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**29**

Charlie Swan was not a man of many words. Talking was not his strength. It never had been. He had driven Renee to the airport in Port Angeles and kissed her chastely on the forehead. Not one word about what had happened between him and her last night left his lips. There wouldn't be a repeat. That much Charlie was sure about.

Renee was barely able to look him in the eyes. Last night had been a mistake. One she was determined to forget as soon as she could. She forced her lips into a smile and made Charlie promise her to take good care of the girls. Bella and Alice had both agreed that they wanted to stay in Forks for a while.

She would fly back to Florida on her own. Maybe that would be a good idea. Carlisle would be mad at her for that decision but she could live with that.

When Charlie returned back to his place the delicious scent of fresh cooked food entered his nose.

"You didn't need to cook, Bells." he stated, hanging up his jacket. "We could have just ordered some pizza."

"Dad, I like cooking and this is our way to tell you thanks for letting us stay with you."

"I'm barely home. It's not a big deal."

He walked over to the fridge and pulled a beer out of it. "Cheers."

"Isn't it a bit too early for beer?" Bella asked, while she continued stirring in the pan.

"Beer has vitamins in it. Alice, my daughter is not trying to smart mouth you like that, is she?"

Alice blushed and placed the plates and cutlery on the kitchen table. "She's a darling to me. I love her so much."

"That's good to hear, kiddo. That's good to hear."

"My father is pretty angry at me." Alice whispered, taking a sip from her diet coke. "He was furious when I called him."

"I would be angry too if my child decided to run away. Of course I'd track her down in no time because I have my…um…sources."

Bella filled Charlie's plate with chicken and pasta before she sat down at the table. Forks wasn't really the place where she wanted to spend the rest of her life but it was good for a start.

"Carlisle needs to calm down. He's been an ass to Alice." Bella said, squeezing Alice's hand under the table. "The next time he yells at her, I'm going to freak. She's always crying when someone is rude to her."

Charlie lifted his beer to his mouth and took a big gulp. "Well, I don't want to defend him, but he seemed worried to me. The police in Florida told me he almost cried when he called them. He thought that god knows what kind of bad things had happened to you. It took that moron a bit long to figure out where you went."

"Dad couldn't know that I had enough money for the flight." Alice told Charlie. She still needed to break the truth the Irina. Her mother had been so happy when she had mentioned her upcoming surgery. The thought was painful for Alice. Her entire life she had been struggling with her secret and it had tortured her. She felt blessed that she had Bella now. She loved her so much and didn't want to lose her ever.

"Alice and I would rather rent a place of our own. I've found this school in Seattle where I could take all the courses I need. Will you let us move there?"

"Seattle? That's not really a safe place for two young girls. I'd rather have you stay her with me."

"Dad, please. I need to attend a school that offers a better schedule than Forks high. You don't need to worry about us. Alice and I, we're adults."

"Bells, I didn't say no. I just want you to be careful. I don't want you to end up in some shitty apartment where they are cooking meth and other crap next door."

His cell started beeping and after murmuring into the receiver for a couple of minutes he stood up and apologized to the girls that he had to check for something at the police station.

Bella and Alice finished their meal. Then Alice started washing the dishes while Bella dried. For a few minutes they worked next to each other in silence.

"Where did you have the money for the flight here? You didn't tell me."

Alice took a deep breath. "Mom gave it to me. I lied to her that I wanted to fly to Seattle to get my surgery here."

"What did she say to that?" Bella asked. "You're not really planning on having it, right? I don't want you to get surgery. It's too risky."

"I don't want the operation. But mom was so thrilled. It made me feel so…low somehow. Why can't she just accept me the way I am? She's supposed to love me."

Bella put the glasses back in the cupboards and sighed. She wrapped her arms around Alice's waist and pushed the smaller girl against the kitchen counter. She lifted her up on it, keeping her hands around Alice's middle.

"I love you the way you are. I love you more than anything. Please, don't take it so much to your heart what your parents think."

"I try to." Alice mumbled. "When do you think Charlie is going to come back?"

"Not too soon." Bella whispered, pushing her hand under Alice's skirt. "Not too soon."

She stroked Alice gently, enjoying how her shaft hardened under the touch of her fingers. Then she shoved down Alice's underwear and lowered her mouth to take the moist glistening tip of Alice's penis into her mouth. Alice groaned. The sensation of Bella's mouth, grasping around her like a wet tight glove was incredible. Bella could feel herself becoming moist between her legs. Her underwear was soaked within seconds. She loved the way Alice responded to it when she put her mouth on her. It was such a turn-on for both of them. Bella's right hand moved underneath the waistband of her sweats and started rubbing her clit.

