Choices

Chapter 18

Esme was in the kitchen early to make a special breakfast for Belle and Charlie, hoping that a nice breakfast would help make the news that Belle was a legendary being easier. There was no doubt in anybody's mind that Belle was a very special person, and you would have to be completely brain dead to not realize that, but it might be a tough pill to swallow. Esme wasn't really sure how Belle would take the news, but she was really worried about Charlie's peace of mind. Charlie was a very protective father and the news that Belle was meant to lead a revolution, basically, might just push him over the edge. Hopefully the pancakes, bacon, eggs and homemade biscuits would help butter both humans up.

As Esme was putting on the coffee Belle closely followed by Charlie entered the kitchen. "Wow Esme breakfast smells great!" Belle said, taking a huge breath in.

"What's the occasion? This is a feast that the wolves could easily devour in seconds." Charlie said with a grin.

"Well there is something that we would like to talk to you about as a family, but I think that you should eat first." Esme said, not being able to lie to Charlie.

"Okay," Belle said cutting her eyes back and forth between Charlie and Esme. "Is it a good or bad thing?"

"To be honest with you honey, it all depends on how you look at it. For us, as Vampires, it is amazing news, but it also is a scary situation." Esme said. She knew that she was being cryptic, but she really didn't want to give anything away, without the support of the rest of the family.

Both Belle and Charlie looked at each other and then at Esme. They shrugged at one another and then dug in to the feast Esme had made for them. Once they were properly stuffed, they insisted on cleaning up after themselves and took the time to talk to one another.

"Dad, I'm kind of worried about what the Cullens want to talk to us about. What if they don't want to change us anymore?" Belle said. She hated to admit it but she felt like she wasn't worthy of being changed.

"Honey they aren't going to turn their backs on us. I would think that them staying, when Edward insisted that they leave would have shown you that. They love you and would never abandon you or me for that matter." Charlie said.

"You know they love you too, but I understand what you are saying. It's just that I don't seem to fit in anywhere and I am scared that I won't fit in as a Vampire. Do you know what I mean?" Belle had never told her dad that she felt that way and saying it now seemed to lift a huge weight off of her.

"Isabelle Swan, you shouldn't care what others think of you. If you don't seem to fit in with the crowd around here then it is their loss not yours. You are a smart, loyal and loving individual and anybody who ever crosses paths with you should consider themselves lucky." At times Charlie really hated the people of Forks. How dare they make his daughter feel this way? Though if he really thought about it, Renee's flighty behavior probably didn't help, and he wished that he would have tried harder to see Belle more often and shown her how parents should behave towards their children. He felt that Belle never really got to have or enjoy her childhood, because she was too busy looking after Renee and all the household necessities. 'Damn that woman!'

"Thank you Dad, that really does mean a lot. I guess we should go and see what the big news is." Belle said, slightly uncomfortable with the emotions that Charlie was showing.

All of the Cullens along with Jake and his pack were in the living room waiting for Charlie and Belle. "Jake, Seth, Leah why didn't you come and eat with us? Esme made plenty of food to go around." Belle asked.

"We came in earlier when she was making the pancakes and snagged a few, but then we went and ran patrol. We caught wind of a Vampire in the area we wanted to make sure that they were no longer hanging around." Jake said.