Woo! Chapter 40 has arrived! This is a very special chapter so please comment! This book is getting pretty big so who thinks I should start a second one soon? Let me know and in the mean time...ENJOY!
When I opened my eyes and slowly came to my senses I realized I was laying on Carlisle's medical table in his office, my head propped up by a pillow. I was surrounded by everyone including Carlisle, who was checking my pulse. I sat up and I felt slightly sedated and calm. No doubt thanks to Jasper. I sat up, against Carlisle's protests.
"Are you okay, Bella? Emmett and Rose are on their way home," Edward asked and informed looking extremely concerned.
"Uh, I think I'm fine. I feel really um dizzy though."
"Well, you did just pass out," said Jasper a little sarcastically.
"No, really?" I responded sarcastically.
"Bella, sweetie do you wanna talk about" I cut Esme off.
"No. I don't wanna talk about it."
"But Bella-" I cut Alice off as well.
"No! I'm not talking about it! Drop it!" I stormed out of Carlisle's office and up to my room, slamming the door.
I plopped onto my bed and stared at the ceiling. This wasn't fair. I'd grown up my entire live with two amazing adoptive parents and a wonderful family with lots of love and happiness and now the stupid town of Forks was threatening that by throwing Charlie in my face. As immature and futile as it was I figured it wasn't happening that this would all go away.
I mean, there was no real evidence that Charlie was my biological father. A name and a matching pairs of eyes didn't prove anything. Even if he was my biological father, I wasn't going to tell him. What would that even be like:
Hi. I forgot to tell you that your wife was somehow turned into a vampire, dropped me off at this house full of vampires, after getting into trouble with the vampire royalty, The Volturi. Oh and, she's probably dead. Just thought you should know.
No. It was better this way. He was under the delusion that his wife and daughter were tucked away somewhere safe, happy, and most importantly: normal. I wasn't gonna crush this delusion for him and I certainly wasn't about to admit that he was my father. Emmett Cullen was my only father and Rosalie Hale was my only mother. End of discussion.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by a knock on the door. A loud hard knock that I recognized immediately. Dad! I ran to the door and sure enough, standing there was a concerned Mom and Dad. I threw my arms around both of them in a tight hug.
"Oh Bella..." Mom murmured.
"Baby, we heard what happened. We have to talk about this." Dad said.
"No, we don't," I muttered.
"You know we do. Why don't we go downstairs and talk about this, huh?"
"Fine," I grumbled.
Once we were all in the living room I sat down on the couch next to Edward, resting my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around me.
"So Bella, I know how stressful this must be for you," Carlisle began, "And I know you don't want to talk about what just happened here but I really think we should."
"What is there to talk about. We don't know anything."
"Bella..." This came from Edward.
"Okay, so maybe we do. But I don't see what there is to talk about."
"How about, what to do? Bella we want you to know that whatever you want to do, whatever you decide to do, we'll support you," Mom responded comfortingly. Whatever tension there'd been between the past few weeks had disappeared.
What I decided? Could I stick with my decision? I had to. I just had to. "I'm just not going to do anything. I mean, what is there to do? Who knows? I might never see him again."
Carlisle responded, "Or you may run into him all the time. Are you sure this is what you wanna do?"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
A Few Hours Later
After all the days drama I tried to settle down. At around five o'clock my purple couch arrived and I, along with Dad's help, directed the delivery boys to my room. I normally spend my afternoons with Edward but today I just wanted to spend time with Dad. After my couch was safe in my bedroom Dad and I watched some TV. After which we ordered pizza for me and started playing video games. During this the pizza came and we stopped for a while so I could eat before continuing. I only won once but even then I felt like he let me win.
We were watching a movie when I felt the need to say something to him.
"Dad?"
"Yeah?" He asked.
"I love you." I wrapped my arms around him on the couch.
He squeezed me tight. "Oh, I love you too, girly, and no matter what happens with this Charlie guy, I'm always gonna love you."
"Thanks, Dad."
"Of course, maybe you'll wanna start calling me Emmett now," He joked and I glared up at him.
"Kidding," he chuckled out before kissing me on the cheek. "Okay girly, it's late. You should get to bed."
I stood up. "Alright. Goodnight, Dad."
"'Night, baby girl."
When I got to my bedroom I was happy to see Edward waiting to reunite with me. I embraced him eagerly, ready to put this day behind me.
