Disclaimer; I do not own any characters mentioned. They belong too Stephenie Meyers. I also do not own the lyrics in this chapter, they belong to Toby Keith (American Soldier)
Authors Notes; I do apologise about how long its been since I've updated, I've just found this very hard too write and come up with ideas lately.
'What are you doing here Carlisle?' I asked sadly, placing a mug of coffee, black with 3 sugars, on the coffee table in front of him before sitting on the sofa directly opposite.
'I've come to see you. When Alice couldn't make it, she offered me her ticket. I couldn't turn the offer down. I had to come and see you!' He confessed, holding the mug in his hand.
'I don't think that was a good idea...you should go' I sighed, looking away from him sadly. It had been three years nearly since I had left, and I still wasn't over him...I never would be...but now he was here it was going to be a million times harder to forget him when he left.
'No! I'm not going anywhere! I'm not leaving without knowing why you left us...all these years, I've been blaming myself...thinking it was my fault you left, that I drove you away'
'No Carlisle...no...it wasn't your fault...I love you...I love you so fucking much Carlisle!' I sobbed. He looked up at me and watched in disbelief over what I had said.
'You...you still love me?' he questioned.
'I've always loved you Carlisle, since the day we first met'
'Then why did you leave? Why did you leave us?' he asked, shaking his head and looking away from me.
'I had no choice' I answered truthfully.
'NO! YOU GAVE ME NO CHOICE!' He shouted suddenly. 'Bella, we were supposed to be partners, but you decided on your own. You decided to leave me!'
'Please...don't see it like that. I didn't decide anything'
'No, but it was me and Rose who lost you...I didn't chose that...I didn't chose that' He whispered.
'I'm sorry...I should have come to you when he...he threatened me. I shouldn't have ran...I've ruined everything...I'm sorry' I couldn't lie to him anymore. I couldn't let him believe it was his fault that I left when it wasn't. I needed him to move on, no matter how much I wanted to be with him and go back to Forks, I couldn't. Not anymore.
'Someone threatened you?' I nodded. 'Who was it?' he asked through clenched teeth.
'I...I can't...' I began stuttering.
'Tell me!' he demanded.
'It...it was dad and some of his friends'
'What did they do Bella?' He asked, standing up and coming to sit next to me.
'I...I didn't leave as early as you thought I did. They...they kidnapped me...drove me into the woods, and pointed guns at me, surrounding me so I couldn't escape' I wiped the tears from my eyes before continuing. 'They thought I had killed Edward because of how Jacob died there too...while I was there...they blamed me for both of their deaths...but I didn't do it...I didn't kill them Carlisle'
'I know you didn't' he spoke softly, taking hold of my hands.
'They told me I had to leave and that if I ever came back to Forks that they would kill me...and...and you. That they would take Rosalie and raise her themselves...telling her horrible things about us as she grew up. They told me if I ever spoke to anyone from Forks that they would track me down and make my life hell...and then they would come after you' I whispered, my hands shaking in Carlisle's. 'I didn't think twice Carlisle...I couldn't have them hurting you. They could have killed me there and then for all I cared as long as they didn't touch you or Rosalie...but they knew that making me leave you and Rose would hurt us all ten times worse. They threw me back in the van and threw me out, outside of our house so I could pack my things and leave. I wrote Alice a letter, with my contact number so she could track me down...and look how that turned out...but I should have told you. I shouldn't have left like I did...I shouldn't have left without you'
'Oh Bella' he whispered, reaching up and wiping my tears away. 'They won't get away with this, I promise you'
'They will Carlisle and that's why you can't stay here. You need to go' I told him sternly, without breaking eye contact.
My phone on the coffee table suddenly began vibrating furiously. We both turned too look at it, and immediately saw Alice's photograph come up. I let go of Carlisle's hand and picked it up.
'Bella...Bella...' I heard Alice's panicked voice on the other line.
'Alice, calm down! What's the matter?' I asked, thinking it would just be boy problems again.
'They know B! They know Carlisle is with you!'
I froze, and stared at Carlisle, tears brimming in my eyes.
'H...how do they know?' I whispered.
'Dad read my text from Carlisle, telling me he had arrived at your house safely and that he had found you...and...and he's took Rosalie with him back to mom and dad's. They told me they're going to appeal for custody for her, but that he's coming after you two first..'
'No...not Rose...Alice...tell me your lying?'
'I...I wish I was' she replied sadly.
'You need to go get her Alice! Fight them please! Get her back! They can't take her!' I screamed down the phone.
'Bella, what's happened?' Carlisle asked suddenly.
'They've took her! They've got Rose' I cried, falling down on to my knees. I knew that in that instant that no matter what, I had to go back. Even if they killed me. I needed to save my baby girl. I couldn't let them take her away...especially after what they had done to me.
'Alice, I'm coming back! Promise me you'll try your hardest to get her...don't let them hurt her Ally' I whispered. Carlisle jumped up instantly, running to the laptop to book flight tickets.
'B...there's something else I need to tell you...' she spoke quietly.
'What?' I asked, my breath hitched, expecting the worst.
