I knew I woud have to talk to Lucky about this. One way or another she would have to know, and I would have to be the one to break the news. Alice was too heartbroken to do anything but sit and cry in her room. I couldn't blame her, it was sad for everyone. I knew that we would have to stay longer than planned. Edward had called Jay the night of her death and explained everything. He understood perfectly and offered to come to the funeral. I told him he didn't have to and he got what I was getting at the first time I hinted at it.
I would also have to go to court for my mom, hopefully put Phil away forever, or close to it. A part of me wanted to believe that this was all a dream, but another part of me wnated Phil to suffer for what he did. Go to an insane assylum and get the pain handed to him that he gave to my mom. Then my concious would tell me that wasn't right and that this was the man that took care of me when I was little. Tucked me in and read Cinderella to me when my mom worked late. I hoped he was fine and sane and just had a little freak out, but I did want him to go to jail for a long time. Maye he had some grudge against me or Lucky, I didn't want him coming after either of us.
"Mommy!" Lucky called for her as she came downstairs in her night gown, rubbing her eyes, blond hair a mess. It was four in the morning and I was sitting on the couch. Edward was helping me get the funeral arranged, Alice was upstairs asleep in her bed.
"Daddy!" She called again. The phone rang and Edward answered it.
"Hello? Yes if you could hold on for just a second." he put the phone on his shoulder and whispered to me. "Do you want to tell her or should I?"
"Um, no. I'll do it." I stared blankley ahead of me.
"Bella, are you sure? You don't-"
"Yes Edward I do so just...take the phone call and I'll be with you in a minute."
"Okay, I'm going to go into the kitchen. Okay sorry about that." he spoke to the other person as he walked away.
"Um, Lucky. Why don't you come ad sit with me."
"Bella, my tummy hurts and I want mommy to come and sleep with me." she ordered as she marched over to me.
"Well see, she can't do that." I hesitated as I thought out my words quickly. I should have wrote a speech.
"Why not?" she pouted, her eyebrows pushed together on her perfect forhead.
"Well see because-our mom can't come and-she's um-"
"Is she dead?" she asked in a calm tone and was shocked.
"Um yeah, she is. How did you know?"
"When the police were here. They were all getting daddy under control, I went over to her and shook her but she didn't open her eyes like she does in the mornings. I thought she might be faking but when I opened her eyelid it was just white, not brown." she looked down, but then back up at me. Her expression was moderate but then worried as she looked at me and studied my features became quickly frightened. "You knew right?"
"Yeah I did, I want you to get that image of her out of your mind for good. Okay Lucky?" she brushed her hands over he face and she smiled at me. I laughed at her and her childish coo gave the same emotion back to me.
"So how was your day I didn't get to talk to you much after you got home." I asked as she snuggled up against me.
"Fine, I told everyone about you. They all want your autograph."
"Well just tell them to go and buy my CD, it's coming out soon." I said.
"Really?" she asked and looked up at me with joy in her eyes.
"Yeah, when I get back to California I have to go to a photoshoot for the cover, then finish some songs and publish it. It should be out in around December."
"Well I'll tell them, they'll love it."
"Lucky what do you want to be when you grow up?" I asked stroking her hair. A little girl this greatwoud grow up to accomplish big things.
"All the other girls wnat to be Hannah Montanna or Selena Gomez and date huge movie stars but for me it's different. I want to be a ballerina, princess, iceskating, cheerling, rockstar who's an actress and teahces on the side. But I want to chairty work to, give back." I recalled wanting to do each of those things when I was litte, who knew maybe one of her dreams would come true.
"Lucky you."
It was the day I was leaving. My mother's service had already happened and it ws beautiful. I had broken down as expected by many, part of the reason I didn't want Jay there, and Edward had helped me through it, as expected. Her case was also taken to courst and Phil was proven guilty, shocker. Lucky had gone back to the orpahnage yesterday and we hd said our goodbyes, my mom's things had been split up among the three of us, Emmett, Lucky and I. Even though my mother didn't write it in her will what she wanted Lucky to have, in one of her jewlry boxes she left me she left a note with a list on it. I agev Lucky her things and she was on her way.
I was just about ot board a plan when I thought of something.
What was I doning?
I dropped my bags right then and there in the airport and ran out of the building.
"Bella? Bells wait up!" I heard Edward behind me the whole way, though I must have been running fast enough that he didn't catch me. I must have really wanted this.
I pulled out of the parking lot in my truck and sped off down the street.
