Chapter 7
True Happiness?
EPOV
It has been a hell of a school year.
Bella and I are still dating and going strong, she is getting better with her nightmares, she still has them, but they are only like once a month, maybe and it's usually if she's really stressed or sleepy.
Bella has brought out feelings I didn't even know were possible, I was there for her when she needed me and never pressured her into anything.
It is almost summer now and her aunt and uncle were going to Spain for the summer with my aunt and uncle, it would just be us kids. They knew they could trust us, we wouldn't do anything stupid.
It was a late Friday night, we'd went on a date by ourselves and had a blast, we went to dinner and a movie and then ice cream, that's when the problems started.
We walked into the ice cream shop and when we did, Lauren was there. We pretty much avoided her at school, as she was as dumb as a box of rocks, so she wasn't in any of our AP classes.
"Well, well, look what the cat dragged in, a nasty brown mouse!" Lauren spat.
"Shut the hell up Lauren!" I yelled back.
"Edward, lets just leave. please." Bella whispered.
Lauren grabbed Bella's shirt and it ripped, revealing the scar on her shoulder.
Lauren laughed and said " I told you she was a damaged piece of shit, girls."
Bella ran out of the store before I could react and I heard a car squeal, my heart sank and I ran outside, Bella was laying on the ground.
I was yelling at someone to call 911 and I knew I couldn't pick her up, so I just stroked her hair.
Lauren and her bitched came outside and were laughing.
I ran up and pinned her against the wall. "Just wait until Rosalie hears what you did to Bella, she is going to beat your ass!" I spat.
I pulled out my cell and ran back over to Bella.
"Hello?" Rosalie answered.
"Rose, it's Bella, she's been hit by a car, I'll explain more later, just meet up at the hospital." I was crying.
Finally the ambulance arrived and I rode with Bella to the hospital, once inside I had to wait in the waiting area, because I wasn't family. Rosalie was the first to get to go back, since she was 18, she was in charge of Bella when her aunt and uncle were away.
We sat there for what must have been hour, and finally Rose came out and said the doctor would be out in a minute.
Soon after, the doctor arrived. "We took x-rays to make sure there was no internal injuries and she's fine, a slight concussion and severe sleep deprivation, we'll give her something for that. How did she get all those scars and bruises?" he inquired.
"She was abused by her step dad, he killed her mother as well, he's in jail and she moved here with us, I'm her cousin. That's why she's sleep deprived, sometimes she has horrible nightmares." Rosalie sighed and hung her head.
"Has she seen anyone?" The Dr. inquired.
"No, she refuses, she talks about it to our family and it's helped a great deal and her best friend, Dr. Cullen's nephew Edward has been there for her, they bonded a few weeks ago and she's made a great deal of improvement since then." Rosalie smiled.
"O.K., If Dr. Cullen knows, then I'm sure everything is under control." the Dr. smiled.
"She'll be out for a few hours, I'll check her vitals when she wakes up and if they're all good, I'll let her go home. Her friends can come in, but keep it down or you'll have to leave. O.K.? It's against rules to have you all in here, but considering what happened, she needs her friends." the Dr. smiled.
Rosalie thanked him and he walked out and summoned us in.
"She's going to be fine, she's just sleep deprived and she bumped her head, but nothing internal." Rose smiled at Jasper and I.
"I'm going to murder Lauren Mallory!" Jasper frowned.
"NO, I'm going to take care of her, just leave it to me." I said.
"Lauren isn't worth our time, Edward. It's not worth going to jail for." Rosalie frowned.
"No, I'm going to give it back to her 10x's worse and she'll think it's great! And then she'll fall. No one will want to be her friend when I'm done. Can you watch after Bella? I'll come by the house tomorrow, let her know I'm getting revenge for her." Edward smiled and kissed Bella's forehead.
"Be careful." Rosalie shouted after me. I turned and flashed her a smile.
I arrived at my house, showered and got ready for school.
I called Alice and Emmett into my room and told them what had happened. Emmett was growling and Alice was screaming she was going to kill Lauren. I filled them in on my plan and they loved it!
We arrived at school at the same time as Lauren, I got out and walked across the lot to her car, she was applying her lipstick, I knocked on her window and smiled. Emmett and Alice we across the lot trying to look pissed off at me. I smiled at them and turned the charm on Lauren.
I opened her door and pulled her out by her hand "Lauren, I'm sorry I broke up with you, I want you back if you'll have me (I wanted to throw up) I don't know what I thought I saw in Bella, she is a mouse and not for me, we belong together." I was pouring it on really thick and she was buying it.
"Oh, Eddie, I'm so glad that you understand. I mean she has the hideous scar and that plain brown hair and the way she dre…" I had to stop her; I leaned down and kissed her, (no tongue) gently and asked her to stop, I wanted everything to be about us.
