Chapter 6:

The Continuation

"Life plays such

Silly games

Inside of me…

I wish I was

Free from this

Pain in me"

-Colbie Caillat

In the last chapter:

"Now would you like to hear the rest of the story?" I asked, pretty sure of what the answer was going to be.

A/N: I had such a hard time figuring out the quote for this chapter! I don't know why but.. I guess that's because it's one chapter that's not about love, and that's what most people sing a lot about. But yeah! Hope you enjoy! And Colbie Caillat is awesome!!

"Yes, I would love to," Edward said, but quickly added, "But only if you want to as well." Always the gentleman, Edward.

"It's fine. I need to tell somebody, don't I?"

"Wait, you haven't told anyone?!"

"No, of course not, why did you think that I had a hard time telling you it all?"

"I… don't know." He chuckled. "Alright, just continue with the story then."

"Well, I'll start from right after the bad simile. So, my family and I just got f-farther… apart. Soon after I turned 13 my parents even stopped making breakfast for me, and eventually I was just able to walk out of the house in the morning to go to Alice's to get ready. I was never really treated like I was apart of their family, well, now that I think about it, it isn't really a family since I'm not apart of it but… I was later and later staying up when I was feeling like doing something adventurous, but I couldn't stand doing that by the time I got to staying up till one. I never knew much about my parents, and I'm convinced they're going to split up soon anyway, because I've been hearing them arguing all the time from my room, which, I forgot to mention, is where I always have to go straight after school. I'm not grounded, it…it just…feels really lonely, sitting in a house with no one to s-speak to, y-y-you k-k-know?"

I couldn't take it anymore. I burst out crying, onto his shoulder, and he held me tight, whispering things like, "It's okay, Bella, I'm here, shhh."

And that's where I fell asleep, until the next morning.

***

I awoke delightfully to a pair of arms holding me tightly, despite my sad mood the night before. I froze. Wait, arms? I slept with Edward last night?! Renee will have a cow if she finds out!

Edward must have felt my stiffness, because he said, "What's wrong, l-Bella?"

"N-nothing, just that if Renee sees you, she's going to kill both of us."

"Well, then that means that we'll just have to go now, won't we?"

I sighed. "Okay, then. Just let me change out of yesterday's clothes," I said, putting emphasis on 'yesterday,' before grabbing a random tee and jeans.

When I came out, I told Edward we had to go get him something to wear for the new day, and I also reminded him that I recently bargained with Alice for shopping. I could use 10 veto's! Alice really must want to go for some reason. Wait. Ooooh, of course! She wanted to look hot for Jasper.

So I left the house and hopped into the front seat of Edward's Volvo. I could be a lot happier with him around.

After Edward changed and we were safely away from my 'family,' I went to one of my real family member's house, other wise known as Mary Alice Brandon's.

I rang the door bell, and almost immediately, she got to the door.

"Hi Bella and Edward!" Alice shrieked. Alice is Alice still.

Edward chuckled. "Hey, Alice."

"Hi, Alice," I said, a little stunned. I think I had a little hearing loss, too.

"Come on in!!!!!"

We stepped inside, and of course, there was Rosalie sitting on the couch waiting.

"Okay, I'll see you later, Bella." Edward said, and then kissed my cheek.

"Bye, Edward."

Ugh. Shopping with Alice. And Rosalie.

This was not going to be the best of days. I did have 10 veto's, though.

We quickly made it to the mall, thanks to Alice's speedy driving. I wished she could take it slower. That way, there would be less time for torture.

When we finally got there, we went through, in order, Abercrombie, Hollister, H&M, and then we got to the expensive brands: Ralph Lauren, Cynthia Rowley, and Prada. I got through my veto's quickly, because being Alice, she decided to get me skimpy embarrassing clothes. Why would someone do that? Especially to me, shy Bella.

By the time we were at H&M, I'd used all my veto's up. I knew this was a bad thing, because H&M was really girly, and it was also known for low necklines and mini skirts. (I don't know, because I don't go to H&M often, but from what I see when I go, it's got lots of that stuff.) I was proved right, because she made me try on all the 'sexy' stuff, probably because she saw Edward and I were together.

When we finally left the mall, 27 bags later, not even counting all the things from Abercrombie and Hollister, we arrived home, me sulking, Alice peppy, still, Rosalie satisfied.

I was tired, so I made my get away quick by calling Edward to pick me up, and I told him to hurry.

I went home, kissed him goodbye, and went to bed, dreaming about us.

A/N: This was a good chapter of mine. And I'm thinking about making another story, because I have a great idea, for those who actually like this one, so comment in the review about that…hmm. REVIEW!!! And I plan to try to get in another chapter today, so we'll see. (Because I haven't updated a lot.)