Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

A Fresh Start

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 10:

“You’re my father?” I… oh my God. I didn’t know this man. He’s my
father?

“Yes Bella.” Bella?

“My name… my name is Mary Walker.” I told him.

“I know. Your name… the name your mother and I gave you when
you were born is Isabella Swan. But you don’t like Isabella. You like to be called Bella.”

I felt Bo’s arm around me and I moved back into him. He always
made me feel safer. I didn’t feel unsafe now… just a little… I don’t
know. Weird?

I looked at Bo.

“He told you this before the wedding?”

“Yes.” Bo nodded. He looked spooked. Like he was expecting me to
explode any second. I needed to calm down. I didn’t want him
nervous.

“How… why… I mean how did you find me? Why haven’t… you’ve
been looking for a year? My fingerprints and picture were at Tyler
police…”

I looked back at Bo. He had a strange look on his face.

“Something must have happened, Mary. I guess they got kicked out of the system or never put in. I don’t know.”

“How did you find me?” I asked, looking back at Charlie Swan.

“You left home and then got taken by a man. A bad man. He hit you over the head and left you on the side of the road. I guess that is where Bo found you.”

“How… where are you from? Where was I from? How did…” I was
starting to freak out. Bo was whispering to me to calm down. I buried my head in his shoulder.

“Bella…”

“Don’t call me that!” I said a bit too loudly. It came out a little sharper than I intended. I looked up and saw all the big guys and the two women and the guy in the wheelchair were around our table.

“Who the hell are these people?”

“They are your friends, Bel… Mary.” Charlie answered.

I saw my friends walking up. The ones I actually knew. All of them.
They were looking tense.

“No.”

“No what, Mary?” Bo asked mumbling in my ear.

“This is my wedding party. I can’t… I’m not going to deal with this
right now. I am going to have fun. Uh… look Charlie… I mean… shit, I don’t know what I mean. Look I don’t doubt you are who you say you are but right now… I am going to enjoy my wedding party. Bo and I are leaving in an hour. Bo? Give him our address. Come see us at 8:00 AM. We have to leave for the airport at 12:00. I have a lotof questions… and I’m sure you do too. Just… I… it’s not the right time.”

“I understand B… Mary.”

“Look, I believe you are my Dad. I mean who else would crash a
wedding to walk me down the aisle right? But… enjoy the food and
stuff. Dance, have fun. I need to… we can deal with the rest
tomorrow and when I get back from my honeymoon. I’ve… my
friends have worked too hard to pull this together for us not to enjoy it now, you know? I mean I really want to talk but…”

“I understand Be… I understand. Promise me we can talk in the
morning?” He asked. Like I could turn him down. I was afraid of what I would find out though. This was so… weird.

“Yeah. Sure. Uh… do I have a mom? I mean I know I have a mom
but is she like, alive?”

“Yes. Your mother lives in Florida.”

“Does she know… you found me?”

“Not yet. I just found you. Things have been crazy. We wouldn’t have made it here if Leah didn’t see your picture in the wedding section of the paper today.”

“Oh. I like that picture.” It was a stupid thing to say but what else was
there to say.
“Okay. Bo take me dancing. Then I have to toss my bouquet and you
get to do the garter thing.”
I stood up and walked away with Bo’s hand grasped firmly in mine.
The guy crashed my wedding to walk me down the aisle. I don’t
understand what happened. But he was my father. I stopped and
turned around. He was still looking at me.

“You uh… you want to hug me?”

“You wouldn’t mind?” He had tears in his eyes now. Damn it! He was going to make me cry.

“No.” I whispered. Damn it now I was crying.

He practically ran to me. He wrapped his arms around me and
squeezed my tight. I thought I wouldn’t be able to breathe. He finally let me go. I looked in his eyes and saw it. The same eyes that had been looking back at me in the mirror.

“We have the same eyes.”

“Yeah.” He said wiping his eyes. “Believe it or not, your mother has
blonde hair and blue eyes.” He laughed.

