A/N: For ALL of you Jonas haters who are reading this.. please just bear with this.. I promise that they will only be in two more chapters. And, to those Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus haters... sorry for using her songs. But, they just fit into the story so I used them. Comments and suggestions are welcome! Thanks!
Disclaimer: Yeah, right... I own the gorgeously smokin' hot werewolf named Jacob Black. LOL.
*Carly's P.O.V.*
I stirred a bit as I tried to wake myself up from the most peaceful sleep I've had in months. I slowly opened my eyes and looked down at the arm that was wrapped around my waist. I slowly looked up and saw Jacob snoring lightly. I giggled and realized that my hands were resting against his chest.
"Jake, wake up." I said and poked his chest gently. He stirred a bit and groaned as he looked down at me.
"What?" He asked groggily with a bit of an attitude.
"Hey, morning, sunshine. You seem happy." I said sarcastically.
"Huh? Oh… sorry." He apologized as he blushed. He looked so cute.
"What time is it?" I asked him; trying to change the subject.
"It's… Quarter past eight." He said after he looked at the clock that was perched on his bedside table.
"Mom is going to freak." I said and chuckled lightly.
"I called her last night. She told me that it was perfectly fine if you stayed over. I also told her about your accident." He said and I flushed beet red.
"Oh my gosh… What did I say after the accident?" I asked him. He started laughing quietly.
"Well… you told me that you prefer pink Gauze and how your dad keeps pink gauze handy. Then, when you told me to call your mom and that it was okay with you if you stayed in my room. Then, when you were sleeping, you were muttering something along the lines of 'legal wife', 'lucky wife' and 'latest wife'. What are those, anyway?" He asked.
"Oh… uhh. Those things came from a movie me and Emmett watched. It's really funny. It's called Mano Po 2. It's in Tagalog, but we have a DVD that has subtitles in it. If you want to, you can watch it at my house." I trailed off; hoping that he would agree.
"Sure, sure. As long as it's alright with your family." He answered.
"Really! They're fine with it, trust me. I told you that they accept you. You're welcomed there any time." I said happily and hugged him.
"Thanks. I'm gonna shower for a while then I'll escort you to your house. But first, I'm gonna change your bandage." He said and pointed to the semi-stained gauze wrapped around my arms. He got the first aid kit and changed my bandage.
"You wanna grab a shower?" He asked.
"Nah. I'm good." I answered and pecked his lips as he leaned down.
"I'll be out in a few minutes." He said softly and pecked my lips again.
"Okay." I answered as he walked off to the bathroom.
Me and Jake told Billy we were heading to my house and he agreed. He was a bit reluctant at first, but loosened up when I told him that my family accepted mine and Jake's relationship. We got in the car and drove to my house. I pulled up in the driveway and was greeted by my mom.
"Hey, mom." I said with a grin as I held Jake's hand.
"Hello, Mrs. Cu—Esme." Jacob corrected himself. I giggled and gave my mom a one-armed hug. She hugged me and Jacob.
"Mom, this is Jake. My boyfriend." I said happily. Jake nodded and grinned.
"Nice to meet you, Jacob." Mom said happily.
"You too, Esme." Jake answered politely.
"Come inside, you two. Oh, and, Carly, you have some guests. Your dad will fix you up. He's in the living room." Mom said as she ushered us inside the house. I looked at her and cocked an eyebrow then looked at the driveway. There was a black Chevrolet SUV parked there.
"I wasn't expecting anybody." I trailed off and dragged Jake to the living room where my dad was sitting with five boys and one lady. I recognized their mops of curly hair and squealed as I dragged Jake inside the room. All heads snapped up at me and I grinned as I clutched Jake's hand as I grinned from ear to ear.
"Carly! You've gotten paler!" Joe joked. I grinned and rolled my eyes.
"Hey everybody! This is Jacob, my boyfriend. Jake, that's Nick, Kevin, Joe, Frankie, Paul and Denise Jonas. They're family friends. Oh, and you know my dad, Jake. Dad, this is Jake." I said happily and gave each Jonas a hug. Jake shook their hands and we all grew comfortable.
"What happened to your arm, Carls?" Nick spoke up. I looked at my bandaged arms and grinned sheepishly. My mom appeared in the room with a tray of food and drinks. She set those down on the coffee table and sat down beside dad.
"Yes, dear, what happened to you?" 'Aunt' Denise asked. I called her 'aunt' because she told me to call her that.
"Fell down yesterday. My wave board got caught in a crack and I fell. Jake told me to stay at his house because it wasn't safe to drive home at night with the rain falling like cats and dogs." I lied flawlessly and held Jacob's hand.
"You are so accident prone." Kevin said and laughed. I rolled my eyes.
"You should see Bella. She trips over air." I muttered under my breath.
