Chapter 25: Charlee
"Bella, what the hell is going on…Embry?" he said calmly. He said Embry's name in wonder. Like how the hell… I thought you were dead… I could only imagine what was going through his head. I watched his face go from pale to red to blue and then normal color again. My only conclusion was that he was pissed.
"Hello chief Swan. And might I say what a gorgeous day we are having." We have a new ass in the house.
"Embry… how did you? What did you?" he couldn't even get out a full sentence. "I saw you in the car…smooshed and dead and bleeding…and…holy crap. I need a nap. Oh wait you aren't getting away that easily young lady!" he was yelling now.
"Bella, who is this? Why is he here? And why was he all over you? Do I need to arrest him for attempted rape?" he yelled. Holy hell he thought Edward was trying to rape me! I need to stop this now.
"NO DAD STOP! Edward was not trying to rape me. Edward Cullen is my boyfriend."
"WHAT?" oops that pissed him off. I didn't want him to know that I had a boyfriend.
"Yes dad, I have a boyfriend. You can hate me but nothing and I mean absolutely nothing will ever make me stay away from him." his face turned purple. I wasn't going to let him run my life forever, he couldn't do that to me. If he really loved me then he would let me have my way.
"Bella, I don't want to control you. I just don't like the idea of you having a boyfriend."
"I know. No dad does." I was shocked that he completely skipped the fact that Embry was alive. He must be really obsessed with me not having a boyfriend.
"Dad, can I ask you a question?" I had to get off this subject and it was time he talked to Embry.
"What?" he said rudely.
"Did you know Embry is alive." His face went from purple to normal color as he turned he saw him. The weird thing was that he had already seen and talked to him. I guess when he saw me with Edward he totally forgot that the once dead is now living. Which I don't know how he managed not to remember that but whatever.
"Chief Swan, so wonderful to see you again. How have you been?" Embry asked, trying to skip over the conversation that was soon to come.
"Embry, how did you come back?" Charlee asked in a daze. This was the part that we didn't rehearse. He had no idea what to say.
"Well actually sir, Embry and Jake were both pronounced dead, as I'm sure you knew. But after a while the doctors were able to bring them back after working on them for a few minutes" Edward lied smoothly. He was really good at lying. I guess their kind had to be in order to keep the secret.
"Edward, I want you to leave my house this instant and never come back. Do you understand?" Charlee said. He was being too unfair about this. I was not going to let him tell Edward what to do.
"Dad no! That's not fair! You can't tell him what to do!" I yelled at him.
"Isabella, I am your father and you better not give me any crap about this!" he yelled back. Edward stood up about to walk out the door. I stood up and wrapped my arms around his waist.
"NO! I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK! I AM SO SICK OF YOU RUNNING MY LIFE! I CANT HANDLE IT ANYMORE!" Edward held on to me tighter.
"ISABELLA! I AM YOUR FATHER WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT AND WHAT I SAY GOES! NOW I WANT THIS SON OF A BITCH OUT MY HOUSE THIS INSTANT! AND YOU BETTER GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER RIGHT NOW!" he said yelling at Edward.
"I HATE YOU!" I yelled as loud as I possibly could. I felt Edward stiffen next to me as I said that. I diffidently hit him below the belt on that one and I didn't care. He can't boss around someone who could kill him with the flick of their wrist. I grabbed Edward's hand and ran up the stairs to my room. Leaving a very pissed and stunned Abby and Embry behind.
"Abby could you please tell me what is going on here?" Charlee asked.
"Shit." I heard her hiss before I made it to the stairs.
I managed to make it up the stairs only tripping once. Luckily I had Edward there to catch me so I wouldn't fall.
"Bella, what exactly was running through your head when you said that you hated him?" Edward asked me angrily.
"Edward, I am not going to let him boss you around when you are WAY older than him."
"I just don't know why you would do something like that for me."