She beamed as she grabbed my arm and lead me around and paraded me off. "Lauren, we need to talk though. I want you to promise me that you will not mess with Bella, O.K.? I'm with you and you and your friends need to leave her alone. Rose is pissed and she wants to kill you, I told her I would talk to you and as long as none of your friends touch her, you're safe, the moment you cross that line, Rose is going to kill you, trust me, she will be looking for anything, anything at all, no matter which friend does it, you will pay for it!" I looked at her sternly.
"Anything for you Eddie." Lauren smiled, I cringed and flashed a fake smile.
I saw Alice on my way to math and she asked how it was going, I told her that she was eating out of my hand, and everything was under control. All of a sudden, my phone rang, I ducked into a side hallway, it was Rose "Edward, Bella is awake and wants to talk to you." I heard the phone being passed and a sigh.
"Edward, Rose told me what you are planning on doing, it's not worth it." Bella was frowning.
"Listen Bells, I would do anything for you and I'm getting revenge right now, it's working like a charm, I'll come by and see you tonight. O.K.? Take car of yourself." I snapped the phone shut and took a deep breath, I had to take hold of myself, so I didn't cry, Bella was worried about me. That made me smile.
The rest of the day flew by and I walked Lauren to her car, I gave her a small kiss and told her I had a ton of work to make up, but I'd call her later. She pouted and said O.K.
I walked to my car and knew I had to wash myself as soon as I got home.
I went home, finished my homework and then jumped on my computer, going straight to Bella's journal.
I read the last 2 entries and my heart swelled with pride, she really liked me and I was her Prince Charming.
I was more than happy.
Lauren was going to pay…
BPOV
I can't believe Edward was sacrificing himself for me.
I was falling for him quickly.
I needed to talk to Alice and Emmett, they were now in the need to know category.
"Rosalie, call Emmett and Alice and ask then to meet us at the house, I need to talk to them." I smiled.
"Bells, you've been through so much, do you really want to do this now?" Jasper sighed.
"Yes, I need to. They need to know, they are trustworthy and they are a big part of your lives and Edwards and they're becoming a part of mine as well, so I need to tell them." I stressed.
"O.K., we'll give them a call, while you get dressed." Rosalie called.
We finally managed to get home and I went upstairs to shower. I took a long hot shower, letting my muscles relax, I really needed a massage, but I don't think I'll be seeing Edward tonight. That thought made me frown.
I got out of the shower, put on my jammies and brushed my hair, I then went down to see that Emmett and Rosalie were setting pizza on the coffee table.
"O.K., everyone start eating and I've got something to tell Alice and Emmett." I gave a nervous smile.
"O.K., you both know my mom died, but not how. My mom dated Phil for a while and he was really sweet and kind, but once he moved in, things changed, he tried to be really strict with me and him and my mom would argue about it. He in return would slap my mom around, nothing to serious and she would ask me to behave, so Phil didn't lose his temper. Now mind you, I never went to parties or had a boyfriend or anything, the craziest thing I did was go to the movies or shopping. So I wasn't a trouble maker, by all means. I went to school, never skipped, had the highest GPA in my class, I was the 'perfect' teenager.
Then, my mom and Phil got married. Everything changed.
My mom wore lipstick one day to work, because she was going to be in meetings all day and mind you she was a kindergarten teacher, so it was parent/teacher conferences, nothing major, well when she came home and saw that she had on lipstick, he beat her, for the first time, I mean really beat her. I locked myself in my room and cried for my mom. Soon, beating my mom wasn't enough. If I didn't have dinner ready on time, I'd get beat, if I didn't clean the house his way, I got beat, if I didn't get his beer to him with in 2 seconds of him asking, he'd brake the empty one and jab me with it, (I showed them some scars on my upper thighs and arms). Then, because he beat my mom on such a regular basis, she could no longer perform sexually for him, so his attention turned to me on that front as well, it continued for the next 6 months.
The worst night was after returning to Phoenix from Forks, Phil and Charlie talked and discussed about what a problem child I was, going out drinking, having sex with random guys, drugs, it was horrible. He told Charlie I shouldn't visit anymore and Charlie agreed.
That night, Phil had beaten my mother, horribly and she was crying in the kitchen, I wanted to relax, so I jumped in the shower. A few minutes later, Phil came in, trying to rape me in the shower. He lost his footing and fell, I laughed and went to step over the asshole, sprawled on the ground, when I did, he grabbed my foot, broke his beer bottle and started at my shoulder and all the way to my hip (I pulled up my shirt and lowered my pants on my hip to show them), this wasn't something that he would be able to pass off, so he shoved me in the car and drove me to the ER, where he shoved me out the door, he was to drunk to come in, I went into the ER and collapsed. They rushed me to a room, they tried to stitch everything neatly, but something this hideous was hard. They asked all these questions, I had to lie and tell them that I was shoved through a glass door at a party, a few doctors didn't believe it, but weren't going to push me on it.
They kept me that night and it was the best nights sleep that I'd had in those 6 months."
I finished there and realized that Emmett had drawn me into a hug and I was sobbing on his shoulder.
