BPOV
Clarisse stared at me, as if she had never seen me before. I stared back, but not at her; at Annabeth. Her hair had grown a lot, past her shoulders, and her beautiful brown hair curled at the ends. Her blue eyes looked beautiful, and they looked so happy I could have laughed with joy.
"Bella?" asked Clarisse nervously. I smiled, and waved a little.
"Hey, Clarisse, this is my friend Alice Cullen," I kept smiling. She looked at Alice for the first time, and relaxed just a little bit.
"Um… I don't mean to be rude, Bella, but what are you doing here?" she asked. I felt a little hurt. Couldn't I see my own daughter?
"I live here now, in Chicago, with my brother Emmett and my father," I smiled.
"And your mother?" she asked confused. Immediately my smile dropped, and I took in a shaky breath.
"No… she, she died," I said sadly. Her face fell; she had liked a lot my mother when they met each other in the whole adoption process.
"Oh, dear! I am so, so sorry. I did not know! But, how?!" Clarisse shrieked.
"It doesn't matter, the reason. But anyway," I said cheering up, "I came here to see my daughter, for her birthday," I said happily. She smiled, but I could tell she didn't like it much I called Annabeth my daughter, but, after all she was.
"Come in, Bella, Alice," Clarisse invited us in the hotel room. She explained Andy, her husband, was out doing some late shopping for her. We chatted for a while, when I decided I wanted to spend some time with my daughter.
"Um, Clarisse, can I hold Annabeth for a little while?" I asked her. She had a pained look, and I thought she didn't want me too, but then I realized it was because of her next words.
"Of course, dear, she is, after all, your daughter," she said. I smiled and held my arms out for Annabeth. She smiled, and came forward towards my arms. I felt so happy watching her walk, and then guilty not being there for my daughter the whole time.
I hugged Annabeth tight to my chest, and a happy tear fell from the corner of my eye. I played a little bit with Annabeth, before remembering of Alice, and handed her Annabeth. Alice looked charmed by my daughter, and could not help but smile. A few minutes later, we gave Clarisse Annabeth's gift. She was thrilled, and said she would dress Annabeth in it the next day.
When Alice and I saw it was getting late, we said our goodbyes, and I promised to come visit another day. When we got to my house, Alice decided to sleep over.
"Oh, Bella, your daughter is so cute, and beautiful!" Alice squealed. I laughed, and thanked her after. Emmett apparently heard Alice's squeal, and came bounding in the room.
"What is wrong?!" Emmett bellowed looking around frantically.
"Nothing, Alice just got a little bit exited. Today we went to see Annabeth!" I smiled widely at him.
"You did?" Emmett asked. Alice and I nodded eagerly and told him all about our visit. Emmett smiled at every detail we gave him; he loved children a lot, especially Annabeth.
"Okay Bells, but remember that next time, I'm going with you to see my niece," he smiled proudly.
And so Emmett full-filled his promise. Two days after my first visit, Emmett and I headed to the hotel to see my daughter. Once again, she looked beautiful, and Emmett played with her so much, he looked like a father playing with his children.
The bad news was: Edward was getting suspicious. I wanted to tell him all of the truth, to tell him I was just seeing my wonderful daughter. But I couldn't, I wouldn't.
So when Monday came along, I met up with Edward again. He looked breathtaking as usual, I loved him as usual, and Shawn looked murderous as usual. That was when I started wondering when Shawn would make his move, as he had promised.
EPOV
I had a bad feeling, deep inside my gut, that Bella was still hiding something from me. Over the last few days, Bella had been hanging out with Alice more than me; and I was not happy about it. I had asked Alice several times what all that was about, but she kept telling me they were just doing girl stuff.
So, on Monday, 25th of October, as I was heading down to school I made a promise to myself. I would find out what it was that Bella had been keeping from me. When I arrived (finally), I found Bella talking to Emmett in hushed voices. As I made my way towards them, I could barely make out some sentences.
"…I know, right? She really does look beautiful," I heard Bella whisper. Who could she be talking about?
