter was afraid that if she showed how much she wanted someone around, she was afraid for whatever reason, they'd push her away or something. And he found himself wondering when that started.
