Chapter 2: Have a cup of tea

Well there was no rest for the wicked in this car ride.

Charlie has got his sirens on and driving like a mad bat from hell. Yeah uncle Charlie was not in the mood to chat, it was get home and wait for Izzy to call. I do hope she's safe and not putting herself in danger, and not for just some boy that broke her heart.

Finally taking a proper look at my uncle, I can see that he's aged well. There is a few specks of grey hair on his full head of chocolate brown hair (that looks brushed for once) , but I think that more from stress of the job, than age. The same dull brown eyes as my mum use to have, they have lost their little spark for the moment. His dark brown moustache still in place. Nicely dressed in a black suite and tie, but the tie has been pulled down with the two top buttons undone on his shirt to breathe a bit more easily from his panic. Overall Charlie hasn't changed from the last time I saw him, just a bit more ruffled.

Sighing to myself, I try to block out the siren with my earphones, they are blaring out music through them. Closing my eyes, as we are going to fast for my tired eyes to keep up. I start to slowly sink into my seat, finally comfy.

"Bow"

I jumped up startled, from the touch on my shoulder. Looking over at my Uncle, he seemed more calm now.

"We are home" ahh he's mumbling again, he must be a bit more relaxed, or just as tired as I am.

Nodding my head I start to get out of the car. Charlie has already gotten my bag and headed towards the front door.

Once inside, I make my way over to the sofa and crash out.

"Bow, you can't sleep on the sofa. Go upstairs to sleep"

Groaning "I'm too tired to climb the stairs, it'll be fine for one night. I can fully stretch out on it too. And it's so comfy, I feel like I'm on a cloud" mumble off into the cushions. Hearing a snort, I accept that as a yes and drift off to sleep.

Slowly drifting out of my sleep, I can hear the rain pounding against the window, sounding as though it's trying to get through the glass. Sitting up with a kink in my neck , I stare at the closed blinds that haven't changed as long as I've known this house.

Narrowing my eyes just a little bit at it, they burst wide open showing the stormy weather outside. Yep, I'm in Forks. Slowly stretching myself out of my sleep state, I make way to the kitchen to find Charlie sat at the table staring at nothing.

"Uncle Charlie? Is everything okay?" He doesn't even twitch at the sound of my voice, just keeps on staring. "Charlie, has Izzy called yet?" Oh god I hope she has. I have never seen him like this.

He finally looks up at me, just staring for a few seconds before shaking his head softly. "No, she hasn't" he mumbled off looking just as worried as he was last night. Suddenly standing up he stalks over to the phone and starts dialling.

"Um, Charlie? What are you doing?" I asked, quite startled from the sudden burst of movement.

Glancing over at me he gruffs out " I'm calling that boys family. To see if they know what the hell is going on!" Shushing me as he listens to the phone ring. It stops ringing and I can just make out a male voice talking through. "Carlisle, it's me Charlie… I'm not doing that great at the moment, thank you. My daughter has run off to Italy for your son. So please and try to explain to me why they are in Italy? And why was it so important for my Bella to fly off there so suddenly, that she couldn't even tell me about it!" He's in chief mode, he will fight to get some form of answer. Oh I wished I had some popcorn to watch this with.

Reminder; get popcorn today, for when Izzy gets home to watch the drama unfold.

I've got to admit, uncle Charlie can be intimidating when he's in this mode… I remember when I was 12 and Izzy was 8, we kind of walked to far into the forest behind the house.. we were following a fox.. well Izzy was, I was chasing after her to get back. She's always been stubborn. Ten minutes of chasing theses two, I noticed that the fox froze for a second before dashing off, faster than what it was doing with us. Running up to Izzy I kneeled down to her height, I start scolding her, telling her she knows she's not allowed in the forest, we're both not allowed in there. Hugging her tightly, I start to look around… I had no clue how to get back home.

Standing up, I take Izzy's hand and start leading us in the opposite direction we came. But I froze in mid step. There was a growl behind us. Turning ever so slowly to look over my shoulder, whilst pulling my baby cousin closer to me, I saw I saw a giant dark brown bear standing behind us. Getting ready to attack us. Pounding its front paws against the ground, snarling.

It charged at us. I screamed so loud, throwing my arms up in the air, as fast as I can and wait for the attack. But I didn't come. Instead there was a loud thump sound. Looking up, the bear had been thrown into the tree behind it, knocking it out. There was a crack, splitting all the way up the middle of the tree. Grabbing Izzy's hand we run as fast as we can, before hearing uncle Charlie shouting for us. Charging straight at him, we hugged him so tightly, crying hard. The adrenaline had finally fallen, Izzy had fallen asleep a few minutes against her dad knowing she's safe now. I just stayed still trying to understand what had happened. Charlie was yelling at me, telling me I was so stupid for going in there, why couldn't I just kept the both of us in the garden and softly ending that he was glad we were both safe. Gentle wiping my nose with a tissue. There was blood on it.

That was the first time I ever used my powers for something big… I've always used them to turn lights on and off, close doors and bring stuff over to me when I can't be bothered to move. The first time I ever used it was when I was nearly a year old. My mum said I floated my bottle over to me. It really freaked her out… I miss her

Coming out of my memory, I notice Charlie is still on the phone. He's calmed down a lot, but he's still angry.

Hanging the phone back on the wall, he comes back to flop back into his seat. Sighing tiredly "Bella should get back around one-ish tomorrow, at the earliest if all goes well."

That's a lot earlier than I thought she was going to be. Is she not even going to go sight seeing? " well that's good and at least you know she safe now. How did.. was it Carlisle?" Getting a nod "how does he know everything is okay?"

"Alice" ah that explains everything. Izzy always said she had the knack of knowing stuff. I'm still a bit peed of with her as well . She was Izzy's best friend, why couldn't she text or ring her to talk. What could have possibly stopped them all from getting in contact with her. "She rang saying they are all fine and safe and that they are getting a flight back tonight" he sounded so relieved that she is coming back.

"Great!" Relived myself, she has changed a lot since she met this family. "Can I keep her to myself for a few weeks then?" Hoping that whatever he has planned for when she gets home, I can at least have her for a bit.

Chucking, he nods his head. Yes!

" I think she'll be allowed to go to Jacobs, and only allowed certain amount of time with Edward. Alice, I really like her. But this has shocked me and she also didn't get in contact with Bells all this time too" he looked a bit lost for what to do.

"Well, when you see them tomorrow, just stick to whatever comes out of your mouth from anger. Let her know she's living in your house and there are rules now to follow" making this up as I go along.

"Why don't I make you a cup of tea?" Tea solves everything.

"Coffee please" ugh, I hate coffee… uncultured swine, pun intended.

"Right, how do you like it again?"

End of chapter 2