omg, thanks everyone! i didnt think that i would be getting this chapter up soo soon! after the ransom was paid i have been working suuper hard to get this done tonight! this is THE longest chapter i have written !! it is now 10 at night and im tired so the ending might seem a little rushed, but im happy with it.
oh and to Grace Cullen: the chapter has been put up! so please dont hang me by my pinkie toe!!
big thanks to all those that reviewed!! here is the chapter
disclaimer: i do NOT own twilight
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EPOV
I got to the house faster than I thought possible. I'm sure I heard several people call my name, and I'm sure I'll get in trouble for that later, but I have to be home now to check on Bella.
I walked into the house and saw Esme coming down the stairs.
"Esme, where's Bella? What happened?" I asked her trying to get the information out of her quickly.
"She's fine Edward. Just a little tired. Go talk to Alice, she knows more than I do. She's up in her room." She reassured me. "Oh, and please Edward, let the poor girl rest. I have no idea what she's gone through, but from the way she looked." She said before walking off.
I climbed the stairs hurriedly. I barged into Alice's room and looked at the scene in front of me.
On the bed, was Bella. She looked physically drained, her hair matted against her head from the sweat. Alice was sitting beside her, washing her face off as she slept. After taking a closer look at Alice, I noticed her eyes were red and a little puffy from crying.
I walked up to her and gave her a hug, before sitting beside Bella. She walked out hurriedly
She looked so peaceful. Her face was relaxed, without the worries of life to bring her down. Her lips were slightly parted; I started wondering what it would feel like to kiss her again…
I heard the door open behind me. I didn't turn around to look to see who walked in. The group that walked in was Carlisle, the cops from earlier, and a paramedic.
I didn't get up as Carlisle and the paramedic checked her vitals. The cops were conversing, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. One of them walked up to me, "Son, we need to take you down to the station for questioning."
Carlisle was immediately pulled from working with Bella to look at them.
"I'm not going anywhere until Bella wakes up." I told them without taking my eyes from her.
"Please, I'm sure that tomorrow both Bella and Edward will be able to go to talk to you, but now they both need to rest. From what we've heard they've had a long day." Carlisle persuaded them.
They nodded their heads and told me to come by the station at 12 o'clock tomorrow for questioning. They left right away.
After checking over Bella, the paramedic left soon after.
Carlisle sat down next to me and put his hand on my knee. "Son, what is going on?'
I looked over at him and saw the curiosity in his eyes. I sighed before saying, "Well, I might as well tell everyone since I'm sure they all want to know as well."
He got up to go get everybody into the living room so we could talk. I hesitantly followed, after giving Bella a kiss on the forehead, promising that I would be right back.
I walked down the stairs and reached the living room. Alice was cradled next to Jasper on the loveseat; Emmett was sitting in the chair with Rosalie in his lap. Carlisle and Esme were seated comfortably on the couch. I decided to sit next to Esme on the couch.
It was silent for a few moments and then I sighed heavily, running my hands through my hair, trying to think of where to start.
"So, I don't know exactly where to start, so I guess I'll start at why I went running in the woods in the first place…"
I told them of the epiphany I had in my room, running to get to Bella, seeing Charlie pointing the gun at Bella (I noticed that Emmett and Jasper looked ready to kill after hearing that), attacking Charlie, and the shooting. At this point, Rosalie was trying to appear strong, and Alice was full out bawling.
"I'm not sure who pulled the trigger, but I honestly didn't mean to shoot him. As much as he deserves it, I didn't do it on purpose." I looked up at my family and they seemed to understand what I was saying. "Anyway, Bella had me check out Charlie to see if he was okay. Of course he wasn't so I had to send Bella to go get help because in my rush to go save her I forgot my phone. That's pretty much everything."
I looked over to Alice, "What exactly happened when you found Bella?" I asked her.
"Well, me –sniffle- and Jasper were just laying out back, when –sniffle- we heard someone c-c-coming. J-Jasper pulled me up to go s-s-see what it was. When I saw that it was Bella, I-I-I almost had a heart attack. Sh-Sh-She looked like she was about to die." She started to cry again, so she stopped talking.
I looked over to Jasper, silently asking him to continue.
"Well…after I noticed it was her, I ran up to her, and caught her right as she was about to collapse. I mumbled 'Edward, help' and pointed in your general direction before going under. I tried to get her to wake up but she wouldn't so we took her to Carlisle.
"He said that she just needed to rest, so then I remembered what she said about you needing help. Alice said she would call 911 just in case, and Carlisle and Emmett came with me to check on you. That's pretty much it." Jasper finished off.
There was another moment of silence before Rosalie finally asked, "Did he really do all that to her?"
I stiffly nodded my head. Another round of tears came from Alice.
"What did they do with Charlie?" I now remembered that I left before I was notified of what was to happen to him.
"Right now, he is undergoing a surgery to remove the bullet. When he is better, he is going to be questioned, much like you and Bella are." Carlisle told me. It amazes me how he can be so calm right now.
"That's it? That's all their going to do?!" Disbelief was evident in my voice.
"Edward, they don't have anything to go on until they talk to Bella. Right now it's his word against you. Who do you think they are going to believe?" He rationalized with me. Of course he was right.
"We're takin' this to court right?" Emmett asked, directed toward Carlisle.
In my opinion we should, but that's up to Bella. Carlisle apparently agreed because he voiced my silent reply.
"It depends on if that's what Bella wants." He said looking at all of us.
After that, I walked back up the stairs to be with Bella again. I hope that she would want to sue Charlie. She did say that he would get what he deserves soon. I walked back into Alice's room and noticed that Bella was whimpering.
I ran to her side and put my hand on her face.
