Disclamier: All characters so far belong to Stephanie Meyers, I will be adding one of my own later on.
everything is once again in Bella's point of view, and probably will be in the next few chapters.
ENJOY please R&R
Chapter 4: Goodbye
The day was an absolute nightmare. It seems that the news about Edward and I being engaged spread around the school like wildfire. The whole morning I had people come up to me and ask if I was really engaged to Edward, or congratulating me and telling me that they knew it was going to happen sooner or later. When lunch finally came, I literally ran out of the room before I was bombard with everyone.
"hello" Edward said, as he leaned against the classroom door.
"hey" I replied and pulled Edward away from the door and towards the cafeteria.
He just followed me amused and smiling. I rolled my eyes. Obviously he was enjoying having people ask me questions all day about our relationship. It seems no one would go up to the Cullen's family because they found them "frightening." As Edward and I pushed opened the cafeteria door we saw that Alice was waving to us, pointing at two empty seats with food in front of them.
"hey" I grunted as I sat down.
"oh come on Bella, you can be a little more excited than that." Alice said cheerfully.
"yeah, it's great having the whole school come up to you and pry into your personal life."
"their just nosy people, ignore them." Emment added in.
I sighed and nodded my head. I ate my food in peace and went to class after the bell rang. It seems everything died down a little as I went to biology. I was dreading this class the most, Mike, me and Edward were in this class together. I couldn't look at Mike all day without feeling bad, he had a pained face all day and I could never turn my head to look at him straight in the eye.
"okay class, quiet down. My name is Mr. Banner, and I am your sub for today." The sub was introducing himself and I was zoning out. To my surprise the hour passed by quickly. When the bell rang, Edward took my hand and we rushed out of class. The Cullen's were all waiting in front of Edward's Volvo as we got there.
"get in." He told his family. They obeyed. Next thing I knew, we were speeding off towards my house.
"Edward! Why are we here!?" I asked as we parked in front of my house.
"Shouldn't we tell Charlie about our engagement?"
"yeah, but I didn't think it would be this soon…."
"the sooner the better, I'll have Alice take the car home and have her pick me up later."
"but…"
"no buts Bella." Edward commanded.
I stared into his honey golden eyes and just nodded as I gave in. He smiled and was out of the car and by my side in a second. I blinked and got out. We got into the house and I peeked at the clock, it was 3:30.
"okay, 2hrs and 30 minutes before Charlie got home, should give me enough time to think about what I'm going to say to him." I thought to myself.
"what are you thinking about?" Edward asked.
"nothing…"
"Bella…"
"hey, wanna watch a movie?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"fine." Edward answered, deciding not to push the matter. I smiled happily and made my way to the DVD player. I slipped in Romero and Juliet, it was my favorite movie and Edward seemed like Romero to me. I propped back onto the couch in Edward's lap and watched the movie, time passed quickly and before I knew it Charlie's cruiser was pulling up in the driveway.
"Bella, you home?" Charlie asked as he opened the door.
"yeah dad, in the living room with Edward."
"oh" Charlie wasn't as fond of Edward as he was before the whole leaving me part. He walked into the living room.
"what movie you guys watching?"
"Romero and Juliet" I answered back.
"where are you guys at?"
"the part were Romero killed himself for Juliet." I answered as I quickly glanced at the screen. To tell you the truth, I wasn't paying attention to the movie because Edward was nibbling on my neck the whole time and I was thinking about the best way to break the news to Charlie.
"okay." Charlie said as he turned to leave.
"Dad wait, I need to talk to you about something."
"what is it Bella's?" I saw Charlie quickly glance at Edward then turn back to me.
"This is harder than I thought." I said to myself. "um… you see dad…." I began.
"yes Bellas?"
"well….ugh…"
"Bella and I are engaged Chief Swan." I turned to look at Edward who was now standing next to me, as he just told my father I was going to get married at 18. I turned back to Charlie to see his face go from shock, confusion, pain, anger, sadness, than he finally spoke.
"WHAT!?" he rumbled.
We stood still.
"Bella, ARE YOU CRAZY? YOU'RE ONLY 18 YEARS OLD! HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT GETTING MARRIED YOU STILL HAVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN FRONT OF YOU."
"Chief Swan, I want to marry your daughter, and I promise you that I will keep her safe and happy."
"SHUT UP EDWARD! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DAUGHTER!? PROMISE TO KEEP HER HAPPY! DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH, THAT'S ALL BULLSHIT! YOU LEFT HER IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, SHE WAS AN EMOTIONAL WREAK, I DON'T APPROVE OF THIS!"
I was shocked beyond words by my fathers sudden out burst of rage.
"dad…" I began. "I love him. Please don't make this harder than it already is."
"Bella, what has he done to you? Are you pregnant? Is that why this is happening? Tell me. I don't want you to throw away your life like this."
"he hasn't done anything to me dad, no dad I am not pregnant, and I love Edward and marrying him will not be throwing away my life. Please say you will be happy for us."
Charlie looked hurt by my words, and then turned his back to us. "Get Out."
I was frozen and I think I stopped breathing, " did he just tell me to leave?" I thought to myself. I tried to make a sentence but couldn't.
"w…h.a..t?" I mumbled.
"you heard me! If you want to marry him," he said as he was pointing at Edward who was watching from the side with a pain stricken face. "then get out of my house. I will not watch as you throw your life away."
I nearly fell backwards, but luckily Edward was there to keep me up right. We stood like that for a few minutes, with Charlie's back to our faces. When I regained my composure, I headed for the stairs while making my way up to my room slowly. Edward was with me as I packed my things slowly in a trance. After we packed everything we needed, Edward and I headed back downstairs and headed for the front door. As I was about to leave, I turned around to take one last look at Charlie, I could see he hasn't moved an inch from where he was. I would have broke down right there if Edward didn't tell me that Alice was here. I turned and left to get into the shiny Volvo.
"Bellas…" Alice started.
"just drive Alice.." was all I could make out.
Edward was holding my hand the whole time back to the his house. When we arrived I stepped out after Edward and was meet with all the Cullens with sad looks on their faces. Alice must have seen it in a vision. I was greeted with a hug and sorries as I made my way to the front door and up the stairs into Edward's room where I laid my head on Edward's couch.
That was were I officially broke down and started crying all my feelings out. Edward was next to me in an instant rubbing my back. I didn't do anything but cry myself to sleep for what seemed like hours. Charlie had officially said goodbye to me and disowned me in his own way.
