-Bella-
I awoke with a start, the sting of an open palm on my cheek. I hadn't even realised I fell asleep. I looked up, but Charlie was no longer there, he was standing in the doorway.
"Bella, why did you skip school today?" I froze, I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"We need to have 'the talk'" I started shaking. The talk wasn't a good one. I went to sit up…but I couldn't.
""You want to skip classes, you can stay home and skip" Charlie said sharply, and I realized my hands where duct taped together on the bar at the head of the bed, my ankles taped apart at the foot of the bed. Charlie walked over and closed the curtains.
"Now, why did you skip school?" I didn't answer, I couldn't. His open palm connected with my cheek.
"I can do this all day, Isabella. Or would you rather me show you what your good for?" I was shaking violently.
"I was in school, I was late" I blurted out. He shook his head.
"Should I teach you not to lie to me?" I swallowed hard.
"I'm sorry!" I yelled as loud as I could. "I was sick so I came home after you left" That sounded more believable. He slapped me again.
"Well, if you so insistent on missing school, you wouldn't mind staying here for the next few days. You will stay in bed, Isabella, and if you're lucky at the end I'll show you what your worth." He brang his foot to rest on my chest, slowly lowering his weight onto it.
"Would you like that, Isabella?" He said as he kept adding weight.
"Yes!" I rasped. He removed his foot, bringing his fist down where his foot was. I tried to curl into a protective ball, but I couldn't.
"No food, no water, no light. Isabella, the rest of the week you're staying in this room!" He locked the window, adjusted the curtains to make sure light wouldn't come through, and left. He turned off my light and locked the door from the outside.
I didn't know what to do anymore, the tears that threatened to spill clouded my vision and I let my mind travel to the void. I needed to escape, so I fled reality for the darkness. I couldn't stay here anymore, but now I couldn't leave. If I survived the week… I don't know what I'll do.
-Edward-
Alice predicted the sun would shine today, so we stayed home. I didn't do much, I went hunting, I seemed to be doing that more often, but it was necessary to so I could keep control. On the way back I noticed that by this time Bella should be home. I stopped in the woods, but her curtains were closed. The slow breathing mean she was asleep. She must be sick… and so I allowed her rest as I kept running. I went back that night, sitting on the usual tree. Nobody accompanied me tonight, and so I was left in peace.
The curtains didn't open, and quiet breathing totalled with silence gave me silence I have not had since I was born into immortality. I let her scent swirl around me and took peace in it. Hours later, I slipped from the trees and walked at a leisurely pace home. I thought about what she was, the information Eleazar had told us. Very little was known about her, and being only part, she could have many different powers.
Nothing much happened. I started getting ready for school.
-Bella-
I awoke to freezing water against my chest. It soaked into the fabric, and considering the weather, I don't think it would be dry any time soon. Charlie stood over me, bucket still in hand, and looked at me, as if not satisfied. He then dumped more of the contents over my face, and more on my clothes, making sure most of the water was soaked up the fabric.
He then dropped the bucket, and slammed his palm onto my ankle. I bit my lip to keep from crying out. He did the same with my other ankle.
"Now you can't run" He simply said. I was sure he had broken the both. I didn't try moving them, afraid of the pain I might experience. But he did move it.
He grabbed onto my ankle, moving it roughly on an odd angle, I couldn't hold in the scream that ripped from my throat. He smiled and did the same with the other. I screamed again. He didn't say anything while he did it. That was all he did, today. He left me in the dark while he went to work.
I made myself slip into the realm of darkness; I didn't want to feel the pain anymore. It was soon after that I started to shiver. The cold became painful to be in. I forced myself into the void, yet again set on ignoring the pain. If I got out of this alive… I know what I'll do.
I will go Edward and Alice… My only friends. Wait…did I just think that. I think I did. I was doing what I thought to be impossible. I was starting to trust….I was starting to trust vampires. Oh how idiotic could I be. But the feeling was there, I trusted a group of vampires. How twisted is fate?
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