Bella POV
"Bella" Renee's voice held a false cheery note , as I picked up the receiver.
"Hey, Mom" I struggled to keep from laughing, as I watched Jacob enjoying himself in the sea.
We were at the beach, the sun 's rays heating my skin. Jacob had been in the sea all morning. Now, I watched , amused, as he flicked his wet hair out of his eyes, and grinned across at me. A few eyes were drawn to him , I noticed, but I drew immense satisfaction from the fact that he was mine, all mine.
"How are you? How's Edward?" I had forgotten my mom didn't know. I had wanted to close that chapter of my life as quickly as possible, I must have forgotten to tell her.
"Mom...." I didn't know how to do it. "Mom, I'm....I'm not with Edward anymore."
A short silence, as the news hit Renee. " What happened, Bella?"
I sighed. This was not what I had wanted to talk about with my own mother, but... " We just...grew apart....I guess..." I felt bad for lying to her, but I had to keep the truth from her, for as long as possible.
"Grew apart?" she remarked, sceptically. " Are you sure that's what happened, Bella, I mean, you and Edward seemed to be -"
"Mom." I interrupted. I didn't want to hear this.
Luckily, she picked up the hint. "Well, Bella, I'm sorry to hear that...where are you now?"
"I'm in Phoenix, actually"
"Really?!"
"Yep" I could see Jacob finally emerging from the water, the water rolling in beads down his skin.
"Hey, mom, listen, I kind of have to go-"
"Hang on! Bella, I called to say that.. Charlie is sick, really sick-"
"What?" I demanded. " What happened to him?"
"Well, they say he's got cancer..."
And it happened , just like that. The world around me, seemed to mist over and go quiet. Even Jacob turned blurry. It was only when I felt my cheeks, that I realised that there were tears rolling down my cheeks.
I couldn't bear to think of Charlie, having cancer. No....it couldn't be happening...A part of me, refused to accept it...
Then-
"Bella?" Jacob was right beside me. I felt the warmth of his body envelope me. " What's wrong?"
"It's Charlie..." I murmured, still reeling from the shock. "He's......he's......"
Jacob looked at me.
Finally, I steeled myself to speak it." He's got....cancer, Jacob"
Jacob POV
Bella looked as if she had been hit by a train.
Her cell was held loosely in her hand, and she stared into space, seemingly not seeing anything that was going on in front of her. In a flash, I was out of the water, and by her side.
"Bella..." I asked. " What's wrong?"
I watched her expression. All the colour had abruptly drained from her face. She looked as pale, as-
No. I shook my head, distracted.
"It's Charlie..." she began in a voice lower then a whisper. " He's ......he's..."
I thought she was going to faint, she was that white.
"He's got cancer, Jacob.."
Holy-
Bella POV
"Jacob..." I gathered up the towels. Suddenly, I was not feeling as carefree any more.
"How the heck did it happen?" Jacob gently relieved me of the towels, as we bagan to walk along the sandy hill.
"I don't know..." I murmured. I was still wondering that myself, and a new panic had set in. Charlie was still living in Forks. And I knew, someone else was probably still there as well...
" Is he okay?" The question seemed absurd, for about a splitsecond,as I realised that he meant it as a present tense. " Is he okay, now? " "Does he know?"
"Yeah, I think he does." Renee had told me, on the phone, telling me Charlies reaction when he visited his doctor, after getting bowel cramps...
"What are you going to do?" Jacob's next question.
"Jacob" I turned to face him, and we stopped, looking at each other. " I have to go back"
" Back?"
"Yeah. Back to Forks."
Hi, I'm sorry it took me such a long time to update, I was seriously busy!
So, Bella's heading back to Forks...
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