Chapter 10:
Edward and I were just walking out of the court room as we were just released on a break as the jury was making a judgment. Mike and Eric were charged with Sexual Assault, Abuse and some other legal terms I couldn't pronounce or remember. Anyway they were looking at 50 years in prison. The odds of them being guilty were very very high, I totally killed my statement, as in the good term of killed. All the Cullens sat in the back as witnesses and Edward was even called up to the stand for his testimony on what he found the night he found me. Although he had to state why he was coming back and he had to say that Alice had a gut feeling that something was wrong, that was half true half false, but it really didn't matter.
"Hey Bells, Eddie, wait up!" Emmett called as we were walking around out front of the court house.
I twisted around and Emmett came up to us with his hand behind his back. "She can't eat that." Edward said.
"Shut up Eddie, it's her choice and I think she deserves it." Emmett smirked.
"Someone want to tell me what I can't eat?" I asked butting into the conversation.
"This was from me as I thought you kicked butt on your testimony or whatever it is called." Emmett said and held out a snickers bar and a kit kat.
"You are the best ever Emmett." I smiled.
"No candy before lunch." Edward said.
"No, I'm 18 and I can do whatever I want, but thank you father dearest." I told him. He went to grab it and I licked the wrappers quickly before he could take it.
"You are so immature sometimes." Edward muttered. I ripped the top of the snickers and took a bite of it.
"Hey Em, I dare you to eat a tiny piece." I smiled.
"What's it worth?" He asked.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"You don't really have what I want or you do but it's Edward's place to do it so I'll just do it anyway even though it smells worse than the mutt." He babbled.
I tore off a piece of the bottom I didn't bite and I handed it to him. He smelled it and turned his head to the side. "He's actually going to do it." Edward said in awe.
"What do you expect, it's Emmett." I laughed and Emmett plopped it in his mouth and made a gross face and held his hand over his mouth. "Chew Emmett." I smiled.
His eyes squeezed together and chewed. "I gotta go." He said and ran off to the nearby trees. Edward and I stand there cracking up as I almost choked on my bite of snickers I had taken.
"Come on, they are starting soon." Edward said as he put himself back together. I threw out the wrapper and we walked back into the court room and Alice handed me a piece of gum with a huge smile.
"You see Emmett?" I smiled.
"Hilarious." She agreed and she took the wrapper of the gum that she had gave me to hide the chocolate.
"Order, Order, the Court session is back in order." Judge Nickels announced. "The jury has found the case of Isabella Swan to be found guilty and Michael Newton, Eric Yorkie will be sentenced to 50 years in prison it the upper Seattle Jail." He kept on going on and on and I turned to look at the Cullens and Emmett was just walking back it. "Court dismissed." I finally hear Judge Nickels said and everyone stood for him to walk out.
I let out a breath and smiled knowing I wouldn't have to see them ever again. "This is wonderful." I heard Esme tell Carlisle who sat right behind me and the lawyer Charlie hired. It went Edward at the end of the row, Esme, Carlisle, then Alice at the end then everyone else took the 2nd row. Angela sat on my side of the court room and Jessica sat behind Mike and Lauren Mallory behind Eric apparently they were dating but that wasn't the point.
Jessica and Lauren gave hugs to their 'loved' ones and so did their parents, they watched Mike and Eric be escorted away from the court room into the vehicle that waited outside to take them away. Mike and Eric gave me and the Cullens death glares and I felt Edward tense and there was pressure of a growl in his chest as he held me close.
"Okay Bella, it is a Friday and you may not be going to school, but I still want you to rest and be safe while I go to work." Charlie smiled.
"I will Dad." I nodded.
"Actually Charlie, I was going to see if Bella wanted to go out to lunch, I have been meaning to sit down with her and discuss her health standings." Carlisle interjected.
"That's fine as long as she is safe." Charlie approved.
"Perfect," Carlisle smiled and Charlie walked out and I watched him through the window as he drove off.
"Shall we?" Carlisle said turning to me.
"Oh, you were serious?" I laughed.
"Of course." He said and bent out his elbow for me. I looped mine through his elbow and as Carlisle led me out of the court room, I looked back to Edward and he smiled and took his two fingers and put them to his forehead and saluted a goodbye to me and I smiled back and Carlisle helped me into the car and he drove off to the restaurant where he made reservations.
The waitress sat us in a booth in the back, the lights were dim and there was hardly anyone in the restaurant. "So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked as the waitress took our drink orders.
"I would like to discuss everything and anything." He smiled.
"Okay, like what?" I asked.
"Let's start off with; your testimony was very well done." He commented.
"Thank you, it seems to have pleased many people." I said and the waitress brought out the water for me and water for Carlisle. "So what's the real reason you took me to lunch?" I challenged.
"I can't take my favorite daughter out to lunch?" He smiled.
"I'm sure you could but there has to be a reason, you told Charlie you were taking me out for a medical lunch."
