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CHAPTER 7-COMPLICATED

"Isabella?"

I heard daddy calling me downstairs. I think he has been worried about me ever since I told him not to bring me to the beach any more after 2 years. He even promised to let me bury him in the sand but I don't want to. Ever since-

"Isabella? Where are ya munchkin?"

He knows I don't like that nickname. And even if I really wanted to finish the book I was reading, I couldn't just let him get away with calling me a munchkin.

"Daaaaaaad! I'm not a munchkin! I'm already 8 and 4.2 feet!" I yelled

"Well come down here ya big girl", he shouted back.

I put down my book and started going down the stairs.

"Daaaaaad", I dragged, "Why were you looking for me?" That's when I noticed that daddy and I weren't the only ones in the house.


I am seriously contemplating of not going to that stupid Halloween party. Alice and Rose have been a nightmare from the moment Emmett mentioned that costumes are a must. They've been doing their own scavenging hunt around the whole city of Pullman; looking for costumes everywhere. It's like they never even get tired. I wouldn't have a problem with it but they insisted of making me go with them EVERY SINGLE TIME. However, last night's "scavenging hunt" was the worst. Alice must've realized that it would be much cooler to just make the costumes from scratch hence she had us go to a fabric store so that she and Rose could get started with the costume making. And since I can't sew to save my life, I offered to just carry the stuff they picked thinking fabrics would just probably weigh next to nothing but then again, I was wrong. Let me just say that I'll be having nightmares about fabrics suffocating me to death until after Halloween.

I was currently sitting behind a tree reading a book required by my professor and just avoiding Alice. I think this new hiding place is really working; she didn't even think of looking for me here. No texts either.

Huh. How about that?

"You know, if you want to escape the clutches of my sister you need a better hiding place." I got startled and looked up. It took my eyes seconds to adjust and what I saw surprised me.

"What are you doing here?! If someone sees you-"

"Chill Bella, I have the perfect disguise. See?" He pointed to his baseball hat and Ray-Bans.

"Funny Anthony. I did recognize you immediately. You know?"

He chuckled, "May I sit?" while pointing to the ground next to me.

"Well, there's no name written there yet. You might as well take advantage of that fact."

"You're such a smartass. No wonder Rose likes you." I blushed at his statement and of course, this only made him chuckle more. "What are you doing here anyway? Don't you have a shoot or a girlfriend to visit?" I immediately regretted the latter question but it didn't seem to bother him.

He laughed loudly, "Keeping up with the trash mags are you? Or was it TMZ this time?" that didn't help my blushing at all; it only made the heat on my face more intense. "No need to be embarrassed Bella. It's part of my life, I guess. Now, to answer your question, or rather questions. Alice actually sent me here. She did know where to find you. Don't ask me how she knows cause I don't have an answer for that. She wanted to apologize for dragging you for the past few days or was it weeks?" His left brow raised slightly while flashing me his crooked smile. "As for my "girlfriend", I've already visited her, or rather my PR agent had already made me visit her as what you've heard."

"I don't understand. Why would your PR agent even tell you when to visit her? Can't you just visit her anytime you want to? That's just… I don't even have a word for it." Anthony chuckled again, "I think the word you're looking for is fucked up. Anyway, let's just say that we need to keep up with the press. She and I broke up few weeks ago."

"I'm sorry Anthony. But hey, you'll get back again after a few days right?" I blurted out.

DAMN! Why couldn't I have been blessed with a verbal filter when I was born?!

But Anthony didn't look offended at all, it actually made him smile bigger. "As what I've said, you're a smartass. You've been spending too much time with Rose and my sister. And no, I don't think we're getting back together again. We've… me and Tanya… Tanya was a different girl when I met her 4 years ago. I just didn't see how she had changed so much until now."

"Yeah, sometimes we refuse to admit to ourselves that the person we loved the first time we met them isn't the same person he or she is at present. It sucks that you have to show the media that you're still in love with her but in reality it's completely otherwise."

