I'm soooooo sorry I haven't updated in a while! I had the busiest week this week because of this week long play I'm in (acting is my fave thing in the world!!) and all my homework. Ok well here's the next chapter...i hope you like it!

Disclaimer: don't own twilight or new moon

Chapter 6

Bella's POV

The bullet hit his marble skin. I heard a faint "plink" noise, and then the bullet bounced off Edward and flew through the glass of my window.

Charlie looked at Edward with wide, surprised eyes, and then fainted.

I was stunned. Not only because Charlie had just fainted, but because he actually shot Edward! If Edward would've been a real person, he would be dead right now!

I looked over at Charlie, in a heap on my floor, and then over to Edward. He was starring at me with wide eyes.

"I think I should call Carlisle..." he said after a minute. I nodded, still too shocked to speak. Edward picked up the phone in my room and dialed.

"Hi Carlisle...Yes...Oh, Alice saw it?...yes...ok...I know...alright," he waited a couple minutes before he said something again. "Ok, I'll try...are you sure?...yes...alright, I will. Goodbye."

"What did he say?" I asked after Edward had hung up the phone.

"I have to pick up Charlie and put him in his room, and try to make it seem like it was all a dream. I don't think it's the best idea, and I don't know if he'll believe it, but it's the only idea Carlisle had," he replied.

"So, Alice saw this happening?" I asked Edward, who nodded. "Then, why didn't she warn us?"

"Well, she didn't see it until Charlie made up his mind to shoot me, so she didn't see it very far in advance. Well, we better bring Charlie back into his room," he said as he picked Charlie up without any problem. He carried him into his room and set him down on his bed.

I sat down on my bed, thinking about what could happen if this backfired. If Charlie woke up and didn't believe that it was a dream, Edward and his family would have to leave again. It would be my fault. But this time, I would go with them. I wouldn't let Edward leave me again.

But then, Charlie would be heartbroken. And Renee, and Jake. I would have to fake my death so they wouldn't get suspicious of where I went.

This was all so difficult!

Edward came back in a while later and sat down on the bed next to me. I leaned my head on his shoulder.

Suddenly I remembered something.

"The window!!" I said. Edward looked over at it, and his eyes widened. I guess he had forgotten, like me, about the shattered glass.

"I don't know what we're going to do about that," he said. He got up and called Carlisle again.

A little while later, Carlisle showed up at my house, along with the rest of his family. Emmett looked like he was going to burst out laughing when he came through the door, but Rosalie looked very mad that she had to come. Jasper and Emmett started to talk to Edward about how hilarious is must've been for him to be shot by Charlie.

Esme, Alice, and Carlisle looked them with disgusted looks on their faces. Then Alice, Carlisle, Edward, and I went upstairs, and Alice said "Well, that's not a very good thing, is it?" when she saw the window.

Carlisle began to pace back and forth, thinking of a plan. Finally he turned to me and said "The only thing I can think to do is have someone come into your house through the window and rob you."

I nodded, thinking that it might work.

"Alright everyone," Carlisle said as he walked back downstairs, "I need one of you, preferably Jasper or Emmett, to come in to Bella's house through the window and look like you're robbing her."

Jasper and Emmett looked at each other, both with confused looks on their faces. "I'll do it," said Jasper finally. "Charlie doesn't know me as well, and I'll be able to handle it."

"Ok Jasper," said Carlisle. He took him outside and explained to him what he had to do. Everyone else left except for Jasper, Edward, and Alice after Carlisle had finished explaining.

Alice came up to me and gave me a hug. I hugged her back and then asked her, "Will it work?"

She looked at me with happy eyes and said "I'm pretty sure it will." I hugged her again, very happy that my friends had special powers.

Alice gave Jasper a reassuring kiss on the cheek, and then ran off after her family.

Edward then hugged me. "I'm sorry," he said. "I should've been listening for him. I should've heard him walk into the room, and then I should've heard his thoughts when he thought to shoot me. It's all my fault."

I took his face in my hands. "It is not all your fault, Edward," I said, and then kissed his lips. He gave me a half-hearted smile, and then ran off after Alice.

Jasper's POV

Edward ran off after Alice, leaving me alone with Bella.

"I'll go inside and wait, I guess," she said. I nodded at her, and she walked back inside her house.

I waited until I saw the light in her bedroom turn off, and then I put the plan into action.

I carefully climbed up the tree next to Bella's window (I think there's a tree...but I don't remember and I don't feel like looking it up so...) and then punched the remaining glass on her window so it would make a shattering noise. Bella looked at me, winked, and then screamed as loud as she could.

It was very loud.

