Sadly I don't own the characters. Steph does, But I love playing with them.
This chapter was a little harder for me, but I think I got it ok. And thanks for all the reviews. This idea just popped in my head and I'm kind of just going with it. I'm not 100% sure where I'm going with it. Enjoy…
Charlie's POV
"Renee don't lie to me, what the fuck happened to Bella 2 years ago." I said seething.
"What are you talking about Charlie?"
"I want to know what happened. She's not the same. She's broken and I want to know what the fuck happened to make her that way."
"She had an accident."
"What kind of accident?" I said. Man getting answers from her was like interrogating a man arrested for first degree murder.
"She went out with her boyfriend for the night…."
"What do you mean she went out with her boyfriend for the night, she was 16 years old. What kind of parent lets there child on an overnight date with her boyfriend?" I was losing it.
"Are you going to shut up and listen. I don't need this right now Charlie."
"Fine, but you better start giving me some answers."
"She went out with her boyfriend for an overnight date. He said he was taking her to dinner and then back to the hotel." He was a good man Charlie. I trusted him, I still trust him. Anyways, I got a phone call at about midnight the night she went out. She was in the hospital. When I got there the doctor said she broke her leg, cracked a few ribs and cut her stomach up pretty good. Charlie, she got in a fight with her boyfriend. She decided to leave. You and I both know that's she's clumsy. She tripped, fell down a flight of stairs, and went through a window. Her boyfriend found her, and took her to the hospital. That's it."
"That's not it Renee.. Something is not adding up. I wasn't born yesterday, and I'm praying to god that you don't believe that sack of bull shit coming out of your mouth. What's her boyfriends phone number? I'd like to call him and ask him what happened that night."
"He left her. When she was in the hospital. She fell asleep, he wrote her a letter telling her that he couldn't deal with it anymore. That she was better off without him. He was gone by the time I got back from the cafeteria."
"Don't you find that odd Renee. Your daughter was in a major accident as you say, and then her boyfriend that loves her so much, and who is such a good man, up and leave's her shattered and broken in the hospital. You know what. I don't have time to deal with this right now. I have company over. But I will say one thing. I don't know what the fuck I was thinking letter go with you. Out of everything that's happened in my life, that was the worst. And just remember one more thing. She's home. She will not me going back there."
And I hung up the phone. I couldn't listen to her sprout bull shit anymore. I'm telling you, the best thing that every came from our relationship, was sleeping above my head right now, and I'm sure as hell going to find out what the hell happened to my baby.
I dropped my head in my hands as the tears started falling. De Ja vu. Seems like Renee is the only one that gets me going like this. I haven't cried in 5 years. The day she took my baby out of my life.
"It'll be alright Charlie." Sam said sitting next to me on the couch.
"I know…I know, I just wish the bitch would open her eyes. What kind of boyfriend goes on an overnight date, ends up in the hospital with said date, and then dumps her all within a 24 hour span. Its not adding up. Even I'm not that fucking dense."
"We'll get it all figured out, it just might take some time." He replied.
"Yeah your right. Well I'm sorry to do this boys but I really need you to get out of my house now. I'm tired as hell and I have to go in tomorrow for a few hours."
"See you later Charlie." I heard most of them say, as they were walking out the door.
Standing up quickly, I started walking towards the stairs. When I made it through the entrance of the living room, into the small hallway, I noticed Paul was still here, leaning against the door.
"You know I can hear her breathing up there. Her heartbeat." He said
"I know son."
"I just wish I knew of a way we can help her."
"The best you can do now Paul is be her friend. She needs a friend."
"Do you mind if I come over tomorrow for dinner sir." He said to me. Was he kidding. There here almost every day, raiding what I have. Which wasn't much.
"I just mean, I mean, I don't know if you would mind us still coming over like we used to with Bella home. I wouldn't want to make you or her uncomfortable." Where is this coming from. Paul being nice, sincere.
"No Paul its fine. Really. Can I ask you though where all this is coming from? Your being nice, and there's no hint of attitude behind it. I actually impressed." I said smirking.
"Its Bella sir. She's saving me, and the worst part is she doesn't even know it. The least I could do is try to save her." He said as he turned and walked out the door.
I just stood there for a second. I turned on my heals and walked up to my room, fell on my bed, not even bothering with taking off my uniform, and fell into a dreamless sleep.
I woke up to screeching, turning over I looked at the alarm clock 8:45. I climbed out and headed down the hall to Bella's room. Then she screamed. Yanking the door open, I found her thrashing around her bed, saying I promise, I promise. I ran over to her quickly and started shaking her shoulders. I tried for a few minutes and she wasn't snapping out of it.
