Part 3 - Their Story of Love
Eddie came into the kitchen and Bella was after him, as she told him that she needed to be there too, as it had to do with them both, and he agreed and helped her gently down onto his lap, while his family stared at the two, with wonder and confusion. Michael may been hinted of something going on, due to how close the two were then the others in his family, but he was also closer to their parents so it was not really a shock for his parents to see that they fallen for each other either.
But they sat down, then Lesley said
"Whats going on here between the two of you? And why didnt we all know about you two?"
Bella blushed in her own fashion, while trying to hide in his shoulder, as Eddie said
"For what I and Michael both do for living, Les, that is why we hid it away even from families, but I suspect Bella told her parents or one of them at least."
Bella looked up, and said
"I only told Phil, as he was my stepfather and someone I trusted more than even my own parents, for what I know about them, is that my father really wants me to be with Jacob Black, his godson, who also are 4 years younger than myself, so he is just 12 right now. But I never liked him or his family, for I felt they were the weird ones. And my mother wanted me to stay home and take care of household for herself didnt know how to, as she never had the patience to learn. So when I turned 8, I did it all from cleaning, cooking, even paying bills over the computer to even help her in bed after being out to drink herself drunk and bringing home men who were the most dangerous creeps around children. I had to learn how to defend myself rather well due to that, and put a lock on my bedroom door aswell make sure of the bathroom door being locked. Eddie coming into my life when he did, was my saviour and my hope of getting out of there when I needed to. Phil coming into my mom's life when he did, was my other saviour, for unlike the most men, he was the most caring man and also made sure I was able to be a child and teenager for once. Eddie and I only spoke this last year about our feelings for each other."
Eddie just smiled at her, as she smiled back softly still blushing in her own fashion. As most of his family looked rather shocked of her story of growing up like was. And that her mother was the unresponsible one, as Mary said
"Why didnt you tell anyone about your mother being so unresponsible, you know we would take you in, as we knew your relationship with your father was troubled one too?"
"I didnt want to be a burden for anyone else, I just felt it was enough you knew about my relationship with my father was troubled one."
Mary just looked at her with soft look in her eyes, as Patrick Sr said
"So you two were talking about your feelings for each other this last year?"
"Well, Eddie had told me last year that he had feelings for me, but due to my upbringing, and not knowing what Love really is about, I felt nothing for him, but I did say that I do love him, but I didnt know about what love is or what it was to fall in love for I didnt know how the feelings were like. As I never been in love before. And Eddie you had patience to help me through it all."
Eddie nodded, as he said
"I told her that when you are in love with someone, it is like when you feel your heart or something deep inside of you starts to beat faster or you just feel drawn to the person that makes you feel that way. I told her also about your history, Mama, Papa. And it was about maybe 6 months ago, that Bella told me on the phone, that she too had fallen in love with me, and that she did feel something was about to burst in her, and that was the love I had spoken of. And luckily I still felt the same, and we began the distance, over phone dating with each other, with promise that soon we were to see each other again personally and start our dating more seriously. So now we need to talk, for what has happened to you, B, is NOT your fault whatsoever, that lays on whoever attacked you and your parents the way he or they did if there was more than one attacker that day."
Bella nodded and laid her head onto his chest, while he wrapped his arms around her gently, while his family while shocked of their story, and what they spoke of, they were also happy for the two of course. Eddie then pulled away alittle way, and then he pulled out something from his pocket, and Bella gasped as she said
"Yes."
And he smiled and put it around her wrist, and that was when the others took notice of what he put on her wrist, and it was promise bracelet, that promise was for something more than just dating each other. It was a promise to love each other for rest of their lives and they were off limits for any other girls or boys. Everyone who saw it would know its meaning somewhat, if not, then the two would tell them what it was about to them who didnt know anything.
His parents shared a look of love, pride and somewhat shock of the sight of the bracelet, as Bella then took her own out and placed it on his own wrist, also him saying yes to it all. His siblings shared a look of pride, happiness somewhat shock that she knew about those bracelets, and that he too was going to wear one. It was unusual for a man in the relationship to wear one too.
It made them all realise how much love the two had for each other and shared together too. Patrick Sr just smiled happily of this, while Mary was just proud of seeing both wearing the bracelet. Then Matthew said
"Wait this Jacob Black boy, you mentioned, what is about him that made you feel creeped out by the way?"
"It is the way he would follow me around like a lost puppy dog or just staring at me whenever I was around him. It made me feel creeped out, and sick to my stomach, but upon telling my father, Charlie, he dismissed me and told me stop being so anixous and so on edge, and that Jacob was my friend, and that I should treat him as such. But I never did so, for I only felt it increased his doings more as years went on. I had actually enough of it all, this summer, and that was why I had my mom and Phil there, for they knew my feelings and despite her faults of being true mother, she was on my side when I told her and Phil about it all, and Phil was very angry that Charlie didnt want to take it more seriously and tell the boy off. So he was there to actually tell the boy off when he got to see him, but it never happened, due to what happened just hours after getting there. Charlie was confused of why I had them with me, but after some serious talk between them, Charlie was more agaited and taken back at what been said, I dont know what they spoke of, as I was upstairs in my room, when what happened next happened. Then the attacker found me and did what he did to me. Breaking my own promise to Eddie."
"Baby, it is never broken, for this was not your choice of what happened to you. It is all on him the attacker, not you. Never you." Bella just held onto him and hid her face in his neck/shoulder. Others just smiled or looked abit taken back of his use of Baby. It made them realise how deep the two's love for each other was. Mary and Patrick could see in some years, the two would most likely be happily married and have children of their own. Same with his siblings, especially hearing him call her baby and that her promise to him was not broken by herself. And never would be either.
