** I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT. BUT I DO OWN THIS STORY. I HOPE YOU ENJOY READING IT.
I fell asleep listening to my lullaby. I was dreaming my dad was walking away from me into a fog. He kept turning around and beckoning me to follow him. I can hear him talking to someone softly. He keeps saying You weren't supposed to leave. You promised. I couldn't see who it was. I could feel someone behind me, breathing on my on my neck, saying things too low for my human ears to hear. I was afraid and I couldn't run or call out. I felt something on my neck... I jerked awake breathless. I lay there for a second feeling like I'm not alone in my room. I look around in the dark, I see nothing out of place but my door is open. I always close it when I go to bed. I reach over a to turn on my light and see the note Edward left lying on my nightstand. I pick it up and stare at it. I know I left it in the box. I jump out of bed and get the box out of my closet. I look inside and gasp, the note is still in the box. I pull it out and look at the two notes, that's when I notice the new note has more words on it:
I LIED
PLEASE FORGIVE ME
My hand starts to shake. I get tunnel vision, and I can't catch my breath. I'm not sure how long I sat there. I can't get a coherent thought. So many questions are pushing through my head how...who...why...???? I quickly jump up too scared to sit here all alone. I rush to my dad's room. "Dad...?" I start to call out to him when I notice no one is in his bed. I turn on the light to see better. His bed is made. It doesn't even look like he was in the room at all tonight. I head downstairs to see if he fell asleep on the couch again, but he isn't there. "DAD!" I wait for a response. I don't get one. Where is he? He should be here.I'm really starting to get worried. Where would he go at three in the morning?? I pray nothing has happened to him. I couldn't take it if I lost him too. I look outside but his truck is gone, so I decide to call him on his cell but it goes to voice mail. "Dad..if you get this before you get home. PLEASE call me!" I could hear my voice shaking as I leave the message.
I can't sleep so I go sit on the couch and turn on the TV to wait for him to get home. Everything that has happened in the past week races through my mind. What am I missing? Whatever it is it can't be good. I had a really bad feeling things were about to get worse. After about an hour I hear my dad pull up, so I jump up to meet him. All the lights are off as he walks up on the porch. I can see him through our glass door. He looks different, but oddly familiar. His skin looks pale and luminescent and his eyes look like darkness! I struggle to breathe as his eyes meet mine. I stagger backwards, I know those characteristics! Edward, my DAD looks like EDWARD! The last thing I remember is a buzzing sound in my ears.
The next thing I remember is waking up in my bed. I try to clear my head from the grogginess of waking up. WOW, what a dream! I look at my clock and realize I how late it is. I get dressed and head downstairs to get breakfast. I'm still not completely comfortable being alone in the house so I rush to the kitchen.
Bells,
We need to talk. I'll be home early with a pizza.
I love you, Dad
As I get read the note I have a dreadful feeling my dream wasn't a dream after all. I can see another note under my dad's. I pull it out, it's the note from my dream! This can't be happening.The feeling of dread grows. I can't stay in this house any longer, so I head for my truck. I don't have a destination in mind, I'm just driving and thinking about things. I think about Edward. I never used to let myself but I feel I need too. After he left my world stopped. I had no reason to live because HE was my reason for living. I knew I had to go on but it was hard, my dad was there every step of the way. From waking me out of my self induced fog of misery to now. It still hurts painfully to think of him. The void where my heart used to be is still there but I'm used to it now. I know I will love him forever, there will never be anyone else for me. Even though he left me, I can't let him go. Without realizing it I had driven to Edward's house. I guess my subconscious was the one driving. Sigh. I get out and head for the front door. I'm shocked to find it unlocked. For a brief second I wonder if they're back. Silly Bella. Memories rush back but I find myself smiling instead being sad. I'm not sure that's a good thing. I feel a change in me and I'm not sure what it means. As I walk through the house I see them everywhere. Everything is still here like they never left. I find myself at his piano and I sit down. I softly play a few notes, I remember sitting here as he played me my lullaby for the first time. I smile as a tear falls silently down my cheek. I get up and head upstairs. I pass by everyone's room. I can still smell their unique scent as if they where in there. I pause at Edward's room, I brace myself as I enter. His scent is the strongest, like its wrapping itself around me and welcoming me home. I just stand there taking it all in. Everything is the same. I see his shirt on his couch, I pick it up and hold it close to my heart. I can't believe I'm doing this but I slip his shirt over my head. The feelings here are overwhelming but comforting somehow. I sit on his couch and realize how sleepy I am. As I fall into a light sleep I dream someone is talking softly around me. "Shush. Let let her sleep. She's so beautiful like an angel. My Bella. I fall into a deep sleep with my lullaby playing softly around me.
