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I know that you were used to my-too-frequent updating and I am sorry that I made you wait so long for my new chapter. I just got a little bored of writing the chapter with Charlie but don't worry I will finish it. I still haven't got so many reviews for the Truth Or Dare game so I am not sure if I will write one. Maybe I will just make an one-shot story of this game. Alright there's the new chapter. Enjoy!

Ch.20- Charlie part 2

Jacob outstretched his hands towards Reenesmee "Can I?" he asked.

"I'm actually holding her so that my hands aren't free to kill you, Jacob. Maybe later."

Jacob sighed and took a step back. At the same second Alice came at the room and she started pointing with her finger at each of the werewolves. "You," she said pointing at Leah, "you," she pointed at Seth ", and you" finally pointing at Jacob, "If you must stay, get over in the corner and commit to being there for a while. I need to see. Bella, you'd better give him the baby, too. You'll need your arms free, anyway."

Jacob grinned in triumph.

Suddenly Bella looked at me for a second and then she looked down. At this second I could see fear and terror in her eyes. Her eyebrows knitted together and I was surprised to see this deep crease between her eyebrows. It reminded me of the old Bella.

"Take her," she whispered, sliding Renesmee into Jacob's arms.

I took a step back so that I was next to her and I looked her with a concerned look but she refused to look at me. She was so lost in thought that I think that she didn't even noticed me next to her.

"Am I allowed to leave?" Leah asked when the others moved at the corner.

"Of course," Jake said.

"Stay east so you don't cross Charlie's path," Alice added.

Bella was still biting her lip and her forehead creased more than before. I could tell that she was afraid and worried. I had to calm her, I couldn't see her like that. It made me anxious.

I was in front of her at an instant and she looked up at me. I stroked her cheek with the back of my palm and I placed a kiss on the tip of her nose and she looked down again as she did when she was blushing. I smiled she will always be the same Bella.

"You can do this. I know you can. I'll help you; we all will." I said soothingly and she looked up at me, panic was written all over her face and I started stroking it so she could calm down.

"If I didn't believe you could handle it, we'd disappear today. This very minute. But you can. And you'll be happier if you can have Charlie in your life." I murmured as I put my forehead against hers.

She gave me a weak smile and she tried to breathe normally. I took a step back and I put one arm around Bella's waist.

She will do it. I can't see but I am sure. Try to calm her. Alice thought.

Alice held out her hand. There was a small white box on her palm. "These will irritate your eyes they won't hurt, but they'll cloud your vision. It's annoying. They also won't match your old color, but it's still better than bright red, right?"

I gave Alice a thankful smile and she smiled back. She flipped the box into the air and Bella caught it.

"When did you—" Bella started but Alice interrupted her.

"Before you left on the honeymoon. I was prepared for several possible futures."

Bella nodded and opened the container. She put the quarter-sphere in her eye and she blinked. "I see what you mean." She said and then she put the other.

Hey, it looks great on her! Alice thought.

"Alright, how do I look?" Bella asked. I put my finger on her chin and I turned it so she would look at me and I smiled.

Oh, not again with the compliments! Emmett thought and he started hitting his head on a cushion of the couch.

And the show begins. Alice thought.

I ignore them and I answered Bella's question.

"Gorgeous. Of course—"

"Yes, yes, she always looks gorgeous,"Alice said. I've learnt it by heart Edward!

"It's better than red, but that's the highest commendation I can give. Muddy brown. Your brown was much prettier. Keep in mind that those won't last forever—the venom in your eyes will dissolve them in a few hours. So if Charlie stays longer than that, you'll have to excuse yourself to replace them. Which is a good idea anyway, because humans need bathroom breaks." She shook her head. "Esme, give her a few pointers on acting human while I stock the powder room with contacts."

"How long do I have?" Esme asked.

"Charlie will be here in five minutes. Keep it simple."

Esme nodded once and came to take her hand. "The main thing is not to sit too still or move too fast," she told Bella.

"Sit down if he does," Emmett interjected. "Humans don't like to just stand there."

"Let your eyes wander every thirty seconds or so," Jasper added. "Humans don't stare at one thing for too long."

"Cross your legs for about five minutes, then switch to crossing your ankles for the next five," Rosalie said.

