A/N: Bit of a sadder chapter... But enjoy!
Bella:
3rd October 2005
"Bella, what's the matter? Have you been crying?" Charlie, my dad, asked as he walked through the door. It's true, I had been crying. He knew me too well, even though I had only been back in his life for a couple of months.
"Chief Swan, Bella has something she needs to tell you." Angela told him.
"Am I gonna need to sit down for this?" Dad asked seriously. I nodded at him, and he sat down next to me on the sofa.
"You know Phil, Renee's new husband?" I asked, and Charlie nodded bitterly. He never liked him, now I knew why. "A couple of years ago, when mum was out one night…he…uhh… He tried to kiss me, but I wouldn't let him. So, he shoved me up against the wall…and…ummm… he started touching me, and kissing me, and I begged for him to stop, but he wouldn't. He only stopped because mum came home early, but she didn't see Phil. I…I don't know what would have happened if mum didn't come home early." I told dad, seeing him get angrier and angrier as I continued talking.
"That bastard… I swear… Did he, uh, only touch you…the once?" Dad asked nervously.
"It was just the once, but he had tried to kiss me before." I said, looking over to Angela to see her smiling supportively.
"Did he ever do anything else? Like hit you?" Dad asked quite angrily.
"He hit me a few times, and threw a plate at me, which gave me a scar on my arm." I said, showing him the scar. It was about 2.5 inched long, and quite deep. I really hated it.
"I'm going to call your mother right now. Actually, we're going to call the police. No man will ever touch my princess if she doesn't want him to. Did he do anything else? To you, or your mother?" Dad asked.
"No, to mum, he was so kind, but he seemed to hate me. He was really controlling, and made me do all the chores and wouldn't let me do anything without asking him first, even if it was just to go to bed early." I told him, feeling the tears slide down my cheeks. My dad pulled me into a hug.
"It's all going to be alright, sweetheart. I'll never let that man, or any other, touch you like that again. I promise, my princess." Dad told me as he went to phone the police. Then, Angela came over and hugged me tightly, and she told me everything would be fine now.
"The police are on their way to question you, and then the police over in Phoenix will question Phil. Now though, I'm going to phone your mother." Dad said.
"No, please don't!" I begged, but he shook his head.
"Bells, this is something I have to do." Dad said, and waited for my mother to pick up the line.
"Is Phil there?" Dad asked her, without even saying hello first.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR MONSTER OF A HUSBAND DID TO MY BABY?" Dad shouted down the phone.
"She wants to speak to you." Dad said, handing me the phone.
"What have you been telling your father?" She asked in a scolding tone.
"About, how, one time, Phil…he…uh touched me…and kissed me… And he hit me a couple of times, and gave me the scar you thought was from self-harming." I told her nervously.
"Why would you say that? Why would you lie?" My mum asked angrily.
"Because it happened! And something needs to be done to Phil, because of what he did!" I told her, getting angry myself. How could she accuse me of lying? Why would I lie?
"Stop it! You're making it up to get attention!" She shouted at me, which made me start crying. She never shouted at me.
"No! No I am not! Look, your so called perfect husband, isn't so perfect. And that's not my fault! The reason I never said anything before is because I knew this is how you would react. You should know me, and you should know this isn't the sort of thing I would lie about. This just proves that you care more about your pig of a husband than me." I said angrily while handing the phone back to my dad.
"I'm guessing she didn't believe you?" Angela asked me, after my dad left the room and was shouting at my mother.
"No, she thought I was doing it for attention." I said angrily. Why would I lie?
**********HSH**********
After the police left, I lay on my bed, completely exhausted, both physically and emotionally. They asked me questions about the smallest details, down to how good my childhood was. I answered them all honestly, and they told us they would be in contact with both us and Phil. Once I lay down on my bed, I quickly fell asleep.
The following morning, dad offered for me to have the day off, but I said I would be fine at school. Hopefully it would take my mind off things. Not to my surprise, it was raining today, so I put on my coat and ran out to my car to go to school.
I parked in my usual spot, and then I walked over to Angela, who was on the opposite side of the car park. Just as I was walking over, someone decided it would be funny to throw a water balloon at me. You'll never guess who that was. *Cough* Edward *cough*.
I didn't turn around, or even acknowledge that it happened. Because, well, it was raining anyway, so it didn't really make any difference.
"Someone looks like a drowned rat." Edward said from behind me.
"That's because it's raining, jerk." I told him, walking slightly faster to get to Angela quicker.
"Well done, clever clogs." Edward said.
"I know; I'm so clever." I told him, and finally reached Angela.
"Hey Ange." I said, smiling. She looked confused at first, but then just ignored Edward, like me.
"Hey Bella, how did last night go?" Angela asked, but didn't give anything away about what happened last night.
"Good, I got to sleep surprisingly fast." I told her.
"Ok, that's good then." Angela told.
"You know, it's rude to listen in to peoples conversations." I told Edward, who was still here.
"I'm not; I'm part of the conversation." Edward said.
"No you're not, get lost, jerk. You don't even know what we're talking about." I told him.
"What are you talking about, then?" Edward asked.
"I don't want to tell you, so I think you should just leave. Now." I told him forcefully, so he finally left. Thank god.
"Grrrrrrrrr! I HATE him soooooo much!" I whined to Angela.
"Don't we all, Bella, don't we all."
A/N: Awww, Edward's always there... to wind Bella up ;D
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