Bella's Point of View
I was seriously agitated, I hadn't seen Edward in months! Aaand I was grounded to stay in the same room for an unknown amount of time. The only person who visits regularly would be Rebecca, and her optimism on the situation was seriously grating on my nerves. She wasn't the one trapped in a room.
The snake that will had as a pet was seriously becoming annoying too. It hated me for some reason, and when Rebecca would look the other way, the thing would hiss at me a bit to low for her to hear and I didn't need Rebecca to translate to get the message.
It wasn't my fault that I thought the snake was going to attack when I first saw it. Of course, she told me off about the whole thing, but I still thought the thing would try to attack me if it didn't know that it would die if it tried.
*knock!* *knock!* *knock!* Uuuugh! That was probably Rebecca again coming to check up on me. I really didn't know if I could take her another day. It was worse than being alone the whole time I was here. I told myself that I would turn her away and finally tell her to leave me alone. With that thought I used vampire speed to get to the door.
I wanted this over with. With that I opened the door and saw that it wasn't Rebecca. It wasn't will's pet the spawn of Satan either, "Char- dad! What are you doing here?" He always checked up on me every week or so, I guessed it was to check that I was still in this living hell of a room.
"Um, bells, can I come in?" It wasn't like there was a point to refuse. He would say what he needed to say and leave. He was a bit to antisocial to keep up a meaningless conversation, the sort of ones that Rebecca comes up with. Not only that, but it might score me some brownie points to be let out on good behavior.
Letting him in, I sat back down on my bed and just started staring at him, waiting for whatever he wanted to say to come out, "I'll let you out on a few conditions." He was letting me out!? I suddenly sat up straighter, a bit more interested in what his terms were.
"One, that you don't attack Leah again." that sounded reasonable, I guess… I would try not to be in the same room with her, so I didn't try to get back at her for attacking me, "Two, that you don't spend all your time with Edward." Well, some time with Edward was better than none at all, and it wasn't like I spent all of our time together. Usually, we had one of our family members with us.
"And lastly, that you stay in this castle until I give you permission to leave." Similarly, staying the castle was still better than staying in this singular room, "Are you alright with those terms?" I nodded and said "yes!" Eagerly, I wanted to get out of this room and see Edward again. "Alright, you're grounding isn't as limiting anymore." He stood there a bit awkwardly for a few seconds after that playing with his hands before he finally left.
I waited a few extra seconds for him to leave so I wouldn't seem desperate. It wasn't at all because I thought someone was going to jump and say 'sike', or because I was in shock because I was finally let out of my small room.
Leaving the room didn't hold as much gratification as I had fantasized about, and it was disappointing because of it, but I was going to go and call Edward, so that would make it all better. The closest phone I knew of was in the rec room, but I decided not to go there because there was a heart beat there, and I didn't want to see Rebecca.
I really couldn't be held accountable for my actions if I saw her right now. The next closest I knew of was in the receptionist area, so I decided to head there right now. I headed to one of the nearest tables when I entered and picked up the phone.
The blonde receptionist at the desk was obviously annoyed, but after a quick growl at her she shut up, and her heart was beating rapidly. I could smell the adrenaline, so I doubted that there would be any more problems.
"Why are you calling me?" Oh, right, this is the Volturi number. Which meant Edward thought that there was either something wrong, or there was something he needed to be told. It wasn't exactly disrespectful, but he sounded a bit mentally exhausted. I was too honestly.
"Edward it's me!" I said, I had the feeling it was because he hadn't seen or heard from me for so long, "Bella?!" He sounded a lot more interested and excited, I guess I was right, "Yup how have you been?" I honestly felt a bit perked up too. Edward always brought out the best in me, "I've been well… you know."
Mentally exhausted and missing me? Yes, it seemed like it, "Well, Charlie had decided to lift part of my grounding, which means you can come back to Volterra. Of course, I can't leave yet, but Charlie will get over what happened eventually."
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