"Edward it won't be long, Charlie just wanted to go out for dinner. He said lately I had been working so hard, with school, homework, cooking, and graduation coming soon. So he wanted to give me a break." I said reassuring Edward that I would make it back in time to go to their baseball game tonight. Alice had seen another thunderstorm coming.
"Ok, I will be here when you come back. Love you" Edward said and gave me a light kiss and then jumped out of the window.
I quickly ran a brush though my hair trying to flatten it out, which didn't work, and then grabbed by sweater and ran down the stairs. "Sorry dad it took me so lo…" and of course, being clumsy me I tripped on the last step falling onto my knees. "Aw" I complained as I got up again brushing some dust of my jeans.
"You ok Bella" I heard Charlie ask from the living room. "I'm fine" I yelled back "so do you want to leave now?"
"Sure" he said getting up from the couch and turning off the baseball game he was watching. We walked out of the door into the rain and got into the car. To myself I though, hey, it's properly going to start thundering soon, so Alice was right, not that I would bet against her. "By the way dad, I'm going to go out and play a game of baseball with Edward tonight." He looked at me like there was something he wanted to say, but didn't know how to begin. After some ten minuets of driving he looked back at me, "Bella there is something I wanted to talk about…" But before he could finish I interrupted him "dad why don't we eat here?" I asked as we passed a restaurant. I think I knew what was on his mind, and I did not want to talk about it tonight.
We walked in and a waitress led us to our seats and gave us our menus. I sat pretending I was deeply concentrating on what to get to avoid conversation, but the waitress came back way to soon. "So what can I get you guys?" she asked flashing a smile. Charlie ordered a burger with a soda and I a salad with a milkshake, I didn't have much of an appetite today. When she was gone I tried looking for a distraction, but there was nothing so Charlie started "Bella…" he stumbled over his words, trying the find the right way to say this without hurting me to much. "Bella, I know you seem to really care about this Cullen kid, but" I interrupted him again "Edward dad." He ignored me and continued "but I don't think he is right for you, I mean, he left you before heartbroken, and he might do it again." He stopped looking up at me to see my reaction, while he had been talking he had been playing nervously with a napkin. I wasn't angry, I knew what he though, but I also knew that Edward would never do something like that to me again. "Dad I love him and he loves me. He would never do that to me again" I said giving him a small smile. "I know honey, but…" again I interrupted him "nothing is going to change it dad, we will always be together from now on. I know you mean well, but can you please accept how we feel?" He looked up again from his napkin that was now torn into small pieces "I guess" he said. I smiled at him and he gave me a big smile back.
The rest of dinner went by fine. We talked about work, my school and other casual topics. When we were done we paid and wondered out into to the dark rainy night.
As we drove home no one talked. But this time it wasn't one of those unbearable silences, we just didn't have anything to say, both of us being rapped up in our own thoughts. I was thinking about the game with the Cullens tonight. Edward had seemed so eager to get me to go. Even Alice was begging me. Not that I could or would ever say no, but they were hiding something, and I was starting to think it was a surprise. Oh how I just hate surprises.
I was sitting thinking of this when suddenly the car came to a hard stop. "What the…?" I started to ask, but then I looked out the front window and saw someone was standing in the middle of the road blocking the way. "Dad?" I quietly asked, he just hushed me and rolled down the window. "Get out of the way or are you planning to get hit by someone?" he yelled out to the person. The one standing in front of us didn't respond and instead asked "Are you the Swans?" Charlie looked at me with a confused expression, I properly looked the same. Then he turned and yelled out again "We are. Who's asking?" It was so dark and the guy was wearing a black hood so I couldn't see his face, but when he heard our answer a smile broke across his face. But it wasn't a warm smile, almost an evil one. "Please get out of the car" he the told us. This surprised my dad and me even more and we both had a questioning expression on our faces, why? Again the stranger told us to get out but this time it wasn't a polite request, but a demand. "No we will not." My dad answered "it's raining and dark and we are on our way home, so please step aside or I will have to arrest you" he stated now an angry expression was forming on his face. The smile, or grin, that was on the strangers face now completely disappeared, he pulled something out of his pocket and this time yelled "get the out of that car now!"