Okay again this story is Beta'd with the lovly XoAzraelXo. I didn't really expect this fic to get so much attention, I thought for sure it'd just be kind of overlooked. I honestly don't hate Charlie, he's infact my faviort adult-after Carlisle and Esme of course. The only reason I choose him to be abusive is that he really is the only one who could find Bella and Edward toghther in her bed, Esme is too gentle and Carlisle is a doctor. I don't hate Charlie though and for this he'll be OOC I'm just not sure how much.
I watched my precious Bella sleeping. I stared long and hard at her marks, bruises from Charlie. What had gotten into that man? What could have possessed him to hurt such a perfect creature as Bella?
Bella whimpered gently in her sleep and the sound tears my heart out. I should be the one suffering these bruises, anything for my Bella. Charlie will never come near her again. I should of never allowed Sue to drive me home, I should of followed my instinct that was telling me that Bella needed me. I felt it in my heart that she needed me and what did I do? I left! I should of fought to stay I had always told her the flaming fiery pits of hell couldn't keep me away from her and I let one middle age woman not only hold me back, but get me miles away from my love.
Well never again. I won't ever allow something like this to happen to Bella. Charlie will pay for the harm that he's done to this innocent. I don't know how yet but Charlie will pay. I know the right thing to do is report it and have him hulled off to jail where he belongs, but that is only the most rational part of my brain. Every single fiber of the rest of me wants to hunt him down and make him feel pain worse than he ever imagined; make him afraid to ever even think about hurting someone.
"Edward." Bella sighed in her sleep brining my attention back to her. The look on her serene face had me backtracking immediately. Take the father away from this precious angel? What was I thinking? But Charlie will never be able to hurt her, if Charlie promises to not hurt her again and my precious Bella wants it, she will not have to persecute him. But I will be with her every moment of everyday. I will hold her in my lap every time we have a meal, I will snuggle her on the couch as we watch TV, or listen to music, or read. I will never ever allow her to get hurt by Charlie or anyone else ever again.
With that decided I think about the things that can happen with the two choices she has to she decides to persecute Charlie my family would undoubtedly get her a lawyer, we have a close family friend named J. Jenks who was Carlisle's business partner who is a lawyer. So if she chooses that it wouldn't be a problem making sure she got a lawyer who would dedicate himself to making sure the case was won. Now for where she would be staying it would look kind of weird if she was to be staying at her boyfriend's house, I know how my Bella hates attention and her persecuting her father and chief of police would be bad enough, along with the fact that we are together can finally come out.
Now if she chooses not to persecute Charlie it could be a bit more difficult. If she does she will have another big decision to make, would she want to be with Charlie still or was she now too afraid of her own father? I would support whatever decision she made but I don't really know which would be best for her. On one hand he is her father and if nothing else he was there for her and Emmett when her mother had run away. But he did beat her mercilessly when he found a boy in her bed one night, it's not even like he did me any damage just threw me out of a two story window into a pile of Sue's flower bush, it's a good thing that woman doesn't plant roses-the thorns would of hurt.
If she were to still live with Charlie I don't think I would be able to not lose my mind unless one of us was watching Bella at all times, preferably me. I know Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, and Emmett could keep Charlie at bay there's nothing compared to having her safe and sound in my arms. But no matter which option she would take I will be the perfect patient boyfriend, that's what Bella deserves-that and so much more.
If she says yes, which is more likely she's always been extremely forgiving, I will spend every moment with her, I will not force her to change in front of me if she doesn't wish it so-though just the thought of Bella naked and me being the sole audience for that is incredibly enticing-and I wouldn't follow her into the bathroom. I would basically make sure that Charlie doesn't have the chance to hurt her, be it physically, mentally or emotionally. He might put up a fight but when I enlist the help of the Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, and Emmett it'll be no challenge to get him to back off. He might use the whole statutory rape thing against me since I'll be eighteen in June and Bella's birthday isn't till September. But me and Bella have yet to make love so that won't be a problem, even if we did we're only three months apart and I'm sure it won't be too hard to convince a jury of that. Besides that's going way over board, it's May so unless we make love in the next four months that won't even be an issue.
The next four months! That's it! In four months both of us will be legal adults, we'd be allowed to live together on our own. That's another option Bella might want, oh how desperately I hope she'll want it!
Now if Bella chooses not to forgive Charlie he might try to make her come home with him. Emmett's eighteen so he could be her legal guardian. It wouldn't be too hard. The one problem is if she does choose not to persecute him but doesn't want to be with him either he may force her to have to persecute. I hope that doesn't happen, my angel should never be forced to do something she doesn't want to.
My poor baby is hurt though, and I will make sure she doesn't hurt anymore. Bella's not like other girls, the other girls at school only wanted to be with me for how I look and the money my parents have. I would hear them talking about it when they thought I wasn't paying attention. Sure, even before Bella and I had become romantic there were times that I would think other girls were slightly attractive, but even at a young age I had only ever wanted wasn't like the other girls at school at all, with her everything was about quality not quantity. She had a classical beauty which was so much better. She had an enticing blush, so-deep-you-get-lost-in-them brown eyes, silky shiny hair, pale transient skin, and she did not show off her beauty rather covered it in simple clothes. It was so much more beautiful than the girls that most men went after who wore ostentatious clothing that were barely there and enough makeup to supply a hundred eighteenth century noble woman.
Other girls would love to have a boyfriend who could afford to take them out to expensive restaurants and buy them platinum and gold jewelry. Bella however, was uncomfortable when I bought her those types of gifts; if someone had to give her a gift she much preferred it be something from the heart. I remember when we first started going out I had given her my grandmother's wedding ring that was in my family since about 1890 something. I put it on a chain and she loved it and wore it ever since.
I kissed her lips gently as to not wake her in her sleep and I felt her sigh happily before she cuddled closer to me her body craving the warmth mine provided. That is how it should be, she is safe in my arms and I will never allow anything to hurt her ever again. Even if she falls over something as trivial as a tree branch it would also feel my wrath. I will protect her just as she deserves to day I'll marry this beautiful creature but until then I'll protect her from everything imaginable. Even my shopaholic pixie of a sister won't get to her and play the dreaded Barbie Bella game my love hates so much. She will never have to be afraid of anything because I'll keep her in my arms safe and sound."I love you my sweet angel." I whispered, and as if she could hear me she talked right back."Edward…I love you." I held her close, no matter what she decides we'll get through it.
