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[A/N] Welcome back to a new chapter, my dear readers. I feel blessed to have you by my side for this fic. Without you, I could never do it.
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**25**
Bella placed another box with old files on her desk and sighed. It seemed this annoying work just wouldn't end. She grabbed the dust-covered folder that was lying on top of the box and opened it up.
Her phone started ringing. Bella was glad to get a distraction from her boring task and picked up. "Forks Police station, this is Deputy Swan speaking."
The first noise that reached her ears was a light giggle. "Hello, is there the police? I'd like to report a crime."
Clearing her throat, Bella tried her best to keep her voice serious when she spoke up. "Yes, Ma'am, this is the police. What kind of crime would you like to report?"
Rosalie made another giggling noise. "I've been robbed. Someone has stolen my heart."
"Do you think you could describe the thief?" Bella asked, barely able to keep herself from laughing.
"Well, she's around 5.5…has long brown hair and the cutest little apple shaped backside you could imagine, Officer."
Bella burst into laughter. "You like my butt?"
"I like all about you." Rosalie stated. "Are you busy? I'm not keeping you from something important, am I?"
"No, it's fine. I'm just playing secretary here for Charlie while he's on patrol doing actual police work."
Rosalie clicked her tongue and hummed before she responded. "Maybe he's just trying to keep you safe."
"He knows I can defend myself. This is Forks. Traffic offenses are like 90 percent of our daily routine."
"I know. Look, I've been thinking. All those damaged cars and bikes. Where do people go to get them fixed? Black's Garage down in LA Push is a shit place. He's charging way too much."
Bella nodded in agreement. "I know. People here complain about that all the time."
"See, that's what I thought too." Rosalie said. "I'm not sure yet, but maybe…maybe I'd like to open my own garage."
"That sounds like a great plan." Bella encouraged her. "I like the idea."
"I do too, but it's also a question of money. I could get some extra modeling jobs again but I don't really want to do this crap anymore."
"Well, maybe you could consider it for a while, if it helps with the money thing." Bella suggested.
She could hear Rosalie slurping on something. "What are you drinking?"
"Some vanilla milkshake, it's delicious. Models are never allowed to have milkshakes. It's such a sad life."
"Is that the reason why you'd rather be a mechanic? So that you could eat what you like?"
Rosalie slurped again. "No that not the reason." She said. "I just like fixing things. Fixing things makes me feel like I have control and I like that."
Bella closed her eyes for a moment, picturing Rosalie's round ass bend forward over the engine of a car. The thought made her insides tingle pleasantly. How could she not have realized how sexy Rose was? It was like she had been half-blind for a very long time.
"I love you, Beautiful. I want to tell you again and again."
"I love you too." Rosalie whispered. "And I already miss you so much." She sighed deeply. "Hey, before I forget it. Do you know what kind of trouble one would get for breaking someone's nose?"
"It depends on the circumstances. Did you attack someone?" Bella asked, standing up from her chair so quickly that she dropped a pile of paper from the desk in front of her. "Rose?"
"No, I didn't do anything. It's Emmett. He punched one of Jasper's professors."
"Why would he do something so stupid? Jasper could get expelled."
"Well, apparently the professor said something inappropriate about Alice and Emmett had to play superhero to defend her." Rose told Bella.
"Defend her? He had to break the other guy's nose to defend her? How about handling conflicts with words, not fists?"
"I'm sure he didn't want to use as much force but you know my brother is a pretty big guy."
Bella coughed and grabbed the bottle of water standing next to her, lifting it up to take a sip. "Shouldn't that be Jasper's job to defend his girfriend?"
"Don't mention the idiot. I'm so mad at him."
"What for?" Bella asked, sitting down on her chair again.
"Well, it looks like I'm not the only person in the Hale family who is…kind of interested in the own gender."
Bella's face felt suddenly warmer when Rosalie said the last sentence.
"He blackmailed Alice into playing his girlfriend. How stupid can one get?"
"Why would she let him blackmail her?" Bella asked, twisting the cord of the phone around her finger.
"Jasper found out that she's having an affair with her professor."
"Is that the same jerk whom Emmett hit?"
"It's the very same, Bella. God, I'm so pissed at Jasper. He's such a little jerk."
The door of the police station was opened and Bella told Rosalie goodbye. She promised her that she would call her again later tonight. The next following days wouldn't be easy for the couple. Bella could feel the fine hairs on her forearm rising up when she thought about how they would celebrate their reunion.
"Get inside you two." Charlie snapped angrily, pushing two young boys into the office.
Bella looked up instantly recognizing Jacob and Seth. Seth looked like he was going to start crying any moment.
"Please, Sir, can't you just let us go?" Jake pleaded while he gave Seth's hand an encouraging squeeze. "We're really sorry."
Charlie coughed and crossed his arms in front of his chest. "You'll be way sorrier when your parents come here and pick you up." He stated in a strict voice.
"Da- Chief Swan is that really necessary?" Bella asked her father. She felt sorry for the boys. They sure had a tendency to get themselves into trouble.
"Yes, Deputy Swan, it is necessary. Mrs. Newton has pressed charges against them." Charlie pulled out a box of condoms and some Vaseline. "She caught them trying to steal this."
