Starting Over
Author's Note: How is it so far? I hate that I had to break up one of the strongest couples in the Twilight series but it was a must for my story and sequel (Yes I have plans for a sequel) to work like I want it to. Let me know what you think.
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything but the OCs and the idea for this story, SM owns the rest.
Chapter 4: HELP BIG BROTHERS
Samantha's POV
Once I got into the hotel room, I made sure to lock everything up. I took a quick shower to wash the remaining blood and grime off me and dressed for bed. I had tossed the gun over a bridge somewhere between Boston and Chicago, and burned the remainder of my clothes in a burning trash can in an ally here in Chicago. I lay back on the bed thinking of what to tell my brother, Charlie, or my brother Billy, and ended up drifting off to sleep. It would have to wait until the next morning before I got back on the road.
The next morning I called room service to bring up some breakfast and settled on the bed taking a deep breath before dialing the familiar digits that made up the phone number for, Charlie.
"Swan residence" I heard a familiar voice say and I smiled to myself realizing I missed that voice.
I must have waited too long because I heard "Hello?" on the other end of the line signaling that I hadn't said anything.
"Charlie?" I said sweetly as I always talked with my brothers.
"Samantha?" he asked.
"Yes Charlie, it's me. It's been so long," I admitted and I heard him take a deep breath.
"It has! It's been almost five years! I thought you had forgotten about us," he said and I laughed.
"How could I forget my big goofy brothers?" I teased and he laughed.
"Well Sammi girl, what makes you call after so long? And why haven't you called since you left? We have missed you and we have so much to tell you. I mean, when you left here it was over 10 years ago, and we haven't seen you since then though, for the first five or six you DID call! What changed?" he asked and I sighed.
"Charlie, it's a LONG story… one I will have to tell you when I get there" I said.
"You are coming home?" he asked.
"Yeah, Charlie I will be there in a few days, do you have room?" I asked.
"Yeah what's going on Sammi? Are you in trouble?" he asked panicked and I sighed yet again.
"I guess you could say that" I admitted.
Between Charlie and Billy, I could always confide Charlie, because he had always been able to control his emotions a bit better, and Billy had a bit of a temper.
"Charlie, I need to get on the road but can I stay with you for a while?" I asked.
"Of course baby sis I know you can, I could use another woman here," he said and I wondered where Bella was but I didn't ask, we had a lot to catch up on obviously.
"OK Big Brother, I love you so much and I have missed you even more. I will be there within the next two days depending on how much I can drive in a day without stopping to sleep or eat," I said.
"OK Baby sis, I will see you when you get here. I love you too and I have missed you. Do you want me to tell Billy you are coming?" he asked.
"I think I will surprise him when I get there," I said.
"He'll like that," he said.
We said our goodbyes and I got dressed to head out to Forks.
It took me two more days to finally get back to Forks, and so much had changed yet stayed the same about the place. I had to admit, it was GREAT to be home.
I drove down the once familiar streets until I came to the house that used to belong to my asshole of a father, but now belonged to my loving brother, and parked my car next to his cruiser. I sat in the car for a while before I mustered up the courage to go up and knock.
When I finally got the nerve, I walked up the steps to his front door and knocked. I heard movement inside and a curse before the front door opened. I laughed when I heard the curse. It was my first time seeing my brother in over 10 years and he has changed dramatically.
No longer was he the scrawny late 20-something man that I once knew. In its place was the chief of the Forks Police department with his well-toned muscles and thick mustache. He seemed to be analyzing me as well because we stood there staring at each other until finally we both burst out laughing before Charlie pulled me into a bone crushing bear hug and we walked inside.
Once inside, I admired the way the place had a woman's touch to it, obviously from either Bella or one of her friends, and as we made our way to the living room to sit down, I noticed that something was missing; my niece.
"Where's Bella?" I asked and Charlie laughed.
"Come Sit we have A LOT to talk about, and that includes Bella," he said patting the seat beside him on the couch. I took my seat and he started.
"So, what's been going on? I mean I know you were in school the first five or six years but what happened since then? I mean, you completely stopped calling," he said.
"Well Bear, I met a man named James, and well, I told you this was a long story, so do you have the time?" I asked calling him by my old nick name for him. I used to call Charlie either Charlie Bear or just Bear and Billy was always just Billy or Wolf because of our heritage.
He sat there for a minute and nodded.
"I am chief of police, I have all the time in the world unless by some freak of nature, we actually get a call," he said with a laugh.
I rolled my eyes and began to laugh with him "I remember when I lived here, the only call the Forks PD would get would be the occasional cat up the tree," I said sarcastically and he laughed even harder.
"Anyway, on with your story. You said you met a man named James? Where?" he asked and I took a deep breath before continuing.
"Well, I moved to Boston to finish Law School at Harvard, after finishing with honors from NYU, and right after graduation and passing the bar, I met James at a party my friends threw for me to celebrate both. At first, things with James were great. It was around the third year of our relationship that things began to get a bit rocky."
I proceeded to tell him about the abuse I put up with over the years and about planning and executing my escape. From there I told him about the events that happened during and after my escape and when I was finished I sat back breathing deep and wincing at the pain in my chest from my obviously broken ribs and I glanced over at Charlie who sat there staring with his mouth wide open.
"Bear, you don't know how GLAD I am to get away from that man. I am just so scared that someone is going to find out it was me that killed him and that I will end up in prison." I said sobbing. "I don't know what to do, Bear." I added through my tears.
We sat there for what seems like hours silent and then finally Charlie spoke.
"I don't condone killing, with me being a man of the law, and I could get in trouble for harboring you if things heat up, but since you took the proper precautions I doubt they will. Even though as a cop I'm not supposed to be saying this, as your brother I am," he said, moving closer to embrace me before continuing, "I am very proud of you Samantha Swan Black." He leaned over and kissed my forehead before saying, "Come on, let's go see if Carlisle is back so he can check you out," he said helping me up and into my car, which he drove to Forks Hospital. I hadn't been to the hospital since I was a kid so I was a bit nervous, little did I know what waited for me there.
