AN: Hey everybody. I've had this typed for a LONG time but for some reason never got around to posting it... weird huh? Anywas... i'll type quickly so u can read it faster.
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Chapter 4: Scheme
After getting through the hectic day, it was finally time to go to bed. I went up to my room and quickly showered and changed before climbing into bed. Miss Hofel always checked all of the rooms at 10 before she went to bed. Only this time I would not be sleeping. I had to use that phone tonight. Miss Hofel had told me earlier that the Longs would be returning tomorrow to take me to the place that they were currently staying in.
They were nice and everything, but I really needed to get back to my family. Right on time, Miss Hofel stuck her head into my room. After seeing that I was asleep (or at least she thought I was) she went down to her room on the first floor.
I remained in my bed until the clock next to me showed midnight. Then I quietly got up and went over to the phone on the far end of the room. If anyone caught me now, I didn't know what I was going to do. But as far as I knew, everyone was asleep, so I would be fine.
I dialed Charlie's number first and waited. It just kept ringing, and ringing, and ringing. Great, he was asleep. That would not help me. And to top it all off, the answering machine wasn't turned on. I hung up the phone and dialed my mother's number then. I hated to wake them up at this hour of the night, but I had to try.
I was just about to hang up when I heard Phil's tired voice. "Hello?"
"Phil! I need to talk to Renee."
"It's…" a slight pause as he checked the time. "Midnight! Who is this and why are you calling?"
"Phil, you wouldn't believe me if I told you. Just let me talk to Renee."
"Not until you tell me who this is."
"You won't believe me. Give the phone to Renee."
In the background, I could hear Renee's tired voice. "Phil, who is it?"
"I don't know! She won't tell me but she keeps asking for you. She sounds relatively young though."
"Just give me the phone so we can get back to bed." Through Phil's grumbling, I could hear the phone changing hands just before my mother's usually breezy voice came on. "Hello?"
"Renee, thank god. I was beginning to think that Phil was going to hang up on me."
"Who is this?" She asked.
"I need you to hear me out. Don't hang up because you are going to think I'm crazy."
"Ok…" I could hear the uncertainty in her voice as she agreed. She kept her promises, so I wouldn't have to worry about her hanging up on me.
"Oh… now I don't know how to put this…"
"Just give me the shortest version."
I sighed. "Promise you won't start yelling?"
There was a short hesitation. "Yes."
"Alright… I'm your daughter Bella."
There was a long silence on the other end of the line. After two minutes I started to wonder if she had hung up. "But… Bella's dead. Who are you?" Her voice was cracking now, from tears that she was trying to hold back.
"I'm Bella! Please mom, you have to believe me. Think HARD. Think back to the day I died. What was the last thing I said to all of you?"
"Look… I don't know who you are, but why are you doing this?"
"MOM!! WOULD YOU LISTEN TO ME! I AM YOUR DAUGHTER BELLA! Even if you don't think I really am, what was the last thing I said to you?"
"Bella said… 'Goodbye everyone. We will meet again someday.'" Her voice trailed off as she thought about the words.
"Mom, I didn't lie about that. I was given my second chance, just a lot sooner than I thought. Grandma pulled some strings. But I was given restrictions. I only have until I'm 18 to be changed by Edward. I'm 10 right now. Please believe me mom, I need your help to find Edward and get out of here."
"Okay Bella," My mother said, her voice unsteady. "I believe you. Where exactly are you?"
"I'm at Loving Hands in Washington, it's an orphanage." (AN: I just made that up. It doesn't exist as far as I know.)
"Well what do you want me to do?"
"If it's possible, could you get here sometime tomorrow? There's a family that wants to foster me, possibly adopt me. If that happens I have little to no chance of living."
At the possibility of my dying again, my mother was immediately wide awake, even more so than when I had told her that I was her daughter. "Alright. I'll go look for a flight on my laptop. Don't hang up the phone."
"I won't." I could hear my mother tapping keys on the other end of the phone. Finally there was silence. "There's a flight that leaves for Seattle in an hour. I'll be able to get to the orphanage by 11 depending on traffic."
"Alright. That's perfect. Please get here in time. When you do say you're… my aunt Renee. Long story short I told them my aunt abandoned me and my parents died when I was eight. My name is Isabella Smith. If possible can you bring Phil with?"
"Yea, no problem Bella. I have to go to the airport now and get tickets super fast. I'll see you later."
"Alright. Thanks mom."
"Anything for you Bella. Bye."
"Bye." There was a click at the other end as she hung up the phone. Feeling relieved, I place the phone back on the hook and then walked back to my bed and crawled in. It only took a minute for me to fall asleep.
AN: GASP! Will Bella's mom get there in time? The more reviews I get, the faster I update!