Ok, sooo I actually have a story line for this story, so maybe it will make sense and be awesome. I'm relly trying, and I'm fairly sure this is going to be my best story yet. If you were reading some of the stories I got rid of, I'm really sorry, but they weren't going anywhere. This one is good, and its story line is great. So read and review, and thanks. (:
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Chapter 1: A Graduation
"Alice Cullen." our principal called. Alice walked across the stage in her cap and gown, and I stood at the back of the line, clapping for my best friend. She smiled and shook his hand while taking her diploma, and then looked at her family in the audience.
"Edward Cullen." he called. I clapped faster and whooped for my boyfriend of four years. We had made it. Through everything. He looked back at me and winked, I smiled and continued to clap. He took his diploma and looked at his family, smiling. He looked back at me as he made his way across the stage.
"Emmett Cullen." Emmett whooped loudly and fist pumped into the air. I clapped for my boyfriend's brother as I moved up in the line a little bit. A few minutes later he called Jasper, then Rosalie. I clapped for both. An hour passed and I was next in line. I was one of the last people in line, for our school wasn't very large, and my last name started with 'S.'
"Isabella Swan." he said, hand outstreached with my diploma. I smiled as I heard a roar of cheers from my friends and family. I looked in the audience, first to my mom and dad. They were holding hands, and my mom was wiping her eyes with a tissue. Sitting next to them were Esmee and Carlisle Cullen, Alice, Emmett, and Edward's parents. Esmee blew me a kiss and Carlisle nodded at me. Then I saw Alice, who was clapping fast and hard, jumping up and down in her pixie like body. She gave me a smile and a thumbs up. Then Emmett was standing next to her, and he was clapping over his head, and whooping loudly. Then Rose was next to him, holding his hand, and smiling. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jasper come sit back down next to Alice. He waved at me and smiled. Then my eyes landed on the one person who's opinion I really did care about. Edward. He was smiling my favorite crooked smile, the one that I saw and knew he was really, truley happy. He winked at me again, and my smile got wider as I made my way across the stage. And what seemed like an hour of looking at all of them and taking them in, in truth was only a few seconds. But they were the best few seconds of my life. I walked off of the stage and to the empty seat next to Edward. He took my hand and kissed me sweetly when I sat next to him. We watched the last few people exit the stage and then our principal made an anouncment.
"Ladies and gentleman, the valadictorian has a few words to say, so, Jasper, if you will." he said, and stepped away from the podium. Jasper sqeezed Alice's hand and made his way up to the podium. He stepped in front of it and took a deep breath.
"Hello. My name is Jasper Hale, which those of you at school know, and I am this years valadictorian. I'm not here to make a speech, I'm here to discuss the past four years and how we got through them. Our freshman year, I'm sure you remember how we got to the state finals in football, only to be crushed. But we mourned, then we got over it." he said, and a few people laughed. I looked at Alice and she was silently mimicking every word Jasper was saying. She had helped him write the speech. "I think some cheerleaders even broke up with their boyfriends. Then, our sophmore year, when we went to state again. But this time, we won. And the cheerleaders reunited with their guys. The first two years of high school were probably the hardest. Freshman year, we were scared to death, trying to make our way in a huge new place. When we figured things out, they had 'Fish Day' and we would be knocked back down to being scared. Then we became sophmores, and we were the ones making fun of the freshman. Our last two years, and we got serious. We were invited to College Day in our junior year, and again in our senior year. We got class rings and letterman jackets, and were conisdered upper classman. It was great. Our senior year. Everyone knew our time together was coming to a close, and we were trying to make the most of it. Bond fires and football games became things we had to go to. Like our lifes depended on it. The last few weeks of school were our own personal hells. With the last big projects due and the finals, everyones graduation status depended on it. But it looks like we all made it. So that's why I'm here today. To let you all remember what we did and how we did it. So I close with congratulations, Forks High School. We made it." Jasper finished with a huge smile. The crowd went wild clapping and whooping and fist pumping. Then the principal got back up to the podium.
