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Chapter 12
"Izzie, I am so glad to have you home, my love," I was grateful to be back in the arms of my dad. Charlie Swan was great, but he wasn't my dad. "Your mom would have loved to have been here."
"Is she still in jail?" I asked as we sat down on the couch. My dad nodded sadly, and in that moment I was glad with the choice I had made. Victoria Coates had been in prison for almost a full week, it had to have been stressful on my dad, and lonely too. "She'll get out dad! I'll testify, she's not a bad person."
"Were the Swans sad to see you go?" I nodded and took a breath. Leaving was actually harder than I thought it would be, Renee hadn't even seen me before I left. Edward barely said a word to me, he gave me a hug and said a few words before walking away. Esme cried a little, and Alice just straight up bawled. Charlie reassured me that they would always be there for me, I could always go home to them. "Well, I'm glad to have you back."
"I know, daddy," I said hugging him before getting up. "I'm going to go put my things up."
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The next morning, I was a bit nervous to go back to school. People had finally got used to me at Forks, now people at Southridge would hound me with questions about what happened. I got out of bed, knowing that it was starting to turn chilly outside, I grabbed a pair of jeans, a white shirt and a red infinity scarf. Next, I went to my shoes and picked out a pair of black boots, grabbing my jean jacket off of a hanger I walked downstairs.
"Hey, Izzie," I was still trying to get used to going by Izzie again, and not Bella. "Ya hungry?"
"Yes, when did you learn to cook dad?" I asked resting my chin on my knuckles and watched as he plated scrambled eggs, badly burnt sausage, and toast.
"When your mother went to jail," he said with a smile putting the plate in front of me. I picked up some of the eggs on my fork and took a bite, but froze mid-bite when I heard a crunch. I got up and quickly spit it out, when I looked up my dad was staring at me.
"I'll stop and get some doughnuts on the way to school." I heard Jacob walk in right as I finished the sentence, he wrapped his arms around my waist and planted a kiss on my cheek. "Are you okay with stopping for doughnuts?"
"Definitely," he said pulling away and picking up my backpack. Call me old-fashioned, but I loved that he carried my books for me. I said goodbye to my dad and then followed Jake outside to his car, it felt a bit weird to be going back to Southridge, but I was ready. "So, Christmas is coming up, and I already have your present."
"Seriously?" I asked giving him a shocked look. "I may go back to Forks for a little bit, they are my family too."
"Yeah, but ya barely know them."
"But, they are my family, and I want to get to know them. They deserve to see me too." I said and pulled out my phone, I don't know why I was hoping there would be a text from Edward, but I wanted to hear from him.
"What kind of doughnut do you want?" Jake asked when he pulled into the doughnut palace drive thru line. I could tell he was irritated that I was going back for Christmas, but it was something that I was a little excited about.
"2 Chocolate please," I said looking at my phone again. It was 7:20, I knew he was awake right now, why wasn't he texting me? Great, I was beginning to sound like one of those girls who just waited for a guy to text her.
Edward's POV
It was weird not giving Bella a ride to school anymore, we had searched for her for so long and after finally finding her and getting to spend time with her, she chose to go back. It hurt Renee more than she let on, and Alice never let anyone forget how much she missed Bella. I wanted to text her, wish her good luck on her first day back at school, but decided it was in the best interest to just leave her alone.
"Mr. Cullen, we have a student who needs to talk with you," Principal Murphy said sticking her head in my office door. I put away some files and ushered the student in, it was a young man named Mike Newton. He was a senior, I remembered seeing him hang out with Bella while she was here. It was the usual thing, he was wanting on advice on scholarships and college.
"Thank you so much Mr. Cullen," Mike said shaking my hand before walking out the door. I grabbed my phone and saw I had missed a text from Bella, I couldn't help but be happy that she texted me.
"Will be back for Christmas break for a little bit, don't tell Renee and Charlie. I want it to be a surprise! B" I couldn't help the smile that spread onto my face.
"Want me to pick you up? E" I tried to focus on my work while I waited for her reply, but all I could think about was her reply. I knew Charlie and Renee would be happy, but I wondered how much it would hurt them for her to leave again.
"Definitely! December 13th, I haven't told my dad yet. Jake wasn't too happy about it. B" I bet he wasn't happy about her wanting to come back, he was the one who planted the idea for her to leave again.
"See ya then Bella. Hope you're having a great first day back." I put my phone away after that, knowing she probably wouldn't text me back. She was coming home, that meant that she felt something while she was here. I knew it was wrong of me to not speak to her much after she fell asleep on me that night. I couldn't tell her that the reason I didn't talk to her much was because I didn't trust myself, I wanted to wait until she was out of high school before telling her how much I cared about her. December 13th couldn't come soon enough.
Okay, so I know it might be a little confusing, but I didn't even consider the fact that Tanya is in jail when I wrote in that she called her parents and Tanya was there. Which was about a week and a half before she went home. So, I'm hoping I did the timing right!
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