For those of you who guessed Alice, Angela and Leah, you are correct! The others made me laugh; she doesn't like Jess, and she's not that close with Kate or Rosalie. You'll see why she invited Leah, though, even if they aren't close.

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Chapter Ten

"Paul broke up with you?" Angela asked the following Friday. I hadn't told anyone what happened until I knew for sure that I could tell someone without having a total breakdown.

I nodded. "On Saturday."

"And you didn't tell me earlier?" Angela asked, appalled.

"Ange, I didn't want to bring it up if I knew I was going to cry about it. I don't like to be comforted…it's not my thing," I explained, grabbing an apple on my tray.

Angela took a deep breath. "So how are you now?"

"Better," I said, and it was true. I realized that I didn't need Paul to be successful, and I wasn't in love with him. "I guess it was easier because I saw it coming, you know? I was able to prep myself for it."

Angela nodded. "He wasn't really around the past few months huh?"

"Nope," I simply said when I saw Alice skip over this way.

"Hey guys," she smiled, sitting down next to me. "What're you talking about?"

I sighed. "Paul and I are over."

"Oh," Alice said, her smile disappearing. "When did it happen?"

"After you dropped me off at home," I took a bite out of my apple.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?" Alice asked, placing her hand on my shoulder and rubbing it sympathetically.

Now, I know I said I didn't like to be comforted, but for some reason, Alice's touch soothed me more; not irritated me like it would have were it someone else's hand. "I'm fine."

Alice let go of my shoulder with a smile before turning to Angela. "I think it's time to initiate Bella into the lonely hearts club."

"Ooh, what do you have in mind?" Angela asked, resting her chin on her folded hands.

"Sleepover," Alice suggested, nudging me with her elbow. "So Bella, you think we can do it at your house?"

I snorted. "You're the one who suggested it; why not yours?"

"Because I have a lot of siblings at my house, silly," Alice giggled. "Angela's won't work either, because of her brothers."

Angela nodded. "Unless you want to color or play with hot wheels all day, I suggest you ask your mom."

I groaned. "Fine, I'll see what I can do," I said just as the bell rang.

Angela stood up, grabbing her books. "Call me later with the answer, okay? I'll go ahead and ask my mom because I'm sure Renée won't mind one bit."

"Yeah, your mom is really nice," Alice agreed, grinning. "I'll be waiting by the phone for your call!"

"Hey Mom?" I asked later that day, Mom and I putting away the groceries. "Do you mind if Angela and Alice spend the night tonight?"

Mom chuckled, putting the milk in the fridge. "Of course not, sweetie, but I have one condition."

"What? We have to go to bed by two?"

Mom laughed again. "No, honey. I want you to invite Leah."

Leah? Why would she want me to invite Leah? We weren't even friends…more like acquaintances. "Why?"

Mom sighed. "Leah's having a really hard time right now. Sue's worried about her and I figured it would cheer Leah up if she hung out with some girls."

Oh, right. Leah was just dumped by Sam. "Okay, I'll call her now," I said, grabbing the cord phone and dialing the Clearwater's home number. Mom smiled at me before putting away the rest of the groceries.

"Yellow," Seth Clearwater answered on the third ring, though his voice sounded different, deeper than what I remembered. He was fourteen, right?

"Hey Seth, its Bella. Can I talk to Leah?" I asked, leaning against the kitchen counter.

Seth chuckled. "Why do you want to talk to her? She's such a bitch lately."

"Look, just give the phone to her, okay. I'm going to invite her to spend the night with me and my friends," I said.

"Oh," Seth's voice sounded serious, for a change. He was known as the guy who was all smiles all the time, so hearing him with a serious tone was a big difference from his usual self. "You mean that Alice chick?"

Oh boy. I forgot Seth was in with Sam now. Of course he'd ask if Alice was one of them. I could only guess why… "Let me guess, you want me to stay away from her."

"Bella, I wouldn't tell you unless it was really, really important," Seth sighed.

"It's important that I stay away from her?" I queried. "If it's so important, why can't you tell me why?"

Seth groaned. "Ugh, never mind." I heard him call for Leah after that and then I heard a scuffling as the phone was being handed between siblings and a quick "Say no Leah" from Seth.

"Hello?" Leah asked cautiously. Did Seth not tell her who it was?

"Hey, it's Bella," I said hesitantly. If Seth said she was a bitch lately, I didn't want to get bitched out.

"Oh," Leah sounded surprised. "What's up?"

I smiled, glad this conversation wasn't going to go down the wrong path. "Well, I was going to have some friends spend the night, as something for their lonely hearts club, since Paul dumped me on Saturday. Did you hear about that?"

"No, I didn't," Leah said before scoffing. "Doesn't surprise me though, Paul is hanging out with Sam. You hear about me and him?"

"Yep," I answered truthfully, "which is why I thought I'd invite you. All of us girls are single, so I figured I'd ask you. You in?"

Leah made a humming noise for a second, and I took it as a thinking sound. I knew Mom made one when she read directions off of a box. "Sure, I have nothing better to do."

