INNER DEMONS (edward cullen)

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A week had passed since Charlotte James had returned from Hell, and things weren't going as smoothly as she had hoped. Edward had returned from his three days of moping around the wood as soon as he caught her scent. Charlotte had been swept off her feet when he came back, quite literally. Gushing wind had entered the house after him as he knocked her off the ground and into his arms. She had smiled and giggled and kissed him with as much love as a demon girl could harbor and he had done the same. Emmett had made gagging noises as they kissed and Alice had cheered, throwing herself into the heap on the floor much to Edward's dismay.

After the reunion however, everything began to take a turn for the worst with Charlotte and Edward. Charlotte had settled into a grey loveseat with Edward and cuddled up to him. He smelt of warm vanilla and fresh laundry and... Bella Swan. Her head had shot up so abruptly that Emmett made a comment about thinking it was going to snap off, considering he had heard it from the other room. The other Cullens' were gathered around the house and Charlotte could hear them going about their Saturday as usual.

"What's wrong, love?" Edward had asked her, his eyebrows scrunched together as he searched her mind for the answer. Charlotte kept her mind blank and she took another sniff of his scent. Definitely Bella Swan. What was he doing with Bella? When she had literally been dragged into the depths of Hell by the Devil himself he was with the human girl? He wouldn't be.. Edward's eyes widened when he caught her trail of thought. "No, Charlotte, it's really not like that at all. I swear!" The entire house went silent as they heard the distressed tone of Edward. "Well then, Eddie Boy, what is it like?" She asked, venom laced her thoughts as she noticed it wasn't his clothes that smelt of Bella but rather his skin.

"I was going to tell you as soon as you got back but I didn't want to ruin the moment and you've only been back for an hour," Edward explained. Charlotte openly scoffed at that, "Well you can consider the moment officially ruined. What were you going to tell me then?" Edward remained silent for a few moment and Charlotte stared out into the open room. She heard Emmett whisper "oh shit, she's gonna be pissed" under his breath and a loud slap that she assumed to be from Rosalie. Edward tried to meet Charlotte's eyes but she held her gaze across the room. "Well, Bella's been having nightmares about the female vampire, Victoria. Apparently it was Victoria who knocked her out for James and she's been reoccurring in Bella's dreams. Something about drowning and then Victoria swimming towards her..."

Edward paused and tried to gage Charlotte's reaction. She met his eyes with an emotionless stare and quietly spoke, "Continue." Edward cleared his throat, a nervous habit he held from his human years, and carried on: "Well, we know that Victoria is still out there and I was concerned that maybe Bella could hold something similar to Alice's ability considering I can't read her mind an-". Charlotte interrupted him, "And I assume Alice has seen something?" Again, Edward cleared his throat and whispered a small, "no, but Victoria's still out there." 

Charlotte's gaze remained stoic as things started to line up for her. She looked at Edward and internally praised herself for making him uncomfortable. "So, you've been at Bella's I assume, you know, since I was gone and cuddling her so the big bad vampires couldn't get her?" Edward smiled and nodded at her, "So you get it. Oh thank God, I knew you would be understanding," His smile widened the more his spoke and Charlotte just looked at him in shock. "Edward, I was being sarcastic. I was gone for three days! Three fucking days and you went straight back to that human girl for a cuddle. I get it, you're worried about Bella because she's defenseless against Victoria but Alice would have seen something. Wow, you really know how to welcome back your girlfriend after she was dragged through Hell and back. I came back for you! I could stay there, but I came back to you!" Charlotte stood up and turned to face a gaping Edward.

"Charlotte, what has gotten into you?" His face was confused as he stared up at her. Although they had only been together for a few months, this wasn't how Charlotte would usually behave. She shrugged her shoulders and pushed back her long hair from her eyes. "I would ask you the same thing. I know you had to get James' venom from out of Bella's bloodstream so do you now know feel some sort of, I don't know, connection to the human girl? Do I not give you enough of me? Am I not enough for you? Does my lack of a heartbeat not do it for you? Because news flash, you haven't got one either and the way you're acting so carelessly about this is making me question whether you ever had one before?" Charlotte would never allow someone to make her feel so unimportant and unworthy as Edward was now. Maybe she was jealous of Bella Swan, and maybe she was jealous that he ran straight to her aid over a nightmare of all things. Edward looked directly at Charlotte as she spoke and he showed no emotion as he replied. "I guess Bella was right after all.  It really does make sense why you belong to Hell."

The entire house remained in silence, the gasps of Esme and Alice could be heard as well as Emmett muttering about '"killing Edward and sending him to Hell himself."

"Well, you Edward Cullen, you can go straight to Hell. I've heard they have a special place for assholes like you," And with that Charlotte made her way out of the silent Cullen residence and towards the home of the Chief of police and his daughter, Bella fucking Swan... 

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Word Count: 1026

A/N: Well that was angsty but hey this is about to get a whole lot more interesting!! Thank you so much everyone who is still following this story and I'm so sorry for the huge break I put this on, but I'm back now and hope to update possibly a few times a week!!! I love you all and stay strong through these confusing times! My messages are always open!!!