I laughed as well. I don’t know why but it seemed funny. I looked at Bo and he was smiling.

“Let’s have fun okay? Enjoy this. We are leaving soon but I’m sure
our friends can keep you all entertained. We will figure this out in the morning.” He nodded and I turned back to my husband. Damn it felt good to call him that.

“You okay?” He asked after he led me to the dance floor.

“Yeah. We just… aren’t going to worry about this right now. This is
our night.”

“Whatever you want baby.”

“Bo, thanks. For getting me to let him take me down the aisle.”

“Are you mad I didn’t tell you?”

“No! I’m glad you didn’t. It would have been too much. I have to
compartmentalize this.”

“Compartmentalize?”

“Yes. Big word, I know. That’s why I am the brains and you are the
talent of our operation.”

“Okay, okay. You ready to throw the flower thing?”

“Yes. You ready to slip the garter off my leg?”

“Damn right.”

“Bo, you need to be careful when you lift my dress.”

“Why?”

“Because I took off my panties about an hour ago and slipped them in your coat pocket. I didn’t want to wait till we got home. I was thinking the limo would be the perfect place to consummate our marriage.” I whispered in his ear.

“What do you say we throw that damn flower thing and get the hell out of here?”

We finished our dance and walked up to the stage. Bo ran his hand
up the inside of my thigh when he slipped my garter off. I shivered
then felt weird, remembering my father was in the crowd. Bo flipped my garter and Teddy caught it. I tossed my bouquet and Stephanie caught it. We ran outside through a shower of rice. It all happened so fast. I couldn’t stop laughing. Right before I ducked in and saw Charlie holding the older Indian woman’s hand. He was still crying. I guess I could see where I got it from. We were both emotional people. Strange. I gave him a little wave and Bo pulled me into the limo.

The door closed and he hit the intercom.

“Driver it is twenty minute to our home. I’ll give you an extra fifty if you can make it an hour.” He said, smiling.

“It’s on me sir. Have a nice time” The divider slid closed and we were alone.

“So are you really okay?” Bo asked me.

“Not tonight Bo. This is our night. Don’t talk about it.”

“You met your father tonight. I mean… again?”

“Yeah. And we will talk to him tomorrow. Right now let’s see how bad Daddy’s little girl can be.” Nothing was getting in my way tonight. I unbuttoned his pants and there was Petruchio. He slid my top down and then slid my dress up. I straddled his waist and kissed him.

“You really did put your panties in my pocket, didn’t you?”

“I wouldn’t lie to you baby. Now make love to your wife.”

He smiled and I felt him slide inside me. This whole bridal thing had me turned on I really didn’t need foreplay. He had that effect on me.

Charlie Swan would be there in the morning. Tonight Bo was mine.

Charlie POV

“So that went well. Better than I expected.” Sue commented
casually.

“She doesn’t know me Sue.”

“She will get to know you. Just be patient. You found her. She is
alive. Be happy.”

“I am. I don’t know. It’s not how I expected our reunion would be.”

“How did you expect it to be?”

“I imagined she would have known me.” I laughed a little. I was so
wired. But my little girl… who I thought was dead. She just got
married.

“Let’s go sit down. Take a breath and then we can all head back to
the Hotel.”

I nodded my head and let her lead me to the table. Everyone was
talking among themselves, no doubt about the reunion with Bella.

The conversations stopped when I sat down.

“Don’t be quiet because of me guys.”

Sam smiled. “Sorry. This has just been sort of a surreal night. I
guess especially for you. I called Emily and she was crying tears of
joy that we found Bella and then I had to explain to her that Bella has absolutely no memories of any of us. She is… concerned.”

“Concerned?” I asked him.

“Freaking the fuck out may be a better description.” Sam admitted.

“Jake leave?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

“Yes. He texted me twenty minutes ago. He is at the hotel.”