I pushed away and continued "Now, that I've told everyone about this, I want it dropped, O.K., I came here to get a new lease on life and all of you have helped a great deal, that's why I had to tell you. So please, don't look at me with sorrow and treat me like I'm fragile, because I can tell you after dealing with all this shit, I am not fragile. I want to be normal, I'm counting on you all!" I finished and smiled.
They all shook there heads and came in for a group hug.
I grabbed some pizza and excused myself from the room, they were coupled up and I was missing Edward, I just wanted to be alone, I needed to write in my journal.
I turned on my iPod radio and put it to shuffle, sat on my bed with my pizza, grabbed my laptop and went to my journal site…
'Another fucked up couple of days here…
I was yelled and my shirt ripped by my friends ex, exposing something I'd rather everyone not see and so in running out of the restaurant, I was hit by a car, fucking perfect!!!
I've been humiliated, beaten, raped, yelled at and NOW hit by a fucking car!!!
If it wasn't for my personal Prince Charming, I might give up and retreat inside myself, but he makes me stronger, knowing he knows a little about where I'm coming from, helps. I have good friends and family too.
I'm missing my Prince Charming a lot, I wish he was here right now to comfort me, because I know this is going to be a really bad night. With all the stress of the past few weeks, tonight is going to suck!!!
Well, since it'll be a long night and another very long day, I'm going to sleep, write more later.'
I finished writing in my journal, ate my pizza and my phone rang without thinking, I answered it.
"Hello?" I said frustrated, all I wanted was to hear Edwards voice, nothing else, especially this one.
"Hey, you're a little bitch you know that! I can't believe you thought that Edward would ever want someone like you! You're plain and boring and obviously, not giving IT up, Edward needs and craves sex and IO know you're not giving him daily blow jobs at lunch, so there's no way for him to want you, got it! And if it weren't that you were blood related to Rosalie and Jasper, easily the 2 most beautiful people on the planet, they wouldn't even associate with someone like you, I mean, look at the evil little pixie Alice, she's adorable and Emmett, he's nothing to sneeze at either, those muscles that go on forever!
Just keep your sorry stories to yourself and say nothing to anyone about this or I will beat the shit out of you." Jessica snapped her phone shut and I threw my phone against the wall, shattering it, bye-bye phone.
I laid in bed and cried myself to sleep, about 3 in the morning, I started screaming. Phil was back, he'd gotten out for good behavior and was now searching for me, it was so real, that I was shaking and ran to my bathroom, I was throwing up, nerves of nothing. I must have fallen asleep on the floor, because the next thing I hear is Alice screaming for Emmett. Emmett runs in and places me on my bed, I heard him talking about Edward, he was on his way over, I got a big smile on my face and sat up "I need a shower" and I took off, I must have left them both baffled.
I got out of the shower and wrapped my towel around me, not thinking about Alice and Emmett in my room, I walked out and was drying my hair with another towel. I walked to my dresser and was humming to Paramore's crushsrushcrush.
I found my p.j.'s I wanted and dropped my towel, hearing a gasp behind me, I turned around, again, not thinking and was eye to eye with Edward. I was blushing profusely and was still naked. I grabbed my clothes and ran into the bathroom, throwing them on and walking back out, he was waiting for me, arms outstretched and everything. I hesitantly walked over to him, but I couldn't resist him not touching me.
"I'm sorry you had to see that" I whispered.
"I'm not, it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, you are majestic, wonderful, beautiful!" Edward sighed.
I smiled.
"Oh, Jessica called tonight.'' I said as a passing thought.
"Wow! I thought it would take a week for her to hang herself, someone must be on our side, let's go tell Rosalie." Edward encouraged.
I stopped him, "Edward, it's only 4:30a.m., Rosalie would be pissed if we interrupted he beauty sleep." I smiled at him and he led me to the bed, laid down next to me "Monday will be fresh start!" Edward said
"No, tonight was for me." I sighed.
"I told Emmett and Alice tonight, so I have no secrets about it, I can begin to heal," I smiled.
"Good, I'm glad I you got that off your chest, he can no long control you, now it's our time and I want us to start making new memories…" Edward trailed off.
"I can't wait to make new memories with you Cullen, I've actually got some already…" I smiled at him.
We had a good weekend, he managed to stay away from Lauren, saying he got in trouble for not doing his chores, so he couldn't go out that weekend.
When Monday rolled around, I rode to school with Edward, we wanted to see Lauren's attitude when he pulled up with me, because he told her we'd still be friends, plus he had Alice & Emmett in the car, so it worked in our favor, I even sat in the back seat to pull this off.
He was going to get her at lunch, when the entire school was watching.
I was going to 'play' my 'poor little Bella' part all morning, looking broken and dejected.
Which kinda worked for me, because I was still in pain, I didn't tell anyone, not even Carlisle, I hated the way the pain medicine made me feel…
This was going to be a long day…
A/N:
This is kinda a long chapter and I wanted to include Lauren's falling, but it would be even longer, so I'm making an entire new chapter for that…
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