It's a Love Story

Chapter 5- I was crying on the staircase

AN: I just wanted to say thanks for reading! Whether or not you like my story, I appreciate you stopping by haha! Enjoy this (hopefully) tearjerker!

"Come on, Bella, please?" Rosalie begged. Alice and her were trying to take me on a second shopping trip of the weekend.

"No! I've been shopping once this weekend, I'm not going again!" I told them. "I'll hang out with Edward and you guys can go. That will make everyone happy!" I needed to talk to Edward about something anyway. Something very important.

"Alright. Well, we better be going. Come on, Rose!" Alice called. "See you later, Bells!" I waved to them. Once they left, I called Edward.

"Hey! What are you doing?" I asked him. I hoped nothing.

"Nothing yet. What do you have in mind?" He responded. His sweet voice made my heart speed up.

"I just want to hang out. Charlie's gone for the day. Do you want to come over?" Although I already knew the answer.

"Of course. I'll be over in a minute!" He sounded excited. That excitement probably wouldn't last long, considering what I had to talk to him about. I heard his car pull up in a matter of minutes. I opened the door for him and he gave me a kiss. I didn't let him go and it deepened. I knew I should soften him up. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his around my waist. Too soon, I broke the kiss.

"What's wrong, Bella? You look upset?" He asked. He was always concerned for me. It was so cute.

"Come sit down," I told him. A worried look washed over his face. "I have to talk to you about something. I know you aren't going to like it, but I have to do this-" He cut me off.

"Bella I don't like where this is going. Did I do something wrong?" He sounded really worried. I decided to just tell him.

"I need to tell Charlie about us," I spit out. He looked even more worried and concerned.

"Bella, do you want me to get shot? Charlie will have me killed in a second when he finds out about this! Do I have to remind you what he said to me?" He had a point, but that was a few months ago.

"Yes, but I can't lie to him anymore. He is getting too suspicious. And he won't react that badly, Edward. He is exaggerating when he says things like that. You know that I love you, right?" He sighed.

"Of course," He replied

"Then trust me. I'll talk to him tomorrow," I told him, he relaxed a little, then shook his head.

"We will tell him tomorrow," he corrected. "I'm not feeding you to the sharks," I laughed. "It's not funny, Bella. He's going to be really angry. You know that," He warned. Of course I knew that. He would be furious. The one thing he never wanted for me was to fall in love with a Cullen. He didn't want me taking after my mom and getting my heart broken. Especially by one of Carlisle's sons. But Charlie would want me to be happy. Edward makes me happy, therefore, he couldn't protest. I don't even think he'll punish me. Why should he, anyway? I'm not doing anything wrong. I just fell in love.

Edward and I spent the afternoon watching a movie together. It was my favorite, Romeo and Juliet. I suddenly identified with Juliet very much. She was in love with someone that wasn't approved of, to say the least. I hoped I never ended up like her though. Sure, she was able to be with Romeo, but she gave up her life. Not that it would ever come to that. Edward and I would be together forever, and alive. My head was against his chest and his arm was around me. Everything felt perfect. It was perfect. The feeling was nothing I had ever felt before. This mix of butterflies in my stomach and my heart beating uncontrollably. I knew this was how it was supposed to be.

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It was time. Edward was holding my hand on the couch. Charlie had furious eyes. I had to tell him I was dating a Cullen. This wouldn't go well.

"Bella, you needed to tell me something. Why is he here?" My father asked, rudely I might add.

"He is apart of this, Dad. So I just need to come right out and tell you this," I started. He was impatient.

"Your pregnant, aren't you? Bella Swan! Cullen, I'll kill you! I'll-" I stopped his rant.

"Dad! I'm not pregnant! Have some faith in me for God's sake!" I was getting furious with him. How could he think that? Edward squeezed my hand.

"Then what is it?" My dad snapped. This could have gone better.

"Edward and I, Dad, are together. We are going out. And before you freak out, I just want you to know that I really love him, and he loves me. I would appreciate it if you would be happy for me. Can't you do that?" The scowl on his face only grew. He was furious. I can't believe him! He stormed out of the room.

Edward turned to me. "Well, it went better than I expected," he said, optimistically. I scoffed. I told him he could leave and he decided it would be best if he did. I walked passed my dad's room and heard faint sobbing from his room. I couldn't figure out why it hurt him so bad. It had been years since that had happened. It's been so long. Why couldn't he just let me be happy? I took a deep breath and knocked on his door. The sobbing stopped and he told me to come in. I sat down in the desk chair.

