The next three days, Edward and I went to Port Angeles to 'human watch'. We spent all day walking around, shopping, and we even went into a restaurant and pretended to eat. Edward saw how well I could control myself, and he complimented me often. On the third day, Edward told me he had called Charlie. He told him I was better, though not completely, and that he would like him to come over to see me. Charlie was thrilled at the idea. They had decided on three days from today, which was a Thursday evening. I was truly excited.

When we got home, Alice was waiting for me. She had saw my decision to ask her to help me find something to wear. She said we had to go on a shopping trip because, I, Bella Cullen, had nothing to wear. "But Alice, what about the whole closet full of clothes that's bigger than my bedroom?" I managed between her giddy talk of shops we could go to. She had bought me a gazillion pairs of clothes, mostly dresses, during my transformation. "Oh Bella, none of those will do for this occassion." She smiled wickedly. Did I make a bad decision here? I thought about ways to back out... "NO Bella. You are not getting out of this!" Now came the evil glare, along with a pounce.

The three days passed so quick. I wasn't sure I was ready when the day came. I was so nervous. My whole family was going to be there to make sure I was okay, but it really didn't help my nerves. Jasper sensed my nervous demeanor and sent excited vibes through the house. Soon, everyone was smiling ear to ear. To a human, this would be frightening. I wondered how Charlie would take it though, when he walked into a house full of smiling vampires - not that he knew what we were.

Then we heard it, Charlie's cruiser pulling off the highway. I felt like my lifeless heart was going to explode out of my chest. I looked helplessly at Jasper, who sent me calming waves. "Thanks Jasper." I whispered. Renesmee was sitting on my lap, covered by my hair. Edward hadn't told Charlie about her. He wanted it to be a surprise. Well, really, he wanted me to be the one to tell him. Everyone tried to convince me to tell him we adopted her, but I was determined to tell Charlie the truth - that I was a vampire and she was my daughter.

"No Bella. You know you can't do that." Oops. I forgot about Alice being able to see formed plans for a moment.

Knock-Knock-Knock, Charlie was at the door. Carlisle answered, he waited a few seconds, so as to not answer too quick for human pace. "Good evening, Charlie." Charlie Nodded. "Hello, Carlisle. How are you?" "I'm well, and yourself?" Carlisle responded. "Better, now that I can seem my daughter." Charlie was hopelessly searching for me. He gasped when he laid his eyes on me. "B-B-Bella? Is that you?
W-o-w." He stopped, leaving his mouth wide open. I laughed a high bell sounding laugh. I quickly closed my mouth and cut the sound off. I forgot my voice was so different. "Yeah Ch-Dad, it's me." I tried to sound 'normal', like a human.

Edward rose and shook Charlie's hand. I moved Renesmee to my hip, and slowly stood up. "Dad, I want you to meet Renesmee, Edward's ne- our daughter." Edward turned toward me and clenched his teeth together, he was mad. I shrugged my shoulders slightly, though not enough for Charlie to notice. "What do you mean your daughter, Bella?" Edward quickly spoke up. "What she means Charlie, is that we decided to take in my brother's daughter. He and his wife died in a car accident, and she had no one else." Edward turned to me again, this time giving me a pleading look to go along with his story.

"No dad, what I meant was our daugther." I smiled. "Charlie, I have something to tell you." I heard gasps coming from all around me. They knew they couldn't stop me, I was going to tell him. "Charlie, we're not like you think we are - we're not... normal." He gave me a worried look. "What do you mean, Bella?" I took in a deep breath, my first one since Charlie had entered the house. It made my throat burn, but not too bad. I cringed a little. "Dad, we're... How do I put this? We're va-" Edward cut me off. "Charlie, we're vampires." Wow, Edward told him! That was unexpected. Charlie gasped.

"You're, you're what?" Again with the hanging mouth. "Yeah dad." I quickly moved from the couch to the arm chair he was sitting in. I moved faster than a human could. I had to show him that I was serious. "Dad, this is our daughter" I said again. "Her name is Renesmee - after mom and Esme." He finally closed his mouth. He looked like he was thinking deeply. Edward chuckled softly. I turned to him, and he just nodded at Charlie. "What are you thinking, Dad?" I asked, concerned with what he thought of me now.

Charlie looked up and noticed that the rest of the family had left. Only Edward, Renesmee, Charlie, and I were left. I heard them leave, but didn't acknowledge it. "I didn't hear them leave." He said, confused. "Yeah dad, we're pretty quiet when we want to be." I laughed a little. "Bella, are you being serious." I nodded. "I didn't think things like that existed." Just then, Jacob walked in. "Hey Charlie!" He said cheerfully. Jacob knew he was coming, but he didn't want to be here for the initial meeting. Charlie just nodded, clearly in thought.

"How can she possibly be your daughter though? It's only been a few months since you got married. You weren't pregnant when you got married, and even if you were, you wouldn't have had her yet." Charlie was so confused. "Well - " Edward started, but stopped to think about how to word it. Jacob looked... concerned. "Charlie, vampire babies don't need the same time to grow that a human baby does. Bella was still human when she conceived and gave birth to Renesmee, and as soon as she gave birth, she was transformed. It only took a month." Jacob gasped. "You. told. him." He was definitely not expecting this. I smiled lightly at him.

"Hey Jake, you think you want to share your 'secret' with Charlie?" I asked, sarcastically. "SURE!" Jake was up for anything now that our secret was out. "Hey Charlie, come outside with me." Charlie was still in shock, but he followed anyway. Once they were outside, Jacob ran out into the forest. Out came a giant wolf. Charlie backed up, not sure what to think. Renesmee jumped off my side and ran to the wolf. Charlie gasped. "Bella, you're letting her near that wolf?" He said between deep breaths. "Dad, that's Jacob." His mouth fell, again.

"We live in a world of myths dad. I didn't believe or understand any of it at first either." I said sympathetically, knowing he didn't understand anything that was happening. "You want to see something cool?" I asked excitedly. "Uh, sure?" He wasn't sure though, that was obvious. "Emmett, can you come here.." I called softly. "What's up little sis?" He said as he flashed in front of us. Charlie flinched. "Want to arm wrestle?" "YEAH!!!" He was excited now. Charlie looked at me like I was crazy.

Emmett and I laid ourselves on the ground across from one another and grabbed hands. "On three. One. Two. Three." I quickly over-threw Emmett. He still wasn't used to anyone beating him. "Ah, man!" He was bummed. Charlie just stared. He didn't comprehend what was going on. "Dad, are you okay?" I asked. "Uh, yeah. Bella, you just beat EMMETT at arm wrestling. I'm fine. Just... wow." He couldn't form complete thoughts.

We spent the next few hours talking about what it was like to be a vampire. We explained that we didn't kill humans, but that we hunted animals instead. He was truly interested. He even wanted to know more about Jacob, and about Renesmee. He asked if Billy knew. Of course he did, and we told him Sue knew as well. That was a big shock to him, as he'd been spending a lot of time with Sue since Harry died. Jake told him that the pack was huge, but that he broke off from them. Explained why, because of Renesmee. He told him about Seth and Leah. Charlie took it all really well, though it clearly shocked him. I was positive he was going to have nightmares. Atleast my dad knew now. I didn't have to hide from him anymore.