I walked over to her and made a noise that seemed like I was hitting her, and she screamed again. Then I heard Charlie get up, run downstairs to get his gun (Edward had put it back) and then run back upstairs. Charlie walked into the room just as I was going out of the window and down the tree. Charlie shot at me from Bella's window, but I dodged it. I ran away from his house at a normal human running speed, and faintly heard Charlie comfort a crying Bella.

I walked into my house and was greeted by everyone crowding around me. They were all asking questions, until Carlisle shouted for everyone to be quiet.

"It worked," I said, and then everyone cheered, even Rosalie.

Bella's POV

The plan worked perfectly. Even more perfect than I thought it would.

After "the criminal" had "escaped", Charlie put his arm around me and comforted me. I was "sobbing", and it was strangely real sounding.

"Shhhh. It's ok, Bells. It's ok," Charlie said as he stroked my hair. "Did you see who it was?" He asked after I calmed down a little.

I shook my head. "I was so scared, I couldn't tell who it was." I said, still crying. I had somehow managed to get tears to fall down my face. I guess my acting skills had improved.

"Don't worry Bells. We'll find who did it," Charlie said. Then he got quiet and all you could hear were my deep breaths.

"You should get some sleep, Bella," Charlie said. He stood up and gave me a big hug. "I'll talk to you in the morning." Then he walked out of my room. I heard his door close, and then I laid back down on my bed and fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning expecting Charlie to be away on a fishing trip. I looked over at my clock, and it said 9:48. I got up and walked downstairs.

I saw Charlie, attempting to make pancakes.

"Morning, Bells," he said as he saw me come down the stairs.

"Dad, I thought you would be fishing with Billy," I said, trying to conceal the disappointment in my voice.

"Well, I was going to, but then I realized that I shouldn't leave you alone today. It might be a hard day for you, since you had that rough night last night," he replied as he turned his attention back to the pancakes.

"Oops," he said as one of the pancakes somehow managed to catch fire. He picked up a glass of water he had sitting next to the stove and poured it on the pancake. I heard a hiss of the fire being put out, and Charlie sighed.

He picked up the pancake and put it on a pile with the other ones. I noticed that they were all black and wetted down too.

Apparently Charlie wasn't very good at making pancakes.

"Dad, I know you want to be nice and make me a nice breakfast and everything, but maybe I should make those..." I said as I took the spatula from him and began to make the pancakes.

"Thanks Bells. I don't know what I would do without you," he said in a cheesy voice. I rolled my eyes, but he didn't see me.

"Dad, you also don't have to stay home with me. I'm a big girl, and I can take care of myself. And I won't be scared, don't worry," I said. "Besides, I have a lot of homework to do today, and I don't want you to be bored here while I'm working. You should go and have fun with Billy," I lied perfectly. I hoped he wouldn't notice that I did all my homework yesterday.

"Well, if you're sure, Bella..." he said, trying, without success, to conceal his happiness that he could go fishing instead of staying here all day.

"Ya, it's fine Dad, really. You go have fun," I said, as I finished making a pancake. It was perfect, and Charlie noticed.

"You sure are a good cook, Bella. First that delicious soup last night, and now these perfect pancakes. Wow," he said.

"Ya, thanks Dad..." I said, hoping he would hurry and go so I could spend more time with Edward.

"Bella, um, before you go...I want to talk to you about something," he said.

"Ok Dad, what is it?" I asked him. Just then, the phone rang.

"Oh, one second," he said as he answered the phone. I tried to think of what he wanted to talk to me about. About the robbery from last night, maybe. He probably wanted to make sure I was ok. I mean, what else would he want to talk to me about?

Then I froze. Holy crow, I had forgotten all about the reason for the robbery.

He probably wanted to ask about his "dream". About Edward and I making out last night. He would probably want to make sure I would never do that.

And then he would tell me about the really weird part of his dream, that the bullet he had shot at my boyfriend had bounced off of him and went through my window.

Crap. I was scared for what he would think about all of that. Would he believe that it was a dream?

Charlie hung up the phone. "Um, who was that?" I asked, trying to hide my nervousness.

"Oh, it was just Billy. He wanted to say that he was sorry that I couldn't go fishing, but I told him that I could go after all. I'm supposed to meet him at his house in half an hour."

I gave Charlie a fake smile and then said in a rush, so it sounded like all one word, "Oh, great, well, um...I'm hungry so I'm going to take these pancakes and go up to my room and eat and stuff so...um...bye have fun...love you and everything..."

"Wait, Bella," he said as I was walking up the stairs. "Remember, there was something I wanted to talk to you about."

I slowly turned around, trying not to look suspicious.

"Um, ok, well...what is it?" I said, all in a rush again. I walked over to the kitchen table and sat down.

Charlie sat down next to me. "Well...this might sound sort of crazy...but I had this really weird dream last night..."

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