Since I Have Disclaimed In A While....I Don't Own Twilght, Therefore I Don't Own Bella, Or Edward Or Alice. I Do Own Leo & Danny Though. :) And I Might Own Robert Pattinson Someday...
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Chapter Twenty-Six:
Bella's POV:
I didn't sleep. Well, not much anyway. I just couldn't stop thinking about what I'd done. I know that Alice and Rose had said everything was going to be okay, I just couldn't bring myself to believe them.
What if everything wasn't okay? What if he never forgave me?
Okay, so the what-if's weren't helping, and it just made me more upset.
I opened my eyes and looked up at the ceiling. I don't know what the time was. I don't think I really cared.
"Bella?" Alice whispered.
"Hmm?" I made some noise to let her know I was listening.
"Are you awake?"
"No Alice. I just answered you in my sleep." I whisper-yelled.
She giggled. "Oops."
I turned my head and looked at her. "What did you want?"
"To see if you were awake. Duh."
"Huh. Well I am. I've hardly slept." I yawned hugely as if to prove my point.
"What are you two whispering about up there?" Rose sat up. "I'm trying to sleep."
I pressed my lips together to stop laughing. "Not a morning person?"
"I thought we established that last time I was woken up early!" Rose yawned. "I'm awake now anyway."
I took that opportunity to look over to Leo's bed. "Where's Leo?"
"Downstairs." Alice answered, and then sat up herself.
I looked at her.
"I've been awake ages and he woke up, so I took him downstairs…" Alice looked confused. "Was that not okay?"
"No. It's fine. Thanks." I smiled. "Where's Charlie?"
Alice shrugged. "I figured you'd know…"
I shook my head. "It's like living on my own. He's never here."
"Oh."
"Are we getting up or not?" Rose stood up and smoothed out the pyjamas she was wearing. Nobody would be able to have just woken up and still look as gorgeous as Rose does. What, it's true?
"Yes, Mrs. Grumpy Gills." Alice giggled. (Finding Nemo, baby!)
"Don't start going all Disney on me this early." Rose walked round to the door, and opened it.
"Actually it's Pixar…" I stopped once she glared at me. "Sorry!" I sat up and climbed out of bed as well.
"Are you coming?" Rose glared at Alice.
"Wow. You really aren't a morning person.
Rose growled. "Don't start on me Swan."
I laughed as I walked past her. "I wouldn't dream of it." I skipped down the stairs and into the living room where Leo was sitting wrapped up in a duvet watching the TV.
I don't know why I was in such a good mood all of a sudden. I guess it made a change to being all depressed.
"Hey, baby."
Leo smiled at me. "Hi. Are you feeling better today, Momma?"
I smiled. Really way too perceptive. "I think so, baby."
Leo smiled and then turned his head back to the TV. He might be way too perceptive but he gets his TV habits off of Danny I swear.
I stood up and walked into the Kitchen. Rose and Alice were just coming down the stairs as I walked past them.
I grabbed a cereal bar from the cupboard and flipped the switch on the kettle down.
"Are you feeling better today?"
I turned round and looked at Alice and Rose. "I think. But I know that I won't be later. I'm just trying to be happier for Leo. He's too perceptive and knows when I'm upset. I don't want him seeing me upset."
Rose nodded and then smiled, although she didn't say anything.
"We'll go soon." Alice smiled.
I didn't like the idea, but I had to make up with Edward. I knew I couldn't go any longer without talking to him.
"Do you want anything? You can just help yourselves." I smiled. "Thanks for staying last night by the way."
"Don't mention it." Rose smiled. "What are friends for?"
I turned round and made myself a cup of coffee, grabbed my cereal bar and headed back into the living room.
"Leo?"
"Yeah?"
"Where's Grandpa?"
"He said something about shopping, and that he'd be back soon." Leo shrugged. "He said he'd leave a note."
"Okay." I hadn't seen a note in the kitchen; normally they were left on the table. I guess he'd forgotten to leave one. But Charlie shopping? I'm guessing Leo means grocery shopping. Any other kind of shopping and I'd be seriously worried.
"Hey Leo." Alice walked into the living room, with Rose following closely behind and sat down on the couch next to me.
"Hi." Leo smiled.
