I decided to continue this to the best of my abilities. I only have a vague idea of what happens next (it was kinda a daydream during school, so yeah). Thank you for all of the encouraging replies!!!
WARNING: kidnapping, mentions of child abuse later on, and antagonistic Carlisle (to an extent)
Edward Cullen, Jr.
By BriiDream
Chapter Two: Thinking It Through
It took ten minutes before Bella could completely calm herself and not run screaming down the stairs to her father, Chief Swan. Accusing a well-respected doctor of kidnapping one of his foster sons had several ways of blowing up in her face. She had to be absolutely certain. There were still things that didn't fit the puzzle. For one, the date of little Edward's disappearance, clashed with Edward Cullen's age. Edward would have been a baby, not a four-year-old, if he had been kidnapped in 1989 like the article suggested. Plus, there was also the matter of his two siblings, Emmett and Alice, who weren't mention in the article at all. Bella became frustrated and went downstairs to start dinner for Charlie.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't realize what time it was," Bella said, surprised when she saw Charlie in the kitchen. She spotted the pizza box on the table.
"It's alright, Bells," he smiled, sitting down. "I know you have a lot of work dealing with school and those college courses you take. So how are things going?"
"Great," Bella got a plate out of the cabinet and sat down. She pulled a slice of pizza on her plate. "Hey dad, uh, when did Dr. Cullen adopt all those kids?"
"Dr. Cullen's kids," Charlie looked up surprised. He took a bite out of his pizza slice and mulled over her question. "His wife has had those twins since they were eight, I believe. Dr. Cullen married her around the same time. I'm not sure about the others, although I'm guessing it would be later. They were really young to be dealing with twins and all. Why?"
"I was just wondering," Bella shrugged. She quickly finished her dinner, and hurried upstairs with the excuse of a lot of homework. She decided against adding Edward Masen to her paper and instead chose two girls who were kidnapped by their father and eventually returned to their mother as adults. She shut down her computer and sat down on her bed with Edward Cullen's novel and photograph.
She frowned at the picture. If Mrs. Cullen had the twins since the beginning of her marriage, why weren't they (along with Edward's siblings) in the holiday picture? Nothing was making sense anymore. She decided to ask Edward about it tomorrow without mentioning the fact that she thought he was kidnapped.
The following morning, Bella woke up early and hurried downstairs. She ate breakfast with Charlie and left right after he did. She found a parking space easily; she sat in her truck and looked around to find the shiny Volvo that the Cullens owned. It was nowhere in sight, even after the parking lot had filled up. Bella sighed and headed off to first period.
She barely paid attention in any of her classes. She didn't really miss anything, but Trig. Once she got to lunch, she glanced around the cafeteria looking for any of the Cullens. She finally spied them in the corner farthest from her table.
Now, that she really looked at them, she admitted they did look too old for high school. Edward looked like he could pull off twenty or twenty-one. Edward glanced in her direction. She blushed in embarrassment at having been caught staring. He smiled at her and winked.
"What's going on between you and Edward Cullen," Jessica asked, her eyes narrowing as they darted between Bella's red face and Edward's smirk as he looked away. "Mike said he was all over you yesterday."
"I tripped and he tripped over me. He wasn't 'all over me'," Bella frowned as her face gradually drained of the excess blood. "And there's nothing between us, Jess."
Jessica huffed and looked up. Bella caught the look Lauren shot her. She sighed. She already had to deal with envy because Mike and Erik didn't leave her alone; now everyone was going to bug her because Edward Cullen had flirted with her.
Bella headed to Biology to get away from Jessica and Lauren's suspicious glares. She pulled Edward Cullen's book out and placed it on his end of the table. She then doodled on her notebook until she heard Edward sit down beside her.
"Oh, thanks, Bella," Edward smiled at her as he picked up the book and dumped it on top of his textbook. "I thought I lost that."
"No problem," she replied. She bit her lip, then blurted before she could stop herself. "You were late this morning."
"Esme has a conference in Seattle today," Edward explained. "Rosalie forgot to fix Esme's car, so she had to take our Volvo. Carlisle drove us to school."
"Oh," she mumbled and looked away. Mr. Banner started class and she attempted to focus on the lesson. She felt Edward's eyes on her the entire class period. When the bell rang, she glanced over at him. "Is there something that fascinates you?"
"Yes, there is," Edward grinned crookedly, although his green eyes showed his curiosity through his playful smile. "You don't act your age, Bella."
"I find you fascinating, too," Bella said slowly, looking Edward in the eye. "I find your whole family intriguing."
Bella grabbed her books and left. As she turned away, she noticed that Edward wasn't smiling anymore. Mike caught up with her on the way to the gym and chattered happily. Bella stopped outside the girls' locker room when Mike made a comment on Edward.
"He didn't look very happy about whatever you said to him," Mike grinned. "Did you turn him down or something?"
"He looked unhappy," Bella asked curiously. She bit her lip and wondered if she shouldn't have told Edward that she was on to his family. But his reaction was a confirmation that something was going on, and that Edward Cullen was fully aware of whatever his family was hiding.
I hope you enjoyed this.
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