Chapter 20
Edward pulled out his phone from his pocket dialing 911 for an ambulance. Within fifteen minutes, the ambulance arrived in the Forks High School parking lot with the sirens echoing into the gym. The loud music blaring from the large speakers making the gym's wooden floor vibrate slightly also from the gym packed with dancing couple boogieing to the music played. Jessica was talking to Angela about close to the gym exit, a loud, incessant siren similar to an ambulance catch Jessica's attention swiveling around to see where the sound was coming from. Angela following Jessica's gaze curious of the matter distracting her from her apparently important discussion venting about Mike's rejection. Her light blue irises dazed off behind Angela blankly, Jessica tried to break her blank stare waiting but it seemed she was in a temporary daze for a few minutes. Losing her train of thought, Jessica politely excused pardoned herself leaving Angela confused by the gym's exit. Following closely behind, Angela stalked giving enough space so Jessica, so she won't suspect someone tagging behind her. Stilettos clacking rapidly against the hallway and stairwell floors, Jessica felt her heart racing scared to death that Mike must have been hurt or worse. Fearful situations ran through Jessica's mind, nothing was soothing her guilty conscious. Angela could tell from the distance Jessica was panicking about something but unsure to help comfort her or just leave her alone to cope with her own issues. Effortlessly opening the doors the school entrance, Jessica walked down to the bottom of the stairs frozen like a statue unable to move or even react. Heaving heavily, Angela shoved the doors open running down the small set of cement stairs.
Police caution tap had sectioned off a small area where the marble bench hidden in the shadows of the tall oak tree towering over and the close quarters of the woods next to it. There was a white with a single red strip ambulance vehicle with the Forks County Police Officers covering the scene including Charlie Swan. Edward has his arm around Bella's shoulders, the police questioning them about the scene of the incident. Most of the couples packed into the gym crowded on the school's steps watching curiously of the reason why there was an ambulance and police officers at Forks High School. A large red CRV pulled up to the scene, the passenger car slammed open then shut with Mike's mom, Karen, running with fear in her bright violet irises revealing all of her anxiety. Jessica gazed briefly at the police officers to Mike's mom so lost that it left her speechless. Catching her breathe, Angela fought her way through the multitude of couples gathered in the front of the school to get to Jessica to be by her side as she was quite frazzled in her thoughts that it showed in her void expression on her face.
"Why did I get called her for an emergency," Karen demanded impatiently at the police who gave her sympathetic looks.
Charlie discussed quietly with the other officers and made his way over to Karen took her aside of the ambulance explaining the sensitive situation.
Charlie pondered how to tell a mother that her son had just been killed, because a loss of a child especially an only child is heartbreaking for parents. He had to break it to her gently but with accurate details which weren't pleasant. "There as been a dreadful accident tonight, Karen. Bella and Edward are giving their statements, since they came from the gym to get some fresh air and say your son lying on the ground unconscious. CPR was delivered to him but he didn't seem to respond from his unbeknownst condition that left him where he was. The ambulance was called, but by the time they'd arrived your son had already died. I'm so sorry for your loss, Mrs. Newton. We will find the person guilty of this heinous murder. Mike was a great kid with a bright future ahead of him his loss is quite heart wrenching to our community."
Karen stared at Charlie shocked but as the news set in her eyes became wet with tears falling down her face like a waterfall becoming audible sobs, Charlie pulled her into an embrace as she only sobbed harder staining Charlie's shirt with her tears. Mrs. Newton took the new hard letting her emotions fully take over her. Her husband, John, exited the large silver CRV leaving the car keys in the ignition trusting that no one would take off with the car. He plodded over to his wife, trembling from her sobbing in Charlie's embrace, and placed a hand on her shoulder. Slowly turning around, Karen attempted to speak to her husband but her sobs made it impossible to form communicate clearly. With a confused look in his piercing grey eyes, this whole scene was all overwhelming for him to comprehend the story that his wife told him through her uncontrollable sobs. Cradling his wife in his strong arms, John reminisced about all the times he used to play games and enjoyed all the moments spent with is beloved son. It felt as if someone had pierced a knife through his heart, Mike was a major part of his life he didn't know how a child could thoroughly bless their lives until now. Mike aspired to be a football coach since he had an odd natural talent for teaching young children and be patient because kids can be infuriating at times.
