Chapter Twelve - Visits

The next couple of weeks passed too fast for my liking. It was finally here. The first day in almost twenty-two years, that I would get to see Charlie. I didn't really know if I was anxious or not. It scared me to think about what might happen at his house.

Edward had already warned me that it wasn't going to reaction that I liked. Alice had seen everything. She knew what was going to happen today.

I spent the whole night hunting again, just in case something happened. I had been hunting nightly with Alice. It gave us some time to be girls, and get away from our husbands.

I inhaled deeply as I looked in the closet to pick out what I was going to wear. We had always kept some clothes here. I decided on something very basic. My plaid shirt and blue jeans, that would do the trick.

Edward had been laying on the bed, watching my every movement. He smiled, but it never touched his eyes. There was something troubling him. I didn't think I needed to worry about it. I was sure that he would tell me when the time was right.

After I had changed, he finally stood up and walked over to me. His brightly gleaming topaz eyes, were troubled.

"Come with me to see him, Edward." I asked as I filled the space between us in one long stride. "I want him to see how happy we are."

Edward looked down at me. His arms found my waist and his lips found my forehead. His embrace was troubled just as much as his eyes were. "I would be delighted to come with you, Love. Its not my place to go with you though. You need to see Charlie on your own."

I pushed away from him and let my cold lips find his, for a quick kiss. "You are my first priority, Edward. Nothing and nobody else matters. You said it yourself."

"I don't feel like this is the right time. I don't want him to know. I just want him to see you one last time, before anything happens."

Anything happens? I'm sure that meant that Alice had seen something. "I'm not sure what you mean, exactly."

"Just, you need to be aware of everything, Bella." His grasp tightened around me. "Its going to happen, and when it does, I don't know what I'll do without you."

I attempted to push him away. "That's it, Edward. What are you not telling me? This is driving me crazy."

"I've said too much. I refuse to lose you again, Isabella Marie Cullen."

My jaw dropped. I was speechless. "Fine. I'll go by myself." I said huffing.

I didn't like this at all. I couldn't believe that he was actually trying to get me to go away from him, when he thought he was going to lose me. This was insanity.

I made my way down the stairs waving goodbye to Jasper and Alice, who were sitting at the kitchen table, playing chess. Alice was winning, of course. I loved when I had watched Alice and Edward play. It amused me how quickly the game was finished.

Edward was in the Jeep, waiting for me. My lips pulled back over my teeth. It was always too high, and complicated to ride in it. I shouldn't have suggested it. The thing must have been ancient. I made my way over to the furthest corner. Edward followed me with his eyes.

In the corner, there was a nice, sleek, black, brand-new, never riden before motorcycle. Edward had bought it when I was in my wilder days as Alice liked to call them. I pulled it out and pushed it out of the garage, but Edward was at the door.

"What do you think you're doing? You promised that you would stop riding motorcycles. You're going to give Charlie a heart-attack if you show up on that."

I sighed. "I'm sure he didn't mean when I was older."

"But you're not really older, love. You're stuck in all of your nineteen year-old goodness."

I hated when he brought up the age issue. He made me wait until after I turned the dreaded nineteen to change me. I was now, technically two years older than him. It was not something that I liked to think about. I sighed, unable to respond.

"Plus, he doesn't know that you're virtually indestructible now. Please, just let me drive you in Emmett's Jeep, or take Rosalie's car. Anything but the bike."

I didn't like the idea, but I climbed into Rosalie's car, as Edward smiled brightly at me. His expression was still troubled, but unseemly happy.

I was pulling out of the garage as the phone rang. I rolled my eyes and put the car in park. "Hello?"

Edward was sitting in the car with me now. He was curious, I was sure of it. "Oh. Hi dad. I was actually just on my way over there. Do you want to meet at a restaurant? I just ate, but you can still eat."

Edward smiled at me. This time, the smile reached his eyes. It made me smile at him. I could only guess what was going through his mind at the moment. I was playing up the whole 'human' charade, as well as he once had to.

"Okay. I'll meet you there in about fifteen minutes. You...you want Edward to come? Why? Dad, he doesn't feel good. I'm sure that he doesn't want to get you sick. We'll be fine."

Edward started to laugh, but soon acted like he was coughing. I rolled my eyes as I held his hand. "I love you, too, Dad. Mmhm. Bye."

Edward squeezed my hand. His face went back to looking wary again. It was beginning to scare me. "Well, have fun. Be safe, Bella."

Be safe. Whenever those words came out of his mouth, I smiled.

"There isn't much that can stop me from not being safe. As you said, I am virtually indestructible now." I moved closer to his face and kissed his cheek gently. "I'll miss you."

