Still not mine.

"Trust in me, my child. I have heard you cry, and it breaks my heart for I love you so, but I would never lie, this is not the end." I Will Show You Love, Kendall Payne

EPOV

"This is Officer Marshall with the Seattle Police Department."

My heart stopped beating, my lungs stopped working, and I prayed to God that he wasn't calling to tell me that something had happened to Abbey.

"Y-yes?" I cautiously asked.

Bella stopped what she was doing and turned around at the sound of my voice.

"I'm calling you tonight because I have your daughter sitting in my office."

My eyes closed and I prepared myself for the worst. "Is she okay?"

The spoon that Bella had been holding dropped with clinking sound onto the floor and she walked towards me. "What happened?" She whispered.

I shook my head and tried to listen to what the police officer was telling me.

"Yes sir, she's fine but I'll need you to come pick her up. She was caught trying to use a fake driver's license to get into a club tonight."

"She what?" I yelled into the phone.

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After finding out exactly what had happened, I'd called Jasper and we decided to drive to the station together. I wasn't sure if it was so neither one of us ended up killing our kid or to simply try and be an intimidating front. Either way, it at least gave us a chance to plan a strategy for punishment.

By the time we got to the Police Department, we had decided that, aside from grounding both of them, some time apart would probably be a wise choice. I understood that they were young and thought that they were in love, but at seventeen and eighteen, I wasn't sure they even knew what that really meant.

As expected, the punishment part of our discussion hadn't gone over well. With threats of Tripp moving out and Abbey crying hysterically, I wasn't really sure that we would make it back home without someone ending up in the hospital.

Thankfully we had been able to leave without incident but none of us spoke on the way back to the house. In the front seat, Bella tried to act like she wasn't crying, while Abbey was basically hyperventilating in the back seat. I kept my hands on the steering wheel and tried to remind myself that this was part of being a parent. I wanted my daughter to be happy, but she also had to learn that you couldn't just break the law without suffering the consequences.

"Things will seem better in the morning."

Ignoring her mother's encouragement, our daughter pushed her bedroom door open. I took a deep breath and followed her inside. "I'll need your cell phone and laptop, Abbey."

She stormed around the room, yanking cords out of the wall, and wiping tears off of her face. When she basically threw her computer at me, I sighed and tried again to make her understand. "I'm just trying to protect you."

"No, you're punishing me."

I could understand where she was coming from. When I was seventeen, I never thought about the next ten years of my life, let alone the next four. But unlike me, Abbey had the potential to become more than I could ever dream about being. Musically, she was more talented than anyone I'd ever played with and had her whole future ahead of her. By making one stupid mistake, she could have potentially ruined all of it. I didn't want her to be my age, looking back on several years' worth of mistakes that could have been avoided. I didn't want her to be at the prime of her musical career, only to have this brought up and cause her humiliation and regret. I'd been there, done that, and I would do whatever I had to, to keep my daughter from experiencing the same thing.

"When you're older, you'll see why…" I sat down on her bed and sadly shook my head. "The sooner you realize that your actions come with consequences, the better off you'll be. I had to learn the hard way and I really don't want you to have to go through that."

Abbey stopped pacing around the room and looked at me. For a second, I thought that she might actually say something, but instead she just pulled out her pajamas and retreated into her bathroom.

Even through the door, I could hear her crying. It broke my heart and made me want to take back everything that I'd said tonight. But if I loved my daughter, then I had to do what was best for her, not what was easiest for me to deal with.

I stood up and was about to leave her room, when I heard a soft tinkling beep. Looking around, I saw her iPod shoved under one of the pillow on her bed. After glancing at the bathroom door, I reached over and pulled it out.

For a second I considered taking it with me and sticking to the original plan that Jasper and I had made, but then I shook my head in defeat and put it back where I'd found it. I knew that she would be able to contact Tripp through it, but I also knew that aside from being her boyfriend, he was also her best friend. And even if I knew she needed to learn a lesson from all of this, I couldn't do that to her. Or him.

In our bedroom, I found Bella sitting on the bed waiting for me. She watched as I sat Abbey's computer and cell phone on the chair and then moved over so I could sit down next to her.

"She won't be mad forever."

I nodded my head before looking at her. "They won't ever forget this, you know that don't you?"

Bella sighed and leaned her head against my shoulder. "I just hope neither one of them do something stupid. Tripp is so similar to Alice, acting on impulse. It makes me nervous."

"At least Abbey is like you." I kissed the top of her head. "She wouldn't do anything without thinking it through."

Bella was quiet for a minute before sitting up. "Maybe I should go check on her."

I kissed her again before she crawled off of the bed and then called her name before she reached the door.

"Yeah?"

I gave her a guilty smile. "If she's on her iPod don't take it away from her."

"Edward Cullen." Bella mockingly shook her head. "You let her keep it?"

I shrugged my shoulders and lay back against the bed. "Don't judge me."

AN: No, Bella didn't walk in and hear Tripp and Abbey. She went down the hall and Abbey was already asleep. So, there you have it!

I'm not sure if I will be posting any more outtake this week. Tomorrow is my birthday and the HP midnight showing… I just can't concentrate on anything but Ron Weasley. But, if I get bored at work tomorrow I will try to come up with a little something.

Some of you have asked about the other stories I'm writing. They are all still happening, I just have formed mental blocks where some characters are concerned and need to work it out. I haven't given up on any of them.

Thanks as always for reading!