AN: woop woop! New chapter time! I'm so happy thanks for the love I hope you are enjoying the story!
Oh. My. God.
So shut up, shut up, shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out, get out, get out
Get out of my way
Step up, step up, step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down
Shut up- Simple Plan
BPOV
"Ready as I'll ever be." I found myself using the same words I had used last night to Jake.
I stood wearing the same dress and shoes I had bought for my first date with Carlisle. My hair was curled and I was physically ready to go. Carlisle was wearing the same red shirt, an almost black vest with dark wash jeans and his new black loafers. He looked dashing. Alice knew how to dress her family. She was gorgeous in a form fitting sapphire blue dress. It had three quarter length lace sleeves and she wore and ivory belt with it. It matched her pearls and contrasted her eyes perfectly her shoes were absolutely perfect, they were ivory heels and they were adorned with glitter and pearls. It was easy to tell what her favorite part of her outfit was. Emmett was matching her with a matching button down and jeans. He wore an ivory tie and brown loafers.
Edward was in a light violet button down and light gray dress paired with matching slacks. Matching him was Rosalie, in a darker violet baby doll dress. Esme was in a white pants suit with a canary yellow blouse. Jasper was matching her in jeans and a yellow button down and blazer. Everyone matched their respective partner and Alice was the main reason. Everything had to be perfect for our graduation. She even made me give Jake a red button down to wear. Jake was non to happy that she was telling him what to wear. But because I asked him, he said he would wear it.
"Wait, wait, wait! We have to take pictures before we leave! Bella, you and Carlisle first." Alice said, pulling Carlisle and I in front the piano.
I scrambled for Carlisle's hands because Alice had thrown me a bit off balance. Carlisle caught me and held me in his arms.
"Hello there." He smiled. I smirked up at him.
"Hi there, Doctor." I said. I heard Alice click the camera. I looked over at her. "We weren't ready." I whined. Alice stuck her tongue out at me. Our relationship as best friends was one of the silliest I had ever been in but I would trade it for anything.
"It was too perfect to not take a picture. Now stand up straight and look pretty." She commanded.
Carlisle released my waist and placed his arm around my waist and his hand rested on my hip. I put my arm around his middle and turned to face Alice a bit more.
"Say cheese!" Alice said. She was very bubbly today, but I guess she had reason to be. You only graduate high school once.
I watched as she shoved Edward and Rosalie in to place, then Jasper and Esme she had Rosalie take a picture of Emmett and herself. Then the three graduates, then she set the camera on the mantle and set the time for a picture of all of us. It was a perfectly picturesque prom picture. You know the one where your date stands behind you and their arms are around you. It was cheesy but I didn't question her.
When Alice was satisfied with herself we loaded into two cars and headed to the high school gymnasium. Jasper and Esme rode with us in Carlisle's Mercedes. While Edward, Rosalie, Emmett and Alice rode in Emmett's giant Jeep. It was a quiet ride to the school. I crossed my legs and looked out the window.
Carlisle put his hand on my leg and I looked over at him. I placed my small hand over his. I looked in the rear view and saw Esme. My mood was declining fast because of her. I didn't trust her near Carlisle. Call me overly jealous but I didn't like that she had him before me. Carlisle squeezed my leg softly and I began to slowly feel better.
When we arrived, Edward offered to fetch our caps and gowns. While he was gone, Jake found us in the parking lot. He pulled me into a hug and picked me up spinning me around.
"You ready to finally be free, Bells?" he asked when he put me down.
"I don't know if free is the right word. I still have college Jake." I said "I'm so glad you're here."
"Me too. Your hair looks different." he said playing with it. He looked behind me and dropped my hair.
CPOV
I growled. He knew I disliked it when he touched her.
"I did it, isn't she gorgeous? I did her make up, too." Alice said trying to defuse the tension.
"You both look great, you did wonderful, Alice." I said.
"So, roses and gift in hand, huh?" Bella poked Jake. He smiled.
"They're in the car. I'm gonna go get them when you leave to get dressed. Save me a seat will ya, Doc?" he said. I ground my teeth for a split second. Bella looked at me waiting.
"Of course." I said putting on a smiling happy attitude.
