Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

A Good Thing

By Momma2Fan

Chapter 20:

BPOV

The silence was deafening, never knowing when he was going to strike. Laurent’s harassment had picked up quite a bit since Tanya’s revelation. I couldn’t even go to the bathroom at the club. We finally complained to James and Victoria and they banned him from returning. That still didn’t stop him.

So here I sat, at the courthouse, applying for a restraining order. The police weren’t doing anything, useless pigs. I couldn’t stop my leg from shaking. I was nervous that we would be denied.

“Chill-ax, Bells. You’re making me nervous.” Emmett placed his hand on my knee.

“Sorry, Em. Why is this taking so fucking long?” I chewed on my finger nail and stopped bouncing my leg. 

“Kate said that it would take a little bit. The judge has to look over all the evidence and decide if a restraining order is necessary.”

“I know, but we have a show tonight and I’m still uncomfortable with the songs that I will be singing.”

“Babe, stop worrying. I won’t let anything happen to you. We’ll have plenty of time to warm up and rehearse.” Edward pulled me to his side, trying to calm me down.

We looked up when we heard the door to the courtroom open. Kate and Garrett walked out and headed straight for us.

“Well?” I questioned.

Kate smiled at me. “You have been granted a temporary RO. You’ll have to come back in three months and have the judge reexamine the case. Other than that you’re all set. Here are your copies, keep them in a safe place.”

“Thanks, Kate. You guys really didn’t have to do this.” Edward said.

“Yes, we did. Tanya got you in this mess, it was only fair that I help get you out. Besides…” Kate looked at Garrett.

“Besides, I owe you an apology for how I treated you, Bella. I wasn’t very fair to you that night.” Garrett stepped in.

“Don’t worry about it. You were embarrassed and probably a little hurt. I’m over it.” I replied and gave him a friendly hug.

“You’re more generous than I deserve.” Kate held out her hand and she and Garrett left.

Emmett blew out a breath. “Well, I am glad that’s over.”

We walked out to the car. Once we were settled, Edward pulled out into traffic. “What time is it?”

I looked at my watch. “It’s almost four-thirty. We better hurry.”

“We have plenty of time, sweetheart.” Edward smiled over at me.

“Well hurry anyway. My legs are cramped back here.” Emmett whined.

We arrived home about thirty minutes later and Emmett immediately jumped out of the car to stretch his legs. He ran into the house to tell Rose the good news. Edward and I walked in behind him. and found everyone in the garage getting ready to rehearse. Alice was perched on her stool as usual going over the shows song list.

Edward walked in and picked up his guitar. “Okay, Bella wants to work on the two new songs. The duet and hers, so let’s do those first, then we can fine tune everything else, alright?” Once everyone was in agreement we got started. Edward, Emmett and Jasper lead us into the song.

We didn’t care if people stared

We’d make out in a crowd somewhere

Somebody’d tell us to get a room

It’s hard to believe that was me and you

Now we keep saying that we’re ok

But I don’t want to settle for good not great

I miss the way that it felt back then I wanna feel that way again

Been so long that you’d forget the way I used to kiss your neck

(Remind me, remind me)

So on fire so in love. Way back when we couldn’t get enough

(Remind me, remind me)

Remember the airport dropping me off

We were kissing goodbye and we couldn’t stop

I felt bad cause you missed your flight

But that meant we had one more night

Do you remember how it used to be?

we’d turn out the lights and we didn’t just sleep

( Remind me, Baby Remind me)

Oh so on fire, so in love

that look in your eyes that I miss so much

(Remind me, baby remind me)

I wanna feel that way again

Yeah I wanna hold you close

Oh If you still love me

Don’t just assume I know

Do you remember the way it felt?

You mean back when we couldn’t control ourselves

(Remind me)

Yeah remind me

All those things that you used to do

That made me fall in love with you

(Remind me. Oh Baby Remind Me)

Yeah you’d wake up in my old T-shirt

All those mornings I was late for work

(Remind me)

Oh baby remind me

Jasper on guitar took us out of the song. I took a deep breath as the final cords, drained away.

“Bella, what were you so worried about? You sounded great.” Rose asked.

“I wasn’t sure if I had the right emotion for the song. That song is about a couple who have seemingly lost their way from each other and are working to get back. I don’t feel like that.”