"You kids can go to the game room if you like." Mom said softly. I grinned and ushered the boys out of the room and led them to the game room.
"Whoah! Carls! An air hockey table and a pool table! Awesome!" Frankie said and touched the table.
"Courtesy of Emmett. There's a foosball table there. And, uhh… the Wii's there with the PS3. We have a pinball table here and through that door's the music room. Basically mine and Edward's." I said and they all split up and played. Jacob and I played pool with Nick and Kevin while Frankie played with Joe at the air hockey table. We were halfway through the game when I spoke up.
"So, why the sudden visit?" I asked Nick as I aimed to shoot.
"We have a fundraising concert at your school later on. It begins at about 3. We hope it isn't going to rain. And we came here to ask you something." Nick answered.
"Cool. Shouldn't you be guys at sound check right now?" I asked.
"That's the thing… we want you to join us at the concert." Kevin answered.
"Join you guys as in….?" Jake trailed off.
"Sing with us on stage. So, what'd you say?" Nick asked. I looked at Jacob and saw his grin of approval. He knew music was an important part of my life.
"Well… OKAY!" I said and hugged all of them, including Jacob.
"That's a yay! Now, let's go to sound check!" Joe announced from the hockey table.
"Cool! C'mon, Jake! You guys stay here and make yourselves at home, I'm just gonna get dressed and give Jake some of Emmett's unused clothes." I said and giggled.
"Sure." Frankie answered as me and Jake ran up the stairs quietly. I dragged him to my room and told him to sit down on my bed or just tinker with my stuff, except for my closet. I ran to Em's and Rose's room and walked in their closet. I rummaged through various branded shirts and button downs as well as jackets and pants until I found the perfect outfit for Jake. I grabbed the black Nike shirt, dark blue jeans, and black Nike runners. I shut the closet door and ran back to my room. I shut the door and tackled Jake to the bed.
"Hey, Jake! I found the perfect outfit for you! It's comfy, you won't get cold, and Emmett hasn't even used it ever since he bought it." I exclaimed happily and handed him the neatly folded pile of clothes with the shoes on top.
"Whoah! Nike runners and a Nike shirt?" He asked.
"Emmett is a Nike fan. But, he doesn't wear most of his Nike clothes." I said and he grinned.
"Well, thank you." He said sincerely and kissed my forehead. I wrapped my arms around his neck and relaxed into his touch.
"No prob. And, you can keep them. Emmett won't mind; I assure you that." I said quietly and snuggled up to him.
"You better get dressed." He said into my hair but wrapped his arms tighter around my waist.
"Oh… okay." I said and ran in the bathroom then took a quick shower. I dried my hair and body then walked in my closet that adjoined the bathroom through double glass doors. I quickly put on my undies and put on a purple top that stopped above my knees. Then, I slipped on a pair of Prada peep-toe heels and then finished my look with a small coat of make up.
"Jake." I called silently as he was looking through the photos that were in small frames and adorned the room.
"You've been with them ever since you were born." He stated softly.
"Yeah. I told you my story." I said quietly and made my way to him and wrapped my arms around his waist and placed my cheek on his shoulder. He placed his hands on my arms that were wrapped around his waist and sighed contentedly.
"I love you." He whispered. His words caught me by surprise but after a few seconds, I steadied myself and smiled.
"I love you, too." I answered.
"Forever and always." He murmured.
"Forever and always, Jake… I hate to ruin this moment, but, you better get changed." I said softly and latched myself away from him. He turned to face me and had a sharp intake of breath.
"Wow! You look… wow!" He was at a loss of words.
"Thanks. Now…go change." I said with a blush and ushered him to my bathroom.
After Jake had finished changing, I complimented how it suits him and we bound down the stairs and went to the game room.
"Hey! Wow, Carls!" Joe said and grinned.
"Thanks. Now… are we gonna go or what?" I asked.
"We're gonna go now." Nick answered and grinned at me and Jake.
"Okay. I'm just gonna grab my guitar first." I said and led them to the music room. They stood there on awe as lots of instruments welcomed them.
"Is that an Elvis Costello autographed guitar!" Nick asked as he walked up to the guitar.
"Believe it or not, Emmett loves Elvis Costello." I answered.
"This was my first guitar." I said and pointed to the guitar that hung on the wall. It had doodles of stick people on it that resembled my family and me.
"Your mom let you draw stick people on your guitar using a sharpie! AWESOME!" Kevin exclaimed.
"My mom loves to spoil me." I said and walked to the guitar that was next to my first guitar.
"This is my second guitar." I said and moved on to the other six.
"Why is this one not hung up?" Frankie asked and pointed to the guitar that was perched beside the piano.
"Because I use that one. That's my most favorite guitar ever." I said and grinned as I picked it up.
