Disclaimer- Nope, I don't own Twilight Stephenie does.
A/N- I wrote this chapter eating caramel cheesecake and wearing my Edward Cullen shirt, it was bliss. The reason I haven't updated for awhile is I had to do garden work. Yup, I've been ripping up my front lawn for the past couple of days. I NEVER PLAN ON GETTING OUT OF MY PYJAMAS EVER AGAIN! Thankyou to my oh so brilliant reviewers, you guys are magnifique! Ok and I know some people are a tad annoyed at how I change PoV's so often. I can't help it, it's just how I write. Sorry, I will try though!
Marilyn PoV ( I really hate writing in her PoV but it must be done)
The morning had passed painfully slow. All of my morning classes I had by myself except for Trig which I had with Rosalie. But it wasn't very pleasant, Rosalie never liked me. And to be quite truthful I've never liked her.
I was just glad that it was time for lunch and I would get to see Edward. It was absolutely pathetic how much I missed him when I was separated from him for any length of time. It was also pathetic because he seemed to not even notice my absence or my presence for that matter.
That didn't matter though I still had hope that one day, he might realize what is right in front of him. Until then I was content just to be near him. The wind blew against me and I picked up his scent. I breathed in deep, taking it all in. It was indescribable, I could absorb it all day.
Instead though I chose to quicken my step, all of a sudden I was extremely eager to see him again. I strode through the cafeteria with purpose, scanning the whole length of the room.
My eyes were drawn to the great commotion going on in the corner of the cafeteria. There was a large group gathered around, they were quite a noisy bunch; shouting out crude things and whistling loudly. Whatever was going on had to be quite scandalous.
My eyes flickered to the opposite corner of the lunchroom to where my family were sitting. I noticed Edward was missing from the group but I shrugged it off as just him being late. All of my other siblings attentions were solely focused on the spectacle. Their faces were all very similar, wide eyes and their jaws reaching the floors.
I began to make my way over to them, only stopping to buy an apple and juice from the small canteen. "Hey" I said in greeting as I plunked down next to Jasper.
They all nodded in acknowledgement but didn't turn their heads or change their shocked expressions. "What's up?" I asked curiously. Why were they behaving like stoned teeny boppers?
Emmett was the first to break out of his stunned reverie "uh.. Nothing. Nothing at all" he said quickly. Too quickly.
The rest of them soon snapped out of it and began picking quietly at the foreign substances on their trays, every now and then looking up at the still crowd gathering commotion. Everything was quiet at our table. I couldn't stand the silence. "So where's Edward?" I asked genuinely curious, he was nowhere in sight yet his scent was extremely strong.
At this question all of their heads shot up and they each shot each othervery unsubtle panicked looks, but remained silent. I was getting really peeved. I hated being out of the loop.
"What?" I growled, my voice low. They were hiding something.
My earlier question was answered shortly, when the rowdy crowd began to shuffle back to their tables and I finally saw what had been grabbing everyone's attention. There was Edward beaming down at some brunette who had her arms around his neck. The same Edward who I had been pining for, for the past decade. She was faced away from me so I couldn't see her face. But I could tell her body was even more nauseatingly perfect than Rosalie's.
On the outside I probably looked much like the rest of my family; stunned to death (no pun intended). But on the inside I was imploding. It felt as if my chest was sagging against my spine and my spine was bending against my chest. I placed one hand firmly on the table to steady myself. I bent my head down and looked numbly at my lap. I couldn't face the scene. Alice, Jasper, Emmett and even Rosalie all began to twitter excitedly. I was too distraught to decipher their hurried ecstatic words. All I did was stare at my lap. That was all I really could do.
Moments later I sensed Edward and his mystery girl standing beside our table. I didn't look up yet, I wanted to wait and see the other's reactions.
"Bella!" Alice squealed and jumped out of her seat to throw her arms around the girl.
My head shot up at the familiar name. I gaped at her. Standing before me was Isabella Marie Swan, my former best friend and most trusted confidante. I hadn't seen her since she packed up and left Phoenix to live with her dad in Washington 80 years ago.
We had been best friends up until the summer before she left. We told each other everything. We were exact opposites but somehow we fit. We saw each other through everything, first days of school, first crushes, first everythings. One night had destroyed all of that.
Everything changed after that terrible summer night.
Flashback
"Bella come on you know you want one!" I crooned drunkenly, sloshing a cup of beer in her face.
"No I don't" she said stubbornly, shaking her head.
"Fine, how about a coke then?" I suggested. She nodded and I began to eave my way through the dancing bodies.
Once I got to the refreshment table I looked over my shoulder to see if Bella was watching me. Her attention was being held by some loser jock trying to pick her up. I giggled mischievously and set to work.
I poured the cup half full of coke and then poured the other half vodka. I grinned slyly. Bella seriously needed to loosen up, she was being no fun at all. A couple of these and she would be in the party spirit. I stumbled back to her giggling the whole way and offered her the cup. She sipped it tentatively at first, but then completely downed it. "Can I have another one?" She asked completely oblivious to what precisely was making her cola so particularly good this evening.
I nodded grinning like a fool and went to fetch her another one. Needless to say Bella was a bit more than tipsy when the party began to wind down.
"I want to drive!" she cried jovially, reaching for the keys out of my outstretched palm.
She staggered laughingly to drivers side door of my huge SUV and clambered in. She turned the key in the ignition and we were off!
We both had our windows rolled down and were screaming drunken obscenities out them as we cruised down the freeway. We were swerving like maniacs and going at least 185 mph, but we didn't care. The buzz surrounding our bodies made us feel as though we were invincible.
All I remembered after that was seeing a bright set of lights coming towards us and a terrified scream and that awful feeling of impact.
The next morning I woke up to an annoying beeping sound and the broken sobs of my parents. My brother Jack was dead. Dead because we killed him.
End Flashback
After that Bella and I never spoke. I cast all the blame in my mind to her, she killed my brother, she was the one driving drunk. But this annoying voice in the back of my head kept whispering; But you were the one who made her drunk.
I never admitted that to anyone. There was never a need. We weren't charged seeing as my parents weren't going to put their only remaining child in jail, or even her ex best friend. Instead though both Bella and I had community service. Over the rest of the summer and the following fall a deep hatred had grown inside me. She had taken the most important guy in my life, and here she was doing it again.
After Alice let her out of her tight embrace she was once again engulfed, this time by Emmett. The rest of the family all took turns greeting her, even Rosalie, who hugged her with almost as much force as Emmett had.
Once they had all hugged her at least twice, her gaze turned to me. I saw recognition flicker in her eyes. That soon changed to anger.
"Hello Bella"
A/N- Hey guys, I know this is short but it's only until my exams are over and then I'll post a long one. I know the flashback was a tad OOC for Bella, but hey I think everyone is a little OOC when they're drunk. Anywho, all my future chapters will be written in either Bella's or Edward's perspectives because I don't like writing in Marilyn's but it had to be done. REVIEW! Seriously the more you review the faster I update! Muahhahahaha.