“Aww, that is so cute. Of course you don’t feel like that, B. You and Edward are still in the ‘honeymoon’ phase.” Alice added.

“Whatever, Tink. I’m just glad that I got it.” I blushed at the honeymoon thing. I fell more in love with Edward every day. “Can we do the other one, then we better get ready?”

We worked our way through the next song and when I felt ready we stopped and went to get cleaned up and ready for our show.

EPOV

The line outside the club wrapped around the block. It was always like that when we were scheduled to play. The adrenaline started pumping through my system at high gear. Bella and I had a meeting on Monday morning with Jason Aldean’s people. I wondered if he would show up. Tonight, we were doing several covers and two new songs. Bella’s vocals got stronger every day and I’m not a bit biased.

We got everything on stage set up and then I went to hunt down James and Vic. I found them in their office. I knocked to get their attention.

“Edward, how are you?” Victoria greeted me.

“Great, Vic. You?”

She plastered on a smile. “We’re doing great.”

“How did it go today, Edward?” James asked.

“It went well. The RO was granted and things should hopefully calm down. We have to have a copy with us always so just a heads up. If he comes in here, he can be arrested.”

“Well, hopefully it won’t come to that. Hopefully, he’ll leave you guys alone.” I nodded and left to go warm up and get the lighting adjusted.

The audience was in great form tonight. I was always excited to get on the stage, but this was different. I didn’t really care about the spotlight anymore. I wanted to sell my songs and make some money to give Bella the life she deserved. Maybe then she could actually sit down and write the book she had always wanted to.

We opened with the usual crowd pleaser and then headed right into the first duet. The one that Bella was worried about earlier. When she took the stage the audience went nuts. When the song came to a close, I could tell that she was in the zone.

“How’s everyone doing tonight?” The crowd roared. Bella smiled and addressed them again. “Well, we’re gonna slow it down a bit and do something a little new for us. We hope you like it.”

Jasper started the opening bars with Emmett right behind him. I was actually in a background capacity on this one. Jasper would be singing the backup vocals.

Sometimes we fight

‘Bout who’s wrong and right

And stay up all night

And sometimes we drink

And say hurtful things

That we don’t mean

Yeah, we’re both screamin’

But nobody’s listenin’

Let’s take this madness

Out of the kitchen

Come to bed

Let’s just lay down

There’s just one way

We’re gonna work this out

Forget what I did

Forget what you said

Oh, darlin’

Come to bed

Well, I love you

You know I do

And you love me, too

So let’s just stop

Remember what we’ve got

Before it all gets lost

Just take my hand

It’s been way too long

Turn out the lights

And turn each other on

Come to bed

Let’s just lay down

There’s just one way

We’re gonna work this out

Forget what I did

Forget what you said

Oh, darlin’ (darlin’)

Come to bed

And let’s put aside our pride

For feelin’s for tonight

In the mornin’ we’ll see things

In a different light

Just come to bed

Let’s just lay down

There’s just one way

We’re gonna work it out

Forget what I did

Forget what you said

Oh, darlin’ (darlin’)

Come to bed

She nailed it on that one. Her and Jasper’s voices blended together really well. I was happy with the sound.

We played for another hour and then called it a night. The DJ came on and we all got a drink. Bella was suddenly not feeling well, so I decide to take her home.

“Are you guys okay getting the equipment without me?”

Jasper nodded. “Just go Edward. Take care of your girl.”

When I got her home, she ran straight for the bathroom and threw up. I walked in behind her and held her hair back for her. “You okay, babe?”

She nodded her head, before sticking it back in the toilet. “Can you get me a cold wash cloth, please?”

I wet a towel and handed it to her. I then passed her her toothbrush. She looked up at me gratefully. She eventually was ready to get up. I helped her to change into a pair of shorts and one of my T-shirts. She slipped in bed and I put the trash can beside her head. I stroked her hair back from her sweaty brow and gave her a kiss. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.” She mumbled, already half asleep.

I went and helped the gang bring in the stuff, before turning in myself. Before I did, I had a talk with Alice.

“Hey, Tink, got a sec?”

“What’s up?” Alice bounced over to me.

“I need to go shopping tomorrow and I need you to come with me. Got any plans?” I asked.

“Nope. Where are we going?”

“Tiffany’s.” I turned and went upstairs before she could ask anything else. I crawled into bed and checked Bella before I placed my arm at her waist, pulling her to me.