The coroners placed Mike's body in the white body bag and zipped it closed placing the bag gently into the ambulance. Jessica still unmoved with a blank expression on her face tried to digest the fact that Mike was dead. Placing her arm around Jessica, Angela spoke gently, "It's not your fault he was murdered, Jessica. You don't have to feel guilt for his death he would have wanted his friends to just remembering all their memories of him and not mourning over him. Tears forming in her eyes making her vision blurry, Jessica gave up holding her emotions flow through her tired of keeping it in. Angela placed around her friend, letting her lean on her allowing her just cry her heart out and helping to soothe her morose state. Edward gave both Bella and his statement, since Bella was unable to form a single statement without pausing loosing her train of thought often. This whole event for Bella made her frazzled unable to keep any of her thoughts consistent without jumping to a new thought. Bella searched the mob of students on the school steps for Jessica and Angela wanted to be with them as they all mourned the loss of a valuable friend. Surprised by Bella's calm composure Edward stood faithfully by her side the entire time knowing that she would eventually crack and wanted to be there to comfort her. After two hours, the ambulance had left and the police officers were starting to leave back to the police station from the long, exhausting night of sorrowful events. Billy stuck behind to find Bella, since she would probably like to be under her roof where her father was close by if needed to assist in soothing her grief-stricken state. Searching for his daughter, Charlie pushed the crowd finally locating Bella with her friends, Angela and Jessica, with Edward by her side standing gracefully like a Greek god. Bella felt a little bit guilty that it was partially her fault that Mike was dead in the first place, since James was looking for Edward and her, but he came across Mike instead thinking that if he would kill Mike to finally push Edward to his instincts to kill that sadistic, callous, son of a bitch vampire. Misery and anger raged inside, but Bella still maintained her calm composed facial expression, but Edward didn't have to ask her could tell that she wanted to breakdown and let her emotion overtake her tranquil composure, though didn't want her friends to see her true emotions and guiltiness.
"Hey, kiddo, you want to go home and get a good nights rest since you've had quite a night?" Charlie suggested in a concerning, caring tone.
Edward nudged Bella to leave with Charlie, so Bella left reluctantly trailing behind Charlie to the police cruiser abandoning her friends. Once in the police cruiser, Charlie left the minute parking lot slowly, while Bella was too catch up in her thoughts watching the distance lengthened away from Forks High School to mildly pay the slightest bit of attention to what Charlie was telling her about. Charlie figured that Bella wasn't that talkative and just prattled on unaware she was inattentive leaning on the glass window staring out at the bleak outdoors. The dull outdoor scenery became fuzzy with sleep setting in making it difficult even to hear Charlie rambling still. The police cruiser pulled up into the Swan's residence driveway slowly halting no to wake Bella from her rest. Charlie got out of the car gently closing the door slowly and tapping lightly on the window Bella was resting her head against partially rousing her from her slumber. Eyes fluttering opened leisurely, Bella registered her current location after realizing that she had fell asleep halfway home. Charlie stood shadow stood in front of the cruiser window, and Bella stretched in the small space of the back seat area. The back door of the cruiser opened, Bella struggled to find balance with her stilettos and her legs had fallen asleep causing her to slightly stumble but hold the cruiser for temporary balance. Holding out his hand, Charlie offered helping hand to his daughter seeming to exhausting to walk coordinated like usual, but it was also due to her ridiculously high stilettos that was most probably Alice's idea because Bella would have never dressed up as much as she was now. Charlie maneuvered Bella cautiously into the house and up the steep stairs in her heels to her bedroom, where she collapsed exhausted on her cushiony bed not bothering to change into her silk Victoria Secret pajamas with little to no energy to walk over to her dresser in her zombie state. Throwing the stilettos in a dark corner of her room lost never to be found in for quite awhile, but Alice wouldn't mind since she never wears the same outfit or accessories twice always wearing a new outfit everyday. Letting her hair fall down in soft spiraling curls falling down her back, Bella crawled into a comfortable sleeping position resting her head on the soft pillow not caring if her curls unraveled from its bouncy, voluminous state. The darkness and calmness of her room made it the perfect place for solace after the hellish events that had occurred tonight.
Sulking outside in his silver Volvo parked near the Swan residence, Edward contemplated whether to let Bella be alone to deal with tonight's events in her own way without him interfering. Sleep sunk into her heavy eyelids, Bella fell into a deep slumber reminiscing about the better memories spent with Edward dancing on the veranda actually decently dancing with his help she had gotten over her intense apprehension of dancing. In a brief flashback in the dream, James stalking them from the shadowy woods close by with his attentive, piercing scarlet eyes filled with hatred and revenge glowered at couple dancing gleefully. Suddenly James's pallor face with a murderous expression looking at Bella from her bedroom window prying the window open sluggishly, Bella sprang up like a spring scanning her room intently for any evident signs of James, but only the dark shadows of her room she found. Slightly on edge, Bella struggled to fall back asleep peacefully without the paranoia of James hiding in her room waiting for the opportune time to kill her in her sleep when she was vulnerable insurmountable to defend herself since Edward wasn't with her to protect her fragile human form.
I'm writing the last few chapters though i've been busy with homework, so I'll try to update soon! Plz leave comments and thanks! I'm gonna kinda continue past twilight sorta touching on some points in new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn so i'm still figuring out how i'll do that but i think you like the story very interesting Jacob/Bella/Edward love triangles.