BPOV
Alice and I headed back to our room, the dress that Esme had given me to wear in tow. She was such a sweet lady. Her and my mother would have gotten along so well. It was nice to have that motherly figure around for a few hours. It made me realize how much I missed Mother.
Alice had gotten quiet while we were finishing getting dressed.
"What is troubling you?" I asked her, placing my hand on her shoulder.
"Oh, nothing." she mumbled.
"Alice, I know that look in your eyes." She looked sad. Like she did when she first saw that vision of the ship sinking.
"Bella, listen to me. This is going to sounds really strange, but hear me out ok." she whispered. I only nodded.
"There will be a lot of things we don't want to see happen tonight. But things will work out for you. Please tell him you love him."
Alice never got this cryptic. I sat there in a slight stunned manner.
We sat there quiet for a while.
That was until my Father stumbled through the door.
"Why are you two so dressed up?" He slurred.
Alice just shook her head.
"Because we, as a family were invited to dinner with Edward and his family tonight." I hissed at him.
"Edward? Edward who?" He mumbled as he slouched on the chair in the corner.
"Edward Masen, A really good friend of mine." I eyed him coldly. I have never been this disappointed in Father. Alice and I had both told him about this dinner, when he was sober. Right now I wanted nothing more than to cry, scream or throw him off of this boat.
"I, I'm not feeling up to meeting snobs," He mumbled with a smirk, eyes getting droopy.
"Snobs? You don't even know them! You don't even know us! If you put down that damn bottle of whiskey for a second, you could see that you don't anyone anymore." I shouted, my eyes never leaving his.
"Don't you talk like that to me young lady!" Father shouted back, sounding less drunk.
"You may hate his step father, but you do not know Edward or his mother. You do not even know Emmett, Alice or myself anymore. I have tried to talk to you. I know you miss Mother, we do too, but I will not let you embarrass me anymore. When we get home, I am leaving and you will not stop me." My eyes never left his.
He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it . He got up and looked at Alice and then me. For the first time in months I actually saw emotions in his eyes.
He got up and walked out the door.
EPOV
"Esme, listen to me!" Carlise plead. "Those girls are trouble, please tell Edward to get his head out of the clouds, and tell him this is just puppy love."
My mother just starred at Carlise.
"I do not know, with whom you have confused these girls with, but Alice and Bella are sweet girls. And I know that it is not puppy love. So I will not tell Edward such things. I suggest you sit down and talk to them and get to know them. And leave me out of this!" My mother snapped at him.
Then she looked at me, she winked without Carlise seeing.
"He couldn't save their mother, and now he doesn't want to deal with seeing them. Bad memories." I said blankly. Carlise shot me a dirt look.
"Carlise Cullen! How could you be so shallow!" My mother glared at him. He put his head down.
"I suggest you put on your big boy britches, and be a man. You can't save everyone, you tried. They know that and so do you. Now I suggest, you leave Edward and Bella alone. They are adults now. If he so wished to be with her, he will. And we can't stop them. You will be joining us for supper and you will apologize to those sweet girls and to Edward. Do you hear me?"
All Carlise could do was nod. I smiled as my mother put him in his place.
"And as for you," My mother pointed at me. "You will let her and her father know of your intentions before we get off this ship, understood?"
"Yes mother." Was all I could say. Telling Bella how I felt was by far easier than what Carlise had to do. Swallow his pride.
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