Bella's POV

I heard the door to my 'hospital room' open and sighed. I automatically knew it was Alice. I looked towards the door and there she was standing in the doorway.

"Bella, please. I want my sister back," she pleaded. It was the same thing over and over again for the past two weeks. Whether it was 'I miss you' or 'I swear I didn't know', she continued to beg for forgiveness. Did she not realize it was making me even more angry?

I turned away from her, not even bothering to tell her to go away. She should get the message.

"Alice," I heard Carlisle say, "let Bella rest." I heard light footsteps leave the room and heavier footsteps approach me. They were to clumsy to belong to a Cullen. I turned and saw Charlie standing there. He looked awful. His hair looked as if he hadn't washed it in days and he had dark circles under his eyes. He looked worried. Was I cause of this?

"Bella," he whispered and pulled me into a hug. It's been awhile since I really felt loved; I forgot how good it felt.

"I love you," I said without even thinking. It was really how I felt. I got so caught up in the moment.

"I love you too, Bells," he told me. When we finally pulled away from each other I noticed Charlie was crying. The chief of Forks, who had seen more than you'd think a small town cop would, crying because he is reunited with his daughter.

"Are you gonna come back home?" he asked after wiping away a few tears.

"You want me to live with you again?" I asked in disbelief. He looked confused.

"Of course I do." he said almost shocked. "Why wouldn't I?" I looked at him along moment then smiled and shook my head.

"Nevermind," I told him. I had forgotten Carlisle was in the room unitl he spoke.

"I think your good to go home Bella," he told me.

"Wait," Charlie said, tone almost angry. "What are you doing on a hospital bed?" he asked. I stared at him, searching for a good enough answer. Nothing came to mind. T

hen realization hit me.

Why do I need to protect Alice? She did nothing but hurt me.

"Alice and Tanya," I stated. His eyebrows pulled together and he sat down next to me.

"Alice? Tanya? What did they do?" he asked. Alice was his favorite Cullen. She was like his daughter, but he would pick me over her any day... I hoped.

"They made me hit my head," I told him hesitating. Even though it was the truth, I wanted it to believeable. Besides, now can a 4' 5'' girl pick up a 5' 10'' teenager without it looking unusual? That why I had to phase this correctly without risking telling Charlie the secret. Again not to protect Alice, I didn't give a damn about her or her brothers and sisters. It was to protect Carlisle and Esme. I love them and they would never hurt me.

"How did she do that?" he asked. I opened my mouth, but wasn't planning on saying anything. I looked at Carlisle with pleading eyes; he knew.

"Charlie I think that's enough for today. We don't want to make her dizzy." Carlisle said. I honestly felt fine. I was about to open my big, stupid mouth again until I realized that it was the lie to keep Charlie from finding out the truth.

Charlie nodded and Esme escorted me to my room and helped me pack.

"Everything is going to be fine," she told me after we finished putting everything in my bags. She had done most of it moving around the room faster than I could comprehend. I felt so stupid for trying to keep up with her and only making myself dizzy. I thought I was going to be sick.

I gave Esme and Carlisle a goodbye hug and thanked them for everything. And I really meant it. They were there for me and stood by my side when no one else would. Even when they thought I was unfaithful.

"We'll always be here if you need anything Bella," Carlisle reminded me.

"And we love you." Esme joined. "All of us." I knew she meant the whole family but that was really hard to believe. It was obvious she understood that I felt or would feel that way by the way she smiled at me and didn't push me into forgiving anyone that mistreated me. I didn't say anything to respond to what she said, but I did ask them not to tell Edward about any of this. I didn't to hear any sorries from him. I didn't even want to see his face.

"We'll try out best to keep it ourselves." Carlisle told me. I nodded and got into the car with Charlie