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Somewhere Love Remains
Chapter Seven: Will I Break or Will I Bend?
"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."
The Cullens ended up staying until dinner and spending time with them was lovely. Esme was really nice and so motherly, I felt comfortable talking to her even if I just met her today, same as Alice. Carlisle was also kind to me and I could feel his acceptance on me. The Cullens were just so warm to me, but I'm not so sure about Edward. During the meal, tables had turned (not literally). I wasn't the one being ignored anymore; it was Rosalie and the rest of my family.
I never had this much attention and I didn't know that it would be this much fun. It was the first time that I had ever participated in talking while we were in the dining room. I swear the food tasted ten times better even if I had tasted it before. I guess it was really nice to have a family whom you could talk to and share everything with. I wonder what could have happened if Edward introduced me to them before all these things happened. I'm sure that it could have turned out a hundred times better.
While we were having the dinner, I caught Edward giving me glances every once in a while. He wasn't even talking except when he was asked and it was actually killing me. I had been waiting since I 'surprised' them earlier for him to ask me something, anything...I just wanted to hear him talk. He was making me feel very frustrated.
Even though he was silent, from the reactions that he was giving since I told them that I was also a Hale, I could conclude that he liked Rosalie more than me. I could see it in his eyes that same as my parents, he didn't like what was happening. Without a doubt, Rosalie was a much, much better choice than me. If I were a guy, I would choose her. She was the epitome of beauty. And me, no guy would even look at me twice. Well, Edward did, didn't he?
I blushed at my thoughts.
We were now in the main door, saying our farewell to the Cullens. This was one of the best days of my life although it didn't start good. Because I told the guy that I love that I loved him and he didn't say it back.
Alice waved goodbye to me. "Bye, Bella! I'll call you when I can schedule our shopping trip," she said in her musical voice.
I gave her a smile. "Sure, I'd love to go with you. I know some good stores," I replied, not that really sure about my last sentence. I'm not really a great shopper and I only got to many stores because of Victoria's crazy obsession to shopping.
The Hales bid their farewell and watched as the Cullens stepped inside their limousine and left. They were all wearing fake smiles and that irritated me to the bones.
The doors were closed and I decided to retreat back to my room, but my mother grabbed me by the arm. Her face was red with anger and I didn't know if it was just my imagination that I saw smoke coming out from her ears and nose.
"ISABELLA MARIE, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" she seethed, her grip getting tighter.
I faced her and flashed the most innocent face that I could muster. I knew that this was going to fuel up her anger, and that was my main objective, the reason why I was doing this. I knew this was selfish, but they deserved a dose of their own medicine.
"What do you mean?" I asked, playing dumb.
"Why did you do that? Why did you show up when everything was going fine? Didn't you know that we are supposed to start printing the invitations for next week?"
I was about to speak, but Rosalie started to sob loudly. "You…you humiliated me in front of them!" She had her hands covering her face and she was shaking violently. Her breaths were also becoming labored.
Oh no. Don't tell me that she was having an asthma attack.
"Rose," Harold said worriedly and he started rubbing circles around her back. A maid immediately handed her her inhaler. I could only watch as she placed in on her mouth, pressed and started inhaling frantically.
"Look at what you did!" Mother chastised me, but I didn't mind her.
I turned my back again on them and then headed to the stairs. Again, she grabbed my arm. This was infuriating me already. What happened was no big deal and it was meant to be in the first place.
"What again?" I asked impatiently.
"I swear, if something bad happens to Rosalie…"
"What are you going to do to me? Beat me up? What?" I challenged.
"I will make your life miserable."
"Good luck in trying, because it is already," I said nonchalantly.
"You are testing my patience!" she shouted as I removed her hand off my arm. Her manicured nails were so long and it was poking my skin, I didn't want any cuts from that.
"You are angry when Rosalie was sick, but you never mind when I was. You didn't even know that I didn't spend the night here last night." I successfully removed her hand from my now wounded arm and I continue on my way to my room.
I felt so much better when I got into my personal space. I locked it and I made sure that I had all the spare keys with me. The maids didn't even know that I have it. No one could distract me now and I could relax.
I washed my face, brushed my teeth and changed into my comfy pajamas. I turned off the lights and opened the lamps. I sank to my bed and turned on my iPod. Relaxing music filled the room as I tried to sleep. I was almost falling into unconsciousness, but my cell phone started blaring.
I would kill this caller. Can't they see that I'm having some rest from the drama outside?
I grabbed my cell from the nightstand to see who it was. Maybe this was only Victoria, wanting an update about my show.
Oh.
It was Edward.
I answered it, but before I could even say hello, he spoke, "Meet me outside your house. Now."
So, what are they gonna talk about?
I decided that it's not yet time for an EPOV, but there will be some eventually.
I'm not sure if I can update tomorrow and on Friday. Tomorrow is our recognition day and we're going to some place and on Friday, it's my brother's graduation and I'm sure that everyone will be so busy.
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Ishi :)