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Chapter 14Carlisle stepped through the door to the house, and I instantly tensed up, knowing that I would be telling them about Renee's encounter, well, what Alice hasn't told them already.
"Carlisle?" I called softly, and worried.
He blurred over to me, standing before me, looking worried. "What is it Bella?"
"Renee and Charlie tried to attack me at school during second period, calling me through the PA. If it wasn't for Edward, they would have taken me away, likely with the principal's help. Edward had to threaten him to let us go home after that ordeal. And…after the family regrouped outside the principal's office, we went out in the parking lot to get to the cars, and Charlie cornered us. He shot at Edward…and he…kind of caught the bullet in front of Charlie and…turned it to dust…and gave Charlie a nasty knock on the head, going unconscious, while we zoomed off in the Volvo…"
I looked down at my feet, trying not to see the emotions from Carlisle, fearing rejection and disgust from him. After a bit of silence, I looked up curiously. Carlisle was fuming! His eyes were pitch black, and were the most intense hate that I could ever dream of seeing; his features were stone cold, and just as reflecting as his eyes. I froze in terror, fearing that he was angry at me.
He just turned around and called softly, but harshly, "Family. Dining room. Now."
We all gathered in the Dining room, avoiding the stares from a livid Carlisle. I looked over to Edward to see how he was taking the pressure, but he was just grinning crookedly, not seemingly fazed about a thing. I relaxed a bit, knowing that Edward was amused about something and not concerned with the situation in front of him.
Carlisle took a deep, unneeded breath. "We have a big problem."
"I'll say," Emmett smirked, "Rosalie ran out of usable…"
"Emmett!!" Edward groaned, painfully, cutting him off. "This is serious!"
"We aren't talking about your sex life, Emmett; we're talking about the Renee and Charlie problem." I saw Carlisle roll his eyes, but his features softened up a bit.
"Hey, don't attack me just because Bella turned your advancement down."
"She was protecting me from myself!"
"Nope! You lost your touch, not even Bella is willing to touch you like that."
"Emmett, that's enough!" I imitation-growled. "Edward and I have been intimate before, just not in the intercourse way. We actually have values that we want to remain intact, instead of being a sexaholic."
"Intact for what?" Carlisle prodded fatherly, but curiously.
"Post-marital life." I whispered.
Alice squealed, and ran over to hug me. "I've been waiting for you to decide that!!! I have so much to do, and you are going to love it soooo much!! You two have to bargain for something, though. It's not decided, so I have no idea how it comes out, regardless, I see you become one of us in the not too distant future."
This family is so good at distractions. We start off on how furious Carlisle is about Renee and Charlie attacking us in school, then we make our way over to Emmett and Rose's sex life, then leading to mine and Edward's, then our possible, now imminent, wedding. At least Carlisle calmed down a bit.
There was an uncomfortable silence around the table. I took a deep breath, and summoned all of the courage I had.
"What can we do about Renee and Charlie's threat, though?"
"What threat?"
"That they threatened a legal battle to get me away from this family, for my money. They seemed to be under the impression that it wouldn't be hard to win me and my money back." I felt really depressed when I said that. I would rather die than go back to them.
"You know that I would run away with you to some place in the world that they couldn't reach you, and maybe a forgotten island, with a large cabin, and a long strip beach, and a night sky that lights on fire at dawn…"
"Promise?"
"I promise." Edward vowed solemnly.
Alice and Rosalie pretended to swoon. "That's so romantic and sweet!" they both said at the same time.
Rosalie smacked Emmett up the side of the head. "Why can't you ever do and say that to me?"
"Rosie, baby!" Emmett tried to plead. "You never told me that you wanted something like that! Plus, it's as much for him as it is for her, don't take him for that sickeningly sweet exterior."
"Emmett, if I had to live at the end of the earth, feeding off of aquatic animal's blood, and transform Bella, in order to keep her safe from her parents, I would gladly do it."
"Really, Edward?" I asked, lovingly.
He looked back at me with love, pain, passion and sacrifice evident on his face.
"Yes, Bella, no Angel should go through that kind of pain from someone who calls themselves 'parents'."
Everyone around the table looked at him and me tenderly, and if they could cry they definitely would be. I felt a bit of pride for getting the most romantic, verbally and physically, out of all of the Cullen boys. Jasper looked at me suspiciously, as if sensing my pride, and wondered where it came from. I just looked up from him with my nose held high, and back at Edward, who was still staring at me lovingly.
"I would be thrilled to go with you, regardless if my parents were after me, and be changed by you, and feed off of anything possible."
Alice started chuckling beside me, and I looked back to Edward, who was part glaring part unbelievingly looking at Alice.
"Alice? Is it that discussion that you warned me about earlier?"
She just chuckled in response. "It changed; I saw the outcome, mostly because of someone's decision being made already. This is the first part of your conversation. "
"Oh," I clued in, and that was evident in my voice. I knew quite well what I wanted from Edward as a human, and he said that his stipulation was marriage. We did need to talk indeed.
I looked over to Edward, trying to be sneaky so he didn't notice me, but he was already staring at me, so he noticed my gaze. "What conversation, Bella."
"We'll talk about this later, Edward; we need to hear what the rest of the family thinks about the Renee and Charlie thing." He pouted when he took notice of the finality in my voice.
"Actually, Bella, I have a degree in law, and I am licensed to be a lawyer. With a couple other high-priced people, we have this case in the bag, plus Edward will run away with you if anything does go wrong. Wouldn't it be cool to have them embarrassed in a court of law, and make it public, letting the entire media know what they did to you?"
As I contemplated Jasper's offer, I wondered how much I would enjoy that. They probably wouldn't leave us alone until they settled this in the courts, so I didn't see any other plausible action without rather dire consequences. I wanted to live long enough to marry Edward, but don't tell anyone that I told you that.
"In the courts seem to be the only way left, and they will only stop, within the law, until the courts settle this. External to the law and my loving Vampire family has the right to deal with them." I saw several eyes light up evilly when I mentioned violence, and it was up to them to deal with it.