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Chapter Three: Revelations.
Pack Up – Eliza Doolittle
It took us about twenty minutes to get to the venue.
"Of course, I could have driven you faster, but I didn't want us to arrive in some boring Mercedes," Alice said, shaking her head.
"But no one is even here yet," Jacob pointed out. Alice looked thoughtful for a moment and said,
"Oh, I know. I just wanted to ride in the pretty car." She held out her hand for me to take and we got out of the car, making our way to the front door of the building. We walked through a small corridor, then through another set of doors, and I was astonished to see that a giant room had been hired out, just for me. Strobe lights, UV lights, a smoke machine, a DJ, a long table of food and drinks. There was a photobooth in each corner for the guests to take pictures of themselves in. Standing in the middle of the room was a very familiar, tall, lanky figure, stood with a huge smile on his face.
"Seth!" I cried, running up to him and giving him a hug. Nearly as tall as Jacob, he bent down and hugged me back, laughing at my reaction. I leaned back, grabbing his hands excitedly, and said, "What are you doing here?" Still smiling, he moved our hands upwards to see how much bigger his hands were to mine. He closed his fingers over my own, and I rolled my eyes. God, why were all the werewolves so huge?
"To see you of course! I couldn't miss my friend's birthday!" He declared. I laughed with him, enjoying the fact that he was so easy to talk to. He reminded me an awful lot of Jacob; at least, a Jacob who didn't stop smiling and who didn't speak with quite so much intensity. Jacob was great, obviously, but I could always count on Seth to have fun and be adventurous. Jacob, however, was more protective over me, and didn't like it when I put myself in a risky situation. Seth continued with, "Hey, I travelled three hours to see you. Oh, and you too, Jake. What's up bro?" He moved away from me and pretty much jumped on Jake, who, laughing, hugged him back. I smiled; it was nice to see those two together. They really were like brothers; they were so similar.
"Enough with the reunions," Alice said, moving in between the two boys and pushing them apart, "I need some strong boys to help set up." She looked around and whispered, "You know that I could do it, but people would probably wonder how such a tiny person can lift an entire crate of soda." I looked around, eyeing the large crates she was talking about. They were about half the size of Alice herself, so it would look a bit odd. Alice looked innocent in her pale pink knee-length dress, wearing flat shoes that emphasized just how small she was. It wasn't long before the first guests had arrived, and then more came by the bucket load, until the room was full of people, and I was left to mingle and laugh and thank everyone for coming.
I was sat in a corner, finally getting a free moment to myself. I was really enjoying myself; enjoying the dancing, the food, seeing all of my friends. I looked around the room, smiling at how much effort had been put into this party, just for me. Jacob really was so sweet, and I loved him for that. Woah, Ness. What did you just say? I sat up straighter, going over what I had just thought. I loved Jacob. It was true. I didn't know why it had surprised me so much to think it. I stood up abruptly. I had to go find Jacob, tell him about the way I felt. I started to make my way across the dance floor, but was stopped by an ever-smiling Seth. He seemed like he'd been drinking. Seth managed to get completely hyper over just a can of Red Bull. I had a feeling he'd had one too many energy drinks driving here. I opened my mouth to protest, but he gestured to the dance floor with a flourish and said,
"Would you care to dance with me?" I nodded reluctantly; I guess Jacob would have to wait. He took my hand and led me to the dance floor. I danced with him for a while, and we were catching up with what was going on in our lives as we danced. At one point he looked at my wrist, and I could see he was trying to remember something.
"Bella used to have a bracelet with a wolf like that," he commented. I stopped dancing. So Jacob had given my mom a bracelet with a hand-carved wolf too? Now two people had pointed that out to me. As much as I tried to stop it, paranoia crept into my mind. I licked my lips and replied,
"Hm? Really?" I chose my next words carefully, trying not to give away how curious I was, "So, uh, did Jacob give my mom a lot of gifts?" Seth frowned slightly, remembering,
"Psh, well, not the literal kind. He gave her a few other gifts, if you know what I mean." My eyebrows rose in confusion, and I asked,
"What do you mean?" Seth leaned back, exhaling sharply. He closed his eyes and nodded his head to the beat. After a while he replied,
"Oh, you don't know what I mean? Well, basically, they, uh, exchanged more than just presents, you get me?" As I continued to look confused, he carried on, "Shared lips, as far as I know." My mouth dropped open in complete horror. Was Seth saying that Jacob and Mom had kissed? It couldn't be true. Jacob said that there was nothing going on, nor had there ever been.