"That's Hollywood for you. Ever heard of the break up between Emma and Andrew?" I nodded. "That didn't really happen. Their PR agents only told them to do that in order of the public to talk about them. So in their reality, they're still together."

"WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I thought they really did call it off! Why did they even allow that? I mean-"

"Yeah I know. But it's Hollywood. Unless you want to be yesterday's news, you do pretty much what everyone tells you to do."

And at that moment, I realized just how lonely Anthony's life must have been. He must've felt like a puppet just waiting for his puppet master make all his moves.

"Then why stay?" I asked him.

"Seriously? I just love my job. It's as simple as that," He said. "Pretending to be someone is easier for me than to be myself. Sometimes, I actually forget who I am." His voice sounded so sad and I immediately felt bad for asking that question.

Then I suddenly thought of Angela's speech during our graduation. "For what it's worth Anthony, no one can tell you whatever you want to do in your life. You're the only one who controls it." He turned his face to me and stared which made me awkward. I'm not sure what he was thinking because the Ray-Ban is blocking his eyes. "Right. So, Alice actually made me come and get you. She said and I quote 'your costume is done and needs to be fit'."

And just like that, the air of awkwardness around us has evaporated.

Anthony dropped me to my and Alice's dorm (if you can call it that since there were a lot of fabrics and sequins scattered around the room) then took off to look for Emmett and Jasper. It really surprised me that no one ever recognized him. Maybe the WSU students didn't think that the great Anthony would visit again after what happened during his last visit.

Alice was perched on her bed while sewing. When she heard the door closed, she stopped sewing then looked up at me. "Good you're here." She then grabbed a handful of material behind her then threw it at me. "That's your costume. Now try it."

"Where's the half of the costume Adolf?" I joked. I love calling her nicknames just to annoy her.

"Call me that again and I won't help you shop for decent clothes again." She challenged then got back to sewing again.

Actually a month without shopping sounds great but I didn't tell her that. I value my life more than anything else. "Okay, I'll shut up. Where's the half of the costume oh dear Alice?" then gave her sarcastic smile.

"That is your costume. That's all there is." She said without even glancing at me.

WHAT THE. I inspected the said costume, "ALICE, THIS BARELY COVERS MY ASS!"

"You're such a drama queen Bella. I made sure that it would cover your firm butt. But I also made sure that it will show your toned legs." She smirked.

SHE FUCKING SMIRKED. DAMN PIXIE!

"WHAT THE HELL TINK! I AM SO NOT GONNA WEAR THIS!" I said holding the scrap of material. "You'll have to drag me out of this room to attend that party."

Alice simply said, "Suit yourself."

And that made me scared of my life.


"NO."

"Come on Bella, you look hot!"

"Your legs will make every girl jealous of you. Now let's go. I want to see Emmett's Tarzan costume." Rose said with a hint of irritation.

"Bella, seriously, I don't get why you don't like the costume. If I had legs like yours I would probably just wear bikini everywhere." Alice pouted. "I put so much work on those costumes you know."

Uh-oh. She's now pulling out the big guns. Damn it.

"Fine! Fine! You know I can't resist your pout. UGH! No shopping for a month then I'll go," I said.

"A week!" the pixie countered.

"2 weeks!"

Alice agreed, "Fine, let's go!"

"FINALLY! Now, let us meet the 3 idiots." Rose said. "Three?" I asked.

"Emmett invited Anthony and for good reason. It's been a while since he partied. At least no one will know he'll be there aside from the 6 of us."

And it the night just keeps getting better and better.

SO! SAY IT WITH ME! THEY BROKE UP! THEY BROKE UP! WEEE! And Anthony's going to be there at the party! HM… wonder what'll happen. NEXT CHAPTER IS THE CHAPTER GUYS! I know you're thinking what I'm thinking. *WINK* *WINK* COME ON! I need to feel the love! Or hate, if you guys hate the story. Honestly though please review. Thanks :