Chapter 4
"Renesmee come on!" Dad yelled from downstairs. Taking in a deep breath I yelled down to him.
"I'm coming hold your horses!" I put on a little mascara, grabbed my purse, and ran out of the room. My hand brushed along the railing as I decended the stairs. My dad was waiting by the door looking at his new watch.
"Were going to be late because of you." He scoweled at me.
"What's your rush." I said that and immediently took in my father's appearance. He was wear a nice collard button down shirt, a pair of nice new looking jeans, and some back converse. Dad looked back at me.
"What?" He asked looking himself over.
"What are you wearing?" I asked, "You never dress like that anymore." I bit my lip hoping that it didn't come across as too harsh.
"What's wrong with dressing like this?" He asked back defensively.
"Well nothing, your just dressing different." I stated back calmly. You can't fight fire with fire.
"Is there a problem with the way I am dressing?" He asked raising his eyebrows.
"Well no…I just…nevermind." I ran out to the car. I sat down and turned the music up high so when my dad came in he wouldn't try to talk to me. We drove in silence to Seattle. Dad pointed out the restaurant that we would be eating at and park the car only a mile away. I got out and we walked together making light conversation together.
"Can we forget about earlier?" I asked once we arrived at the restaurant.
"I'd love to." Dad said hugging me to him.
"Edward?" We heard a soft little voice call from behind us. We turned to see Bella walking up to us. She had on a nice blousy top and some shorts. They looked like the same pair that I had in my closet.
"Bella, you look…nice." Dad smiled at her. I watched her blush and tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Thanks." She said softly.
"Hi Bella." I said. She turned to me for the first time and smiled.
"Hi Renesmee." She said.
"Nessie might be easier to say." I laughed. Bella nodded her head.
"Okay Ness then." She turned back to dad.
"Ready?" He asked looking at the both of us.
"I am." Bella said sweetly.
"Yeah." I said. The three of us walked into the restaurant.
"Table for three please." Dad told the waiter. He looked over us and his eyes lingered on Bella the most.
"Please follow me." He said gesturing for us to come. We walked all the way to the back of the restaurant and were seat at the table for four. Dad and I sat on one side and Bella on the other. The waiter took our orders and left us to ourselves. I watched Bella place her napkin on her lap and I almost burst out laughing. She was such a lady.
"Did you go to Forks high school?" I blurted out. Bella smiled at me.
"I actually did." She said.
"That's cool." I said not knowing what else to say.
"Have you lived here your whole life?" Dad asked. Bella shook her head.
"No, I moved here around six years ago, to live with my father Charlie." She told us.
"From where?" Dad asked. He actually seemed interested.
"Arazonia." She laughed looking at my father's bewildered face. "I know right your probably thinking why did she move from such a nice place to such a rainy place." Bella laughed.
"Yeah I am." Dad laughed back. "Why on earth would you do that?"
"Well my mother Renee and her boyfriend Phil tour around a lot cause of his job, and I knew I was just being a burden, so I left to stay with my father." She told us.
"Psh, I would never do that." I said.
"Renesmee! Dad scoulded.
"No it's fine." Bella said. "She's just voicing her opinion." She winked at me. The waiter walked over with three plates of food in his hand.
"The mushroom ravioli?" He asked looking quickly at each one of us.
"Me." Bella said sweetly. He smiled quickly at her and placed it in front of her.
"Who ordered the lisagina?" He asked.
"Me!" I shouted. Bella covered her mouth trying not to laugh. Dad just put his head in his hands. The waiter laughed and put it in front of me.
"Then this must be yours." He said to my dad.
"Indeed it is." Dad said taking it from him.
"If there is anything else I can get you." He said looking at Bella mostly. "Just ask." He smiled at her. She smiled back. Bella turned to me.
"How is 8th grade treating you?" She asked. I shrugged swallowing my food.
"It's okay." I said and suddenly remembered my friends that were jackasses to me last night.
"Well if you ever need help just ask…it wasn't long ago when I was your age." She said. "I still remember stuff." She said tapping her head. I smiled at her.
"Thanks Bella." I said. I played with my food listening to the conversation that my dad and Bella were starting to have.
"So what do you do?" Bella asked.
"I'm a doctor." Dad said proudly. "At Forks hospital." He said.
"Wow, that awesome….must have taken a lot of schooling though." Bella said.
"It did, but it was defineitly worth it, I love helping people." Dad said.
"That's a great quality to have." She said. She put her hair behind her small ears and took a bite of her ravioli.
"What do you want to do?" Dad asked curiously.
