Book 2 – Chapter 1: Birthday
My Birthday. The one time of year I hate.
Presents and gifts are among that.
I've always been stubborn and wanted nobody to notice my birthday.
Technically this year I would've been eighteen. But technically I'm still seventeen. And will be. Forever by Edward's side.
I walked out of my room, I had spent the night alone…weirdly enough that it was for me. Edward never showed up like he normally does. So I spent the night reading. I didn't feel like going to the Cullen's house. I was too absorbed in the book I read, and completely memorised.
I though the weirdness was over. Until I walked out my room ro find Charlie in the strangest of moods. "Hey Bells" he says and I smile. "Morning. Ready for school?" he asks me and I smile.
"Yeah" I say and he nods. "How did you sleep?" I ask him as I sit on the bench and watch him read the paper.
"Good. I think Edward's waiting outside for you. Have a nice time" he says and I smile. Not one single mention of my birthday. I knew it was too good to last though.
"Hey" Edward says as he walks up to me and kisses my forehead. "Sorry I didn't come last night. I had some errands to run for Alice and Jasper" he says and I smile. I run my fingers through his hair as I kiss him swiftly and hungrily. He laughs and smiles as he pulls away.
"Considered yourself forgiven" I say as I lean up to kiss him again. He smiles but rejects my sudden need for affection with his finger.
"You have all night to do that. Come on birthday girl, we're going to be late" he says and I groan. I knew he would remember. "Please just try and be happy" he says once we're in the car. "For Esme and Alice. They haven't been able to celebrate a birthday since the middle nineteens" he says and I sigh.
"Fine. But I better get something that ISN'T a present later" I specify and he smiles as his arm wraps around my waist as we walk towards the school, only to be stopped by Alice who holds a long box. I groan. Nope I couldn't do this. "Alice…What do you have there?" I ask her and she grins.
"A birthday present" she says as she hands it to me. "It's a dress and you'll love it. Wear it tonight" she says as I open the box to reveal a green silvery dress. "Happy birthday too by the way. Edward will escort you to the house after school. You can have a few hours to yourself to hunt if needed" Alice says and I groan. She's been planning a party.
"Great" I groan and she smiles.
"You're welcome. And I know you will turn up even if Edward has other means of persuasion" Alice says as she grabs Jasper's hand and bounces in the spot. Jasper grins and laughs at her before turning towards me.
"Hey! No fair"
"Happy…" he say but my glair cuts him off. "Never mind" he says as he follows after Alice who bounces through the corridors. I put the dress away in my locker.
"You know, if you had this take on with presents then I might have got something for you" Edward mumbles and I smile. "Don't worry, I didn't" he says and I smile. "Maybe…" he starts but I cut him off.
"You don't need to give me anything. I don't have anything to give back to you" I say and he smiles.
"You give me everything by breathing, I don't need anything" he says and I smile back at him. I guess we were even. The day flew by quickly and before I knew, we were sitting in our meadow where the flowers were now dying off and the grass was becoming greener from the frost. I smile as I kiss Edward as we read the assigned book out loud together for our English class. (A/N: I'm Australian…Sorry) he reads aloud and I smile as we get up and head towards the Cullen household.
We reach the house and I smile. Nothing on the outside seemed out of place…except for my Charlie's cruiser in the driveway. Weird. I look at Edward and he smiles as he leads me into the house. The smell of roses and lavender overwhelms me and I groan. Of course she went all out. I walk in the door, directed by Edward to see Jasper and Alice. My mood is instantly from frustrated and annoyed to ecstatic and excited. I pull Edward encouragingly as I hug Alice. "Roses and Lavender?" I ask her and she nods.
"Yeah! I'm glad you like it. Charlie is here too!" she says and I smile. "We've each had a couple combined presents from more than one individual. Knowing how unenthusiastic you are about gifts" she says and I smile.
"I thought Charlie was here. I saw his cruiser" I say and she nods as she hands me a box. The note says it's from Charlie and Renee, I smile as I open it to reveal a camera and a scrap book and a note from Renee.
Bella,
I'm sorry. I know when you came back from when you went missing, you were different. I just wanted you to know that I'll always love you. You are my daughter after all and I still care for you, that's why I didn't argue when you moved with Charlie. It was for your safety. I might come in for a visit sometime in the next couple of months. When the baseball season is over of course.
Love Mom.
I smiled sadly as I read the message. She still cared and loved me, it was just for my safety. I smiles as I put them aside and walked over to Charlie before hugging him. "Thank you" I whisper in his ear so he can hear it.
"No problems Bells." He says before another box is shoved into my arms. This one is larger and I open it to reveal a box with complicated numbers which when I opened was empty. I looked around and saw Emmett missing and frown. Where was Emmett?
"Sound system for your truck" Rosalie says. "From Emmett, Jasper and Myself" she says and I smile.
"Thanks" I say and Edward grins as Emmett comes walking in.
