October 3rd, 2022
8:43 AM, Friday

"Beau! Beau?" As he ran into the hospital, Charlie shouted, "Beau!" he was panicking. All they had heard was that there was an accident at school. He didn't know what was happening in town. It was so safe two months ago.

"Officer Swan?" Edward poked his head out of the waiting room. Charlie had never met the Cullen Boy in person. He had heard respectful comments from all his friends, but then Beau would rant about him during dinner. "It's okay. He is safe and back with my father... I will explain everything."

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7:50 AM, Friday

Both Beau and Charlie were not having a good morning. At 3:03 AM, Charlie was called into the station to process a robber, then investigate a bear attack in La Push. Beau fixed them breakfast while Charlie came home before he went to school. Charlie saw no point in taking a nap because he would have to return to work in an hour. Good thing he came back because Beau's truck wasn't starting; after popping up the hood and pulling and pushing a few random things, it turned back on. Charlie knew as much about vehicles as Beau.

"I am just going to use some of my college funds to take it into the shop," Beau said, a little disappointed, glaring at the old truck, almost threatening it not to shut back down.

"No, honey, I don't want you to use any of your money," Charlie sighed, wiping his hair out of his eyes.

"Charlie, I don't think we have much of another choice... I can't ask you to drive me every time I need something. You have an important job."

"I know, Baby... why don't you take it down to La Push? Do you remember where Billy lives?" Charlie asked, and Beau shook his head. "I'll tell you what. I will lead you there after school. It would be best if you headed over there two before you are late," Charlie hugged his son. "Jake and his buddy work at a shop during the summers," Charlie explained when he saw Beau was confused about La Push.

"Just text me his number, and I'll see if he can help," Beau said, and Charlie shook his head.

"If you are going out there, I want to ensure you get there safe. There have been many bear attacks out there,"

Beau quickly got dressed in some dry clothes before driving to school. He had to be careful because there had been much rain recently, and he didn't want to skid in the puddles. There weren't many students in the parking lot, Edward leaning on his sister's McLaren. His sisters were talking to him, but Edward wasn't paying attention. He watched Beau pull into the parking lot. Beau ignored him and rolled his eyes when he passed him.

Edward was so hot and cold. They didn't have a good first impression. He acted like Beau smelled like garbage and then ghosted for a week. He talked to him like he was his best friend when he returned. Now Beau was some celebrity in school because the Cullens acknowledged that he existed. He pulled his hood over his head and hopped out of his truck. He glanced over to Edward a couple of hundred feet away from him before quickly averting his eyes because their eyes met. He was the only student in Forks with a truck made before 2010. His 1960s Chevrolet didn't have a key fob or anything. He had to lock the doors manually, then put a steak behind his tires because his parking breaks didn't work.

The first thing he heard was Tyler's loud truck pulling into the parking lot. Beau always flinched when he heard Tyler pull in because of the sound, but this was the first time he didn't flinch when he should have. The next thing he heard was a girl screaming, and that's when Beau snapped his head to look in that direction. Tyler had been warned many times to slow down on the highway, many more times when he pulled into the school. He slammed on his brakes when he saw the principal frowning at him, hydro planning at 40 MPH. The vehicle was a couple of feet away and barreling toward Beau. All the boy could do was widen his eyes and freeze.

Everything that happened almost felt like it was in slow motion, but the next event happened so fast. Beau saw Edward at the McLaren in the corner of his eye, but he felt the wind being knocked from him as he shifted from the door of his truck to the front tire. Beau hissed in pain as his back rammed into the truck, he was on the floor now, and the velocity of his trying to catch himself had injured his right arm. Beau fluttered his eyes up to look at Edward. His intense amber eyes were concerned and confused.

"Are you okay?" he asked. That's when chaos finally broke out as everything processed through their fellow student's eyes. Beau knit his eyebrows together, unsure how Edward had gotten there so fast. He looked forward to seeing that he had his arm extended to stop the truck from hitting Beau. The truck had a nasty dent from the crash, yet Edward was fine.

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