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"Please wake up!" Someones loud, yet somehow voice called in my ear. But, boy, I didn't want to wake up. It was so comfy here. And oh, was I tired. "Wake up, miss, you have to!" The voice was more frantic this time. It was totally strange and vague to me, yet somehow familiar. Was it my conscious?
"Please, wake up!" I groaned, and turned my head away from the direction of the noise. And that's when I felt it. The intense pain in my neck, like I fell asleep at the wrong angle of something. And the pain was enough to really wake me up. Slowly, I opened my eyes, to just shut them the next moment. The light was really bright. "Wake up!" This time it was more of a command. I slowly sat up, and opened my eyes. The burning sensation from the light went away soon after, and I was able to take in my surroundings.
The first thing I saw was a little girl's face right next to mine. Her lips, so ruby red, stood out on her pale face. Her sharp blue eyes were intense, yet comforting at the same time. He skin, pale as ever, was silky looking and smooth. Her shiny chocolate brown hair was pulled up into pony tails, blue bows tied them together. Who was she?
"You're awake!" She cried, throwing her arms around my neck and squeezing me. "I'm so glad you are awake. Now we can go shopping!" I bit back a groan and tried to put on a happy face. I had to remember that the Alice that everyone knew loved shopping.
A deep and silky voice chuckled from the doorway, and I snapped my head around to look at the owner of the voice. Edward.
And that's when it all clicked.
The party.
Edward.
Running away.
The park.
Swings.
The girl.
oh.
OH.
OH.
"What do you want?" I finally snapped at Edward with as much venom in my voice as I could manage. "And where am I?" Looking around, I saw what I assumed to be some bodies bedroom. The brown comforter, the brown walls, the brown carpet, everything was brown. The window, the only source of light, was wide open, allowing a slight breeze to come in.
I don't know if he just decided to ignore my first question, or he felt it wasn't important, but he answered my second question instead. "You're in my bedroom."
So many questions and emotions were floating around in my head. Where do I start?
Before I had to make up my mind, Edward spoke again. "Mallory, would you be as kind as to leave the room for just a second. Waffles are on the counter if you want some" I assumed the girl who was sitting on the bed was Mallory. Her chocolate brown eyes lit up when he said the word "Waffles" and she eagerly jumped off the bed and left. Edward closed the door, and came to sit on the end of the bed.
"We need to talk" He said, and I shivered slightly. Those words can never mean anything good. His emerald eyes were intense as they looked into my eyes.
"So talk" I smirked. This ought to be interesting.
"I didn't cheat on you" I immediately opened my mouth to protest, but he held up a finger and continued on. "She kissed me. There was nothing I could do about it. And I felt bad the whole time I was in there. I wanted to leave, trust me. The reason I was in there in the first place was to help her with her math. We were just finishing up when I she kissed me. There was nothing I could do about. Later, I went and talked to her and told her I had a girlfriend. She understood, and apologized."
I didn't know what to say. It sounded like he was telling the truth when he said that, but how could I be sure? "Edward" I began and trailed off, unsure of what to say.
"I don't expect you to forgive me. Not yet, at least. I just wanted you to know what really happened. And that I am sorry" He was right; I wasn't ready to forgive him just yet.
I decided that I would change the topic since I really had no more to say about this whole situation. "So why am I here?"
He sighed, and I could tell this was going to be a long story. "I found you in the park around one in the morning. You were asleep and Mallory was sitting on your lap, also asleep. Park officials were right around the corner, and I didn't want them to find you, so I brought you here."
I was touched. He would do this for me after I ran away from him? "Thanks" I said quietly.
"Now I have a question for you" I looked up at him with curiosity. What would he want to ask me? "Why do you pretend to be someone you are not really?"
My eyes went wide. How did he know I did that? Was I that obvious? I tried to make my eyes looked less scared. "What do you mean?" I said as calmly as I could.
"Don't play dumb with me. I know you are really completely different than the way you act. Why do you do it? You act like you love shopping, and people, but every once in a while, I can tell you really don't"
And that's when I knew I was caught. There is no way out of this. If he can see through my act, he would see through my lie. I have to tell him.
"Can you keep a secret?" I asked, but continued before I even let him answer. "It all started two years ago, when I had this boyfriend. I don't know why I dated him, he was a total jerk. My friends pressured me into it. Anyway, he was very self conscious about his appearance, and he didn't want to look un-cool when he was around me, so he designed me a new personality." I paused to gauge his reaction. He nodded slightly at what I said, and I continued.
"It took me six months, but I finally dumped him. I planned on just going back to the way I was before, but Bella stopped me. We met and hit off, becoming best friends, during those six months. I was afraid that if I went back to my old ways of being quiet, and not having a ton of parties, she wouldn't be my friend again."
I looked up at him, and he had a sympathetic smile on his face. I decided I might as well continue. "And when I was dating him, a couple of days before I broke up with him, my mom divorced. My dad left and I practically lost my mom. She was sad for a very long time. The guy she had married was abusive to her, but she never really stopped loving him. And then my grades dropped, and she got mad at me." I let silent tears slide down my face. I wanted to continue; I really did, but was it sensible? Here I was spilling my life story to some guy I had only known for a couple of days.
"Did it just end there?" He asked softly, and I looked into his eyes. His sharp green eyes.
"No, it got worse" I sighed. Might as well just tell him. "My dad wanted full custody of me, and of course my mom didn't want me anywhere near him. So we ended up in court. And we almost lost." The tears were streaming full fledged now. I was shaking, and my breath was short.
"You don't have to tell me the rest if you don't want to" Edward said quietly.
"It's OK" I sighed. "We ended up winning the case" I paused, and then decided that story was for another time. "We left the court and that's the last time I have seen my dad"
Edward seemed to be at loss for words, and I didn't blame him. I just dumped a good portion of my life story on him without warning. It must be a lot to take in.
He never actually got any time to come up with something to say. We both heard an ear piercing shriek from the kitchen. I jumped up and raced out of the bedroom, Edward right behind me, and what I saw scared me.
Mallory was on the floor, wrenching in agony, and screaming.
Someone call 911.
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