"Well, Mr. Hale, that was a fine speech. Well these ceremonies are about done with. I would just like to say a few more words. We are going to miss you here at Forks, and you will always be in mind. Have a nice time in college, and I hope you learn more than you have and you become what you dream. So, this is it. Congratulations Forks High School. You have accomplished your goal in graduating." he finished. Everyone cheered and we all stood and threw out hats in the air. It was a Kodak moment. I looked at Edward and he looked at me, and he kissed me. I could feel the smile on his lips, and I'm sure he could feel the one on mine. We found our aps again, not something that was very easy to do, and Edward and I made our way over to our families. I hugged my mom and dad, and my dad told me good job. Something that meant a lot to me. Then Carlisle and Esmee congratulated me. I was talking to Jessica when Alice and Edward walked up to me. Edward put his arm around my waist, reflexivly.
"I'll see you later, Bella! And congrats! We made it!" Jessica said as she walked off.
"Bye, Jess!" I yelled back, waving. Alice now stood in front of me as I leaned against Edward's chest.
"We're going to lunch, Bells. Wanna come? We're going to discuss the grad party for tonight. There is a whole bunch of people coming. They know I know how to throw a party." Alice said, smiling. I felt Edward chuckle at his sister's stupidity.
"Sure. I'll go. I'm helping with the party anyways." I said.
"Good. Tell your parents and ride with Edward." she said and walked off to go find Jasper. I sighed, grabbed Edward's hand and pulled him towards my parents.
"Mom, dad?" I asked. They turned towards me, and stood, listening. "Is it ok if I go to lunch with everyone. Then I'll come home for a little while before I go to the party." I asked.
"Sure, Bells. You're a graduate now, you can do anything you want. Except if it's illegal, then you most certainly can not." my dad said. My mother laughed at him, then patted his chest.
"Thanks." I said, kissing them both on the cheeks, while still holding Edward's hand. We walked off and to his Volvo. We had many memories in his car. Some good, some bad. But mostly good. Edward and I rarely ever fought. Ever. I think out of the four years we had been together we had had a total of three fights, and they weren't even big ones. He held my hand as I looked through his iPod and he drove.
"You'v been through that iPod so many times, you probably know it better than I do." he laughed, and kissed the back of my hand.
"Music is important in a relationship, sir, and don't you forget it." I said with a stern look.
"Says you..." he joked, looking at the road. I laughed at him as I chose a song I knew he hated. I had put it on his iPod much to his dislike at the begining of the year.
"I asked the guy hey why you so fly? He said Funky Cold Medina." I sang with the radio, then started dancing.
"Oh my God, Bells. Noooo!" Edward said, throwing his head back and laughing. I finished singing the song, and Edward tried to stop me in the middle of the robot dance I was doing, but he failed, and I finished with confidence as we pulled into the parking lot of the diner. He stopped the car and turned towards me. I looked at him with a smile on my face. "I love you. So much." he told me quietly, and grabbed my chin softly, then kissed me. I pulled back smiling and flushed.
"I love you, too, dahling." I said over dramaticaly. "Now let's go talk to your crazy ass sister about this par-tay." I said waggling my eyebrows and getting out of the car. He laughed again, but got out of the car just the same. He held the door open for me, and everyone was already sitting in a round booth when we walked in.
"Fianly!" Alice yelled, scooting in some so Edward and I could sit. I was in between her and Edward, Edward with his arm behind me on the top of the booth. We looked at the menu for a minute before a waitress came and took our drink orders.
"I'll have a chocolate shake, with a water, too, please." I said. She nodded then took Edward's drink order while Alice and Rosalie looked at me in disgust. "What?" I asked in defense.
"How can you order a shake? I would gain five pounds! What are you getting for lunch?" Alice asked.
"First, their shakes are killer, and I love chocolate. Second, don't make your problem my problem. And thrid, I'm getting the half pund hamburger with a big order of fries. Because I'm hungry. And I'm sure Edward will eat half of my fries." I finished. Edward nodded, smiling, and Alice stared at me, mouth open.
"That's my girl. I love her for her appitite." he said, then kissed my cheek. I smiled while Alice still looked like a puppy had been killed in front of her.