To the orpahnage where Lucky was.
"Yes how can I help you?" The pretty woman at the front desk asked.
"Well I'm looking for a specific girl. Lucky Bennitt."
"Who?"
"Ugh, Lucille. Lucille Bennitt, she was dropped off yesterday and I want to adopt her. I know her personaly. My mother had adopted her but died. Please I don't have much time can you please just tell me where she is? I'll sign some papers and then get out of here." I spoke quickly.
"Um, sure. Yeah I can, just follow me."
"Thank you." I said. Her eyes looked worried, but she lead me down the dark hall anyway. I knew Lucky wouldn't fit in well here. She was too shy to be with more than a few people at a time.
The woman lead me into a room full of children who all were looking at me with hope and wonder. I killed me that they all would be stuck here with no parents.
"Go ahead and see if they're almost done, but she gets Lucky first if she wants her." A man said to her shrugging, eyeing me but dropping his glare when he saw I noticed him.
"Thanks Brandon." she said and her stare dragged off of him, someone had a school girl crush.
"Okay follow me miss." she told me and I did so.
She knocked on the door and there was a murmr from behind it.
"I'm sorry but you can't see her right now, you'll have to wait until they're done, or leave now and come back later."
"Sorry but I really need to talk to her." I shoved past and flung open the door that in even my opion should have been locked.
"Rosalie?" I asked in shock as I looked at my blond best friend, who had been smiling at Lucky.
"Bella. What are you doing here?" she said, her tone harsh.
"Well I want to adopt Lucky and if you want her that's too bad. I can't live without her."
"No you can't live without her, and you couldn't live without Alice, and you can't live without Edward. You always get everything." She broke down into tears and her pale hands looked as if they were going to pull chunks of her hiar out.
"Lucky, you should go back with the other kids." she started to get down but Rosalie spoke.
"No! She should see who wants to adopt her, see what you've taken away from me! You cannot take her too!"
"Rosalie, what is this about?"
"It's about you always getting what you want and me just getting left in the dust time after time."
Memories from day sago came flooding back to me.
"Rosalie. Is this about that stupid kiss with Edward?"
"No it's that I liked him and you knew yet you still took him."
"When we were kids?"
"Yeah."
"I didn't know you never told me of course I would have backed off."
"You did know. You knew. You're not an idiot Bella when you would talk about your dreams about him and I would dream and sigh along with you as where Alice would roll her eyes. Yeah I like your boyfriend, so I kissed him."
"Well it's time for you to get over that. And...how could you do that to Emmett?"
"He put off the wedding not me."
"But he said it was becuase of the kiss."
"I only kissed Edward because he was the only one at the time that was around to comfort me. Some old and strange feelings come around when you've just had your dreams put in a box and you don't know when that box will come back out again. Emmett, your brother, he cheated on me. He was having an affair with some girl from his work." she said sitting back down. "When I tried ot ask him about it he said that I had no trust in him and he said that we should put the wedding off for awhile."
"I'm sorry, but his being a jerk doesn't give you the right to go around kissing my boyfriend behind my back."
"I'm sorry too Bella, but I need something to fill the whole that he left, something to love. I need Lucky." I looked at her and she didn't look as if she would mind. I raised my eyebrows at her, she looked at Rose and nodded understandingly.
"Fine, have her. Fill the whole, though I doubt that Emmett really did that. Who'd you hear from?"
"Um Jessica Stanley they work together and she's his receptionist."
"Is she in love much?" I asked and lauhed. Rose considered it then went wide eyed.
"Oh my God Bella I didn't even think about her liking him I'm so sorry for kissing Edward."
"It's fine. Have fun with Lucky, I have to get to the airport." she nodded and turned her back. I looked at Lucky and winked, she laughed silently her mouth wide. I dissapeared with a smile before Rose could turn to see what she was looking at.
I was on the plane and it was really late, it was already eight when I was at the orphanage. It was about four now.
"So how was she, did she look miserable?" Edward asked me.
"She looked like she would be happy, with Rose I mean." I saw him tense and I held in a laugh.
"Edward she told me about the kiss. She explained how hurt she was and that she lost control of herself. It's fine. I mean it's not like you kissed back." I scoffed eyes going back to my magazine.
"No of course not." he said, souding worried.
"Edward Cullen. You didn't kiss back did you?"
"Bella."
"Ugh." I rolled my eyes and glared at him.
"Bella please."
"No we'll talk about this when we get back to California."
"But-"
"Don't wake Alice up." she snored beside him
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