"Bells… wake up sweetheart. Its ok. Everything will be ok." I yelled. She snapped her eyes open, looking around. She started crying again, throwing herself into my arms, hugging my like she couldn't get close enough.
"Dad… How did I get like this? Why wont it stop? Please make it stop."
I really didn't know what to tell her. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know what was happening.
"Hunny its ok. Your safe. No one is going to hurt you here. I promise." I said trying to calm her down a little.
"I know. I cant keep him out of my head." She said, then she must have noticed she slipped and said that when she clutched her hands over her mouth. At least I got a little more info. I know now that it was the ass that did something too her. It wasn't just a little accident.
"What time is it?" She said, obviously trying to change the subject.
"It's quarter after 9:15 hun. Why do you ask?"
"Do you think its possible to have Jake, Quil and Embry come over. I need to go grocery shopping, and I'd like to spend some time with them."
"Sure thing, I'll go call them, why don't you go jump in the shower and get ready. They'll probably be here by the time you get out." I said walking out the door, down the stairs and into the living room. I picked up the phone and dialed Jake's number.
"Hello"
"Hey Billy, is Jake there?" I asked.
"Sure is, give me a minute, I'll get him for you." I heard him put the phone down and yell across the house.
"Jake get your furry ass to the living room, Charlie's on the phone for you." I started laughing. Leave it to Billy to lighten a mood. He always found it more effective to shout orders across the house instead of just rolling to them and giving them the messages.
"Hello." Jake said
"Hey Jake, Is Embry and Quil with you?" I aked.
"Is there a day there not at my house?" He said causing me to laugh again.
"Right, well Bella just got up and she wanted to know if the 3 of you wanted to go out for a little while? She said she needed to get some groceries."
"Yeah sure, we'll be over in a few minutes." He said. And I hung up the phone and went into the kitchen. I quickly made myself a cup of coffee and sat at the table with the paper. Morning ritual I guess you can say.
A few minutes later the front door opened, and the boys walked into the kitchen, going straight for the cupboards and fridge.
"Dad are you in the kitchen" I heard coming from the stairs.
"Yeah Bells the guys just got hear, and there tearing into the last of the food we have." I said, earning a glare from the 3 mentioned.
"Well they better hurry the hell up, I have to get the car back to Port Angeles and then were going grocery shopping. If there not out to the car in 2 minutes, the train is leaving the station without them and I'm just going to have to go to the pizza place by myself."
I have never seen those boys run so fast out of the kitchen. They almost ran poor Bella over on the way out. Thank god Quil caught her.
"Sorry Belly, you said pizza." He said.
"Well at least I know what to use to get your asses moving." Oh if only she knew how right that little comment was.
"I'll see you in a few hours dad. Then we can sit down and talk. Is there anything you
need while I'm out?"
"No, I'm good. Just drive carefully." She turned and walked out the door. I looked up at the clock and realized it was almost 10:15 and I had to be down at the station by 11 so put my coffee cup in the sink threw the paper in the trash and went upstairs to get ready for work.
I walked into the house around 5, and immediately noticed a change in atmosphere. I heard laughing. Lots of laughing from the kitchen.
Peeking around the corner, I saw Paul and Bella talking. Bella was mixing something on the stove and she had Paul? Helping? What the hell is going on in this house. Paul ducked out of the house, every time something came up, that may have needed a little extra man power. Weird.
Turning into the living room I saw the other 3 nit wits sitting around playing some sort of video game. To be honest I think that was the best thing I ever invested in. Before I got that there was always furniture being replaced , or walls being repaired. They sometimes thought that my living room was a live wrestling ring.
"Hey chief." Quil said
"Charlie. I've told you before son. How'd today go?" I said.
"Went good. Had fun." said Embry
I tell you, its pointless getting a whole answer while there in front of that thing. I'm kind of surprised to be honest that Embry made it to 4 words this time. I chuckled to myself.
"Well I'm going to go take a shower. Why don't you boys go out and help Bella out by setting the table."
"Ok. Right after this level." Jake said. I just shook my head and walked up stairs to get a little more comfortable.
"Dad! Dinners ready." Me and the guys were all sitting around the living room watching the game. I got up from my chair and started heading towards the door. What she said next made me almost topple over.
"Here doggy, doggies, come and get it…" I couldn't help it, at least she still had a sense of humor. The others didn't find it as funny but Kim and Emily were just like me.
Ah stuffed peppers tonight. We all sat around the table and started digging in. We kind of made it a rule when everyone started phasing that the 'humans' would get there plates first. If they were to go in and try to get a plate while the 'wolves' were getting there's, there's a good chance that limbs would be lost.