"Jealous." she said, as the waitress set her water in front of her. We ordered food, and talked about the party. "So we need to start set up at about 5:30. People are going to start showing up around 7:30 and with all of us setting up, we should be done by then. The DJ is coming at 7:00 exactly to start setting up, and mom has already started cooking some things. Dad said he would start the grilling at around 6:00. We need to go to Wal Mart, which Edward and Bella, I'm letting you two do that, to get floats and stuff for the pool. And I think that's about it. Oh! I almost forgot, Bella, I got you a new swim suit. Rose and I picked it out, and you will wear it and be happy." she finished. I looked at Edward and his eyebrows were raised in excitment. I took a fry and shoved it in his moth as I laughed at him. "Ok, so Bells, go home for a couple hours, then call Edward and you two need to head to the store. Then meet us back at the house." Alice said, signing her check from where she paid with her card. Edward got mine, to my objection, and Rose and Emmett were already standing to leave. We said goodbye for the moment, and I got into Edward's car again.
"Shall we listen to Funky Cold Medina?" I asked jokingly, holding his iPod up and grinning evily.
"I think you've had enough fun with that for one day." he said, taking it and laughing at me at the same time.
"Well then." I said in mock anger. He laughed as we pulled up to my house. "I'll see you later." I said smiling, and leaned over the consol to kiss him.
"Alright, crazy. Love you." he said.
"Love you, too." I said, kissing him one more time before getting out of the car and walking up the front steps. He always waited to leave after he knew I had gotten into the house safely. What a gentleman. I walked in and threw my keys on the counter, walking into the living room where all of the noise was coming from.
"Bella!" I heard someone call my name, then felt two small arms wrap around my legs.
"Well, hello ther, Jake!" I said, ruffling his hair, and pulling him up to sit on the couch with me. "Hey, Billy. How are you?" I asked. He smiled at me and then told Jacob to stop doing something.
"I'm just fine. Jacob said he wanted to come see you, and I've been tired of hearing it so I thought what better day to bring him over than on graduation day? Congrats by the way." he said.
"Well, thanks, Billy. And, uhm, little boy, I missed you, too! I'm so glad you came!" I said, hugging the four-year-old sitting in my lap. I had baby sat Jacob since he was 11 months old, and I still did to this day. He would stay with me and mom while dad and Billy went on fishing trips. Or if Billy had to go to the doctor for his legs. He'd been in an accident and he was subjected to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. "Do you want to go play a game?" I asked, and he nodded perfusivly. I picked him up onto my hip and carried him up stairs, to pick out a board game. He picked out Operator, our favorite. We had played three games when Edward called me.
"Hello?" I answered when my cell phone rang.
"Hey, baby. I'm on my way."
"Alrighty. See you in a few minutes."
"Ok." he said, then we hung up.
"Well, mister Jake. It looks like I gotta be leaving pretty soon, so what do you say we make our way back downstairs?" I asked. He nodded, a little dissapointed that I was going to be leaving, and we made our way down the stairs.
"Jake, we need to get going." Billy said, right as the doorbell rang.
"It's open!" I yelled, and I heard the click of the knob turning. And in walked my knight in shining armor.
"Hey there, Edward." Charlie said. Edward waved at him, and I walked over to both of my parents.
"I'm probably going to stay with Alice tonight becaue the party is going to last forever." I told them. They nodded, and I grabbed Edward's hand to lead him up to my room to get a bag. I pulled out my yellow bag and started taking things out of drawers. I got pijamas, and a shirt and pants for tomorrow. Edward opened a drawer and pulled out one of my more showing pieces of underwear and waggled his eyebrows, telling, no begging me, to please take them. I laughed, kissed his cheek, and stuffed them in the bag. I went and got my toothbrush and stuff, put them in the bag, and we made our way down the stairs.
"Bye mom! Bye dad! Bye Billy, Jake!" I yelled over my shoulder and made my way out the front door right behind Edward. I stepped into the car, and he pulled out of my driveway.
"Off to the store." he said, making his way to the nearest Wal Mart.
"To get pool stuuf, am I correct?" I asked.
"Indeed you are, he said as we made our way into the store. We got a few floats, and even a volleyball net and ball. We checked out and went back to his house.
"You know it's funny that your parents still think when you say you're staying with Alice that you're actually staying with Alice, when in truth, you're staying with me." he laughed.