"I love you with everything that I have and everything that I am. You are my whole world. I can't live without you Edward. My dad told you to never come back here. I know that you won't follow those rules, but still. It felt wrong."
"As I love you, Bella. But telling your father that you hate him, don't you think that's a little harsh?"
"Nope." I said popping the p.
"Bella, why must you always be so stubborn?" he gave me a drop dead gorgeous smile that I would die for.
"I…uh…Edward please stop that so I can think straight." He chuckled and pulled me into another hug. I was content for I don't know how long.
BANG
"What was that?" I asked him.
"I don't know. Bella, stay here. I smell blood." He said frantically as he ran out of my room and headed down stairs.
"BELLA!" Abby yelled while sobbing. I hauled ass out of my room and fell half way down the stairs landing with a minor thud. When I picked myself up off the ground I couldn't believe what I saw. Charlee had pulled out his gun and started shooting at Edward. Missing him all four times he shot.
"DAD ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FRICKING MIND!" I yelled as I ran over to Edward.
"BELLA, GET DOWN!" he yelled as he threw me into the other room.
"EDWARD GET ABBY!" the words didn't even leave my mouth and Abby was airborne coming straight towards me.
"Shit." I mumbled as she landed hard on my lap.
"Abby, holy hell you are burning up. Get off."
"Uh yea I have a little problem… I AM PARALYZED!"
"Oh ha oops I forgot." I said as I pushed her off.
"Abby, I need you to tell me what happened." I said as I started to cry.
"Embry and I were sitting on the couch shocked after you and Edward left. Your dad kept asking me questions and asked if Embry or Edward were trying to take advantage of me because I am paralyzed. He wouldn't even let me tell him no before he slammed Embry to the ground and put the cuffs on him." she started to cry hard. So she was speaking through her tears. "I started yelling at him and eventually I threw myself forward and landed on Charlee's back. Charlee fell on his back crushing me to the ground. I had no choice but to let go. Embry got mad that he did that to me and threw a punch at him. Then, as if Charlee wasn't mad enough, went to get his gun and started shooting. He missed Embry. Finally, you and Edward came down and now we are here." She finished her story in a rush as more tears started to fall down her face.
"Abby, are you ok?" I asked frantically. I was so worried about her. If he crushed her legs even more then they were. I will have Edward kill him. Whether he is my father or not.
"Y-yes I-I'm f-f-fine. " she sobbed.
"Abby, Embry is going to be fine. And so is Edward." I said through my own tears. I felt terrible for her, she just got Embry back and she was worried that she was going to lose him again.
"CHARLEE GET OFF HIM!" I heard Edward yell.
"BELLA, ITS EMBRY! HELP HIM!" Abby yelled at me. I ran into the living room to see Charlee on top of Embry beating the living crap out of him. He still had the gun in his hand and he had it pointed to his head.
"EMBRY!" I yelled.
"BELLA NO! GET BACK IN THERE!" Edward yelled as he pulled Charlee off of Embry. Charlee pulled out his gun and pointed it at Embry.
"NO EDWARD! I'M HERE TO HELP HIM!" I yelled. Charlee looked at me with eyes that I have never seen before on anyone. Much less my own father. His eyes held nothing but hate, anger, disgust, and death. He had scratches all over his face and body. His clothes were torn and blood stained. I looked at Edward. His eyes were black from all the blood around. He was struggling to keep control. He was begging me with his eyes to get back in the kitchen where it was safe. When I looked at Embry, I saw nothing but blood all over his face and clothes. His eyes were also begging me to keep Abby and myself safe. His eyes held love, hurt, sadness, and shock. I felt like I had to do something.
"CHARLEE!" Edward yelled. Charlee had flipped out of Edward's arms and had him pinned to the ground. I knew Edward wasn't using any of his strength. He didn't want to hurt him and I respected that, but come on he had him pinned. Now would be a great time to do something.
