Bella's Unforgotten Past--Book One

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

Charlie's POV

I decided to check on Bella when I woke up because I wanted to make sure she didn't leave. When I opened the door I was in for a surprise, I thought she was dead. I rushed over to her bed and call her name, but something caught my eye. I saw a vampire whose head had been ripped off and so was his limps, I knew I had to destroy the body. I looked back at Bella and stared at her severely bruised neck, I guess the creature had choked her. I grabbed a small mirror and held it under her nose, it immediately started fogging up and knew she was breathing. I was relieved she didn't die, I never wanted to see her get hurt.

I made my over to the other side of Bella's bed and grabbed the leeches' body, I carried it down the stairs and set it before the fireplace. I went into the kitchen and grabbed a box of matches, I began breaking the body into smaller pieces and placed them in the fireplace. I lit a match and threw it in the fireplace, the bloodsuckers' body engulf with flames almost instantaneously. I was glad Bella had been able to kill him on her own, I didn't know she was already strong enough to kill those evil creatures.

Bella's POV

I looked to my left where the vampires' body should have been and noticed it was gone, I wondered if I had dreamed or imagined the whole thing. I walked over to mirror and stared at myself, I instantly noticed the bruises on my neck. I touched my neck and it was tender to the touch, I winced and quickly stopped touching it. I walked over to my closet and picked out some clothes, then I headed downstairs for some breakfast.

When I entered the kitchen I said, “Hey, dad.” He replied, “Good morning, Bells.” I poured myself a bowl of cereal, then I glanced at the clock to see it was only half past seven. I sat down at the table and started eating it, there was complete and utter silence between Charlie and I. The silence between us felt really awkward, but I really didn't know what to say to him to break the awkward silence. I just stared down at my bowl of cereal as I ate, I started to feel shame because of what I was going to do with his friends son's.

After a few minutes Charlie cleared his throat and said, “I'm going to go fishing with Harry, Bells.” I replied, “Okay, dad.” He walked into the hallway and grabbed his gear, he put it in the back of his truck and drove off. I let out a sigh of relief, I was glad he was finally gone. I found it strange he didn't tell me to stay home, we hadn't talked about what happened in Port Angeles last night. I thought he would of grounded me longer or something, I wondered if he thought I was a lost cause.

I finished eating breakfast a few minutes later and walked over to the sink to wash the bowl out, then I placed it in the rack to dry. I headed down to the basement and put a load of clothes in the washing machine, after I did that I headed to the living room to clean up. I decided I wanted to do some cleaning, before I left to go to the reservation. I just hoped I could sneak in and out of there quietly without being spotted by Charlie.

When it was half past nine I headed upstairs and took a shower, then I wrapped myself in a towel and headed to my bedroom. I began looking through my closet for an outfit to wear, I ended up picking the same one I wore last weekend. Then I grabbed a pair of black undergarments, before I change into the clothes I quickly dried myself off. Once I was dressed I ran a comb through my hair, then I started putting makeup on and first focused on my neck. When I had the bruised covered I focused putting a little blush on my face, then added the final touches with eye-shadow, mascara, and lip-gloss.

When I looked back at the clock it was only five past ten, I grabbed my clutch and made sure I had everything I needed in it. After I saw I had everything I needed I headed downstairs, I grabbed the keys and ran out to the truck. I buckled my seat-belt and and started the truck, I back out of driveway and took off in the direction of the reservation. I grabbed the directions out of my clutch and saw I would be on this road for awhile, I drove under the speed limit because the truck shook every-time I tried to go over sixty.