Life is…Complicated.
Chapter One
News
BPOV
Jenny, my best friend, just giggled as my brother kept on chanting on how hurt Justin was and that he really wanted to get back together. I sighed in annoyance because I had already heard his speech a thousand times. Couldn't he shut up already? Jenny just kept driving towards my house with a huge smile across her face while she listened. I covered my face with my hands and then ran them through my long mahogany hair.
"Come on Bella he really wants you back." He pleaded from the back seat.
"Derrick…" Ugh, I never thought a person could be this annoying.
"He does look like shit Bella. Take him back, how do you know you'll find someone else who loves you the way he does." I turned to Jenny with an 'I can't believe you agree with him' look. "He really does like you." She said and shrugged before turning her attention to the road again.
"Guys if he really liked me the way you say he does he wouldn't have kissed my supposedly best friend on my seventeenth birthday!" Jenny slowed the car down as we approached the driveway to my house. Once she was parked I got out of the car and closed the door so that I couldn't hear my brother. I started heading to the door and when Jenny joined me she linked our arms together.
"Bella, that's because you thought that Kayla was your friend but in reality I am your best friend." I just rolled my eyes and kept walking towards the entrance of the house. Derrick had already reached us and was still whining like a three year old by the time we reached the living room. I threw my backpack on the couch and then started heading towards the dinning room.
When we got there I noticed that Phil and my mom had to separate as they noticed we came in. She looked saddened and Phil looked disappointed but it only lasted for a short while. They looked up and saw all three of us there and smiled.
"Just give him one more chance and I promise if he messes up again I will leave him worse than what I left him last time." Derrick said. I looked towards him and Jenny to see them both looking at me. I guess that they hadn't seen Phil and my mom. Jenny and Derrick both looked at me waiting for an answer.
"What's going on now?" My mom asked.
"Justin." Was the only thing that I said. I then just turned around and headed for my room with Jenny following closely behind.
"Is that a yes?" Derrick yelled behind me. I just shook my head and ran up the stairs to my room.
It had been a week since I saw mom and Phil and now I was just in my room lying down on my bed listening to Muse with my eyes closed when I heard someone running. Ah great! I thought as I put my pillow on top of my face and pressed it down until it was getting hard to breathe. I heard someone throw my door open and then I felt the pillow getting ripped out of my hands.
"You can't be serious?!" Derrick exclaimed as he sat down on the edge of my bed and hugged the pillow.
"Derrick, you're just going to make this harder than what it has to be." I said as I threw my arm over my eyes.
"Why are you planning on doing this anyway?" He turned his head to look at me and then lay down next to me.
"I just miss spending time with dad, Derrick. Is that so bad?"
"That's bull; you know that dad is always too busy to spend time with us. It's not because of Justin is it? Because if it is, I promise I will stop whining about you getting back together with him. See so now the problem is solved, you don't have to move." He said with a bright smile. I only rose and eyebrow and his smile faded. He groaned and turned over so that now he was lying on his back side. "Why do you want to leave, and don't give me the 'I love my daddy' speech?" He warned.
"Derrick, mom just got married what do you think she wants to do? Don't answer," I warned him because knowing him he would tell me something that I didn't want to know. He chuckled but didn't say anything. "She needs time for herself Derrick….with Phil, not with us around." I explained.
"So you're telling me that you want to leave so that Phil and mom can be horny." He couldn't say that with a straight face so he ended up laughing.
"Derrick." I whined but couldn't help and laugh along with him. We laughed for a while and after we calmed down he sighed.
"Fine, but I'm coming with you. There is no way in hell that I will stay behind and take their looks and…" He shuddered. I just pushed his shoulder playfully and another round of laughter took over both of us.
"You guys don't have to do this." My mom said as some tears rolled down her cheeks. She had been crying since she found out that both of us were going to move.
"Mom, don't worry, we'll be fine. You need time for yourself anyway." I said as I tried to contain my own tears. She took a deep breath and wiped away her tears.
"Fine, but promise me that you will call everyday and visit as soon as you get a break from school." She told us sternly.
