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"Isabella Marie Swan. What is this?" Charlie was sitting on my bed holding a small folded sheet of copy paper.
Edward put me on the floor and steadied me before he let go. "Dad I really don't know what that is." He gave me that look, the look that says bullshit young lady. "Dad I swear that I don't know what you are talking about."
"Then maybe you can answer this question, why were you not at school today?"
O crap what was I going to tell him? "Dad, Alice took me shopping for dresses for the dance on Saturday night because we hadn't yet. Plus my grades were good and I thought I needed a break. I will get all my work and make it up tomorrow night." I threw that in just to give myself a small plus.
"You better because if you don't pull a B in your classes I am going to place your ass under house arrest. That means no shopping, no movies, no nothing besides work and school which includes seeing Edward." Charlie acknowledged Edward's existence for the first time since our conversation.
"Dad please." Tears spilled from my eyes and I tried to regain my composure. "What is in the note? What is this all really about?"
"The note was handed to my while I was at work. A red haired woman came in ask if I was at the station. The clerk brought her to my office and she confirmed that it was me. She smiled handed me this piece of paper and walked out of the room. I never got a name or really saw her face, it was covered by huge sunglasses and as fast as she came she left." He looked down at the note that was sitting neatly in his fingers on his left hand that was placed in his lap.
"What does the note say?"
"I opened it after I looked for her and when I did I found this," he handed me the note.
Chief Swan,
You and your daughter are no longer safe there is nowhere that you can run that I won't find you.
There was no signature only a small drop of blood. Edward and I looked at each other as her filthy name escaped my lips, "Victoria."
"Bella, who is Victoria? Will someone please explain what is going on." Charlie's face was full of confusion and fear. I turned to look at Edward who nodded at me and I grabbed Charlie's hand.
"Dad, Victoria is a girl at school that has been bothering me for a while." My delivery of the sentence was terrible. He would never buy it. I looked up into his eyes and saw that my guess had been confirmed; he didn't believe a single thing that came out of my mouth.
"Bella that can't be it. If it was, why would she go through all that trouble to bring the note to me while I was at work while she was in school?"
I looked at Edward and he nodded his head. My father needed to know about Victoria even if I edited my words, really edited my words. "Dad, Victoria is a girl that Edward once dated. She became angry when Edward and I started dating and tried to kill me. I was scared and know the only thing that runs through her mind is revenge." I kept eye contact with Charlie as I spoke. He never moved his questioning eyes from mine until everything registered in is head.
"So this girl goes to your school?"
Edward had to answer something, "No you see I was living in Alaska for a while and when I moved here I left her behind. She said I was cheating on her when I started dating Bella and I said that we were not going out anymore because I left. She wouldn't take that and her over jealous side took over."
"So you expect me to believe that a girl came here all the way from Alaska to deliver a note." Yea dad that would really just make this conversation move a little faster.
"Yes sir." Edward was holding firm eye contact with my father. He never moved his eyes even when Charlie did. Charlie opened his mouth to speak but the phone interrupted his action. Charlie rose from the bed and walked down the stairs and into the kitchen catching it before it was caught by the answering machine.
"Hello Billy. How are you?"
I knew that this was going to take a while. I walked over to the bed but was scooped into Edward's lap. "How did you come up with that lie so quickly?"
"See for a second I was going to tell Charlie the truth but then something in my head flashed Jessica and I thought of a crazy girl that happens to like the perfect guy." I looked up and saw the perfect half smile that I loved so much. "I'm just glad you went along with it."
"I had to. Your father was not convinced with your small story. He kept thinking stuff like this boy isn't that important, and Alaska, why come from Alaska to deliver a message."
"You are worth it." I looked up from my twirling fingers and into his eyes. I could feel the warming sensation overflow in my cheeks. He leaned down and kissed my lips. Then within a second I was sitting on the bed alone with Edward standing in front of me. Charlie's footsteps came into sound as I opened my mouth to protest his sudden movement.
"Bella, I am going to Billy's to watch the game tonight. Do you want to go up and see Jacob?"
"Not tonight dad I have plans," I looked up at Edward and back to Charlie as he rolled his eyes.
"Are you staying here?"