"Ladies, shall we go get ready?" Edward walked up carrying three gowns on hangers in one hand and three caps in the other.
'I'm going to get the flowers for you three I'll be back shortly.' I thought toward Edward. He nodded and left with the girls. When Bella was out of earshot I turned to Jacob.
"I realize you have ties that run deep with Isabella, but you don't have to show them just to get a reaction out of me." I turned to my remaining family. "I'm going to go get the flowers for our three graduates." I turned to leave.
"You'll need help holding those, I'll come too." Esme volunteered. I didn't answer. I just kept walking and waited for her to catch up.
"Are you alright Carlisle?" she asked.
Got in the car and slammed the door. As soon as her door was closed I sped off.
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to seem so rude." I said. I drove as safely as I could manage in my rage.
"Don't worry too much about it, Carlisle. Having a wolf near you mate is hard enough, it's even harder when they flirt relentlessly with them in front of you." She said. "You did well. Let's just get this graduation over with, we'll be moving soon anyway. Bella will be a vampire and we'll be up in Denali for a while."
It just hit me, what were we going to do if Bella didn't accept me? What would she do when she found out about Riley? I had been putting off thinking about this, now I didn't have a choice. I was having second thoughts about telling her tomorrow.
"Carlisle, don't worry about this. Alice would have seen something if it were to go wrong."
JPOV
"Mutt." The blond girl said and stomped off, her shoes clicking annoyingly. Emmett glared at me then followed behind.
"We'll save you a seat, I'm sure you'll have no problem finding us." Jasper said. "Oh, and try not to piss Emmett off anymore, I can only control him so much."
I watched him walk away and then went back to the rabbit. I opened the driver's door and reached for the bag and flowers.
"Where's my gift?" I jumped.
"Son of a fuck, Riley. What the hell is wrong with you? Sneaking up on people isn't nice." I said.
"Sorry it's part of my gift, it's makes me extremely stealthy. Where's my gift?" he said again.
He was laying down in the backseat tossing a baseball in the air in front of him.
"It's in the bag. I put a note inside it explaining what it was in case she didn't open it in front of me." I said. "I'm going in, lock the rabbit when you leave and don't be seen."
"No problem." He said nonchalantly.
RPOV
I stood outside the gym listening to all my old classmates' names being called. I heard the name before Bella's and I opened the door quietly and snuck in to see her cross the stage.
Every last one of the graduates had a black band on the arm of their gown and there was a chair with a white rose and a picture frame on it.
"This year, we experienced a great tragedy. We lost a great young student that would have been graduating right alongside his sister. So it is with great honor and remorse I present not only the diploma for Isabella Marie Biers but also a plaque with Riley Charles Biers' name and picture. An identical plaque will hang in the front office area of the school as long as the school stays open." Mr. Greene announced. I looked to see Bella starting to cry.
Please don't have an attack. Come on, Bella. You can do it.
"Jasper, do something, she's gonna breakdown." I whispered knowing he heard me.
"On it." I heard him say.
"Without further interruption, Isabella Marie Biers." Mr. Greene said. The crowd erupted louder than I had heard yet, I watched Bella walk across the stage hastily wiping her face. I heard Jake over the rest of the crowd whooping and hollering.
"You go, little sis." I whispered when she got off the stage I turned at left the gym. I pulled my phone out and sent a quick text to Carlisle telling him to take care of Bella and that I was going back to Denali. I ghosted out to my car and then started my long drive back to Alaska.
BPOV
I was sure I would have a panic attack on stage. Instead, I felt as if someone dumped a bucket of calm feelings on me. I crossed the stage just like the rest of my class and sat back down and waited for the rest of the ceremony to be over. I kept my hat instead of throwing it when everyone else did. I figured I could put in a shadow box.
Alice had been sitting next to me during the ceremony, Edward found us after and embraced us.
"We did it!" Alice squealed. Edward picked both of us up and set us down again.
"We've made it through hell!" Edward laughed.
"Congratulations, you three." Alice launched herself at Carlisle.
"Thanks Carlisle." She said. Carlisle handed Alice white roses, and Emmett handed her red ones. "
Edward Shook Carlisle's hand and Carlisle handed him yellow roses, Rosalie handed him a new expensive Rolex. Carlisle was holding dark red roses, I threw my arms around him still holding my diploma and the plaque.