Bella nodded on each of the suggestions.

"And blink at least three times a minute," Emmett said.

Oh, I don't like that show. He frowned. He took the remote and he started flipping the channels until he found the football game. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Move your hands, too. Brush your hair back or pretend to scratch something," Jasper said.

"I said Esme," Alice complained as she returned. "You'll overwhelm her."

"No, I think I got it all," Bella said. "Sit, look around, blink, fidget."

"Right," Esme approved and she hugged Bella's shoulders.

"You'll be holding your breath as much as possible, but you need to move your shoulders a little to make it look like you're breathing." I hate that part.

Bella took a deep breathe and then nodded.

I hugged her on her free side, "You can do this," I murmured in her ear.

"Two minutes," Alice said. "Maybe you should start out already on the couch. You've been sick, after all. That way he won't have to see you move right at first."

Alice pulled Bella at the sofa but Bella moved too fast and Alice rolled her eyes.

"Jacob, I need Renesmee," Bella said but Jacob frowned and didn't move.

Alice shook her head. "Bella, that doesn't help me see."

"But I need her. She keeps me calm."

"Fine," Alice groaned. "Hold her as still as you can and I'll try to see around her." Jacob sighed but he gave Renesmee to Bella.

Edward she doesn't feel well. She's too worried. Please do something! Esme thought. She always loved Bella and she thought of her as a daughter. She was worried about her.

I took a seat next to Bella and I hugged her and Renesmee. I land forward so that I would look at Renesmee's eyes and spoke seriously.

"Renesmee, someone special is coming to see you and your mother," I said and Bella looked at me with a 'are you crazy' look I smiled at her and continued. "But he's not like us, or even like Jacob.

We have to be very careful with him. You shouldn't tell him things the way you tell us."

Renesmee touched my face and she show me a picture that she touched Bella's face, then one that she touched mine and on that she touched Rosalie's.

"Exactly," I said. "And he's going to make you thirsty. But you mustn't bite him. He won't heal like Jacob."

"Can she understand you?" Bella whispered.

"She understands. You'll be careful, won't you, Renesmee? You'll help us?"

She touched my face and sh show me a picture that she was biting Jacob again and again.

I chuckled. "No, I don't care if you bite Jacob. That's fine."

Jacob chuckled, too and I glared at him. I couldn't forgive him. Not then. Bella would be in pain and I hated it. I always hated myself for causing pain to her and I was mad when Jacob did it.

"Maybe you should leave, Jacob," I said coldly.

"I told Charlie I'd be here," Jacob said. "He needs the moral support."

"Moral support," I repeated, "As far as Charlie knows, you're the most repulsive monster of us all."

"Repulsive?" Are you kidding me?! He thought and he laughed at himself.

We heard the tires at our drive and I could hear the increase at Bella's breathing.

"Well done, Bella," Jasper whispered in approval.

I tightened my arms around her and Bella turned to look at me.

"You're sure?" she asked.

"Positive. You can do anything." I smiled and I bent o kiss her. I was prepared for her reaction but not for mine. I was about to peck her lips but I just couldn't stop. I was getting used to the idea that she wasn't breakable and I just couldn't stop.

"Er, Edward, you might not want to distract her like that right now. She needs to be able to focus."

What did you do all night? You didn't get enough of it? Emmett thought.

It took all my concentration to pull away. It wasn't easy. "Oops," I stole Bella's line. She had said it when she overreacted to our first kiss.

Bella laughed, so she remembered too and couldn't help the smile that was forming in my lips.

"Later," Bella murmured.

"Focus, Bella," Jasper urged.

"Right."

My smile grew at the affect that I had at her.

"Bella." Jasper said impatiently.

"Sorry, Jasper." Bella said and Emmett laughed so hard that I swear that if he could create tears, then they would run down his face.

We could hear Charlie's car parking out of our house and everyone stopped breathing. Bella was the only one that was moving and I could tell that she was practicing.

Knock, knock, knock.

So, Edward it's time to lie. I said to myself. I knew that I had to explain about Renesmee to Charlie and I had started forming a fake story.

Carlisle went to answer the door. I couldn't hear Charlie's thoughts. I could catch only a few names.