Alice looked sad.
"I think he's tired. Sorry." I whispered.
"I know." Alice smiled.
The front door opened and then closed a little while later. Charlie was obviously back from 'Shopping'.
"Hey kids."
Rose and Alice both said "Hey" and then went back to watching the TV.
"Hey Dad. How was shopping?"
That made Alice and Rose stop looking at the TV. Alice laughed quietly and Rose just looked speechless.
"Leo told you?" Charlie frowned. "Leo, I told you to tell your Mom something else!"
Leo giggled. "Sorry."
"Don't worry. I won't ask." I smiled.
Charlie turned around and went to walk out of the living room. "Bells?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I talk to you?"
Uh oh.
"Sure." I stood up and followed Charlie into the Kitchen. He stood by the counter with his arms folded.
"Are you going to tell me what happened yesterday?"
I could feel the heat flooding to my face, after remembering what Charlie had seen. Crap.
"No. Because it doesn't matter."
"Bella." He sighed.
I shrugged. "I'm not telling you Dad. It's something that's been hopefully blown out of proportion, and I'm going to try and sort it out." I smiled, well I tried to smile. "Can you look after Leo?"
"Sure." Charlie smiled back.
"Thanks." I turned round and walked back into the Living Room.
"Um. Bella?" I turned round and see Alice smirking.
What was so funny?
"You need to get dressed. You can't go out in your PJ's."
I looked down at myself and then at Alice and Rose who were both dressed.
"Oops." I walked out of the living room and upstairs.
After finding a pair of jeans and a blue sweater, I went to clean my teeth and put my hair into a ponytail, since my hair looked like a haystack. Even after brushing it, it still hadn't tamed.
I ran down the stairs, and then slipped at the bottom landing on my butt. "Ow." I got up quickly though, since no-one had seen, no-one needed to see.
"Ready?"
I jumped when Alice walked out of the Kitchen.
I'd bet what there was my College fund that she had been talking to Charlie.
Traitor.
I sighed. "I guess."
"Hey." She smiled. "It's all going to be okay."
"Let's just go."
"Rosalie!" Alice shouted, making me jump. Again.
"Alice, don't do that!"
"What?" Rose came out of the living room, glaring.
"We have to go." Alice whisper-yelled.
"Let me say bye to Leo. I'll come out in a sec."
'"Kay." Alice smiled and then walked over to Rose and grabbed her arm. "Come on."
I walked into the living room and sat down next to Leo.
"Leo?"
He turned to look at me.
"I'll be back later, okay?"
"Where are you going?"
"Too see Edward." I sighed.
"He got mad. You want to go and make up with him." Leo frowned, and it looked so adorable.
Lie. Lie. Lie. "No. I just need to see him. Don't worry about why, baby."
"'Kay." Leo smiled.
I kissed his forehead and stood up. "I'll see you later."
"Bye."
There was no way that Leo deserved to have any part in what was going on. I couldn't let Leo get hurt as well. I would never let that happen again. Ever.
xoxoxo
No-one said much in the car. Occasionally Alice would just randomly laugh, which creeped me out slightly and I swear I saw Rose move away from her each time she did it.
Alice pulled into the driveway, fast. She drives too fast.
"Alice, one day I'm just going to report you for speeding."
Rose started laughing, and Alice glared at me in the rear-view mirror.
"You wouldn't."
"If you start obeying speed limits I might not!"
"Fine." Both Alice and Rose got out of the car then. I didn't move.
Alice left the door open. "Bella. You have to get out."
I shook my head. "No."
"Why?"
"I'm scared." The tears were building up already.
"Why?" Rose asked this time.
"He won't talk to me."
"I'll fucking make him talk to you."
"Rosalie!" Alice frowned at her sister.
"Sorry. But it's true. He needs to listen to Bella; otherwise I'm going to pull all of his hair out."
"Okay. Even if he doesn't. Please don't pull his hair out. It's too nice for you to do that!"
Rose laughed and then grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the car.
"Hey!" I tried to pull myself away.
"No." She frowned. "You have to do this. You know you do."
A few tears started falling down my face. "I don't think I can."
"Bella." Rose pulled me into a hug. "It's going to be okay. Like I said. I'll pull his hair out if he doesn't talk to you."
