AN: I Forgot to post this chapter until I was at like chapter 12 so I am sorry. I know I am a ditz. But here is what happened to Charlie.

Chapter 8 ½

We stepped inside the door and Charlie looked out from behind it like he was expecting to see a demon flying at him. He was nervous and a little emotionally scared I think, from Alice's outburst. He shakily went to sit in the living room after he locked the door behind us. We followed. He sat down in his usual chair while Edward and I sat on the couch and waited for him to begin.

Charlie POV

I sat down and started thinking of the easiest and less traumatic way to start telling my story. I decided to start with me coming home.

"Well, I came in early from shopping and found Alice's car parked in our drive. So I got out and said hello. She said it back to me and I asked her what she was doing and if something was wrong. She told me everything was fine and that she was decorating the outside of our house because Bella had made a deal with her too. And, frankly honey I don't want to know what made you agree to that." I took a deep breath before trying to continue. It was just so horrible….

"Everything was fine for a while; I went in and put up the things I had bought and watched some of a game on TV. Then I went outside….."

Edward POV

Charlie started to shudder and his thought s told me everything before he continued. I was having a hard time stifling my rising giggles and Bella eyes me suspiciously when I started to shake. Then he continued.

"I went to see if she needed anything. I stepped outside on the porch and she was setting something out in the yard. So I walked out to see what she was doing I asked her and then she turned around…..and…..and…." Charlie was shuddering and near hysteria was laced all throughout his voice. His thoughts confirmed my suspicions…..

"She starting yelling at me something about peeking and ruining the surprise. I told her I was just trying to see if she needed anything…and…." Then something happened that I never would have guessed- Charlie Swan started to sob.

Bella POV

I couldn't believe my dad was crying- sobbing in fact. I let go of Edward's hand and went to my dads chair and knelt on the floor to try and comfort him. Finally, he continued between sobs.

"She said…..something about it being a clever excuse…..then…then……she started to chase me- around my own yard!...With boxes and packages. Most of the time I couldn't even catch what she was screaming. I was too busy trying to make it back to the house. She almost got me, but I managed to get inside and lock the doors before she got in here too." He let out a huge sigh of relief as he finished.

Wow. Alice really was psychotic.