"It's really pretty. And it's one of a kind because it has your name on it." Frankie stated.
"Thanks, Tank." I said and kissed his forehead.
"Kids, is Carly coming?" Aunt Denise asked.
"Yes, mom. Carly's coming." The boys apart from Jake answered.
"Well, that's great." She said and walked off with a grin on her face.
"Let's go." I said and dragged Jake out of the room.
"Mom, Dad, come later, okay? Please…" I plead and they laughed quietly as they nodded.
"We're not going to pass this up, baby." Mom said and kissed my forehead. She gave Jacob a hug and surprisingly, Jake hugged her back. Dad gave me a kiss on my hair and clapped Jacob's shoulder.
"Thanks. Bye. See you later." I said and hugged them as me, Jake and the Jonas' exited the house.
"We're taking my car, Aunt Denise, Uncle Paul." I said and motioned to the Bugatti.
"Whoah, Carls! We know that you and your family love expensive cars… but.. a Bugatti!" Kevin exclaimed.
"Present for my 16th birthday." I said and grinned as I looked up at Jake. He chuckled and kissed my forehead as we walked to my car.
"You can ride with us if you want." I offered.
"Nah. You two love birds enjoy. Maybe later I'll ride with you two." Kevin said and walked off.
We got to the school in half an hour and I parked beside the Volvo while the boys parked beside my car, We all got out and I looked around the lot and saw a stage set up in the huge vacant area of the lot.
"So, sound check?" I asked.
"Yup. What's your song line up?" Nick asked. I looked back at Jacob who was laughing with Joe and Kevin.
"How many songs am I gonna play?" I asked.
"Six. Two with us, four for you." He answered and I nodded.
"Well… what songs are we gonna sing?" I asked.
"On The Line and We Got The Party." Nick answered.
"I think I'm just gonna write my song line-up." I said and grinned.
"Sure." He answered.
We got done with sound check and just goofed around until 3 PM came. My line-up was like this:
Got The Party
2.I'm Only Me When I'm With You
The Line
Best Day
7. Two Worlds Collide
"Good luck, baby. I love you." Jake said and kissed my lips.
"I love you, too." I answered and pecked his lips again before he walked off.
"I love you, too." Joe mimicked in a girly voice and made a kissy face. I rolled my eyes.
"You shouldn't make fun of our baby sis, Joe." Nick defended me.
"Yeah, it isn't her fault if she's madly in love with Jacob." Kevin added. My mouth hung agape as the laughed at me. I crossed my arms over my chest and huffed.
"You guys suck." I said and pouted even more. The emcee called us and we all ran up the stage as the crowd cheered. Some were surprised to see me there.
"Hello, Forks High! I'm Joe!" Joe began. Squeals erupted.
"I'm Nick." Nick followed. Even more squeals erupted.
"I'm Kevin." Kevin said aloud. There were cheers and squeals.
"And, I'm Carly." I introduced myself and heard deafening cheers and squeals.
"You're probably wondering why Carly is up here with us. She's our best friend, more of our little sister, really. If her mysterious absences for the past 2 years are still a mystery to you.. she's been going to our concerts. All of them." Joe said happily.
"Thanks for the ticket to suspension, Joe." I joked. We talked for about three minutes and played the opening chords to We Got The Party. After the song, they stayed on stage and I stood front and center as the beginning chords to I'm Only Me When I'm with You played. As the song progressed to the chorus, I let my eyes roam around and eventually found the pair of eyes I was looking for. He was standing there with my parents. My siblings were on the other side of the lot which made me frown a little bit.
'And I'm only me… when I'm with you.'
I finished the song and left the stage so that the boys can play their song. We were gonna take turns in singing. They finished soon after and I went up the stage in a brand new outfit. I was in a shiny dress that ended above my knees and it just looked awesome with white leggings and a pair of silver heels.
'I'm unusual, not so typical
Way to smart to be waiting around
Tai Chi practices, snow board champion
I can fix the flat on your car
I might even be a rockstar
I might even be a rockstar'
I danced and sang as everybody looked at me and danced around in the lot. Emmett danced like a headless chicken which made me grin as I sang. After the song, I stood next to Joe and caught my breath as the opening for On The Line played.
'I didn't wanna say I'm sorry
For breaking us apart
I didn't wanna say it was my fault
Even thought I knew it was
I didn't wanna call you back
'cause I knew that I was wrong,
I knew that I was wrong'
We walked to the front of the stage and I held his outstretched hand as we faced each other.
'one and the same
Never to change
Our life was beautiful
We got it all
Destined to fall
Our life was tragical
Wanted to call
No need to fight
You know I wouldn't lie
But tonight, we'll leave it on the line'
I let go of Joe's hand and walked to Nick who was on the right side of the stage with his guitar placed on his back. I held his hand with my right hand as I held the mic with my left hand.
