It's a Love Story
Chapter Eleven- Epilogue
A/N So, everyone, this is the last chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it. At this time, I would like to give a thank you to everyone who reviewed.
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BPOV
"Bella are you sure this is a good idea?" Edward asked me, against what I was about to do. I had to though. I needed some closure on the situation. It was hard living my life with that hanging over my head.
"I'm sure, Edward. I have to." I told him, firmly. We were in Seattle, standing outside of a prison. The prison Charlie was at. I had a pretty good idea of how many people had come to visit him. I believe it's none. I decided to be the first. I needed him to know that my life went on without him. I was still angry with him. He took away what meant most to me. He didn't even deserve to have any visitors. Not even Billy Black, his best friend, came to see him.
"Okay, don't stay too long. I don't like the idea of you in a prison, with a bunch of...prisoners." He said, and he kissed the top of my head. I smiled, reassuring him that I would be just fine. I walked inside, nervous on the inside, but keeping a good poker face. I looked behind me to see Edward looking at me with concerned. I told him to go ahead and go home, by nodding my head to the car. He shook his head, smiling, but left.
"Now what would a pretty lady like you be doing at a prison?" A man, who I assumed to be some sort of guard, said. He didn't look like the kind of person I should associate with. He gave me a slimy grin and I did my best not to throw up. He looked at me up and down, as to size me up, but he lingered at places he shouldn't.
"I'm here to see my father, Charlie Swan." I stated, not letting him get to me.
"Well, well. His first visitor, I'm pretty sure. Well once you're done here, Miss Swan, would you like to accompany me-"
"It's Mrs. Cullen, and I don't think my husband would like that very much." I glared at him. He chuckled. Oh, how I wanted to smack him. I suppose he noticed my expression, too.
"Let me take you to see your father. Walk this way, Mrs. Cullen." He emphasized Mrs. Cullen, only making me angrier. He had a sly smile on his face, and I knew he wasn't through with harassing me.
"Swan! You got a visitor!" The man called. I was led to a room where there was a telephone set up. I sat down in the chair, even more nervous than before. Charlie sat down across from me, a wall with a window separating us. He looked shocked to see me. It had been a couple years.
"Bella...you came to see me?" He asked, surprised. I didn't blame him, though.
"Yes, but it's not your time to talk. What would you have to say, anyway?" I laughed softly. "Obviously nothing life changing, or even substantial, happened to you here that would be something to discuss, am I wrong?" I asked him, coldly. I wasn't really his daughter anymore. At least not emotionally. He shook his head.
"I've been contemplating coming here for a while. I wasn't sure I would be able to handle it. I don't think you have any idea what you did to me, Charlie." He winced when I called him Charlie. But as I said, he really isn't a father to me.
"I'm so sorry, Bella. I know there is nothing I can do to make it up to-"
"I said I would be the one talking." I told him, my eyes narrowing. He looked away for a moment, then sighed.
"You've missed out on a lot these past two years. After you were sent here, I went to stay with the Cullens." I informed him. His eyes narrowed, also. "You have no right to be angry. You could have been the one taking care of me." I paused. "You almost took away the most important person in my life. You almost took away Edward. I can never forgive you for that. But I suppose the situation made us closer." I rested my chin on my left hand. He saw the ring immediately. I laughed again. "Did I mention that I got married? Yup. Right out of high school. Just like you and Renee. But I'm not going to end up like you did. Because Edward and I love each other more than you and Renee ever did. I love him more than you loved her and me combined. You know, I'm going to school. Dartmouth. I'm pretty excited. I'll be far away from here, at the least. Maybe one day I'll have a kid, too. But you'll never get to see my child, will you? I just hope it looks nothing like you." His eyebrows furrowed. Exactly the response I wanted out of him.
"I'm happy. Happier than I've ever been. And you're not there to see me happy. Instead you get to see me angry. And that's all you deserve. You don't deserve an ounce of happiness. I hope you enjoy the hostile side of me, because that's all you'll get." The anger was bubbling inside of me. "You knew how horrible I felt when he was gone. And instead of being angry, you were happy that he left. You know it. You made him leave." I spat at him. I had never seen him so hurt. As bad as it sounds, I felt great.
"Bella, you know it hurt me to see you so down. But I was protecting you! I was protecting you from that monster!" He was making me so upset, so I lashed out.
"Monster? Don't you dare call my husband a monster! And as for protection, you're the only one I need to be protected from. You're the monster here, Charlie, and you know it! That will never change. I'm done here, and I'm never coming back." I hung up the phone and walked out. Before I could leave, the dirty guard pinned me to the wall.
"So, baby, how about my offer? It still stands." He said, raising his eyebrows. He had to be at least 40.
"Get your hands off of me, you jerk!" I yelled. He wouldn't let me go, though.
"I don't think so, little lady." He said smirking. I couldn't get out of his grip, though. I'm not sure what would have happened if a young man hadn't walked in.
"I think she asked you to let go." He said, through his teeth. I caught a quick glimpse of the boy. He had russet colored skin and dark hair that went to his shoulder. He was quite tall for his age, which I guessed was about 16 or 17.
"And what are you going to do about it, kid?" The man asked. I silently prayed the boy wouldn't do anything stupid, but also hoping he would help me. Suddenly, the boy punched the man and I felt him release me immediately. I walked out as quickly as I could, hoping the boy would follow so I could thank him. Luckily, he did.
"Thank you so much! I don't know what would have happened if you didn't come." I smiled at him. He held out his hand. I took it.
"It was nothing, I'm Jacob, Jacob Black." He said, with a grin on his face. Black. As in Billy's son?
"Are you Billy Black's son?" I asked.
"Yup! The one and only!" He said. It made sense. He looked plenty like him.
"I'm Charlie Swan's...daughter." I said, hesitantly. I didn't like associating myself with him.
"Oh, okay! Bella, right?" I nodded. I remember his sisters, but not him so much. It made me feel a bit bad.
"Well, Bella Swan, I was just about to go-" I cut him off, sighing at the second advance that was made on me today.
"Actually, it's Bella Cullen. I'm married." I said, showing my ring.
"Married? Well, you can't be more than 18!" He looked astonished. I laughed.
"I am 18. I'll be 19 in September." I told him. He shook his head, laughing.
"Well, that's quite a rock you've got there." He noticed.
"That's my husband, for you." I could tell he thought it was strange, hearing those words out of a teenage mouth. "Speaking of him, I need to go meet him. He's probably starting to worry about me, leaving me at a prison, and all." He nodded.
"Alright, I hope to see you soon, Bella." He said, with a smile.
"Yeah, definitely. And thank you, again." I said, as I walked off to where I said I would meet Edward. Before I went to meet him, I stopped by a store to buy a card. I went to the Starbucks where we agreed to meet. I sat down and started writing. I finished before he snuck up behind me.
"How did it go?" He asked. I turned to face him.
"Well, creepy guard, angry Bella, and an old friend is pretty much the outing in a nut shell." I filled him in. He looked worried, but shook it off.
"Sounds like a jolly old time." He commented, sarcastically. He handed me my coffee. I admired my ring. We walked to the car, and before I got in, I handed him the card, as he handed me flowers.
"Did I mention, happy one year anniversary?" I asked. He smiled and kissed me. We got in the car and drove off to our home.
A/N So, what did you think? I sort of liked it :) I've decided that until I fully complete a story, I'm only going to do one shots. I have to have the story completely finished before publishing, because things start to get out of hand, like they did this time around. I'd rather wait and be able to update every couple days, rather than publish something now and make you all wait! And thank you to everyone who read or reviewed, again. It means a lot!
For the last time,
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