"I did it. " I whispered.
"Yes you did," he handed me the roses. "and you did it beautifully and gracefully."
"Bells, you're done. You finally reached the finish line!" Jake said. He was holding white and orange roses, and small blue bag. I hugged him tightly. He handed me the bag and the roses. I put the bad on my wrist and held the roses he and Carlisle gave me in that arm.
"They remembered him, Jake. I almost had a panic attack." I said.
"I know, Bells" he said. "You don't have to open it here. I'm sure I'll see you tomorrow or something."
"Oh but I want to just out in the parking lot, where we aren't almost being run over by people." I said.
Carlisle had been talking to his family and was currently taking a picture with is adoptive children and their diplomas. Alice demanded that I take a picture with her and Edward. I posed with my roses and everything. There was easily five dozen roses in that picture. I took one with Carlisle as well. Alice was just about to put the camera up when I stopped her.
"Alice, could you get one of me and Jake?" I asked.
"Of course!" she said and pulled it back out again. I handed Jake the plaque and stood next to him.
"You should hold onto this. It was given to me but I have everything else to remind me of him. You don't have much at all to remember him by." I said. He looked at it for a second.
"Thanks, Bells. I'll put it on the shelf in my living room." He said.
"Ready? One, Two, Three!" Alice said.
… When we had made it out to the car. I set my flowers in the front seat along with my diploma.
"Okay now what have you gotten yourself into Jacob?" I asked poking fun at him. I pulled the tissue paper out that was shoved in. I pulled out a little bag. I opened it and there was a charm bracelet with a little wooden wolf on it.
"I carved that." I looked at him.
"You made this?" I asked astonished. "Jake I love it! Help me put it on." I said handing it to him. He clasped the bracelet on and stood back.
"There's something else." He said. I looked in the bad and pulled out a small jewelry box. I pulled it out and opened it. I pulled the small folded up paper out.
"More jewelry, Jake?" I said starting to unfold it.
"This one isn't from me, and that was for if you opened it at home. You can still read it if you want to or I can just tell you."
I had already started reading it.
Bells,
Riley gave this to me a couple weeks before he died. He wanted me to keep it safe and where you wouldn't find it. I figured he would want me to give it to you. He intended to give it to you today anyway. He loved you a lot.
- Jake.
I dropped the paper and opened the second box. It was a circular pendant a little about the size of a half dollar coin. It had a compass on the front and on the back it said, 'I am the master of my own fate, I am the captain of my own soul.' It was from Invictus by William Ernest Henley.
It was a locket. The hinge was at the top and it slid open. I opened it and found a picture of Riley and I. I started to cry. On the back side and the front side were these words, 'I'll always be here, don't ever give up on your dreams. –RCB'
My hands were shaking. It was hard to breath and all I could do was cry.
"Jacob, have you seen this?" I asked not looking up.
"No, He asked me to wait to look at it until he gave it to you." I looked up and handed it to him.
He studied it for a few minutes, his face changed.
"Bella, I didn't know. I'm so sor-"
"Help me put it on." I stopped him mid-sentence and turned around. He took it out and put it on me. It was on a long, sturdy chain. It came down just below my breasts.
"I'm never taking either of these off. Ever." I told him. I hugged him. "Thanks Jake." He walked me over to the Jeep where the Carlisle and his family were.
"Before I go, I gotta ask, how do you explain your family to other people? How does that work?" Jake asked.
I was glad he took the attention away from me for a few minutes. Carlisle looked alarmed when he saw me. My eyes were probably red and puffy from crying.
"Well Jacob, I went back to my maiden name after I divorced Carlisle. Rosalie and Jasper, the twins' last name is Hale. Alice and Edward are twins as well they took Carlisle's name. Emmett kept his family name, McCarty." Esme explained.
"So how do explain, that you're all… together."
"Well it's a lot easier to do now that everyone is out of high school." Emmett laughed.
"Hm, okay then, Call me if you need me Bella." Jake said and he left.
CPOV
"Are you alright my love?" I asked as soon as he left. I took her hand.
