Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. Stephenie Meyer does and I love her for creating these characters and her story that goes along with them
Bella's POV
It was Monday and Alice had insisted on me going with her shopping because she needed a dress for her first date with Jasper. I was happy for her but after about three hours of her trying on dresses it was getting old. We were in the 17th billion store when Alice's phone rang and she picked it up saying "It's about time. I was running out of clothes to try on." She then looked at me and started walking away. I kept thinking about what she had said and it did not make sense but what ever. She was Alice and when did she ever make sense? When she came back, she grabbed a random dress off a rack and proceeded to the check out counter. I was going to ask her if she was going to try it on but I was just happy she had finally found a dress and we were going to leave.
During the car ride home I kept getting this weird smile from Alice and it was starting to creep me out. Finally we pulled up to my house and all the lights where out but Charlie's cruiser and Emmett's truck were there so I figured they just must be watching TV or something. I put my key into the lock and opened the door and that is when the lights turned on and about 15 people jumped out at me and said surprise. At that moment I fell to the ground and started to cry. I was curled up in a ball crying and could not stop. I heard footsteps coming near me and I could feel everyone staring at me, but I could not pull myself together, much less move so people would not see me like this. The footsteps stopped and a pair of strong arms grabbed me and started to carry me away. They headed upstairs with me and opened the door to my room and set me down. I was still crying and could not stop.
"Bella…I take it you don't like surprises," Emmett said trying to lighten the mood but this only made me sob louder.
Then the door opened and another pair of footsteps approached the bed and I felt them sit down and then I could hear murmuring between two people, but could not understand it over my crying.
Suddenly the arms that had been wrapped around me released, but were quickly replaced by another set of strong arms that I knew where Edward's. He held me and rubbed soothing circles on my back until I got control of myself and stopped crying. I then pushed myself gently out of his grasp and looked up at him and asked "Why are there so many people downstairs?"
"Because it is your surprise birthday party…" he said trying to hold in a laugh.
"What?" It was my birthday party…I had not had a birthday party since my mom moved in with Phil and that was a long time ago.
"Don't tell me you forgot today is your birthday?"
In all honesty, I had, so I told him the truth "Well yeah, I did…but birthdays have never been a big deal in my family."
"Well Charlie and Emmett love birthdays…so you might want to start getting use to them….but I am pretty sure they will never throw you another surprise party though." He said trying to make me smile. It didn't work.
"Well, I guess I should go downstairs and enjoy my party," even though I knew it was going to be pure torture.
The next week at school went the same as the first, except for the fact that Edward never seemed to let me out of his sight. I normally would have been freaked out by a guy being around me, much less being around me all the time. I was finding that I was very comfortable with him and maybe even more comfortable than being around Emmett. One of the good things about Edward being around 24/7 was that fact that Mike did not try anything, but it made me wonder if somehow Edward knew about what Mike had done to me.
While Edward seemed to be protecting me from Mike, I knew that he could do nothing to protect me from Phil. Today was Phil's first day in Forks and I was supposed to spend the weekend with him. Emmett knew about me going to spend the weekend with Phil but I was not sure if anyone else knew that Phil was even coming to Forks to live.
While I was thinking about my weekend of doom, I did not notice Edward and Emmett walk up behind me. They startled me and I jumped when Emmett said "Hey Bella, what you thinking about?"
"Oh nothing," I lied.
"Oh well, I told Edward about you going to Phil's for the weekend and he volunteered to help Phil unload his moving van, so he is going with us today when I drop you off."
"Oh okay."
Edwards POV
"Hey Emmett, do you and Bella want to go with Alice, Rose, Jasper and me to the water park Saturday?"
"Oh well, I would love to go but Bella is going to spend the weekend with her step dad. He just moved in."
What? Phil is moving here?…That must have been what he told her on the phone last week. That sick pervert was coming back to hurt Bella. I must had the look of shock until Emmett piped in.
"Oh, I guess she didn't tell you."
"No," I said a flat voice. "So when is she going over there?"
"Today right after school…and we are going to help him unpack."
"Can I help?" I knew I had to check this guy out and find out where he lived so if I needed to save her I could.
"Okay..." he sounded puzzled.