"Of course we will mom." Derrick said but I heard him sort of distracted. I looked towards him and noticed that his sight was focused on a pretty blond who was laughing along with her friend. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. My mom only smiled.
"I'll miss you." She said it with so much emotion that Derrick turned from the girl to her. He threw his arms around her and then motioned for me to join the hug.
"We'll miss you too mom. Don't be sad okay, we'll be fine. I'll take really good care of Bella and I'll kick any guy's ass that comes near her. You have nothing to worry about. I love you." Derrick said and he tightened his arms around both of us.
"Guys, I've missed you so much!" My dad exclaimed as soon as he saw us. My dad is an extraordinary lawyer and spends most of his time at the capital of the United States. He hasn't gotten married since he divorced my mom and when he isn't at work he spends his time in the small town of Forks.
He has a home there and we are going to live with him, or in his house, until Derrick and I leave for college. My dad graduated from Harvard as my mom. He was studying law while my mom studied Literature. She has written a series of teen novels and is very famous for the book Breaking Hearts. It's about teen romance and a very well read novel.
"I'm glad to see you too dad." Derrick said and hugged him. Derrick is a minute younger than me. That's right, we're twins. We are very different though not only by looks but by our personality. He has black hair that almost covers his eyes which are blue. He is very muscular but he isn't a body builder. He's 6'0 feet tall and if I do say so myself handsome. He got my mom's colored eyes and dad's colored hair.
I on the other hand got my mom's blue eyes and brown hair. The only thing I got from my dad was his hand eye coordination, which by the way isn't a very good one. I've improved it over the years though by playing sports and trying my hand at martial arts.
"I've missed you dad." I said and hugged him after Derrick let him go out of his grasp. While I'm calmed and reserved Derrick is loud and obnoxious but only to me though. He likes to go out and have fun while I would rather stay at home and start a new novel or reread one. Derrick loves to make fun of me in front of boyfriends and friends.
Of course my boyfriends and friends always think that he's an awesome brother and they probably even like him more than me. We're always together even though I sometimes don't approve of his choices. I'm always there when he needs me and he is also always there when I need him. What can I say; we're joined at the hip.
After giving us a hug my dad took us to his black BMW. When we were inside the car Derrick and dad started talking about baseball and all that guy stuff. I decided to zone out and let them interact with each other. I was missing my mom and Phoenix already. I wanted to think of all of this as a bad nightmare but it wasn't and I knew it.
Now I only hoped that I didn't regret my decision. If I did I wouldn't just ruin my time here but also Derrick's he wasn't here because he wanted to but because he didn't want to live without me. Even though he doesn't admit it to himself or to me I know that he was having a hard time accepting me leaving him. We have always been so close and when one of us makes a decision the other just goes with it and accepts it.
After both of them were done talking the rest of the drive, which wasn't very long, was in peaceful silence. I guess everyone had already said what needed to be said. I just sat back on my seat and relaxed.
"We're home." I heard my dad say after a few minutes. I opened my car door and looked at the beautiful house that was in front of me. It was big, bright and it just looked… comfortable. Derrick or I hadn't been in this house ever. When we got to spend time with my dad it was either in Phoenix or in Washington D.C. I heard Derrick whistle as he also saw it.
"Do you like it?" My dad asked both of us.
"Like it, more like love it." I said as I took the whole house in.
"I had it built three years ago." My dad said as he looked at the house proudly.
"That's cool." Derrick said and closed his door. He went around the car and helped my dad get the suitcases while I just looked at the house.
"Are you coming sweetie?" My dad asked from the entrance of the house. I shook my head and closed my door before making my way into the house. If I was surprised at the outside I was even more surprised at the inside. After going through the whole first floor my dad took Derrick and I to the second floor to our rooms.
He opened the door to my room and put my suitcases on the ground before showing Derrick which room would be his. To the right there was a whole wall made of glass that had a great view towards the forest and a little stream. In the middle of the wall there were two doors that opened up to a little balcony, I couldn't help but think about Romeo and Juliet right in that instant.
