The car ride to LaPush that morning was exceptionally painfully because neither Charlie nor I tried to make a conversation or tried to even be civil about the situation. When we finally pulled up to the old wooden house I couldn't help but feel like I was being locked away in prison to spend the rest of eternity without my Edward. I didn't make a move to get out of the cruiser until Charlie came around and opened the door for me and grabbed my arm almost pulling me out. If I was going to be forced into this I wasn't going to be nice about.
"Now listen to me Bella, you will be on your best behavior today, is that understood?" He asked while his hand was still clutched around my arm.
"Do I get a cookie if I am a good little girl today at daycare?" I asked, my voice dripping with sarcasm. Charlie dropped my arm and pointed his finger in my face while his turned to that deep shade of purple again that I had seen last night.
"You will behave and mind your manners while you are with your friends today. I don't want you taking your anger out on them." Friends? Did he really think that I would consider the guy that dragged me away from the love of my life and got me in trouble a friend? Charlie sure has gotten delusional in his years.
"So you are going to let me go to the Cullen's then? I mean you did say while I was with my friends." I folded my arms across my chest and just stared back at him with a hard stare. But our conversation didn't get any farther because just then the door opened and out stepped Jacob followed by Billy in his wheelchair.
"Well I thought I heard you two out here. I am so glad you could come and keep Jake some company today Bella. Well Charlie we better get going if we want to catch anything today." Charlie pushed me toward the door which was still being held opened by Jacob. "You two behave today, and we should be back around four."
I turned around once more glancing back at Charlie hoping that he had a sudden change but all I found was the same sullen face before the door closed locking me into my jail cell for the day.
"So what do you want to do today Bells? We could go cliff diving or just hang out at the beach……" I didn't hear the rest of my options because I just walked right past him into the living room where I sat in the large armchair grabbing the remote and turning on the old TV. "Or we could watch some TV for awhile, I guess."
I am not sure what it was we were even watching, I just continued to stare past the TV to this small spot on the back wall of the small room. About an hour later Jacob threw his hands up and stalked out of the room down the small hallway to a room at the back of the house, where he slammed the door shut. I waited a few minutes to see if he was going to come out of the room before I got up from my chair and quietly made my way to the kitchen, picking up the old telephone receiver and dialing the number that held the most comfort to me.
"Cullen residence." I had called their house phone just in case Edward had gone back to sleep, I mean it was only eight in the morning.
"Hi Mrs. Cullen, I know it's early but is Edward up yet?" I asked trying to keep my voice down without raising suspicion with Esme.
"I am sorry honey but he is still in bed. Can I take a message for him?" No I couldn't leave a message because I knew that there was no way for him to call me back without Jacob knowing.
"No that's alright. Is Alice up by chance?" Hey if I couldn't talk to Edward then Alice would be the next best thing.
"Now I do think she is up. Hold on while I go tell her." I heard the phone click to hold, and I peered down the hallway just to make sure Jacob's door was still shut.
"Hello? Bella?" Alice's chirper voice came on the phone and a sense of joy came flooding over me.
"Oh, Alice thank god you are up. I am at the Blacks for the day while Charlie is fishing…..I guess you can call it my prison. Do you think that there is any way you could call my house later say around five and convince Charlie of a sleep over tonight?"
"I would be delighted to! Oh, a sleep over how much fun! And I am sure it would sure make our little Edward's day too. Okay so I will call your house later on."
"Thanks Alice so much, well I have to go, I will talk to you later." I hung up the phone and made it quietly back to my chair where I would spend the remainder of the next eight hours.
Throughout the day Jacob came in and out of his room with Quil and Embry later in the afternoon, but he never tried to talk to me. When Charlie and Billy did finally return home, Jacob stormed past them with Quil and Embry in tow saying he had to get out of this house. Charlie gave me a look as if saying I caused this but I just shrugged and pushed past him, climbing into the cruiser once more.
"I take it that you weren't very civil to Jake today?" Charlie asked when we were about half way home.
"I didn't say anything rude to him or his friends. He was the one to storm off." I replied leaving out a few key details of the day just like he had the night before. Charlie just sighed and left it at that. It wasn't two minutes after we walked in the door that the phone rang. Alice right on time. But Charlie beat me to it.
"Hello? Uh….no sorry she can't come to the phone right now. Alright….alright…..bye." Charlie had turned his back to me as he muttered into the receive. After he hung up he made his way just past me and right to the stairs….which was really odd for Charlie.
"Who was that?" I asked even though I knew it had been Alice.
"No one, just a telemarketer trying to sell health insurance." That was it that was the final straw for me. How could he not even let me talk to Alice? She was my best friend! I just went to my room, shutting the door behind me before grabbing the small suitcase from under my bed and began stuffing it with piles of clothes.
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