If I were a Belle
All Human
Summary: Bella must fight for the freedom of true love. (Ha ha…read and find out!)
Ch1
I woke up the second my alarm turned on. With a whack that could freak out a ninja, I turned over and groaned. I was eighteen. How I LONGED to stay here, cozy in my nest of blankets. Maybe, just maybe, if I stayed curled up in a ball, I could sleep away the horror of this day.
"Bella Swan, get up this instant!!!" My fortress of peace was shattered with a shriek from my mom, Renee. I tumbled out of bed. "The bus comes in half an hour and you still aren't up. Shower, hair, clothes, makeup, biscuits downstairs." Renee barked off a mental list that had been ready for years now. I slammed the bathroom door in her face, drowning her out with the whoosh of the shower. Renee continued the mother-hover as I got dressed, insisting that I not wear jeans. Of course, I jammed a pair into my tote as soon as she turned around. Thank GOD for first period gym, cause there was no way I was going to go around the school all day like some oversized china doll. After I was primped, curled, and covered to my mom's satisfaction, I was presented to my father. Charlie looked up from his paper.
"Okay, kid. Here we go. So Jacob gets down on his knee and asks you to marry him. What do you do?" The answer that had been drilled into my head since infancy (ok, not really, but still pretty dang long) was delivered to my expectant father. "Oh Mr. Black, certainly. It would be an honor and a joy." I delivered this with as much intensity as a blow-off drama class student. Charlie looked at me certainly. "Like that, darling?" Renee's brow furrowed in distress. "Oh, no way, Mom. I'll be more jazzed up about it. It's just that I'm so tired." I reached up to rub my eyes. "Stop," shrieked Renee. "Your mascara!!!!" Exasperated, I turned out the door.
On the bus, I pulled out my phone. Almost immediately, a text beeped onto the screen from Alice. Happy B-day, Bells!!! Ur 18! I smiled as I read the message. Alice's happiness was contagious. Thanks! I punched back. So, any plans for 2day? Alice. Always to the point. Well, the rents r totally psyched that Jake is proposing The response was almost instant. ???? Then a sec later: What? How do u know?!? Yeah, I hate having to explain this to people (not that I meet many from out of town). Stuff like this freaks them, and me, out. We've known we're gonna get married forever.
How cute. Alice obviously didn't get it.
Um, no. My parents bargained me off for some hot land when I was like four.
WTF!!! Now that she was getting the concept, I could totally rant to Alice. That was the great thing about an out of state text-pal. Practical? No. Pricey? Try half my paycheck. But it was so dang great to have a friend who didn't know anything about my messed up world except what I told her. So now that we're both 18, he's proposing.
That's like arranged marriage! You know, with those little Indian kids. Is that even legal?
Well, yeah, once we're 18. Gotta go!
I snapped my phone shut just as the bus rolled up to the door. With Alice, I was ready for almost anything this nightmarish day could throw at me.