Falling in Love
Chapter nine
Forks
Disclaimer: This girl has not ever written a book in her life, especially the AMAZING book like Twilight. That would be Stephenie Meyer.
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Last part of the last chapter:
"So...you think that you're freakier than someone who keeps having crazy nightmares and screams on the top of her lungs for help. She is so crazy that she hits herself on the corner of the nightstand that's 5 feet away from the bed…I think we might just make a freaky couple...and I like that." I kissed his cheek as he pulled into the parking lot of the airport.
"Come on my freaky little girl, let's go home." Edward opened up my door and helped me out of the car and we walked hand in hand to the front desk.
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Edward and I received our tickets to the 5:00 O' clock flight to Forks Washington and waited for the plane to arrive.
"I know you don't have much to choose from but what would you like for breakfast Bella?" Edward asked me, I was happy that we were going to be home soon. His eyes where starting to darken again and I knew things right now must be hard for him. I decided on the snack I had the day I was leaving Phoenix to go to Forks for the first time, a blueberry muffin and some milk in a small carton.
"Umm if they have a blueberry muffin that would be good and a small carton of milk would be nice. Wait Edward!" Before he turned around I got his attention again.
"Yes my love?" He asked.
"Thank you." I said to him very quietly. His facial expression swung to that famous crooked smile that I had grown to love and can't live without.
"You're Welcome Bella, stay there; I will be right back I promise." For the few moments that Edward was gone I found a magazine and read from. I read the new Celb. Gossip and before I knew it he had returned with 5 blueberry muffins and 2 cartons of milk, and I began to laugh at him.
"What's so funny?" He asked me and his eyes were warm
"Well I could have sworn I asked you for a muffin and a carton of milk, but somehow you managed to come back with more like always." I continued to laugh to myself.
"I didn't want you to get hungry when we are on the plane." Edward placed the muffins in a paper bag and held the milk in his left hand and held out his right hand to me.
"Are you ready to go home now?" I took his hand and held it tightly in mine and stood from the chair.
Flight 119 to Forks Washington will be boarding now, please form a small line behind the desk.
A small brunette girl called out on the intercom. She was maybe a little taller than me and had very tan skin. She seemed very nice and friendly.
"Yes I am." I was ready to go home, I had missed everyone there. And I was ready to sleep in my own safe bed.
"Good, let's go home then." We walked to the front of the line and boarded the plane. Edward sat in seat J14 and I sat right next to him in seat J13.
Soon after everyone else came onto the plane and once everyone was seated the plane doors were shut and the flight attendants gave us their instructions.
HOURS LATER.
We only needed to take one plane from Hawaii to Washington which was very nice not having to get up and change planes half way through. At first the screaming baby behind Edward and I was a little annoying but soon it thankfully fell asleep, as well did I. On Edward's shoulder I slept almost the whole way from the lack of sleep I had from the last few nights.
Then we picked up the Volvo and began I drive home which would only take about a half an hour from Edward's extra fast driving. We had just left the Seattle air port when Charlie called my cell phone.
"Hey Bells! How are you?" He sounded extra happy, maybe because I was coming home?
"I'm fine Dad we are on our way home. We should be there in about a half an hour." I told him, if he asked where we were at I would have to lie.
"Oh you are?" To someone in the background Charlie repeated that we would be home soon and something POPPED loudly.
"What was that Dad?" I asked him.
"Uhhh…nothing Bella, I will see you soon ok? I have to go." Charlie said Quickly. It sounded as if he where hiding something and didn't want me to know what he was hiding which made me even more curious.
"Ok Dad, bye." He hung up without saying goodbye back and I turned to Edward.
"Could you hear anything?" I was referring to my Dad's mind.
"Barley, nothing that was clear. Someone must have told him not to think about the something that they where hiding. But I did see a balloon popping." Edward said without taking his eyes off of the road.
"A balloon?" I asked to myself. Maybe he was outside and someone's balloon popped near him and I could hear it through the phone...no. Something wasn't right and I could tell mostly by the way he left so quickly.
