We'd been in Forks for 5 days now and so far me and Alice had taken the boys everywhere we went whenever me and Alice got back from college. For the weekend we planned to head up to our college and show them where we use to hang out there. My mum would be here on Monday to see me. It was the morning and today we were planning to go down to the monthly bonfire that was held down on the reserve but that wasn't till later. We'd spent a lot of time with the guys from the reserve but Jacob was still being hostile to Edward and it was starting to annoy me. We'd spent last night watching films back at the flat and enjoying ourselves. I was going to lunch today with my dad. Just me and him. I wanted to talk to him about me plans on moving to England. I wanted to make sure he was okay with it. I was still unsure if I could even do it. I knew that I couldn't use the excuse that I wouldn't have a job cause I would have an even better one. Edward was still asleep and I was sat in my old kitchen drinking some coffee. The jet lag was effecting all of us so most of the morning was spent in bed and we normally didn't leave the house till after midday. I was meeting Charlie at 1 at his favorite lodge. It was 11:45 now so I knew I would have to leave soon considering it was an hour's drive back down. Sam was coming to pick up the rest of them and drop them down to the reserve so the guys could help set up. I was just making sure that I had everything when a pair of arms came around my waist.
"Hey love" Edward whispered in my ear kissing my neck
"Hey you" I smiled turning in his arms to look at him. He was wearing a vest top and his pajama bottoms. His hair was even more messy than normal and he had that cute half asleep smile on his face. I had to remind myself to breath. He really was to hot for words.
"Were you trying to sneak away with out saying goodbye?" He accused smiling
"Of course not. I was about to come and tell you" I told him
"Well I'm glad, you look beautiful by the way" Edward grinned at me
"Edward its only jeans and a white shirt not exactly the next fashion statement" I laughed at him
"You look beautiful in everything you wear" Edward replied kissing me on my cheek "I'm sure you're even more beautiful out of these clothes"
"Edward" I moaned. We still hadn't gotten to that stage in our relationship and I was about ready to jump him. Especially when he said things like that. I had to remind myself I was going to meet my father. "You are a tease but I really have to go"
"Hmmm" Edward said kissing me along my collarbone. He was making it extremely hard to leave.
"Baby please!" I begged and he stopped kissing me once on the mouth then released me walking into the kitchen leaving me starring at him and missing his touch already. I took a couple of deep breaths and walked over to him kissing him on the cheek "We will finish this when the time is right. I swear. I love you" I told him
"I love you to beautiful" he smiled at me kissing me on the lips
"I'll see you after lunch" I told him as I headed to the door.
"Say hi to Charlie for me" Edward said just as I shut the door
Charlie was over the moon about Edward. He loved him as if he was his son already. Earlier in the week they'd gone fishing together and by the time they got back Charlie was calling Edward son. I smiled at that. Charlie normally didn't get on with new people but Edward was just an easy guy to get along with. Charlie liked him and that was all I could ask for. Edward also really seemed to enjoy Charlie's company. Edward being a lawyer and my dad being chief of police they were sharing there experiences. Obviously Charlie had more considering he'd been on the force since he got out of college. Now all Edward had to do was convince Renee but I really wasn't worried. I'm sure as soon as she saw him she'd love him. I arrived at the lodge and found Charlie already there. I walked in and sat down with him after saying hi to Denise the waitress that I'd known most of my life. I hugged Charlie and we ordered our food. We talked about rubbish while we waited for the food to come. I didn't want to bring up the subject of me moving to England until we'd actually eaten something. Soon we had our food and the conversation had died down so I decided it was better to say it now or never.
"So you know how much I've enjoyed England while I've been there. We'll my boss has offered me a permanent job and it's actually a promotion from the one I'm doing at the moment." I explained
"Wow. Bella that's amazing. Congratulations" Charlie smiled
"The thing is well it's in England" I told him "Which means I'd have to live in England for good."
"Bella are you trying to ask me what I'd think if you moved to England" Charlie stunned me he was never that observant
"Well I've actually been thinking about it for a couple of months and then I got this offer and it sort of like I was meant to stay there. It's not that I don't love Forks it's just…" I didn't know how to explain it
"I get it Bella really. Forks is always going to be here and so am I and the rest of them guys. You grew up here. I never expected you stay here. I mean when you 8 you'd see an advert on the TV to go on holiday somewhere and you'd turn to me and say I'm going to live there daddy. I knew from that day on that there was no way you'd ever settle down in rainy old Forks. I know its not because you hate it here. It's just time that you went and found your life instead of living mine or your mothers" Charlie smiled
"But what about you? I mean I know you can take care of yourself but I don't like the feeling of leaving you alone" I sighed. It really was the one thing holding me back. Renee had Phil so she was fine and I'd lived away from her for so long it didn't really bother me as much but with Charlie he was alone.