I had to laugh, although it sounded shaky.
Rose let go and then walked up the steps to the front door. She opened it and yelled something like "We're home."
She turned round. "No answer."
"Where is everyone?" Alice ran up the steps and joined Rose by the front door.
Could I run away? Although I think I wanted to, something was telling me that I had to do this.
Was me conscience just a copy of Alice and Rose? God.
"Maybe they knew we were coming, and thought it best to go…?" Alice stepped inside the house and Rose turned round to look at me still standing on the driveway.
"C'mon Bella."
I walked up the steps gingerly and joined Rose by the front door.
"No-one's here. Well, not downstairs anyway." Alice came skipping back to us. "Bella?"
"Yeah?" My voice sounded very shaky.
"We'll be here. And Rose will pull his hair out." Alice laughed.
I stepped inside the house and walked towards the stairs. "I can't." The tears were falling down my face again. "I just can't."
Alice walked up the stairs, well more ran and so I followed.
She knocked on one of the doors; I'm guessing it was Edward's.
Rose went to stand by Alice, I just hung back.
There wasn't an answer so Alice knocked again.
"Go away, Alice."
He sounded sad. Even through the door.
"No."
The door was still closed. "Please, Alice. Go. Away."
"No. Because I'm here for a reason now."
I swallowed and shuffled my feet.
Rose came and stood beside me.
"Go. Away."
"Edward. Listen." Alice sighed, angrily. "If you do not sort this out right now. Not only am I sending Rose in to pull all your hair out, but I'm going to get upset!"
Edward laughed, although it didn't sound real. "You're going to get upset?"
"Alice." I whispered.
She looked at me.
"I'll take it from here."
"Are you sure?"
I nodded. "Stay though. Please."
Alice nodded.
I walked forward and stood in front of the door.
"Good. You went away."
I resisted the urge not to giggle.
"Edward?"
There wasn't a sound.
"Edward?" The tears were freely falling down my face now.
I knew this would happen. I always knew he wouldn't want to talk to me.
"Bella?"
I gasped.
"Hey." I whispered.
I didn't want to have a conversation through a closed door.
I turned round to see Alice and Rose grinning. They looked like the Cheshire Cat.
"We'll be downstairs." With that they ran down the stairs.
I turned back to the door, which was still closed.
"Can I come in?"
There wasn't an answer. The tears were still falling down my cheeks.
Maybe he didn't want to talk to me after all.
Eventually the door opened.
I looked up at him. He looked once than I had, and that's saying something. His hair was even more messed up than normal and his eyes were red, and he looked very tired.
What had I done?
"Bella." Edward sighed. "We have to talk."
"I know… I-"
Edward cut me off. "Don't." He walked back into the room and sat down on the end of his bed. I followed and sat next to him.
"Edward…" I wiped the tears away as the fell. "I-I'm sorry." I didn't look at him as I said anything.
"Why, Bella?" Edward ran a hand through his hair.
I looked up at him, as he looked at me. His eyes looked lost, but he also looked in pain. It was heart-breaking.
"I was scared."
"Of marrying me?" He frowned.
I nodded.
"Why?"
"I just." I sighed, and just decided to launch into my big explanation of why I had been scared. "Everything between me and you has moved so fast, and I worried that once we got to that place of commitment. You'd realise that I wasn't what you wanted and then you'd leave." Okay, so now I felt even worse for saying it out loud, but in some ways I felt better.
"You think I'd leave you?" Edward took my hand and laced his fingers through mine. Even though it was a small gesture it made me smile. "Bella. I could never do that. Ever. You are everything to me and you always will be."
"I'm so sorry. Everything caught up with me, and it suddenly became so real. I knew I should have talked to you about it."
Edward nodded, but smiled although it didn't touch his eyes. "Are you still scared, because if you are we can-?"
I decided to cut in then. "No. I'm not scared anymore. I know that this is what I want." And it was all true.
Edward smiled his crooked smile, making my heart miss a beat. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." I smiled back, and this time it felt like a proper smile.
Edward bent down and pressed his lips to mine, and I knew in that moment that everything was going to be okay, and I had nothing else to worry about. I had everything I was going to need right here, and right now.
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