I smiled at how weird it seemed for me to think of my Romeo ever coming in through my balcony at night to keep me company. I rolled my eyes at my stupidity and got back into my room. I closed the double doors and sighed. There was a king size bed that was pushed up to the wall that your sight went to right away when you stepped into my room.
On the left wall was a door and I learned after I opened it that it was my bathroom, I was so excited that I didn't have to share it with Derrick. There were two night stands on each side of my bed with lamps. On one there was a picture of mom, dad, Derrick and myself right after we were born in the hospital. On the other there was a picture of Derrick and me alone when we were about five years old. Derrick was crying because I took his cookie away, ah good times.
To the left of the door of where you came into the room there was like a mini living room with a huge TV and next to that there was a desk with a laptop on top of it. To the right side of the entrance there was a book case that had no books. I really needed to take care of that. Next to the bookcase there was a huge closet which I also had to take care of because I hadn't brought many clothes with me. The only two things that I actually look forward to shopping are books and CD's though.
"Hey dork, are you done ogling?" I turned around and saw Derrick leaning against the door frame of the entrance to my room. I gave him the middle finger and he only laughed. "Come on, dad wants to show us something." He motioned to me with his head to follow him. I took one last look at my room before going down the stairs to meet up with my dad. I could hear my dad arguing with someone as I descended the stairs.
"I know I can but have you taken a look at his case? I mean come on…I know that he is but I don't want his money…What did you tell him…did you tell him exactly where I was at…good I don't want him to know…I'm afraid that if I don't take the case he'll try something-…exactly…look I have to go okay…yes I'll see you…I'll try, bye." My dad sighed right before closing his phone. He turned around and noticed me by the stairs. He tried to smile at me but I could see that it was forced.
"You wanted to show us something?" I asked to distract him from his phone call. The next smile that I got from him was a real one, he actually seemed excited.
"Actually I did. Come on, where's Derrick?" He asked but got his answer when Derrick appeared out of the kitchen.
"Sorry, I was thirsty." He explained. My dad didn't say anything more just told us to follow him. We did and I noticed that he lead us to the garage. When we got there I noticed two cars covered in white sheets.
He stood in between the two and at the same time he pulled the sheets off of both cars. I felt my eyes widen and my mouth hang open as I took a look at the cars that were right in front of us. One was an Audi R8 and the other a black Ferrari.
"Surprise?" My dad said unsure as he noticed our expressions.
"Wow." Was the only thing I could say.
"So the black Ferrari is for Derrick and the Audi for Bella. I hope you guys like them."
"Dad, this is amazing." Derrick finally got out of the shock.
"I'm glad you guys like them." My dad smiled and threw some keys at Derrick which he easily caught. He then turned towards me and threw another pair of keys at me. I caught them too but not as easily as Derrick had or gracefully.
"This is an amazing gift dad thanks." He smiled one more time before heading out of the garage.
We had dinner and then left to our respected rooms to go to sleep. I took a shower and then got ready for bed. I knew that tomorrow we needed to go to school and I was really nervous about going. While I was in bed my breathing accelerated and I tried to control it. All the emotions that I had stored away finally came and I began to cry. I wasn't paying attention to anything and then I felt a hand on my face wiping away the tears.
"Don't cry." He said. I sat up and leaned my back against the head board.
"I'm not so sure about my decision anymore." I said and looked down at my hands that were fidgeting with my comforter. I felt him wrap his arms around me in a brotherly gesture.
"I'm always here for you sis." He said and tightened his arms around me.
"I always mess up don't I?" I didn't give him a chance to answer I just kept talking. "I didn't just mess this up for myself but also for you. I'm the most horrible sister ever."
"Don't say that." He said in a fierce tone. "I'm always here for you and if you want to go back we'll go back together. Remember what you told me?" I nodded.
"A new beginning." I whispered.
"Exactly. That's what both of us need. A new change, besides, change is good."
"Once in a while." He smiled.
Guys for those of you who remember this story yes it is back with few changes...so far. I really hope that this is better than the last time and of course I just wanted to remind you to review.