BPOV

He left, he fucking left me! Telling me I'm not good enough for him, that he never loved me. Pathetic little boy, he will be seventeen forever, what does he know about love. I may have never been in a relationship before but neither had he. And when the asshole finally was, he became possessive in the worst of ways, making all the decisions and look where that got him!

I didn't want that freaking party but no one ever listens to the human 'cause vampires are so superior! Ugh! What a joke. It wasn't Jaspers' fault that's for sure, no it was Edwards' or maybe Alices'. She should have seen it when she decided to wrap the gifts. Maybe she wanted me to die and figured that I Jasper did it nobody would care. Whatever the reason, I won't ever have to see them again.

I guess I should be getting home to make dinner for Charlie. Whistling I walked back to the house, an immense feeling of freedom coming over me. I was finally free of that possessive bastard. Stepping into the house I walked to the kitchen and started dinner.

When Charlie got home he seemed worried, but when he saw me in the kitchen the worry seemed to melt away.

"Bells, you're completely fine!" He all but screamed.

"Of course I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" I answered slightly confused.

"Well the Cullens left and I know you were close with them, especially with Edward and Alice." He explained.

"Oh yeah that, Edward just broke up with me. It's not that big of a deal." I told him.

"Okay, well good, I never liked that kid anyway and that pixie was just too hyper." That seemed to be the end of the conversation and Charlie focused on his dinner. After dinner I did the dishes, my homework and went to bed. I was so done with this day and to be honest with being such a goody two shoes. I used to be capable of having fun. Time to bring the old Bella back.

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When I woke up the next morning I felt the same feeling of freedom that I had felt yesterday walking back to the house. Edward was finally gone and if I had to believe him, he wouldn't be coming back, Thank God!

I quickly took a shower and dressed, picking out my clothes I decided to tough it up a little. I picked out some dark wash skinny jeans and a black tank-top. After searching trough my closet I found a black/gray like denim jacket with buttons. For make-up I decided to keep it simple with some eye-liner and mascara, the finishing touch was my lipgloss, making my lips look just a tad bit fuller. Pleased with the effect I went downstairs. I had actually always loved make-up but Alice always used way too much, making me look as fake as Lauren.

Downstairs I quickly ate and went to school. When I got there Jessica and Lauren were already there, great, they were probably waiting to grill me about the Cullens sudden departure.

"So Bella, we heard Edward dumped you and because you wouldn't accept it they decided to move, fearing for their lives 'cause you threatened him." Lauren started out as soon as I got out of my truck. She was obviously trying to get me to react but I wasn't going to give her that satisfaction. So I continued walking just ignoring her when Jessica caught up with me. I was startled when she softly asked me how I was doing. Because she really wanted to help me it seemed I truthfully answered: "I'm fine Jess, he turned out to be such an asshole, I can't find it in me to care."

"Really but you guys seemed so good together?"

"We really did didn't we? Don't get me wrong we used to be, but the way he dumped me was awful, like he was trying to make himself feel better, while trying to make me feel as if I was nothing."

"Wow, I never would have guessed that, he seemed so grown up." She said surprised.

"He was, everywhere but the romantic department."

"So you guys never…." She trailed off suggestively.

"No never, even though I wanted to. He would never go past chaste kisses, we never even made out!"

"Oh My God, I am so glad I never dated him, it must have been horrible, especially with how possessive he seemed." I was surprised she had picked up on the possessiveness, but she had always been smarter than anyone gave her credit for.

"Yeah, it kinda was, but thanks for just talking to me, it's a hell of a lot better than what Lauren did." I told her, being truly thankful for her kindness, I may already be over Edward, but words like hers are never good to hear.

"Lauren is just jealous, always has been, just keep on ignoring her, eventually she'll give up."

"You really think she can still change?" I asked incredulously.

"No, but I can hope." She replied wistfully. "She used to be nice you know, I don't know what happened to cause this behaviour, maybe some people just grow up differently."

The second Jess finished, Angela came towards us.

"Omg Bella, are you okay? I heard about the Cullens." She asked.

"Yes really, and now stop worrying 'cause I am done talking about Edward fucking Cullen." I answered her.

And with that Jessica changed the subject, stating that no matter how I felt, I could use a girls night out so we made plans for the next night to go see a movie. And with my friends bickering about which movie to see, I felt better than I had since I had come to Forks.

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Friday night

Ivan POV

As I came home that evening I had a feeling that thins were going to change. My friends and I were going to the movies, I hadn't been paying a lot of attention to the discussion of which movie we were going to, but it had something to do with witches. I didn't go out a lot, because of the risk of being seen by a moroi or dhampir. I know I hurt a lot of people with what I did but I had to. If it hadn't been for my future happiness than for that of my best friends'. If I ever saw him again, I knew the first thing I was going to do was duck and run for cover 'cause a pissed of 6 foot 7 Russian isn't exactly safe to be around. Except for her, but that's not something to think about right now.

"Dude, what are you thinking about, we've gotta get going if we wanna make it to the movies on time." Dave said, getting me out of my thoughts. The guy was a good friend but I couldn't help but miss Dimka, my best friend.

"Finally, you take longer than my girlfriend man." John told me.

There were four of us me, Dave, John and Mikael. John was the only one who was dating someone, though the girl was a slut, he seemed to like her.

With one backwards glance at my apartment we set out to the movies. The guys had apparently decided on 'Hans and Gretel witch hunters' so we bought the tickets and found our seats. Just after we had sat down three girls sat down in the empty seats next to me. One was brunette, she was sitting next to me, next to her was a blonde and the last one had dark brown hair. After my once over of the girls the movie started and any chance I had of talking to the gorgeous brunette next to me were gone.

The movie was alright but suddenly got a hell of a lot better when there was a scary scene and the brunette jumped and landed in my arms, she felt good to have there, like she belonged there and I instinctively wrapped my arms around her.

She looked up and blushed when she saw me looking at her and whispered a quick sorry. As the movie ended I caught the girl by her arm before she could walk away.

"Hi I'm Ivan." I introduced myself.

"Hi Ivan, I'm Bella, I'm really sorry for what happened." She apologized again.

"It's fine, actually I was wondering if you would be willing to go out with me?" I asked, even surprising myself a little bit. She looked a little surprised, but soon smiled.

"I would like that a lot actually." I was relieved when she said yes and wanted this date to happen as fast as possible, so I asked her number which I got and we decided I would pick her up tomorrow for lunch, to keep it simple. I didn't see the need for it but she seemed to be more comfortable with it. She gave me her address as well and then her friends dragged her away, giggling all the way. When I got home later that night I couldn't help but feel that everything I had sacrificed was finally paying off.

BPOV

After I gave Ivan my number and address Jess and Angela dragged me off, giggling as I told them he had asked me out and that we would go for lunch tomorrow. They were happy that I had already moved on but did warn me that he might just only want sex. To which I replied: "Why do you think it's a lunch date?"

When they dropped me off my dad was still awake and deciding to be the good daughter I told him I had met someone at the movies and was going out for lunch with him tomorrow.

He was surprised but didn't mind it and told me he wouldn't be here during lunch so to have fun. After that, I went to bed, thinking of a pair of sparkling blue eyes. I just knew that this was going to be a good thing.