"I'll be fine." She smiled. I pulled her into my arms and picked up the necklace Riley had given to her.
"It's beautiful, Isabella." I told her. "Well family, let's go, we have a reservation waiting. We should keep them waiting."
I knew my family wasn't looking forward to eating human food but Alice insisted for Bella's sake. It was a small Chinese restaurant, it would be fairly easy to push food around and not eat much.
We didn't spend too much time at the restaurant. We were home within an hour and a half. Upon arriving home Esme and Jasper when out to hunt giving the excuse that they were going to see a movie.
Rose and Edward were leaving for Australia tonight so they went out to "pick up last minute packing essentials".
"Australia, wow, that must be expensive." Bella commented. She was draped elegantly across the large chair in my room. I was in the process of changing my shirt.
"Rose and Jaspers parents were very wealthy. With them being the sole heirs they are very wealthy. And Edward has been saving up for this trip since he was a freshman. They decided they would go for a week after Edward graduated." I told her. I hung the shirt back up and turned to her.
"We could go on a wild adventure too, if that's what you want to do." I said closing in on her.
"You're breath taking, Carlisle. Have I told you that?" she said leaning up to kiss me.
"Once or twice." I smiled. I had to drive her crazy every once in a while. I took her face in my hands and bent to kiss her. She tasted heavenly, as usual. I broke the kiss and turned to get an old t-shirt. I pulled out a tourist shirt form London and pulled it on. It was older than Bella but she didn't have to know that.
She had long since kicked off her shoes she was relaxing a bit. She stood up abruptly and twirled around.
"You become more like Alice every day." I said, watching her closely.
"I'm just happy. I feel like I've conquered the mountain." she said. She turned around and shed her dress leaving her almost nude. She saw me watching and threw the dress at me. I let it hit me in the face.
I pulled it off and saw her rummaging through my drawers. She pulled out a pair of my sweat pants and a t-shirt. She pulled on the sweats and pulled the drawstring tight. She rolled them down as far as she could and was still stepping on them. She pulled the shirt over her head and it took much restraint to not laugh. She had pulled out a shirt Emmett had given to me years ago. It was gray and said Trust Me I'm a Vampire.
"Vampire, huh?, and here I thought you were a doctor." She said looking down at the shirt.
I went and picked her up she wrapped her legs around me.
"Emmett got that for me. I quite like it." I said. I kissed her again. Something about her wearing my clothes made me harden.
I ground my hips into hers and rejoiced in her satisfied sigh. I turned and laid her on the bed, groping at her breasts.
"Carlisle, we can't. Alice and Emmett are still here." She said, trying to cease my movements.
"Isabella, I'm sure they won't notice." I told her. To be quite honest they were doing the same thing. I was getting a bit tired of listening to them… Anyway. "They are oblivious." I thrust against her and her breath caught. I kissed her neck in her favorite spot and lightly scratched my nails across her flat stomach. I felt her shiver.
"Why can't I say no to you?" she asked giving in to me. I smiled and attacked her mouth with my own. She wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed herself up to me. I pulled back enough to yank my shirt off my head I tossed it in the direction on the dresser. While I was leaned up, she had maneuvered enough to get her foot flat on my chest. She pushed me back and sat up taking her own shirt off, teasing me. I came back to her and finished pulling it off.
Laid her back and kissed her body all the way down to the top of my sweats she was wearing. I pulled the string and yanked those off too.
"Carlisle, we have time!" she laughed. "Slow down, I'm not going anywhere."
"I can't help it, Love." I told her between kisses. "I need you now!" She giggled and let me continue. In my haste, I tore the button off my jeans. Damn! I liked these jeans. Isabella hadn't noticed so kicked them off and away from me.
She leaned up on her elbows and I came back up to kiss her sweet lips. I thrust against her hot body and she moaned. The only thing separating us was her thin panties and my boxers. I reached down and toyed with the hem off her panties. I had always made it a point to give her a chance to tell me no; even after the first few times. She smiled and nodded at me.
She had never said no yet, that I was happy about. I hooked her panties on my fingers and pulled them down. Her arousal filled the room almost immediately, it was intoxicating. I felt a low, near inaudible growl rumble through my chest. It was hard enough to restrain myself without her being perfect. God I loved this woman.
