Eternal Love (C.Cullen)

Chapter 29: Lies

Third POV
Genesis and Bella sat on the couch next to Charlie, who was steady telling them of all the hell they put him through. "You know what? I'll unground you two, if you spend time with other friends. Like, Jacob. Billy says he's been ping through a tough time. I remember when that was you two and Jacob was there for you." Charlie said. Genesis gave a slight smile, "We'll give him a call." Charlie sighed in relief, thankful that there were no arguments.

"Thank you." He said. Bella nodded and stood up, pulling up Genesis with her. "We'll see you later, dad." Bella gave him a quick smile before pulling Genesis up the stairs and into her room. Genesis looked at Bella with raised eyebrows. "Are we calling Jacob?" She asked. Bella paused for a while then sighed. "Yeah. Yeah, I just, have some things I want to talk to you about." She said. Genesis nodded. "Shoot."

Bella nodded and took another pause, trying to figure out what to say first. "Can I, can I see your scars?" She asked finally. Genesis looked surprised, but then sighed in defeat. She knew this was coming. Genesis pulled off her shirt and turned around. Bella's eyes widened, not exactly sure what she was expecting. Bella walked closer and gently touched one of the claw marks, making Genesis flinch.

"Who did it?" Bella asked after examining her wound. Genesis put her head down, "Jacob." She admitted. Bella huffed, "When? Why?" She asked, irritated that Genesis never told her. "It was after the movies. He was changing and I brought him home. It was my fault. I got too close." Genesis huffed and put her shirt back on, turning to face Bella.

"I didn't want to keep it a secret, but it happened when Edward was gone and I didn't think you'd want to be around Jacob after that. Jacob was the one who helped us through everything and without him we wouldn't even be here." Genesis rambled on, trying to make Bella not mad at her. To be honest though, Bella wasn't mad. She had no reason to be. It was neither of their faults. Jacob couldn't control what was happening to him, and Genesis couldn't have know that he was going to hurt her.

Bella calmed Genesis down by hugging her, making her stop her rambling and sigh in relief, hugging Bella back. "I'm not mad at you, Gen. I'm kind of scared of what the others are going to do, though." Bella said. Genesis gave her a weary smile, "They already know." She admitted. Bella's eyes widened. "They found out earlier today. Alice wanted to see my scars and I showed Esme and Rosalie too. Rosalie snapped and the boys ended up getting involved." Genesis explained.

"How did they handle it?" Bella asked, kind of wondering how all of this went down without her present. "Not well. Carlisle went out the window and jumped over the treaty line." Genesis sighed. Bella gasped, "What?! What happened?! How did you stop him?!" Bella rambled, now concerned for not only Jacob's safety, but also for the Cullen's. What if the treaty is broken and they cause a war?

"I jumped on him, tackling him to the ground on the other side." Genesis chuckled at the odd memory. She couldn't believe she tackled a vampire to the floor and protected him from werewolves. She felt like it was a weird dream. "You tackled Carlisle to the ground?!" Bella exclaimed in disbelief. Genesis laughed, "Yeah. Sam, Paul, and Jared showed up right after, too. Thankfully, Sam loves me and Carlisle has a good reputation." Genesis said.

Bella laughed in disbelief at the odd situation, "So, Sam just, let you go?" She asked. Genesis nodded, "He also said that Carlisle is allowed over if he's with me." She smiled triumphantly, happy that she was able to bring peace between the wolves and at least one of the Cullen's. Bella stared wide eyed, "You've got to teach me how to make people love you so much." She said.

Genesis rolled her eyes, "Yeah, yeah. What else did you have to tell me?" She asked. Bella sighed, not exactly knowing how to put what she had to say into words, so she just got to the point, "Edward's going to change me after graduation." Bella began. Genesis's eyes widened. She knew that they had to turn soon, but that soon? "He asked me to marry him." She finished. Genesis smiled a bit at that, happy that her sister was going to get her happily ever after.