"You know it's funny that you say that. Because they don't" I said, then proceeded to crack up as we pulled into his driveway. He rolled his eyes and stepped out and walked towards the front door. I grabbed the stuff and ran after him. Alice had almost everythng ready and the DJ was setting up, also. Crlisle was on the deck bar-be-queing up a storm. I went outside to put the stuff in the cabinet and trunk where they kept all of their pool stuff.
"Hey, there, Bella." he said, and waved.
"Hi, Cralisle. Whatchya makin'?"
"Brauts, hot dogs, burgers, and ribs." he said. I about died and Edward opened the door.
"Babe, Alice needs your help." he said, and went back inside. I nodded and waved to Carlisle.
"Bells, can you hang the things in the corner?" Alice asked, holdng up balls of twinkle lights. I nodded and started climbing the ladder.
"You know, you look great from that angle." Edward joked.
"Hush." I laughed, and hung the lights.
"People are here! People are here!" Alice squealled, jumping up and down. "Ok! Everyone go upstairs and change, and come back down. Bella, I put your suit in Edward's room, because I assume that's where you'll be changing." she said, walking to the door, and opening it. She greeted someone from our class as we headed up the stairs. Just like she'd said, it was on Edward's bed, and not suprisingly, it was little.
"I like it already." Edward said, kissing the nape of my neck as I held it up to inspect it. He grabbed his out of a drawer and changed quickly. I did the same, quickly. Then we made a bealine back downstairs. A lot of people had arrived and some people had already jumped into the pool. People were eating and dancing and having a good time. I was standing by the pool, talking to Eric and Angela when Edward caught my eye. He was talking to Emmett and staring at me mischeviously. I looked around, and noticed the pool and clicked as he slowly made his way towards me.
"Edward," I said in a warning tone. "Edward, don't you dare!" I yelled, holding my hand out in front of me. He was cracking up, and his eyebrows were raised. "Edward!" I yelled as he wrapped his arms around my waist and jumped in with me. We came back up to the surface, his arms still wrapped tightly around my waist. "You are so dead." I laughed as I pushed his face away from me. I wrapped one of my legs around his waist, and hit him in the back of the knees with the other, and dunked him under. He came back up, out of breath. "That'll teach you to mess with me." I said.
"For such a small girl, you are strong. It's turning me on..." he said, rubbing his still wrapped arms up and down my back. I chastely kissed him, and climbed out of the pool in my soaked clothes. He followed me out, and took his shirt off, getting back in. I took mine off and hung them on the patio chair. Maybe they'd dry before I got out. Alice and Jasper challenged me and Edward to a game og chicken, and we happily accepted. The pool was cleared except for us, and many people were watching. I got on Edward's shoulders, and Alice got on Jasper's.
"Be prepared for defeat." Alice said. We battled it out, and in the end I was left standing. Everyone cheered, and I fell back off of Edward's shoulders only to come right back up, and cheer with him.
"Champions!" I yelled, and Edward and I high fived. "No autographs, please." I said, as Edward laughed and wrapped his arms around me from behind. "We are awesome." I whispered, and he nodded.
"Let's get out." he said. It was getting dark, and we had eaten a little earlier. I nodded, and he carried me piggy back out of the pool. "Want to go up?" he asked when we got inside and were wrapped in towels. Everyone was dancing and talking. I smiled, and nodded. We got into his room and I collapsed on the bed. He came and sat next to me. I looked up at the ceiling and he laid next to me, proped on one elbow. He stared for a minute, then pushed some hair out of my face. "What are you thinking about?" he whispered, and kissed my temple. Before I could answer he took me into his arms and I laid my head on his chest.
"I was just thinking about the first time I ever came in here. Do you remember? It was freshman year. It was also our first make-out sesion. God, we've had fun in here." I laughed.
"Yeah. Our first kiss was in here. What was you're favorite thing?" he asked.
"Mmmm. Times like this. When you just hold me. And when you tought me how to dance." I laughed. He chuckled, too.
"Man, I remember. It took like four hours to teach you. You had no rythm." he laughed. I laughed, too, at the funny memory.
