A/N: *peeks from around a corner* Hey, long time no chapter right? Sorry about that, my writing mojo felt off from this past week. That and I've been watching a lot of Henry Cavill tribute videos on Youtube. If you don't know who he is, he's the latest actor to play Superman (and also Stephanie Meyer's first choice to play Edward) and also, Good God that man is beautiful! So without further ado, here is chapter 10!
Sadly I don't own Twilight and I don't date Henry, but in my own mind I have a better shot at one of those!
P.S. I just realized I posted the breakup chapter on Edward and Bella's wedding anniversary...awkward...
Two voices struggled inside me. One that wanted to be good and brave, and one that told the good one to keep her mouth shut.
Bella Swan, Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
BPOV
I sat in silence as Edward left the house.
"Bella, are you okay?" Rosalie asked.
"I think so?" my answer came out more like a question.
"Do you mean physically or emotionally?" Alice asked.
"I was kind of wondering about both," Rosalie replied.
"My arm is okay, just a little bruised. I can cover that since it's still pretty cool out," I started. "Emotionally, that may be a different story." Alice and Rosalie looked at me with a confused expression on both of their faces. Alice seemed like she was going to ask me what I meant by that, but my father was pulling into the driveway.
"Let's deal with your dad first and we'll finish this conversation after that, okay?" Alice requested. I nodded my head to show I understood. The girls took a seat at the kitchen table and I covered my arm so that Charlie wouldn't see the bruises that had started to form.
"Bells, why is there a red BMW in the driveway?" He called out in lieu of a greeting. "Oh, I didn't know we had a couple more guests," he added with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm sorry about that, Chief. We meant to call but we got a little busy around the house," Alice said with a dazzling grin.
"And I don't believe we've met; I'm Rosalie Hale, Edward's older sister," Rosalie said greeting Charlie with a handshake. Wow, she was really trying to sell this wasn't she? Charlie cleared his throat, apparently dazed by the two sisters.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Rosalie. And under some slightly better circumstances I might add," Charlie managed to get out.
"I agree, and on behalf of our family, I would like to apologize for what happened. Edward led us to believe that this was a decision that they mutually agreed on," Rosalie articulated.
"Well, thank you and I appreciate that," Charlie responded. "I always believed your family were good people, still do; forgive me if I don't fully extend that to your brother."
"Believe us, Charlie, we understand completely," Alice piped in. "We're not too thrilled with him at the moment either."
"Well, while unexpected, I am glad you girls are here," Charlie confessed.
"Is everything okay, Dad?" I asked.
"I got a call while I was down at the rez; there's been another disappearance in Seattle. Normally we wouldn't be involved, but the person missing is another local," Charlie returned.
"I was reading about that while we were away," Rosalie added. "They still didn't find this Riley Biers that went missing?"
"Unfortunately not, but now a classmate of his named Cassandra Reynolds who's from here as well went missing around the same time you disappeared to Atlanta," Charlie said.
"Now I get what you meant by saying I picked a hell of a time to run off," I replied to my dad.
"Yeah, I just had to come back to change into my uniform," Charlie said. "Would you ladies do me a favor since you are here? Would you mind keeping Bella company; I hate to leave her with nobody here," he requested of the girls.
"That wouldn't be a problem at all; we've been wanting to catch up with her anyway," Rosalie responded with sympathy.
"Are you girls sure you'll be okay?" Charlie asked with concern.
"We'll be just fine, chief," Alice responded with a wink. "Jasper and Emmett would be here at the drop of a hat if they think anything's wrong."
"Alright, sounds like a plan. Bells, be sure you girls have everything locked up tight when I leave," Charlie instructed as he went up the stairs.
Once Charlie was out of earshot, Alice turned to ask me, "What did you mean when you said 'emotionally it was a different story?'"
"I'm literally going through so many different emotions with your brother right now, I'm glad for Jasper's sake Charlie didn't ask you guys to take me over to your house," I answered honestly.
"Considering how Charlie feels about our pig-headed brother, that was probably the last thing he was going to ask us," Rosalie retorted.
Charlie came down the stairs a few seconds later, dressed in his uniform.
"Alright, this may be an overnight thing. Are you girls sure you're all going to be okay?" Charlie asked, unaware that he had two of the most dangerous creatures in the world sitting at his kitchen table.
"We'll be okay, dad," I promised him. "Like Alice said, Jasper and Emmett can be here in a moment's notice if they need to be. I'm sure the guys at La Push will help out too, if we need that much backup."
Charlie grabbed his wallet and pulled out a 20 dollar bill. "Just in case you girls wanted to order a pizza for dinner," he said placing the bill on the kitchen table. "Be careful and see you girls in the morning."
We told my dad good-bye and he walked out the front door.