'Listen baby
Never would've said forever
If we knew it'd end so fast
Why did you say I love you
If you knew that it wouldn't last
Baby I just can't hear what you're saying
The line is breaking up
Or is it just us
Is it just us
'one and the same
Never to change
Our life was beautiful
We got it all
Destined to fall
Our life was tragical
Wanted to call
No need to fight
You know I wouldn't lie
But tonight, we'll leave it on the line'
Me and Nick made our way to Joe and sang there. Kevin soon joined us and did awesome guitar solos. The song ended soon after and the crowd cheered and squealed so loud that it temporarily deafened me. I looked at Jake and he was grinning like a mad man as he cheered along with my parents. I looked at the other side of the lot and saw my siblings cheering. Emmett was hollering stuff like 'That's my little sister!' and 'She has a boyfriend now!'. He was embarrassing me.
"You did great." Joe said through his ragged breathing and kissed my cheek which made the crowd squeal. Nick kissed my other cheek and my eyes widened as my cheeks reddened. I looked at Jake and saw that he wasn't mad. He was laughing at my flustered expression. I felt a little lightheaded because Joe and Nick were like my two most awesome celebrity crushes before I met Jake. But, that lightheadedness didn't compare to what I felt when Jacob was near me. No one will ever compare to Jacob. People were now taking pictures and I flushed redder when my mom took a picture.
"Oh goodness." I said and looked at Kevin. He grinned and kissed my nose. It wasn't a romantic kiss but a brotherly type of kiss
"They're jealous." Joe muttered and glanced at some girls near my siblings.
"Meh. Jealous." I managed a small laugh and we all burst out laughing as we took our positions. I grasped the mic and placed it against my lips.
"This next song is about my first awesome first date. It was so awesome that when I got home, I was still on cloud nine. I was inspired and wrote this song about it. So.. here goes nothing." I took a deep breath and sang Fearless. It was about mine and Jake's date. My first date ever. I looked at him and saw that he was giving me that smile of his. My smile.
The boys did their song and called me up again. I sat on the stool they placed at the center of the stage and sat down as I set my guitar in place. I plucked it a bit and smiled as I looked at my parents.
"This song is umm… it's called The Best Day. This song was inspired by my family. I grew up in a farm when me and my brothers and sisters were still young. Then, we moved to Alaska because of dad's Job. Then, we moved here. So… even though we moved three times over the past sixteen years… instead of being unhappy about not staying in one place for all my life and hating my parents… I love them for that. And because they're the best parents anyone could ever wish for." My mom's and dad's faces turned held happy expressions. My mom leaned on my dad and he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. They were the vision of the perfect couple. I wish me and Jake would be like that some day.
'I'm five years old, it's getting cold, I've got my big coat on
I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you, I run and run
Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides, look now, the sky is gold
I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home
I don't know why all the trees change in the fall
But I know you're not scared of anything at all
Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away
But I know I had the best day with you today
I'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean
I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys
And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away
And we talk and window shop 'til I've forgotten all their names
I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school
But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you
Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay
But I know I had the best day with you today
I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger
God smiles on my little brother, inside and out, he's better than I am
I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run
And I had the best days with you
There is a video I found from back when I was three
You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me
It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs
And Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world
And now I know why the all the trees change in the fall
I know you were on my side even when I was wrong
And I love you for giving me your eyes
For staying back and watching me shine
And I didn't know if you knew, so I'm takin' this chance to say
That I had the best day with you today'
After the song, my family's faces were just a mix of shock, happiness and even more happiness. I couldn't help but grin and thank them in my mind. They were all the best.
"This last song is for my soul mate and boyfriend, Jake, and this is called Two Worlds Collide. Obviously, the 'she' in this song is me." I grinned at the similarity of our situation with the song. I glanced at him and saw that he was so smug and happy about it. The guys started playing and I started singing.
'You had your dreams I had mine
You had your fears I was fine
Showed me what I couldn't find
When two different worlds collide
She was scared -
Lost in the dark falling apart
I can't survive
With you by my side
We're gonna be alright
This is what happens
when two worlds collide'
I looked at Jake and saw that he was practically radiating happy energy. I grinned and saw that my mom was giving me two thumbs ups. My dad was smiling and he nodded. I cast my glance at my brothers and sisters and saw that they were grinning from ear to ear apart from Edward. Edward was frowning. Bella was beside him and she was also grinning. I cast one more glance at Jacob and then at Edward. Their expressions were so different from each others'. But, I know that if Edward can't accept Jacob, then, he has to live with the fact that I love Jake. He can try to break us and make us fall apart but it's not going to happen. EVER.