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Chapter 8 You Took My Heart With You
"…now that I know what I'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before I come undone
save me from the nothing I've become"-
Bring Me to Life by Evanescence
Third Person
Sue walked down stairs and tried to get Charlie's attention. Charlie and Bella were laughing and dancing awkwardly talking about this and that. Sue sighed and trudged back up the stairs and took a peak through the window. Sue started to get panicked and she started to pace. Renesme came up behind her and gave her a muffin.
"Here Grandma Sue, calm down." Renesme said and Sue smiled.
"Thank you dear." Sue said and Renesme smiled and then went back to the easy bake oven. Sue looked at the clock and shook her head.
"Wait here Renesme okay?" Sue asked and Renesme nodded as she got back to work on her muffins. Sue walked slowly to the door and then she ran down the stairs to the living room where Charlie and Bella were laughing on the couch.
Sue would have wanted to take a picture of that, it was so cute.
"Charlie!" Sue yelled, she had been yelling from upstairs for the last 10 minutes. Charlie finally heard her and turned off the music.
"Sorry. We didn't hear you." Charlie said with an acute smile that was just like the one on Bella's face. "Pickles." Charlie just randomly said and Bella and Charlie started laughing again.
"Charlie!" Sue yelled. Charlie and Bella just kept laughing then they heard the sound of car tires roll into the driveway. Sue smacked her forehead and Charlie stopped laughing immediately.
"No, they're early!" Charlie said, fear crossing his face.
"No they're not; it's exactly 3:00." Sue said shaking her head.
"I'm so dead." Charlie said
Just then the front door opened and Seth walked in laughing. Seth turned and stopped abruptly as he looked at Bella. Seth's eyes widen and then he shook his head furiously as he tried not to laugh. Seth didn't know if he wanted to yell or laugh. Seth looked at Bella angrily but then he looked at Charlie and he laughed, as he felt so sorry.
"You're so dead." Seth said looking to Charlie laughing again.
"It's not funny." Charlie said shaking his head. "Oh I know." Charlie said putting his head in his hands. "Just kill me now." Charlie said then the walked over and took his gun out and put it to his head.
"DAD!" Bella screamed.
"He's just being dramatic." Sue said. Then they heard footsteps.
"So so dead." Seth said laughing, Seth turned to Charlie. "Charlie, you're so gonna die." Charlie wiped his face dramatically.
"I know." Charlie replied, sulking. Bella started walking for Charlie.
"Hey Seth, you should have just heard the radio..." Edward said walking in the door. Bella stopped dead in her tracks and she stopped breathing. Edward walked into the room and was talking to Seth and then he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Bella.
"Just kill me now!" Charlie said dramatically getting on his knees pretending to beg. Edward rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"I'll do it for you." Charlie said aiming the gun at his head. Edward walked over and grabbed the gun and then aimed it at the TV and shot it and then smashed it with his fist.
"Wow, Edward has broken so many of your TV's it's hard to keep up." Seth as Edward kept pumbling the T.V.
"True but Alice always brings a new one and it's always better than the first." Charlie said nodding with a smirk.
"HOW COULD YOU LET HER HERE!" Edward yelled as he turned to Charlie. Charlie got to his feet.
"Do you think this is at least a mile?" Edward yelled his voice bouncing off the walls. Bella just stood there and gaped at him and tried to make sense of what he was saying but it didn't work.
"I want her now!" Edward said storming off towards the stairs.
"Can't she stay for a little while longer?" Charlie asked whining. Edward stopped where he was and turned to Charlie.
"No!" Edward shouted. "I won't let Bella anywhere near her!" Edward said through his teeth.
Bella raised her eyebrows in confusion but stayed silent. Edward became impatient tapping his foot against the floor.
"Just let her sleepover." Charlie pleaded. "I haven't seen her in almost two days, if not longer." Charlie said dramatically again. Seth and Sue rolled their eyes. Charlie just sighed, he knew how dangerous it was, he knew that Edward didn't have much control over his emotions, but that he was scared, Charlie knew that Edward didn't know how to react so he went off of instinct.
