Part 8 - Meeting Old Friends
After a week of being home, Bella felt it was time to confront her old places so she could move on, and she asked if her dad and Phil could come with as Phil too had learned about the stories and he believed in them, especially after hearing how Bella had really been like after Edward Cullen had left her the way he did.
They together went ahead to visit first the meadow sight, then also where their old house that was all dark and dingy now, then they came to the place of their old house, and the owners that owned it now, was more than happy to let them in after hearing it was their old place and what had happened to her, and so they went around the house.
After doing so, she thanked the people in it profusely for allowing to say goodbye and move forward, and they were just happy to let her and her fathers in, as they recognised the Chief and the man next to him aswell. Then it was time for the school itself, where she felt it all had begun for her to spiral downwards and get in trouble of Edward and essentially his family aswell. Especially Alice forcing herself onto Bella with her style of clothes, how she was acting like towards themselves and others.
They arrived at the school, and the two men with Bella between themselves, went inside of the school where most students including her old friends were at, and she was lead to the office of the principal, leaving the students in wonder and whispering of her being there was for, and soon the three of them with the principal and the school nurse came out again, they walked around the school together and Bella was shown her locker aswell the cafeteria, and then also the woods out back of the school.
After that, she was seen again in the hallway with her dad and some unknown dude they didnt recognised by her side, and she was talking to them both with some happiness in her tone, so did the two men with her, as both gave her smiles or side-hugs or even kissing her head softly. One of the students, none other Lauren came forward, and said snidely
"So who is these men with you, Bella? Your lovers?" Bella rolled her eyes, as her father said
"I am her father, Chief Charlie Swan, surely you recognise me, Ms Mallory, and this here is Bella's stepfather, Phil Dwyer. That you think of me being her lover or Phil being her lover is sickening of yourself, and you should be ashamed deeply of even thinking so. Now leave us alone, as we are talking amongst ourselves, that has NOTHING to do with you or any of your friends either. Now Shoo!"
And she went back to her friends, slightly ashamed but also angry of his response back at her, and the principal had seen and heard enough of her, and said to her that she has dentention for rest of the week for unfavourable behaviour and questions to the town's own Chief of Police and accusing him of such behaviour as being the girl's lover over a father to her, as everyone knew who he was father to afterall.
Phil just glared at the girl's back, and shook his head at how horrible things gotten around here, even in these months afterall. He then with Charlie took her out to their parked car, and went back home for the visits had been good until Lauren had to ruin it with being such rude ass and horrible as Bella had told them to be, and that was really stupid of her to even think so.
As only Bella knew that the two men had fallen in love with each other by accident, and had kept it low until they felt they couldnt anymore, and Bella had nothing but true love for the two men and didnt care that both were bisexual and could still fall for a woman, but right now they were both happy with each other. And that was all that matter to her and themselves even.
None else knew yet of their relationship was more than just friendship over Bella as their daugther/step-daugther, now daugther as both felt she was their daugther, and Renee had removed herself from the equation as Bella's mother and gotten the divorce quickly done from Phil aswell. So they could do whatever they wanted with their lives now too. '
Later that evening, the three went to the common barbeque with the others of the tribe and it would be first time for Bella to see everyone of the pack again, especially Jacob, and she had asked Charlie not to say anything about him unless it was some kind of news of him finally moving on from her, as she never would love him the same way he kinda must felt for her before it all, she felt he was just an annoying stalking boy who was 4 years younger than herself, and she had matured alot during these months away from the whole ordeal in the hospital.
Since he didnt tell her anything, she had some apphrensive feelings of coming tonight, but Phil comforted her the best he could and told her if she felt anything of wrong around any of the boys there, he would take her back home, and stay with her, while Charlie could chose to stay back or come with himself. And Charlie said he would come with them if she felt that way around the boys or the girls with the boys.
And that made her feel alot better at least, but she would at least apologise to Emily for her rather nasty comment months before, and also thank Sam, Paul and Jared of their help to find her in the woods, and also apologise to Hermione herself. If they wanted to take it and forgive that night, then fine but she knew it would take time to forgive her so she was prepared for that too.
So after taking a hot shower, and getting some warm clothes, but not too warm as the fire would warm up somewhat, she decided to have a raincoat over her long-sleeved shirt and cardigan and she also chose some sweatpants over jeans tonight. Her fathers just smiled and nodded that she was in the ok of what she wore for the night's barbeque. After that they took off on foot towards Black's house where the bonfire would be at tonight, and Bella walked between her fathers, who had their arms around her waist or shoulders.
