Hello everyone! This is a new story that I have created just for fun and I want to know your opinion about it. I don't know if I will continue writing. That will be up to you guys. If you enjoy it then I may just continue :)
"ISABELLA," a high pitched voice squealed. "Isabella Marie Swan, where in the hell are you?" I scrambled quickly to my feet causing myself to fall into my open closet. The sound of frantic feet climbing up the stairs suddenly filled the air.
Busted, I thought begrudgingly to myself. Alice was going to absolutely kill me after what happened tonight, but I wasn't about to give into her demands. This was the third date this month that she had set up for me. This was also the third date I had bailed on.
"Isabella, open the door," she said, tapping on my door with an annoying pinking sound. I knew if I gave into her wishes I would instantly regret it.
"Bells, come on, "she whined. "I just want to talk to you." I rolled my eyes at her words. I had heart that one before. The last time she had spoken those words I nearly ended up in the hospital. I pulled out my cell phone quickly and hit number one on my speed dial. Jacob's husky voice instantly filled my ears.
"Jake," I whispered, "its Bella."
"Bella," he said with confusion. "What's wrong? Why aren't you out on your date?" I hushed him quickly and began to speak at an erratic speed.
"Listen, Jake," I said. "I need you to come and get me. Alice is about to tear off my head and I don't think I can handle this tonight." Jacob sighed heavily for a moment. I hated to take advantage of my best friend, but I needed him.
"Please, Jake," I said trying to hold back some of my hysteria. "If you leave me here alone then Alice will force me to….I just can't handle being with someone new yet, Jake. It's too soon." My heart thudded quietly as my hands began to shake.
"Bells, sweetheart, listen," he said softly. "I know what he did to you, but you have to move on eventually. Seth isn't coming back and sooner or later you have to face that."
"I know he isn't coming back," I said between clenched teeth. "You've made that abundantly clear and so has he. You don't have to continuously remind me." I felt tears of rage begin to fill my eyes.
"Bella, this isn't healthy," he continued. "You just turned eighteen years old and your about to graduate. Why can't' you just take Alice's advice and have some fun? Holding yourself up in your room for the rest of your life is not an option."
"Jake, shut up," I said a little loudly. Alice began to twist my door knob chaotically at the sound of my voice. It was only a matter of seconds before she would succeed in breaking down my door. I took a deep breath before I began to sleep again. "I'm not ready to get back into a relationship. Every guy I have ever dated has just been a waste of my time."
"Gee, thanks, Bells," Jacob huffed. "I love you, too." Once upon a time Jacob and I had been a couple. We were both very young and naïve at the time. All we ever did was fight. It wasn't exactly the healthiest relationship. Therefore, we both agreed to just be friends.
"You know I didn't mean you," I said softly. "You were the best boyfriend I have had so far, Jake." Jacob had always been the sweetest guy I have ever known. He truly cared about me, which is more than I could say for any of the other losers I had allowed into my heart.
"That's what I thought," he said huskily. I hated brining up the subject of our past relationship. Every time I did Jacob would become heartbreakingly silent. Deep down the both of us knew that we would always have some feelings for each other. We depended upon one another much more than we should, but sometimes we were all each other had.
"I have to go," I said breaking the silence. "The sooner I face Alice the better." Before Jacob was able to speak Alice forced her way into my room. She pulled the phone out of my hand and pressed it to her ear.
"Jacob, Bella has to go," she eyed me venomously for a moment before speaking again. "She and I have something of great importance to discuss. I'm sure you understand." With that she snapped my phone shut and threw it on my bed with a small thud. She held out her hand and I took it hesitantly.
"Alice," I began to say, but she only ignored me. Instead of speaking she began to walk around my room holding her hands to her temples. Her heels clacked across my floor loudly. After pacing for about five minutes Alice sat down on the floor beside me.
"I don't know what else I can do, Isabella," she said flashing her brilliant blue eyes on my face. "I have called every boy in my phone and set you up on a million dates, yet you refuse to leave your house. I spend hours picking out your clothes and planning you make up design. I curl your hair; let you borrow my favorite heels, even purchase tickets for the movie you and your date are supposed to see."
"I never asked you to do any of that," I said under my breath. Alice began to glare daggers at me. I averted my gaze from her perfect face and went to stand by my open window. It was twilight; another day was ending while a new one was about to begin.
"Alice," I said swallowing hard. "I couldn't go out with Justen tonight. It would only be a waste of my time and I am so tired of doing that. If I went out with him then it would just be the same boring routine. We would discuss our plans for the future; we would talk about our friends and our families. He would try to grab my ass and I would be forced to smack him. End of story."
