A/N: Just two more chapters and then the story comes to an end again. Sad right? I know ;) but don't worry I'll start writing a new one again soon ;) and I will keep myself, and hopefully you as well, entertained with some silly one shots ;) Anyways: yey the Cullens are all here to stay, Bella will become a vamp after graduation and all is great again... sort of :P But now Bella will have to face Charlie... Enjoy and review! ;)

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Chapter 10: Charlie

Charlie wasn't home, as usual, so we had the house to ourselves, which was exactly what I wanted. We spent the entire evening laying on my bed, cuddling, making up for lost times. It was perfect. When we had gotten to the house Edward was still extremely tense, but the further the evening progressed, the more relaxed he became. It felt like he had never left, apart from one thing, the way he kissed me. He kissed me with so much intensity and passion every time that I almost fainted. But every time he pulled away too quickly, several times I tried to hold him closer to me, using all my force to try and make him continue. But he was stronger than I was, so I never got my way. Whenever he would see my disappointed pout he would smile and kiss my cheek, my nose or my forehead.

However, the last kiss I was determined to keep kissing him, whether he wanted to or not. So I lifted my head from his chest and brought my face to his. He was cautioning me with his eyes, I could see he was as eager as I was to kiss so I ignored his warning and kissed him. Meanwhile, I pulled myself on top of him, he was not going to get away this time. I locked my fingers in his hair and I tried to pull him close to me, locking him to my body forever, with as much force I could manage. I noticed that he started to pull away, but I wasn't having that, not this time! I didn't move, I just continued pulling his hair, forcing his face to mine. I looked at him, trying to will him to continue with my gaze. To my surprise he was looking at me, an expression in his eyes I didn't recognize. At that point I was on my back, and he was on top of me, although I didn't feel any of the weight, he was kissing me more intensely, his hands were stroking my hair one minute, the next he had pulled my legs around him and he hands were on my back, holding me even closer than before. I opened my eyes again to look at him and this time he looked like he was in pain, he jumped off of me and sat in the rocking chair in the corner of my room.

"Sorry," I murmured.

"You still don't understand that my control isn't perfect do you? When you kiss my like that… It's hard to focus Bella. It's so easy to feel human, but I'm not! Never forget that. It's dangerous when we kiss like that, if I lose control for only one second, I could hurt you." He didn't look angry, he was smiling, but I could see that he was struggling to keep me from seeing the pain that was there.

"You won't hurt me." I mumbled. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be ashamed and feel guilty or not.

My face must have given my thoughts away because Edward started to laugh and he was on the bed next to me again. He was holding me. Then he looked into my eyes, his eyes serious. "Will you behave this time?"

"Yes," I said. Although I wasn't sure if that was something I could promise, he wasn't the only one who lost control when we kissed…

Then he kissed me again, it was very sweet and loving, not the same passion as before but so much more emotions that neither of us were able to put into words. All our love was in that one kiss. It was perfect.

We had been laying on the bed for a long time and I had forgotten all about the world around me. But then I heard the front door open and close. I looked at Edward in panic.

"It's just Charlie." He assured me, misinterpreting my panic.

"I know, that's what I was afraid off. What would he do when he sees you here again?" Pictures of Charlie chasing Edward, or at least trying to chase Edward, out of the door while grabbing his gun and opening fire started to raced through my mind, I was scared, not because he would actually be able to hurt Edward with his bullets, maybe with his thoughts but that wasn't why I was scared, I was scared because Charlie could get hurt in the meantime or that he would start questioning his and my sanity when he saw Edward either race out of the house at vampire speed or deflect a bullet like it was a fly.

"Do you want me to leave then?"

I deliberated that for a moment, I needed to tell Charlie that they were back, then Edward could come back.

"Why don't you leave for a second, so that I can explain to Charlie that you are back and that you called me to tell me you were coming over and then you can ring the doorbell and come in. Does that sound okay?" I didn't like the idea of having to lie to Charlie, but I didn't see any other way. I couldn't possibly tell him that I had gone out to look for a vindictive vampire that wanted my blood and that Edward had come back to protect me, could I?

"Sounds perfect, don't take too long though, I can't stand being away from you for long."

Then he kissed me one more time, he laughed when I tried to prolong the kiss and then let me go to jump out of my window.

"Bella?" Charlie called.

I walked downstairs. "I'm here, dad."