Bella's POV
On the whole ride to Phil's, I could feel Edward staring at me like he wanted to say something but couldn't find the words to say it. Phil's house was probably a five minute drive from the school but it seemed like forever. When we got to Phil's house, I quickly hopped out, wanting to avoid the awkwardness of the Jeep. Edward seemed to be staring down Phil the whole time we were helping to unload the U-Haul and I started to wonder if somehow he knew about Phil, too, but how could he know about Phil?
When we were finally done unloading the U-Haul, I went outside to say goodbye to Emmett and Edward and as I was hugging Edward, he dropped something in my pocket and whispered in my ear "Call me tonight...Please," and they both walked away. Once they were gone, I turned to walk inside but first took out the item Edward had dropped in my pocket. I took it out saw that Edward had dropped a shiny Razor phone in my pocket.
I walked inside and was greeted by a pan slamming into my face and I feel to the ground in pain. I looked up at Phil and he looked at me and said "You told him didn't you?…You little slut!"
"No, I did not tell anyone. I swear…please…please stop."
"Don't lie to me Isabella, you are a horrible lair!"
"I know I am and so you should know that I am not lying right now!" I pleaded with him but knew it was of no use.
He picked me up my hair and I screamed in pain. Once he had me about neck high, he throw me across the room and into a pile of boxes that then dumped out on me. The boxes where filled with glass plates and dishes. Many broke on my head and then others broke around me. I looked up at him with the horror evident in my eyes. But he just looked back at me with a sicken smile.
The next thing I knew, he had grabbed my neck and was dragging me across the floor and pieces of glass where digging into my skin. I then I felt him pulling me up the stairs by my legs and I tried to hold my head up to keep it from farther damage on banging it on the stairs.
Emmett's POV
After Edward and I dropped off Bella at Phil's, we headed towards my house. When we pulled into the driveway I saw that Dad's cruiser was already there. Edward and I walked upstairs and were about to get started on our project for English when I remembered Bella still had my book in her room. I walked over to her room and started to look for my book and I found it on Bella's bookcase, but when I pulled it out I saw another book hidden behind it that said DON"T TOUCH ME. Before I realized what I was doing, I grabbed the book and opened it to the first page where I read,
Hi my name is Isabella Swan, but I prefer to be called Bella but Phil, my evil step dad that I will get to in a second, always calls me Isabella because I hate it. So why do I call Phil my evil step dad? Because well... because he is. He beats my mother and me every night. Crap! Phil is coming. I will write more later.
Bella
I could not believe what I had just read, but I flipped the page and started reading it again.
Hey its Bella again. I know it has been about two months since I have written but Phil broke my right arm about two months ago when I tried to stop him from hitting my mom with a hammer and when I did, I got the full blow in my right arm. But that was okay. It was worth it. My mom was so badly beaten already. I am so scared for her sometimes.
Next page.
Hey it's Bella...Phil just left me... I feel so alone and I feel so useless… and I feel so dirty…I can not stop crying, so I am sorry if the handwriting is hard to read but I had to write how I felf or else I am going to do something I will regret later… No, not that I will regret it. I really do want to die but I can't. My mom needs me so I can't. So I will write what I am feeling…Your first time is suppose to be magical and is suppose to be something you want to remember for the rest of your life, but not me. My first time was being raped. My first time was with my step dad…My first time hurt…My first time caused me to black out in pain…I want to die but I can't…
Bella
At this,. I took the book and went running into my room and grabbed Edward who looked completely stunned. I dragged him to my Jeep and took off down the road going over 100 mph and I did not care I hoped the cops caught me and followed me to where I was going because I knew that Bella was in trouble. Edward looked at me and for the first time spoke "Emmett what is going on?"
It took me a while to try and find the words but the ones I had I could not say aloud without completely losing it, so I just handed him the Diary. He opened it and started reading it. I saw his face out of the corner of my eye and saw a mask of complete shock and horror.
Ok so I know a lot happened this chapter but I couldn't help myself so I hoped you liked it…oh and if I get enough reviews of people telling me it went to fast I will take it down and rewrite this and make it happen slower…also tell me if you want Phil to get and I will keep writing for a while or if you want Phil to get caught and the story to wrap up….
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