"You are so cynical," Alice said, clearly aggravated. "I go out of my way to set you up with Justen, who happens to be a great guy, and you instantly shut him down. He could be the love of your life and yet you will never meet him."
"I highly doubt he is the love of my life," I huffed. "Why must you insist on being so melodramatic? I will start dating when I am ready to date. Seth and I only broke up two months ago. Seeing someone else would just be a bad idea."
"He is gay, Bella," Alice screamed at the top of his lungs. "The guy broke up with you because he is GAY! If that wasn't enough he continued to use you until he got exactly what he wanted. Dating someone else would actually show you what a piece of shit he is!"
"Will you stop, already," I shouted. "Look, I know it was stupid of me to stay with him after everything that he did. I shouldn't have trusted him or given him my heart but I did. Those feelings don't just go away, Alice!" It was a rare occasion that I ever raised my voice, especially to my best friend. I instantly felt remorseful.
"So that's it huh," Alice said in a shaky voice. "This is the reason why you are leaving? You're honestly letting him run you out of town?" I closed my eyes tightly before turning around to face her.
"How did you…..Who told you," I whispered.
"Not you," she said. I suddenly felt ashamed. It had been months since I had received my acceptance letter. Fairfield had offered me free room and board and half off my tuition simply because I obtained a 4.0 throughout high school.
I had spent months planning researching other colleges trying to find a different alternative. When Seth broke up with me I decided to give up the search. I just wanted to leave and this was the best way to do it.
"Ally, please," I begged her. Before I could say anymore my phone began to ring. I recognized the ringtone almost instantly. Goo Goo Dolls "Iris" filled my ears causing my hands to shake. Seth was calling me.
"Oh hell no," Alice shouted snatching my cell from my bed once more. She pressed the phone up to her ear and began to shout. "Didn't I tell you to never call hear again, asshole?" I tried to tackle her to the ground but she was too fast. "No you can't talk to her! Are you insane? I thought you learned your lesson after your little run in with Emmett."
I smudged my face with my hands trying to forget that day. My big brother Emmett had always been a little too protective of his little sister. I learned that when Seth decided publically dumped me in front of everyone at a football game. Emmett had beaten him to a blood pulp without thinking twice about it.
"I don't care if you want to apologize," Alice continued. "Why don't you go practice your ballet routine? She is done with you, so you need to get over it you, tiny, tap dancing, ribbon twirling whore!"
"Alice," I shouted plucking the phone away from her. "Hello? Hello, Seth I'm…." But it was too late. He had already hung up and I doubted that he would ever call me back.
"Was that honestly necessary," I asked sticking the phone in my pocket.
"How could you have ever even considered dating him," Alice continued, ignoring my words. "The first guy you dated in two years and he ends up being a five foot one, ballet dancer who always ditches you to hang out with his supposed friends."
"Alice, we've been over this," I said trying to keep my cool. "I didn't know he was a ballet dancer. He hid that from me until after we had been together for a month." The only reason I had discovered his passion for tights, was because Alice and I had been driving by his house while he was outside working on his routines. He was wearing a white leotard and was flailing around ribbons like a fairy.
"I worry about you," she said picking up her bag.
"Ally, please don't go," I begged her. "Just…..can you stay here and talk about this with me. I know you're angry about Fairfield, but you at least have to give it a chance. This is an amazing opportunity for me and I can't just pass it up."
"How can you be so selfish," she said in a low voice. "We have been best friends for eighteen years and you can't even grant me the consideration of helping you decide a college. What happened to Branford? What happened to being roomettes and graduating together?"
"Ally," I said, trying to keep my tone even. "You know that Charlie can't afford to send me to Branford. If I do go there then I would have to finance it myself."
"Oh, but Charlie is okay with his only daughter practically leaving the state to go to some university," she snapped. "Did you even consider what would happen to your father, Bella? Hell, did you even tell Charlie about this?"
"I have to do this," I said fiercely. "I have to consider my options."
"You do that, Bells," Alice said. Her expression was stone cold. "Consider your options before you lose everything that ever mattered to you" With that she slammed the door. Emmett came into my room just a few moments later.
"Leave me alone, Em," I told him. "Please." For some reason he was trying to hold back laughter. "What in the hell is wrong with you? Why are you laughing?"
"I think you better come downstairs," he snickered. "You have a special guest waiting for you.
I hope you all enjoyed this short chapter. I promise that if I do continue this story the chapters will be much longer. Remember to review and let me know what you think.