A/N: All I can say is that I apologize for it taking so long to update. RL tends to get in the way and throw in some writer's block and you get a whole lot of nothing. Thanks for sticking with it and there is more to come soon. All people, places, lyrics, or any other reference belongs to them alone. I just own the idea...Enjoy!

Charlie's POV

You always have those moments when you are proud of your children for accomplishing goals in their lives and I didn't think I could be any prouder of Bella until I saw her on that stage making her dream come true. As the lights came up and focused on Bella, my heart swelled with pride and tears welled up in my eyes because there stood my little girl, now a young woman, fixing to rock this place. She didn't see me at first as she was scanning the crowd from the opposite direction. When her eyes landed on mine, she smiled so big and a tear rolled down her cheek. I knew she had wanted me to be here for this and I'm grateful to Andy for managing to get me here because I didn't want to miss her moment for anything. She was fantastic up on that stage performing and engaging the crowd and they absolutely loved her. I watched the Cullen's and their friends as she performed. They all had those golden eyes and Billy kept looking from them to me as if to let me know that Carlisle was the one I wanted to talk to. I also noticed that Edward never took his eyes off Bella and when her eyes would meet his, her cheeks would flush and she would smile or wink at him. The concert was going great but I noticed that when it was time for her to play the piano, she looked really pale and I wasn't the only one that noticed. Edward leaned into Carlisle and whispered something to which he just nodded his head and he began to watch her. It was like they knew what was going on with her. Which made me begin to wonder if they held the answers to my prayers and could save my little girl in a way that no medical treatment could or any other person could?

The rest of her show went off without a hitch. She looked much better when she came back on stage and I couldn't wait to wrap my arms around her and tell her how proud of her I was. When the last song ended, Jake came out to get me and take me backstage so I could be there when she walked off. As she approached the steps and saw me standing there, she ran right into my awaiting arms and hugged me so tight and I returned it. She asked me what was I doing there and I told her about how Andy had arranged to get me there. As we walked to her dressing room, I told her how fantastic she did on stage and she told me she was glad I was there. While we were talking in her dressing room, my phone started vibrating and I knew exactly who it was and why he was calling. I excused myself to talk in private and to give everyone else a chance to come in and see Bella before she had to go back out to take pictures and give autographs.

"What's up deputy?"

"Sorry to bother you Chief but there have been two more attacks."

"Damn it, when did this happen?"

"They were brought in just a little bit ago. I wouldn't have called but the woman that was attacked is talking craziness and you said to notify you if something happened."

"No, you did the right thing by calling me. What kind of craziness is she talking?"

"She's positive she was attacked by a vampire. When I tried to tell her that there is no such thing she went ballistic and had to be sedated."

"Did the other victim say anything?"

"No, he was unconscious when he was brought in. He's lost a lot of blood and they have to give him a transfusion to get his blood pressure back up."

"Alright, I'm heading back that way."

"No Chief, stay with Bella. We've got this covered until you get back tomorrow."

"No, she will understand and I want to be there to talk to them when they wake up, especially the woman."

"Alright Chief, have a safe trip back and give Bella my love."

"Will do, talk to you soon."

After I hung up the phone, I just took a few minutes to compose myself before going back into her room. When I went back into her room to let her know that I had to head back, everyone was in there. She understood and told me to text her to let her know that I made it back safely. I promised that I would and then Billy and I headed back out to the car to go home. He asked me what had happened once we were in the car because I didn't give much of an explanation inside. So I told him all that I knew up to that point and the color drained from his face a little. We stayed pretty quiet on the ride home. He was lost in his thoughts as I was in mine. Every once in a while I would catch him looking at me but he would just smile and look away. What if the woman wasn't just talking craziness? What if this was a vampire attack? How the hell was I going to deal with that? Or better yet, how was I going to stop it. One thing was fore sure and I was going to have to do some more deep research and eventually talk to Carlisle because I knew he held all the answers to all of my questions. The most important on being could he help Bella?