Bella Pov
"Gotta scrub, gotta scrub!" I think to myself as I scald myself in the shower stream. I wince in pain when I move and the stream goes directly on my wrapped wound.
"Ah!" I exclaim aloud and immediately after bite my lip, quickly knocking a shampoo bottle over. My reasoning being If I knocked something over, Dad would think that is why I had made a noise. I have to commit to this lie fully, and since a pool is not likely to have given me this gash, the gash, as far as Dad was concerned, did not exist.
I work as quickly and efficiently as I can in the amount of pain that I am in, the need to get away with the lie outweighing the need to take care of my leg.
As soon as I finish scrubbing the rest of my body I step out of the shower. I accidentally hit my leg on the edge of the tub on my way out. The pain is so intense that I see stars but somehow manage to keep quiet, self-preservation setting in. At this point keeping the lie seems silly because of the amount of pain I was in. Surely, a spanking couldn't be worse than the pain I was already in,right? Well then I would have the pain in my leg and my bottom I told myself as I decide to continue with my charade.
I towel dry my whole body being gentle around my wound and get dressed in loose-fitting sweats plus a comfortable T-shirt, hoping if I wore baggy pants they wouldn't rub against my leg. I step out of the bathroom, really hoping that my father is not within my immediate proximity and get lucky when I see that he isn't. I head to my room knowing that with his speed he could show up at any second. Not wanting particularly to have to act right now, I make sure to move as fast as I can without attracting his attention. I turn my light out and get in bed to sleep before my father gets the chance to pull me out for conversation. I lie in bed,the pain wearing off only because I am getting used to it. I do not think it lessened any, though.
Carlisle Pov
I pace back-and-forth in my study piecing together what might have happened at the party. I know very well that the Bella is not a social person, so being at the party in the first place was not her idea of a good time. What she does enjoy, however, is peaceful walks and the walk to the canal was not very long at all. The best conclusion that I can come to is that she was tired of sitting bored and had decided to do some exploring. This is when I suspect she came up on the canal whereupon she got the idea into her head that jumping in would be an OK thing to do. No, this doesn't seem like her... however, peer pressure is something that has played a role in her previous mischievous adventures. No, I am thinking she had friends to come along who had talked her into it. Really though, a canal! Is she crazy?! Maybe, hopefully, it was an accident, but I am thinking not or she would not have so readily lied about it.
I put my face into my hands and hear an exclamation from the shower and immediately the drop of some sort of item. This gives me another piece of evidence, not the dropping of the item, but the fact that she is showering again and it had only been a few hours prior to the party that she had showered. She was obviously trying to mask a scent, something she should know is futile. I am definitely going to be having words with my youngest daughter. Not only about endangering herself again but lying to me again. I am refusing to take this disrespect laying down and she will soon see that.
I hear the shower turn off and Bella drying herself. I figure I will give her time to change and get settled in her room before going to talk to her. Unfortunately, soon after she gets into her room I hear the springs of her bed, signaling that she has retired for the night. Rather than opening up a whole conversation right now, I think maybe I can use this to my advantage. Having time to think on what she has done has proven in the past to get her to come clean to me. It will also allow me time to think of appropriate consequences for this particular disobedience. A spanking obviously, but to what degree? I hate disciplining my children, especially my young sweet Bella, but really her behavior as of late has been appalling. Childish! These things that have recently gotten her into trouble are things I expect from 8 year olds, not eighteen year olds, and especially not my Bella. Peer pressure. Hm. I think in this subject, knowing Bella to be a strong women with her own ideas, I can't help but wonder what the content of this pressure is, obviously it must be something that strikes a cord with her. It seems unlikely to me that just normal teasing would have Bella throwing caution to the wind, cautiousness being one of her more evident traits.
So many thoughts... This is... well as my kids say, going to suck.
Bella Pov
My sweat pants now had a wet spot that I could feel with my other leg due to showering with the gauze on. Bad decision in hindsight. One of many. Tomorrow I am hoping I get a chance to look at the wound and put new bandaging around it, but I have to be aware of where Dad is and how much time I have. This could be very tricky. As I am thinking all of this through, the tiredness of the day sneaks up on me and I fall into heavenly sleep where I barely feel my pain.
MORNING
I awake to a ray of sun peeking in through my window, that means Dad will for sure be home to monitor me all day. I go to sit up but the movement sends pain shooting up my leg and I gasp.
"Bella, are you alright, Sweetheart?" I hear from my doorway where my Dad has suddenly appeared.
"Uh... Yeah just have some limbs that fell asleep." I lie. Apparently it was really all I could do lately.
"Well alright, I suppose then my next question would be, how was your swim in that horridly dangerous canal, Young Lady?"
"HUH?...Uh ...I don't know what you...canal? What's a canal? Oh like a water canal.. what do you mean.. um.." I stutter miserably, realizing quickly that the lie was history and soon my days of sitting will be too.
My Dad's steady glare held my attention.
TBC
A/N I almost forgot how to write to be honest. Wow I have missed you guys! I realize there are probably a million mistakes but it is late and I feel like an update with mistakes is better than none at all. So guess what! My Senior project was in the top 6 and I had to compete- I didn't win but hey I'll take top six. I graduate in two weeks -YAY. Less exciting news I almost crashed- friends and music and speeding don't mix- don't worry I learned my lesson- Maybe it will be my next story. and well that's basically all that has happened to me these past few months besides massive amounts of homework lol. I really really hope you enjoy this chapter and please please leave me a review, they make my day. -CullenGirl9397