"More than you know. I love you, Mrs. Cullen."

"Forever, Mr. Cullen."

With a softer kiss on the lips, he got out of the car. I put the car in drive and drove down the three-mile stretch of a drive way, leading away from the Cullen house. I turned towards the way to get to the Lodge. It had always been Charlie's favorite place to eat.

When I got there, I had arrived ten minutes before he had. I sort of drove a little fast. I was anxious to see Charlie. He pulled up next to the red BMW, where I sat, in the old police cruiser. I looked over at him with a big smile on my face.

I was another typical day in Forks. The clouds covered the sky. There had only been two really nice days for Edward and I to sit in our Meadow. The place where he and I truly began.

I opened the car door, and moved gracefully over to the door in which Charlie was exiting. My smile grew wider. My teeth were sure to be a bright, perfect white. Charlie embraced me. I wrapped my strong arms around him loosely as if I was trying not to harm him.

I could smell a faint iron smell. It made me feel queasy. I wasn't even sure if vampires could feel that way. I tried to keep my breathing easy, as to not make any changes. I needed to keep up the human charade.

"Wow. Bella, you look beautiful. You're awfully pale though, and your eyes...did you get contacts? I thought your sight was excellent."

I smiled sheepishly, pulling him along by my side. "Its raining. Lets get you inside. I don't want you sick. I already have one man in my life that I need to keep healthy, I don't need two."

Charlie nodded. He looked older than he truly was. Could I have caused him so much trouble? So much anguish? So much grief to make him look this way?

Charlie had eaten silently, as he listened to me talk about Dartmouth and other places that Edward and I had been. When he was finished, he looked at me, horrified.

"Bella, there is something about you. Something that has changed and things that have not." His voice sounded weak and terrified.

"Dad, you're overreacting. Lets get you home. I'll meet you there. I'll make you some herbal tea. You don't look so well, like you're going pale. Have you been watching late night ghost stories? Mom always warned me about that." I tried to sound playful. It seemed like it was working.

I got him back in his car and he drove off. I sat in the car for a little while and sighed. My phone began to ring. Edward.

"Hello, dear."

"Hello to you too, Sunshine." It wasn't who I thought it was going to be. Alice sounded as bright as ever. "I used Edward's phone to call you. Jasper forgot his at home and took mine. I just thought I'd check on you."

"Where did Jasper go?" I asked, ignoring what else she had said to me.

"Him and Edward went hunting. Do you realize how boring this house is when there is nothing to do. I got on the computer, but there wasn't anything to do."

I laughed. "Well, I'll be home soon, I hope. I'm stopping at the store..."

"To get herbal tea for Charlie. Be careful, Bella." And with that, Alice had hung up the phone.

I didn't understand why everyone was telling me to be careful today. I was always careful. I closed the phone and started up Rosalie's car. I tried to stay away from everyone at the store. It was odd. I knew people there. Of course, not by name. I was still in contact with some of my old friends from Forks High. I knew the children by name.

Going through the checkout, I recognized the blond hair any day. "Liliana?" I asked. The girl with brilliant blue eyes and straight long blond hair just like her mother.

"Um...do I like know you?" she asked.

"No, but I know your parents. Jessica and Mike, right?" I smiled at her. "I'm Bella Cullen."

She smiled as if she knew who I was now. "I'll tell them I saw you. The total is five dollars."

I swiped my black credit card and smiled. "Thank you Liliana."

I walked out of the store and got back into Rosalie's BMW. This time I went towards Charlie's house. He was there already, as I pulled up on the curb. His face was looking out the window. I stepped out of the car. At that very moment sun shined through the clouds and hit my beautiful face letting off sparkling rainbows.

I looked up toward the house. Charlie's eyes had grown wide. I looked down the street to see if anyone else had seen. It was then, that I saw Emmett's Jeep sitting five houses down. Edward and Jasper were inside. Edward's eyes were wide with shock. Jasper's with anticipation.

I breathed in deeply. Maybe he didn't see. Maybe it was just my head playing tricks on me. I looked back up at the house, and he was not there. It must have been my mind.

I walked slowly up to the house from the car. My hand hesitating on the handle of the door. I opened it. There was no sound coming. Nobody asked if it was me, like they used to.

I walked in the house, and around the hall to look at the living room. There he was. Charlie was on the floor, his hand on his left arm. His face pale and almost lifeless.

Yes, I put myself in my story. I do that a lot. I had to do it. Not that I wanted to be Mike and Jessica's daughter, but still. That and the fact that I'm not blond anymore.

Yes, Charlie is having a heartattack. No, you will not find out anything about what happens to him until the next chapter. evil laughter

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