Chapter 5: Living in Phoenix
I was discharged on that following Friday, 2 weeks after my surgery, and I went home to live with my mom and Phillip (my soon to be step-dad thrill, thrill). From the age of 7 until I was 14 years old, my life consisted of the same thing day in and day out. At age 8, my mom and Phillip got married and I refused to take his last name. I was a rebellious child, sometimes. I began public school when I was 8 years old. I also started taking dance, gymnastics, and ballet again. I even learned to play the guitar, piano, and how to write music. I wanted to become a popular dancer/music writer/rockstar (I know big dreams for a girl like me).
During the summers and every other holiday, I would go to Forks, WA to spend time with my dad. I loved it because not only did I get to spend time with him, but I got to spend time with my best girlfriends, Jessica and Angela, and I would go to La Push to spend time with my best friend in the world and long time family friend, Jacob. We all would hang out, have bonfires, go out skating, or other things that normal teenagers do. This was my life now.
In Phoenix, I had my friends, Mary and Tammy, and I had a boyfriend, Cole. Mary, Tammy, and I were trying to form a band (mind you I said trying). One day when the girls were at the house, we were talking about our possibilities and the upcoming band off.
Mary says, "Do you really think we are good enough to pull this off?" She looked a little worried.
Tammy and I both say to her, "Well Duh! We are the best band in the school. There is no way we will lose (the grand prize was the winners got to go to Los Angeles and meet with record producers)." We were totally stoked. So, we continued with practice.
Later that evening, Cole came over to watch movies and have dinner with us.
"So, what movies did ya bring for us to watch tonight?" I asked as I let him in the house.
He smiled at me and said, "I brought your favorite, Vampires!"
I squealed with delight, "That is totally awesome. You know how to work yourself straight into a girl's heart!" I said and I gave him a kiss which made my heart accelerate).
So, we ate dinner (mushroom ravioli, my favorite) and then we snuggled on the couch and watched the Blade Trilogy he had brought over. Vampire movies never scare me. I love them me. So much so, that I took some mythology classes my freshman and sophomore year that dealt with vampires, witches, and werewolves.
This was my life now and that is the way it continued, until the summer I was 14 and I went to Forks to see my dad.