I looked up at Edward, "Are we?"
"If you want." He looked at Charlie and then back to me.
"Well I need to know. If you are, Jacob is coming down to keep you two company." Wow. It was funny, Edward and Jacob in the same room. Edward on my left and Jacob on my right. They each have a death grip on my wrists and they are pulling me back and forth. I saw Edward slip his hand into his pocket, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Hello Alice." He nodded in my direction and smiled. "Dad wants to take us out to dinner, where?" He nodded once again and looked at me. "Japanese food. Can Bella come?" He sounded so funny. Like a child asking if their best friend could spend the night. "Cool. See you later." He flipped the phone shut and looked at me. "My family has invited you to dinner tonight. Would you like to go?"
"I would love to."
"I guess that means that you won't be home tonight." He turned on his heel and walked out the door. "Have fun tonight." he yelled as he walked down the stairs. I could hear his keys jingle, "By the way Edward, nice car." and then the door closed.
I turned to Edward who had a goofy smile on his face. "So what are we really doing tonight since we can't go out to dinner?"
His goofy smile grew as he grabbed my hand and threw me into his arms. He walked gracefully down the stairs as usual, and walked to my Jaguar. He opened the door and set me softly in the passenger seat. Within seconds he was sitting next to me with the motor running. We were speeding off in the direction of the high school but before we reached the stoplight where you have to turn we turned onto a side street that lead out of town.
"Edward, what is going on?"
"Nothing Bella I just want to have some fun tonight just the two of us." He was smiling and I knew that he had something up his sleeve that would end up having me hurt in the end.
I didn't bother to try to fish the truth out of him; I knew that no matter how hard I tried that the secret would never break through the surface. "Did Alice know about the note to Charlie?"
"No she was so busy shopping that she over looked everything that dealt with Victoria." His smile had disappeared from his face for a brief moment and then smiled once again. "I wasn't even planning on going anywhere tonight. And by the way Alice never called I hit the volume button and placed the phone up to my ear." He glanced over at me with a baby cute grin on his face. "I just didn't want you around that beast."
"You mean Jacob." I looked away from him and out the window. I hated when he said things about Jacob. Even though him and Edward were sworn enemies doesn't mean they had to make comments around me.
"Bella I'm sorry." I knew that he really didn't mean it but just the fact that he said it made me feel better. "I don't like when you're around him. He rubs his nasty wolf scent all over you."
"He says the same thing about you. 'Whenever you're around the blood sucker you start to smell' he says it every time I see him, which isn't very often if I might add." I crossed my arms over my chest and looked out the window.
A cool hand on my arm pulled me from my thought process. "Bella?" I turned to look into Edward's onyx eyes. "I don't care what you do as long as you always love me."
I turned my body to face him, "Edward, just because I hug Jacob or get mad at you doesn't mean that I stop loving you." He was looking into my eyes (the car had stopped). He placed his hand on each side of my face and leaned in, his sweet breath blew into my face. My mouth watered and he placed his lips on mine.
He pulled away all too soon. My eyes opened slowly as he opened the door. I turned my head to see his outstretched hand. I took it and we walked onto the sidewalk. "Are you ready to have some fun, Bella?"
"Yes," I said with a huge smile on my face until he opened the double doors. I could hear the crashing of bowling balls smash into the pins. "Edward no. I never could play the stupid game and I never will be able to." I said digging my feet into the ground as Edward pulled my body into the bowling center. The music was loud and the paint on the pins and lanes were brought to life with black light.
"Bella please don't be difficult. This is going to be fun." He was smoldering me with his eyes. I kept my eyes off of his, looking everywhere else. His hand touched my chin softly and raised my head to look meet his eyes. "Please?" His voice was so soft and sweet I just couldn't say no.
"Fine," I let him guild me into the bowling center. "I am going to tell you this now I honestly cannot play."
"We'll get bumpers than," he smiled and placed his arm around my waist leading me to the counter. He handed Eric, who was working the register, money which paid for our game and shoes.
"What sizes do you need?"
"I need a size thirteen and Bella needs a size nine." Eric turned grabbed the shoes and placed them on the counter. Edward grabbed the ugly red, white, and green clown shoes.