"Don't worry, he'll be okay," Alice reassured me with a smile. Rosalie double checked the front and back doors to make sure they were locked and took a seat in my dad's recliner.
"So are we going to talk about what happened today or not?" She called out from the living room. Alice and I both walked in to sit on the sofa and Rosalie looked on with an interested expression.
"So Alice, you already know that Jake came over this afternoon," I started. She nodded, remembering the request I had made to my dad this morning.
"That explains why it smells a bit like wet dog in here," Rosalie commented while wrinkling her nose.
"Be nice," I told her. "He helped me out a lot while you guys were gone."
"A mutt's still a mutt," She said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Okay so what happened?" Alice asked impatiently. So I told them about everything: how Jake now knew about what happened in Volterra, how he begged me not to leave; when I got to the kiss, both girls looked at me in shock.
"We'll come back to that later because I know there has to be more to the story," Rosalie said when she found her voice.
I continued to tell them about how Jake and I hashed out our feelings, agreeing we should only remain friends; I didn't tell them about Jake's imprinting confession-that seemed a bit too personal. Finally I got to the part where Jake left and I came face to face with Edward.
"Well that explains why I couldn't see what Stalkerward was up to," Alice huffed.
"You mean you can't see around the wolves?" Rosalie questioned.
"Nope, their futures can change too rapidly because of their shifting," Alice said discouraged. "I couldn't see Edward until around where we came in after he grabbed your wrist."
"But you knew Edward was coming over," Rosalie accused and I looked at Alice in surprise.
"He needed to see the fact that what he did would have an effect on you," Alice said unapologetically.
"However, I wasn't expecting him to grab your wrist; I didn't mean for you to get hurt," She added on sadly.
"So besides the obvious, what else would have made Edward lose control like that?" Rosalie questioned.
"I broke up with him," I sighed. Again, I was met with silence.
"But I thought you still love him," Alice asked me.
"I do still love him, Alice," I replied with my head in my hands.
"However, I'm pissed at him; I don't get to choose whether or not I want a life of immortality anymore; I hate that this will affect Charlie and Renee when I stop coming around; Jake and I will be enemies, and I can't handle all this," I finally admitted, breaking down in tears I thought I had already shed. Both girls rushed over to hug me and attempt to comfort me.
After a while, my tears subsided and I was able to calm myself down.
"You were right: poor Jazz would have been driven up the wall if you were over at our house," Rosalie said. The three of us had to laugh at that.
"It may sound crazy, but did you think of talking to somebody about how you're feeling?" Rosalie questioned.
"It might help you to figure out exactly what you want to do or at the very least, not want to find a lighter every time my brother is near."
"Yeah, maybe I'll speak to the new counselor at school. They made the announcement that they were going to bring her on after spring break," I told the girls.
"So, what did prompt that kiss between you and Jake?" Alice asked me.
"I don't know if it was anger at your brother or if I had some feelings that had just been bottled up for the last few months, but I just needed to feel something different," I admitted.
"I don't blame you-anger's one hell of an emotion," Rosalie agreed. "It's what's been keeping this red-headed bitch going for the better part of a year," she added with a snarl.
"Don't worry we'll deal with her," Alice promised her with a sneer. "I just want to know what her deal is; her gift has to be evasion because I can never pin her down either."
I suddenly had another epiphany: "What if Victoria is kidnapping these people from Forks?"
Both girls looked at me as if I had grown another head. "No, I'm being serious; what if she were creating other vampires to try and keep the wolves busy so she could try to get me alone somehow?" I questioned them.
While the girls continued to try and process that, I continued on. "Alice, you just said yourself she must know somehow you have some trouble seeing her. Maybe she's doing this at random so you can't see who her next target is."
"That actually is starting to make sense," Alice started.
"And if she somehow knows we're back, she may try to double up on those efforts," Rosalie concluded.
"Shit," Alice silently cursed to herself.
"We'll deal with her soon enough. Our main priority is keeping you safe, whether from the Volturi or Victoria," she promised.
"Okay," I said with a nod. The thought that just one vampire was out to get me was bad enough, but then adding in an ancient group that dictates the laws too-not good. At least with the Volturi, I may have a chance: Aro thought I was special already; maybe he would change me, but then I'd have to be a part of the Volturi guard.
Then again, Victoria has been hunting me for the better part of a year. She sent Laurent to try and find me; Edward killed James relatively quick. However, I had a feeling Victoria would want to drag my death out slowly, painfully, and more than likely with an audience.
And they say high school is hell…
I realize this is probably a strange place to leave off, but next chapter is going to focus more on the girls repairing/ building their friendship. Also, Edward needs to sit in a corner and think about what he's done for another chapter. So fingers crossed, next chapter will be up sooner rather than later! Thank you guys so much for reading, following, and reviewing!
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