Part 4 - Another Meeting
(Surprise Renee and Phil is also in town.)
Bella and Patrick knew that they had waited long enough of two days to re-visit her father, now at his home instead of work, and let him to cool down hopefully to be able to listen and take in what they have to say to him before leaving early tomorrow morning, to get back to their own normal everyday life again with their children, and also it could be the last visit this year before their son arrives in birth in 3 months or so.
So after a hearty, good breakfast aswell beginning to pack up their car with their stuff to take themselves home with, including some gifts for the others including their kids. Bella and Patrick both were missing their children alot, so knowing they were going to see them tomorrow before they had go to bed that evening would be great experiance.
They got into their rented car, and drove off towards Charlie's house, Bella didn't have the keys anymore, as she had left them behind when she left town all those years ago, to go to her dream college, where she then met Patrick, and the two fell in love, had a child before getting married in their 3rd year and then also shortly after graduation, they were joined by their twingirls.
After short drive, they pulled up at Charlie's, and saw alot of cars standing around, and it made the two frown, thinking that they were not going to be able to talk to her dad on their own, without witnesses that would love to say a word or two. But what Charlie nor Renee did not know, was that Bella had kept in touch with Phil over the years, as he was alot better father figure towards her, and supported her through everything since she left for college.
Patrick turned off the engine, and after getting out of it, they met up outside of it, took hands, and walked up towards the frontdoor, and Bella then knocked and rang the bell once, then stepped out of its way being opened, and held Patrick's hand in hers, as he had a small frown, and told Bella that those leeches were here like those from La Push. It made her frown aswell, but before she could say anything, they heard the lock being unlocked, and the door opened, to let them see her mother standing there.
Bella was shocked, while Renee looked confused, as Bella said
"Hi Mom. What are you doing here in Forks?" Renee now gasped and pulled her only child into her arms, hugging her alittle too tight, as Bella soon said
"Too tight, Mom." And Renee let go of her, and when Bella and Patrick was let inside, despite the confusion of who Patrick was, they took off their coats and shoes, it was then when Bella straighten up from having Patrick's help to take her shoes off, that Renee realised that her daugther was very pregnant, and she seemed to be happy with whoever that was with her today.
Soon they all were joining the others in the living room, and Bella took Patrick over to a free seat, where he sat down, then she onto his lap. And they then looked up and around, and when their eyes saw Phil also being there, Bella squealed and stood, and waddled over to equally smiling Phil, and the two met in a warm hug, before he then also shook Patrick's hand, while Patrick grinned and greeted the man warmly.
Renee aswell the others were shocked of this display, as she said
"Whats going on, why are you hugging Bella and shaking this man that is with my daugther's hand, Phil?"
Phil sighed before he said while drawing a hand across his bald scalp;
"I greet Bella that way, for over the years since she left here for college, we kept in touch through mail, phonecalls and some visits here and there whenever we both could. And the man that is with her, is her husband, Patrick, Renee. And how is the children doing?"
Bella smiled so did Patrick, who answered him to the shock of the others, including Renee and Charlie;
"They are doing well, on their spring break right now, but tomorrow we get to see them again, Phil. And they misses you too."
At that Phil grinned, as Charlie said
"You have met my grandchildren?!" Phil sighed and said
"Yes, for I have known about Pat since the beginning when they first began dating in their later half of 1st year at the college, and when Jamie was born, I went to see them, telling a white little lie to Renee being called out for a private meeting with the little league club that I trained for. It was somewhat true, as I did meet up with my fellow coaches in South Dakota, and got to meet baby Jamie and see Bella doing really well after giving birth to him. She did amazing with the girls' aswell 11 years ago too. And I accepted Patrick, for he cares about Bella but also lets her do her own thing, as in writing books and just being an amazing wife and mother in the end, as she told me her fears of becoming either like her mother has ended up being before she met me and married me, or to become something like yourself, Charlie. A forever bachelor and still dreaming of your ex to come back to you."