After supper Sam had Collin and Brady on cleanup duty, and everyone else went into the living room to catch the rest of the game. After the game was over we sent everyone on there way. Bella gave a quick hug to Quil, Embry, and Jake and then surprised me by giving a quick hug to Paul. Huh.
Sitting back on the couch I waited for her to start talking. Her breathing got a little heavy, so I got up went into the kitchen and grabbed her a glass of water, I brought it back in handed it to her.
"Thanks." she said.
"No problem hunny. I'm not going to lie to you now. I want to know what happened. And I know something did happen. I talked to Renee last night and she told me about the accident you had a couple years ago. Hun I wasn't born yesterday, I know that's not what happened. You can tell me."
"Its just so hard dad. I want to. I really do."
"Tell me what you can. If it gets to be too much, we'll stop. I wont push you."
"I thought he loved me. I really did. I replay our relationship in my head over and over again. After a while, I began to realize the love was one sided. I loved him. I loved him more than myself dad. But it wasn't like that for him. He was all about control. About how he can maneuver me and mold me into what he thought was perfect. Mom had him on a pedestal. He was the perfect boyfriend. He never did anything wrong. Man what a screwed up mind she had. You know what she told me one time? She told me not to do anything to hurt him." I said laughing. "She didn't tell him not to hurt me."
I was sitting listen to my little girl go on about her love for this dick that obviously broke her heart. Becoming more and more pissed at Renee.
"He asked mom if he could take me out for the night. I didn't really feel comfortable with that yet, but he assured me that we were just going to dinner and then back to the hotel to watch movies and hang out with out mom around. God I'm such an idiot. He picked me up about 6 and we headed to the other end of town. I asked him what we were doing, we were supposed to be going to dinner and he told me he wanted me to see this place he found."
She started shaking, so I got up and closed the few feet in front of us, slid down on the couch next to her and held her to me while she cried. I didn't say anything. I didn't know what to say.
"You know how they say that everything you believed in, everything you know, can change in the blink of an eye?" She said.
"I didn't believe it then. I was so naïve. I trusted so many people. The ones I trusted most out there let me down… He pulled me out of the car and I told him that I didn't think it was a good idea, that we should maybe just go to dinner, but he dragged me into the building anyways. He threw me up against the wall and told me he was tired of me acting innocent. He hit me in the face pretty hard. Pulled me back up and told me that I was going to enjoy what he did to me. I still cant get the image of him out of my head. He pulled me into another room off on the side, there was a bed in the middle of the room, with a rod coming out of floor at the head of the bed. He threw me on the bed and chained my arms to the rod. He ripped my shirt off and just sat there looking at me. I was petrified. I knew what was coming. I knew there was no way of getting out of there."
I was trying to be strong for her. The tears were welling in the corners of my eyes threatening to spill over. Years she's had this bottled up. I didn't think it could get much worse. It tore me apart hearing her tell me this. Breaking down in my arms. I have no idea how to comfort her. I didn't know if I could handle much more. But I sat. Listening. I could give her that at least.
"He grabbed something sha..sharp, that was on the floor next to the mattress. He moved up to my ear and whispered 'a lot of people say that there is a certain amount of pleasure that comes out of pain. He started dragging whatever he had in my hand up and down my stomach. The first few hurt so bad I thought I was going to die from the pain alone. I wanted to die. I wanted it to end. After a few more I couldn't feel anything. I was numb."
I started crying hard when she told me this. She turned into me a little more and started rubbing my back.
"I'm sorry dad. I'm so, so sorry."
How did we end up here? Here she was tortured by her boyfriend and she's comforting me. She's apologizing to me?
"No hunny. Never apologize for this. This is not your fault. This is that bastards fault. Not yours. I think we should stop for tonight. What do you think?"
"Yeah. I don't think I could handle the rest right now."
"Ok then change of subject, did you have a good time with the boys today?" I tried to lighten the mood, and it seemed to work a bit. She started smiling.
"Way to change the subject dad. Yeah we had a good time. I cant believe how much they ate though."
"Yeah they can pack in some food. Hey by the way how'd you get Paul to help you out in the kitchen today."
"I didn't do anything. He came in and asked to help. He's not like I thought he was. He's really nice." She said , smiling brightly.
"Oh, well. O.k."
"Look dad I'm getting pretty tired. I think I'm going to head up to bed. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you." She got gave me a quick hug and a kiss on my cheek and headed up stairs.
"Love you too Bells."
I couldn't help thinking about what I saw this afternoon and what Paul said last night.
"Its Bella sir. She's saving me, and the worst part is she doesn't even know it. The least I could do is try to save her."
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