"Your on lane seven at the far end," Eric pointed at the far end of the bowling lane near the arcade. There were children running in and out with smiles on their faces. Great they can laugh at me too.
"Thank you." Edward handed me my shoes and we walked to our assigned lane. "Bella, what size ball do you need?"
"Well…the last time I did this I used an eight pounder." He sat down in front of me and put his shoes on as I did.
"I'll be back," Edward walked away as I tied the last knot on my shoe. He returned minutes later holding a pink bowling ball in his left hand and a metallic blue ball in his right hand. "That's not to heavy I hope," He said handing the blue ball to me.
"It's fine. Do you realize that you are holding a pink bowling ball?"
"Yes I do thank you very much." He smiled and took the spherical nightmare from my hands and placing it into the ball return. He sat down in the small grey chair and typed our names in on the scoreboard.
"Edward I really can't play. Do we have to keep score?" My voice sounded whinny even to me.
"Yes, for the last time this is going to be fun." He stood up and walked over to me pulling me into a tight embrace. "You're up first," he whispered in my ear. I groaned and pushed away from him walking to the ball return to retrieve my blue ball. I placed my fingers in the correct places and rolled the ball down the lane. It slowly made it to the end but before it hit a single pin it took a sharp turn left right into the gutter. I sighed and turned around to see Edward fighting laughter with everything he had.
"I am so glad that you think that this is funny."
"Bella I know this is the first throw but it moved so slowly and then hit the gutter." He stood up and walked over to me grabbing the blue ball as it rolled from the tunnel-way of ball return. "I will help you this time." He placed the ball in my hand as I placed my fingers back into the slots. I lifted the ball to my chest and prepared to throw it. "You start all wrong. You have to hold the ball here and then throw it." He moved the ball to my face where it was just below my eyes. He stepped foreword with step I took with his hand still and mine and guided it through the release. It rolled down the lane fast and crashed into the pins causing them all to fall.
I turned with a huge smile on my face and jumped into Edward's arms screaming the word YES! "I did it, Edward. Well with your help but I got my first spare."
"That's great Bella." He kissed my forehead and placed me softly on my feet. "Now it's my turn." He walked foreword and grabbed the ball and in one swift motion threw the ball down the lane. The ball sped down the lane and crashed into every pin within seconds. He turned with a triumphant smile on his face.
The rest of the night went like this. Edward helped me and then his turn would come and he would show off by getting a strike or making me feel better with a lame spare.
"Not a bad final Bella."
"Edward you have a score of 252 and I have a score of 145. Yea sounds like a great final."
"You broke 100 points that is good enough." I rolled my eyes and slipped my shoes back on. "I better get you home it's getting late." I nodded as he took my waist and we walked up to the counter to return our shoes.
"Hey Bella, I haven't seen you in a while." I turned my head to see Jake with a huge smile on his face walking towards Edward and me.
"Hey Jake what are you doing here?"
"Just bowling with Jessica," he said as he squeezed Jess to him. I hadn't noticed Jessica standing at his side.
"Hey Jess, how do you know Jake?"
"Well I met him when we went back to the beach about a month ago and we have been hanging around each other ever since. Isn't that right Jakey?"
"Yea and I'm taking her to the dance on Saturday." His voice was full of confidence that I sensed wasn't for the pride of taking Jess to the dance.
"Wow the dance. I guess that Bella and I will see you there." Edward's grip tightened around my waist. "It's getting late and I should probably get Bella home."
"It was nice seeing you Jake and Jess I will see you tomorrow." He smiled and Jess nodded her head. Edward turned and led me out into the cool Forks air. "Edward what was your problem back there? I mean I know you don't like Jake but what's wrong?"
"There was something different about Jacob." I was standing inside of the open car door looking at Edward who was doing the same or he driver's side
"What do you mean there was different about Jake?" I was lost. Jacob didn't seem different at all to me. He was his normal happy self though the fact he was with Jess was different.
He shook his head, "Never mind Bella. We need to get home." I sat down in the passenger seat and shut the door. I clicked my seatbelt as Edward started the engine. I swear he mumbled that Jacob didn't smell right under his breath.
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