Previously: "Vampires are absolutely beautiful; vampires are flawless and have pale skin with red, black or gold eyes." Charlie gasped out loud and sat up straight.Bella flinched a little and smiled at her father.Charlie glared at Edward, turned his head and his face soften when he saw Nessie, he smiled gently.Charlie then looked over that pattern again.Well I wonder what his problem was.

Chapter Ten: Hunted, What Really Happened

"But...wait, so where do you fit into all this Bella?" I asked as soon as Bella finished speaking.

Bella smiled softly, closing her eyes tight.

"Well mom, I can honestly tell you that I'm not a werewolf." She laughed as she opened her eyes.

They seemed a little darker than before.

I shrugged it off as the lights being florescent.

"You only wish you were this cool." Jacob said, laughing as he did so.

Bella rolled her eyes.

"Oh Jacob, you really think I wish to be a horse sized wolf, chasing rouge vampires all day long? I have already had more than enough of my fair share of rouge vampires thank you very much." Bella snapped back at him, jokingly.

"What do you mean 'your share of vampires' Bella?" Charlie stuttered quietly.

"How many vampires have you come across?" He continued his question.

Edward snorted and Bella looked cross at him.

Bella looked back over at us and chuckled.

"Um, well around 70, 75," Bella said nonchalantly, shrugging slightly.

"WHAT?!" Charlie gasped out his shout.

I couldn't find my voice.

Jacob growled lightly until Edward snapped at him.

"Shut up Jacob!" Bella reprimanded him after she calmed Edward down.

"It's not like they were hunting you directly." Bella snapped towards Jacob.

"Hunted?" I asked nervously.

Bella nodded and smiled softly.

"I personally have been hunted."

Bella thought about it for a moment and then shook her head.

"How about I tell you a little bit of a story?" Bella suggested.

I looked towards Charlie and then nodded.

"When I first moved here I knew nothing about vampires or werewolves."

"Then how did you find out?!" I asked her loudly and Jacob flinched.

"I was getting to that." Bella laughed lightly.

"Long story short Jacob is the one who originally told me."

Jacob held up his hands in defense.

"Hey I didn't know they were true at the time!" Edward glared teasingly at Jacob and Bella raised an eyebrow.

Jacob sat back with his arms crossed against his chest.

Bella smiled, rolling her eyes.

"My first attack."

"First?!" Charlie interrupted Bella this time.

"Yes, dad my first attack. Meaning I had more than one. I will explain, okay?"

Charlie nodded and sat back a little as I leaned forward.

"Well you know when I said that I was going back to Phoenix and I said all that stuff to you?" Bella asked Charlie, clearly already knowing his answer.

Charlie of course nodded his head.

"I was being chased by a sadistic vampire named James."

A low rumble filled the room, sending chills up my spine.

Bella placed her hand on Edward's chest and it stopped.

Was that coming from him?!

I shrugged it off.

"Relax, love" she whispered softly to Edward.

Charlie was twitching softly.

"You see some vampires have special powers as I said before. James was a tracker."

I caught the 'was' and I had to ask.

"Was?" Charlie beat me to the question.

Bella smiled shyly.

"Yes. Was, he is dead but I will get to that later. Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie and Edward lead James to Canada with my scent on my clothes but he quickly realized he was being tricked and he ran back to Forks. Esme had stayed behind to watch over Charlie."

"What?!" Charlie gasped, interrupting.

"What could she have done?" Charlie basically screamed.

"Oh Esme can hold her own." Edward chuckled under his breath.

"We will answer all questions once I'm finished with the James story."

Charlie and I nodded.

"So Jasper and Alice took me to Arizona and we stayed in a hotel until James contacted me. Saying that he had Renee and well you could guess what happened then. I ran from Alice and Jasper to the ballet studio."

I gasped, covering my mouth.

"The one that burned down?"

Bella nodded.

"The very one. Once I got there I heard mom's voice, it turned out that he had taken our home movies and played your voice making me think you were there." Bella took a deep breath.

