Chapter 10
Natalie and I walked into the door of the funeral home and we immediately saw poster boards with pictures of my dad all over them. Tears formed in my eyes but I held them back. I could hear people talking in the other room so we made our way in there. The first people I saw were Jacob and Billy and the Clearwaters. All their heads turned towards me as I walked in.
"Bella?" Jacob was the first person to ask. He started walking over to us.
"Wow." He said referring to my stomach.
"Yeah, um Jacob this is my friend, Natalie. She's a werewolf too."
" Oh. Hi, it's nice to meet you." He said shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you, too." She replied.
"Um, Bella can I talk to you alone?" Jacob asked.
"Sure." I replied, "I'll be right back." I told Natalie and followed Jacob into the lobby.
"So is this why you left?" He asked, referring to me huge stomach.
"Um, yeah." I replied.
"Why, though? Why would you leave because of that?"
"I don't know. I thought that my dad would be furious and kick me out and Edward wouldn't want me anymore. And I was just so overwhelmed with this. I didn't know what to do." I started to cry a little. Jacob hugged me and said,
"Well in my opinion I don't think Charlie would have kicked you out and I'm 100% Edward would still want you. Plus even if that did happen you'd always have me!"
"Thanks Jacob, that means a lot." I replied.
"No problem. Now I think you should go say goodbye to your dad before everyone else gets here."
"Yeah, I guess I should. Will you come with me though?" I asked.
"Of course." He grabbed my hand and we walked over to the casket. Tears immediately formed in my eyes at the sight of Charlie. He looked so peaceful, like he was sleeping. I grasped Jacobs hand tighter and knelt down in front of the casket. I said some prayers and then and placed a kiss on his hand. I then turned around and cried into Jacob's chest. He just hugged me tighter and tighter. After a couple minutes I left Jacob to go to the bathroom so I could fix my makeup. Thankfully, I wore waterproof eyeliner and mascara so that it wouldn't run to bad. I fixed up my make so it looked fine and went to go find Jacob again. As I was walking back from the bathroom I heard a voice behind me say,
"Bella?"
