Hey, everyone! I was hoping to get this up yesterday but seeing as I'm anemic thanks to pregnancy, I didn't wake up until nearly 6 PM XD

Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter:

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I can't believe I already have 15 reviews! 15 more for this chapter?! PLEASE?!

Also, I'd like to mention my other stories that are currently in progress. I've been neglecting them for nearly a year. I did have a chapter for Reincarnated but I lost my notebook and I REALLY loved the chapter so I'm afraid to rewrite it. But I have set up a schedule for when I start writing those stories again. Right now, Broken will be updated EVERY Friday. Maybe earlier depending on reviews.

With You I Belong, It's A Spys Life, Accidentally In Love, and The Ultimate Showdown are ON HOLD INDEFINITELY. I'm at a major road block with these stories and rather than screw them up they're on hold. I don't know if I'll ever be able to go back to writing these stories but if I had to choose, I would pick With You I Belong. I would delete it and rewrite it.

When I started writing my other stories (hopefully in a week or 2), this is the schedule for those:

Monday - The Will to Live

Tuesday - Two Worlds, One Family

Wednesday - Reincarnated

Thursday - Unintended

Friday - Broken

Saturday - If I Didn't Have You

Sunday - Right here and Meant For Each Other

As of right now Broken is the only one being written so next week you will only receive an update for that story. I hope to start writing the others again soon. I've been reading fanfiction, watching vids, vidding my own, and reading New Moon news in hopes of gathering inspiration so stay tuned.

Now on to the story! This chapters song is Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C.

DISCLAIMER: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are property of Stephenie Meyer. No copyright infringement is intended.

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

~Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C

Chapter One

Friends Forever

Graduation.

It's a time to remember and a time to celebrate.

But I refused to celebrate. And it seemed like I was the only one who felt that way.

Since graduation, Alice and Rose hadn't stopped talking about their New York plans. They were the only ones leaving together and I felt left out. Of course they had insisted that I go with them. There were culinary schools there too. Some of the finest.

But traveling to New York wasn't my calling. I was meant to go to Chicago, Edward and Alice's birth place.

I knew I would feel close to Edward there. He would be stopping to visit every holiday to visit his birth parents relatives and then we would fly to Forks together. It seemed perfect but it didn't mean that I wouldn't miss anyone.

I'd still be alone and left to wonder if anyone was thinking about me especially Edward. Always Edward.

Of course I trusted Edward. We both trusted the other and felt that no one would ever take us away from the other. Since we had begun dating, all I heard about was that we were going to end up together… like the rest of our friends.

And oh how I hoped they were nothing but right.

Now I was only waiting for Edward Cullen to put a ring on my finger.

"Knock, knock," a velvety voice called from behind.

I glanced over my shoulder and I swear I stopped breathing.

In the doorway stood the most beautiful guy I had ever laid my eyes upon and he was all mine. Edward Cullen was the school heart throb with his reddish hair and soulful green eyes. He was the guy every girl longed for and I was the girl every girl wanted to be because we were dating.

I smiled at Edward as I thought about everything we had been through. What made it even better was thinking about how pissed off Lauren and Jessica were when we pulled into the parking lot in his Volvo on the first day of school senior year.

Edward gracefully emerged from the vehicle and made his way over to the passenger side. He proceeded to open the door for me and extended his hand to help me out. I took his hand and smiled up at him that day. He grabbed my backpack and threw it over his shoulder before slamming the car door shut. Normally he would've held my hand when we were together but that day he threw his arm over my shoulder and we walked towards the school as he showed everyone – male and female – that we were both taken.

"Bella?" Edward asked. His voice was laced with concern. "Are you alright?"

I nodded but he knew that I wasn't. Everyone had always told me that I was easy to read but Edward knew me so well. Even if I wasn't easy to read, he'd know that something was wrong.

"You're lying."

My smile faltered and he approached me. His arms wrapped around my frame and he pulled me close to him.

"Alice wanted me to come get you," he said. "She says if you're not down in ten she's coming up to get you herself and forcing you to wear that skimpy little number she bought you."

I cringed at the thought of the black cocktail dress. It screamed whore and I knew Mike Newton would be all over me if I had worn it. Luckily I came to an agreement with the evil little pixie.

Nice jeans and a low-cut blue top if I would attend the graduation party she was throwing. I agreed but now here I was at the party and hiding out in Edward's bedroom.

"Tell me what's bothering you." I remained quiet. "Please."

He sounded so torn that I didn't know what to do. How was I supposed to make it better? How could I tell him that I was afraid we'd fall apart?

"It's over you know," I told him in a whisper. "Senior year, I mean."

Edward let out a sigh and he turned me to face him, placing his hands on my waist. "Bella," he began. He bit his bottom lip as if he was trying to figure out what to say. "We were going to graduate. It was going to happen. It has happened."

"Is it really that easy for you? Lucky you then."

"What are you getting at?"

"We're going to be thousands of miles away and you act like you don't even give a damn."