I palmed her bare breast and sucked the other up into my mouth. She moaned and I ground my hips against her small ones.
"Carlisle." She whispered. I took her breathlessness as a compliment to my loving. I pushed her farther back onto the bed and rid myself of those blasted boxers.
She opened herself to me and I pushed a finger into her sweet core. She cried out and I smiled, knowing I was driving her insane. She was ready for me, she always was. I seemed to have that effect on her.
"Tell me what you want, fragilique amor." I said to her. I was buzzing, advanced mind was set on one thing.
"Carlisle, please." She begged. She was so ready I had to hear her say it.
"Isabella, say it." I commanded. She loved it when I did that. I didn't mind too much when she took over either.
"Oh, God," she moaned. "Fuck me dammit!"
I slammed into her, she melted in my arms, my world deteriorated to nothing but her. She was burning hot and it was all I wanted. I moved within her and she moaned ever so softly. I clung to her voice. She was my saving grace in every way possible. I moved and gyrated my hips to make her pleasure the highest possible. Her moans became louder and it made me want to never stop making love to her.
I trust in again and again and she kept squeezing me harder. I couldn't help but moan with her. Her pleasure always increases when I do. She moaned louder and I pushed harder and thrust faster. I grunted and ground into her hot center.
"Carlisle, I'm..." she moaned. "I'm gonna…"
He screamed and I knew she was releasing. I felt her tighten and then more heat surrounded me. I couldn't wait anymore; I was too ready when we started. I released inside her and moaned into the crook of her neck. She moaned with me and wrapped her arms around me.
"I love you, Carlisle." She said.
"I love you too, my sweet Isabella." I said moving off her. I pulled a throw up around our waists and laid behind her. I spooned her and she snuggled into me.
She suddenly jumped up and out of bed. I huffed like a moody teenager. She bounce over ti her purse and found her phone. She came back to bed and snuggled back in with me.
"Are you so attached to that thing that you must have it right after we make love?" I teased, tickling her sides.
"Ahh! Carlisle Stop it!" she giggled. "No, I wanted a picture of us, right after we finished making love." She said opening her camera application. I moved and arm underneath her and cover her breasts with it.
She held the phone at arm's length and smiled sassily. I looked and the camera and gave it my signature sexy doctor face, as she called it.
She gave the camera a kissy face and I attacked her face. She snapped another picture. I took her phone and she grabbed for it.
"Wait! One more I want to see what silly face my Sexy doctor can muster up." She said.
"Okay but I want to take it." I said. She crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out. I did my best impression of a duck face and took the picture.
She took her phone and when back to the first picture. She giggled and made it her phone background. The next one was a bit fuzzy because I made her laugh.
"Send me that one." I said. It was fuzzy but it was favorite one. She sent it and looked at the last one.
"Lookin' hot, Babe." She said.
"Don't patronize me." I said. "I know how I look." I struck a pose and made her laugh harder. She made that picture the Lock screen on her phone. I took her phone and went back through the pictures one by one. I scrolled to my favorite one. "I still like this one." I said. I scrolled through the pictures she took earlier at graduation. Alice, the selfie queen, had apparently taken control of her phone at some point during the ceremony because there were about a dozen of both of them together.
I scrolled to the next one and it was a picture of Bella and Jacob. She was on his back taking the picture. It wasn't ideal but, I kept my mouth shut. Until, I scrolled again.
The next picture was of the Mutt kissing her in the cheek. She heart sped up and I knew she was nervous.
"I don't understand." I said. I sat up and laid the phone down, getting out of bed. I was ready to throw something. I was ready to strangle that dog.
"Carlisle, he, just a friend. You know that. He's been my best friend for years. It doesn't mean anything." She said, getting up too.
I pulled the boxers on and went to the dresser.
"Carlisle, Say something." She said. I yanked a pair of jeans out of my drawers and pulled them on.
"Carlisle-"
"What do you want me to say, Isabella?" I whirled around, my voice elevated. She had my vampire t-shirt on again. I was lashing out, I didn't want to lash out on her. The fucking a few doors down ceased. Great, an audience.
