The alarm rang endlessly. My head was spinning from one to many vodka and pineapple drinks. I have Oliver to blame for this. He always brings the wild child out of me. I rolled over onto my right side and hit the snooze button. Getting up I showered quickly and threw on a polo v neck shirt, seven jeans, and Gucci wedges. I grabbed my marc Jacobs sunglasses and put them on my bag filled eyes. My hair was messy and damp but I did not care. I felt like shit and not to mention it was 5 am which means I went to bed an hour ago. I grabbed my suitcases and my purse headed for the living room. Oliver was already dressed and ready. He had two Starbucks espressos in his hands and was wearing a smile.
"You are my savior," I said as I took the cup from his hands.
"You are welcome."
We headed out. There was a limo waiting downstairs for us and inside I found my ninja agent Amy fisher. Amy was a 50 year old goddess with endless credits which made her perfect. She took care of me and made sure I was in the best hands always. I smiled and gave her a huge hug.
"Amy did you get highlights?" Oliver asked
"Oh yes. I had to keep up with you girls," she said.
"You look fabulous mamacita," Oliver said.
Amy pulled out her ipad and looked at it. I knew she would find a way to squeeze work into this. But I was going to focus on Charlie and not my career. I promise I will.
"Okay so I know your dad is sick bee so I am taking it easy on you but Oliver I am emailing you a list of auditions set up for you in Seattle and also I have you guys making a few Seattle club appearances also. Anything else I have that I can squeeze in I will email it to you so please check your email frequently."
We nodded in agreement. The rest of the ride was silent and so was the airplane ride. I was too wrapped up in thought to pay attention to anything. My nerves were getting the best of me. When touched down I had this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. Oliver and I grabbed our luggage and headed out. I tried to scan the crowd for Jacob but got slightly side tracked by people asking me for my autograph. I felt Oliver clench onto my arm.
"If that nice piece of ass over there is you're Jake I am going to shoot you for leaving that behind."
I looked up and couldn't help but smile. Jake took my breath away. He wore a plaid button down shirt and leather jacket. He was still buff and well-tanned. He held up a sign that said Miss California. Leave it up to him to crack a joke. Oliver handed me the black coat we had packet. I put it on as we made our way over to where he stood. He didn't smile. He looked as if he wanted to choke me where I stood.
"He was your flight?" he asked coldly
"Fine. Jacob this is Oliver my best friend. Oliver this is Jacob."
They shook hands. We proceeded out of the door and towards an all-black range rover. That was a gift I gave to Charlie for Christmas. We got settled into the car. Jacob started the car and pulled off.
The silence began to eat away at me after 15 minutes. Even Oliver was silent which was really odd. He had his iPod on full blast with a pillow over his face. I sighed and turned to face Jake.
"Are you going to be quiet until we get there?" I asked
"Why not? There is not anything to talk about."
"Talk about anything. How are you Jacob? What about how I am doing?"
"I'm fine. But if I wanted to know how you were doing I'd just Google you," He said.
"Pull over," I demanded.
"Are you nuts? Were on the highway Bella?"
"Let me out of this car," I yelled.
Jacob pulled over. Oliver removed his earphones. He was completely shocked by my temper tantrum. I got out of the car. It was freezing cold. I had no idea of what I was doing. I just wanted to arise out of Jacob. I wanted some sigh to show that he still cared. Oliver rolled down his window.
"Bee…your crazy now gets in this car."
"No Oliver. I'd rather walk than deal with his attitude."
Oliver turned his attention to Jacob who was silent.
"I've never seen her like this. I don't know how to deal with her like this," he said to Jacob.
Jake sighed.
"Bella please get in," Jake said.
"Leave me alone Jake," I said out of anger.
"No. Bella if you don't get in now I am going to get out and put you back in the car."
"I said no," I yelled.
Jacob opened his door. I took off in the opposite direction hoping he would chase me and like I thought that was exactly what he did. I could hear Oliver chuckle lightly as Jacob grabbed onto my arm.
"What is your problem?" He asked
I rolled my eyes.
"I'm not the one with the problem. It's you," I said turning my head.
"Look at me Bella…"
"No."
"Why can't you look at me?"
"Please just take me to see Charlie."
"That was the plan until you bolted from the car."
"Screw you Jake," I said, heading towards the car.
"Screw you too."
I got into the car and strapped my seatbelt. Jake got in after me. Oliver was stretched out on the backseat shaking his head and smiling. This was sheer entertainment for him. Jacob pulled the car off. We arrived at the hospital shortly. Oliver sat in the waiting room while Jake and I went into Charlie's room. Charlie was hooked up to a respirator and sleeping. Billy was sleeping too in a small chair in the corner of the room. I walked over towards my dad as the tears rolled down my face. I was completely numb. He looked peaceful.
"Dad please… you're going to make it through this," I whispered into his ear.
I turned to face Jake. He smiled light.
"Are you going to be alright?" He asked
"I'm a big girl. I'll heal."
His phone began to ring. Jacob filled it open. I watched him in curiosity.
"Hello baby," he said.
I felt my heart sink into my stomach. He was taking to a woman probably. He was using a soft and sexy voice. He even smiled a few times. I turned to face Charlie again as the tears continued to pour. But this time I was not crying because of Charlie. I was crying because of Jake. I hate how much I love him. It hurts so badly. The only this I ever regret was leaving him. I knew that one day I would have to face the fact that he moved on but I did not imagine how bad it would hurt.
I whipped my tears hoping that he didn't notice and headed for the door. Jake grabbed my arm lightly. I looked at him speechless.
"Where are you going?" He asked
"I need some fresh air," I said to him.
"okay."
I headed out of the room. Oliver could see the pain in my eyes because he sprung up to his feet and wrapped his arms around me. I just wanted to get out of here. It felt like the whole world was crumbling around me. It was stupid for me to think that my home in forks would be as perfect as Hollywood. I had wrecked my life here a long time ago and now I had to deal with it.