'It's about...Edward'
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to stop the tears. We had been waiting years for the news that his body had been found...and I thought that I would be prepared when it happened...but I couldn't be prepared...it meant that he was really gone, that there was no hope anymore.
'Have they found his body?' I asked, looking over at Carlisle. I heard people speaking in the background and Alice whisper something to someone. Then Alice was gone...replaced by a young mans heavy breathing on the other end of the phone. I immediately thought it was one of dad's friends who had helped threaten me and take Rosalie.
'Whoever this is, I swear if you hurt my baby girl or my little sister...I will come after you...I will find you and I will fucking kill you. You'll wish you had fucking killed me that day in the woods. I promise you' I threatened him...and then...the man on the other line spoke a voice I recognised distinctively...with one simple word...
'Mom?'
I froze.
'Mom? Mom?' The person spoke again.
'Whoever this is, you're sick. My son is dead' I cried down the phone. Who could be so twisted to pretend to be Edward when everyone knew he was dead and I was accused of murdering him?
'Mom, I promise you it's me. I know it's hard to believe but I'm alive mom. I'm alive' he whispered.
'H..how am I suppose to believe when my son fell off a cliff and drowned? I was there I saw it happen!' I began to shout. Carlisle stopped and turned to look at me. Concern and confusion covering his face.
'Remember that song we sang the night I asked if dad had died? The one that dad sang to me, when I was little, when dad was in the army?' He asked knowing that was the only way I would believe him. I gasped, remembering the night clearly.
'When is daddy coming home mommy? I want daddy'3 year old Edward cried standing at the end of the bed in the early hours of the morning. I sat up in mine and Carlisle's king size bed and looked at my baby, holding a picture of his dad and his comfort blanket in his other hand with tears rushing down his face.
'I don't know baby' I whispered truthfully, lifting up my duvet so he could climb in next to me. He climbed under the cover, and I wrapped my arms over his tiny body, cuddling him close to me. He was the only thing I had left of Carlisle. He had been missing for 2 weeks now. Everyone thinking the worst, but I had to stay strong for my son.
'Has he died mommy? Has daddy died?' Edward suddenly began to sob. My body began to tremble as tears fell from my eyes, and I hugged him tighter to me.
'We've got to stay strong and pray for the best darling' I cried, kissing his forehead.
'I don't want daddy to die. I want him to come home to us'
'Me too baby. Me too. Maybe if we sing his song, he'll hear us and come home' I whispered, hoping he would hurry up back to us.
'Mom can you remember it?' Edward asked, pulling me from the memory of that night.
'I'm just trying to be a father,
Raise a daughter and a son, And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price. I'm an American soldier, an American, Yeah, an American Soldier, an American.
Be a lover to their mother,
Everything to everyone.
Up and at 'em bright and early,
I'm all business in my suit,
Yeah, I'm dressed up for success from my head down to my boots,
I don't do it for the money, there's bills that I can't pay,
I don't do it for the glory, I just do it anyway,
Providing for our future's my responsibility,
Yeah I'm real good under pressure, being all that I can be,
I can't call in sick on Mondays when the weekend's been too strong,
I just work straight through the holidays,
Sometimes all night long.
You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door.
Hey, I'm solid, hey, I'm steady, hey, I'm true down to the core.
I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice.
Oh, and I don't want to die for you,
But if dying's asked of me,
I'll bear that cross with honor,
'Cause freedom don't come free.
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right,
I'm out here on the front lines. Sleep in peace tonight.
American soldier, I'm an American soldier,
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty's in jeopardy I will always do what's right,
I'm out here on the front lines, so sleep in peace tonight.
American soldier, I'm an American, an American, an American soldier!
'That's the night we got the phone call, telling us he had been found and that he was coming home' I whispered.
'Do you believe me now mom? Only me and you know about that night'
'Oh Edward. I...I watched you fall though. I watched them search for your body for days.'
'I didn't die. It was a set up. G..granda…Charlie set us up. He told me if I didn't do it, then he would kill you. Apparently just as he did to you to get you to leave Forks, according to Auntie Alice' he explained. My own father had set out to destroy my whole family. My entire life. He led me to believe my son was dead, and then forced me to leave blaming me for his 'death'. He turned everyone against me. What sort of father does that to his own child?
'I'm…I'm going to kill him' I screamed. Throwing a glass bowl across the room. Carlisle was by my side instantly, trying to calm me down,
'Mom. I've got to go. I'm going to get them for this and I'm going to get Rosie back and then we'll all be a family again. Me, you, dad and Rosie. I promise you and I love you' He whispered, and then the phone went dead.
Carlisle knelt down in front of me, and put his hand on my cheek, using the pad of his thumb to wipe away my tears.
'What's happened?' He asked, gently. Using his hand to lift my chin making me look him in the eyes.
'Edward…he's…he's alive Carlisle. Our son, he's alive' I whispered back, with a smile of disbelief on my face. Our son had been found, and he was alive.
A/N; Oooooh, bit of a plot twist there! What did you think? What's going too happen? Why did Charlie make Edward fake his death? What do you guys think? Please review!