At that most were shocked of what he had said, and Bella just smiled as she knew it was the truth what he said too, and so did Patrick of course. Phil then turned to Bella, and stroked her pregnant belly with a giant smile as he could feel the baby kicking, and he said
"It looks like another kicker in the family, like Jamie does in school with football."
Bella and Pat just chuckled as Patrick said
"Jamie does soccer but also american football nowadays, and he is doing pretty well for himself, and wants to go to college not for being football player but to become an teacher in PE."
At that Phil grinned, and said
"He will be one hell of an amazing teacher in the subject that he truly enjoys and loves to practice himself. And the girls?" Bella now said
"Ayla wants to become an History teacher, while Elena wants to become an ambulance worker. And it suits them both if it is what both ends up to do after school. And this kicker, we will see what he wants to become in the future. Until then, he will be loved and cared of, and most of all he will have amazing siblings and cousins to play with."
Making Phil chuckle happily, and nodding his head at that, and Charlie was getting more furious by the talks they were having, and so forth, and Phil said
"And how is Mary doing by the way, I heard she was not doing her very best." Bella nodded through welling tears both of her hormones and the thought of Mary and Pat choked up but said
"We take it day by day with her, as long she is doing good, it is a miracle that we get to have another day with her."
Phil nodded and stroke Bella's tears away and gave her hand a soft squeeze, and he said
"When it is time for her to go, she will be ready to fly." Bella and Pat both smiled, knowing that was the truth, for when Pat Sr had left them, he had been ready to go too. So they knew the day was going to come soon enough for Mary too.
"Who is this Mary?" Sam now said, in a gentle tone, shocked of the tears' that had coursed down Bella's cheeks, and it was Phil who answered, and said
"Mary is Bella's mother-in-law, Pat's mother. And Pat Sr, was his father. He died back in 2012, and Mary had recently a stroke, and so it is a struggle for her still, as it was a rather bad stroke. But she is talking as best she can right now, but not able to move her left side that much nowadays. But she is one hell of an amazing, beautiful and kindhearted open woman for sure. I have the oppturnity to meet her few times over the years, when I went to see Bella in person, and got to know the strongest, kind and beautiful woman in their lives. Please give all my love and hopes for her, Bells, Pat."
Patrick nodded and the subject then changed drastically, when Renee now finding her voice, yelled;
"YOU ARE MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN BELLA, WHY WASN'T I OR CHARLIE INVITED?!" Bella sighed, then turned to look into her mother's beady, angry eyes, and said
"For you are not my mother, you may have given birth to me, but you never was a mother, not what I wanted from you, I had to be the mother and responsible before Phil came into our lives, and that allowed me to finally be the kid and teenager for once. And Dad, well he wasn't for I knew and still knows he hopes for me and Jacob over there to be an item, that both our fathers has dreamed since the days' we were born, years apart. And I didn't want any toxicity on what was the happiest day in our lives, to be ruined by your childishness and selfishness. It was actually Eric who brought me down the aisle and he is like a father to me, just like Phil is. Phil was invited but he didn't want to be the one who brought down the aisle, as we were in the beginning stages of building the relationship we have today to each other."
"Eric who?!" Charlie said in angry tone, and Bella sighed and Patrick said
"Eric is a friend of our family, actually he works with my older brothers in different projects over the years."
"What kind of work does this Eric do that involves your brothers'?"
Patrick shook his head before he said
"My brothers aswell Eric are all actors in the movie/tv industry. Eric was in the movie adaption of Last of Mochicans, while my brothers met Eric when they did the production of the tv serie; Into the West back in 2005. Eric's full name is Eric Schweig. And my brothers' is Michael and Eddie Spears."
At that most gapped hearing those names', they instantly knew who they were, and Bella was related to them, and Phil nodded and said
"Eric is rather sweet man, and he has had his own issues of life, but the children he adopted recently, has helped him even more so now."
Bella nodded and said
"They call me big sister, and I don't mind it either for I love them like so."
Phil just grinned and nodded at that, as they all could hear some choking noises, and looked over at now very red almost purpletoned Charlie, vibrating in his seat, and it was just a waiting game to see him explode what most knew would be in anger.
