Once we enter the house I see that my prediction was correct. All the Cullen's are waiting on the couch patiently and they all still look worried about the song I sang. Jasper and I sat in the love seat across them. I am sitting between jaspers legs and jasper has his arm around my waist while my head falls back on to his shoulder.
I take a deep breath and start off "I know you all are trying to figure out why I wrote that song and why it was so emotional. I am about to tell you the story but just so you know it is not a very pleasant one so if you want to leave by all means leave I will not hold it against you. And if you don't want to hear the more detailed story you can leave and I will give you the gist of the story later." I look back at Jasper "that goes for you as well Jazz".
"I told you I would not leave your side and I won't" Jasper said looking in my eyes. I nod and look back at the rest of the Cullen's.
"There is nothing you can say to make me leave. I love you Bella and I want to know" says Alice. Edward Emmet and Rosalie just nod in agreement with her. Edward has Alice on his lap his arms around her waist and one hand in a death grip with Alice. Emmet and Rosalie are in the exact same position.
I look over at Esme and Carlisle. Carlisle looks me in the eye "Bella I think of you as my daughter and I am staying to hear what happened because I care about you and I want to help you. I am not leaving this room." Esme nods in agreement and adds "I love you too Bella you are one of the family".
I take a deep breath and started my story. "My mother and Father were together since I was four. Renee decided she could not handle Forks anymore. She hated it here so much because it was always rainy and she loved the sun. They got a divorce and my mom moved to Phoenix and took me with her. Everything was great with her. I got to see my dad every summer and it was cool. Forks wasn't my favorite place because I was and still am very clumsy and slick floors aren't very healthy for me. During the school year I was with my mom. I love her we had so much fun together. It was a constant party. But my mom since she had me so young never actually grew up. I was more of the grown up in our relationship. She used to tell me all the time 'Girl you may seem like a five year old but you acts like you are fifty.' Everything was great but a couple of months after my mom turned five she started dating a guy name Phil Dyer. He was pretty nice he was very strict with me. I thought he was too strict but my mom always told me he is a good man and is trying to be a father figure to me."
I took a deep breath and ask if it was okay if I grab a glass of water real quick. Esme just quietly goes to the kitchen and gets be a bottle of water. I gratefully drink some and take another breath before I continue. Not a word was spoken while I took my break.
"Now no matter that Phil was strict I did my best to listen and when I did he would handle my punishments. My mom was fine with it she did not find it too harsh. I got a couple of spankings because my room wasn't clean or I did not put my plate in the dish washer. Small tasks I forgot to do. Granted I hated the spankings but they weren't bad. All throughout them dating he would get stricter with me and with my mom just a little more controlling. Just like wanting to know where she is and getting Jealous if she goes out without him. I never told Char-Dad anything because I knew he would be hurt mom was happy. Because I knew he still loved her. I loved getting away from Mom and Phil during the summer. I enjoyed Forks much more then."
"I first met jasper when I was six because he was in my class. We were quick to become best friends even though he always told me" I tried to imitated Jaspers voice before puberty "I had girl cooties. I told him about Phil and everything with mom and Charlie. He told me that he was an orphan. I would go over to the orphanage to hang out with him a lot and help him with his chores. He would come over to my house sometimes too. Mostly after school with just me and my mom, Phil got off work at like six and he Jasper would be back at the orphanage by then. Jasper came over to my house a couple of times on the weekend and he never liked Phil. Phil did not like him either so he rarely came over then. We were still very little so we did not know what would happen later on. It happened when on the two year anniversary of Phil and Mom's first date he proposed."
I looked around at everyone's faces while I took another drink of water. I could see Esme curled up with Carlisle now looking as if she would start crying I knew about her fast marriage so I knew she knew where the story was going. Carlisle has a blank mask over face. But I can tell he wants to track down Phil because he has already connected the dots. If only he knew where Phil really was. Edward, Alice, Rosalie and Emmet all look like they are on the verge of figuring it out. I turn back to look at Jasper and see his stoic face but as always I read his eyes and tell there is anger not directed at me but my mom and Phil. He looks down at me and his face softens and kisses my forehead. And asks "are you sure you want to finish" I just not and say "I have to get this off my chest. I have never told the complete story to anyone." He nods and I turn back around to finish the story.
