HOW I GOT HERE

Disclaimer: The Cullen's, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.

The awesome and talented dowlingnana searched out my errors and corrected them.

Kathrine was so outraged that she raised her hand once more to hit Bella, but, this time Bella blocked the blow and instead delivered a left hook to Kathrine. That blow knocked the actress backwards and out of the office because of the force that was in the hit.

CHAPTER 10: RELATIONSHIP OUTTED

As Kathrine came flying out of the doorway into the hall, unfortunately, the people passing by were hit by the abrupt departure of the actress from the Script Department which resulted into a number of people landing in various positions upon the floor in, around and on top of the actress. Of course, this managed to fan the flames of her rage to an even greater extent.

Pushing and shoving her way to be able to gain her footing once more, Kathrine yelled, "I'll see you in hell for this. You will rue the day you ever laid a hand on me."

And, then she left with what little clothing she had been wearing which was now in tatters. She held her head high as she marched from the scene, but, still pushing anyone that crossed her path out of the way as if she was of greater importance than anyone else which made her superior and more deserving.

Kathrine wasn't thinking clearly at the moment, but, she knew that somehow, someway, she'd get even with that lowly, ugly bitch that had managed to embarrass her and to dare to put hands on her.

However, due to the pain that she was beginning to feel Kathrine was aware of that fact that she needed to see a doctor immediately. She needed to make sure no damage had been done that would prevent her from fulfilling her contract to finish this movie. It was extremely important that she be able to continue making this movie; Edward Cullen was her ticket to all the things in life that she thought she deserved. It was just too bad that her sister didn't know how to hang on to the Cullen gold mine, but, Kathrine felt that she knew and was determined to have him within her clutches permanently.

So, she continued on to the medical building that existed on the grounds for emergencies of all kinds that happened during filming in the back lots and on the sound stages. She had to make sure no permanent damage was done and then to sit down and find a way to get even with the bitch that was trying to worm her way into Edward's affections.

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Meanwhile, all of Bella's coworkers gathered around her inquiring if she was okay. They all at the same time questioned about why Denali was so incited with Bella? Then the next question dealt with the pink elephant in the room, "Are you and Edward Cullen really dating? When and how did that happen? Why is it that no one has known about this?"

All of these questions were rapidly fired at Bella, one right after the other, before she even had a chance to answer the first one. And, truth be told Bella wasn't sure how to answer them. On one level she still wanted to stay under the radar, but, after this she didn't believe that that would be possible. But, on another level she was starting to get tired of the way she and Edward were always having to try to think of some place to go that wouldn't have the media hanging around. The secrecy was starting to get on her nerves at times. So, this might turn out to be a good thing.

But, she needed to let Edward know what had happened and what was about to happen before it caught him by surprise. Of course, both families needed to be warned of their relationship as well and that was something Bella was a bit hesitant to involve her father. Charlie could be scary as hell when it came to his baby girl.

Yeah, she did definitely need to talk with Charlie quickly since she wouldn't put it pass any of her coworkers or bitch Denali racing to release the information to the media just for their fifteen minutes of fame. And, Bella was very much aware of how her dad would react if he found out about her relationship from some other source than from her directly.

Again, it was necessary to inform her father because of the subject of the story that was being filmed. Charlie had been comfortable with her doing the story and, even, when he was told that it was going to be made into a movie he experienced no problems, however, with everything going to the media for a different reason; people would start doing some deeper digging with a relationship surrounding such a popular actor as Edward Cullen being released.

Bella remained silent even though everyone else around her was clamoring for answers to their questions. She was weighing in her mind who should be contacted first: her father or Edward. Finally, she decided her dad since he was further away and Edward was close enough to deal with anything that might be said before she could alert him to the situation. He was used to handling such invasions, but, Charlie wasn't, so, in her mind that made the call to him a bit more pressing.

So, with only giving vague answers while slowly working her way back to her office through the crowd that had circled around her, Bella was going to call her dad first. And, once she did manage to get into her office she quickly closes the door, sat down at her desk, pulled out her cell since she didn't want to take the chance that someone might be listening into her conversation and dialed Charlie's phone number at the Fork's Police Station.

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Meanwhile, it didn't take long for the news that Kathrine Denali had been seen entering the medical building just a short while ago and she appeared to be holding a shaky hand to her face.

But, that wasn't all. Information leaked over to a crew member that was working on Edward's sound stage about a standoff that had happened in the Script Department between a department head and Kathrine Denali and the fact that the Denali bitch had been handed a bit of a sit down; more or less, had been put in her place by a department head in the Script Department.

This information filtered through to others on the sound stage and Edward happened to catch part of the conversation that was taking place amongst the crew. He became curious enough, the same as Demetri, to ask for the full story. And, once the name of the department head was mentioned Edward shot off of the set as quickly as he could after he got himself more presentable to be able to go out in public view.

