Opposites Attract – Chapter 10 – Death in the Family

BPOV

The weather was starting to get a bit rough outside and they were calling for a blizzard of about 2 to 3 feet of snow. It was now the beginning of February and I went home for Christmas and drove my truck back to school. I felt bad always depending on Emmett or Jasper for a ride and although Baltimore has an awesome transportation system. There was a light rail, subway, busses and cabs but I just missed my freedom and my truck. I was glad I had a truck because the snow was coming down hard. I started back with my Sundays at the Cullen's again after my talk with Rosalie I tried harder to understand Edward and look past his tramping around. Maybe he was emotionally disturbed or something but Alice and Emmett were perfectly normal and they were all raised by the same parents.

I was on my way to the house when my cell phone rang. It was Alice so I quickly answered or she would think something was wrong.

"Bella oh my god something horrible happened." My heart sank I immediately thought one of her brothers or our friends were in a car accident or something.

"What happened Alice are you ok?" I asked sounding concerned and worried.

"My grandpa passed away this afternoon and I am stuck at school with Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie and Edward is all alone. We took the car instead of the jeep and we're snowed in and mom is worried about telling Edward until someone is there with him can you please please be there?"

""Of course Alice are you alright though? Don't you want me to come get you guys 1st?" I asked feeling a little bit weird about being alone with Edward but I was almost there.

"No no we're gonna be stuck here a while but my mom is gonna call you before she calls Edward and thank you so much Bella I'll call you later and please call me if he is too much to handle ok."

"Ok Alice I will I am so sorry about your grandpa let me know if there is anything else I can do ok."

"Alright thanks again Bella talk to you later" and then she hung up.

Wait handle what did she mean by handle what was he going to do that I couldn't handle? And then my phone rang and it was Esme.

"Hi Esme, I just heard about your father and I am so sorry for your loss is there anything I can do."

"Oh thank god Bella I need your help with Edward the others are stuck at school and snowed in and Alice told me that you were able to get to Edward and he is going to be so upset I am so worried about him he was the closest to my father they were best friends and I can't believe he is gone." She said through sobs.

"Oh Esme don't worry I just pulled up in front of the house do you want me to tell him or should I give him the phone?"

"Please give him the phone and thank you sweetie so much for being there for him right now."

"Ok hold on he's walking towards the door right now here he is." I said as Edward opened the door looking smug with himself about something and I just handed him the phone and began to take my snow boots and coat off while he walked towards the living room and leaned against the wall connecting to the dining room.

I was watching his face and studying it as I closed the door behind me and I could hear his mom on the phone crying and talking to him. A look of terror and sadness washed over him and he sank to the floor on his knees dropping the phone to the hard wood floor and it made a clunk sound. I ran over to him and picked up the phone because Esme was still crying on the other end and I was standing in front of him now.

He reached out and pulled me close against his body and he buried his head in my stomach and wrapped his hands around my waist and clung on so tightly I could barely breathe. He began to sob into my sweatshirt. I was so shocked I almost forgot about Esme on the phone until I heard her screaming Edward on the other end.

"I am here Esme it's Bella he's umm crying right now but don't worry I'm here and I'll take care of him for you."

"Oh thank you so much Bella you don't know how much I appreciate it, I'll call you again later after I know more about what's going on. Please take care of my baby for me Bella."

"Don't worry Esme I'll do everything I can. And let me know if there is anything else that needs to be done."

Then we hung up and I placed my phone on the bookshelf next to where we were standing. Or I was standing and he was kneeling. I am not sure how long we stood there but I could feel my shirt's wetness coming through my skin. At some point during our time there I began to rub his back and smooth his hair away from his face. My phone rang again and it was Alice.

"Is he ok? What happened are you ok Bella?"

"Alice calm down we are both ok. He's just crying right now let me see if he wants to talk." I tried to tap him on the shoulder and told him that Alice was on the phone but he just hugged me tighter and sobbed more.

"Alice I don't think he is ready to talk yet I'll call you if anything changes and please make sure Jasper takes care of you ok."

"Thanks Bella you have no idea how much I appreciate this I know he is not your favorite person but I appreciate you doing this for me."

And then we hung up. My feet were starting to hurt a little so I rocked back and forth on them to try and get them to stop. He must have noticed because he wrapped his arms around me and pressed me to his body and lifted me up when he stood up he walked to the couch never taking his face away from my stomach. He sat down and grabbed my knees and set me down on his lap so now I was straddling him and kneeling on the couch while he continued to sob into me. About an hour later I started wondering if he was ever going to stop. He had stopped sobbing now he was just holding me. I wondered if one of his girls was going to come over tonight and would he talk to her or would I have to deal with that. Oh I hoped not because I don't know if I could handle that.

I didn't know what to do with my arms or my hands now but I mean he was breaking down right in front of me and he was so vulnerable I could but my frustrations with him aside and do this for Alice and Esme they had always been good to me. I could do this. So I brought my hands up and wrapped them around his back and started to rub circles on his shirt and run my fingers through his hair and he loosened his grip around me and sat back a little and I could now see his face.

My heart sank right out of my body and it was like it was missing now. His eyes were red from crying and there were tears streaming down his cheeks and his lips were swollen from where he was biting them and his cheeks were blotchy. I felt so bad I reached behind me for the tissues on the coffee table and set them on the couch beside us. I scooted up a bit and down so that I was sitting on his knees but not near his groin I made sure not to scoot that close. I took the tissue and started to wipe his face and hold is cheek in my palm. He leaned into my touch and closed his eyes while I cleaned his face. I put a tissue in his hand and tapped my nose and he blew his nose a few times with the tissues I kept handing him. Now we had a bunch of icky tissues on the other side of us on the couch. I was holding his head in my hands and his eyes were closed and I was looking at his eyelashes they were dark from the tears and long resting on his cheeks he looked almost angelic except for his brow where his eyebrows were drawn together with a little crease in the middle from the sadness on his face.

I had the strangest urge to kiss him on his swollen lips. But I caught myself inches from his face. That would have been a huge mistake. I wiggled my knees a little get more comfortable and he rested his hands on my hips before brought me a lot closer towards him. Now our stomachs were inches apart and he leaned over and buried his face in my hair resting on my neck. So I leaned in and wrapped my arms around his head and shoulders and I just held him. His arms moved up behind my back encircling me and pulling me tight to him. I could feel my breasts press against his chest. I rubbed his back while he clung to me and his hot breath was flowing through my hair onto my collarbone and making me shiver from within. I felt the goose bumps rising from my fingers up my arm to my shoulders. I shuttered a little and he started to kneed my sides with his hands as he was holding me. For a second I thought he was trying to make a pass at me until I heard him sobbing again into my neck. And we stayed like that for a couple of hours.

A/N : What do you think? What should happen next? Please review I am at a crossroads and I have several different ideas but I would love to hear from you all.

Thanks, Dobrodey