"Well I'm looking into teaching." She said.
"Really?" He asked. "Surprisingly I can see you doing that." He said.
"How so?" She asked cocking her head to the side.
"Well, you are just so warm and bubbily I can totally see you doing something like that." He said. I looked to my dad. He was staring at Bella like she was the only one in the room. And I knew that as each minute ticked on that he was starting to like her more and more. Bella blushed and looked down at her lap.
"Thank you Edward." She said softly. It was easy to see that Bella didn't take compliments well. Dad chuckled next to me. I heard the bell ring as the door to the restaurant opened. In walked Ryan, Shane, and Ashley, with another girl I had never seen before. Shane took her hand in his and kissed each one of her knuckles like he always did with me. Ryan made eye contact with me, shook his head laughing and then walked with his friends to the booth. My breathing staggered and I felt Bella and dad's eyes on me. Dad's hand was on my shoulder.
"Ness are you okay?" He asked and then he looked to where I was looking. "hey aren't those your friends?" He asked pointing to them. Without even thinking I jumped out of my seat and ran for the door.
"Renesmee!" I heard dad yell. But that wasn't the only thing I heard. I heard laughter from my so called friends.
"Look at her run." I heard Ryan say.
"Looks like we made her upset." Shane said. I couldn't listen to this anymore I ran out the door and around the corner. I sat down in the alley up against the brick building. I hugged my knees to my chest and sobbed loudly. And then I felt a soft hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Bella kneeling next to me.
"What." I asked coldly.
"I'm just making sure that you are okay." She said taken back.
"Well obviously I'm not if I'm crying." I said hoping she would just go away. But Bella didn't even budge. She sat down on the ground next to me.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked softly. I just stared at the ground thinking. Well it seems like she isn't going anywhere I mines well get it out.
"Those kids in there." I started.
"The ones your dad pointed out." She assumed.
"Yeah them." I said. "We kind of had a misunderstand last night…and, oh who am I kidding you would never understand." I scoffed. Bella hand gently brushed away the hair that was sticking to my face.
"You don't know that, I'm still young." She laughed lightly. But I didn't laugh back. Bella sighed. "Talk to me." She urged.
"Promise you won't tell my dad?" I asked. I looked to her and saw her soft face relax.
"Your secret is safe with me." She said. She reached out and brushed away the tears falling down my face with her index finger.
"Well I was kind of dating one of those kids in there, and well we got into some kind of fight cause they played a trick on me when we were cliff diving." I started.
"Cliff diving…"Bella asked confused.
"When you jump off those rocks on the beach and into the water." I said.
"That sounds dangerous." She said worried.
"Nah it's really fun." I assured her. I could tell she wasn't convinced but I continued anyway. "And today they walk into this restaurant and the guy who I was practically with is now with another girl." I finished the last part sobbing. I looked at Bella who looked at me sadly.
"You know what Nessie," She said. "If he truly cared about you then he wouldn't do this to you." She said. "I think he is just trying to make you jelous." She told me.
"You think so?" I asked.
"I do." She smiled softly at me. I felt myself sigh a sigh of relief. I smiled at her.
"Thanks Bella." I said jumping into her arms. I hugged her around her neck and her arms went around my waist. She pulled me into her and we stood up.
"Anytime Ness." She said. "Now." She said pulling away from me. She brushed the away the last tear from my face. "I can see your beautiful face." She said sweetly. I looked down smiling, Bella was really sweet, I felt bad for thinking badly of her. She grabbed my hand and we started walking out of the alley way.
"Let's go find your dad." She said. We walked back onto the sidewalk and spotted my dad by the car. He was on his cell phone and smiled when he saw us. I ran to him and jumped into his arms.
"How you feeling kiddo?" He asked.
"Better that I talked to Bella." I smiled at her. My dad put me down and looked at Bella.
"Thank you." He said smiling.
"Anytime." She smiled at him and winked at me. She looked at her phone. "It was a really fun day, but I do have to go try to get some homework done." She said.
"Bye Bella." I said giving her a hug.
"Bye Ness." She said back.
"Can I have your number?" Dad asked Bella. Her whole face lit up and I couldn't help but laugh. As they exchanged numbers I saw Shane walking out of the restaurant. He looked to me and smiled softly. I turned away from him just in time to see my dad and Bella give each other a quick hug.
"Bye Edward." She smiled at him. She touched my cheek softly and then walked off into the distance.
"I like her dad." I said. Dad put his arms around me pulling me into him. I laughed.
"Me too Ness, me too." He said.