"NO!" Edward yelled then he turned facing the stairs. "Renesme Carlie Cullen get your butt down here." Edward called up the stairs. Bella gasped and then she gasped again as Renesme came down the stairs. Renesme walked downstairs and then once she saw Edward she smiled, and dropped her backpack then jumped at him.
"DADDY!" she giggled. Edward's face went from furious to lit up like a tree on Christmas morning.
"Ah, there's my princess." He cooed at her.
"I thought I was staying at Grandpa Charlie's?" she said with a raised bronze eyebrow.
"Maybe some other time. Say goodbye to Grandpa Charlie." Edward said and Renesme jumped out of Edward's arms and skipped to Charlie.
"Bye grandpa." Renesme said jumping into Charlie's arms.
"Bye pumpkin." Charlie cooed.
"Bye grandma Sue." Renesme said jumping to Sue.
"Bye baby."
"Seth-a-roo! I love you!" Renesme said and then she bounded towards him and he bounded to her making the floor shake. Then the vase that sat on the mantle place shook and then fell. Edward was there in a flash and grabbed it and put it back.
"oh thank you Edward." Sue said. Edward smiled.
They know about Edward? Bella thought. Just then Renesme stopped hugging Seth and looked at Bella.
"Who are you? I've nev—"
"Renesme! Now." Edward demanded, not wanting Renesme to talk to Bella. Renesme shrugged and bounded off and jumped in Edward's arms.
"Wait!" Renesme said and everyone looked at her. "Grandpa are you and Sue coming to my birthday party tomorrow? I'm going to be four!" she said proudly. Edward chuckled.
"Yes I am. Everyone's going!" Charlie laughed.
"Good." Renesme replied. "Come on Seth-a-roo." Renesme commanded.
"Yes ma'am." Seth said and Charlie laughed. Renesme and Seth were almost out the door when Renesme noticed that Edward wasn't with her.
"Daddy you coming?" she asked.
"I'll be there in a minute princess, just have to talk to grandpa." Edward assured her.
"okay." She smile and then Seth and her walked out the door. Edward turned to Charlie. Edward took a deep breath. Trying not to notice how the air had changed since Bella came.
"I'm sorry Renesme can't stay. I can't have Renesme any where near her. I'm sorry I truly am. I…it's just…Renesme can't go back to the—" Charlie held his hand up stopping Edward from talking.
"I understand Edward, I honestly didn't know she was coming home today." Charlie said. Edward nodded.
"I'll see you at her party tomorrow." Edward said and with that he was out the door.
"WHO WAS THAT GIRL!" Bella yelled as soon as Edward left. "WHO WAS SHE!" Bella yelled.
"Bella, please stop. I already miss my grandbaby." Charlie said sulking in his chair. Then the house phone rang and Sue left the room to go get it. Bella felt tears in her eyes and wiped them away.
"Daddy?" Bella said trying to make sure her voice didn't break.
"Bella." Charlie sighed. "I don't know what you want me to say Bells. You left Renesme; you wanted her to get adopted."
"What?" Bella said. "The—"
"I don't want to argue with you Bells, but you didn't tell Edward about Renesme, that wasn't fair." Charlie said glancing at Bella, he didn't want to make her feel bad but he didn't understand why she was complaining. Charlie bet that everything would have been alright if Bella had told Edward in the first place. Charlie just had one of his cop intuition lights go off.
Everything would have been completely lovely and awesome if Bella would have told Edward when she found out.
"I thought that she—"
"No, there are no excuses. Edward loves Renesme more than anything else in the world. Edward spoils her like there's no tomorrow. He loves her so much, why don't you understand that, why couldn't you? Is the question." Charlie said crossing his arms.
