"Don't worry Bella, I'm right here behind you," He whispered as he took hold of my hand. I was standing right in front of my door. My heart rate didn't seem to slow down any. I opened the door hoping that Charlie wasn't standing right there.
Pulled the open and walked out with Edward tagging along right behind me.
I looked down at the bottom of the stairs and there stood Charlie with an angered look on his face and his hands at his hips. I wanted to turn around right now and go back into my room and stay there for the rest of my life.
"It's okay Bella, just relax," Edward whispered into my ear.
"Bella, Edward," My father said. His voice was stern and there was no humor in his voice. It scared me.
"Hi dad," I said with a weak voice as I walked down the steps. It was a little difficult to walk because my legs were still weak from Edward and our actions.
He looked like he was going to explode. I blushed deep red.
"Bella, I would like to speak with you in the kitchen, alone," He glanced at Edward and then back at me. Edward stepped in. "If you don't mind, I would like to have this chat with the two of you?" Edward said to my father.
"I don't think so. We are going to have our very own chat, just you wait," My father pointed a finger towards Edward.
I opened my mouth in disgust at my father, how dare he point a finger at Edward.
"Father, just let him talk with us, I don't think it's that big of a deal," I protested.
Charlie turned to me. He didn't say anything, he couldn't believe that I was arguing against him.
"Fine," He said as he marched into the kitchen. Both Edward and I followed him into the kitchen, Charlie took a seat at the kitchen table.
Edward and I slowly took our seats.
"So Bella what do you have to say for yourself?" He asked. He waited patiently for an answer.
I didn't know what to say because I didn't know a good excuse for what happened between Edward and I. "Well Bella, I'm waiting," he said with the same look on his face.
I was about to speak, but then Edward stepped in for me. "Chief Swan, it was my doing, I was the one who insisted on doing something like that," Edward said this like it was all his fault. I would not take any of that.
"Yes, but I was the one who agreed to it, it's mostly my fault dad," I said to him, my father stayed quiet.
"Bella, I am not going to let you take all the blame," Edward said looking at me with a little bit of anger.
"Bella, why would you do something like this. Your my daughter," My father protested.
"I love him father, I know I shouldn't have done something like that, but I love him and there is nothing that you can do about that," I yelled at my father getting into this and standing up. He stood up with me. "Oh yeah,watch me." He pointed a finger at Edward again. "You, get out of my house. I don't ever want to see you around here ever again. Stay away from my daughter," Charlie spat at Edward.
Edward stood up and nodded his head knowing that this was the right thing to do.
"If that is what you think is best for your daughter than I shall leave without complaint," Edward said moving to the front door.
"No! Edward don't leave. Charlie you can't do this to me," Charlie took hold of my arms keeping me from running to Edward.
Edward looked back at me with sad and hurt eyes. "Bye Bella," He whispered. Only I was able to hear him because Charlie was to busy taking me to the stairs.
I was crying and struggling to break free of his iron grip. "Let me go!" I cried. Edward kissed two of his fingers and blew the kiss to me. "I love you," he mouthed.
"I love you too Edward," I said aloud while Charlie picked me up and placed me over his shoulder. I beat against hi back. He was going way out of proportion with this.
Charlie carried me all the way up the stairs into my bedroom. I didn't think he should be acting like this.
He finally put me down. I had calmed down a little bit. I stood there staring at him with anger in my face. "Don't give me that look, Bella. This is your punishment and you will learn to deal with it," He said placing his hands on his hips.
"So taking the man that I love away for the rest of my life is punishment for having sex with him?" I asked using the S word. He went red for a moment and then continued talking.
"Bella, what if he got you pregnant, what would you do with the baby? Raise it yourself. What, your only 18 years old and your sleeping with someone already. What's gotten into you Bella. I don't know who's worse. Jacob or Edward." I gasped aloud.
"Don't even say that, Edward is the best thing that ever happened to me, you said it yourself. Ever since he came into my life I've been happier and I haven't been coming home with cuts all over me. Edward has been keeping me safe and it just so happens that I fell in love with him along the way," I said trying to keep the tears from returning.
"But why did you have to go and sleep with him. He's well, he just seems so much older than you, and what if he hurt you?" Charlie felt really uncomfortable talking about this right here and right now.
"Charlie," I said using his name. "Edward would never hurt me, not even if he tried. He doesn't want to purposely hurt me, why would you ever think he would do something like that?" I didn't understand Charlie's reasoning for thinking Edward was a bad person. "He's a good person and the only thing that he is doing is loving me. The reason we did what we did," I said keeping my eyes locked to the floor. "Is because I was worrying about Jacob and that was the only thing that was on my mind, and Edward didn't want me to think about those bad things because he knew that it was mentally hurting me on the inside," I said knowing that I was blushing.
Charlie stayed quiet while he listened to what I had to say. I didn't know if it was right to go on or not. "So he figured that that would make me feel better and take my mind off Jacob," I thought it would be best to stop talking right now.
"I understand, well, I still don't want you to see him," Charlie turned to walk out of the room.
The thing that bothered me, was what was his reasoning. Why was he taking Edward away from me, he was mentally hurting me on the inside.
Charlie closed the door and left me standing in my room to think about what I had done. I knew what I did and I was happy about it. I loved being with Edward. Every minute without him I was nothing. I was dead inside. I was pretty sure that Edward could feel my pain even though he didn't have his brother's power to feel other people's feelings.
I shuffled over to my bed feeling the pain and sadness start to wash over me again.