"Great, you think you can get here in an hour? I've got to call the other girls," I grabbed my cell phone from my pocket, flipping it open and punching in Angela's numbers.

"Yeah, no problem. See you then and…thank you," Leah said before hanging up.

Wow, I was geared up for her being a bitch, but she was actually really nice. That was the Leah I knew; she was a good person at heart, but I know she was just dealt a wrong hand.

I called Angela and Alice, telling them that my mom said yes and they both came off with "I knew it", and I was able to get a few of my chores done before the first person arrived.

It was Alice, of course. "So, I brought a make-up kit!" she squealed, carrying a big box along with her suitcase.

I groaned. "Make up? Are you serious?"

"As serious as a heart attack," Alice dropped the big box on the couch. "Every sleepover has makeovers."

I rolled my eyes. "They don't have to have makeovers, but whatever, since you already brought the box."

"Yay!" Alice clapped. "We're just waiting on Angela, right?"

I nodded. "And on someone else. Mom had me invite her because her boyfriend dumped her not long ago."

"Well, at least we get another member of the lonely hearts club," Alice said. "So, is she nice?"

"As nice as someone can be when after their ex dumps them and chases after her best friend," I sighed.

Alice bit her lip. "Ouch. Harsh."

"I know," I said, turning the television on. "So, what do we have planned to do today? I assume you've got a game plan."

Alice rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Well duh," she stuck her tongue out at me, "I think I know how to run a slumber party. We've got plenty of movies, make up including mani-pedi's, and pillow fights. Oh, and lots of sugar."

I chuckled. "I think we should keep you away from the sugar. You're hyper enough as it is."

"Nuh-uh!" Alice pouted like a ten year old.

Alice and I watched Wife Swap on Lifetime while we waited for Leah and Angela to arrive. Angela arrived first, carrying a duffle bag that had five DVD's and a pillow, as well as her clothes. Leah arrived twelve minutes after Angela, her clothes in a grocery bag.

We watched Freaky Friday first, Angela's choice, and then it was time for make-up. Thankfully, Angela offered to be the first to be made over, so Leah and I watched as Alice applied make up on Angela.

"You know what would make this more interesting? We talk about our ex's," Alice suggested, applying eyeliner on Angela. Wow…um, I wasn't sure if I was ready to talk about Paul, let alone the other girls. Alice did suggest it, though.

"Okay then, you first," I chuckled. I wasn't even sure if Alice had a boyfriend before, but now was the time to find out.

Alice sighed. "I somehow knew you were going to say that. Okay, so back in middle school, I was dating Jasper and—"

"Wait," Angela started. "You dated Jasper? What about Kate?"

"Kate wasn't living with us at the time," Alice explained. "But Jazz and I both realized that we worked better as siblings than as boyfriend and girlfriend. He's a gentleman though, you'd be lucky to date him."

I scoffed. "Too bad he's smitten with Kate."

Angela chuckled. "I agree. He is quite a catch."

Alice giggled. "Yeah, but enough about us. Who's next?"

None of us bothered to go next, we just kept quiet. Alice decided to change the subject and continued on with the makeovers. When she got to Leah, Leah couldn't help but cough.

"What is it?" Alice asked.

Leah covered her nose. "Your perfume is really strong. And it stinks."

Alice bit her lip before turning to me. "You don't think I stink, do you?"

I shook my head. "No, why?"

Alice shrugged. "Just wondering."

I thought it was weird, but thought nothing of it as we continued the rest of the day, eating cookies and chips until we went to bed at three in the morning. When I woke up, I quickly wished I hadn't eaten all the junk food, because I rushed to the bathroom to upchuck whatever was left in my stomach.

I slept in the rest of the morning, and as the girls woke up I had to apologize for feeling crappy. Alice thought nothing of it, offering to stay until I was better, but Mom convinced her that what I had might've been contagious, so she sent the three girls home early.

I slept for another hour after that, and when I woke up I felt better, but I also felt really hot, so I went over to my window to crack it open, when I saw Paul standing at the tree line, leaning against an old oak as he stared at my house.

Memories of our breakup flooded me, and I balled my fists before changing into a t-shirt and sweats so I could confront him. I ran down the steps, glad that Dad was out of the house, fishing and Mom had errands to run.

"Bella?" Paul said, surprised as he saw me stomping towards him. "You should really stay in your room. It's not safe out here."

"Fuck you, Paul," I growled, my jaw tightening. Wait, I growled? I've never growled before, so why would I start now?

Paul raised his hands defensively. "Bella, calm down, trust me, you don't want to get angry."

"Yeah, well you should've thought about that before cheating on me, you fucking as—," I clutched my stomach, because I felt nauseous once again, only this time it felt different. I felt…strange.

"Fuck," Paul exclaimed as the feeling in my stomach spread to other parts of my body.

Fuck was right.

A/N: Oh dear, what's going on with Bella? I have no clue!...Okay, I do, and you do too! So we're finally getting into the good parts of the story; the parts you all have been waiting for.

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