Authors note...All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer I do not take credit for anything that didn't come from my own imagination
They were all here to party, she didn t even talk to any of these people any more but yet they were all guests at her 21rst Birthday Bash! Bella was standing there at the bar watching person after person come in and wish her a happy birthday none of them were there to celebrate her. Everyone just wanted an open bar. There were friends from high school a few boys she had dated as a child. Girls she hadn t seen since the ages of hide and seek. People she used to work with and people that were at one point and time the ones she divulged her secrets to.
Of course it wasn t her idea to have a party she would have liked nothing more than to forget another year had gone by. However her friends Rose and Alice thought it would do her some good to get out and mingle with friends. They took it upon themselves to invite everyone in Bella s address book. They even took her out shopping; Bella bought a new red dress. At 5 5 Bella was built beautifully she was nice and slender but not rail thin anymore like last year, she had long thick brown hair and the most beautiful brown eyes. The dress hung nicely on her showing off her assets. Bella enjoyed the dress. At least she knew she looked hot. Maybe she could just have a few drinks and ignore everyone.
As more people came through the door she realized there was still no sign of what was once her best friend, Angela; the past two years had been a giant downhill rollercoaster for them. They used to be so close staying up late laughing at each other. They saw every movie that ever came out. They were constantly on the phone. They did everything together even helped each other with school assignments, Bella just about lived at Angela s house. People that didn t know them frequently assumed they were sisters they were so inseparable. But ever since Bella started having a hard time going out and doing things that everyone else could just do at the drop of a hat Angela started hanging out with a different crowd.
It started at first as them just not going out as much and even when they did you could unmistakably see that Angela didn t want to be there. The girls still had their daily phone calls but than the phone calls slowed and pretty soon the text messages. After a while it was only the forwarded emails meant to make people laugh. But those had stopped a few months back; there was no contact among the two girls at all. At first she used to think that if she waited Angela would change her ways and start being close with her once more. They had been best friends since they were toddlers why would anyone want to give that up. Bella had matured so much over the past year that she now realized it was over between them.
Bella sat stirring her malibu baybreeze, wishing that someone would come take her out of this mess. Her friends Rose and Alice as if mind readers chose that moment to come grab her and push her out on the dance floor. Rose and Alice had no idea what she had gone through the past year they were the type of friends that when you got the chance you caught up and hung out. Not exactly the ones she would want to burden with her drama. Rose was so pretty tall thin long blonde hair, beautiful smile. Alice was short with short black hair and always had on a smile. Alice was a funny person but she was also seriously dedicated to her girls went to classes with Bella and even though they knew she hadn t been to school in the last year they never pried. They both knew Bella would open up to them when she was ready.
A little past one thirty Angela finally entered the club with her friend Jessica, Bella waved and went back to dancing with her friends. There was no point in trying to even start up a conversation with Angela when Jessica was around, Jessica was the new Bella; she replaced her in everyway. Bella had once attempted to make friends with the girl. The three of them had gone out about a year ago but Jessica and Angela stayed with each other and left Bella alone. They didn t even tell her when they were leaving. She caught them outside walking to the car. That was the last time Bella tried to hang out with Angela. Angela claimed total memory loss of that night because she was high but Bella knew that wasn t true
She finally started to feel the eighth Malibu bay breeze and by this point not only was she smiling and dancing with Rose and Alice, other friends had joined the circle and pictures started being taken. Rose started doing old dances like the robot and the cabbage patch. Alice decided to shake her ass and grind up on the other girls. Bella just laughed and laughed she was having such a great time. It was that exact moment that she saw him watching her, Edward the guy that had stolen her heart and didn t even know it. She pushed through the crowd eager to reach him.
He saw her coming and started to walk towards her. She was shoving through person after person each one trying to strike up conversation with her, she still saw him a few feet ahead. Just than her ex boyfriend Jacob grabbed her and tried to kiss her. As she pushed him off her she saw Edward give a disgusted look and turn to walk out the door. She tried to reach him but by the time she got to the door his car was speeding out of the parking lot. She just stood there wondering why he had come tonight.
Jessica was outside smoking a cigarette
Why are you out here when all of your friends are inside?
I just needed some fresh air. She proceeded to go back inside trying to avoid further questioning. Did Jessica really believe that Bella would confide in her? Ha! Not likely!
As she started back towards her friends, Jacob started dancing with her apologizing for the kiss. She understood Jacob thought every woman wanted him and sixty percent of the time he was accurate. Jacob was 6 3 tall muscular with brown eyes. But Bella never thought of him that way anymore when they dated he cheated on her everyday with anything that could be considered female. The boy also wasn t happy with his life he always told some crazy story that could never have happened. Let s just put it this way the boy had more stories than Walt Disney. Bella was no longer attracted to him and also not dense enough to go back to that situation.
The Bouncer was trying to get the rest of the crowd to leave so they could close up for the night and Bella was so smashed that she had to be carried by friends to Rose s Car. She couldn t stop thanking Rose and Alice she really had fun. She knew she would regret it in the morning though; her stomach still hadn t recovered from all the medication.