All characters are Stephenie Meyers. I don't own them I wish I did ;o)

Here is my treat day! I will have a couple of chapters for you today! Hope you like them. Enjoy this next chapter!

I know the last chapter was sad. I hope you guys didn't use too many tissues.

Here is the last little bit from the previous chapter.

"He did." I was playing dumb. I knew some what of what Charlie was telling Bella. I had tried to tune it out.

"I do trust you. I do still love you. I don't think I really ever stopped." She said quietly.

Wait did she just say what I think she just said? It has to be the grief talking. She was so upset and so angry before.

"Bella you're grieving. We can talk about this later."

"I know you love me Edward."

"I do. I always will Bella.'

"Please don't leave me again."

"I promise never to leave you."

From now on I wouldn't leave her. I would be here for her through anything and everything that the future would hold. I watched as she lay on the pillow and started to cry again.

~munchkin1978



Why?

Chapter 8

I curled up in the bed beside her and let her cry. She was grieving now. She didn't have anybody else. Renee would come and console her but wouldn't help her get past it. Renee would keep her in the grieving process. She would have to make phone calls. I would do it for her. Night was here and the stars peeked through the cloud cover that covered Forks. I starred out the window recalling when we had returned.

Carlisle had gone to the hospital with me on his heels. When he said he was there because of a call from another doctor. The chief of staff had jumped on and hired us both to look after the case. I remembered opening the file with Carlisle and I nearly dropped the file. I had read Charlie Swan. I had to read it again to be sure. It was true; it was Bella's father's file.

Carlisle and I went to see Charlie and he very nearly had thrown me out but accepted Carlisle. He had every right to be that way. I had tried to explain that day why I had left. Over the next few weeks Charlie had forgiven me. He was talking with me as his treatments happened and failed. One after another. Chemo failed the drugs we had tried failed. All he was working with was time. We had tried another round of chemo to by him some more time and that was when Bella showed up. I should have found her earlier. Called her back earlier. I should have went to her.

I felt her stir beside me as I watched the sun rise to cloud cover once again. Sometime in the night I had absent mindedly bundled her up so she would not freeze. She peeked up from the blanket and watched me as I pulled her face free.

"I'm sorry Edward. That is two nights in a row I have done that to you."

"It's alright Bella. You're grieving you need to get it out. Please don't hold it in or apologize."

"He is really gone?" She breathed out. I pulled a loose hair away from her face as she shed a single tear. I caught the tear with my thumb and pulled her closer.

"He is in a better place Bella. He is going to be watching you now."

I felt her phone vibrate and she pulled it out of her pocket. She answered it and pulled herself up, shaking free of the blanket.

I could tell it was a female she was talking to and when the tears came again I knew it was Renee. Bella told her mother that Charlie had died. With my hearing I could hear that she was sobbing through the phone making Bella sob just that much harder. Bella just dropped the phone on the bed and cried into my shoulder again. When I heard Renee stop sobbing she was calling out to Bella. Bella was still crying so I picked up the phone for her.

"Renee."

"Who's this? What happened to Bella? What happened to my daughter?"

"Bella is alright. She's here but still rather upset. This is Charlie's doctor." I paused a moment before I told her who I was. "This is Edward Cullen."

I gave her a moment to process what I had just said to her. I wasn't expecting gratitude but what I got was not pleasant. "Edward Cullen you stay away from Bella. I'm going to have to pick her back up like the last time."

"Renee." I said softly. "Charlie forgave me. He asked me to look out for Bella. He wanted me to make sure she was okay when he passed."

"Why are you his doctor?" She spat out.

"I'm a specialist. I work with my father. He was called in to work on Charlie's case 6 months ago."

"Oh." She was quiet for a minute when I felt Bella stir beside me.

Bella tugged on my arm for the phone back and I gave it too her. She continued with her conversation with her mother only ending up in tears again. She hung up the phone and tried to stop crying for my sake. I just pulled her into my arms and held her and rocked her.

It was about an hour later that Bella moved and lifted her head. She was watching me with her brown eyes. I placed my thumbs under her eyes and felt the swelling from all the crying she had been doing. I cooled the hot area as her tears stopped. I watched her as she smiled meekly at me and lay her head back on my shoulder.

"Are you hungry?" I finally asked her.

"Not really."

"Bella you haven't eaten since breakfast yesterday. You need to keep your strength up."

"I know. I'll eat when I'm hungry."

I shook my head at her. I let it lie. I wasn't going to push it. "I had Esme bring some of your clothes from the house. Did you want to shower and change?"

"Yes thank you." She said as she stood up.

I led her to the bathroom and showed her where her clothes were. She asked if I was going anywhere. I had replied not if she wanted me too. I told her that I would wait outside in the bedroom. I was not going to tempt myself while in the bathroom. She was grieving she didn't need that right now. I closed the door behind me as I left and went to sit in my chair and called Carlisle.

"Renee knows."

"How's Bella?"

"Not good. It has hit her pretty hard."

"I had a feeling it would."

"She is cleaning up right now. Was there anything else she needed to sign?"

"No I took care of that for her. I knew how distraught she was. I didn't want her to have to come back here for anything in particular."

"Thanks Carlisle."

"You will have to help her plan the funeral if Renee isn't coming here."

"She is coming from the conversation she had with Bella this morning. She was also not happy I answered the phone while Bella was composing herself."

"Oh really."

"Apparently she still thinks I am going to hurt her daughter."

"It is Bella's choice."

"I know."

"Let it be Edward. Just watch over Bella like Charlie asked."

"I am."

I snapped the phone shut as I heard Bella step into the shower. I quickly went down stairs and found her something to eat. I made it and was back up stairs before Bella was out of the shower. When she had come out with wet hair and in jeans and black shirt I went to her and pulled her to the chair where I had set up her breakfast. I watched her eat it all and smile afterwards.

"I guess I was hungry after all. Thank you Edward."

"Did you want to stay here today? Or did you want to go to the house?"

"I'd love to stay here but my mother insisted on telling me she was flying up this afternoon. I'll have to go to the airport when she comes in. I wasn't planning on driving today."

"I'll drive if you want." This should be interesting.

"I won't subject you to Renee again Edward. I know what she is like."

"It's okay Bella. I will do anything for you. You should know that by now."

"Then thank you."

"For you Bella it's nothing. I would do it for you over and over if it was just for you." I smiled at her.

"I know." She paused. "Edward you know Jake and the pack will be at the funeral. I can't leave them out. Jake was the son he never had."

"I know Bella." Lord I knew. This was going to be a difficult situation. One that would have to be planned out as much as possible.

"You were trying to tell me something yesterday before ….."

"I was trying to tell you about the treaty we had to sign."

"Your leaving again because of it aren't you?" She asked quietly looking at her hands.

"No. We signed that we could stay to look out for Charlie and until he passes we could stay. Then they tossed in the stipulation that I didn't want to sign. They are making us leave for not less than 40 years."

"So you are leaving?" She wasn't looking up from her hands. She wouldn't look at me.

"Not without you by my side. I've stayed away from you for far too long. I love you and only you Bella. I want to hold you and keep you safe. I will not leave Forks with out you."

"I can't leave Forks right now Edward. I can't just leave this behind. I can't leave till things settle."

"I know."

"What are you going to do?"

"I will hide and disguise myself. I hadn't really thought it through yet." I didn't want to do it but if it came to that I would. Just to stay close to her. Just to be with her.

"I can't ask you to do that Edward. Even if it is just for me."

"I will do it just for you Bella."

She stood from the chair and walked into my arms. It felt right having her there. Just as it should have been all those years ago. I kissed the top of her head and heard the phone vibrate on the bed. She didn't answer it. She stayed where she was. I held her close and inhaled her scent. She snaked her arms around my waist and I brushed her hair away from her face. The phone vibrated again pulling us apart again.

"I'd better answer it."

I let her go and she went to the phone. She said hello and didn't say anything afterwards. Something was going on.

"That was quick." She said flipping the phone shut.

"What was quick?" I hadn't picked up the conversation like I had with Renee.

"The will reading is tomorrow. Everyone that is in the will is going to be called. It was the lawyer calling."

Wow that was fast. The only time it ends up being that quickly is if there is a stipulation in place for kinship. Charlie must have put something in place for Bella. "That was quick. Who was the other caller?"

"Renee. Her flight is at 5. She'll be here for 8pm."

"Airport at 8."

I felt my phone buzz and I answered it as well. On the other end was the lawyer that was just speaking with Bella. I advised the lawyer I would be there as well as Bella.

"Who was that? You don't have to go to the hospital do you?"

"No. It was the lawyer you just spoke with."

"Oh." She was curious now. Since everyone that was in the will would be there. I was in Charlie's will somehow. I was getting curious myself.

Bella wanted to head down stairs so we went together. Esme was waiting at the bottom of the steps as she scooped Bella up into her arms.

"I'm so sorry Bella."

"It's okay Esme. Thank you for getting my clothes. Thank you for being at the hospital."

"Anything for you dear."

"Is Carlisle home yet?"

"No not yet." Esme replied to Bella's question.

We all headed to the living room to sit. Bella sat with Alice and the whole family came to apologize to her about Charlie. Even Rosalie did which shocked me. Rosalie was being very understanding even with the way she acted yesterday.

'I'm sorry about yesterday Edward' her thoughts rang out. 'I didn't think Charlie would pass so quickly. I know you love her. Please forgive me.'

I just nodded my head and held Bella closer. The tides were turning. In which turn I had no idea.


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This one is a filler chapter. You just had two major ones. And this is the third Chapter I have put up today. Wahoo for me. This is a twenty something chapter story so there is more to come! Please read and review. Let me know what you think!

~munchkin1978~