"Oh, hi Bells. You look flushed… Are you okay?" Why did he have to notice?

"Yeah, I'm fine dad. Listen, I have to tell you something." I started.

"What is it kid?"

"Well, Edward called, he's back in Forks and he's coming over later."

Charlie looked angry. "Why did he come back? Why now? Just when you were doing better! I want you to stay away from him, do you hear me?" He almost yelled. I had rarely seen Charlie angry and his response surprised me. "Are they all back then?"

"Yeah, they didn't like Los Angeles as much as they had expected, they all thought of Forks as their home so Carlisle switched back to his old job and they're here to stay." I almost laughed at the idea that they told everyone they would be going to LA, the most sunny place in the US basically. Then I had a thought, why would they tell people they would go there even though they never could go out during the day? Was it so I wouldn't know where to look and thus not try? That would make sense. I would have to ask Edward about that.

"Well, I still want you to stay away from him. He's not good for you."

"Dad, you can't tell me who to date."

"Date?! He left you Bella! Besides, I thought you and Jacob…" He noticed the expression on my face and he didn't finish his sentence.

"He had a good reason for leaving, it wasn't his fault! And Jacob and I have never been a couple. Now dad, Edward is coming here in a few minutes, could you please promise me you'll behave?"

He didn't answer, he just grumbled and muttered curse words that I didn't want to hear.

"Please?" I pleaded.

"Fine. Just know that he is not welcome in this house."

"You can't forbid him to come in!" I was appalled

"It's my house, I can do what ever the hell I want. And that boy is not entering my house Bella! I will not have it!" It was final.

"Then I'll just go over to his place, you can't forbid me to see him you know."

Charlie didn't have an answer for that. He knew I was right. I'm sure he wanted to ground me but he probably guessed that wouldn't have stopped me anyways and it would only make things very uncomfortable between us.

The doorbell rang. I sprinted to the door, only just beating Charlie there but he was standing right behind me when I opened the door.

"Good evening," Edward said, polite as ever, even though I knew he had heard every word Charlie had said and probably more from his thoughts.

"Hi Edward." I smiled apologetically at him.

"You're not welcome here." Charlie stated.

"Dad!" I gave him an angry glare.

"He should know. After all he did to you! I can't allow him into my house again!" Then he returned to the living room, never giving Edward a second glance.

Edward seemed to flinch, although from the look on his face it wasn't from what Charlie had said. Edward was in pain, more pain than I had ever seen on his face was showing and I wanted to comfort him and at the same time I wanted to yell at my dad for what he did to Edward.

"What is it?" I asked while I placed my hand on his cheek.

"Nothing, you're dad has some clear memories."

"What did you see?" I was worried.

"He was just thinking about the time after I had just left. He was thinking about how lifeless you were." His voice broke. "What have I done?" he mumbled more to himself than to me.

"Oh…" was all I could say. I had been lifeless without him, a zombie, but I didn't want him to know that. Especially not now that I saw how much pain that gave him. I wanted him to be happy.

"Let's go to your house." I offered.

Edward just nodded.

"Dad, I'm going to Edwards house, there is some food in the freezer for you. See you tonight."

"Be back at ten!" was all he said.

When we got to Edward's house I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything yet and I was hungry. At that moment my stomach started to rumble, as if to show that I was indeed hungry. Edward noticed and he smiled.

"Hungry?" He asked.

"Just a little."

"Let me make you some dinner."

Edward made me some spaghetti and it was delicious. I sat at the dining room table to eat it, all the while Edward was sitting across from me, staring at me but not saying anything. At one point I couldn't take it any more, I wanted to know what he was thinking and why he was staring at me like that.

"What is it? What are you thinking of?"

"I'm just… I just… I cannot believe how stupid I was for leaving you like this. I hurt you more than you let me believe and I am terribly sorry. I wish you would tell me how I can make it up to you?" The pain was back in his eyes.

"I'm not hurt anymore," At least not that much I thought to myself. "All you can do is never leave me again."

"I promise, I'm not going anywhere, never again!"

"Good, then I'm happy."

He smiled at me, but it still wasn't a true smile, there was too much hurt in his eyes still. I walked over to him and sat in his lap, I placed my hands on either side of his head and forced him to look at me.