He rushed over to the Script Department to get the full story and to make sure that Bella was okay. But, as he rushed into the department he was brought up to a full stop because of the scene that met his eyes. Everyone was busily talking about the incident and laughing their asses off, figuratively speaking. He found it very hard not to be amused by what he was hearing from the various individuals who happened to be present during the whole confrontation and they described who did what to whom and it seemed that Kathrine was the one that came off worse than Bella. However, this didn't prevent him from wanting to check on Bella to make sure she was okay.

So, as he was standing inside the doorway his eyes searched the room to try and find Bella, but, not seeing her he started to become worried about whether she had been hurt, even though, what everyone was saying Kathrine came off on the losing end. He still needed to make sure for himself.

That was damn important to him. And, as soon as he had realized what he had just told himself, it brought him up short from the shock of what that meant to him; he cared more than he had realized about this woman that he had been keeping hidden from the gossiping media. It was then that he also made a promise to himself that if Kathrine had done anything to hurt his Bella he would have no conscious about destroying Denali.

He had felt that way after what had happened with Irina and knew, but, couldn't prove it, that Kathrine had been behind Irina's behavior to a certain extent. However, he knew, though, that Irina had allowed herself to be used, but, they both had been under the illusion that he was so blindly in love with Irina that he wouldn't make waves. How wrong they both had been about him.

It only took a few months of marriage to Irina for the true reasons of why she had married him to come to light. But, the main reason he had married her was because she had told him of her pregnancy and he wanted his child to have his name. Although, he hadn't told his family that news, he was constantly bombarded while he and Irina had been dating with their opinions of what they had believed that she truly was and he just didn't want to believe them as he thought he knew best how to live his life.

But, after a bit he began to question even if there was a child because due to Irina's actions and the little things she said. She never acted as if she was pregnant. But, she acted like she believed that once they were married that everything would work out, however, it wasn't until he really pressed the issue that she finally admitted to the lie.

Irina was spending a lot of money, but, not on baby items and was spending a lot of time with Kathrine, but, the finally the break came when he caught her in their marriage bed having a threesome with some greasy looking guy and Kathrine. That was when everything his family had told him came home to roost and he felt like such a fool. It was the few months of marriage that had led to how he started being very careful of the people he had allowed to be around him socially and he was acting as a playboy. That is until he happened to see his Bella.

As he had reached this point in his quick walk down memory lane and noticed that Bella's office door was closed. He made his way over to the door, paused for a moment as he was sincerely praying that she was on the other side and was okay, so, he did open it and saw her seated at her desk on the phone talking with someone.

"Yes, Dad, I'm okay, but, due to the situation and I don't know who might leak the information, like I told you, I just wanted to let you know ahead of time what might be happening." Bella told her father which let Edward know who she was talking to, even though, she wasn't aware at the moment that he was standing just inside her office at the doorway. She was listening to what was being said on the other end of the line and then responded once more, "Yeah, I do believe that it's a relationship that I'm very serious about. And, I can definitely assure you that he isn't anything like what you would expect a successfully, popular actor like he is, to be."

Something at the moment, some small movement by Edward, or, sound, drew her attention over to the doorway. She saw who it was and smiled as she motioned for him to come on in and to take a seat. "Yeah, I love you too. Oh, and, Dad, would you please call Mom and let her know what's going on?

"Uhu….No, I think it would come better from you. She would have too many questions that I really don't want to try to answer, if you know what I mean. Thanks." And with that she ended the conversation and turned towards Edward with a warm, welcoming smile.

He smiled back and then got serious as he asked, "What the hell was Kathrine doing over here creating problems? What happened? What did she say and do?" he fired question after question at her.

Bella explained to him all that had occurred concerning all of the actions from both women. Then she explained why she took a moment to call her dad about what had happened, at least, she told him the general reasoning of why she had called her dad before calling Edward.

Edward looked at her for a second before he quietly commented, "I wish that I'd been the number one priority on your list to call, but, I do understand why you felt you had to call your dad first. He needed to be aware of any possible digging into you and your family's background and since this story we're doing has to do with your dad's past I would say that he might need to double check any safeguards that he has in place."

Now, those comments startled Bella before she asked, "How did you know?"

"Oh, believe me, it wasn't that obvious, but, after I did try googling you and doing some research which turned up very little, I came to the conclusion that I just stated. But, I did decide that I wasn't going to try to do any further searching and just give you time to tell me on your own when you were ready."

Bella got up and walked around her desk and when she reached Edward she bent down and gently gave him a kiss before asking, "And how do you feel about what you know?"

A/N: Well, was it the right thing to do to call Charlie first, or, should she have told Edward before calling her dad? What do you think of how Edward handled everything? Is Kathrine or someone else going to leak the information about Bella's and Edward's relationship?

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