"And our first time. God, Edward. It was beautiful. Everything that ever happened in this room was beautiful." I whispered, turning in his arms to look at his face. He smiled, and kissed me. Slow and sweet.
"It was only beautiful because you made it that way." he whispered. I kissed him again. This time it was still sweet, but it was more urgent. I was at the point where I was about to take some things off, when he stopped it.
"What's wrong?" I asked, putting my hand on his cheek. He put his on top.
"I need to talk to you about something. I've been trying to figure out how to tell you all night."
"What? What is it? Edward, you can tell me anything. You know that." I whispered.
"We were going to Harvard-"
"Wait we were?" I asked, he placed a finger on my lips to tell me to listen. I nodded.
"Babe, I got a letter last week. A big letter. It was from Oxford. Bella, I got accepted to Oxford. My dream school-"
"And you're going." I said. Not asked, I knew what he was saying. I couldn't help the tears that fell. They fell because I wouldn't be at the same school as Edward. I wouldn't even be in the same country as Edward.
"Baby, don't cry, please." he said, pulling me closer. "You know how important-"
"I do. God, I do. Don't think I'm angry because you're going. I'm not, I promise. It's just a suprise and we have to face that we aren't going to be together, and I don't want to think about that." I blubbered into his shirt.
"I know. But you will always be my first love. Always. Nothing will ever change that. And I'll remember you forever, and, God, I hate this." he said, his voice cracking. I looked up at him to see his eyes watering, too. He kissed me, and I kissed him back.
"Look, if this is going to be our last night together we may as well make it a good one." I said, and kissed him urgently. My tears were falling, and I could taste the saltiness of them, as I'm sure he could as well. But we didn't care. He untied my bathing suit top, and then I was pressed to him again. I got his swim trunks off, and he untied the other strings on my bottoms, getting them off and throwing them off of the bed. He picked me up, and set me gently under the covers before placing himself on top of me, and kissed me again. My hand wound into his hair, then up and down his body. His hands roamed my body. They knew me well, and he carresed in all the right places. His lips travled down my jaw line, to my neck, to my collar bone, down the middle of my chest, and down the center of my stomach, his hands on my hips. He stopped kissing right before he hit my waist, then made his way back up. When he got back to my lips, I felt like I hadn't kissed him in years. He inserted himself, and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I put my lips on his neck, licking and sucking. It would leave a mark, but he would be fine.
"I love you so much." he cried, kissing my lips again. Our tounges did a dance with each other, before he exited and kept one arm around my waist as he collapsed onto his back. My hands were on his chest as I laid on my side next to him. I kissed up and down his jaw line, and he pulled me closer.
"I love you, too." I whispered. "More than you know." He smiled, and kissed me again. We laid there for a couple of hours. Our bodies pressed together, just content being so close. We listened to the party die down. No one bothered us, because they probably all knew that Edward was telling me tonight. We listened until every last person left, and everyone had gone to bed. It was 2:00 in the morning before all of the noise had ceased. I laid my head on Edward's chest, and fell asleep quickly.
The next morning I woke up to the air conditioner blowing coldly on my bare upper half. My legs were tangled with Edward's and I scooted closer, to get warm again. He put his arm across me, and pulled me close to his equally bare body. The skin on skin contact felt right. He was warm, and I never wanted to leave. I looked at the clock over his shoulder and it was already noon. I needed to get home. I sat up, sheets falling and stretched. Edward trailed kissed up my spine, and sat up next to me. He kissed my bare shoulder, and I turned on my knees to face him. He took me in, running his hand through his hair, and leaned closer to kiss my lips. He pulled away, and I stood up off of the bed. He watched me, not saying a word.
"I need to go." I whispered, picking up my bag and pulling clothes out. I put everything on, and sat on the edge of the bed. He turned me around, gently. He was always gentle. I felt the tears start sliding, and wipped every one of them away. I stood, and he kept my hand. "I love you." I said, and picked up my bag, letting go of his hand. He stood, and kissed me one more time.
"I love you, too." he said, forehead pressed against mine. I backed away and opened the door, leveing him there.
And that was the last time I saw Edward Cullen.
Ok, so first chapter. Really, tell me what you think it will be greatly appreciated. (: