BELLA

I slowly and shakily opened the door to Charlie's house. I could feel my heart beating painfully against my chest as we entered the house. I could feel Jasper sending me wave upon wave of reassurance, but it just wasn't to keep me calm. I wanted nothing more than to turn around and run the other way. However, I forced myself to keep walking into the house with everyone else behind me.

"Dad, I'm home." I called and heard the T.V. in the living room click off.

I continued to lead the others in that direction until thirty seconds later when Charlie was directly in front of me.

"Bella, I'm glad you're home." he said swooping down to give me a hug. "I was worried."

"It's okay, dad." I stated. "The Cullens took care of me, like they always do."

"I'm sure they did." Charlie replied releasing me and glaring at the Cullens.

"Charlie." Carlisle stated with a slight nod.

"Dr. Cullen." Charlie answered coldly.

"Hey Charlie." Alice said in her usual bubbly manner.

"Hi Alice." he answered her in a slightly warmer tone than he had with Carlisle. However, it wasn't nearly as warm as his usual greeting.

He turned from Alice to look Jasper up and down. It took me a minute to remember that Charlie had never met Jasper. Jasper had never wanted to run the risk of hurting me by hurting Charlie. Which was why he always stayed as far away as possible.

"Dad," I said after a minute, "This is Jasper, Edward's brother. Jasper this is my father, Charlie."

"It's nice to meet you, sir." Jasper said in a pinched tone. I could tell that he was trying to talk without breathing.

He held his hand out for Charlie to shake. Charlie continued to glare at him and didn't take his hand. Jasper dropped it after a several long seconds. I knew this wasn't starting out very well and looked to Carlisle for help.

"Maybe we should all go and have a seat in the living room." Carlisle suggested. "There are some things that Bella wishes to discuss with us."

"My daughter and I do not need to discuss anything with or in front of you." Charlie replied in the same cold tone.

"Dad," I said through gritted teeth. "I have asked them to come because I would like to discuss this with and in front of them. So can you please just humor me and talk to them?"

Charlie stared at the three of them with a look of deepest loathing. I knew he didn't want me to have anything to do with them anymore because of what he thought Edward did. I knew that he was just trying to protect me, in case the Cullens ever decided to leave again. That was one thing that we definitely had to talk about. He needed to know how much I needed them right now. I would do anything I had to just to get him to see that.

"Fine." he growled after a minute. "Let's go into the kitchen, though."

Great. He wanted to go to the room with the most weapons. My heart speed up in my chest again. What if he tried to attack one of them and accidentally found out what they were? They would've made the last five months for nothing. I gulped as we all headed to the kitchen. I could feel Jasper trying to help me out with his powers, but it just wasn't working on me at the moment.

We we got to the kitchen, Charlie sat in the chair by the door and I sat next to him. Carlisle took the extra chair while Alice hopped on the counter, her favorite spot to hang out while I cooked. Jasper simply leaned against the fridge, which was closest to me and Charlie, in case he needed to intervene with either of our emotions.

I was silently for a long moment. I had no idea where to begin and, to be completely honest, I was a little embarassed about my actions now. It seemed so right at the time but so stupid now. How could I even begin to explain things to Charlie. He'd probably think of me as some crazy lovesick teenager or something.

I bit my lip and picked at my nails unsure of exactly what to say. I kept my eyes on the floor, not feeling that I could do this if I looked into Charlie's loving and concerned eyes.

"Bells, what's going on?" Charlie asked, no doubt, noting the flared tension and my embarrassment.

I sighed and looked over at Carlisle. He smiled encouragingly and nodded.

"You know how you're always trying to get me to tell you how I'm feeling and doing and I simply tell you that I'm dealing and walk away?" I asked and Charlie nodded. "Well, that's not entirely true."

"What do you mean?" Charlie asked when he realized I wasn't going to continue on my own.

I sighed and slowly began to unzip the jacket. I shrugged it off my shoulders as I felt Jasper sending me waves of encouragement. After a quick glance at Alice, who nodded, I pulled my arms out of the sleeves.

I chickened out at the point. I froze and couldn't bring myself to show my arms to Charlie. Too many things could go wrong if I did this. The feelings of reassurance and emcouragment that Jasper was sending me just wasn't doing it anymore. I sat the frozen for a second before I felt Jasper's hand on my shoulder, he squeezed it gently and whispered,

"You can do this Bella."

Somehow, hearing him say those words was all the encouragment that I needed. I pulled my arms out and held them aloft, palms to the ceiling, so Charlie could see all of the scars, old and new. His eyes widen in shock, pain, fear, and anger as he stared at them.

"Oh my God, Bells, what did you do?" he asked.

I didn't know what to say in answer to his question. I couldn't tell him that I did it because Edward was dead and never coming back. However, I couldn't make it sound like I had done it simply because Edward essentially left me at the alter. That would just make him angerier at the Cullens. I couldn't have that, especially since it was my fault that I was in this position in the first place.

I simply stared at the floor, just waiting for Charlie to start yelling and telling me what I horrible daughter I was. I waited for the words that I dreaded to hear. However, they never came. His anger, however, did. Only it wasn't directed at me.

Charlie was out of the chair meer seconds after I had showed him my wrists. He marched over to Carlisle's chair and got right down in his face. I panicked and made to get in between them but Jasper pulled me back.

"This is all your good for nothing son's fault." Charlie growled at Carlisle.

Carlisle just sat there and stared calmly at Charlie.

"Charlie, I would appreciate it if you didn't speak about my son that way." he replied in his calmest and most serene voice. "I understand your anger at him. If it was one of my girls in that position, I would be angry as well. However, he is my son and I will defend him. This isn't about him, though. This is about Bella and how to help her."

"Yeah, how to help her recover from what he did to her!" Charlie growled.

"Dad, back off!" I growled. Jasper still wouldn't let me get any closer to them. I just prayed that Charlie'd listen to me.

"Stay out of this, Bells." he replied in a calmer tone.

"Why should I?" I replied. "It's about what's best for me isn't it?!"

Charlie turned back to me with a calmer expression on his face.

"Of course it is, sweetheart, but I'm not sure you're in the right mental state to decide what's best for yourself." he answered.

I snorted.

"My mental state's fine, dad." I answered in a waspish tone.

"She's right." Carlisle put in. "I did a small mental evaluation after she talked to us last night. She's perfectly stable."

"Thank you, Dr. Cullen." Charlie replied sarcastically. "I think I can handle my daughter from here, so why don't you and your family get out and leave us alone. We don't need anymore of your help."

"No, dad." I stated finally ripping myself from Jasper's arms and walking up to him. "I don't want them to go anywhere."

"Well, that's too bad." Charlie replied. "I won't give them a chance to hurt you like he did?"

"His name was Edward, Charlie." I growled. "Why can't you just say it? But you're right, Edward did leave me and he did hurt me. But it was Edward who did that, not his family. And I will not walk away from them because of that. They want to help me through this just as much as you do. And I think they could do a better job at it than anyone else."

"And what makes you say that?" Charlie asked me folding his arms over his chest.

"Because, they, like me, know the circumstances of Edward's leaving, and as much as I wish to share them with others, I was asked to keep it private, and that's exactly what I'm going to do." I answered.

"If that's true, then where were they for the last five months while you were hurting yourself?" he asked in an accusatory tone.

"You know very well that that seperation was of my own choosing. Not theirs. You saw how hard Alice tried to get back into contacted with me. I was the one who refused to see her or answer her calls. They wanted to help then, but I didn't want their help." I explained. "But now, I want and need it and I will do whatever I have to to get it."

"No." Charlie refused. "I can not and will not support that. I won't give any member of their family the chance to hurt you again. I mean what if they decided to just up and leave you high and dry like before? Where would you be then?" he asked.

"Like I've told you a million times, the last time was a misunderstanding and a mistake. It's not going to happen again." I stated and Alice, Carlisle, and Jasper made noises of affirmation.

"I can't take that risk this time, Bells." Charlie replied. "I'll talk to Renee and we'll get you the best therapist money can buy. That way you can just forgot about the Cullens and live your life happily."

"If you try to send me away, I won't go." I replied.

"Yes, you will." he replied. "This has gotten too far out of hand already. I won't give you the chance to try to kill yourself."

I threw my arms in his face.

"Been there, done that!" I yelled. "And if you send me to some shrink that I don't even know, then I'll just end up worse. So I'm not going to go and you can't make me."

"You're my daughter, I can make you do whatever I have to, to make sure you get better." he answered getting angrier by the minute.

"Actually, Charlie, I'm nineteen, one year over the legal adult age." I said. "You need my consent to send me to someone like a shrink and I won't give it. And you can't make me."

"As long as you live under my roof, you'll do what I say. And if that includes consenting to see a therapist and never seeing the Cullens, again, then so be it!" he yelled.

"Fine, then I won't live here anymore!" I yelled.

"What?" Charlie asked, anger replaced by shock.

"I said, I won't live here anymore. That way, you can't make me do what you want me to do."

"But Bella, I don't want you to move out."

"I won't so long as you let the Cullens help me and not make me go see a shrink."

Charlie was silent for a long time. I knew that he was having World War Three in his head. He didn't want to lose me as much as I didn't want to lose him. However, he hated the Cullens after what Edward did and sincerely wanted to keep me away from them. I knew he thought it was for my own mental health. I wish I could tell him exactly why this would help me. But alas, I had to protect him, even if it meant messing up our relationship.

"I'm sorry Bells, I just can't support it. I don't want you to be hurt again." he said after the longest silence ever.

"Fine, then I'll just have to go stay with them, until you get over it. Alice can you help me pack some clothes. Carlisle, Jasper, you guys can wait in the car if you like."

With that Alice followed me up the stairs so we could pack up my stuff.

A/N: I hope that turned out okay. I was stressing over it something terrible today. I just couldn't get it worked out in my head. However, the minute, I sat down at my computer and started typing, it just sort of flowed. I hope you all liked it. Please review. Also, I know Charlie seems a bit out of character, but he's only trying to do what he thinks is best for Bella. Like any father in this situation would.