"Finally a better sound system for that piece of cr-" Emmett starts but I cut him off.
"Hey…Don't hate the truck" I say and he smiles before shaking his head with laughter. Esme passes me a small thin package with a grin.
"This is from Edward, Carlisle and myself" She says and I grin as I try to find the opening. "It's a trip to Florida to see Renee and Phil. They expire in a year" Esme says and I grin.
"Thanks" I say and I turn to Charlie. "Could you hold this for a second?" I ask Charlie as I hand over the paper. He grins and takes it, as I am handed another box from Rosalie.
"It's a necklace from all us girls" Rosalie says and I smile. It all happens at once. Charlie hisses as his fingers try to lift under the paper and a cut appears. A single drop of blood oozes from it and I turn to see Jasper look at the drop of blood. Edward and I exchange worried and panic stricken looks before I run to restrain Jasper. Esme and I pull Jasper out the house and Edward and Rosalie restrain Emmett just in case. Alice comes outside and walks to Jasper as she tries to calm him down.
I couldn't believe it. I put my own father in danger. I put him in harm's way. I try to walk back into the house but Edward stops me. "Bella…" he says and I frown as I rip my arm from his. I hear Carlisle talking to my father and realised what they were talking about. I walk inside and sit on the kitchen table where Carlisle was talking to Charlie.
"I didn't know that…your kind fed on…humans." Charlie says as he spots me. "Bella's never harmed anyone that's human, or even your kind" Charlie says and I nod.
"But others have. There is only Tanya's family up north and us that hunt animals. Everyone else satisfies their thirst by hunting humans" I say and Carlisle nods.
"How many others?" he asks us and Carlisle shrugs. I guess nobody knew.
"Not over the hundreds of out kind exist. Maybe around the eighty – ninety mark" Carlisle says and I nod. It sounded about right. "Bella would you mind taking Charlie home?" Carlisle asks me and I smile and nod as I walk towards the Cruiser. Charlie follows me with a frown and I sigh.
"You knew I wasn't normal dad. Most of my kind aren't good like myself, the Cullen's and Denali's. The wolves are around…" I catch the sight of his face and sigh. "The wolves aren't werewolves. Shapeshifters. They're the Quileute tribe" I explain and he nods. "Exist to protect human life. We have a treaty with them too. We can't kill, change or create another one of our kind on their land." I say and he nods.
"I…" he says as we walk out the car and towards the door. "I know you're good Bells. But if anything would happen to me, you can't blame yourself" he says and I frown. Those are the exact words I've been trying to tell Edward over the past couple of months.
"That's what I've been trying to tell Edward over the past couple of months" I echo my thought out loud and Charlie raises his eyebrows.
"I thought you couldn't die" he says worried and I frown.
"We can…Basically I am already dead…but that's not the point. Other of my kind can destroy me. Rip myself apart and burn the pieces because our venom could seal us back together. Last month…the person who made me like this" I gesture my hands over my frozen body. "Tried to destroy me, I wasn't supposed to live. But I lived through it. I couldn't kill him, but Edward…he did it" I say and Charlie looks at me. "His mate, is probably still planning to destroy myself or Edward because of the grief. It's… I can't describe the effects of a mate" I say and he nods.
"Someone you really love? Like Carlisle and Esme?" he asks me and I nod.
"Yeah…Someone that it's not possible to cheat on" I explain and he nods. "You going up to bed?" I ask him and he nods. "Night" I say and he nods. I sigh and walk out the door to go and hunt down some mountain lions and some elk. It's around Midnight when I finish. I grab the spare clothes I've left in a hollow tree. I quickly change and rush back to the house where I put my clothes in the wash before returning to the forest.
I don't know what I did for the next five to six hours. I just sat there, walked around and did other things, but I never went back to the house, knowing Edward would be there, waiting for me. When I did eventually walk back in the house, Charlie was up and Edward's car was waiting for me outside the house. "That kid's been out there for an hour" he says and I frown. Screw it, I'll drive myself. "Did you hear that Carlisle got a new job outside of town? It's near the city in Denali and he's moving there this week. So that they could be closer to their cousins." He asks me and I shake my head. I knew this only meant one thing.
"I'm going to school." I say as I walk towards the door and he says 'bye' faintly. I walk out and Edward walks towards me but I turn away from him and jump into my truck. I quickly start it and drive out of the driveway and driving towards the school. I notice him trailing behind me through the town until I park. Once I'm out the car, he runs up to me and tries to talk to me. I ignore him and he sighs before giving up. Then I notice something.
"Where is Alice?" I ask him remembering that Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett were supposed to be in University.
"She isn't coming today. She had to track down Jasper to calm him down after last night." He says before delivering a kiss to my forehead.
The rest of the week flies by. Edward doesn't show up at my house anymore, and he misses one day of school.
I was worried. And becoming more worried by the second. Why was he being so distant to me?
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