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Our family had grown, and it was making the rest of us forget things. Important things. I had supposedly been in Florida for three weeks now, and Charlie must have been getting impatient. He had called here one time just to see if Edward was back yet. Carlisle said we would be back in three days, so here we were, waiting on Charlie's doorstep. My red eyes had settled down to golden. Not quite the same as before, but closer. Edward hadn't told me his story to cover for my absence, let alone my appearance. It would have helped to know it before. I still sucked at lying. Charlie answered the doorbell before I could get my hand off the button.
"Bella! Where have you been? I have been so worried! You weren't answering your cell phone, and Renee's number was disconnected!" At this time, I just turned to Edward slightly, and he just smiled.
"Hi, Dad," I said once Charlie had stopped hugging me. Luckily, I had thought of wearing a long sleeved shirt, or he would have frozen. "Um…about that phone thing…" Edward stepped forward, and I let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, Charlie." Charlie just glared at him. "Her phone fell out of her bag at the airport, and I sort of stepped on it." He had the guilty tone down perfectly, and he pulled out a phone like mine that had been crushed. I had to try hard not to laugh and give it away.
"Hmph. Bella, are you hungry?" Charlie was desperately trying to change the subject. He still wasn't very fond of Edward.
"Not really. Can we come in from outside, please?" I said, pretending to shiver from the cold.
"Oh. Right. Sure." I took a seat on the couch, Edward next to me. Charlie took the chair, as far away from Edward as possible.
"You look different, Bella. Did Florida make you paler?"
"Er…" I didn't have an answer. Dumb Bella.
"She's just cold. It's below thirty out there, you know."
"Thank you, Edward," he said through gritted teeth.
"Dad, I'm sort of tired Long plane rides, you know. I'm gonna go to bed. Bye, Edward." I smiled as I led him out the door. "See you upstairs."
"Bella?"
"Yeah, Dad?"
He hesitated before answering. "Night." I could tell it wasn't what he wanted to say, but I didn't ask. I would get it from Edward later. I just went upstairs and closed the door to my bedroom. Edward was sitting on the end of my bed, reading Wuthering Heights. He smiled my favorite crooked smile when he saw me.
"What was that all about?" I asked incredulously, knowing that he had heard Charlie's thoughts.
"Nothing. You'll find out later."
"I'll just ask Alice, then."
"No. She won't tell you."
"We'll see. Is Charlie coming up tonight?"
"No."
"Can we go back to your house? It's boring here, and Elizabeth told me she'd show me her power."
We left and were at the house in a minute.
"How'd it go?" Alice asked.
"You already know. And told everyone else. Do I really need to explain?"
"No. But it's fun." I just ignored her.
"So, Elizabeth, can you show us now?"
She nodded, and was gone. After a few seconds she appeared again.
"Amazing," Carlisle said.
We were sitting scattered across the living room, talking about random things, when a thought crossed my mind, stopping me in mid sentence. Jasper felt my mood change, and Edward sensed Jasper's observation.
"Bella, what's wrong?" His voice was urgent. It made me laugh.
"Great. She's gone crazy," Emmet joked.
"I'm not crazy. And calm down, Edward. Sheesh. One thought and everything goes to chaos. I just wondered when I'll have to go back to school. I'm sure Charlie's told everybody that I'm back now, and he'll probably force me to ride with him to school tomorrow."
Carlisle apparently had given this some thought already. "We'll go hunting tonight, and then you, Alice, Jasper, Edward, Emmet, and Rosalie will go back tomorrow."
"What about me?" Elizabeth chimed in.
"You'll go in a few days. We have to go through all of the trouble of a new student to stop any suspicion."
"Er…I've been gone for a month. What's my story? Mike and everyone will be asking."
"You tripped over a curb in Florida and were hit by a biker. Lightly, of course. Though you have been in the hospital for a month."
"Am I really that much of a klutz?" I asked, thinking the story sounded dramatic.
"Bella, love….yes…" Edward said, smiling his crooked smile.
"The school seemed to believe it!" Alice piped up. Emmet's laugh echoed through the house.
We had talked more about my story for another hour or two before the sun started to come up. I left for home before Alice could pick out my outfit and before Charlie was awake.
"Morning, Bella," he said as he came downstairs.
"Hi, Dad."
"Need a ride to school?"
"Sure, Dad. My truck's probably dead anyways."
Edward met me in the parking lot. "Ok, be careful. Mike is about to come bombard you. And…here he is."
"Bella!" he yelled from across the parking lot. "You're back! Are you okay?"
"Er… yeah? I'm standing here aren't I? Any bruises?" Edward was behind Mike, and smiled when I said this. Mike started walking towards the school, and I followed. I pretended to trip over my own feet as we entered the building. Edward has to stay behind because he couldn't keep a straight face anymore. Mike wouldn't let me go until lunch when I left to sit with Edward and the rest of the Cullens.
"I knew I forgot something," Edward said as I sat down. I laughed, knowing he had been referring to my comment on the bruises.
"Nobody's perfect." He smiled my favorite crooked smile. Alice chimed in.
"Nice move on the tripping thing. It looked really real. Should've seen it coming…"
I walked over to Jessica's table and let everyone else catch up with me. It was amazing how much I had missed…