"I love you Edward, I can't forgive you for what you did because there is nothing to forgive." Edward huffed. "There truly isn't, you left because you thought it was the best thing for me, you thought I could be happy and you wanted me to be safe. I can't forgive you for that, how could I? Everything you did was to protect me and because you love me." I stared at him, hoping to make the pain in his eyes to go away.

"You're much too good for me Bella, I'm glad you just don't realize it yourself." Another half-smile crossed his face. "But your dad has every right to be angry with me, I deserve far worse than what he thinks. And I'm sure that the memories he showed me earlier," he flinched, "were not even half of what I had done to you. The flashes that he did show me were enough to know that I can't leave you ever again. But I will never stop trying to make up for leaving you, it was the biggest mistake I ever made in my existence and I'm truly sorry that I hurt you the way I did." Agony was clear in his eyes.

"I can think of something to make it up to me," I smiled tentatively at him.

"I'll do anything," he told me but otherwise didn't move. Was he really not understanding what I meant?

I decided to show him, but not here, I wanted to have some idea of privacy in this house, for as far as that was possible with all the vampire senses around here. So I took his hand and he let me lead him to his room, I laid down on his bed and pulled him down next to me. We spent the rest of the evening kissing and holding each other and I was perfectly happy. k

I decided to try and stay on my dad's good side and around nine thirty I asked Edward to drive me home.

Even though I wanted to keep Edward as far away from my dad as possible, he insisted on walking me to my door like a true gentleman. Charlie beat us to the door and was already standing right there waiting for us, all the while glaring at Edward. I looked at Edward pleadingly, hoping he would just leave, no need to make it harder for him. But he had a strange look on his face, calculating something. Probably listening to Charlie's thoughts.

"Good evening sir," Edward said to my dad.

My dad just continued to glare at him.

"Bella," Edward looked at me, "would you please go inside and let me talk to your dad?"

This worried me but I decided to give him what he asked.

"Sure, see you soon," I told him, I'm sure he understood.

I walked over to him and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"I won't be long," was his reply, "sweet dreams." He smiled at me.

I walked inside and shut the door behind me, I knew Edward would tell me what that all was about soon enough, he had sent me inside for a reason and I just had to trust him. I'm sure he didn't want me to attack my dad for saying something inconsiderate to Edward. He needed to try and sort it out with my dad. So I went upstairs.

Not long after I heard the front door close and I knew it wouldn't be too long before Edward would be here. I decided to take a shower and get ready for bed, so that Charlie would be satisfied. Around ten thirty Edward was in my room and I was waiting for his explanation.

Edward saw my expression and smiled. "I wanted to make things a little better with your dad so I told him that I had left because I thought I was no good for you and you could do so much better than me. Of course he asked me why I had to come back and why now. I told him the public story, that my mom had not taken well to living in LA and that she demanded that we go back to Forks and because we moved back I wanted to see you, I told him I had been in no better state than you for the past couple of months and that you wanted me back just as badly as I wanted you so that there was no point in me staying away anymore." He let me take it all in and then continued. "He told me he was still mad at me, he could see that I care dearly for you but the way I treated you was beyond bad and he couldn't just stand by to see you get hurt like that again. I replied by saying I would never be strong enough to leave again. He obviously wasn't convinced but saw that my intentions were good and decided to cut me some slack. He's still furious but I'm aloud inside the house during visiting hours." He smiled tentatively, "So I guess I'm breaking a rule right now." I beamed at him. "But from Charlie's thoughts I could see that it wasn't just me he was angry at, he was also mad at himself, for not being able to prevent you from getting hurt the same way he got hurt when Renee had left him and took you with her. Your dad loves you dearly Bella, be patient with him."

I was glad he had tried to smooth things over a bit with Charlie. "Thank you," I told him, "I appreciate what you did. And I will be patient with my dad, as long as he is being reasonable, I'm not a little girl anymore."

"But you'll always be his little girl Bella."

I smiled. I was feeling exhausted, Edward noticed my eyes drooping and started singing my lullaby, it wasn't long before I was asleep and more peaceful than I had been in a very long time.

A/N: Okay that's it for the tenth chapter, hope you enjoyed it :) again more of a filler chapter than anything else but just like with Angela, I like Charlie and this really shows how much he loves Bella so I thought that would be nice :) The next chapter is already the last one, time flies when you're having fun :P And I'm really having fun with writing and uploading this story and reading your reviews :) you are all so sweet :) So thanks! And keep reviewing! :)