"Bella. When am I ever alone? If I'm not at the station with the guys I'm down the rev hanging out with Billy. As for my cooking that your so worried about Sue has been cooking for me most nights. I actually wanted to talk to you about that" Charlie smiled at me
"Oh yeah. What about her?" I asked
"Well we've sort of been dating for a while now and well I was planning to ask her to marry me" Charlie stated. I was more than surprised.
"Oh my God Dad! That's amazing!" I grinned at him
"So you're alright with it?" He questioned
"Of course. It's your life dad I just want you to be happy and if Sue does then hell who am I to say no" I couldn't keep the smiled off my face. He wouldn't be alone. He'd have Sue and that put my last worry about leaving Forks away.
"Thank you Bella. So you living in England for good. Can I ask you just one question?" Charlie stated. I nodded "Don't blow up at me for this but your not just moving to England because of Edward are you? He's an amazing guy Bella but you shouldn't up and move your life to a new country for a guy"
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thinking about moving because Edward is there but it isn't the only reason. In fact it's a very small part of the reason I want to move there. I feel like I belong in England. I have the most amazing job and I feel at home in England. Plus I also get sun there" I grinned at him
"I just wanted to make sure. I mean Edward is an amazing guy but you don't know what might happen later. I hope that you and Edward are together forever, I really do. He's a really good guy." Charlie smiled
"Thanks dad" I hugged him
"He's better than that Tyler guy you dated in High school" Charlie chuckled. He didn't know about what Tyler had done to me considering I'd never told him and well I didn't plan to ever if I didn't have too. "I saw him the other day in town. He's still single you know. Apparently he hasn't had a girlfriend since you. Eric was telling me when I went to the shop the other day"
"Tyler's in town?" I asked him. I could already feel the panic growing but I had to keep it in otherwise Charlie would know something's up.
"Yeah I think he's living here again" Charlie stated
We'd finished our food by now and I told Charlie that I should really head down to the reservation to help set up. He understood he gave me a kiss on the forehead and told me again how happy he was for me and headed back to work. I got in my car but didn't pull away at first. I needed to calm down before I drove or I'd have a crash. I was taking deep breaths when a tap came on my window. I jumped to see Seth standing there looking at me worried. He walked around the car and got in the other side before I could do anything.
"Bella what's wrong?" he asked as soon as he had shut the door.
"Tyler's back in town" I stated
"What?" Seth seemed surprised
"Charlie told me" I couldn't really think straight at the moment. All that kept going through my head was the fact that Tyler was in the same town as me.
"Get out the car Bella. I'm driving. There's no way your driving in your state" Seth ordered.
I didn't even feel like fighting him so I got out and walked around to the passengers side while Seth got in to the drivers seat. He pulled away and we were off heading to the reservation. Tyler was actually in town. I hadn't even thought about the fact his family lived here. I mean I didn't understand why I was getting so upset about it. It's not like he would get anywhere need me. I had Edward and Jasper and Alice and Jacob and…well everyone. But yet I couldn't stop my hands from shaking or my eyes from watering. I was terrified of him still. After all these years I was still scared of him. I was weak. I should of gotten over this by now. We pulled up to where the bonfire was being built by the boys while Alice, Emily and Leah sat talking on one of the logs. Edward turned to smile at me when he notice the car pull up. But I was to busy trying to remember to breath to return it. He noticed something was wrong and left what he was doing and run over to me. Seth had got out the car and said something to the others as Edward opened my door and crouch down beside me.
"Baby what's wrong?" he asked me worried
"Tyler" was all I could say. My mind was still reeling
Edward pulled me out the car and into his chest. I hung on tightly to him as I cried. I didn't even know why I was crying. He hadn't actually even done anything to me. I hadn't even seen him for Pete's sake. But it was bringing it all back to me. I could hear Seth explaining to them what had happened. I stopped crying and relaxed into Edward's arms. Being in them I felt so safe and at that moment it was exactly what I needed. I could hear the all shouting and disusing stuff but I couldn't bring myself to listen to them. Edward said something and someone replied to him. Before I knew it I was being picked up and taken somewhere. I looked up at Edward to see his brow creased. He was worried and I hated it was me he was worried about. I needed to toughen up. When he put me down we were in Sam and Emily's kitchen. I was sat on the counter and he was stood in-between my legs. Looking at me trying to gage how I was feeling. I still had my hands fisting his shirt and his arms were still on my hips.