"Seth, what exactly happened?" He stepped backwards, realising that he had made a bad move for Jacob. He shook his head, lips pursed. I poked my finger into his chest and, giving the best vampire-face I could muster, said, "Tell me, Seth." He looked slightly scared, but eventually he opened his mouth to speak again,
"Jacob and Bella made out. Multiple times." My eyes started to fill with tears, and I tore away from Seth, searching for Jacob in the crowd. I saw a tall figure go outside, and I ran after him, barely restraining from using my full speed to reach him. To think, I had thought I loved him! He was just a liar. A liar who had made out with my mom. I fiercely wiped the tears away. I wouldn't let him see how much this had hurt. Striding out of the door, followed by a worried Seth, I laid eyes on Jacob, who was standing with his back to me. He turned at my approach, smiling, and said,
"I just came out here for some fresh air. It's really- hey what's wrong?" He finished, no longer smiling, but looking worried.
"I know, Jacob. About you and my mother." I practically spat her name. Jacob looked shocked. He asked quickly,
"What do you mean?" I laughed humourlessly, and said,
"You mean you don't know, or you're too afraid to admit it? Well I know, Jacob, and I know that you kissed my mother."
"Things were different back then. I was different. It just...I...We..." I watched Jacob stumble on his words. I took a step towards him and asked,
"Did you 'love' her, Jacob?"
"I told you. Things were different then." I stopped, actually shocked. He hadn't denied it. He did love her. Suddenly, my resolve crumbled, and the tears started to flow.
"Well this changes things." I cried, "I get it Jacob, I do. She is so much prettier, and more mature, and I just can't compete. Why didn't you tell me? Because things in the past always seem to find their way of making it into the present."
"Ness, don't, please."
"No Jacob, I don't care. If you want to continue dreaming about my mom, hoping that one day you'll get her, then fine. But I'm not going to stand by and watch you. I don't want to be your second choice."
"Ness, please, can we just talk? You don't understand," Jacob begged, his eyes shining with unfallen tears. I looked up at him, anger clouding my vision, and said,
"No way. This so-called 'relationship' is over. Goodbye Jacob." And I turned around and ran away, leaving a very hurt-looking Jacob shaking behind me. I ran to the parking lot, avoiding all the stares and questions that came at me. I felt a warm hand grab my arm, and for a second I thought it was Jacob, and so I prepared myself to shake him off, but then I looked up and saw Seth's concerned eyes watching me. Saying nothing, he pulled me in for a hug, and my tears spilled over onto his shirt.
"Shh, it's okay," he whispered, "I'm so sorry. It's my fault. I shouldn't have told you." I leaned back to look at him in the glow of the street light, and replied quietly,
"No, it's not. Don't blame yourself. Jacob should have told me. Or Mom should have. I'm glad you did. I've finally got things in perspective." Through the tears, I looked up at him, an idea forming in my mind, "Seth? I need to get away from everything. From Jacob, from Mom, from this whole horrible situation. But I need you to come with me."
"I don't know," Seth said, torn by the desire to help me, and to go behind Jake's back. He continued, "I don't think I can. Jacob has been like a brother to me all these years." I sniffed, hurt by his rejection, and said,
"Oh. Well, it's fine. I'll go by myself." Seth nodded, and I started to walk away. I had only gone a few steps when I heard him shout,
"Nessie. I'll come with you." I turned around and he said, "I'll go get my car." I smiled in triumph.
Only a minute later I was in Seth's dusty car as he pulled out of the parking lot. His fingers drummed the steering wheel and he asked, "So. Where to?" I leaned back in my seat, thinking of all the places I could go. I needed somewhere far away that my family wouldn't be able to get to, somewhere they couldn't go to.
"California," I said, a slight smile on my face. I would have no contact with anyone that I had just left behind. Jacob had hurt me badly. And he was going to pay.
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