I awake with a jolt. Where am I?? Then I remember where I am. It's almost dark so I make my way outside. Charlie will be worried if I'm not home soon. Oh no! He's getting off early so we can talk. I groan. How am I going to explain this? As I drive away I don't see the curtains fall back into place.
I see dad's cruiser as I get to the house. I climb out and realize I still have Edward's shirt on so I quickly take it off and stuff it into my bag. Dad meets me on the porch and says. "Long day? Theres pizza on the counter why don't u grab some and meet me in the living room."
I drop my bag, get a drink and a slice of pizza then join my dad in the living room. I start to eat while waiting for him to begin.
He seems to be gathering his thoughts, finally he looks at me. "I'm not sure how to do this so I'll just start at the beginning. I couldn't come to terms with losing Tory and then your mom leaving, taking you with her so I decided to take some time and see the world. When I needed money I would find a small town and find odd jobs to do. I did this for about 2 months when I found a new town to stop in. I had been finding woods to sleep in sometimes in my car, sometimes on the ground in a sleeping bag. One night I was really tired so my guard so down. Maybe if I hadn't been so tired I would of noticed something was off, a feeling of danger was in the woods that night." He paused to let me take this in.
My thoughts were swirling around. What was he telling me?? Could he....? Does he know about vampires ??? I don't say anything. I can't.
"Bella. I know more than you think." he looks me the eye. Huh, How did he just answer me?
I still can't speak so he continues.
"I woke up to the feeling of fire. It was burning through my body, eating up everything in its path. For days I laid in the woods burning up. Finally the fire died out and I was aware of new sounds, my eyes could see better than ever, and I could run! Soon I realized I wasn't alone. There was a young woman with me, her name was Megan. She had changed me into a vampire because she was lonely. It took along time to come to terms with what I had become."
I realized he had stopped talking and was just sitting there looking at something out the window. I couldn't move. My dad is a vampire...a VAMPIRE!!! No, no, no this isn't possible. I don't know what to say or think.
"Dad, I don't know what to say. Are you seriously telling me that your a vampire? All this time I've lived here? How? You eat, sleep and breath! I've seen you." I'm not sure I took a breath when I said this. It's a good thing I'm sitting down.
"I know it's hard to take in Bella, but I know you know all about vampires."
"H H How do you know that dad? " I asked him nervously.
"Because I know all about the Cullens. I have since they came here. And yes they know about me." He answers my next question.
I have so many questions, so much confusion. I try to get out my questions but they are all jumbled up. He notices and says he will explain everything to me.
"I stayed with Megan for about a year. She taught me all I needed to know and helped me to stay away from the humans. We only drank from animals. She had a gift for manipulating desires so I was able to get the through the newborn stage in just a few months. I found out I had a gift also, I can appear human. I can act so human no one would know the difference. Eating is still hard but I am able to. I can also mask my true scent to a more human scent and I can make my skin appear normal in the sunlight."
"I was tired of wandering around, I wanted to go home. I missed you more than anything. Megan made it so I could never want to hurt you. I made my way back to Forks, I was able to get my police officer position back and I started living as a human. It wasn't the easiest at first but when you started coming I knew I had to make it work. And for you I did." He is pacing at this point.
All this time and I never had a clue. And he even was able to hide it from Billy and remain friends. I still trying to process everything.
"Dad. I'm floored! I never had any clue. Thank you for trying for me. I love you and I don't think any less of you." I was standing by now too. Then he said the one thing I wasn't ready for.
"So I guess we need to talk about Edward now."
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