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Chapter 17
I'm not sure how long I'd been asleep but I knew that it was late when I woke up - or rather very early. I rolled over and looked at the clock at my bedside it read 01.14am, I had been asleep for seven hours. As I sat up in bed and rubbed my eyes I started to remember the events of the last few hours and I began to feel tired again - no I wouldn't grieve, not yet. I had to be strong for myself and for Charlie because I knew it would destroy him If I fell apart again. I crawled out of bed and made my over to the mirror that sat in the corner of my room and looked at myself. I look tired, I thought to myself ….and sad, I definitely looked sad. I sighed - stupid vampires and their ability to drive my crazy, I turned around and made my way out of my room and into the bathroom to have a shower - things always look better after you have a shower.
Things were not better I thought to myself - but then again that was obvious because normal people did not sit at their kitchen tables at two o'clock in the morning if everything's alright. I groaned and put my head down on the table and closed my eyes. "Bella?" said a voice. I opened my eyes and lifted my head off the table to look at the person who stood beside me. "Edward?" I replied. "Is it true?" he asked me, his face serious. "Is what true?" I asked him. "Are you in love with Carlisle" he asked in the same level voice as if discussing the weather. "Yes I am, he told you I take it?" I asked, he nodded his head in response "How did the others take it?" he seemed to consider the question a second before answering me "They were surprised" he said "Well... Esme, Rosalie and Emmet were at least."
I stood up and took a step towards him "But you weren't" I told him. He cocked his head to the side slightly as if listening to something "Yes and no" he said finally "I had an idea that your feelings for me had changed somewhat, but I didn't expect that the reason for that to be my father." I took another step towards him "I'm sorry" I said. He smiled slightly and said "Why be sorry Bella, you're only human after all." I flinched slightly at his words "Why when you say that does it sound like an insult?" I asked him quietly. He shrugged his shoulders "Maybe it is, but then again maybe it isn't" he replied. "Always with the cryptic" I told him. He gave me another small smile "I have to go now, there's still things to sort out, I just wanted to hear it from you that's all" he said. "Things?" I asked him. "Carlisle will explain it to you, he's waiting outside" he said as he lifted his arm and stroked my face softly. "Will I see you again?" I asked. "That's up to you" he said as he dropped his hand and then turned towards the door. "Edward" I called, he turned back to look at me "When you pass Carlisle on the way out I don't suppose you could tell him that I'm not really up for visitors tonight could you?" He raised his eyebrows "Do you honestly think that would work" he asked. I turned back towards the table and slumped down in my seat "Probably not" I said as I watched him walk towards the door, open it and slip silently out.
Well at least the truth was out in the open now I thought - but why did he tell them after what he did? Was it guilt towards them… or me? I stared down at the table in front of me, It really seems that every time I try to make my mind up to do something, someone else comes along and changes it. I heard the noise of someone's throat clearing I looked up to find Carlisle standing in the place where Edward had been just a minute ago. I stared at him and I could feel my eye's start to burn and my throat close up. I stood up quickly and made my way over to the sink and poured myself a glass of water from the tap. I took a large drink of water from the glass, and then another one. He still hadn't spoken, I placed the glass on the side then closed my eyes and took a breath, opened them again and turned to face him and said "I think you have some explaining to do."
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