I crawled onto the bed and pulled my legs up close to my body. I couldn't help the tears from falling from my eyes and sliding down my face.
"Please don't cry my love," It was Edward of course. I didn't know how he got into my room, but I didn't care, as long as he was here with me. He pulled me into his arms. He cradled me up against his chest.
"I don't want you to leave me Edward," I cried now. It was a wonder that he was able to understand me.
"I'm not going to leave you Bella, don't worry, Charlie won't separate us," He whispered into my ear. "Bella I can't stay though tonight. If Charlie catches me in your room again he will ban you from going to school because he knows that is the only place where I can see you," He caressed my face with his thumb.
"I don't want you to ever leave me. Please can't you stay tonight. It's not the same without you," I said to him feeling my tears slow down.
"I can't stay tonight, I don't want to get caught, I don't think I could stand losing you forever," He said sweetly. I nodded in my head knowing this was the only way to have it.
"Do I have to go to school tomorrow?" I asked kind of hoping that I could because then I would get to see him most of the day.
"I'm afraid so, you seem to be walking a lot better and you need your education," Edward said with a smile getting up off the bed. It was to soon for him to leave me. I wouldn't let him leave not yet.
"No," I said taking hold of his shirt preventing him from leaving through the window. He turned and looked at me with the cutest eyes that I had ever seen. "I'm sorry, I can't stay," He said softly. I then grabbed his hand and tried to pull him back down onto the bed. "No Bella. I can't," He complained sounding defeated.
"Please, just one kiss," I asked him pleadingly. He sighed and gave in and pulled me up to his mouth.
His lips were cold like usual and very smooth and inviting. Without really realizing it, I wrapped my arms around his cold neck. Some of his hair tickled my arm. I guessed that I got to into the kiss because Edward pulled away with labored breathing.
"I can't get to into it, don't want you blowing my cover," He said this teasingly pressing another kiss to my lips, this one was quick, but soft and loving. "Okay sweety, I have to go now. I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'll pick you up after Charlie leaves," he said to me.
I was still upset that he was leaving me.
"Edward could you stay until I fall asleep, I can't sleep without you," I said with sweet innocent eyes.
He pressed his lips together for a moment before taking me by the waist and putting me under the covers.
"Your just so beautiful I can't stand being away from you and not listening to everything you have to say, so I'll stay with you until you fall asleep just because I love you," He got himself under the covers with me. I didn't mind. I wasn't even that cold when his body was pressed up against mine. I liked the feeling. I was used to it now.
He kissed my cheek lovingly. "Sleep well my angel," He murmured as I began to drift off to sleep. When I was with him everything was at peace. I inched closer to my vampire lover. I rubbed the brim of my nose against his hand. "Good night," I whispered before I could no longer keep my eyes open or keep my thoughts straight enough to have anymore words come from my mouth.
Jacob Black
"Why are you doing this Jake, you really shouldn't be doing this. Things don't smell right to me," Seth whined in his head.
"Shut up Seth, everything is fine, we are far enough away that that bloodsucker won't smell me, but we are close enough to find out what is going on with Bella," I still couldn't believe what I heard going on in Bella's bedroom. That bloodsucker got into her. She wouldn't even do that with me. What a jerk. He was taking my Bella from me. I heard though the conversation that Charlie and Bella had. She wasn't allowed to be with Edward anymore because Charlie some how found out that she had sex with Edward. I was still befuddled. I sniffed the air. There was a vampire in the air. I could smell him. He was in there with her right now. He knew that he shouldn't have because if he got caught then he would never see Bella again.
There was an advantage to what I was doing. I knew that Bella was going to school tomorrow, so that might give me a chance to see her again and confront her. Teach her a lesson or two.
"Jacob just tell me why are you doing this, what is the point in hurting Bella, not to be rude or anything, but why do you find pleasure in hurting the girl that you once held dear to your heart?" Seth thought.
"I'm doing this to her because this is what she gets for being a bad girl friend," Jacob said in his mind. It wouldn't have been smart to be in human form because then it would be easier for Edward to hear his thoughts. I was sure that Edward wasn't going to be able to hear my thoughts. I was to far away. I wondered if he was ever going to come out of the house. I wanted to fight him again and show him a thing or two.
So now the only thing that I needed to do was wait. I was going to wait as long as it took to make sure Bella got what was coming to her. I would be like her own personal stalker. I was going to follow her everywhere she went, and there was no one who was going to stop me.
I feel asleep for a few hours not able to keep my eyes open. I lay in some flat pine needles. The thing that woke me was talking. It was a little bit of a distance, but I heard it.
"Edward there isn't much time, I saw it with my own eyes. He's going to stalk her until she is completely alone, and that's not to far away, you need to take her and go somewhere where he won't find her," It was a high pitched voice. She was talking to Edward about something that was going to happen.
"How am I supposed to do that Alice with Charlie in the house at all times. He won't let her leave, he knows that she can't stand living without me," Edward spoke.
"Well I don't think that you should wait much longer because before you know it, it's going to be to late and your going to lose her," The girl named Alice spoke with a bit of desperation in her tone.
That seemed to end the conversation. This put a thought into my mind, something was happening with me and Bella and her other lover Edward. Alice must have been the girl that I heard about, she was able to see a little into the future.
"Come on Seth, we'll be back tomorrow morning before Bella goes to school and we'll follow her there," I thought in my head as we both got up off our beds and ran back into the forest.