“How is he doing?” I knew this would be bad when I saw the
wedding announcement. Jake has done a lot for me. Letting me
know the truth, killing the red head. Searching with me. That boy was and always will be completely in love with Bella. Unfortunately for him she didn’t see him that way before she lost her memories.

“He will be… he is confused. He just found out the love of his life is
alive and he promptly watched her get married after showing
absolutely no recognition when seeing him. He is caught between
extreme joy and heartbreak. It will take time.”

“She looked happy didn’t she? I mentioned to no one in particular.

“She is happy.” I looked up and saw three of the guys who stood in
the wedding. They all were wearing cowboy hats, blue jeans and still had their tuxedo shirts and jackets on. All had a mug of beer in their hand. None of them looked happy to see us. The rest of the wedding party walked up behind them. Girls and guys.

“I could see that.” I said to the man who had spoken.

He sat down straddling a chair and sticking his hand out.

“My name is Todd. Charlie Swan right?”

“Yes.” I replied taking his hand.

“I would say it is a pleasure to meet you all but I’m not sure yet. You see me and Bo go back to the sand box days. We been best friends forever. Now Bo, he is the nicest guy imaginable. He worships the ground Mary walks on. But he’s got a fierce protective streak over those he loves. Couple years ago his sister’s husband beat the hell out of her and pulled a knife. Bo came running up. Guy pointed the knife on Bo. Bo put him in intensive care for a week. We are pretty sure he would have the same reaction if anyone tried to hurt Mary.”

“Who the hell do you think… you think I would hurt her?” Who the
fuck did this guy think he was?

“Nope. But I don’t trust your friends here. The one Chris had to aim a shotgun at earlier. I noticed him scowling during the wedding. I saw him take off. I don’t trust him. Boy got jealousy written all over him. Just so you know we all live around each other out at Hide a Way. Some of us are going to be at their house tonight carryin on the little party. So we will be around. I don’t know how many of your posse here is gonna go tomorrow morning but they are leaving on their honeymoon. You best not go upsetting Mary and have your little army here on its best behavior. We understand each other?”

“Yeah we understand each other.” Sam replied, glaring. Usually
Sam’s glare could make anyone back down. These little shit heads
were laughing.

“That’s good. We would hate for there to be any Smith County
suicides around here.” The one on Todd’s right side said.

“What the hell is a Smith County suicide?” I asked.

“It’s when an Out of Towner kills himself by shooting himself in the back four times. You boys enjoy the rest of the party. It’s about to be closing up. Don’t get us wrong. We are glad you found Mary and all. But don’t be fucking up her happiness. Be a part of it. Not an enemy to it. That’s all we are sayin. See you boys in the morning.”

The group, five guys and five girls and Bo’s sister walked off and
headed back to the bar.

“Interesting people here in Texas.” Paul commented quietly.

That’s an understatement.

“Excuse me. Is there a Charlie Swan here?” An attendant asked,
walking up.

“I’m Charlie Swan.”

“A gentleman asked me if you and your party would meet him in the gardens. He said it was important.”

I looked at Sam. He nodded and we stood. I looked at Sue.

“I don’t know what is going on. Stay here with Billy. Embry would you stay with them?”

“Yeah Chief.”

I walked out to the garden and saw no one. Then Sam’s nose flared.

“What is it?”

“Get behind me, Charlie.”

Sam and the rest of the Pack marched in front of me straight past
the spot Bella was married. I struggled to keep up. They stopped and tensed up. I walked to the front, brushing Sam’s arm away and saw him.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“The name is Peter Whitlock. We need to have a talk.”

Peter POV

I looked and saw the dogs all fired up and ready to get the fur flyin.

Char walked up beside me.

“You boys are going to want to calm down. One you ain’t got no
clothes to change into and two you are going to need more
shapeshifters to take me and the missus here out. We ain’t no stupid newborns like you guys are used to.”

“What are you doing here?” Mary’s dad asked.

“That’s a good question. If you would all settle down we can talk. But until you get settled I ain’t gonna be settled. That means we are gonna stand here wasting time staring at each other.”

“I’m listening.” The chief of police said. Figured he would be the calm one. Like his daughter. Ain’t scared of shit.

“Like I said, my name is Peter Whitlock. This is my wife Charlotte.
She don’t talk much. She was turned into a vampire while PMSing
and it carried over.”

Ow! Char slapped me in the head. Here I was, tryin to be intimidating and she had to go do that.

“Anyway. I’m the guy who gave your girl her new identity.”

“I thought Bo bought her one.” Swan said looking at me suspicious
like. I guess I am a vampire.

“He did. From me. Actually I gave it to them for free.”

“Why would you do that?” The big pack leader asked.

“You know about vampire powers. Of course you know about the
Cullens. I’m not sure if I got a power or not. But I got instincts
sometimes that tell me what I need to do. My instincts told me I
needed to help this girl. I should probably start at the beginning. Ya’ll think you can shut up that long?”

Most of them nodded so I took that as a cue to go ahead.

“The guy who turned me into a vampire is named Jasper. You know
him as Jasper Hale or Jasper Cullen. Anyway we keep in contact. He has been letting me in on what has been going on with the Cullens the past couple years. Mostly what has happened between that piece of shit Edward Cullen and your lovely daughter. We were told she disappeared. When she came to our place that night with her man we saw the scar on her wrist and we knew immediately who she must be.”

“So you called Jasper and told him?” the Pack leader said.

“Nope.”

“No?”

“Nope. I think what they did to that girl was absolute bullshit.
Humans don’t belong in this world. That is knowledge they don’t
need. However I knew if the Cullens thought she was alive the
Italians would know it too. They wouldn’t rest until she is dead or
turned into our kind. Well I ain’t gonna let that happen. She has no knowledge of our kind. It needs to stay that way. I have been
watching over her for a while now. I haven’t contacted her and I
never will. Can’t take the chance that Alice Cullen may get a vision of that. Everything was going great until you showed up. I’m glad the girl has her daddy and all but you are going to have to lie to her.”

“I’m not lying to my daughter.” Swan said.

“You better. She don’t need to know what she used to know. She is
happy. You saw that. I’m doing my damndest to make sure no
vampires find her. Especially the Cullens. Cause with them comes
the Italians and trust me folks that is trouble none of us need. But
she is smart. She figured this whole thing out once before. She starts seeing a bunch of six and a half foot males running around howling at the moon she is gonna know something is up. She hid secrets to protect you once Chief Swan. It’s time you hid some secrets to protect her.”

No one said a word. I guess they was digesting this.

“I wasn’t planning on telling her.” Swan said finally.

“Didn’t say you were. But here is the thing. You have to be careful. If she comes to Forks to visit, you and your pack of wolfs here are
gonna have to make sure the Cullens aren’t around. Any sign that
she may be alive and they are gonna be on her like stink on shit. I’m doing my part by avoiding Jasper and making sure he stays the hell away from this state. But she is gonna be askin questions. The
number one question is why she felt the need to leave in the middle of the night to run away. What was she running from? Why it was so dangerous she felt her chief of police father couldn’t protect her. She may not be the same girl you knew but she is still smart as hell. You need to come up with some good lies.”

“I’m confused. What the hell does this have to do with you?” The
pack leader asked.

“I told you. I thought what the Cullens did was bullshit.”

“So? You are a vampire. You may have thought it was bullshit but
what do you really care?”

“What is your name?”

“Sam Uley.”

“Sam, I admit I am a stone cold killing machine. I can kill damn near anything. Humans, shapeshifters, werewolves or vampires. But that don’t mean I don’t have a heart. I decided I am going to protect that girl from our kind without her knowledge and you are going to all have to do the same. She doesn’t need to know.”

“That’s it? You have a heart, so you just decided you were going to
protect her?” Swan asked.