"I don't know, something! I want to know why you're so angry. It was just a picture. Jake doesn't like me like that." She said, taking a step toward me.
"The hell he doesn't! You don't see what I see, Bella. Jacob Black is a puppy following you around! He would do anything to have you from me!" My voice was still elevated. She pulled on my sweats and turned to me.
"What the hell are you taking about? If he like me at all, Riley would have known. Riley would have pummeled the hell out of him. I shouldn't have to defend my actions in a purely platonic relationship with my best friend." She said.
"It's obviously not platonic for him." I said.
BPOV
What had gotten in to him? It was just Jake.
"What the hell? Carlisle it's not like we're fucking on the side. You really should be getting mad about my relationship with Jake when your fucking ex-wife is a regular in this house." This was getting ridiculous. I hated fighting with him but, he had no reason get angry about Jake.
"You know Esme is here for Jasper and the others. Mainly For Jasper. She has nothing to do with this." He said.
"Yes, she does! You're accusing me of some nonexistent relationship with my friend. How do I know you aren't sleeping with Esme?" I was pissed off now. I picked my phone up and shoveled it in my purse. I found my dress and shoes. I looked up at Carlisle, the man I loved. The tears were falling freely down my face. "I thought that by starting this relationship we were agreeing to trust each other. How can we have a real relationship if you don't trust me? I trust you not to sleep with Esme. I only said that to make a point."
His face changed. It was no longer hard and angry. It was scared.
"Isabella," he started.
"No Carlisle. I can't handle this right now. Not from you." I said I walked out of his room carrying my dress and shoes in one hand and pulling my purse over my shoulder with the other.
"Isabella, don't leave. Can we talk calmly? I'm sorry." Carlisle was tripping over himself following me. He was pulling his shirt on and trying to get me to stop. When I got down stairs I reached for my keys on the counter and he grabbed my hand.
"Isabella, listen to me." he said. I spun around like a firecracker. I yanked my hand back.
"No. I'm done. Don't follow me. Don't come to the apartment. Do not call me." I said. I ran out the front door stumbling down the step. I scrapped and cut my bare feet on the gravel trying to get to my car fast. He followed me until he reached the bottom steps. I was already in my car; I peeled out and navigated the winding driveway as fast as my tear blurred vision would let me.
The last thing I saw before I left was Carlisle standing broken in his driveway, Emmett was in the doorway and Alice was had rushed out to Carlisle and was reaching out toward me.
I sped home and ran upstairs. I fumbled with the keys and finally got in I slammed the door. I fell on the couch and cried. I cried until I couldn't cry any more. It didn't know how long it had been. It was dark outside now. I finally looked at the clock. 9:48. Perfect I had cried for over an hour.
I went to the bathroom and yanked a brush through my hair. I pulled it up into a pony tail. I looked at my feet to see how bad the cuts were. Only a couple needed attention. I cleaned them up and bandaged them I slipped on some flip flops and picked up my phone and keys. I slipped the phone in the waist band off the sweats and locked up my apartment. I went down stairs and next door to Jake's building.
I knocked. I heard shuffling, the door swung open and Jake was muttering about bothering people this time of night. "Bella." He stopped mid-sentence and looked surprised.
"Hey Jake." I whispered. I knew what I looked like. "I need a drink."
"What? I don't -" I stopped him.
"Riley came home plastered a lot, I know you have a stash." I said. "I'll give you money for what I drink. But right now, I don't care. I just need something strong."
The next morning
I the sun was shining in and I had probably the worst headache I'd ever had. I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
I was not in my room. This is Jake's room. It wasn't the first time I'd stayed at his apartment. I felt movement and I looked to my left. Jake was seeping next to me. I jumped, normally when I stayed over Jake slept in his chair.
I tried to get up without waking him, that's when I noticed what I was wearing. Rather what I wasn't. My jaw dropped. I peeked under the blankets hoping Jake was wearing something.
Oh. My. God.
Jake's naked ass greeted me and I scrambled around quietly trying to find my clothes. I left his apartment and went back to mine.
I guess Carlisle was right, Jake wanted me as more than a friend.
AN: *hides behind the closest person* love you! Mean it! Please don't kill me! Read and review I have to hear what you think!