It didn't take long until her climax pulsed through Alice, making Bella cough when she tried to swallow around her.

"God, Bella, I love you so much. You drive me crazy. That feels so amazing when you put me in your mouth. It's divine."

Bella kissed Alice's lips and caressed her beloved girlfriend's face. "I like doing that. Oh, Alice, I love you. We belong together. You and I are going to be together forever."

They went upstairs and turned on the ancient computer in Bella's room. It would be difficult for them to find a place of their own. But they were determined not to give up.

"We need to find jobs first. Something we can do part-time while we're attending school." Bella stated. "Who is going to rent an apartment to us when we don't have money to pay for it?"

"This sounds good." Alice said, pointing to an advertisement that had just popped up on the screen. "It's a one-bedroom apartment above a drugstore. They're also looking for someone to work the nightshift on weekends. That would just be perfect."

They called the phone number next to the ad and after Bella assured the woman that her father was a police officer who would act as a guarantor she was willing to give things a try.

"We're going to have our own place!" Bella called out. "This is going to be wonderful."

xxxx

Carlisle's nerves were blank when he picked up his wife from the airport. He hated cheater more than anything and yet now he had become exactly that himself. He was a failure as a husband and as a father he was a complete disappointment. Why was it so difficult for him to get through to his almost grown-up daughter?

"Daddy, are Bella and Alice going to come home with Mommy?" Eddie asked impatiently from the backseat. "I miss them."

"They're going to stay away a bit longer." Carlisle muttered. "They are big girls and need some time to themselves."

"That's stupid. I want them to come home."

"I know, Eddie, but…oh there's your mother coming."

Renee hugged her adoptive son and kissed his forehead before she turned her attention to her husband.

"This is your fault. I wanted them to come back but then you had to fuck everything up by yelling at Alice again."

"Renee, calm down. We should not discuss this in front of the boy."

"Mommy, are you angry at Daddy?"

"Yes, I am. Eddie, put your earphones in and sing to the music, can you do that?"

Carlisle sighed and stepped out of the car. He really didn't want to have this conversation with Renee in the middle of a parking lot.

"I'm sorry. She ran away. I was scared."

"You have a strange way of showing that, Cullen. I don't like the idea of our daughters dating too much but this tantrum you are throwing is beyond ridiculous. They are both girls. It's not like they are going to risk an unwanted pregnancy or something like that."

Carlisle could feel the blood leaving his face. He sat down on the wet asphalt and buried his face in his hands.

"Are you sick?" Renee asked, quickly kneeling down next to her husband. "What's wrong?"

"There is something about Alice that I haven't told you about."

"What?"

"She's different…I mean physically different."

"You're not making any sense to me. Is she sick or something?"

"No…she…was born like this. The chances for a baby to be born like that are one to…,"

"Carlisle, I don't care too much about your medical theories. What is wrong with Alice? Is it something contagious? Should I worry about Isabella?"

"Yes, no…god, this is so complicated. Do you know what a hermaphrodite is?"

"Not exactly, wait are you trying to tell me Alice is a boy?"

"She's a girl, but a girl who has been born with a set of male genitalia."

Renee helped him to stand up from the ground. "Do you think Bella knows?"

"Who should I know? It's not like they would tell me if they are…um…sexually active."

"Could they make a child together? Oh my god, that's so sick!"

"See, that's why I didn't want you to know. It's bad enough when I have to worry."

During their ride back to their house both of them were silent. So this was the secret? The reason why he didn't want the girls to be together? Why didn't he tell her before? She had expected him to trust her.

"You are still wearing your scarf. This is Florida. Take it off." Carlisle stated when they entered the house.

"Throat infection," Renee muttered, wrapping the silk a bit tighter around her neck. She was determined to forget her night with Charlie. One night of weakness wasn't worth to ruin a marriage. If only she and Carlisle would find a way to work out their problems. If only…

"Carlisle, you need to call Alice and apologize to her. I expect you to try everything to convince the girls to come back home. I don't want to lose my child."

"Mommy, is Bella going to die?"

"Eddie, why do you think something like that? Bella is good. We can call her later if you want to."

"Yes!" he called out before rushing up the stairs to his room.

"There is something else I want to discuss with you. Can we sit down for a moment before I have to leave for my shift?"

"You're always working. This is not how I imagined my marriage to be like."

"Doctors don't work from nine to five. You knew this when we got married."

"Remember to call Alice. If you fuck this up, the girls will cut us out of their lives and I don't want that to happen."

"I'll call her. I promise."

"Good. What was it you wanted to talk about?"

"We need to tell Eddie about the adoption."