"Sir, we're sorry." Seth whined. "We'll never do it again. Just don't call my mother. She's going to freak."
Freaking out didn't exactly describe the reaction of Seth's mother when she showed up at the police station half an hour later.
"Seth Henry Clearwater. I'm so ashamed of you!" She yelled. Then she turned to Jacob, her dark eyes glaring at him feisty. "I told you to stay the hell away from my son!"
"Ma'am, I think we should all sit down and talk." Charlie suggested. "Getting loud won't make anything better."
"I'm not loud. I just speak passionately." The raven-haired woman snapped. "Sir, all of this is Black's fault. He's a bad influence. You should lock him up and throw away the key."
"Mom!" Seth protested. "I was the one who took the condoms, not Jake."
"What would you need condoms for?" His mother asked, grabbing the package from Charlie's desk. "Chief Swan, if I pay for those, will you please not file a report against my son?"
"I think it's too late for that, Ma'am." Charlie stated. "But maybe we can sort something out. A few hours of working in the retirement home downtown would surely help with this."
"Changing old grandmas diapers?" Seth whined. "That's gross."
"You are going to do what the Officer tells you to." Seth's mother stated, speaking in a tone that didn't allow any back talking. "God, I'm so glad that your father is dead and doesn't know about this. You are nothing but trouble."
"Mom, I'm sorry."
"You'll be sorry when we get home. Officer Swan, can I call you later to arrange my son's volunteer work in the retirement home?"
She grabbed Seth by his arm, forcing him to let go of Jake's hand. The boy's eyes filled with tears when he exchanged a last look with his boyfriend.
"Now on to you, Jake," Charlie told Jacob who was staring towards the window as if he wanted to jump out of it to escape.
"Let me go. My father's health isn't well. If you call him and tell him I got arrested, he's going to get a heart attack."
Charlie shook his head. "Maybe you should have considered that before you stole something."
Jake sat down on the chair across Charlie's desk and cleared his throat. "We didn't have any other choice. Both of us are broke. Should we risk not having safe sex just because we don't have money?"
"Safe sex?" Charlie asked. "I don't understand."
"Chief Swan, I think he's trying to tell you that he and the other boy are romantically involved." Bella said, trying to avoid eye-contact with her father. Instead she kept her face on her laptop and continued typing up old files.
Jacob's father came to pick up his son after about another hour of waiting. He was leaning on crutches and snapped at the poor boy in such a harsh tone it made Bella cringe. Yes, what they had done was wrong. But it had just been a stupid package of condoms. Not drugs or car theft.
When they were gone, Charlie chuckled. "Never would have guessed these two are that way. They look so normal."
"That way?" Bella mumbled. "The word is gay, Dad. There is nothing wrong with being gay."
"Yes, sure." Charlie responded. "I didn't mean it like that."
Bella took a deep breathe. She had planned on telling Charlie tonight after she had brought Resha to bed. Maybe though right now was the best opportunity to spill the news about her and Rose.
"Dad, you know how I told you that Rosalie cancelled the wedding." Bella said.
"Sure, kid. I can't say I'm too sad about it. Rushing into a marriage is never a good thing. You can see that with your mother and me. Not that nothing good came out of it." He stated, petting his daughter's shoulder.
"Dad, there is a reason why Rosalie broke up with Carlisle. It has to do with me."
Charlie petted Bella's shoulder again. "You were right for telling her that the wedding is a stupid idea. That's what friends are for."
Bella could feel her hands starting to sweat. She hated that she was so nervous about telling Charlie. It was as if she was ashamed and that clearly wasn't the case. She loved Rose. There wasn't anything wrong about it.
"Dad, I love Rose and she loves me."
"I know that, Bella. Why do you sound so nervous? Is something wrong?"
"We love each other…like a couple, I mean. Rosalie and I are together now."
"How are you together?"
"Dad for fucks sake, how many kinds of together are there? Rose and I are lovers now."
"Lovers? You're a lesbian now? Look if this is about asshole and how he pissed you off—"
"It has nothing to do with Tyler." Bella told her father. "Rose has always been close to me. Now, we're even closer. You are not mad at me for that. Are you?"
"I've never said a word while you were with that loser asshole for over six years." He stated. "With who you are is your decision to make, not mine."
Bella stood up from her chair and wrapped her arms around Charlie. "Thank you, Dad."
"No need to thank me for anything. I love Rosalie like she's my second daughter. But her mother…that woman is a pain in the ass. Have you told her about you two yet?"
"Rose doesn't want to tell her. Lucy's so agitated about the cancelled wedding. We thought it would be better to give her a break first before we spill the news."
"You are probably right about that." Charlie stated. "Do you want to tell Resha?"
"As soon as I figure out how to explain things to her," Bella said, nodding her head. "Oh Dad, I'm so happy with Rose. I never thought love could be so very…easy."
"That's good to hear. I'm glad you are happy." Charlie planted a kiss on Bella's cheek. "There is only one thing I don't understand."
"What, Dad?" Bella asked, pushing the sleeves of her uniform a bit higher on her arms.
"I can't figure out which of you is the man and which is the woman."