Bella
2 months had passed since I got alcohol poisoning and Jasper threw out all the alcohol on the property. Edward was going hunting with all 4 siblings again, leaving me with Carlisle and Esme again. I was made to sit in the living room as Edward gave me a big speech about how he didn't want me to lie to Carlisle and Esme and he didn't want me drinking while he was gone in front of all of them. I just nodded and told him that I wouldn't go anywhere and I didn't even attempt to argue with him. They left this morning after I left for school.
I got home from school today in tears. I tried to stop them while I was still in my truck but I wasn't very successful and they would have heard my truck come up the driveway so they would come out of it didn't go inside soon. I don't even know why I was crying, I just had a stressful day and Edward wasn't there and I had been feeling so guilty all week. Jacob called to hang out on Tuesday and Thursday but I told him that I was sick both days. He texted me again today at school and said they were having another party Saturday night if I wanted to come. It always happened to be when Edward was away. Anyway, I told him I couldn't come and now he was calling me to see if I was okay. I just wasn't in the mood to hang out with anyone. Angela was having a party tonight and she and Jessica were both questioning why I kept declining the invitation.
I grabbed my bag and stepped out of my truck and walked up the porch steps. I walked in the house and tried to be silent as I opened and closed the door. I walked through the foyer and tried to go straight passed the living room without looking at them. I shook my hair so it fell in front of my face to hide the fresh tears down my cheek and walked upstairs quickly. I knew they saw me and probably smelt the salt in my tears.
I walked into my room and closed the door. I dropped my bag and sat on the end of the bed, trying desperately to keep the unnecessary sobs in. I wasn't very successful but I don't think they would have heard unless they were trying to listen. I stood up and went into the bathroom, deciding that a shower would take some time to get away from seeing them for a while longer.
I spent as much time as I could in there but it didn't feel long enough. It was only 10 minutes, but normally it would be about 5 even if I was washing my hair. I put my bathrobe on and stared at myself in the fogged up mirror. The tears were still falling and I didn't even know what I would say to Carlisle and Esme. I didn't know what was wrong. I shook my head and got my moisturiser out, spreading it on my face and hands before walking into the bedroom and putting on the first outfit I picked up. I tied my hair up into a quick ponytail and looked at the mirror near the door. I had clearly been crying and looked like I would start again at any second.
I needed a drink. An alcoholic drink, not water, but I would have to settle for the second option. I took a deep breath and walked downstairs. I walked into the living room, "Hi." I said quickly as I made my way to the kitchen.
I grabbed a glass and filled it with water, standing with my back to the archway where I knew Esme and Carlisle were standing.
"Bad day?" Esme asked softly. I looked down at the sink and shook my head, pouring the water out. I watched the water go down the drain and turned the tap on, washing the glass.
"I'm fine." I said as I turned around and walked passed them. I went to walk back upstairs before I heard a knock on the door. No one came here expect to see me. I stopped and walked to the door, fully aware of the two people I considered my parents standing at the archway between the living room and foyer, watching me.
I sighed as I saw Jacob at the door and I opened it, "Hey."
"Bells, you okay? You're not answering my calls, you keep declining my invitations to hang out…You're clearly not sick, either."
"Sorry Jake, I'm just having a bad week." I tried to speak quietly but I knew they Carlisle and Esme could hear anyway.
He gave me a suspicious look, "I was beginning to think they bit you."
I rolled my eyes, "Bye Jacob."
"No, not to kill you, to change you."
"Good bye." I said with more force.
He sighed, "Let me know if you want to talk. See ya, Bells. You're still invited to the party tomorrow night if you change your mind."
"Tempting, but I promised Edward that I wouldn't leave the house all weekend."
"He's not here?" He asked. I shook my head in response, "He just keeps leaving you alone?"
"Carlisle and Esme are here." I said.
"That's okay then." He nodded, "Bye."
I closed the door when he turned around and took a deep breath before walking back to the staircase.
"Bella." Carlisle called me to the living room. I closed my eyes for a few seconds before taking a few steps backwards and looked into the living room.
"Yes?"
"Sit." He motioned to the couch across from himself and Esme. I sighed and walked into the room, sitting on the couch. "Now, what happened?"
"Nothing."
"Bella—"
"Nothing happened!" I cut Esme off.
"Then why are you upset?" She asked in a patient voice.
I looked down as I felt tears sting my eyes. I blinked them away, "I don't know."
"You don't know why you're upset?" Carlisle asked.
I shook my head and bit at one of my nails. Esme appeared at my side and pulled my arm down gently, "If I'm not allowed to bite, you're not allowed to bite."
I gave her an amused smile and laughed lightly, "Real funny."
"You laughed." She smirked at me. "Anyway, if you don't want to talk about it, would you like to accompany us to Seattle tonight?"
"No, it's okay." I shook my head.
"Are you saying no because you don't want to, because you don't want to interrupt us or because you're having a bad week?"
"All of those reasons." I nodded.
"Okay, you're coming, you don't have a choice." She said.
"Ah, yes I do."
"No." She shook her head, "We aren't meant to leave you here by yourself anyway so you're coming."
They decided to take me on a ghost tour in Seattle. We were given a tour of an old, abandoned place and then we were given investigative tools to go and find our own paranormal activity and experiences. Apparently it was really active on midnight tours, so that's the one we took. It wasn't scary exactly, just unsettling. The stories we were told, they weren't the most pleasant of tales. Esme was a vampire, almost impossible to kill and she was more scared that I was. She stayed latched to Carlisle's arm the whole time. Every so often we would make eye contact and laugh at her.