"Dad, I need to talk to you about this. But you can't just shut me out, okay?" He nodded. "Why did you run out like that? I honestly don't understand why this still hurts you! It was so many years ago," He had a pained expression on his face when I mentioned the incident.

"Bella, you won't understand until the one you love leaves you. You just can't until it happens. I didn't mean to shut you out. But when you said you loved him…it reminded me so much of your mother. I was finally able to stop thinking about it for days at a time. And then, you sitting there with him, was like that day," His eyes welled up. I wanted to tell him that I would stop loving Edward, that he wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. But I couldn't do that. It would be a lie. He was wrong though. He couldn't tell me that I wouldn't understand.

"Dad, I'm not five. I understand a lot more than you think," I sad, a little too sharply. I didn't want to hurt his feelings but I didn't want to be treated like a baby, either.

"I know that, Bella. If you get someone that you really love taken away from you, then we can have this conversation, okay?" He said, irritated. I stormed out of the room. I'm not that naive.

Charlie and I went a couple weeks without talking. Not even uttering a word. Edward was acting a bit strange too; a bit distant. School was boring as ever and I spent as little time at home as possible. Alice and Rosalie were thrilled about this. We spent most of our time together. Well, atleast the times when I wasn't with Edward and Rosalie wasn't with Emmett. I could see it in Alice's eyes everyday, how much she wanted to tell Jasper how she felt. She couldn't form the words though, as she described it. We were all at lunch when Jasper suddenly spoke up.

"Alice, can I talk to you for a moment, in private?" He asked her, softly.

"Of course," she replied. And they walked off. We didn't see them the rest of the lunch period. I couldn't wait to get to my next class, to talk to her. I saw her walking over to the door and I ran up to her.

"So? What happened? Did he?" I asked, excited. She nodded and squealed. I hugged her and we walked inside.

The rest of the school day went as usual. It seemed like a normal day, until the car ride home. Edward looked unusually tense.

"Bella, I need to talk to you about something," he said. I was really worried. I got a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"Okay, what is it?" I asked, very curiously.

"Let's wait until we get to your house, okay?" He seemed really nervous, even a little sad. I was freaking out at this point. We pulled up to my house and he opened the door for me, as always. "May I come inside?" he asked, politely.

"Of course," I responded. I tried to hold his hand, but he wouldn't. He just looked at me, apologetically. I opened the door and walked in. I sat down on the couch, and he did the same. He turned towards me. I was analyzing every move he made, to notice anything out of the ordinary. Everything was the same, just more stiff and emotionless. I broke the silence. "So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked, trying to hide my worried thoughts.

"Well, I've noticed that you haven't spoken to Charlie in two weeks. You haven't been yourself, Bella. I fear that it's my fault." He looked down. That was it?

"Edward, of course not! It's just that he is having a hard time and we had and argument. I mean, he'll get over it soon enough. You know that!" He didn't look convinced, though.

"Bella, I have to be honest. I think, and my family thinks, it would be better if we were not together. And that I should leave Forks." My heart stopped. Everything started spinning. Nothing was making sense. I couldn't make sense of what he was telling me. Leave Forks? But it wasn't that overreacting? The situation wasn't that bad! Charlie was going to get over it!

"No, you can't!" I got up and walked over to the stairs. I felt the tears coming. "You can't leave me! I love you!" I pleaded.

"Bella, this is what's best. For you and me. I know you don't understand it-"

"You don't love me anymore, do you Edward?" He paused.

"I'm not coming back. This is what's best. So I will make one promise. I won't ever interfere with your life again. It will be as if I never existed." This was not what was best. He was overreacting! It would be okay! The tears were flooding, now. "Goodbye, Bella." I watched him leave, through my teary eyes. I cried and cried on the stairs. It could have been minutes, or hours. I figured hours when Charlie came home to find me curled in a ball on the stairs, sobbing. He ran over to me.

"Bella! What's wrong? What's wrong, Bells? Talk to me!"
"He's gone…he's gone!" I said through my sobs. He held me close to his chest, trying to make me feel better.

A/N This was my favorite and least favorite chapter to write. It's so fun to write the sad stuff, but extremely, well, sad. Haha. But I just want to say thank you SO SO SO much for reading my story! I appreciate every review and favorite and story alert! Thanks a bunch! Sorry this update took FOREVER! Well, just so you know, Edward has a bigger reason for why he is leaving. I definitely think his reason that he tells Bella is NOT enough. Well, anyway I have talked enough!

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