"…Could have given up so easily Taken for granted
I was a few cheap shots away
From the end of me
Almost everything
That I would have died for
Just yesterday
Just yesterday…"
Looking Up-Paramore
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It had been about 3 weeks since Emmett's visit and just like he had said when I got up he was gone. But, again he left a note saying that he loved me. I gave a little smile and tucked it in my nightstand where the other still sat. For some reason it was better, I felt better, maybe it was the fact that I knew he would come back, or that he would call but it didn't feel as though half of my heart was gone forever. So for the first time in months I got up and actually did my hair curling it loosely, then I walked to my closet pulling out a new shirt that my mom had gotten me. A navy blue sort of military looking one with gold accents on the front. Along with that I put on some dark washed skinny jeans and a pair of gold flats.
I skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen, "Well you seem happy today," Dad smiled.
"Yup," I chirped grabbing bottle of water out of the fridge.
Soon I was off to school meeting Jess, Angela, Mike, and Ben at the entrance.
"Hey Worthington," Mike greeted slinging an arm over my shoulder just like the old days.
"What's up Newton," I smirked getting a dirty look from Jess so I moved away slightly. I moved over to her nodding slightly and gave her a comforting smile which seemed to ease her.
As I was walking to lunch I was almost back to normal, or appeared to be.
"Piper," Bella asked from behind and I turned around surprised that she was talking to me.
"Hey," I gave a weak smile.
"Uh, I wanted to know if you would…go to the movies with me tonight? I really need a girl's night out." It sounded stiff and insincere but I gave a little nod.
"Uh…sure…What do you want to see?"
"I'm not sure what's playing. How about that one with the female president?"
"That hasn't been in theaters for a while," I bit my lip, "umm there's a romantic comedy, there's also something called Dead End."
"What's that one about?"
"Zombies or something."
"That sounds perfect."
"Alright…umm how about I pick you up after school?"
"Sure," she nodded and I gave a little smile back.
"See you then."
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I pulled up outside of Bella's and gave a little honk on the horn and saw her race out purse in hand.
"Thanks for coming with me tonight," She said as she climbing into my Dad's Durango. I'd thought that the Jeep might be a safety hazard for her.
"Sure. So, what brought this on?" I asked.
"Brought what on?" she tried.
"Oh come on Bella, I'm no Alice but I know that something's up." I saw her cringe when I said Alice.
"Just needed a change." She shrugged and I dropped the subject.
"Do you mind?" she asked leaning toward the radio.
"No, go ahead." I nodded and she flipped it off which I immediately understood.
"So umm have you heard from any of them?"
"No," I lied looking forward. "Bella we really don't have to talk I understand," she let out a somewhat thankful breath and sat back as I drove to Port Angeles.
When the movie started I watch her start to cringe what a young couple started walking along the beach.
"I thought we picked the zombie movie," she hissed.
"This is the zombie movie."
"Then why isn't anyone getting eaten?" she looked desperate.
"I'm sure it's coming up," I whispered.
"I'm getting popcorn. Do you want any?"
"No thanks," I shook my head as someone shushed us from behind. Pretty much as soon as she had left the attacking started and she soon walked in with a bag of popcorn. After she was back the rest of the movie was simply endless blood, gut, and screaming. Close to the end she stood up and I personally didn't care for the movie and just followed her out.
"What's the matter," I asked as we exited.
"Am I a zombie?" she whispered taking me by surprise.
"Bella…" I warned and her eyes locked with mine, "you haven't exactly been there, whole. But I understand it." She hesitated and I decided to move on, "Where do you want to eat?"
"I don't care." She muttered and I gave a tiny nod and just started walking as she followed out of the theater. I wasn't exactly paying attention but something caught my eye, or more like some people as they looked up at us. Quickly I looked back ahead and started moving forward until I saw that Bella wasn't following.
"Bella?" I whispered, "Come on."
"I think I know them…" she muttered.
'Where in the hell would she know them from.' I wondered looking over at the bar with a lot of the stereotypical motorcycle guys sitting there.
"Bella," I hissed as she stepped forward walking towards them. "Bella, come on!" I called sensing the bit of panic in my voice.
'What the hell do I do!' Racing forward I grabbed her arm, "Bella you can't go in that bar!"