The rest of the ride home Edward and I playfully argued about what the best kind of flowers. I obviously thought that a rose was the most romantic and best flower out there but Edward seemed to think that a daisy was so much better for some reason. He said something about a daisy being more playful and happy than a rose. But nothing about that made any sense to me.
We then pulled into Forks and Edward pulled into my driveway. Everythin was dark, no light no noise no anything.
"What's going on?" I asked him but had the same look on his face as I did on mine.
"I have no idea. I can hear Alice and I know Charlie is near but I can't figure out why everything is turned off." Edward got out of the driver's seat and came around to my door and carefully helped me out. Not letting me trip over the seat belt that was tightly wrapped around my ankle.
We walked human speed to the front door and Edward waited paicently while I dug through my back pocket for the house key. A grin washed over him as I dropped the key.
"Slippery fingers Bella?" He picked up the key before I could realize I dropped it.
"No just a little nervous. You never know with Alice…she is something to always be nervous about." I unlocked the door and opened it slowly.
"WELCOME HOME AND CONGRATULATIONS BELLA AND EDWARD!" The lights turned on and everyone jumped out from behind the couch and behind other things. Everyone was there, well everyone that I would consider my closest family. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, Carlisle, and Charlie all popped out and started to cheer when Edward and I came into the door.
The house was decorated with millions of balloons and streamers pinned up all over the living room. A large sign went from both sides of the walls reading 'WE MISSED YOU AND CAN"T WAIT FOR THE MANY YEARS TO COME'. The Cullen's/Hale's and my father had planned a welcome home party at my house for Edward and I. And from the look of things Edward was just as shocked as I was.
"Thanks you guys!" I said. Everyone then came around and we all exchanged hugs and everyone took a glance at my new engagement ring, and then came Charlie. I still hadn't thought about what to say to him and if he would even be any sort happy that I was getting married to a guy that I had met not even a year ago. My palms began to sweat and my heart began to race as he hugged me tightly.
"Dad I would have called you…" I started but was interrupted by the large grin on his pale white face. (Just about everyone is pale in Washington! I should know! We get not a lot of sun!)
"Bella I know, Carlisle and Alice and I have talked about it many times. They told me that Edward was going to ask you to marry him on your vacation and that you would most possibly say yes. And I am happy for you, I know you Love this guy and I know that you wouldn't make the wrong decision. I'm proud of you Bells." I wasn't expecting that, his speech came to me more of a surprise than the surprise party did. I could barley speak so all I said was "Thank you" I kissed Charlie on the cheek and watched as Alice came at me full human speed. She jumped into my arms and hugged me a little to tight!
"Ohh my, you don't even know how much I have missed you! Forks just isn't the same without you now." Her grip of my neck finally loosened as Edward shot an warning glance at her and I let her back down onto the ground.
"I missed you too Alice, and Thank you so much…for EVERYTHING. You're a great friend." She shrugged and pulled my hand and I followed her to the kitchen.
The kitchen was FULL of dozens of different types of food. Everything was spread out around the table and cluttered counters.
"I hope you're hungry. Since only you and Charlie will be eating tonight." I was kind of hungry since I only ate 2 of the 5 muffins Edward bought for me. I thought of something and pulled Alice to a corner where no one, as in my father, could hear us.
"Alice I have to ask you something." I told her.
"What is it?" A grin was on her face, you could tell by this little party she was having the time of her life.
"Tell me that you haven't told Charlie about you guys yet…did you?" Her eyes went blank and then fired back up to life.
"Well Carlisle had to tell the truth when he spoke to your father, he had to tell Charlie why he really thought you and Edward where the most amazing couple in the world!" My stomach began to flutter and if 10,234,728,126,438 fluttering butterflies started to fly. And I began to feel dizzy.
"What did he say?" I managed to ask.
