A/N: I know Charlie's a little OOC in this chapter (probably not to mention the whole storys a little OOC, and AU now that I think about it) Dedicated to BlackDiamondRose for her great reviews and Author Notes. Hopefully you get to read this in time before you leave for you know where!
Jasper and I walked into my house to find Charlie sitting in his chair, watching the sports channel. He looked up as we entered, probably because I tripped, very loudly knocking over a lamp stand. He saw Jasper catch me, and more importantly the stand, and his eyes bugged slightly at the speed Jasper used.
"Dad, I need to tell you the truth about something I've been hiding from you for two years. I'm sorry I hid it from you, but it was for everyone's safety." I said sitting down on the couch. Jasper sat down next to me as I started talking again. "Now, you can't say a word until I'm done. When I'm all finished, then you may ask questions, but I'll try to answer any you'll have while I talk. Do you understand?"
"You've been hiding something from me for two years. Does it have something to do with the Cullen's?" He asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"They're all adopted, but they all have the same skin and eye color… It's too coincidental."
"The first thing I need to tell you is the most important. It's the fact that the Cullen's are not family, they're not adopted, and they are all older than you. That is possible because the whole lot of them are vegetarian vampires." I said making sure to stress the vegetarian. "That means they drink the blood of animals, not humans."
Charlie fake sneezed a couple of times, then apologized, "Sorry, I'm allergic to Bull Shit."
"Sir, she's right." Jasper said coming to my defense. "I can feel your skepticism, so I'm going to need to prove it to you. Please remain calm." He slowly walked over to the chair Charlie was sitting on, then lifted him, chair and all.
It took Charlie a while, and watching Jake phase right before his eyes, to fully believe that we weren't trying to "Bull Shit" him. Once he finally believed it all, he shut up and let Jasper and I talk.
"So let me get this straight…" Charlie said, looking from me to Jasper and back again. "The Cullen's aren't really a foster family, but a coven of so called 'vegetarian' vampires who stick together because they only drink animal blood. Alice and Edward left you two for each other, and instead of going to musical camp like you had me believing, they went to live with another coven of vegetarian vampires in Alaska. Alice is getting a divorce from Jasper, and Edward called off the engagement so that he and Alice could get married."
"You're with us so far." Jasper said, encouraging Charlie to continue.
"The Cullen's have to move now because vampires don't age, so they're sending out the story that they're moving to main, even though they're actually following you to Dartmouth in New Hampshire where they'll have new identities and new last names. And I'm supposed to go along like I don't know any of this otherwise this nasty coven of vampires from Voltaire will come and either kill me or change me."
"Wow, you hit the nail on the head Dad." I said.
"Okay, well, umm… alright."
"That's it?"
"I guess, thanks for telling me the truth, just don't tell your mother. Now if you don't mind, I'm happy your happy but let's leave our conversations to something I do understand… like sports or food or something."
"Okay." I think we hit Charlie with too much information at once or something he seems to be in shock. Or maybe he thinks that I've gotten involved in something out of his league.
"So, how long has it been totally since this all went down?" Charlie asked, staring at the TV.
"Over three weeks." Jasper said.
"And you two are together now?"
I sputtered and choked over my breath, turning red with embarrassment, "N- n- no! What gives you that idea?"
"The fact that it's Jasper sitting here with you while you tell me the truth, the fact he's helped you through everything and you've helped him, and how you're holding Jasper's hand." Jasper and I dropped hands immediately, I didn't even know I was holding it. I felt incomplete after I dropped his hand, but dismissed the feeling.
"No, Jasper and I are not together. We're just really good friends thrown together through harsh times. Nothing more." So why was my stomach doing back-flips at the thought?
"They say that people thrown in harsh conditions together, become the best of friends, and you two are of the opposite gender. I'm just saying it could happen."
"I'm going to go start packing my stuff now." Jasper and I said at the same time. Weird. The whole situation left me feeling that Charlie understood a lot more than I thought he did.
