I know, we will all stay for Edward, won't we? Bella, just happens to be a bit more complicated than we want her to be.

Location: Forks, Washington

Prompt: Police Station

It was nearing five o'clock when Bella and Edward pulled into the town limits of Forks, Washington. Bella shuddered visibly as they passed the sign that read 'Welcome to Forks, Population 3,532' but Edward tried his best to pay her no attention.

Ever since Edward had asked Bella to stay, the car had been completely silent. She had no answer for him, especially not one that he would be happy with, so she turned into a pouty girl who stared out the window and avoided confrontation.

"Do you want me to drop you at your house?" Edward questioned as they passed the diner and pulled to a stop at one of the only stop lights in town. Bella glanced down at the clock and knew that her father should still be at work, so rather than direct Edward to her house where he could come and find her anytime he'd like, Bella decided against it.

"Nah, you can take me to the station. That's where my dad will be and I'm sure he will want to thank you for bringing me home in one piece and not being a serial killer." Bella cracked a small smile, trying to alleviate some of the tension in the car, but Edward was stone-faced.

"Okay."

"Do you know where it is?"

"Bella, this town isn't huge and I lived here long enough that I'm sure I can find it." Edward let out a groan of frustration and Bella decided to try and do something to clear the air and reduce the animosity that had settled in the car since their last conversation.

"I'm sorry if I couldn't give you the answer you were looking for, Edward," Bella said genuinely as she watched his knuckled turn white around the steering wheel. "I just have no idea what is going to happen when I get home. I know you want me to say that we can date or whatever, and that I will stay in Forks or even Port Angeles, but even if I was going to stay, I still have to make up my mind about college. I'm supposed to go in September, so we still wouldn't be together. Not really. I'd be at school and you'd be in Port Angeles molding the minds of young impressionable youths."

Bella tried to reach her arm out to offer some comfort to Edward, but he was quick to pull away.

"I just don't get why you would bother making any sort of attachment to me over the last few days. Why in the hell… when you knew you couldn't be bothered to stay in Forks… why would you let me fall so… fuck." Edward turned roughly into the parking lot of the Forks Police Department and quickly shut off the car. "I should have known better than to get involved, Bella. I'm smarter than all of this."

"I'm sorry." Bella fought against the tears that were threatening to fall as Edward climbed from the car and went to the trunk to begin unloading her bags.

As she stepped from the passenger seat, Charlie walked out of the station and was all smiles as he saw his little girl had finally arrived home. "Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes," Charlie proclaimed as he stepped down the stairs and took his daughter tightly into his arms. Bella gave a small grin to placate her father and make him think that she was happy to be home, but it couldn't have been further from the truth.

What Bella really wanted was to still be out on the road with Edward, with no particular destination in mind. There would be no worried about work, school or families to deal with. Everyone in their lives would be happy, healthy and most of all, happy that Bella and Edward had each other. Of course, as Bella looked at the scowl on Edward's face, she knew this was just a pipe dream.

"Hi Daddy," Bella said as Charlie set Bella back on the ground and he glanced over at Edward, the smile still on her father's face. "I believe you already know Edward Cullen." Charlie extended his hand towards Edward and though he looked hesitant, Edward decided to keep up pretenses for Bella's sake.

"Its nice to see you again, Chief."

"Please Edward… you have done me such a huge favor by bringing my Bells back to me, I figure you can call me Charlie now." Charlie clapped Edward on the back and was all smiles as Edward gave him a tiny grin in return. Edward could tell that Bella felt even more awkward standing there between her father and the man whose hopes and dreams she had crushed just hours earlier. "You should come over for dinner this weekend, as a thank you."

"Oh no…" Edward began.

"I don't think that's such a good idea," Bella interrupted quickly. "Who knows what will happen in the next few days, Dad."

"Well, don't plan on going anywhere just yet, Bells. We have a meeting with the doctors in the morning and we can discuss the next steps then." Edward looked curiously at Bella, wondering what was going on since this was the first mention of doctors that he had heard. Then again, Bella hadn't told him anything about why she was heading home, in fact she hadn't revealed too much about herself at all, so Edward wasn't particularly shocked.

"It's really nice of you to offer, Charlie, but I'm only in Forks for a few days. I need to start apartment hunting in Port Angeles, seeing as that is where I am going to settle." Bella breathed a sigh of relief at Edward's refusal for dinner, but she could see Charlie was beginning to grow suspicious.

"Well alright, Edward, but don't be a stranger and tell your mother that she needs to come around to the house and pick up some old books I'm donating for a library fundraiser she's helping with." Edward nodded and shook Charlie's hand once more before glancing down at Bella with the saddest face she had ever seen.

"Thanks so much for the ride, Edward."

"Yeah… have a nice life, Bella."