"Well, at first he was a little shocked. OK maybe a lot shocked but then Charlie began to understand and realized all of the stories he knew where true. I think now he is more comfortable with the subject." Alice told me. Alice's hair seemed even more beautiful as the last time I saw her. Her eyes where the beautiful topaz color and her air feel straight down to her cheek bones.
"Really? So he's not mad? What about Billy? Did you tell him not to say a word to anyone?" I asked Alice quickly.
"Well to our surprise your father wouldn't tell a soul to anyone, just like you. I saw it before so we where positive when we told him."
"Why didn't you call me and tell me?"
"Well I know that you would find out soon enough and that I didn't want to worry you. Now come on, it's time for you to enjoy your party!" Without anything more said Alice took my hand and pulled me to the table covered in chips, cake, punch, and fruit bowls as big as my head.
"Wow…who made all of the food?" Everything looked so delicious and appetizing.
"Well let's just say we all found out the hard was that Charlie can't cook! So Esme and I both made up a few things." I grabbed some fruit and tossed in into my mouth.
"It's good!" We walked back into the living room and I found Edward and when he saw me he picked me up and twirled me around and then hugged me softly, nothing like Alice's. His was soft and gentle.
"I love you Bell, are you having fun?" He placed me back onto the ground and I answered him as soon as my stomach stopped spinning.
"I am and I love you too." The party continued, we all talked and had tons of fun just hanging out. About the end of the party EMMETT poured the bowl of red bunch on me. So then… it was war! The rest of the night was full of food wars and laughing until a single yawn escaped from my mouth. Then Edward ended the party with a small goodbye. I thanked everyone and said goodbye to Edward for the time being and took a warm shower to get the cake and punch off of my skin. I got out and dressed and went downstairs to talk to Charlie.
"Hey dad, thanks for the party tonight." He laughed.
"Yeah it was a blast, I think I am going to smell like chocolate cake for the rest of my life!" He said to me and tickled my ribs.
"Ok ok ok! I'm sorry but it was just calling your name! I just had to do it." We sat there and talked about the small congratulations gift the Cullen's/Hale's gave Edward and I. And then soon we came to the subject of Edward.
"I know this may be hard to answer Bella but I have to know, why didn't you ever tell me about Edward and his family. You know you could have trusted me, I would have never said a word." Charlie looked some what hurt about the fact that I didn't tell him that Edward was a human.
"Well I wouldn't know how to tell you, what was I suppose to say? Oh yeah Dad I forgot to tell you today, Edward is a Vampire and I love him more an life itself." I asked sarcasticualy.
"I know but maybe a hint would have been nice…maybe something that would have not been such a shock when I was told the truth." He said.
"I know and I'm sorry I didn't, I wanted to but never knew how to tell you."
"But now I know." And he began to laugh. "I knew there was something fishy with that guy."
"Dad…" I laughed. "But I have to say I'm glad it's over with." And I yawned again.
"Are you tired?" He asked me softly.
"Yeah a little, it's been a long day today."
"I bet it has go to sleep Bella. Goodnight and sweet dreams." I gave my dad a hug.
"Goodnight." Then I walked upstairs and saw my favorite person laying on his side on my bed.
"Hello Beautiful." Edward sat up and had me sit on his lap.
"Hello…you don't even have to ask, go ahead, I'll be fine tonight. I'll see you in the morning." Edward's eyes where almost black and I knew that he needed to go hunting tonight.
"I love you, you know that?" He whispered in my ear. His cool breath made me shiver and smile.
"I think I've heard it around." I joked.
"I will see you in the morning ok?"
"OK." He leaned over and kiss me very lightly on my lips, almost not even touching them. And then he was gone.
I decided since it was still kind of early I would read some and fall asleep when I couldn't read any longer.
"My sleeping beauty, the sun's up and your breakfast is getting cold." I woke up Edward's soft musical voice and his golden eyes staring back at me.
"Hey, I missed you last night." I told him as he pulled me into his arms and held me close to his body.
"And I missed you even more than you will ever believe, but I had to leave.