"DAD NO!" I yelled as he pointed the gun to Edward's temple. I ran and jumped on his back struggling to get the gun from him. I was able to grab the gun that was still in his hand and get it away from Edward's temple. I heard him cocking the gun and then he pulled the trigger. The last thing I heard was the tearing of human flesh and a strangled yell before everything went black.
EPOV (from the start of the fight)
"Edward, I want you to leave my house this instant and never come back. Do you understand?" Charlee said. I could understand where he was coming. If I walked into the house and saw my daughter kissing a guy that I didn't know. I would be a little pissed too.
"Dad no! That's not fair! You can't tell him what to do!" Bella yelled at him.
"Isabella, I am your father and you better not give me any crap about this!" he yelled back. I stood up about to walk out the door when Bella stood up and wrapped her arms around my waist.
"NO! I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK! I AM SO SICK OF YOU RUNNING MY LIFE! I CANT HANDLE IT ANYMORE!" I held on to her tighter. I hated that she was doing this for me. But it proved to me that she loved me more than anything.
"ISABELLA! I AM YOUR FATHER WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT AND WHAT I SAY GOES! NOW I WANT THIS SON OF A BITCH OUT MY HOUSE THIS INSTANT! AND YOU BETTER GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER RIGHT NOW!" he said yelling at me.
"I HATE YOU!" she yelled as loud as I possibly could. I stiffened next to her as the words sliced through him. She diffidently hit him below the belt on that one but apparently, she didn't seem fazed by it. She grabbed my hand and ran up the stairs to her room. Leaving a very pissed Charlee and a stunned Abby and Embry behind.
"Abby could you please tell me what is going on here?" Charlee asked.
"Shit." I heard her hiss before we made it to the stairs.
She managed to make it up the stairs only tripping once. At least I was there to catch her so she wouldn't fall.
"Bella, what exactly was running through your head when you said that you hated him?" I asked her angrily.
"Edward, I am not going to let him boss you around when you are WAY older than him."
"I just don't know why you would do something like that for me."
"I love you with everything that I have and everything that I am. You are my whole world. I can't live without you Edward. My dad told you to never come back here. I know that you won't follow those rules, but still. It felt wrong."
"As I love you, Bella. But telling your father that you hate him, don't you think that's a little harsh?"
"Nope." She said popping the p.
"Bella, why must you always be so stubborn?" I gave her my drop dead gorgeous smile that any girl would die for.
"I…uh…Edward please stop that so I can think straight." I chuckled and pulled her into another hug. She was content for I don't know how long.
BANG
"What was that?" she asked me. Oh shit. I knew that smell from anywhere. It was blood.
"I don't know. Bella, stay here. I smell blood." I said frantically as I ran out of her room and headed down stairs.
"BELLA!" Abby yelled while sobbing. As soon as I got to the bottom of the staircase, I saw Abby on the ground and Charlee had pulled out his gun and started shooting at me. He missed me all four times he shot.
"DAD ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FRICKING MIND!" Bella yelled as she came over to me.
"BELLA, GET DOWN!" I yelled as I threw her into the other room. I couldn't let her be out here when her father was on a rampage. I didn't want her in the same house, but the chance of getting her out of the house was slim to none.
"EDWARD GET ABBY!" the words didn't even leave her mouth as I sent Abby flying over to where she was.
"Abby, are you ok?" Bella asked frantically. I knew she was so worried about her. I was worried about them both. But at the moment I was trying to dodge the bullets coming at me left and right.
"Y-yes I-I'm f-f-fine. " Abby sobbed.
"Abby, Embry is going to be fine. And so is Edward." Bella said through her tears. I felt terrible for her. She was paralyzed and the love of her life was out here fighting a crazed lunatic.
"CHARLEE GET OFF HIM!" I yelled. Charlee just decided to jump on top of Embry and start punching the crap out of him. And put the gun to his head.
"BELLA, ITS EMBRY! HELP HIM!" Abby yelled at Bella. She ran into the living room only to see Charlee on top of Embry beating the living crap out of him.
"EMBRY!" she yelled.
