This is my life
Chapter 10
BPOV:
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I'm here because someone called and told me they thought you were being in an abusive household. I can over as soon as I could" She told me.
'Oh no…Alice!'
"So can you tell me where you got those scars?" She asked.
LPOV:
"I tripped down the stairs when dinner was beginning to burn in the kitchen" She told me. I could sense that she was lying. I could see her panic at being found out.
"Bella its fine. No one can get access to this information unless I allow it and have your permission. This stuff is absolutely confidential" I told her.
She just looked at me with fear in her eyes. She finally sighed, resolved to what was happening and looked me straight in the eyes.
"My dad gave me these" She whispered to me.
I looked at her and said "you have people who want to help you. Why didn't you go to them and ask for help?"
"I didn't want to involve anyone and get them into trouble or jeopardize their lives. They could get arrested. My dad is the police chief here in Forks! They could get hurt! DO YOU THINK I WANT THAT?!" she yelled at me. She was beginning to get worked up.
"No, but you could have come to us earlier instead of waiting for someone to call us. You could have been killed today you know that right?" I asked her.
"Yea I know. I just felt like I had to deal with this all by myself. I felt like if someone got too into it that he would find out and hurt them. I was just afraid, his word is practically law in this town" she whimpered.
"It's okay to be afraid. But you just have to know when to ask for help before it gets to a point where your life is in danger" I told her.
She looked at me and nodded her head slowly, as if she was comprehending all this new information I was giving her. I stood up and walk to the door and opened it a crack.
"I have packets for you and I will have to tell your doctor. Is that okay?" I asked.
"Sure" She said.
I walked down the hall to Dr Cullen's office to give him the paper work and to tell him what I found out; seeing as they were the ones who called in the first place.
Knock Knock
"Come in"
I walked in and sat down at one of the chairs in the room. I looked Dr. Cullen in the eyes and told him what I found out.
"Dr. Cullen, thank you for calling me, my name is Lori I am with Child Protective Services" I told him. "I just wanted to let you know as Bella's doctor that she is in fact in an abusive household. I wanted to thank you for calling to inform us".
He looked at me with shock in his eyes "why would someone do that?" he asked.
"I don't know. It could be because he drinks alcohol or does drugs. It could be a million different things. What the reason is for hurting her though, is something she didn't tell me" I said.
"Oh. Well thank you for your help. I really appreciate it. Edward, my son, will appreciate it. What are you planning on doing right now for her situation?" He asked.
"I am doing to have to look for extended family and if none are located I will have to send her to a foster home for a while. Just until she is 18 and is able to be on her own" I said.
CPOV:
No I can't let that happen. Edward would be devastated. I have to see if I can take her to my house.
"Excuse me, might I make a suggestion?" I asked.
She looked at me expectantly "sure go ahead" she said.
"Why don't I take Bella in? I can take her in with my family so she can be close to you, school and I can watch over her at home. Would you mind if I do that?" I asked.
"I think that would work for a bit until family is contacted. Thank you" she said.
"Oh you're welcome. Alice will be delighted to have her around. So would Esme and Emmett. Edward would as well. He's taken a liking to her" I said.
"I will go tell her the situation and then when you release her she can go with you" With that she walked out.
BPOV:
I sat on the bed and waited for a while for someone to come and tell me what is going to happen to me after I leave.
Will I have to go to a foster home? Will I have to move somewhere out of state or maybe even out of the country? I hope not. I just want to finish school so I can leave and not have to come back.
Just as I was thinking that, Lori walked into the room and sat down on my bed. I looked at her confused.
Why is she here again?
"Bella I have good news" she told me.
"What?" I asked.
"Dr. Cullen has agreed to take you in with his family until everything is settled with your father and the case" she said.
"Well that was nice of him. I will have to thank him, but what do you mean everything is settle?" I said.
"We need to see if you have any family members that we can contact and then we have to see about the permanent housing situation. Have a good night alright, I'll see you soon" she said before she walked out of the room.
I thought for a moment about my Uncle Billy, and assumed he might be in contact soon if he is listed anywhere.
A few minutes later the door opened and Edward Cullen walked in.
"What do you want Edward?" I asked.
"I just wanted to say hello and give you your homework" He held out my school books and gave them to me.
"Thank you" I took them and set them on my night stand.
Edward sat down on the chair next to my bed.
"So how is your stay here?" he asked.