Bella started to speak but Charlie interrupted her. "It's fine." Charlie said dismissing Bella.
"Charlie. " Sue said walking back into the room. "That was Edward, he said that if you'd like we could go over right now to see Renesme." Charlie jumped out of his seat and grabbed his jacket. "Okay I'll take that as a yes." As Charlie opened the door he found Alice standing there.
"I heard that you needed a new TV" Alice said with a smiled walking into the living room.
"Oh-My…" Sue said.
"It's the Flat Screen Mega 2000! Sweet Jesus Bless the gods of R&R beer!" Charlie exclaimed. "Thanks Alice."
"No problem Charlie, this is only the 20th TV that Edward has broken and then 50th that my family has broke." Alice said with a smile. "But I'll see you at my house when I'm done setting up."
"Okay, I'll see you there." Charlie said and then he and Sue left. Soon the living room was dead silent as Alice and Bella were left by there selves. Alice walked over to the TV box and quickly got the TV out of the box and quickly set it up. Alice had it set up in a few seconds and then she started for the door.
"Alice…Wait." Bella said following her.
"I have nothing to say to you Bella." Alice said as she kept walking.
"Alice please!" Bella stressed. Alice spun around to face Bella.
"What?" Alice yelled, and then her voice went to a whisper. "You were my best friend, my sister, I loved you!" she said her voice going an octave higher. Then Alice continued. "BUT, you kept my niece from me and from everybody. Then you left her in ICU! The freakin ICU! Who are you? You are not my sister Bella." Alice said.
"They told me she was dead!" Bella screamed. Alice looked at her and then she frowned.
"Now you're lying to me?" Alice asked. "Unbelievable." Alice said shaking her head angrily.
"No I'm not!" Bella exclaimed
"We were at the hospital. The doctor told me how you just walked out, and how you made Jacob tell them that you wanted to do an adoption. Not even bothering to do it yourself." Alice said snorting. Bella's mouth dropped open.
"I don't even know you. It was one thing for my brother to leave you but another thing for you not to tell him he was going to be a father. My brother didn't deserve that, go off into the sunset with your Jacob, who cares!" Alice yelled getting her purse.
"Jacob told them what?" she repeated slowly.
"I think you heard me." Alice said glaring at Bella.
"No, Jacob told me that Renesme died." Bella said softly and then she broke down and cried. Alice pursed her lips. It was true, Bella was a horrible liar, she couldn't lie to save her life. Alice took a tentative step towards her. Alice didn't know if it was the right thing to do but she did it anways.
"Oh Bella, it's going to be okay." Alice said hugging her. Bella let herself finally cry in her sister's arms.
"This is my entire fault." Bella cried.
"No it's not." Alice said. "It's Jacob fault." She said confidently. Bella looked up at Alice.
"You knew this whole time that this is Jacob's fault." Bella said. Alice just smiled.
"I had my suspicions. Everything you said just added up." Alice said and then they laughed. "Now come on, we have to get you ready for Renesme's party tomorrow." She said pulling Bella to her feet.
"Yeah right Alice, Edward is never going to let me be there, he won't let me anywhere near her, and I don't blame him." Bella said.
"Well it's not his party and I already asked Renesme and she said yes." Alice said with a large grin on her face.
"How? you just got here." Bella asked
"I asked her like two days ago…duh. I am always ready for every possible scenario" Alice winked and they both laughed and then got in Alice's Porsche and went shopping.
Bella stared out the window and for the first time she felt a sense of hope. Renesme was alive, Edward was back. At the Cullen house, that's where her heart and soul was. Renesme and Edward always had her, her heart and soul.
Maybe they'd be kind enough to share it with her because she could never take it back. They had stolen it completely. Bella sighed at the picture of Renesme bounding into Edward's arms. Bella wanted it, Bella wanted it so badly she could hardly breathe.
So you think Edward's going to be very happy about that? Alice was she out of line, she was just trying to help...hmmm...so what did you think?
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