Now I know you all saw that coming already. You guys are so smart! So many reviews for that chapter! I'm at 70! (i am now aiming for 100) Woohoo! Now, I am still in the hospital and I appreciate the 'get betters' (: And to tell the truth, I really don't know what's going to happen next! o
This chapter is a little short isn't it D Well... they all are!
After Flo yelling at me, I felt considerably better, but after finding out her husband was dead I was horrorstruck. I walked back to Edward's jaw-dropped. After hearing what happened their jaws were dropped too. I stumbled back into the car.
"Um..." Alice hesitated,
"Now what?"
"Now... I think we should leave it alone." Edward said. I snapped out of my daze,
"Are you serious?!" I demanded,
"This is the worst time to butt out!"
"And when would have been the best time?" Edward asked slyly. I thought about this and hesitated to answer,
"...When we saw them at the theater." I finally admitted,
"But in my defense this would have been a lot easier if Charlie had just told me in the first place!" I blamed Charlie,
"Maybe Charlie didn't know how you would respond to him having a girlfriend after Renee." Alice said sympathetically.
"I don't care." I scoffed,
"They weren't really your average 'perfect couple'" I laughed,
"Maybe he thought they were." Edward teamed with Alice.
"Okay guys! Stop teaming with me! You were the ones who wanted to help me catch her!" They dropped their heads in regret.
"We're going home." I said to Edward,
"When do you think you're going to tell Flo you're Charlie's daughter?" Alice joined,
"When it's time." I stalled.
When we pulled up to the house about 5 hours after we left, everything was in the same spot. The car, the food... charlie. Charlie hadn't moved an inch.
"Hey Charlie." I said cautiously. I told Edward and Alice to wait in my room. When he heard my voice I saw him throw a box of tissues against the wall.
"How are you doing?" I tilted my head to the side. He grumbled in response.
"Can..." I gasped to ask him a question,
"Can I get you anything?" He grumbled again. I was beginning to get tired of this 'slacker Charlie'.
"Alright Charlie," I became impatient,
"You need to get up!"
"No." Charlie growled lazily. He stay put. I ran to the window and opened the blinds.
"Mmmmm!" I rolled and rolled, threw his hands before his eyes and grabbed for a blanket to put over his face.
"Charlie what is wrong with you?!" I demanded,
"You've just become this... couch potato slacker!" I yelled.
"Bella I'm going through something hard here!" he complained,
"Well what is it?! Talk to me!" I pushed.
"I.. don't want to talk about it." He pulled himself out of the blanket and squinted at the light. I surrendered and went upstairs. Why was this so hard? Tears began to fill my eyes again. I walked in and there sat Edward. On my bed. Open arms. I sat in his lap and cried the night away...
The next morning I woke up in Edward's lap. I looked up at him and he was just looking down at me. He had just looked at me all night. Our love never got old, never died. I smiled at him widely,
"What?" He asked,
"Nothing." I giggled, and cuddled him even more. Then it hit me... What if that's what Charlie and Flo's love was like? All the flashbacks of them came back to me again;
The movie theater
The drive in
The parking lot
Flo's house;
All of them together were running and rerunning through my head. I raced downstairs to see if Charlie had gone to work. He hadn't. He was still sitting on the couch staring at the blaring TV. I sighed and went to him,
"Charlie, you need to get out. Whether it work or just for fun!" I whined trying to pull him off the couch. There was no way.
"Charlie." I became stern,
"You need to get off this couch now!" If he wasn't going to get up I was going to yell at him like I yelled at Flo. Charlie looked up at me almost with a scared look in his eyes. Then he said,
"What are you gonna do about it?" he was so full of himself it made me sick.
"More than you know." I said through clenched teeth like I said to Flo.
"Try me." He said still staring at the TV. I smiled and then calmed myself,
"I'm going to get Flo."