"I was seven at the time and she of course accepted his proposal and they quickly got married in a month and he moved the rest of his stuff over he was already basically living there already. It was close to the summer and I went up to breakfast one morning where my mom and Phil were eating and asked how long am I going to be able to stay with my Dad that summer. I saw Phil give mom a sharp look and my mom looked at me and told be that I wasn't going back to his house again because she believed him not to be a good influence and that Phil was a much better influence to me. I threw one of the few fits in my life saying I wanted to go to my dad's and if she did not let me I would run away and go live with Jasper. Phil laughed at my tantrum and told me to shut up. I didn't and yelled that he was not my father so I did not have to listen to him. He got so angry and that was the first time he hit me that wasn't classified as a spanking. He slapped me across the face so hard I hit the wall I was standing close to. My mom of course got my mad but he just took her by the arm and went to the bedroom and they started arguing and when they came back out she just told me to grab my back we had to go to school. And she went to Phil and gave him a kiss like nothing happened. My face was red. From where he hit me and so on the way to Jaspers to pick him up to go to school my mom said to tell people I got in an argument with a girl down the street and that they slapped me. I agreed and everything was fine again."
I felt Jasper squeeze me tighter because he knew the about the next couple of years would be hard to tell. I smiled at him gratefully and drank some more water getting ready to talk about the next years. "He started to hit me more and more. My mom never saying a word until one time he hit me hard enough for my head to hit the bookshelf I started bleeding and my mom yelled at him and he started to hit her too. He beat her and she begged for him to stop. He just hit her harder and when he thought she was hurt enough he stopped. And she sat up and he came over to me where I was petrified in the corner. I had watched him hurt her the whole time. He came over to me and asked if he thought he was mean to her. I was mad and scared and I said that I hated him and that he was evil. He beat me as well even harder than my mom. He beat my not only with his hands but kicked me too. Once he was tired he went to bed. My mom and I just sat there. Until I got up a couple of my ribs were broken and I was bleeding a lot but my face was fine. I walked over to where Renee was and asked if she was okay. She just looked at me and said not to tell anyone. I loved her so I agreed. I got her to get up and we walked to the bathroom and she just sat on the toilet. I remembered earlier in the year where there were guests speakers talking to us about first aid. So I just got out the first aid kid and my mom saw and she took of her shirt. There were none of her ribs bent so we knew the only injury she had was a lot of bruises and a couple of cuts. So I got cleaned the cuts and put the band aids on her. And she just kissed my fore head. She sat there when I took of my shirt and cleaned out all of my cuts and put band aids on them. I wrapped gauze around my torso for my ribs. She just sat there. I could tell that I was worse off than her my breathing was very harsh but I acted as if I was not hurt. Even though she knew I was crying in pain whenever I hit one of my injuries. The next day my mom called her office and quit. I still had to go to school and act as if nothing happened. I wore long-sleeved shirts after that. Jasper noticed right away but we were still only seven and I made him promise not to tell anyone. And he kept that promise to me." I felt Jasper shake his head in disgust of the promise he made and he rested his head on my back. He lifted his head up to whisper apologies in my ear and saying that he loved me. I just turned around and kissed him and said it was okay.
Esme Rosalie and Alice already had tears down their faces. I heard the gasps during the story. I heard the curses from the guys too. Carlisle had his arms around Esme Face buried in her back. Emmet had his murderous glare on glaring at the wall. I knew he was visualizing killing Phil. Edward looked at me with sympathy. I had that but I knew he did not mean to make me bad. That he just cared about me I was a sister to him. His jaw was clenched and I could hear him grinding his teeth together.
Right before I was going to finish the story Emmet asked "I wish he did not die in that car crash I would have rather kill him myself." I felt Jasper shake his head he knew that Phil did not die in the car crash but he did not know how he died.
I said "I know Emmet. Anyway Phil continued to beat me and my mom. And Jasper knew what was happening so he always made sure that I was fine to a certain degree. When we were eleven he was about to turn twelve. We met Carlisle and Esme. You guys know that. They go to know one another. I would still hang out with jasper at the orphanage a lot. Carlisle had asked me one time why he only saw me sometimes when he came. He thought I was an orphan too. I told you that I was just a friend of Jazzy and my mom drops me off here sometimes. I could tell that Carlisle and Esme wanted to adopt Jasper but I knew he would say no because he wanted me safe and token care of. He was still under the promise from when we were smaller. I knew Jasper was had always wanted a family so I lied to him and told him that Phil had apologized and for the two weeks before he left he thought everything was fine so he agreed to go with Carlisle and Esme. That was one of the hardest days of my life. I did get the number where I could talk to Jasper with but it was still hard to say goodbye. I watched from the steps as he left. I cried until my mom picked me up. She looked so disappointed that I was crying and told me to shut up and get over it. I was so shocked I stopped crying and just stared at her. She was just so malicious at that moment I could not believe it." Jasper had tears running down his face now. Carlisle and Esme looked ashamed. I quickly told them "Don't worry even though I was sad that I lost jasper I was very happy that he gained parents and siblings. I remember once you asked to adopt him skipping all around the orphanage." Everyone laughed at that. "I was never angry at you and I am not now." They looked a little better but I knew they were still sad that I had lost jasper as my support.