"I did say that and I am," he smiled. "I would like to ask you to visit my office either at home at the hospital say, twice a week after school or whenever." He stated.
"For what?"
"Just to make sure you'll be okay long term." He said.
"Like therapy?"
"You could call it that." He shrugged.
"So I'm a mental case now?" I asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"No, you're not a mental case, never would I classify you as one, and trust me there are more people around to be classified as a mental case, for example, Emmett can be classified, but I wouldn't know how to mold a vampire brain to fix that issue." Carlisle chuckled. I had to laugh with him.
"So what would we do during those sessions?" I asked.
"We would have to talk about everything, whether it is personal or happy and full of fluff." He said. "Some may be difficult than others, I took it upon myself to help you and not suggest you to another doctor knowing the circumstance and then the whole immortal thing will need to be discussed also eventually. But that is easy; we can get that done in the first or second session."
"Right." I muttered and played with the water in the cup and the straw. I knew Carlisle saw that I was kind of bored on the topic and maybe a tad bothered by it, but it would be part of a daily routine, I would eventually get used to it.
"So how is everything at the house, I haven't been there in a few days?" I said.
"Good, Good, Alice is hopping off the walls as she doesn't have anything to do." Carlisle said. "She's waiting for a designer to get back to her as she has sent in a few designs." He said.
"Good for her about the designs, why doesn't she go back to school?" I asked.
"She doesn't want to, Edward went back only because you were here." He said.
"Figures he would do that." I said.
"He only wants to protect you."
"I know, but I'm fine now. Mike and Eric are in jail, you guys can go back to where you all went to, there's no need to sit around and watch me die of old age." I said.
"You really think we would do that?" He asked.
"What else are you going to do?"
"Well I'll tell you what we aren't going to do." He started, "We aren't going to leave again, unless you tell us to leave."
"Why would I do that?" I asked.
"I have no clue, that's Edward's new rule." Carlisle said as I took a bite of the food that was given to us by kitchen help.
Carlisle paid for the bill, no shock there. But when we walked out to the car, Edward sat on his hood of the Volvo waiting for me with an umbrella over his head as it started to snow. He was still dressed in his suit as was Carlisle and I dressed in my dress Alice forced me to wear. He put the umbrella over me and smiled
"What are you doing here?" I asked as looked up at him.
"I came to save you from the dreaded car ride home with Carlisle." He smiled jokingly.
"Carlisle's not that bad." I smirked.
"Thank you." Carlisle said with a laugh, "Well, I'm off to the hospital. Bella, I mean what I said." He said.
"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow after school." I agreed.
"Perfect, I'll see you at the hospital." He said and got in his car. He honked as he drove away and Edward and I waved.
"What are we doing now?" I asked.
"I don't know what do you want to do?"
"I have no idea why, but I feel like looking at jewelry." I said shocked.
"Jewelry, you Bella Swan, jewelry?" He cracked.
"Shut up, you asked what I wanted to do." I teased.
"Okay, well we will go look at jewelry." He nodded. "Get in the car." He said and went over to the driver's seat and I got in the passenger seat. I didn't ask any questions all I did was look out the window and wonder what I got myself into.
Edward drove up to the Cullen mansion and no one was home when he pulled in. "Everyone hunting?" I asked.
"Some of them, they know I wanted time alone with you and so they went out to do their own thing." He smiled.
"Oh, alone time sounds nice." I nodded just talking to talk.
Edward took my hand and I didn't pull away, no flashback came and it was so nice for Edward to touch me without a flashback. Edward walked me up to his room and I was wondering why we were going to go to his room.
"I thought we were looking at jewelry?" I questioned.
"We are." Edward smiled and let me go and disappeared in his closet. "Sit on the bed or couch either one." He commanded. I boosted myself up on the bed that was there when I slept over with Alice and Edward.
"So what does this have to do with...?" I trailed as Edward held something in his hands behind his back. "You're not giving me anything either." I said.
"Please." Edward pleaded as he dug his knee into the bed and boosted himself on the bed behind me. I didn't answer to his plea. His lips came to my ear, "Please." He whispered. His cold breath against my ear sent shivers down my spine causing me to stand straighter.
"Let me see first," I said giving up. Edward smiled and unclenched his hand that held a piece of jewelry. It was a pendant. Edward took the necklace and laid it gently on my neck and I smiled. It was a brass locket and it set nicely with my neck it came down to a little more than my neck.
"Perfect," Edward smiled.
"It's so pretty." I whispered.
"It was my mother's." He smiled.
"Thank you Edward, it's gorgeous." I said and I placed my hand on one side of his cheek and twisted my head to kiss his cheek that was closest to mine.
The rest of the day, Edward and I sat around the house, talked went for walks, ect. It was a nice way to spend a day off from school.
I am so sorry it took me so long to update, special thanks to dlsplah for her reviews. Next chapter is fast forwarding to spring.