"Hello, Charlie," Carlisle said friendly but I could tell that he was stressed.

"Carlisle" Charlie greeted him, nodding toward him. "Where's Bella?"

"Right here, Dad." Bella said.

Ugh! Big mistake. Her voice was wrong. Okay, I didn't expect her not to use her voice at all but it sounded full of energy. Charlie knew that Bella was sick. Hr voice had to be tired and exhausted and besides she had used an amount of her air supply.

Charlie's expression turned to blank and then shocked as she looked at Bella and his eyes widened.

"Is that you, Bella?" he whispered.

"Yep." She nodded. "Hi, Dad."

"Hey, Charlie," Jacob greeted him from the corner. "How're things?"

I caught a glimpse of a werewolf in Charlie's head and Charlie shuddered.

Charlie walked slowly toward Bella and he eyed her curiously. He shot me a glare but his expression softened as he looked at Bella again.

"Bella?" he asked again.

"It's really me." Bella's voice was huskier and lower this time and it matched better at her old voice.

His jaw locked.

"I'm sorry, Dad," she murmured.

"Are you okay?"

"Really and truly great," Bella assured him. "Healthy as a horse." She added.

"Jake told me this was… necessary. That you were dying." I could tell that Jacob hadn't fooled him. He didn't believe anything of that.

Bella leaned in my chest and I tightened my arms around her. She took a deep breathe and everyone watched with intensity as she inhaled.

Charlie's scent was strong enough and quiet appealing but it was nothing compared to his daughter. Charlie was the first human that Bella met it at her new life and I could understand that it was very difficult so I was surprised when she locked her muscles in place and didn't move at all.

Her face was slightly twitched and I could tell that she was hurting. I squeezed her shoulder, trying to show her that she was doing perfect and that I was sorry.

"Jacob was telling you the truth." She finally said.

"That makes one of you," Charlie growled.

I saw Renesmee sniffing and hiding in Bella's hair. Bella and I looked down anxiously.

"Oh," Charlie said in a soft tone,"This is her. The orphan Jacob said you're adopting."

I winced at the word 'orphan' but I changed my expression before Charlie noticed.

Time for lies. I thought.

"My niece." I lied. I had to say that she is related to me. First of all because of the similarity between her and me and second because I didn't want Charlie to think that my daughter had no relatives.

"I thought you'd lost your family," Charlie said.

"I lost my parents. My older brother was adopted, like me. I never saw him after that. But the courts located me when he and his wife died in a car accident, leaving their only child without any other family."

You had a brother?!And you never tell me?! I didn't know that Emmett was so stupid. I had to explain later to him.

Renesmee moved her head slightly and she looked at Charlie then she hid again. She was so cute. It was so hard to believe that such a great creature was my daughter.

"She's… she's, well, she's a beauty."

"Yes." I agreed.

"Kind of a big responsibility, though. You two are just getting started."

I smiled softly. "What else could we do?" I said while I was caressing her cheek and when I saw her thoughts I touched her small lips to remind her to be good. "Would you have refused her?" I asked.

"Hmph. Well." He shook his head absently. "Jake says you call her Nessie?"

"No, we don't." Bella said in an angry voice as she looked balefully at Jacob. "Her name is Renesmee."

"How do you feel about this? Maybe Carlisle and Esme could—"

"She's mine. I want her." She said. I smiled softly. Everyone knew how much Bella wanted her. She had risked her life for her and I can't blame her. Not now that I had seen what a perfect creature my daughter was. Bella was always stubborn.

Charlie frowned. "You gonna make me a grandpa so young?"

I smiled softly. If that was his only problem then we could deal with this. "Carlisle is a grandfather, too." I reminded him.

Charlie looked at Carlisle who had land against the door frame and laughed "I guess that does sort of make me feel better." His eyes strayed back to Renesmee. "She sure is something to look at."

Renesmee raised her head from Bella's head and then she looked at Charlie, full. Charlie gasped.

For the first time I got all of his thoughts. Oh my God, the eyes…

Charlie started hyperventilating. His lips trembled, and I could read the numbers

he mouthed. He was counting backward, trying to fit nine months into one.