"I'm not going in. I just want to see something…"
"This isn't a good idea," I whispered and she pulled her arm away continuing to walk forward but all of a sudden froze. She quickly looked back at me and I motioned for us to go.
Slowly she took another step forward, 'oh come on,' I whined mentally.
"Hi," one of them called and she kept walking toward him. "Can I help you with something? You look lost." He grinned.
"No. I'm not lost." She said.
'Edward would kill me for this.' Thoughts whirled in my head quickly I walked forward just as she shook her head and gripped onto her hand.
"Let's go eat," I muttered as we walked away. "That was reckless," I scolded and she gave me an odd look.
Quickly we got something to eat at McDonalds and walked straight back to the car.
The ride home was silent and as I pulled up to her house she looked surprised that we were there.
"Thanks for going out with me, Piper," She said opening the door. "That was…fun," she said the word and I don't think either of us felt it was right.
"No problem Bella," I gave a tiny smile.
"See you Monday?"
"See ya then." With a tiny nod she closed the door as I waited for her to get inside the house before driving off.
Just on time, twice every month when I was about to get into bed my phone rang.
"Hey," I felt a wide smile spread over my lips.
"Hey babe," Emmett greeted. "How was your day?"
"Umm…interesting," I frowned.
"What happened?" He demanded worried.
"Umm just something weird with Bella," I mumbled
"Tell me," he prodded.
"Alright, alright," calm down I giggled.
"Oh it's good to hear that," He sighed like he does every time when I giggled over the phone. "Now tell me what happened.
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That Monday at lunch Bella actually seemed to notice us, all of us.
I saw her giving Katie Marshal a junior, and Austin Marks a weird look as she sat down between Mike and I and figured that she hadn't noticed them when they started sitting with us about three months ago.
"Where's Ben today?" Lauren asked Angela and saw her perk up.
"Ben's go the stomach flu," Angela answered, "hopefully it's just some twenty-four hour thing. He was really sick last night."
"What did you two do this weekend?" Jess asked not like she really cared or anything.
"We were going to have a picnic Saturday, actually, but…we changed our minds," Angela replied but there was something weird in her voice.
"That's too bad," Jessica started but was cut off by Lauren.
"What happened?"
"Well, we drove up north, almost to the hot springs, there's a good spot just about a mile up the trail. But, when we were halfway there…we saw something."
"Saw something? What?" I asked leaning in.
"I don't know. We think it was a bear. It was black, anyway, but it seemed too big."
"Oh, not you, too!" Lauren snorted, "Tyler tried to sell me that one last week."
"You're not going to see any bears that close to the resort," Jess said.
"Really," Angela protested and I felt bad that I couldn't think of any way to defend her. "We did see it."
I glared over at Lauren as she snickered when surprisingly Bella spoke.
"No, she's right. We had a hiker in just Saturday who saw the bear, too, Angela. He said it was huge and black and just outside of town, didn't he, Mike?" Slowly I turned to her shocked just like everyone, "Mike? Remember the guy with the bear story?"
"S-Sure," Mike stuttered as I wrapped my arms around her in a hug.
"I'm so glad you're back," I whispered before pulling back and seeing a embarrassed blush on her face.
"So what did you do this weekend after the movies?" I asked wanting to know why the change occurred.
"You went to see a movie what one did you see?" Mike butt in and I quickly realized that everyone was looking for the answer.
"Dead End, the one with the zombies," Bella grinned.
"I heard that was scary. Did you think so?" Mike asked eager to maintain the conversation.
"It was pretty scary," she answered and I nodded. He didn't stop with the questions until the end of lunch and I wasn't able to get my answers. When Bella, Angela, and I got up to dump our trays I heard Angela mumble a thanks.
I fell behind a little bit just as Lauren and Jessica passed by snickering.
"What's today's date?" Bella asked.
"It's January nineteenth," Angela answered.
"Hmm."
"What is it?" Angela asked.
"It was a year ago yesterday that I had my first day here," Bella replied.
"Nothing's changed much," Angela muttered looking ahead at Lauren and Jessica.
"I know," Bella agreed. "I was just thinking the same thing." With a small smile I walked up in between the two taller girls and put my arms around their shoulder.
"Come on ladies," I smiled getting a small laugh from Angela and a grin from Bella.