"I didn't really fall down any stairs and out a window. James attacked me, full force, he snapped my leg with his foot, threw me across the room, where I smacked my head on the mirrors, making my head bleed, sending him in a feeding frenzy."

I gasped and looked at my daughter.

I tightness started up in my chest that I knew was pure fear.

She smiled softly at me again.

Bella took another uneven breath and looked over at Edward before continuing her horrible tale.

"Well everything went black. It was like I was looking through dark murky water. Then I heard an angel."

Bella sighed.

"I remember thinking, 'Why is the angel crying?' and "the angel shouldn't be crying.'"

Edward pulled Bella closer to him and little Nessie curled up in Bella's lap.

"What angel? Who?" I asked.

Charlie leaned back with a groan, the couch moaning with him.

"It was Edward, mom."

"Wait!" I shouted, interrupting Bella in the process.

"Edward is an angel?! Like Jacob's a werewolf!" I asked my daughter louder than a moment ago.

Bella sighed and rolled her eyes.

Edward and Jacob started laughing causing little Nessie to smile really big.

Bella smirked and rubbed her face in her hands.

Bella looked back up before speaking again.

"No, mom, not technically but to me Edward is my own personal angel." Bella then paused and glared at Jacob who was now laughing at Edward.

It silenced him.

"But to answer your question, no he isn't. So, back to my story,"

Charlie leaned all the way back against the couch again and I followed in suit.

"As I heard Edward calling my name through the darkness of my foggy mind, I noticed my hand was burning. It was on fire!"

I went to say something but Bella stopped me.

"No mom, not for real. It was because of James. He had bitten me."

I gasped and looked at Charlie just in time to see his eyes bug out.

Jacob let loose a short growl.

Edward made a snarling noise from his chest.

Bella placed one of her hands on Edward's chest and the noise stopped.

"The venom was making its way up my arm. But Carlisle had the idea that saved me from the venom, that time."

"What?!"

Bella smiled calmly.

"He said that someone had to suck the venom out of me." Bella explained.

I cocked my head to the side.

What?

"Edward saved me that time around by sucking every bit of the venom out."

Charlie looked over at Edward and gave him a grateful look.

Edward smiled at him and hugged Bella and Nessie.

"Wait! Wasn't that dangerous for you?" I blurted out, suddenly thinking of Edward's safety.

Edward smiled and looked directly at me.

"No. It couldn't do anything to me. But it would be impossible for a human to do so."

"Oh good because….wait what?! Human?! You're not human?" I gasped out, trying to keep my cool.

Charlie didn't look too surprised.

Edward smirked and shook his head 'no'

"Didn't we already cover that mom?" Bella laughed.

"Then what are you Edward?" I asked him.

Charlie leaned a little more forward, listening.

Edward grimaced and took a deep breath.

Surprise.

…

"But...wait, so where do you fit into all this Bella?" Renee asked as soon as Bella finished speaking.

Bella sighed silently. "You can do this Bella." She tells herself.

...

Bella closed her eyes as she felt her contacts dissolving.

...

"How many vampires have you come across?" Charlie asked.

Edward snorted out a laugh. "Enough," He muttered under his breath.

Bella looked cross at him.

...

Jacob growled deep in his chest and Edward snapped "Enough!" under his breath at Jacob.

Bella places her hand on Edward's chest.

"It's fine love." She told him silently.

...

"Well here's as good a chance as any." Bella thought to Edward and he squeezed her hand in reassurance.

...

"I was being chased by a sadistic vampire named James."

Edward growled lowly in the back of his throat.

"I know, I know. But I'm fine." Bella thought to him.

"Relax, love" Bella whispered softly out loud to Edward.

"Vampires. Bella, Edward. What? Breathe Charlie. They will tell you." Charlie thought to himself.

...

"Edward saved me that time around by sucking every bit of the venom out."

Charlie looked over and Edward and gave him a grateful look.

"Well I should show him some more appreciation." Charlie thought.

...

"I knew that kid was too good to be true. Not human...he has to be a vampire. But what if he isn't? What if he is something else entirely? Okay Charlie relax, they said they would tell you." Charlie thought to himself.

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A/N: I know it's shorter than most but it is what it is.

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