Trying to put it together but not able to force the evidence right in front of him to

make any sense.

Jacob got up and came over to pat Charlie on the back. He leaned in to whisper something in Charlie's ear; only Charlie didn't know we could all hear.

"Need to know, Charlie. It's okay. I promise."

Charlie swallowed and nodded. His eyes burnt in anger as he looked at me and he took a step closer.

"I don't want to know everything, but I'm done with the lies!" He was right to blame me. I was the one thet put Bella through all of this. But I couldn't help it. I was so much in love with this amazing, beautiful and stubborn human that I couldn't stop being selfish.

"I'm sorry," I said, "but you need to know the public story more than you need to know the truth. If you're going to be part of this secret, the public story is the one that counts. It's to protect Bella and Renesmee as well as the rest of us. Can you go along with the lies for them?"

Everyone stopped their movements and they stared at Charlie. Bella crossed her ankles.

Charlie huffed once and then turned his glare on Bella. "You might've given me some warning, kid."

"Would it really have made this any easier?"

Whoa, she gives smart answers! Emmett shouted in his head. The reason that I could hear Emmett's thoughts without concentrating on them was because he was shouting them. I could ignore all the others except him.

Charlie moved closer to Bella and he kneeled in front of her. I was suddenly alert and I tightened my arms around her so I would comfort her pain.

Renesmee turned and smiled at Charlie and then she raised her palm so she would touch Charlie's face but Bella held her back. Charlie gasped as he saw Renesmee's teeth.

"Whoa, how old is she?"

"Um…" Bella started but I interrupted her.

"Three months," I said but then I remembered that she had smiled at Charlie and she seemed more mature than that so I slowly added "rather, she's the size of a three-month-old, more or less. She's younger in some ways, more mature in others."

Very deliberately, Renesmee waved at him.

Charlie blinked spastically.

Jacob elbowed him. "Told you she was special, didn't I?"

Charlie cringed away from the contact.

"Oh, c'mon, Charlie," Jacob groaned. "I'm the same person I've always been. Just pretend this afternoon didn't happen."

The reminder made Charlie's lips go white, but he nodded once. "Just what is your part in all this, Jake?" he asked. "How much does Billy know? Why are youhere?" He looked at Jacob's face, which was glowing as he stared at Renesmee.

"Well, I could tell you all about it—Billy knows absolutely everything—but it involves a lot of stuff about werewo—"

"Ungh!" Charlie protested, covering his ears. "Never mind."

Jacob grinned. "Everything's going to be great, Charlie. Just try to not believe anything you see."

Charlie mumbled something like 'can't do that.'

"Woo!" Emmett suddenly boomed in his deep bass. "Go Gators!" Only Emmett could cheer about sports when everyone was worried about something so important.

Jacob and Charlie jumped. The rest of us froze.

Charlie recovered, then looked at Emmett over his shoulder. "Florida winning?"

"Just scored the first touchdown," Emmett confirmed. Then he looked at me and Bella twice and said: "'Bout time somebody scored around here."

I glared at him and growled. My sex life was something between Bella and me. Don't get me wrong I appreciate Emmett's humor but sometimes it's really annoying and especially in front of Charlie. But Charlie didn't seem to understand. He lurched to his feet, stepped around Jacob, and half-fell into an open chair. "Well," he sighed, "I guess we should see if they can hold on to the lead."]

Charlie's was paying full attention to the game and Bella sighed.

I pecked her lips and murmured " You do excellent 'till now. You don't have to worry."

She gave me a weak smile and she kissed my cheek. "We don't know how I am going to do. He hasn't left yet."

"Give yourself some credit." I whispered.

She just shook her head.

"Woo! Gators!" Emmett then and then he whistled.

I chuckled and Bella smiled at Emmett.

"Sorry for the comment that Emmett did before. He is such a moron sometimes."

Bella smiled and shrugged. "Well, it's not like he lied or something."

I kissed the corner of her mouth.

Alice came and sat next to us and Bella took a breathe of the air that Alice brought with her.

"Bellaaa" she sang. "Guess what we are going to do after Charlie leaves."

"Tell me it's not what I think. Tell me it's not what I think…" Bella muttered.

"DRESS-UP!!!"

"Oh, no."

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