"No…please don't hurt him…Charlie…" she would say over and over again. I began to whisper reassurances to her, but nothing worked. I decided to start humming a song I was writing for her.
It helped and she stopped. I removed my hand from her face, but her hand came up and grabbed onto it. "Please don't leave me Edward." She said.
"I'm not going anywhere." I told her, knowing that I would do everything to keep that promise to her.
She pulled me into the bed next to her and I complied. She put her face into my chest, as I wrapped my arm around her waist. I continued to hum to her, and eventually she sighed contently before falling back asleep.
I watched her for a few minutes before following shortly after.
BPOV
After my nightmare, I didn't have any dreams. I looked around and realized that I most likely was either in Alice or Rosalie's room. I tried to sit up, but noticed that I couldn't. I started to panic until I looked over and saw that Edward was still lying next to me with a death grip on my waist.
I smiled as I remembered that he stayed with me.
I stared at his face, memorizing everything about him. His square jaw that he clench in whenever he was angry. His perfectly messed up bronze hair that fell limply in front of his eyes. I pictured his piercing green eyes and how they looked at me yesterday in the woods. They held so much concern for me.
Just as my thoughts were about to start wondering about yesterday, Edward's eyes started to slowly open. His crooked grin appeared on his face, which automatically made me smile. "Good morning." I said to him.
"Morning Bella." He replied. To my displeasure, he took his arm from around my waist and he sat up. He brushed his hair with his fingers before turning to me.
"Bella, we need to talk." I sat up and leaned against the headboard, nodding my head mutely. I understood that we needed to, but I hoped that we would have waited a little longer.
"I guess, I'll just start with a question. What were you doing in the woods in the first place?" He was asking very cautiously, within good reason. The last few times he asked me questions like this, I kind of lashed out at him.
"Uh…I was trying to get away." My eyes were fixated on the bed as I said this. I wanted to look at his face, but I didn't want to see his expression.
I was silent and just as I heard him open his mouth to say something, the door was thrown open and Alice was wrapped around me. "Oh thank god your better! I was so worried about you!" she said into my neck.
Alice let go of me and sat next to me on the bed. Carlisle came in after her and sat down in a chair across the room.
Carlisle's expression was wary, like he didn't want to say anything that would upset me.
"I'm glad to see your better, but we have some business that cannot wait right now." He said in his business tone.
"Okay, what do you need to know?" I asked him. The faster I put this behind me, the faster I could move on with my life. I didn't want to be held back by Charlie anymore than I have for the past 10 years of my life.
He seemed a little taken aback by my straight-forwardness, but continued none the less. "Was your father the one abusing you?" I nodded. "How long this been going on?"
"10 years." I said without any emotion. I felt both Edward and Alice grab onto my hand at this point.
"Bella, would you be willing to testify in court against him?"
Here was the question I was waiting for. Did I really want to do this? What if I did do it and I lost? Charlie would definitely kill me. If I didn't do this, then I would be sent back to him and would suffer through the next year with him and leave on my eighteenth birthday.
As good as that sounds, after last night, I doubt that I would make it until then.
After thinking this through, I finally nodded my head. It seemed like everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Bella, I'm glad you said that, because there is no way I would have let you live there any longer." Edward told me as he brought my hand up to his lips and kissed it gently.
I blushed and turned my attention back to Carlisle.
"I'm glad you said that Bella because you and Edward are needed at the police station at noon today to answer some questions." He told me.
I was in shock. I mean, I know I want to do this…but now? I didn't think I was ready now to tell my story to a court and face him. Couldn't I just stay here with the Cullen's?
Carlisle and Alice left the room, and it was just Edward and I in the room again. "Bella, I've got to go take a shower. Alice should be in here in a few minutes to help you out." He gave me a kiss on my forehead before slipping out the door.
Not two seconds later, Alice comes walking in the room and goes straight into the closet.
She came back out with a white knee length skirt, and a striped yellow and white v-neck sweater.
She wrapped up my cast and pushed me into the bathroom so I could finally take a shower.
Once I had the water running down my back, I instantly relaxed. All the muscles in my neck and back were feeling better after just standing there.
After a few more minutes, I began to scrub away the dirt that had accumulated on my skin after going through the woods for hours.
When I was all clean, I turned off the water and put on the clothes that Alice gave me. The skirt was easy to maneuver in with the cast, and overall I think I actually looked nice.
I grabbed the crutches that Alice so kindly put in the bathroom and hobbled out. As soon as I was out the door, Rosalie and Alice were attacking me with various make-up products and curling irons.
Thirty minutes later, they were finally done, and I got to look at myself.
If I thought that I looked better before, than I looked amazing now. My hair was curled slightly and pulled back into a ponytail with a few strands lose, framing my face perfectly. My make-up was very subtle and it didn't look like I was wearing any.
I pulled them in for a quick hug, thanking them for this. They returned it wholeheartedly.
After my 'makeover', Esme came in to bring me some breakfast before I had to leave. I haven't talked to her much, but I could tell that she cared just the same as the rest of them did.
I finished the delicious food that Esme prepared and right on time Edward came into the room to get me. He came in and stared at me for a good 10 seconds before walking up to me, causing me to blush.
"You look amazing." He whispered into my ear as he came to help me up. At least that's what I thought he was going to do, before he came over and picked me up in his arms.
"Edward! Put me down, I'm too heavy!"
Of course this only caused him to laugh. "Bella, you are so light, don't worry about it. We'll get down the stairs faster this way. And I also just like to have my arms around you." He spoke the last part so softly, I don't think I was supposed to hear, but it caused me to blush anyway.
We got into his Volvo and he sped down to the station.
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what did you think?? i think it could have been better, but like i said earlier, i started rushing at the end sooo i might come back to it and make changes later!
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