"Baby are you okay?" He asked me
"I don't know" I stated
"You know he isn't going to get anywhere near you right?" Edward told me "I won't let him. Plus he'd have to deal with Alice first"
"I just…hearing his name and knowing he was so close…it just brought it all back and I just couldn't handle it" I told him
"It's okay love but I promise you right here that he will never come anywhere near you, not while I'm there. I swear Bella. I will keep you safe" He said with so much passion I couldn't help but fall in love with him even more.
"Thank you" I gave him a weak smile
"I'll set Alice on him if you want" I grinned at me. I had to smile at that "There's that beautiful smile I love seeing"
"I love you" I told him
"I love you more than anything" Edward stated kissing my forehead and hugging me to his chest. I pulled away to look at his eyes. He wasn't get away with just a simple kiss on the head I wanted more. He seemed to know what I was doing cause he kissed me on the lips and God I was in heaven all over again. He always knew how to make me feel better.
"Okay, enough. I don't need you having sex on my counter top thanks. That's for me and Sam only. Save it for your house" Emily grinned from the doorway where her, Alice and Leah were standing smiling at us.
"Sorry I couldn't keep my hands off him" I smirked at her
"If he was my boyfriend I wouldn't ever leave my house" Leah stated
"Sorry ladies I'm a one girl guy. Oh did I mention I was also totally in love with this girl" Edward grinned at them.
"Aww…Can you please teach that lot how to be romantic please?" Emily stated
"Yeah your making us look bad Edward!" Sam grinned hugging Emily.
"Well you should try harder Sam" I told him
"Hey, I'm marrying her am I not?" He said kiss Emily on the cheek
"Well there goes any hope of romance after the wedding" Leah laughed
And just like that from a stressful atmosphere to a happy one. This is what I loved about this place. We ended up all talking and messing around the kitchen. It must have been an hour later that Jacob turned up and said hi to everyone. He was still being cold to Edward. After the day I'd had it really wasn't what I wanted to deal with. Edward had been nothing but nice to Jacob and he was being an ass about it. I had no idea why though. I needed to talk to him about it but he wasn't exactly being friendly to me either. The guys headed out to finish preparing for the bonfire and the rest of the girls headed out to help them. Leaving me and Jake alone. Jake was sat at the table not looking at me and for the first time in a long time I realized her was mad at me. I walked over to him and sat down opposite him.
"Jake, can we talk?" I asked him
"Sure why not?" Jake stated "What do you want to talk about? How the weather is? How your much fun your having being home? Or maybe we can talk about the fact that your moving to England for Romeo out there?"
"How did you find out?" I sighed
"I popped into see Charlie and he was talking to some guys about it. God Damn it Bella! Why didn't you tell me?" Jacob shouted at me
"If your going to shout at me I am not going to even bother talking to you!" I shouted at him back standing up
"Fine then don't bother talking to me! Just go live your new life without me! Hey better yet forget I even exist" Jacob told me
"What the hell Jake? Do you seriously think just because I'm moving to London that I'm going to forget everything you've done for me? Everything we've been through together! Jake you're my best friend for fuck sake! Weather I'm in Forks, London or Hong Kong that won't change! I was going to tell you Jake. I only told Charlie this morning as it is!" I explained
"I can't believe your going to be that stupid to up and move everything to be with him! You did it before and now your doing it again! Your meant to learn from your mistakes Bella not repeat them!" Jacob exclaimed
"You honestly think Edward's anything like Tyler? He has been nothing but nice to you since he got here! Hell you've acted like a complete bastard all week to him and he's not said one bad thing about you to any one! He's never laid a finger on me when I didn't want him to! I'm not even moving to London because of Edward! I'm moving because if you'd given me chance to explain you would know I'm moving because there offering me a better job for good. More money! And I don't need anyone especially not you telling me how to live my life cause that makes you just as bad as Tyler!" I told him
"Well don't come crying to me when it all falls through!" Jake stated
"Oh don't worry! It's obviously you don't care about me enough to want me to happy!" I exclaimed walking out the door towards the fire but he grabbed my wrist stopping me "Let go of me now Jacob!" I shouted at him. Everyone turned to look at us. Edward looked mad and about ready to come remove his hand from me.
