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Isabella Swan

I was freaking out. Tomorrow was the night of prom! I was excited and scared and nervous all at the same time. Edward was supposed to be here in half an hour. He is staying the night and taking me to get my hair done tomorrow. He even volunteered to go to the nail salon. If I didn't know that he was straight, I would seriously question whether he was gay or not. I mean how many guys do you meet that own a straightner, know what Gucci is, and enjoy getting pedicures?! He just laughed every time I bring it up.

I had my music in my room turned up and was listening to my large collection of screamo/ rock and roll/ hip hop. I didn't hear Edward knock and didn't hear him come in. All of a sudden I was in the middle of jamming and my music stopped. I looked over to see Edward standing there with a questioning look on his face. I just giggled because only he and Charlie had seen me dancing like this before. He broke out laughing too.

"So are we going to spend the night doing this or are we going to watch a movie, order pizza and play cards?" He said this so casually that I just smirked.

"Movie, pizza and cards sounds good." I just walked past him and towards the living room downstairs. We got settled on the couch and put in "Homeward Bound". I always loved this movie and we seemed to watch it a lot. After the movie we ordered pizza and ate it (well Edward ate it while I took the pepperoni off of it). Edward took the cards from the drawer in the kitchen and brought them to the kitchen table. He grinned and I knew I should be afraid.

"How about we try strip poker?" He seemed to enjoy my expression when he asked this. I smiled and took the challenge.

"Sure." I dealt the cards and looked at mine. Edward won the first four rounds. I took off both socks, my jacket and t-shirt. He seemed to be upset that I had a tank top on under it all. I won the fifth round and he had to take off his shirt. I was glad that he was just wearing the shirt. We played a few more rounds and he ended up in his boxers. I was in my underwear and push-up bra.

"Last round. I don't think you want to walk around without a bra on and I don't want to walk around without boxers." I just giggled and nodded. He won and tossed me his shirt. "You don't have to take off your bra but you can't get dressed. The only thing you can wear is that shirt." I rolled my eyes and pulled the shirt over my head. I like the smell of it and would gladly wear it.

"I'm glad that I got to play strip poker with my best friend." I told the truth. He has always been my best friend, even after the crush stage. We were about to head upstairs with a bucket of ice cream and cheddar chex mix when we heard a knock at the door. I rushed to get it and opened it to find Jacob holding a bag of Oreos. I smiled and hugged him with a quick kiss.

"What are you doing here? It's eleven at night." He just smirked and gave me another kiss. I forgot about Edward and figured he walked upstairs. We made out for a good twenty minutes when Jacob started pulling at the shirt I was wearing. I pushed him off. "What are you doing Jacob?!" He just looked me up and down and glared at me.

"Trying to get you to sleep with me. You seem to want to keep you little cherry though." With that, he stormed out my still open door and slammed it shut. I trudged upstairs and laid in the bed. Edward guessed that was something was wrong and laid down on the floor. We both passed out quickly.

~~__Morning__~~

We both woke at the crack of dawn and went down for breakfast. I dumped out the melted ice cream and sat down with the eggs and bacon Charlie had left in the oven for us. Edward left at about ten and I headed straight to the nail salon. I got a mani and a pedi and left for the hair salon. I ended up with a half up due. The part that was still down was in ringlets and looked great. By the time I was done it was five. Jacob was supposed to pick me up at six. I had to get home and do my make-up and get dressed.

After I pulled up in the drive and ran inside. It would take half an hour to get my make-up perfect the way the stylist that I visited last week did and who knows how long to get into my dress.

~~__Two Hours Later__~~

Jacob was an hour late and the prom had already started. I sat on the kitchen floor next to the phone and ruined my make-up. I jumped when I heard the phone ring. I answered it with a shaky voice.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Bella. I'm not picking you up tonight. I have been cheating and like her a whole lot more than you. Oh and by the way, it's over." The line went dead. I tried to breathe hearing the truth in his voice. I cried harder and harder and eventually passed out.

I woke up at about ten. I knew I needed to get away from the house. I stood up and headed to the door making sure that I had my phone. I didn't know where I was going when I walked out of the house. All I knew was that I had to get away, away from all of it. I couldn't say, I couldn't go back to where I picked up the phone. Why did he have to call? He could have just ditched me. I tripped over my four-inch heels and landed in a puddle. I pulled out my cell and called Natalie.

"Hello? Bella?" She sounded surprised. She knew that I had prom tonight and shouldn't be calling.

"Can you meet me at the diner? I need to talk." I knew I didn't sound the best.

"Yea, I'll be there in five." The line went dead. I started my short trek to the diner. I felt like someone was watching me but it didn't surprise me. How many teenage girls do you see walking down the road at about ten at night in a big puffy prom dress? Not many.

It took ten minutes to get to the diner and when I got there, I saw Natalie's Mercury Mountaineer sitting towards the end of the parking lot. I had to strain to see it because it was dark at that end of the parking lot but I knew it was hers.

I walked inside almost empty diner and quickly saw Natalie. She was dress in sweatpants covering the shorts on her dance practice uniform. When she saw me in my dress she jumped up and pulled me into a hug.

"What happened, Bella?" She looked genuinely worried.

"Jacob called me an hour after he was supposed to pick me up and told me he was cheating. He broke up with me on the night of prom." I broke out in tears once again. She just shook her head and held me in one of the booths while I cried. We stayed for a little and ordered a plate of fries and two milkshakes. Before we left I went from crying to laughing.

We walked out of the diner and started towards her car. We got just out of the light of the street light and someone pounced at us. He put a cloth to Natalie's mouth and she passed out. He put his hand over my mouth and dragged me to an SUV. He threw me in the back and went to get Natalie. When he came back and threw her in too I realized something. We were getting kidnapped. I knew that my life was changing the second he pulled onto the southbound highway.