"Of course I give a damn!" Edward hissed. "I'm leaving behind the woman I love, Bella. That's hard for me to do."

"You sure don't act like it's hard."

"But it is, Bella." His hand reached up and brushed the hair out of my face. "I've been in love with you since the eighth grade. That's nearly five years. I'm not just going to throw that away."

"Bella!" A high pitched voice screamed. I could hear Alice's high heels from down the hall. "It's been ten minutes! Put on that outfit!"

Edward rolled his eyes. "We're talking, Alice. We'll be down soon."

"Well hurry up!" Alice snapped. "Jacob and Angela are here. They're waiting for Bella."

"Give us thirty more minutes."

"Fine," Alice huffed. "Thirty minutes. Then I'm sending Emmett up!"

I stifled a laughter as I listened to Alice's clinking from her high heels grow . Edward gazed at me. An eyebrow was raised and he wore his crooked grin. My crooked grin.

"What?"

"You know we won't be down in thirty minutes."

"And why do you say that?"

"Because I intend for our last night together to end with a bang," I told him. "I want to show you how much I love you, Edward. I want this to be the one night you always remember."

I could hear Edward's breath get caught in his throat but before I could say anything more, his lips were on mine as he pushed me backwards on to his bed.

We refused to not see the other one off.

All eight of us managed to get plane tickets for departure within just thirty minutes of each other.

"Promise to keep in touch?" Angela asked as she looked at me, Rose and Alice. All three of us nodded and group hugged. These were my girls – my sisters – and I knew that Chicago was going to be lonely without them.

"We still on for the super bowl?" Jacob asked the guys.

Typical male.

"That is if we're not watching you and Emmett play," Jasper laughed.

"Don't worry," Emmett answered. "We'll send ya'll tickets."

I glanced over at Jacob and couldn't help but wonder why he looked so sad. He was a lot like Emmett. He loved football but when they had mentioned it, he didn't seem too happy.

"Emmett's on his own," Jacob replied. "I decided not to play football."

"Then what are you going to do?" Rosalie asked. "You love football just as much as Emmett does, Jake."

"I decided to go to Europe with Angela." Everyone's eyebrows shot up and our mouths hung open. We knew Angela had talked about traveling to Europe for photography but we had just assumed that she would go to the University of Washington for a few years before traveling. And we definitely didn't think Jake would go with her.

"What made you change your mind?" Jasper questioned.

"I can't live without her," Jacob replied. "We're going to go to Europe for a year then hopefully, we'll go to UW, together." He took Angela's hand in his and glanced down at her.

He was in love. That much was obvious.

Who knew that Jacob Black could love someone so much? After his mom died he refused to love anyone then Angela came into his life and all that had changed. It was simply a miracle.

I looked over at Edward and couldn't help but wish for Edward to do that for me but I couldn't ask him to give up Dartmouth. He wanted to be a doctor like his father. It was his dream. There was no way that I could be responsible for taking that away from him.

"It's nearly one," Rose said. She looked at Alice. "We should be heading to our gate now."

Alice nodded before she threw her arms tightly around me. "We'll talk every day. Okay, Bella?" she said through sobs. "You, me, Rose and Ange will chat via webcam. And I'll talk Daddy into flying you two out to New York soon."

"Alice, you know that –"

"Hush, missy. You're coming to visit us even if I have to drag you there by your hair."

I laughed and nodded, hugging her one last time before she could say her goodbyes to Edward and Jasper.

"Don't get into too much trouble, Bells," Rosalie laughed. "I won't be around to kick some ass."

I scoffed causing Rosalie to laugh. "I think I can handle myself. Thanks."

"I know you can," Rose said. "I'm so proud of you, Bella. Good luck in Chicago. And if Alice forgets –"

"Which she won't."

"I'm going to miss you."

"Miss you too, Rosie."

Rosalie let out a cry before throwing her arms tightly around me. "Don't forget me," she whispered as she pulled away.

"Not possible. Now go say goodbye to Emmett."

She nodded, kissed me on the cheek than ran to Emmett, who scooped her up into his arms and kissed her.

Jacob and Angela were the next to go. They had decided that London would be their first stop.

"Come on, Ange," Jacob said. He reached out his hand and helped Angela up from the bench they had been occupying. "We got to get heading to our gate. It's clear across the airport."

Angela nodded. "Just give me a sec okay? I want to say goodbye to Bella."

Jacob nodded then headed to the guys, leaving me and Angela to talk alone.

"Every night, Bella," Angela stated, much like Rose and Ali had.

"Well, my night and your day. Or vice versa."

Angela laughed. "It all depends on where I am."

"Right. Jake will have to pajama it up on the webcam too."

"I'm sure he'd love that. Three girls in their nighties? Every guys dream." There was an awkward silence between us. Neither of us knew what to say and even though it could get awkward, that's what I liked about Angela. She was good company and never had to speak to make someone feel better. "You know, Jacob wasn't always in love with me."

"Say what?" I gasped. "Jacob's loved you since he laid eyes on you, Angela!"