What a weird thing to say in a hospital…
"Pretty good; just boring" I said.
"That's good. I hope you are improving?" he asked.
"Yup. I'm doing just fine. Thanks for asking" I said.
"I just found out you are staying with my family. Is that true?" he asked.
"Yes, the social worker lady just told me" I said.
"You okay with it? You don't mind?" he asked looking confused.
"No I don't mind. I think it might be interesting" I said.
"Oh yea it will be. With Emmett around it definitely will be" he said then chuckled. I looked at him strangely.
"Why is that?" I cocked my head to the side.
EPOV:
Oh shit she's so beautiful when she does that! I thought to myself.
"Because with Emmett around everything is interesting" I told her. Probably didn't make sense but oh well.
"Is that so?" she asked suspiciously.
"It sure is. So you might want to watch out. He likes to play pranks" I said.
"I will be sure to watch out for that" she laughed.
Knock knock
The door opened and Carlisle walked in. He looked at me and Bella sitting close together and smiled. I looked down embarrassed.
'Edward I know you like her. You don't have to be embarrassed about it. It's natural after you found someone you love'.
I looked at him and nodded. Bella just sat there looking at him waiting.
"So Bella you are free to go but first I must take another blood test. It will only take a second" he said.
Bella looked like she wanted to be anywhere but here at the moment, and I knew it was because of the blood test and not me.
"Su-sure…" she said nervously.
I grabbed her hand and held it tight -to her standard, not mind- and turned her face towards me.
"Bella just look at me. Don't look at the needle. It will only make it worse" I told her reassuringly.
She looked at me and nodded. In the background I see Carlisle preparing the needle and wiping her arm where he would be drawing blood. I looked back at Bella and held her eyes with mine.
Carlisle then stuck the needle in her arm and drew the blood. I heard Bella whimper a bit so I put my hand on her check and she leaned into it with her eyes closed. Her whimpering stopped. Carlisle was soon done and before he took his leave he said:
"Bella I will have Edward take you home to our house. I will see you tonight. There are some things we need to discuss with you that are very important"
"Alright and thank you so much for this" she said.
"Your very welcome" He walked out; but not before thinking to me
'Edward we are going to have to tell her. Text Alice about it or tell her later'.
I nodded my head to him. I grabbed my phone and texted Alice very quickly
(AN: the stuff bold underlined is Edward's text and the stuff in italics underlined is Alice's replies.)
E: Alice warn everyone that we will be telling Bella about us.
A: Okay I will. I saw it anyways so I am all set.
E: okay thanks. Make sure Rosalie is under control. Don't forget about Jasper. Take him hunting before we get back.
A: Already on it.
I closed my phone and helped Bella up. I gave her a bag with clothes in it and motioned her towards the bathroom to change. She walked out a few minutes later and we walked down to the front desk where Carlisle was signing her out.
"Well I will see you too in an hour or so" he said.
We both nodded and headed out. When we got home everyone was waiting there for us. Bella looked up and looked back down to her hands.
This is one of those times where I wish I could read her mind I thought to myself.
I walked over and opened the door for her and we walked to my family. Esme rushed over and hugged her.
"Bella I'm so sorry about this" She gushed.
"It's fine Mrs. Cullen. There is nothing to worry about" she said.
"Please call me Esme"
Bella nodded. We all walked into the house and I walked into the kitchen to make Bella dinner. She followed me.
"Thank you Edward" she said while looking down.
After I put the pot down on the stove to make soup I walked over and took her hands in mine
"It's my pleasure Bella" I tucked one of her loose hairs behind her ear and kissed her forehead. She looked shocked.
After she had dinner she sat down in the living room and we all watched Project Runway- at Alice's insistence- and waited for Carlisle to come home.
As soon as he walked into the room I turned off the TV and we all sat down turning our bodies towards Bella who was sitting in between me and Alice. She looked back at us confused.
"What?" She asked.
"Bella we have something important to tell you" Carlisle said.
"Okay…what is it?" she asked confused.
"Bella this may seem weird or crazy. And you may not want to live with us and if that happens, we understand" Carlisle informed her.
"What?" she asked again.
"Well…we're Vampire" he said.
BPOV:
'What the fuck?!'
"V-vampires?..."
A/N: hey everybody! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while! Things were crazy for a while, what with school, homework, piano, dance, my puppies being born, and everything else like family issues I haven't had much time to update. So yea….hope you enjoy! R&R please!