How am I going to tell this?
The man who was obviously prematurely grey, Gibbs, asked himself. He was getting ready to tell his side of the story, but I wasn't going to listen to him. No, I was going to listen to his thoughts. Suppose I was going to trust him with the duty of finding my love. In that case, I was going to listen to the unedited version of his thoughts and listen to the parts that he was going to keep from us.
"I guess it's going to start in this little town," Gibbs started.
I instantly blasted into the world of Forks about twenty years ago. There was the Forks high building overcrowded at its max capacity of about three hundred fifty students. There was a younger version of both the man in front of me and the woman I knew to be Bella's mother from our time in Phoenix. They were walking down the hall, where they met an almost care-free version of the chief. I saw his eyes light up as he saw Renee, his girlfriend at the time, and his best friend. Charlie and Gibbs quickly joined in on a conversation about whatever game was on the last night while Renee just smiled at the two and hung off Charlie's arm. It was hard to believe that these were the people that I was recently acquainted with.
There was a flash-forward to Charlie's and Renee's wedding that they had straight out of high school. You could see that she did most of the decorations seeing as there was so much color and design that went into them. Gibbs started to lead his sister down the aisle in his marine uniform that he now sported from being able to come to his sister's big day to give her off to Charlie. In the end, Charlie was smiling like he had the greatest thing ever, and he was about to let go of it. To be honest, I had never seen the chief smile all of the time I had been in Forks. Renee was the same way. You could see the waves of happiness rolling off of her. I watched the whole ceremony through Gibbs' thoughts, and you could tell that he was crying as the pictures in his head were blurred.
Moments later, after seeing Gibbs' time serving, meeting his wife, and his daughter being born, I saw Bella, right after she was born. She was the most beautiful baby I ever saw. Gibbs was handed Baby Bella, and her eyes open to the changing of her holder. Even as a baby, her eyes were filled with such emotion, and she was even strange as a baby. Although you could see that she was hungry, she wouldn't cry to express it. Even back then, she put everyone in front of herself, and she waited for the adults around her to settle down with their conversation before announcing how uncomfortable her stomach felt from the lack of food. Everyone around her laughed at her more than perfect timing, and that's when I saw my Bella blush from the first tie in her life, knowing that she was the cause of everyone's laughter. Afterward, I saw picture after picture of Bella growing up: he playing with Kelly as a child, her awkward preteen stage in her development, and finally, her meeting Tony and two other characters that went by Abby Sciuto and Ducky.
As Gibbs' story came to a close, I finally got to see what Ari, that man who kidnapped Bella, wanted; he wanted to harm Gibbs and, in any way possible. He first locked Ducky and a woman who went by Kate in the medical lab where Ducky was shot in the leg. Next was when the team was trying to keep a Navy ship from being blown up. There were two shots. The first was aimed at Gibbs, and Kate stepped in front of the bullet to keep it from hitting Gibbs. Fortunately, she was wearing a bullet proof vest. The second shout was aimed for Kate, and she immediately died from a bullet wound through the head. They were all devastated and promised revenge.
From all the information I got, I knew I could trust them with finding my reason for existing. Gibbs looked at me, saying, do you trust me now? I nodded, knowing that I could trust him and that my Bella wouldn't want it any other way.
"Edward," Charlie spoke up after a few minutes of silence. "Maybe you should get going."
"Yes, sir," I replied, almost as monotone as Charlie had before me.
I slowly got up and walked toward the front door. Before I got out the door, Charlie questioned me.
"Don't you need a ride? I didn't see your car."
"I walked here. I'll just walk back."
Before he could further question me, I walked out and went toward the woods. Once out of eyesight, I bolted, easily dodging the trees and overgrowth that was in the way. I didn't stop for anything. Once I saw my house, I slowed down to a casual pace, not wanting my family to know anything was wrong, although Alice would have known. Not wishing for Esme to be furious with me for dirtying up her carpet, I took my shoes off at the door before continuing my trek through the house, passing by everyone. When my family saw me, their thoughts turned away from what they were doing toward me: Esme first, followed by Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and finally, Alice.
What's wrong with Edward? I wonder what happened.
Son, is there anything you want to talk about?
Edward and Bella? Not happy, Edward. Did Bella get hurt again? You have to admit that it is kind of funny.
Have you finally figured out that the worthless human you call your "mate" is a waste of your time? Are you coming out of this sick little fantasy of yours that has RUINED OUR PEACEFUL LIVES?
Dude, your pity is making me depressed, and I'm with Alice. Can you turn it down some?
Sorry, Edward. I saw it too late. I couldn't do anything to help her. Everything will work out, though.
Ignoring their thoughts, I finally settled into my room. I picked up my CD player and blasted the music through the headphones and into by ear, dulling down others' thoughts. I only called my attention to what was coming from downstairs when Alice was pulled into a vision.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, ma'am," Gibbs said as Esme opened the door, "but is your son, Edward Cullen, here at this time."
"Yes, he is," Esme replied. "May I ask what this is about?"
"I thought you would have known already by the size of town."
"We usually stay away from town with all the gossip that usually goes around. Would you please tell us? Edward hasn't talked about what happened yesterday at all. This us about what happened yesterday, right?"
By this time, the whole family, except for me, was crowded around the door to see Gibbs, Tony, Tim, and Ziva at the door with baseball caps and jackets with NCIS printed on them.
"This is about the kidnapping of Bella Swan." Gibbs started again, interrupted by the gasp the erupted from the room. Gibbs finished soon after with, "we believe that we have a lead as to where she may be."
"Alice!" Jasper yelled when she came up from her vision. "What happened?"
"Was that about Edward?" Esme asked worriedly.
"Yes," Alice answered nonchalantly.
"What happened?" Carlisle asked next, wanting to know what was wrong with me.
"It would be better for you to find out tomorrow," she said, searching possible futures.
Alice's words were finally, and no one would question her motives seeing as she was the physic. With the conversation finished, I concentrated on the music, ignoring Esme's and Carlisle's please to talk to me about what was wrong.