She shook her head. "Not true. He loved you, Bella."

"For how long?"

"Freshman and Sophomore years. He finally gave up just before junior year. Apparently Alice had told him that you were in love with Edward."

"That little she devil…"

"Good thing though huh? Or else I wouldn't have my Jake and you wouldn't have the school studmuffin."

I laughed and threw my arms around Angela, hugging her tightly. "Don't forget me okay?"

"Never."

"Mind if I say goodbye?" Jacob asked as he approached.

"Sure," Angela replied. "I need to say goodbye to the guys anyway." Angela turned to walk off but Jacob stopped her by the hand. She glanced at their linked hands then up at Jacob, smiling. He smiled back too before leaning down and kissing Angela just before letting her go.

"So I heard you used to be in love with me?" I teased.

Jacob had to of turned fifty shades of red and it took all of my strength to keep myself composed.

"Who told you?"

"Angela did," I laughed.

"She was supposed to keep that a secret," he groaned as he ran a hand through his black hair.

I nudged him playfully. "It would've gotten out sooner or later. We're friends with Mary Alice Cullen remember?"

"Oh yeah," he laughed. "How could anyone forget?'

"We've had some good times haven't we, Jake? Just you and I."

"Motorcycles."

"Cliffdiving."

"Probing the junk yard for parts."

"That sounds so wrong."

"Only if you make it sound that way, Pervert."

"Oh yeah," I began. "I should worn you. You're going to party it up with us girls via webcam."

"Will there be nighties?"

"Jacob William Black!"

"I was just asking!"

Together we both laughed before giving each other the biggest hug of a lifetime. Besides Angela, Rosalie and Alice, Jacob was my best friend. He was more my brother than Emmett and Jasper ever were and I definitely didn't want Jacob leaving me. Besides Edward, I knew he'd be the hardest to say goodbye too.

He was my sun.

"Come on, Jake. Time to go," Angela called.

He turned to look over his shoulder before turning back to me. "I'll write you, okay?"

"I'm holding you too it."

We hugged one last time before Jacob turned away from me and jogged over to the love of his life. He took her hand in his and together they walked off.

I could feel Edward approach from behind me as I watched Jacob disappear.

"It'll be okay."

An hour after Rosalie and Alice left, thirty minutes since Angela and Jacob said goodbye, Jasper stood up.

It was nearly two o'clock and his flight would be leaving at 2:45.

"I'm not good with goodbyes," Jasper told us. "I could barely say goodbye to my own sister."

"Yet you were bawling like a baby when you told Alice goodbye," Emmett teased.

"That's different," Jasper growled. "Anyway, I'm just going to cut to the point. We'll talk at least once a week and I'll see you back in Forks for Thanksgiving." Emmett opened his mouth to crack a joke but Jasper held up his hand to stop him. "Don't even finish that sentence, Emmett. I won't forget. Rosalie Hale is my sister, remember? And Mary Alice Cullen is my girlfriend. It's impossible."

He shook hands with Emmett and Edward and gave me a hug.

"When I'm not around, keep these two in line okay?"

"I'll do my best, Jazz," I answered.

"I'm going to walk to my gate too," Emmett said. "It'll give you and Edward more time to say goodbye."

"Who knew you could be so sentimental?" Edward joked.

Emmett rolled his eyes. "Hey! I could be a complete asshole, sticking around until the very last minute, cracking vulgar jokes. But no. I'm trying to be a nice guy and give you an extra hour or so with your girl."

"Thanks, Em," I said. I stood up on the tips of my toes and kissed Emmett on his cheek.

"If you need anything, Bells, anything at all, don't hesitate to give me a ring. Any time of any day, I'll answer. I promise."

"Thanks but I think I'll be fine."

"I'm just saying. Rose isn't the only one who can kick some ass. If there's anyone in Chicago who needs a good ass kicking, just call me and I'll be on the next flight to the windy city. Or if you need me flying to New Hampshire –"

"I get it, Em. Thanks."

He hugged me then messed with my hair before bumping fists with Edward.

"Hurt her and I kill you," he threatened.

A laugh escaped Edward's lips. "I wouldn't dream of it."

"So this is it," I told Edward just has 3 o'clock rolled around. "This is goodbye."

"No," he said. "This isn't goodbye. We'll see each other again and I'll be sure to talk to you every night, Bella. We'll text 24/7. I love you."

"I love you too."

"I'm glad because come December when we're home in Forks for Christmas, I intend on putting a ring on that finger. I can't ask you to give up your dream and I know you can't ask me to give up mine but seeing Ange and Jake together… I know that I want that." He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a ring box.

"Edward ---"

He opened the box to reveal a ring with two interlocked hearts and three diamonds. Edward took the ring out of its box and slipped it on to my left ring finger.

"I'm not asking you to marry me. Not yet but I plan on it. Right now this is simply a promise. A promise to love you forever and to wait for you. I will see you in November, Bella. And then for Christmas. We'll be together. I promise."