"…Proud… uncle… laugh's a lot…looks just like you…" I could barely make out some words from Emmett; but enough make a lot of questions. Who looks just like Bella? Who were they talking about? Who was a proud uncle? What had Emmett said that made Bella agree with her brother? And so on went the questions.
I decided to pretend I had not listened to anything, but when I made my presence acknowledged, Bella's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. It would have been funny, if I hadn't been suspecting Bella was keeping a secret away from me.
BPOV
I still couldn't believe that Emmett and I had been so close to being discovered by Edward. That was all I thought about for the rest of the evening. As school finished, I made my way to the parking lot. Coach Clapp had held me back, talking to me about my inability of walking, much less running on a flat surface. I was so distracted that I ran straight at someone, which by the looks of it was not happy. When I noticed who it was, I froze dead on my tracks. It was Shawn (of course), but some meters away, was a parked Volvo. Come on, Emmet, hurry up!
"Look at what the wind brought," said Shawn evilly, liking his lips.
"Get lost," I said in a harsh voice. Shawn smirked and then he leaned forward.
"Nah, I think I'll stick around for a while. But now, I would like to make a little demonstration for your boyfriend," he whispered in my ear. I froze, Edward was watching? But before I could process the thought any further, Shawn crushed his lips to mine. I heard a loud yell, a gasp, and a pained cry. The people who did that were (in order) Emmett, Alice, and Edward. I tried pushing Shawn away, and I got a weird sense of Déjà Vú. The difference was, that then, I had Edward, and I had lost him again.
EPOV
How could she do this to me… again?!? She lied, she didn't love me. She probably just used me to make that Shawn guy jealous. I ran to my Volvo and sped off. I was angry, hurt, brokenhearted, but mostly hurt.
I started on the radio, and I listened to 'Accidentally in Love' by Counting Crows.
So she said what's the problem baby?
What's the problem? I don't know well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it, every time I think about it
Can't stop thinkin' 'bout it.
How much longer will it take to cure this?
Just to cure 'cause I can't ignore
If it is love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me
But I don't know nothing 'bout love, (Ahhaawaa!)
Come on, come on,
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on,
The world will follow after
Come on, come on,
Because everybody's after Love.
So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring's that coming-
All this love melting under blue skies
Melting out sunlight shimmering love.
Well baby I surrender -
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever ever will this love!
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love, (Ahhaawaa!)
These lines of lightning mean we are never alone,
Never alone
No, no!
Come on, come on,
Move a little closer
Come on, come on,
I wanna hear you whisper
Come on, come on,
Settle down inside my Love (Ahhaawaa!)
Come on, come on,
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on,
You'll feel a little lighter
Come on, come on,
You were once upon a time in Love
We're accidentally in love.
Accidentally in love (x7)
Accidentally…
I'm in love (I'm in love) (x3)
Come on, come on,
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on,
And the world's a little lighter
Come on, come on, just get yourself inside her Love,
I'm in Love.
I loved the song, but in that moment I wasn't sure if it was the best song for that moment. I knew I would never love anybody as much as I loved Bella.
When I got home I ran upstairs to my room, and cried as much as I could. Some minutes later, I decided I was being a big baby, and stopped bawling. But just as I got downstairs, I heard the doorbell ringing.
BPOV
When Edward ran away, Emmett punched Shawn right in the gut. I just stood there and watched, but I didn't really feel like I was myself anymore. I felt as if Edward had taken me with him. The next thing I did was impulsive, and not Bella-like. I ran. I ran so fast I thought at any second I would start flying. It was strange, but whenever I wanted to run fast, I did, and I never fell. But just to my luck, it started raining. I had no time to process that fact, so I just kept pushing my legs further and further.
I made it to Edward's house fast, yet soaking wet. I rang the doorbell, followed by a bunch of curses that could only belong to Edward. So when he opened his door; you would understand his surprise by finding me under the pouring rain, a tear streaked face, muddy clothes and forming incoherent apologies.
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