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Chapter 2 White Liar -BPOV
In college, you prepare for the future, and once you graduate, it is time to being your adult life. Well, I graduated a month ago and still have not been able to get a job in my profession. Do not get me wrong, I understand that the schools are on vacation right now, but still nothing. Everything I interview for they always wants someone with more experience. I wish there was someone willing to take a chance with me, but nothing..
Thank God, for La Cantante, without still having this job, I would be broke living with my father. My father is terrific. But, I love my freedom. Working at the club has enabled me to afford my college education without having to receive student loans. I still have some put away, but I try not to use it; that is for my retirement. Great I now save for my old age. Do not get me wrong if I want for something I get it. In fact, not long ago I had to replace the truck that Charlie gave me. How I hated to see that thing go, but I got a sweet little red BMW convertible. When Charlie asked how I was able to afford such a vehicle. I said that I had been promoted to head bartender, so I was making more. Charlie was also under the impression that I took out student loans to pay for college. Over the past four years, I have had to tell little white lies in order to get Charlie off my back about money. He also thinks that I am making car payments; no I paid for the car out right.
While working at the club I was able to afford college, but I also gained self-confidence, body, soul, a social life, and stability. The training that Aro provided was truly valued, I went from weighing barely a hundred pounds to filling out to about a hundred and twenty. I no longer have to search everywhere for the double zeros. I am now able to find more clothes in my size, and my hips filled out wider, my breast went up a cup size, and most of all my legs no longer looked like toothpicks. They had shape and size which thrilled me, I guess swinging from a pole three nights a week was working to my advantage. My confidence grew from the number of clients constantly telling me how beautiful I was, and my clumsiness vanished. Trust me standing in stilettos while trying to dance and swing around a pole takes a lot of stability.
I was able to befriend two of the sweetest girls. Alice the bartender that I met the first time I walked in, and then Rosalie. Rosalie is a dancer like me, she might look like the Barbie doll type; she can be a colossal bitch at times and she takes no shit from anyone. Rose and Alice both were college student whom graduated the same time as me. Alice is a trust fund baby, she works at the bar because her Uncle Aro owns the property. Rose even thou she is a little older than both Alice and myself, feels like something is missing. She left New York years ago to get away from her ex-boyfriend Royce King.
Now, that school was over Rose, and I was going to stay with Alice's parents this weekend in Port Angeles. Alice desperately wanted us to meet her brothers; neither which Rose nor I had ever been able to meet. Those boys where always busy doing something. During this visit, I was going to make the hour drive down to Forks to see Charlie for Father's Day. I looked forward to a relaxing weekend around the pool.
On Friday we left for Port Angeles, it was going to take us three hours to get there. So we spent time talking about our families.
"I'm so excited that my brother is moving to Seattle. He will be here sometime during the summer." Rosalie stated. Her brother had just graduated from the University of Texas. Their parents had died about two years ago in a car accident; he missed being near his sister.
"Rose, what is your brother name?" Alice inquired.
"Garrett" I had met him a time or two during the four years that I have known Rose. He was decent- looking enough with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Rose and Garrett could almost pass as twins, but there was two years difference in their ages.
"Is he still dating that girl?" Alice just has to have the latest news on everyone. Plus, she is currently without a boyfriend; she probably thought about potentially dating him.
"Yeah, he is still with Charlotte. She is actually moving here with him. She just graduated also. So, I love her, and they seem to be long term." Rose shrugs
"Oh, you guys are going to love my brothers; they are the best. Emmett he just transferred from University of Florida to the University of Washington" he lost his scholarship to Florida because of a knee injury; he was moving back this summer. "Edward is the youngest he is entering his senior year of high school." I had seen pictures of Emmett and Edward as children. I had not actually paid that much attention to them. Emmett never seemed like my type and Edward was not old enough for me to be interested. Plus Alice talks so much sometimes that I just about tune out what she is saying. I could tell you the necessary information about both boys. They played sports Emmett football, wrestling and track; Edward was basketball, baseball, and cross country. This is the reason that I had never seen the boys they were either at a friend's houses, out with girlfriends, playing sports, or at a camp for one of the sports they were interested in.
"We're having a party tonight at the house. Mom and Dad have a conference in Vegas. They will be back tomorrow." Alice stated. Great another party, where I have to run and hide somewhere. I wasn't interested in talking to "boys" that where only interested in getting in my pants, which is what always happened. One time some guys slipped something in my drink; I don't trust people bringing me drinks. He gave the cup to a girl a few seats down from mine. She passed out and had to be rushed to the hospital. She has GhB in her system. So, from now on I find somewhere to hide from the festivities.
We pull up to Alice's parent house and located our rooms. Alice comes to my room about an hour later for the traditional dress up Bella. I had worked at a strip club for the past three years, but Alice wouldn't let up from dressing me.
"There has been a change of plans for tonight" she smiled at me in the mirror. "We are going down to La Push for a party at the beach." Now, we're talking. I had a lot of friends in La Push. Especially, since Charlie only lived about ten minutes from there. He was best friends with the Clearwater's and the Black's. I wouldn't have to hide from this party. Alice said that Emmett and Edward would join us there.