We were driving home now, "What if we brought a ghost with us?" Esme asked.
Carlisle laughed, "Esme, do you actually think that they would be able to harm us?"
"They could harm Bella."
"Bella doesn't care." I said quietly, "Bella welcomes the activity."
"Didn't that scare you at all? It scared me."
I smiled at her, "It was a little unsettling, but it wasn't scary. I live with 7 vampires…"
"I am a vampire." She laughed, "That was fun. We're taking Alice and Rosalie when they get back. They'll be scared too."
I smirked, "That could be fun. Take them and then set up some stuff at home to scare them when they get back."
Carlisle looked at me through the rear view mirror, "Evil."
"Come on, it would be hilarious."
"Okay, it would be amusing." Carlisle nodded, "But our house has only been owned by us."
"You don't know that no one was murdered there while you were in a different state, waiting for everyone in Forks to die before you came back."
"You made that sound so immoral." Esme smiled and shook her head. I laughed and looked out the window. Silence fell over us and soon enough, my thoughts from before had crept back into my mind. I didn't notice the tear roll down my cheek.
"Bella?" Carlisle asked. I looked up into the rear view mirror where he was watching me. I wiped the tear and looked back out the window. Esme was watching me too. I heard him sigh and I looked at them from the corner of my eye. They were looking at each other, talking at an impossible volume for human ears.
We got home in the very early hours of the morning but I was wide awake, not tired at all. I walked inside ahead of them and sat in the living room.
"Aren't you tired?" Esme asked as she and Carlisle sat down too.
I shook my head, "No, and I don't sleep very well when Edward isn't with me anyway."
"Do you want to watch a movie?"
I nodded, "Sure."
"What do you want to watch?"
"Surprise me."
"Preferred genre?"
"Anything that'll make me cry."
"No movies make you cry." She rolled her eyes as she walked to the cabinet of movies underneath the TV. She picked up a 2010 movie, 'Remember Me'; I had heard that it was very sad.
She put it in and sat back down beside Carlisle, curling up at his side. I lay down and watched the movie with them in silence. It was sad, and I did cry a few tears at the end, but I fell asleep on the couch before the credits even ended.
I woke up with a blanket draped over me, still on the couch. I opened my eyes and looked at the roof for a few seconds before dropping my head to the side too see Carlisle and Esme in a tamed little make out session. I smiled and looked back at the roof, "Gross, get a room."
Carlisle laughed to himself and Esme gave me an embarrassed look when I dropped my head back to the side, "Sorry…"
I smiled and shook my head as I grabbed my phone from the table. It was further away than I thought and I fell off the couch in the process. I just lay half on the ground with my legs still on the couch and unlocked my phone, checking my good morning text from Edward.
Esme and Carlisle both laughed, "The text is more important than your back, apparently." Esme said.
"It doesn't hurt." I smirked.
"It will when you get up." Carlisle said.
"I'll face that issue when it comes." I said as I texted Edward back. They both laughed at me again.
"What do you want for breakfast?" Esme asked, kissing Carlisle once more and standing up.
"Nothing, I'm not hungry." I said quietly as I added 'I love you' to my text and sent it.
"Okay…you want to talk about the tears yesterday?" She asked hesitantly.
"I'd rather you just forgot about it." I looked at her and dropped my legs off the couch and got up, sitting on it properly. She shook her head and sat back down I rolled my eyes, "I had a bad week. That's all."
"More details, please?" Carlisle asked.
"I don't know what you want to hear." I shook my head, "I was having a shit and stressful week and I'm failing my biology assignment and Edward wasn't here for me to rant to."
"So there is nothing at all going on between you and friends? Jessica, Angela or Jacob?" Esme asked.
"No." I shook my head, "Angela had a party last night and she and Jessica were suspicious as to why I wasn't going and Jacob has a party tonight that I declined my invitation to. That's all."
"Why haven't you been answering Jacob's calls or texts?"
"Because I didn't feel like hanging out and Edward was getting irritated with the amount of time I was spending with him."
Esme looked at Carlisle briefly, "You promise?"
"I promise." I nodded.
"Okay." Esme smiled, "Do you want Carlisle to help with your biology assignment later?"
"No." I shook my head.
"Okay, so you don't want help, but do you need it?"
I looked down, "Yeah…"
He smiled at me, "I'll help you out when you're ready. Just let me know." He kissed Esme and stood up, kissed my forehead and went upstairs.
"Are you a virgin?" Esme asked me curiously.
"Oh my god." I closed my eyes. "Why?"
"I'm just…curious."
"Or scared I'm going to steal your son's virginity." I smirked at her.
"No." She shook her head, "I am not scared of that. I was literally just curious."
I snickered, "Well yes, I am."
She nodded, "Angela got kicked out for attending a party…but she was allowed to have her own?"
"Her parents are out of town."
"Typical teenage activities. I do not doubt that all 6 of you would have a party if Carlisle and I left for a weekend."
"Knowing Alice and Emmett, it probably would happen." I nodded.
"Well, I'm going to clean things." She smiled at me when my phone started to ring.
I returned her smile when she stood up and I answered the phone, walking upstairs to my room.
This was going to be it, just something short to entertain you while I sorted out my next FF, but if you want more drunken stories, let me know (and ideas for some if there is something particular you would like to see). Thanks guys
-A xx