"Fine you ruin your life like I care!" Jake let go of me then and walked off.
I was furious. He had no right to tell me what I should or shouldn't do. Who did he think he was my father! I was to busy being mad to notice that everyone was still looking at me wondering what the hell had happened. "Hope you all enjoyed the show!" I shouted at them. I know I shouldn't of been mad at them they were just worried but at that moment I couldn't control my anger. I walked over to my car getting in it and not even thinking about what I was doing. I drove out of the reservation leaving my group of now worried friends. I drove into town not really caring where I was. I parked outside the park and decided to take a walk through it. I needed to clear my head and calm down. I didn't understand why Jake was so angry at me. I mean I understood he was upset about me being so far away but I didn't expect him to be that mad. I mean did he really expect me to tell him first before I talked to Charlie. I wasn't even sure if I could move to England there was so much to sort out before I could be sure. At this point I was sat on a bench in the park and to be honest as I looked around I remembered so many fun times here when I was younger and in every single one there was Jake; making me laugh or protecting me. He was like a big brother to me but we weren't kids any more. I had to live my life not his. Even after the fight I knew I still loved him as much as before. He was my Jake. He was my best friend. He was the one person when I was younger I could tell everything to and know he'd help me out. My phone wouldn't stop buzzing in my pocket and I knew they were probably all going crazy. I pulled it out my pocket to see I had missed calls from Edward. I sent him a text telling him I was fine I just needed some time to think. His simple reply made me think I really had the best boyfriend in the entire world.
Okay x I love you x E
He didn't ask where I was. He didn't ask if I wanted him to come here. Thinking back on it I suddenly realized why Jacob had gotten so mad. He felt like Edward was replacing him. Looking at it he sort of had. I told Edward everything. I went to Edward when I was upset. It use to do that to Jake. But Edward was the love of my life. That didn't mean I loved Jake any less than I had when I left Forks. It just meant I had someone always looking out for me. I decided then that I would not leave Forks this week till I had sorted out this mess with Jake. Using my phone I decided to call him but it went straight to voice mail. I sounded like a teenager who had a fight with there boyfriend and didn't have the guts to apologies in person.
Jake, you can ignore me but just listen to me for 5 minutes and if you still hate me after this then fine. You are my best friend Jake. I can't remember a time when you weren't there for me. Moving to Forks was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. I know your probably thinking well why I want to leave then. Well the answer to that is I have to move on. Grow up. But just because I might be moving to England doesn't mean I'm going to forget you Jake. I couldn't forget you ever even if I wanted to. Edward will never replace you Jake but at the same time he is my best friend too. Its nice to know that no matter where I go people are there to protect me. Edward didn't ask me to move to England. He even stated that he'd move here for me. He loves me Jake and I love him. I'll be back every chance I get to see you and the guys. You know you'll always be in my heart Jake. Well I guess that's all I wanted to say. I'll see you later then. Bye.
Once I got off the phone I decided I better head back to the reservation before they sent out a search party to make sure I was alright. I stood up and was making my way to my car when my phone rang looking down at it I saw it was Alice.
Hello Alice, I'm fine really. I just needed to get away and have some time alone to think through some things. So don't go all crazy on me.
What makes you think I'd go crazy on you?
It's you Alice
True. I actually called to tell you that Edward is at the store picking some stuff up with Seth cause I know your in town. I was hoping you could help them get the right stuff.
Sure Alice. I'm walking into the store as we speak now.
Good! Don't forget the marshmallows!
I won't! Love you aly!
Love you to B!
I walked into the store and went to find Edward and Seth. I found them looking extremely confused over what burger's to get. I laughed at there confused faces. Was it really that hard to choose burgers? They noticed me and Edward smiled at me. Seth asked me which ones they should get and I told him which ones and headed over to get the marshmallows. Heaven forbid Alice didn't get her marshmallows. As I turned down the isle I bumped into someone and ended up on the floor.
"I'm so sorry, I'm such a klutz most of the time" I apologized standing up and looking at the person I had bumped into
"It's alright Isabella" He replied.
"Tyler…" I stated looking into the eyes of my ex boyfriend
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