“That and something else. Remember I told you that I sometimes
just know things? I don’t know much about her other than what I
learned from Jasper but my instincts are talking to me and I always listen. They are telling me she is worth it. So, long story short, if it isn’t too late for that, you spend the night coming up with some good lies, Charlie Swan. You get your dogs together and make sure they keep their mouths shut. Especially the little big boy with the broken heart back at ya’lls hotel. We all got each other?”

They nodded so I turned to Charlotte and we took off. I hoped they
had their shit together when they met that little girl in the morning. That kid has been too smart for her own good. It’s time they protected her a little from her nosey self.

Charlie POV

“So that was weird.” I said.

No one said anything so I guess they agreed.

“A vampire wants to protect Bella from the Cullens and stay out of
her life.” I continued to no one in particular.

“He’s right.” Sam said.

“Did you just say a vampire was right?”

“I hate to admit it but yes. I wasn’t sure how much to tell her. How we would explain her taking off. But he is right. She does not know any thing and it needs to stay this way. She has a chance at a
supernatural free life. But we have to get our stories straight.”

“I don’t know Sam. I didn’t like finding out things that were kept from me.”

“But she did it. She did it to protect you. Your turn, Charlie.” Leah
said, walking up behind me.

We went back to the Hotel. Jake was sitting on the steps outside the room and smiled when we walked in. He stood up and hugged me. He was a little red eyed. He had been crying.

“I’m so happy for you Charlie.” He whispered as he hugged me.

“Be happy for both of us son. I know you didn’t want… I mean.”

“No Charlie. It just kind of hit me by surprise. She is alive and safe.
That’s what matters.”

I nodded and walked off. He sat back down. Billy patted his shoulder as Sue rolled him by Jake.

We all went to our rooms and settled in for the night. After twenty
minutes I heard the knock on my door and opened it to let Sue in.
She never said a word. She let me hold her. I was scared and
confused. But I also felt relief. Tomorrow I would be with Bella.
Tomorrow I would get to tell Renee that Bella was alive. I had found her. I drifted off to sleep at peace for the first time since she left.

5:15 and I was up. Sue woke up and went to her room to get
dressed. 15 minutes later I was in the parking lot. So was everyone
else. Bella said 8. We would find the place and wait for 8 AM.

We took our two rental vans out to the middle of nowhere. Finding
their house was pretty easy. Not a lot of homes in the area. It was a nice brick home. The yard was nice. There was a big shed in the
back. Bigger than a garage. That must be where Bo works. It was 6
AM. I thought I would get out and stretch my legs. Apparently
everyone thought they would get out and stretch their legs. I was
prepared to wait until I heard a power tool being operated in the
shed. I walked along the side of the house almost tripping on the
ground. I looked down and… what the fuck?

I shook my head and carried on. Turning into the opening I saw Bella at a desk in a robe filling out some sort of forms. I looked and saw Bo, running a belt sander… in his boxers… with a pair of what
looked to be women’s underwear on his head. Bella looked up and
saw us.

“Bo!”

The power tool shut off and Bo turned around.

“Mornin Charlie! Everyone. We weren’t expecting you all till 8. We
had to get some last minute work done before we left.”

“You work in your boxers?” I asked.

“Sometimes.” He was smiling. I was disturbed.

“Are those…?”

“Your daughter’s panties on my head? Yes sir.”

“How are you working this morning. After last night?” Sam asked.

Bo shrugged his shoulders.

“Hey, party hard, work hard. That’s our motto, right baby?”

“Bo, this would probably be a good time to go ahead and take my
underwear off your head and go put on some clothes.”

“Bell… Mary, did you two know there is a body on the side of your
house? A naked guy in the grass?”

“Did he have makeup on and I love dick written on his forehead?”

“Yes.”

“That’s Chris. Don’t mind him. He will be up in a couple hours and
find his clothes. Now since we are all here why don’t we go in and
have some coffee and breakfast. Than you can tell me what I have
been wondering.”

“What is that?” I asked, scared to know.

“I’m wonderin what made me leave your house in the first place so I could get taken by someone.”