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Word Prompt: Intercept
"Did I not say, no parties, Alice?" I groaned. "No parties, no fanfare, no…"
"Geez, Bella. You sound like you're going to a funeral, not getting married." Jessica intercepted my comment from the back, and if I didn't love her so much, I would have smacked her. A funeral would have been more fitting given that the end of my future was coming faster than I wanted it to, but I was resolved to make the best of it. Charlie was happy in Forks, so was the Black family, and with my mom gone, Charlie was really the only family I had left.
My mom and I had a unique relationship. She was more like a child at times, but we got along well, even if I had to remind her to pay the rent or buy groceries, but she loved me fiercely. Even now, I hoped to be as loyal to my children as she was to me. Losing her too soon was a crushing blow, and now that I could look back with clearer eyes, I sought comfort in Jacob as a result.
"Whatever," I brushed off before turning my head towards the window. I drifted off somewhere around the state boarder, and only woke back up to Jessica driving and bright lights shining on me.
"Bella, you sleep like the dead," Angela teased. "You didn't even wake up to eat, are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just haven't been sleeping well this week," I groaned as a crick in my neck stung me to the point of flinching.
"Cold feet?" Alice asked hopefully, but I just shot her a look of annoyance. My feet were anything, but toasty warm. They just didn't need to know that.
When we pulled into Circus Circus I had to laugh. Of all the hotels, I wasn't expecting this one. "What? We're on a budget, right?" Jessica explained despite having the bell hop pull our bags and valet the car. When I looked over at her questionably, she just shrugged. "What? We can have a luxury, or two."
Or two meant the suite they rented towards the top of the building. I had to admit having two bedrooms made the most sense given how many of us there were, but I did momentarily wonder how this was being paid for. Jessica and Angela both worked jobs similar to mine, with only Alice coming from any sort of money. Her family had been in the Forks area for as long back as anyone can remember and founded a very prosperous real estate business that was housed out of Port Angeles. A lot of celebrities and well-known people would come to our area, though not really Forks, but the surrounding Washington area, just to get away from it all. Needless to say, they were very well off compared to most, but Alice was never one to boast about it. And, she most certainly didn't flaunt it, but now as we walked into the suite, I had to wonder if this bachelorette party was courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Brandon.
Cynthia, Alice's mother, became like a surrogate mom to me after Alice invited me over a few weeks after we met. She asked about my mom, and I broke down. It was the first time I had cried since her funeral, but I used her shoulder and walked away feeling somewhat understood. Cynthia lost her mom when she was fifteen so she could relate on a lot of different levels. Like Alice, she hated Jacob. Though I was sure she would have liked Jacob in any other form, she just hated us together…and, she wasn't shy about it.
***Present Day***
"Hold on," Edward interjected after he swallowed a part of the bagel he had just eaten. "So, no one likes this guy?"
"My dad likes him," I defended. His eyes went up for a second before he smirked.
"Bella, why would the first thing you say be that your dad likes him, instead of you liking him?" he pushed which only made me huff.
"Okay, I like him," I corrected.
"But, you don't love him." It wasn't a question, but a factual statement I wasn't sure I was ready to voice out loud yet.
"Not like I should," I circumvented.
"Then, why do tell, are you marrying him? Or wait, why were you? It's not like you are now," Edward questioned, but his flippant attitude made me throw another pillow. This time he dodged just in time for me to knock a plate over instead. "Enough with the pillows, woman. I may need to call my insurance company today, I'm gonna need a better policy with less co-pays. Hell, my life insurance may need to go up, too. We just inherited five million, what more do you want?"
"I thought I was telling you my story?" I forced out annoyed that he had not only made me want to fall over laughing, but also because he threw my mind completely off track with one simple look.
"You're right, you're right. I'm sorry, back to your hotel suite, sorry I interjected," Edward mused with a smirk that called for yet another pillow.
Before, I couldn't write, now I can't shut up. However, I'm splitting my time between writing and my new Kindle Fire I'm getting acquainted with. If you're wondering whether or not it's worth it-trust me, it is. Okay, back to your normal, whatever you were doing before you read this...I'm gonna go back to couponing or my Kindle or writing...oh, oh, speaking of couponing, I just scored a killer deal on Amazon for Barbie hair stuff for my 3 year old for Christmas for $1.95 with free two day shipping! If you didn't know, Kindle Fire= a free month of Amazon Prime, just in time for Christmas! I told my husband, come tax time next year, we will be getting a subscription, but now I can push it off since it's free. Okay, enough of me...bye!