"BELLA NO! GET BACK IN THERE!" I yelled as I pulled Charlee off of Embry. Charlee pulled out his gun and pointed it at Embry again. Man this douche just wasn't going to let up was he?
"NO EDWARD! I'M HERE TO HELP HIM!" Bella said. I saw that she looked at me after she looked at Charlee for a few seconds. I was struggling to keep control. I didn't want to hurt anyone in this room but if it came down to that. I would do what would have to be done. I saw her then look at Embry and her expression went from sadness and sacredness. To determination. Oh crap don't do anything stupid Bella! I kept yelling in my head even though I knew she couldn't hear me.
"CHARLEE!" I yelled as he made an unexpected flip in my arms. He pinned me to the ground and of course I let him. I was not using any of my strength against him. I didn't want to hurt him.
"DAD NO!" Bella yelled as he pointed the gun to my temple. She ran and jumped on his back struggling to get the gun from his hands. She was able to grab the gun that was still in his hand and get it away from my head. I still couldn't move. I knew that I needed to get out from underneath this homicide before he did something we were both going to regret. I heard him cocking the gun and then he pulled the trigger.
"BELLA! NO!" I yelled as she fell to the ground and started bleeding out of her stomach. Charlee shot his only child and the love of my life. I flipped us both over with the turn of my waist I was now on top. I broke his neck and bit the living hell out of him. I drained him of everything he had ever done from his body. He was laying lifeless beneath me. I got off Charlee's body and ran over to Bella. Who was very close to death. I held her gently in my arms as I rushed over to Carlisle. If anyone could help it would be him. I was praying to Esme, that if by some miracle, that she could spare her life. She would. I can't lose her. Not after I had just found her, I have been waiting my whole life for her. I was scared shitless. I didn't know what I could do for her.
"Please Esme, please just let her live. Don't take her from me." I kept repeating that to her until we arrived at my house.
"CARLISLE!" I yelled when I was hearing distance of them.
"What? What is it Edward?" he said.
"Bella." Was all I got out before I got there and started sobbing.
"Edward? What happened to her?" Carlisle asked as calmly as he could.
"She… Charlee… gun…fighting…" I could even understand what I was saying.
"Uh son, I am going to need you to explain more thoroughly please."
I finally finished explaining what happened to him and the whole family didn't say a word. They just stood there in shock. Alice was looking at Bella's lifeless body in my arms. I set her down carefully and started to sob over her.
"Carlisle I-I n-need y-you t-to h-help m-m-me. P-p-please." I said as I started to sob even harder. I could take this. It was too dangerous for vampires to be in the same room as a human who just got… I couldn't even think of the word. I didn't want to.
"Of course I will help you, Edward. Please bring her in here." He said as he led me to my bedroom. I set her down carefully and moved aside to take her cold hand in mine.
"Edward, she has lost a lot of blood. I will try my very hardest though. I know how much you love her."
"Thank you. For everything." I told him.
"Anytime, son." He said as he started working on the love of my life. I looked at her face and saw that her hair was very messy and matted with sweat and blood. Her clothes were bloodstained and her face was tear streaked. She was also very pale but still beautiful. I don't know what I would do without this girl. She changed me into a better person.
"And here is the bullet." Carlisle said as he pulled a huge bullet out from Bella's stomach. God if I could kill Charlee again, I would. The room was silent except for the sound of Carlisle sewing up Bella's stomach and the faint sound of her heart.
"Well Edward, it looks like she got very lucky. She will pull through, but not by much. The bullet barely missed her organs. If the bullet would have hit one of them, she would have died instantly. She will make a full recovery though. So you don't need to worry about anything.
"Thank you." I told him. "And thank you Esme." I whispered.
"What did you say?" Carlisle asked.
"Oh I uh said thank you Esme. I have been asking her to keep her alive for me. I talk to her a lot." I admitted.
"Oh…well…ummmm…" with that he was out the door, leaving me and Bella alone.
